Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-10
The OMAHA SUNDAY BEE.
OMAHA. SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 10. 1911.
JUDGMENTS

TNRoAI a purely selfish standpoint
Omaha may well regret that base
bah war has been averted. for had
the Tebeau crowd gone on with its
plans Omaha would have landed
where 10 belongs-in a larger and better
base ball circuit As things have terrni-
mated, Omahas status remains unchanged
and WILL unless the break should come
later. be found in the same Western league
IN l9lZ The American association fellows
ascrioe their failure Of results to the re-
fusal Of the Eastern and Southern leagues
70 go through With them and that is no
doubt the way Of IT, II Is apparently J
complete and sound thrashing for Tebeau
and his associates. the most severe one that
White Wings has ever had and It is the
more effective because it marks the culrni
nation Of i movement that has beea years
in forming For at least four years this
talk OF invasion" and third major league
has been rife. and now it all goes up in
smoke so suddenly and abruptly as to
astonish anyone who has given il the least
attention But We are inclined 70 believe
that all Is not over yet Things may drift
along in apparent peace for another year
We DO not know. but even II they do. it Is
not at all likely that the ambitions OF the
American association men will not reassert
themselves in more tangible form before
much longer. The fact Is. there il some
element OF right and justice in what the
American association is asking and it must
be remembered that it got not one part Of
a concession. And right here is a sugges-
tive feature - the Tebeau crowd laid
down" too readily and too anaicably 70
stay laid. Who knows Tebeau and one or
two OF his associates will find IL hard to
believe that they are not playing 'posson
Just little. George Tebeau Is not all ad-
mirable- but the man has more fight in
him than his docile conduct in this con-
troversy indicates and he not only has
fight IN him, but power His marvellous
financial success in base ball obtained. il
Is true. in ways that would not suit every
scrupulous man, has nevertheless given him
= certain cockiness which we believe, is not
go easily subdued as appears on the sur
face Of things now. We are not out with
any predictions. except the one that
sooner or later this undercurrent of dis
content is going TO crop out in positive and
active form and them the majors will find
the power they now WELD with such con-
summate authority put to the test But
let 1t come. il it must; the sooner the bet
ter and Omaha and Denver have nothing
70 lose but much to gain by it.
With all due respect TO his oninous title,
the Honorable Marquis of Queensbury lie
going good deal out of his way to con-
ture up reasons and excuses why Hacken-
schmidt was thrown by Gotch. The Mar
quis came over prior to the match TO be on
the ground with his preliminary advice
and subsequent explanations so that Arneri-
cans might have the advantage of scientific
knowledge, for which. no doubt. they are
duly grateful 70 his noblets. The European
idea Of defeat like Hacks is that it must
be excused and so Europeans are pleased
TO affirm that what Gotch toyed with at
Chicago was only the shadow Of the real
Hack Yet we happen TO remember that
Immediately before going on the mat. Hack
announced that Gotch would be a defeated
champion after September 4 The LIONS
knee wasn't lame then. Hack did not re-
semhle q shadow. He didn't move fast
enough for that. but he certainly was a
pigmy in the hands OF Gotch. Gotch ap-
peared as the very acme OF physical man
hood the unquestioned master of all wrest-
lers of all time, while Hack looked like an
ordinary third-rater. And we never have
believed he was higher than q second-rater.
Worst Of all is, he cannot lost any better
than he can wrestle. He played the baby
Gotch April 3, 1905. His cry for a private
contest was puerile. but it was snapped up
by Gotch so quickly that Hack had 10
hurry and find an excuse out OF that which
he did. OF course We agree with Referee
Eddie Smith, that Goteh viii remain the
wrestling champion OF the world as long as
he remains in the game Where Hack
really made his mistake was ever to yield
his ear TO the siren voice OF the shrewd
Jack Curley. If he didn't want TO be
thrown, for Hack is not a catch-as-catch
can wrestler in any sense Of the term. He
probably would do well at Graeco- Roman
which as old Farmer Burns says. is only
half -rasslin'." Curley knew better thar
anybody else that Hackenschuaidt would
make just such a pitiful showing. but
0urley and the redoubtable Doe Roller
another huge wrestling joke, saw a chance
70 make a pue OF money and beefed HacA
into believing he could wrestle. Wen
Curley probably paid Hack literally fol
what he did.
After all what was il that Manages
Chance sought in that four-cornered trad'
with Boston? He is not using a mar
regularly that he got in the deal. and has
let one-CUts-go entirely. Peaches era
ham is not doing the catching Will
Archer is out. but Nsedham. II IL was Z
gat rid of king the deal was a sllccass