Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-04

- playinR post-season games over the
country under the management OF Tex
Rickard ostensibly on the ground that such
an arrangement would interfere with the
worlds series. OF course it would SINCE
many OF the PLAYERS would be drafted IroIu
the Cubs and Athletics, the teams whioh
will undoubtedly contend for the world
honors, but there is another reason why
the commission very properly refused to
sanction this deal, and that is that II does
not propose to compromise base ball In
any such way Tex Rickard is, no doubt,
q very nice gentleman and q successful
rrize fiaht promoter but Texas cannot be-
come a promoter in the base ball business,
mt with the approval Of organized pail
' He will have to get his money from the
people in some other way. There is wlde
difference between base ball and pugihsm
and II is fairly well defined in this very
Isituation Base ball is a game adapted to
1 the best there IL In the citizenship of the
YjIJnited states, and the men who make up
this great national sport must not be
permitted to engage In the hippodrome pusi-
ness, even out of season. II Is necessary
for the authorities Of base ball to recognize
ethics to this extent. Major league players
are well paid and do not need to snatch
at every, chance TO make few extra dol
titled to some property right in them, and
this is not adequately safeguarded where
{ men put in the entire year playing ball
Corntskey was one OF six magnates to bid
for Dare Devil Dick AltiSer in the draft
snatch-bag, but Cincinnati got him. The
old Roman saw his mistake In letting
Altizer go to Minneapolis, where he has
been big factor in winning the American
association pennant and It is too bad he
could not have been the one to get him
AWAY from Cantillon. 1t Is a fine tribute
TO a player when six major league clubs
throw the draft after him. The Cubs as well
Va the White Sox wanted him.
The number OF minors drafted by the
majors this year. lis. is the greatest ever
and goes TO show the keen competition
hoth National and American league team
owners are engaged in for new material.
Undoubtedly, as usual, many men have
been drafted, who, when the test comes
Nylllk fail but they must all go through
the hopper one way or another Omaha
suffered---we. say suffered advisedly---to
the extent OF one player, Riggert. who
goes to Boston Americans. II is loss
ITO Omaha to have to part with man Oh
Fiaeert's ealiber for the measly sum OF
gl.bOO, which ID Lne uTdll PiiSS ~ ~-0-
A teams He is undoubtedly the find OF
the season by Pa Rourke and one OF the
most promising youngsters the old scout
has ever scared out Of the brushes. IL
As a pity Omaha cannot keep him TOT at
Seast another year, by which time bar
rinw accidents. he ought to be very val
uable man. But 1t is the same old story
Jimmy Austin was taken from Omaha
under the draft rule when he should have
LNrouKht at the very least $4,000. Schoon-
- over, another one of Pas finds in Kansas
was drafted by the Giants, but as the num-
her had been reached, he was among those
disallowed. Does anybody wonder that the
Class A clubs have hard time getting
together good material when the big
leagues rake the country with fine tooth
comb for all the available material? Yet
the Glass A teams have the grades below
them from which to draw.
1t 1sl now practically certain that the
n world s~series will be played between the
y Cubs and Athletics as the champions oil
4 The National and American leagues re-
spsctlvely. The two teams ought to put up
an excellent fight for the final honor. The
Cubs will have 10 whip around into normal
condition before meeting this test, but they
iea ought to be funy as hard-fought as
WAS that last year between the Cubs ane
Tigers. The Athletics are stronger In the
box than the Tigers we're, having one OF
the best staff pitchers In either league and
these stars are likely make the Cubs
some trouble, though II the Nationals are
an condition they probably will win the bat
lie. In the first place Chicago has the
heat working base ball machine I'm th'
oountry and the best. In the minds OF many
.,norts that ever was organized. This
,,,ar The Athletics have done good team
work. but 1t is one year against max
so,or with the Cubs. 1t was largely tn
,acle az team work toward the end OF th'
.sason In 1909 that caused Maek's men &c
,au aown and let the Tigers win the Amer
t.an league flag They also lacked nerve
a thing the Cubs possess In abundance
The playing rules are in need OF som'
definite Interpretation by the solons tht
winter The old hidden bail uleA ma
caused fresh trouble. The other whei
the Cubs worked II on Devore OF NeF
York Zimmerman, at third, hiding II VIM"
ReuIbach stood in the box Umpire hisle
called balk and sent Devore home on III
ground that Reulbaeh was in position
deliver tnC Dali ana Adiieu " w 49,
Cardinals played the trick on the CUBS
st. Louis a few days before that and tn
cubs made q holler about balk. Hanl
ODay gave them the laugh and SAID IN
pitcher could stand in the box all summe
80 long as he made no motion TO dehVe
- The ball There ought TO be some speclfi
4 ruling on this. for II is aggraVating &
have confusion coming up SO frequently.
Art Fenlon has been transferred asain
This time 10 Atlanta. There are two o
three other teams Art has not played on
Pittsburg is making poor finish afte
! that grand streak OF winning
The race is between Pirates and Giant
- second place
We may land in that first division yet
Who knows7
Denver has disappointed us again,