Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-19
Judgments

the national association
convention in New Orleans last week
and a lot OF doctors were on hand
to prescribe remedies for the ailing
patient. For half dozen years now
the little fellows have tried to rea-
son out WAYS and means to resusci-
tate the corpse, but have never been
able to hit the nail on the head. Some
of the magnates pa Rourke OF Oma-
ha is one of them) have the right
idea on the only way to bring minor
league base bali back into favor, but
the other moguls weigh too much
above the neck and can't see 1t. 1t
minor league base ball is ever to
regain its old popularity the prun-
ing knife must be taken to the major
league discard Look over the ranks
of the Western league this year and
YOU will see that every team IN the
league was composed largely of play
ers who had either outlived their use
fulness in the big show or were sent
back farming out and therefore mad
no allegiance to the club on which
thew played. Only few were young
fellows. striving to succeed, on their
loes a.. ' ai, ;ts WAS worth, There
game ~, a. nro, IVA, Il those major
Is no se d;snards l.rt ambition. thew
NAV play better ball than the young
ster, but it doesn't carry the appeal
to the fan. If is a lot easier Tor
minor league manager to catch
bunch OF former major leaguers on
the rebound and such club will gen
erallv be able to wallop one made up
OF promising youngsters. And that
is why the minor magnates persist in
accepting the major league returns
One mogul will do it and the remain
ing seven have to do it for protec-
ton. It's short-sighted policy
though. and some of the magnates
are at last beginning to see it. When
thew all see and devote little time
and attention to building up teams
of new blood they'll not only hnd
their expenses smaller and their
chances to make profits by sales bet
fer hut that they will take in more
money at the gate, for the tan Will
youngster VINO mas never oe!o' = -
known out OF MS own .ou .. ~ the
he VIII IN inc sfs sae hsoMn 70 fade
world II that s'ai A"' 'e
Each succeeding league meeting
sees another effort made to eliminate
the rowdyism' from base ball. OF
course base ball should be kept clean
and riots and near-riots and fights
and the like are to be discouraged, but
lent there such thing as too much
rcform3 1t has been our observation
that the average fan enjoys after a
fashion little fuss on the field. 1t
gives him a chance to bark at the bel
iigerents or the umpire and he has a
good time. And while we cheertuily
admit it is right and proper 10 take
field it would seem that some Oh tne
leagues are SO overoo'ng IL thd' Dase
ball game Will shortiy DeCoine o.t
of pink-tea affair IN Which an atnle;e
who comes on the feld WIN my nan
mussed will get slap on the "i''''
O,ce more has old man Warner.
u,ho doesn't have to take his hat off
w coach anv place in the country,
shown the eastern coaches that beef
;sn't a necessity for a first class foot
hail eleven Warmers eleven, Pitts
buroh Looks like the class of the east
th;s wear and if is one of the 1ightest
sgoreeations of them all. Pittsburgh
rmsnt I'm against Syracuse, which has
" 3o0-pound center. two 25O-pound
guards two mountain-like tackles and
ouies were held over Pittsburgh the
night before the game. But Warner
nitted his speed against that beef and
won in a walk. It'll be long time
before they count ten over old man
Warner.
number of the big league man
,ne-s seem RI have had bunch when
tSsv nerused the records and OBJ
s say how many hurlers pitched two
o,mes in single afternoon this year.
resr,t we already hear announce
,,,erts that several of the clubs in
tnnd - cut down their hurting corps,
f;anr;,o th,t four five or six good
n;tchnrs Who are going fairly good
pre sufficient For some reason or
other tbe impression that a club need
va1ent and practically every team in
the big show had more pitchers than
it could possibly use. Now that the
managers seem to have seen the light,
thew will save money and get better