Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-03
Judgments


- his plans for 1915. He has wig
IN wagged back and forth a good
- - deal with the Federals. but thus
far not coupled up. He has come
in for some banning at the hands or
those ever ready to pan, but when
Dooins case is thoroughly considered the
fairest mind. we believe. will not pan
him. More than that, we believe with
the writer of the following in the Base
Ball World, that the Philadelphia man.
agement owes something to Charley
Doom, which will continue 1t in his debt
unless II at least gives him an uncondi-
tionsl release:
Doom has spent fourteen years with the
Phils. and In that time caught more
games Of base ball than any catcher in
the country. In the American league war,
lie was loyal. although offered double
the salary paid him by the Phils.
Year after year he was the team
mainstay behind the bat and often caught
more than 100 games every season. Never
once has he ever had to be disciplined or
even rebuked for breaking training rules.
He has always kept himself in good con-
dition, been entirely tractable and never
a breeder OF discord. These qualities, to-
gether with his skill as a player, resulted
in his appointment as manager in 1910.
He caught most of the games in 10 and
II, but with the coming of killifef and
because of his onerous duties as man
ager, he gave the youth a chance and did
not take part In so many games.
Now Doom has been relieved OF his
managerial duties. but his work as a
private In the ranks must not be forgot
ten. Doom was "a years old last June
and can hardly last as player more
than two or three years.
An unconditional release means much
for him, for he could get a far better con-
tract as free agent than II another
club had to buy his release. The Phils
hau fuyn In
and Burns and don't need Doom, but they
should not attempt to profit by his sale
when II means money out OF Dooins
pocket.
After depesing him as manager to
player. the ownership would not only be
doing Doom an injustice not to release
him Internationally, but itself a foolish
wrong. It's refusal would be foolhardy.
Such actions figure in the general expense
account which o. b. b. is finding so diff
ficult just now to settle.
Ernest j. Larigan. writing in the Sport
ing News. says;
Personally, / don't think the Federal
league has had much to do with bring
ing about the present conditions in base
ball. The Gilmore league brought out the
cupidity was there, everybody knew 1t.
Any unbiased man who will sit down
and run back over the events of the last
fifteen years will have to agree with
Mr. Lanigan that the Federals are not
responsible FOR present conditions. Pres
ent conditions are the inevitable conse-
quences of acts and policies belonging
to some of the very men loudest in their
assaults upon the Federals. And there
isn't space in this brief article TO name
all those men. All responsible for the
Pulliam situation might be named
Charles Webb Murphy certainly must be
so must Ban Johnson. And, after all
what a huge joke II is for Ban Johnson
the biggest rebel i'm the history of base
ball, to continue throwing fits at pres
ent when other men are simply going g
little further than he went along the sam
general path. 'Tis Johnson's business. oil
course. TO. uphold the interest OF the
American league. but not his business tc
try TO blind peoples eyes with dust IA
the doing.
This ray of light Is thrown on Jacl
Coffey's positive refusal to leave Den
yer for Pittsburgh" by a Pittsburgh
sport writer:
The charge that the Pittsburgh clul
merely covered up Jack Corey FOR I'M
Denver club is hardly fair. The Pirate
management made sincere efforts to slgl
the Denver manager-shortstop, who hat
been signed to a big Denver contract
before the Pirates drafted him Whih
efforts were being made to get him i
line. the local club learned to certatntI
that CoffsY could not begin 20 crow
Gerhar Qua Of his job. Fol-, this reasel
allow Coffey 20 revert to the Denver clut
coffey is a good Glass a shortstop,
fair hitter. but
So old Johnny Killing Is thinking Of re
turning to the map. Well. il Noisy Jaw
says he can, he can, for he's nothing
not square And he thinks ne will turn
deaf ear to all those Mathematician OF
fers from the Federafs and so 10 Gin
cinnat II he gees anywhere. II probabl
would be a great thing for CtneJ
Jawn came back" one before, you n
member, without much trouble.
Now that Rupert OF Henzau Ia
bought the Yankees for sf50.Oee OF St2J 90
or whatever the figure was. and decide
TO spend 8. $4,000 on their rehabilitation
you may look for another A. L team
Gotham such as the Grithth-Chesbr
bunch. that missed the pennant only b
one OF Jacks wild 'uns-maybe.
The formal announcement OF 'Wil
Bill" Donovan as the new manager {
the new Yankees spells that story aboI
Comiskey having laid in Eddie Collin
for New Yorks benefit as manager an
keystoner. We look for Edward In
White sox uniform when the birds begi
10 chatter.
Walter johnson Is no longer famous Z
the great pitcher. but rather the ma
who refuses to keep OF accept a $50