Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-07-11

last week but the praises OF
Joe steoher. They have been
fktS9& sung in many tongues and
&&&seY many keys, and every place.
The soy of having homegrown cham
pion is too recent TO be easily borne
and, even among folks as modest as
Omahans are by nature, the exuberance
shown in the victory Is pardonable. 1t
has one little bit Of alloy, and that is a
humber of the wise ones were deluded
into laying wagers that Cutler would be
returned winner. That the Egyptians
who came from Chicago and Iowa ana
Missouri and other places where the
weisenheiner fourisheth, should be de-
spoiled is perfectly proper and much 10
be commended; yet it is not pleasant to
think that we harbor in our midst those
who were so simple in their faith as TO
think the home talent had no chance.
But these are chastened in spirit, and
their sadness is not the less because of
sundry shekels, oboli. sestercii. and other
forms of coin of the realm that journeyed
hence when the farmer boys went home.
And this sadness is not relieved by the
sounds Of revelry that come floating in
from Dodge, where the hands of the
lock Is gone from all the doors.
stecher's victory over Cutler was so
clean. so complete and so overwhelming,
that not even the keenest partisan Of the
Michigan man has been heard TO advance
an alibi The alleged champion was no
match for the young Nebraskan, and
this was proven to the satisfaction of
everybody last Monday night out at
Rourke park. In fact. the victory was so
hollow that 1t seemed only one man was
In the contest. And right here let us
whisper a word OF advice to Joe Stecher
and his friends: Cutler achieved the
championship by reason of a gift from
Frank Gotch. He had defended II
against the men Stecher has toyed with
and barely proved himself their superior.
Championship pretcnsions should rest on
a firmer foundation. This department Of
The Bee believes that Gotoh will prove
as easy for Stecher as did Cutler, but
somewhere is the man who will give the
new champion a warm tussle on the mat,
and against this meeting Stecher must
be prepared. The fame of his scissors
hold will so about the land. and along
with II the tale of the tempting sums of
money its advocates are willins to
wager on its everlasting efficiency But
once Evan Lewis and his strangle hold
were as famous and as sure Of backing
and so were Farmer Burns and his ham
merlock with which he threw Lewis
and then Frank Gotch learned how to
get away from the hammerlock and
Burns Joined Lewis among the ex-cham-
pions, and Gotoh and his toe-hold be-
came the Idol Of the wrestling world
Tho scissors hold will not last forever
On Tuesday Omaha business men will
be addressed at the Commercial club by
President O'Neill and Colonel Fair
weather on the topic OF the Western
league and conditions that have prevailed
during the current season. and asked to
take part in the proposed booster day,
which is to be organized as a general
benefit for the entire league. II is the
p, plan to have two of these, one IN the
eastern section and one in the western,
four towns celebrating the event stimuli
taneously This will make something OF
an opportunity for good-natured and
healthy rivalry between the towns and
between the sections, as TO the popu-
larity of the teams in their homes. OF
course, the object is to have thus given
in a practical way q testimonial TO the
club owners that their efforts 70 provide
base ball In an acceptable form is appre-
ciated.