Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-03
Judgments


fer from resolutions at the recent
National association meeting that
they intended to do just that little
thing. In the first place the little fell
lows turned down every request or
demand Davy Fultz OF the Players
fraternity made. which is the same
as throwing down the gauntlet to
Dayy In the second place they open
ly declared themselves as opposed to
permitting the National Commission
to interfere in their affairs which is
the same as slipping the majors a
mild warning. The minors have been
getting it in the neck for the last
twenty years. The last three years
they have been getting it good. The
entire profits of all the minors in the
country in the last three years
wouldn't buy weeks supply of cigar
cts for a Mexican track layer. And
the boys who have been footing the
r.Aills are getting somewhat panied,
they've reached the point where they
won't stand for much more and any
body who makes additional demands
on them isn't likely to be joyfully re-
ceived. Fultz has said he will not sub
nit to the turn down the minors gave
him at their New Orleans meeting.
And as Fultz generally means what
he says it probably means the Play
ers' fraternity will put up a battle, it
may even go so far as to call the
threatened strike. But it is just as
probable that the minors will fight
back to the limit, even closing their
parks if they have to.
The minor leagues make up pow
erful organization and if they ever de-
eide to get together and fight shoulder
\ to shoulder as they should they'll be-
come more of dictators instead of
subjects in the realm Of professional
base ball.
Doc Stewart, having been unfor-
tunate in his first year at Nebraska,
is going to come in for lot of criti
cism because the Cornhuskers
dropped two games this fall. But
how any person who took one slant
at that Nebraska backfeid could put
the blame on Stewart is mystery to
us. Creighton had a backheld that
had the Cornhusker chargers beat
to death. Nobody but miracle man
could have made a scoring machine
out of those Husker backs. Next
year four mighty good backfeld men,
Kellogg, Day, Schellenberg and Nc
Mahon, graduate from the freshmen
to the varsity. Stewart should be
able to mold a great eleven out OF
his present material and these men.
If he fails then Stewart will have to
shoulder the blame. But he shouldn't
be made to shoulder it this year, he
didn't have an even chance. Next
year he'll have more than all even
chance, so let's reserve Judgment on
the new Cornhusker mentor for an
other twelve months.
Some big trades are going to be
pulled off in the big leagues this year.
Miller Higgins has been given orders
to swap his entire club, Weeghman
has announced that he will get lot
of new men for the Cubs, McGraw
is after a player or two, Brooklyn
wants catcher and ishortstop, the
White Sox want third sacker, the
Browns need some new men, and SO
does practically every other club with
the possible exception of the Red Sox.
We were treated to some juicy trades
and purchases last year and the year
, before, when such stars as Collins,
Speaker, McCarty, Herzog, thinner
man, Doyle, Mathewson and others
changed locations, but they'll look like
bush league deals in comparison to
those that are likely to come up this
winter.
American league magnates are
Nqhawking because they say the Ma
tional league is making the American
bear the brunt of all the strife that
arose from the Federal league. They
say the Nationals now want the
American league to transfer. the
Washington club to Baltimore to ap-
pease the disgruntled persons there
who are sore over the peace agree
ment. And this, they say, on top of
the fact that the American league did
not suffer from the Federals and only
made peace to help the National out
And yet records show the American
league played to million more fans
this year than it did last. Didn't the
death of the Feds help little bit in
this enormous gain?
No sooner had Jumbo Stiehm hit
Nebraska to pay Thanksgiving visit
to his wife's relatives and see the
Nebraska-N Dame game, than ru-
more began to circulate that Stiehm
was out here after lfis old job. 1t is
probably only natural such rumors
would circulate. Stiehm in his now
field lost four games and only won
two while Nebraska, his old field,
didn't have its usual success But
there isn't much likelihood that the
rumors carry any truth, we don't
imagine Stiehm cares particularly to
s~come. back, or that Nebraska cares
particularly to have him back.
The much dicussed strike of the
players sounds like lot of Mexican
bunk to us. The base ball player of
the present day is much like the prize
fighter. His first iinterest is the coin
he gets. Shut up the parks few
days and suspend the payment of
salaries and hear the noise the play
crs will make. If the magnates merely
say, "let EN- strike" and then make
good, it won't be long before the
players will come to time.
The major leagues have lot Of
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