Omaha daily bee., 1913-10-26
Judgments

letter OF the worlds S tour on
which the two teams, composed
mostly of White Sox and Giants.
are about to launch. Comiskey
is said to have counted on a personal
outlay of s75.oOO for the trip. Big money
maker? Not that any one knows Of
That is not the purpose of the trip. Ac-
cording to the Sporting News, the pur-
pose is simply to make good on a declara-
tlon Comiskey made twenty-five years
ago when working as playing-manager
for Chris Won Der Abe. owner of the
st. Louis Browns. Al spalding and
Cap" Anson took two teams on a
worlds tour and it inspired the ambi-
/ ton in young Comiskey to duplicate the
feat some day with team Of his own
and another Commy will share the gate
receipts. of course. but every one knows
they are an uncertain quantity. He win
have a world of fun for himself and his
friends and bring his team back more
than ever flushed with determination TO
play their heads Oft for the "old
Roman" the most popular man in base
ball, a man who has always gone on the
theory that spending money brings in
money. 1t is a theory in the benefits of
which many share and the fans delight
Says the Sporting News:
Just at this time, when the public has
been fed on columns and columns of
figures showing the receipts, the club
owners share and the players split, OF
this and that series, until IL has almost
become nauseated, II is refreshing TO read
a story sof the real impeling motive of
Charles Comiskey In arranging world
tour for two ball teams and a score or
two of friends. There are figures and
dollar signs in the story, but they do not
relate TO profits and divisions. II Is not
a tale of figures showing what is coming
In or expected to come in. but what is
going out and an impression OF Mr.
when lit Is going out-provided the ex-
pendfture means happiness-as he Is
when 1t is coming in.
win McGraw stand pat on his team
for next year? The fact that he is GO
ing around the world and wAiving the
chance of a mld-winter reconstruction in
spires such belief In some minds. Well
Muggsy has fairly good team. There is
talk of his landing Ed Konetchy for first
Instead of Merkle. Merkle can play all
right most of the time, especially IL no
emergency shows up. but Konetchy un-
doubtedly would be a great strength to
the Giants. But such trades are not
what is most needed in base ball. Kon-
etchy is needed far more where he is,
in st. Louis-though he says he won't
play there again-than In New York.
The hope is that before next spring both
the ST. Louis team will undergo a few
radical changes. II would help base ball
Last winter was the best In the history
of base ball for gossip Never, in our
knowledge did a mid-season yield as
much snappy, interesting dope. The
player who was not traded or sold dur
ing the winter was the exception. Some
times whole teams would change hands,
new leagues were built. new rules pro
mulgated, radical reforms advanced and
Innovations of every character projected.
This year things haven't opened up quite
as actively, yet the winter is not here.
The dopesters seldom get under fun head
way till after the foot bali boys have
their little inning. And at that few
good ones have been pulled even by now.
George stovan goes 10 the Federal
league. managing the Kansas City team.
That let's mighty good ball player get
away from the American league, where,
However, he was '1n bad for Ban John
son 2idnt like him, and Bans 1t" The
scquistion OF such men as Stovall helps
to snbstantiate the new organization
from which We may expect even larger
results in 1914 than produced this year
We hear no more about the possibility
OF Omaha getting into this league, and
we are sorry, too. A winning Federal
leegue team in Omaha would be simple
Onder.
Ban Johnson frowns on the Hermann
suggestion OF an interleague series in
stead of the worlds series He lays too
much stress, II seems to US, on the finan-
cial factor as the determining Issue
Those fans who travel miles to see a
worlds series game without seeing Il are
apt to favor the other plan. At any
rate. why not give It a trial. at least be-
fore the courts of base ball this winter
before consigning it 10 the scrap heap?
Even IL the majestic Ban doesn't like IL.
let's discuss il and get at all its bad and
good points before passing It up.
The day on which IL had been hoped tn
have the Giants-white sox tourists play
al Rourke park was perfect one for base
Lsll and would undoubtedly have drawn
a crowd 10 fill the place. had Colonel
Itourke embraced the opportunity 70
gather ia 9 few extra baskets OF yen.
Frank Chance has landed Outfielder
Walsh high class ball player. from
Connie Mack. Chance expresses satis-
faction with his infield All right, then
here's for the Highlandersy for when
Chance expresses satisfaction with q
team Il ought to be a winner
GOnding for manager next year. Al
riRhf come on. You can't beat the old