Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-03
Judgments

/" HAT was fierce toehold Mayor
Harrison OF Chicago cIamped on
the ancient and honorable game
l. OF wrestling when he signed the
permit for the Eiahmout- Peder-
son match because the Law did not enable
MIN to deny II, explaining that he was
SICK OF seeing fake wrestles pulled Off
IN Chicago. So is every game sport sick
OF rake wrestles and very few Others are
being held today. The game. which once
was a high class sport and might Ii.
again. Is being conducted IN the interest
enieiiy OF a few promoters and gamblers,
VINO give the ftubs that do the business
"hat wages they see tit. Some very un-
serupuious men are In the business as
promoters. going by the name of man
ayers. American wrestlers. Of course,
generally do their own mana ging and do
not allow these outside takers TO CLAIM,
the Hons share OF their proceeds. but the
hulks shipped over from Europe and used
as wrestiers are, as a rule the pttiIexs
prey OF the fake promoter. Now ana
tnen. as In the case OF Mahmout and
possibly Peterson. good wrestler comes
over from Europe. hut the great majority
OF them are mere dubs and the American
public Is wondering II the touted Hack
enschmidt does not belong IN that class
AZ least II was against his match wi,S
The peerless Gotch. that Mayor Harrison
centsred his protest. II may be said. OF
course. that when two good wre.tlers
meet, whether the match Il more than
an exhihiuon or not the public gets It's
moneys worth and perhaps II does. but
take away the element Of lex,tluat,
chance from sports and the best part Of
sports is gone.
Thomascn and Kane. who deyelop.d
such extraordinary strength last season
In center and at FIRST. respectively. an
well ~ on the bases and at the bat.
should both have their best year this sea-
son. They are young. strong. Timber ana
ambitious and have reached the place
where they should be able to get the
greatest advantages out OF what they
have acquired by the knowledge Of base
ball The close OF last season found these
two men topping the league. playing a.
high grade OF ball as had ever been seen
on the western circuit and with the en-
couragement OF that and the desire 10
excel. they should come hack this spring
more effective than ever. Pa Rourke
has them and he has others to give him
great ground for believing that he will
be In the race to the end this year. II Is
hardly possible to see how he can miss
that much. anyway. He feels certain that
in justice he has the best shortstop he
has had IN years and out Of three men
10 pick for second, he will surely land
one who can cover the bag as II should
be covered. Niehoff is the class OF the
league at third. The diamond 10 sppar-
entity cared for as II has not been for
some seasons. The battery work is highly
represented and the outfield safe. The re-
organirs ton process this winter has been
upward. Little disintegrstion has taken
placa
President O'Nelll pleads for more uni
fornity among Western league scorers.
He should get II as well as more Inn
partial accuracy. II Is bad as for an um-
pire 10 play fayorites as for a scorer. A
ball players work or reputation is his
stock-in-trade. II should never be dam
aged By the report Of the press. which
the scorer Influences. Neither should
man get any moro than Is rightly COM
ing 10 him and no player should be
forced to give mp anything to any un-
scrupulous scorer. II man pastes some
prize sign on the fence. he and no one
else should get the trophy and he should
not be made 10 'cnt up with any one
else. simply because he may have the
duty Of recording what the player aid.
We are with President o'Neill on this
general proposition and want to see him
succeed
western league fans VIII hope to be
spared from rotten umpirtng this year.
believing they have had their share Of
late years. The president OF the league
tried hard last year. no doubt. TO give
them the best material and has made
similar effort this year, believing tha.
he has succeeded And yet It must be
remembered thar getting good umplres
for minor. as well ss major leagues, 10
one Of the severest tasks that falls to an
. executive Also that while the western
. league has put up with some poor umplr-
ing. II has had some OF the best
The passing Of Pat Doughsrty marks
another landmark gone. Pat has been one
Of the wonders Of latter-day base bail
\ Beginning as q pitcher and finishing as
"a outfielder. be has had g spectacular
career. his marve.ous batting for time
kesping him In the public eye.
The twftter OF the birds got even Miner
Brown He Joined the Surrendered hold
outs during the week and = now ready
Ger the rescue.
Johnny Gonding is Cnou trying his wing
put By shoveling snow these giadsome
wintry days.
Boxing . to be redeemed in Chicago.
-eat no fake boxing." Quit your kiddin'.
Chick Autrey Is said 10 hare had
good coon hunting season
Bat Goas Aadsrssa - not 80 bad