Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12


MI roual league 70 find q scandal to
clear up. He seems 70 have one
a. his own door tnat might keep
him husy II he we're 70 engage in its cor
recrinu- Jerry Etfinwer. trainer FOR the
Washingtou club. 10 out with the emphatic
statement TIA there h ample evidence
Of fraud IN connection with the charge q
signal tipping az New York" and adds
that be has positive knowledge which he
can hack up win af5davita Thai ~ pretty
strong aik-toO strong 70 be ignored Il
simply puts Up to President Johnson a
ease he canno get away from An invesu-
Eation. on which EttinEsr and Joe Can
uIlon. VINO made uhs original charge. in
sat seems essential to the good name o.
the American leAEus- II the American
fEiis to conduct this Investigation il viii
be IN the same unsteady boat % integrity
that the National occupies. II George s al
nnEI a. Etuinger intimates. has Kunfy
knowledse of this signal-upplng scandal
why should he be profected7 When Can
ualcn came out with the charge he was
puanced on and threaiened with expulsion
cron orEanized base bail, which seemed a
Htrauge penalty indeed under the circum-
EtaneesH II the crime exists. shouldn't 81
be cleared up n CzntnIon snd ErtinEer
oAH prove that II Goes exist, or dld.
AAlAAaA Z AAEI 10 AAAUAEN 70 ~ &0a Wn4A 3
% BE- lost TO the good name" of the guilty
manager, team. league OF game By ferret
Ing out q rotten deal and Furnishing the
guilty pariesg what Is not 70 BE- lost BY
failure 10 do thisg One Of the strange 6ea-
lures q this case IL thar Hugh JennlnEs,
81 Ettlnger says was advised Of the sign
Appang made. q protest and then suddenly
huaned up. Etinger again says. hushed
up on the rsrniDt OF q certain telegram
Whose name was signed to tire telegrzm9
Your move. Mr. Johnson.
CARR Hermann comes out boldly with
the assertion thar be Il for Hsydier and
that he VIII work for his re-eiecticss OUT
rlaat II he finds he cannot be re-eiectsd
without a disastrous fight he win not vote
fer him. prefsrring 70 cast his baIiOt for e
compromise man. He adds that II Hsydler
wsrs not up he would have no ob5ecaon
10 Supporting Ward Ebbetts. on the other
hand. as boldly declares that he viii sup
port Ward for the National league pres-
denuy- But aerrmann's innnasion that
there In a Compounds" man IN sight -
an interesting suggestion II brings up a
report that has found It's way TO Omaha
and involves the president OF the western
league. This story IS that o'Brisn. prssi-
dent q the American association is slated
by an undercurrsnt OF influence FOR HsTd-
Ier's successor and that Norris L ofNen
n to get O'Brten's place. This may OF
may not have substantial foundation this
story. but Il 10 forcefuI in some OF its
aspects. ORrien probably would make the
National league q ssrong chief executive
not 10 disparage Heydler-and the chances
are he would be a nan on whom the op-
--ru a. - - --I-na
Of fair-ruinded men. however. the impress
sion fingers that the best interests Of base
baIl demand the ne-electson Of President
Hsydler. as a rebuff to a set OF men who
imagine they are bigger than the game and
can dlctase TO u. z for no other reason
Haxard has taken a step that must close
tire mouths Of the men who seek to con-
tend that foot BAH needs no reform Old
Ell admits II does and proposes to be the
pioneer tn the crusade. Good For che Of
the strongest institutions in the land 70 os
the first IN such a movenasnt at once
gives a prestige and momentum 70 thai
movement which Il could not acquire In q
long time witt a less Representatives col
lere az It's head. There IL hope. therefore
Of curtaIing the toll o. human life which
faot bail makes each year and At the
same time az conserving the best features
OF the sport 1t is a cheap begEinE OF tht
question to say that foot bail u now ar
open game and could not survtvs a process
OF elimination that would take from 4
those elements mostly resp0nsibls for IA
grim ton OF mortality. II foot ball wer'
no more than that it vould not be WORT
the effort az reforming and would be bstts
or abolished But that Isn't the fact and
harvard proposes 70 prove IL isn't the fact
The action OF the old institution is tndees
9 splendid omen and other colleges ant
universities should put their shoulder
squarely to the wheel with Harvard ans
wni. And the chances are slsvsn player
IN the bloom Of young manhood win no
need 10 forfeit their lives another rear a
me pursuit Of the sport
Ban Johnson never struck a mere re
spouslve chord. 80 far as popular favor 3
eonoerned. than when he hit against Ia
evil o. pitchers wasting time as a mean
70 shortening games II there is on
pracrce more hateful 90 the fan than an
ether Il is this very nuisanoe OF a pirehs
GIbustsring Every league. including IN
Western. has pitchers who when they fin'
themselves going uphill, VIII begin q
8iaA ana HA4N TOT AnlE NlHnk me paA q
the kround ID one common practice. use
has w~inding-up another and pretending q
watch runners on bases another. thro~1nl
20 bases and q dozen others. that mar IN
game ard pruioug II beT0nd al reason I
the American lsaEus president can brinl
about any rule or law thai viii fore
pitchers to play ban and save the time o
ne fan he win have bestowed a rsmendou
benefit upon the supporters Of the gam
And such acton must be takcn The bust
ness Of the game demands il. The pitcher
vi can't 50 the route vii have 70 IA
By the WSyslde. johnson also fAvors
schedule Of 10 games. Instead of Is games
II begins 70 iook a. u such q scedule woul
b necessary and yet Il Is 70 be reGrstte
that instead q shortening the season.
cannot be iengthensd II weather CONDITION
Permirted fhe demand FOR pace bail Eoul
hold out for twelve months
With that story about Jeffriss and John
son agrseins 70 spnt the bonus. me one 0
salt Lake City being the easiest cit
kandled, the remark of Tex Richard tha
he won't have 10 FIX any ety officials 1
SAT- Laka CITY and a feW other mcI
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