Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09

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deal 10 insure the success Of the
Western league team that has been
" planted In that city. When a few
men can go but in the city
: like that on a day when the mer-
curry is far below zero and col
lect $4,000 by popular subscription for
base ball, as was done Thursday, It is time
to forget and forgive past sins Of omission.
Evidently st. Joseph meant what 1t said
). when II asserted that the town was ripe
, for base ball and would support a team
"a the Western league would give It the
9Aqrtunity. Evidently It means to support
TACK Holland from the very start. Evil
hently II is determined to put up to Mr..
Holland the burden Of success. And Hol-
land is a hustler who may be depended
on to do his best toward getting and main
tanning a winning team. All Of which Is
excellent for. the Western league. 1t Is
bel highly desirable to have st. Joseph in the
league, all things being equal. II is a
larger city than most of those making up
the circuit; II Is strategetioally located and
will contribute to the compactness Of the
circuit. There can be no doubt that st.
Joseph business men have seen the error
81 the last few years, during which no pro-
fessional base ball was maintained In their
city. This Is a relative proposition. 1t
would not matter were 1t not for the fact
that others cities of this class all Wound
It we're maintaining teams and that ST.
Joseph had In the past and had then failed
and become E charge upon other cities in
the league. Il out Of such an experience
comes steadfast support and profitable re-
suits then 1t is a lesson well worth the
teaching and the learning, expensive as 1t
va to all interests concerned.
Garry Hermann .-.u down a flat and APP
parently sincere ultimatum to Mister
Charles Webb Murphy in his annual report
0 the national commission, of which he
w. chairman, when he declared that syndi-
cate baseball must not and shall not be
tolerated or permitted and that no matter
who the man or what the city, the first
evidence that such a system exists a rigid
investigation should be instituted and ade-
quate measures taken to abolish the syn
dictate ball and bring the offenders to a
Just accounting. Mr.. does not
say so, but leaves the inference that he,
with other fairminded men, considers a
"Aust accounting to be a life membership
In the order OF the tin can, 1t is earnestly
to be hoped that If Murphy, who the base
ball public has a right to believe has Sc
cured control Of Philadelphia, starts any
thing he will get exactly what Mr.. Herr
nuwnn indicates Is Coming to him. And
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wished the Chubby Charley would start
something. If the league stands by Herr
mann's resolution II may save itself from
a dire fate. And 1t is a certainty that the
league will do this. Men with millions in
vested are not going to sit supinely by and
see a selfish toadstool. who has sprung
UP over night, undermine an institution
. which means their entire business life.
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''F~ollowlng the. example set by the Ma
tional league the American association has
repudiated a faithful and efficient officer"
That splendid bit of courage is voiced by
the Sporting News in its lead editorial.
The Bee has been criticized once or twice
for denouncinGsthe methods aud the men
that unseated Heydler and o'Brien, but
1t is upheld by the most Intelligent and
air-minded base bah critics. Leaving out
Of all consideration the merits of Presi-
dent-elect Lynch of the National league
oAPresldent-elect C%hivington of the Ameri-
can association. we repeat that their cleo
ton is q simple and supine concession to
the desperadoes of organized base ball,
men who are guided and actuated solely
and simply by one motive-selfish ag-
grandizement. Murphy and Tebeau are
not and never were and probably never
will be as creditable In their relation to
ibase bali as Heydler and o'Brien. These
|fwo chief executives were unseated be-
cause they were clean and dared do what
In their Judgment was right, because they
refused to do the humble bidding Of these
two self-constituted dictators. It is a
good thing for the Sporting News to take
this decisive stand, for it's stand on any
question affecting base ball Yields a
potent influence.
Pr. Roller may have fooled SOM people
gs~to his reasons for not sticking with the
Jeff-Gotch combine, but he evidently did
not fool Big Jeff. That distinguished gent
let 1t be known when In Omaha that he
didn't take much stock in the docs tale of
a Atomaime poisoning, He rather inclined
40 the view that Roller feared If he went
with the company to Des Moines he might
be finally backed into a corner by Jess
Westergaard for a sure enough wrestle,
which the big Dane has been seeking these
many days with the urbane physician from
Aseat eiel Does look as II the doctors
ftQmafme poisoning comes on him at most
Convenient times. And then there's Jack
Curley, his erstwhile manager. Very rawi
{ The question OF who win whip, JEFF or
Jack, seems to have as many ends to it
as that eminent query that paced up and
down the land for so long without a cor
rect answer, who Hit Billy Patterson
The fact that one negro. Bob Armstrong,
has come ont with the declaration that It
will be jeff for the gold, seems to settle
It in many minds. AS for Jeff, he is
willing to wait and watch and let the
people who see him on his present tour
say whether he is fit or not. II he does
beat the black man he win have set up a
precedent which no fighter or athlete Of
EQUAL fame has ever achieved.
From reports we are TO believe that Mr..
Ducky Holmes was oTly kidding us when
he asseverated last fall that he was out of
base ball for some seasons at least. Here
we learn that Toledo has secured him as
manager. Let's see, that's the league of
which Colonel Tebeau and the Messrs. Can
uron form so important a part, isn't it?
Can you hear the collision?
Boston may think it is the Hub, but
what about Chicago. with headquarters OF
= four base ball league presidents? Johnson
OF the American. Tearney of the Three