Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-05
Judgments

his veteran material to replace it with
youngsters, will not retain him. And
thus will one Of the most picturesque
figures in base ball pass from his
prominent position in the spotlight's
glare to the dark and unnoticed space
behind the wings away from the pub
lie view. Lajoie came into the Ma
ticnal league in 1896, joining the Phil
adelphia club. 1t was George Stall
ings who made a second baseman out
of him, at which position he became
famous because OF his graceful field
ing and terrific batting. The big
Frenchman was the ranking veteran
of the major leagues last year With
Sam Crawford and Hans Wagner he
was one of three who had been in the
big show since the nineteenth century.
Larry is one of the few ball players
possessed of a saving disposition. He
has drawn big salaries for many years
and he has invested his money wisely
The big Frenchman is a glowing ex-
ample of what a ball player can make
out of himself if he tries.
When Joseph Lannin sold his Bos-
ton American league club to Harry
Frazee and the latter's partners, the
outgoing magnate said: Il am too
much of fan to be club owner"
And he said it. Too many magnates
are fans. They become excited as the
pennant race progresses Lannin be-
came SO worked up toward the close
of the current year that he made
statements rejecting on the American
league umpires. Lannin didn't really
mean to say it, but he said it and it
hurt. The American league magnates
may we'll extend the glad hand to
Harry Frazee. Frazee is theatrical
man and he knows a lot about the
whims of the public. Base ball has
reached the stage where couple
more chaps who know something
about the public pulse will help lot
Apparently Barney Drefuss, the
combative head of the Pittsburgh Ma
tionals, doesn't bar anybody no mat
ter how big they come. Barney has
been making war on Garry Herr
mann, chairman of the National CON-
mission, for year. Now he is after
Ban Johnson, boss of the American
league works. Barney wants to know
why Ban, who recently made public
a spread-eagle speech decrying the
existing worlds series conditions,
doesn't do something to remedy the
said evils. Barney. points out that
Ban is member OF the National
commission and that the commish
regulates the rates. Barney intimates
that Banny is pulling grandstand
play. And it looks as if Barney had
the right dope.
The we'll known athlete seems to be
due for another wallop where the
chicken gets his regularly and the turk
on Thanksgiving. The wall and roar
coming out Of the recent worlds
series has sent the big league mag
mates flying down the stretch in the
alibi league and they are shifting the
blame onto the shoulders of the play
ers. Greatness on the part of the
hired hands has necessitated the in
creased prices, they aver. Perhaps
they are right and perhaps they are
MOTOR guess it's case of fifty
fifty-but no matter, the player is 60
ing to be on the receiving end OF the
wallop, anyhow. Oh, for those good
old days Of the Federal league.
President Tener of the National
league says he cannot understand why
a howl is made over charge of S.
to see two hours Of good, clean base
ball when nary murmur is heard
when $50 is charged for thirty-min-
ute gaze at an alleged prize fight.
Simple: The American public has
ceased to be suckers on base ball, but
still grabs hook, line and sinker in the
box fight business. That is, some OF
the public-in New York for instance
does, but not in Nebraska. g..
War threatens in the American
league. Lannin, it is said, sold his
club without first obtaining the per-
mission OF Ban johnson to turn the
deal, and it is further said the other
magnates may not sanction the deal.
What kind Of business anyway, may
we inquire, that a man cannot sell
out II he wants to? 1t would seem
Mr.. -annin, owning the Boston club,
can Aell to whom he chooses. 1t is
nobody else's business, it would seem
to US.
The foot ball scribe on the Lincoln
Journal comes to bat to say that
an assertion that Nebraska university
would be unable to play an eastern
team because of the Missouri Valley
conference rule is plain bunk. 1T
has been demonstrated that almost
any old rule in the conference can be
waived if big team desires it to be"
he says. And yet, the conference
rules are always thrown up when the
Omaha alumni tries to bring game
to Omaha.
Mr.. Harper of Notre Dame has
discarded the sackcloth and ashes and
expresses a happy confidence that
his eleven will lick the spots off Ne
braska. And one time the Michigan
Aggies came out to Lincoln and the
betting was 3 to on the Aggies.
Mr.. Harper, please note. Never
count your dollars until you win EN-.
Tip O'Neill, it is said, may be the
new president Of the American asso-
citation. You have got to hand it to
Tip, he's hard man to keep down.
If they want to prescribe cure
for the ailing worlds series, they
might try having western teams win