Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-05
Judgments

TT WOULD seem that the Omaha
Country club will at least be
awarded the western amateur golf
championship tournament. From all
indications the 1916 event will be played
over the local links. The Country
club is one of the three bidders for the
tourney this year. and appears to have a
satisfactory edge over the other two.
One of the other bidders. a California
club, is too far away, and the other. the
Midlothian of Chicago, is making its first
bid in the history of the association.
while the Country club was a disap-
pointed bidder last year. The western
amateur tournament would be a big boost
for the golf game in Omaha. 1t would
bring the best players from all over the
west. including probably several of the
Pacific coast cracks, and the local fol-
lowers OF the game would be treated to
some of the fastest match play possible.
The Omaha Country club is planning the
expenditure of a considerable sum of
money in the enlargement of its club
house and should be perfectly capable
Of entertaining the championship.
Barney Dreyfuss, owner of the Pitts
burgh National league club and bitter
enemy Of the Federals, declares that the
halcyon. days of old are bound to return
and that base ball will once more resume
is place as the unquestioned leader Of
American sports. Perhaps Dreyfuss is
right, it is hoped that he is, but present
indications seem to point to another
more or less DISASTROUS season Of base
ball. Spring will find woefully small
number of minor leagues opening an
other season and 1t appears as II spring
will find the major leagues and the
Feds In the midst of another tangle.
AS long as the big boys continue to
battle the Feds, in fact as long as there
is an outlaw league, professional base
ball will suffer. for the base ball fan
finds the battle with dollars a very
rauseating affair. and he Will not will
ingly contribute his dollars for the mag
mates to fight with.
Ducky Holmes has been given until
January / 20 complete his solicitations fol
sale Of shares In a stock company to take
over the holdings of Hugh Jones In Lin
coin. II probably would be a good thinl
for Lincoln II Ducky is successful, and
appearances at present indicate he will
succeed. For Lincoln should become
good ball town II the club is owned by
q. oNSN'
Holmes has sold has been subscribed by
capital city residents and Holmes Is moi
going outside OF the city for the re-
mainder. Minor league fans always take
a more active interest in a club wher
owned by local men than by an outside
resident and, as Lincoln surely should b'
a good Class A bali town, 1t should be
a case of renewed prosperity If DuckS
is successful in raising the money.
President-elect OF the Western league
Frank c. Zehrung, is scheduled TO make
a trip GROUND the circuit for semi-offcia
visits with the magnates before hi
actively takes up the duties as executive
of the league. Zehrung. by this move
shows that he is following the correct
system. A president who makes him
self known to the business men and fans
of the circuit he directs and consults with
its magnates is the kind OF a president
to have. He keeps an interest In tbs
league stirred up and he keeps as far al
possible, harmony among the magnates
with the result that a league. especially
a minor league, is more likely to enjoy
prosperity, than II its president adopted
gumshoe methods Of worn-out politics.
And while the future looks far from
rosy for the professional base ball man
the amateur game is preparing for 9
more successful season than ever. Las
summer there were eighty teams in the
Omaha Amateur Base Ball association
and next year It Is expected that the
number will pass 100. While the sand
lot game hasn't the finesse of the pro
fessional game, the fan can always find
an afternoons enjoyment In II becaus'
the amateur plays base ball first, las
and all the time and doesn't waste mos
of his energy in legal negotiations which
have to do with long-term contracts, th'
reserve clause and injunction suits.
Cornell has refused to play Pittsburgh
a post-season game to settle the easter
gridiron championship. For whici
Cornell should be commended as post
season games in no way would chang
the plans and Specifications Of the uni
verse and there is no particular gaii
TO be made by anyone.
It would seem that most Of our heavy
weights. except those who wish TO tangl
with Jess Willard. who Is evidently re
gnrded as soft pickings." have view
which coincide with those advanced b,
Henry Ford.
The American Boxing association, II 1
said. will make an effort 70 bar Freddi
Welsh from the ring. But for that mat
ter King Albert tried to bar Kaiser WI
helm from Belgium.
The Army and Navy foot BAN game
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event than a sporting event
And lest you forget, the cornhusker
lose only four men by graduation thi
year.