Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-16

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- and one of them is of minor
- - detail, appears TO be at hand
The murky atmosphere of the
professional game has been sufficiently
cleared and it only remains to distribute
the players and start the spring training
season. There is but one adjustment the
fans await with impatience. That is the
placing of Harry Sinclair, the oil mag
nate, and II reports be true the Okla
homan will soon be made the head of
the New York National league club. Or
ganised ball should not let MIR. Sinclair
escape it, The fans have sized Mr.. Sim
clair up as real sportsman who has
nary an ear mark of the greedy magnate.
The drilling. of oil is his business and
base ball Is a sport to him. Base ball
needs more men of the character of Mr..
Sinclair. Clean sport, clean competition,
q ball club that plays ball, satisfaction
of the fans, all are of more Importance
10 Mr. Sinclair than a money-malting
club. Probably Mr.. Sinclair would be just
as pleased as amy one If club he owned
proved profitable, but tn tails a secondary
issue with him, 1t Is to be hoped that
Organized base bah will shortly find a
place for the Oklahoma man; he will be a
valuable asset. The other adjustment does
not particularly concern the fans at large.
That adjustment IS the satisfaction of
disgruntled Baltimore, Baltimore is very
peevish over the peace compact and is
inclined to crlticise. But the settlement
of the Baltimore muddle is an infinitesi-
NAL issue smothered by the great general
agreement and il is of little consequence
to the great majority Of fans whether
Baltimore has base ball this year. next
year. or never again.
Home ownership Is a condition always
considered best for the game of base ball
The last few weeks has seen the acquisi-
ton of home ownership in number OF
cities Upon the. amalgamauon OF Or
ganized ball and the Federals. the Chi
cago- National and st. Louis American
league clubs were acquired by home in
terests. Now Percy Haughton and
Boston syndicate has purchased the
Braves from Mr.. Gaffney, a nonresident
and in our own Western league Lincoln
syndicate has purchased the clup from
Hugh Jones, a nonresident. We may also
expect 10 learn soon of the sale of the
Cleveland franchise to Cleveland parties
Home ownership is always more popular
With the fans and the resident owner can
always be more familiar with current
freely predicted that professional base
bail will perform a real comeback in 1916
and the increase in the number of locally
owned clubs makes this prediction. more
and more accurate. every day.
DIR. Stewart has been appointed director
of athletics at Nebraska university asid
Jumbo Stlehm has packed up his bag and
baggage and gono his way. 1t would
seem that the time has come. TO forget
the little difficulties at the Cornhusker
Institution OF late and TO look forward to
the future. DIR. Stewart has proved him
self a successful coach; no will undoubt-
edly be success at Nebraska, He should
and in all probability will be as success
full AS Stiehm was, perhaps more so.
Those ardent Nehraskans who have felt
that stiehm pursued policy hostile to
Nebraska are still a bit resentfuI toward
the former head coach, hut even though
their view be the true one it is time to
forgive and forget Stiehm is gone, hes
a dead issue as FAR as Nebraska is con-
cerned. let's look to tho future and be
prepared 70 give the new coach the glad
hand upon his arrival,
Tex Richard, who managed TO occupy
the center of the spotlight few years
ago by promoting the lamented Johnson
Jeffries fight, has once more pushed his
way before the ealciums glare by offer
ing a purse of $500 for a ten-round no
decision bout between Willard and Moran
in New York Riokard must be given the
= credit for one virtue; he's no piSer II
hardly seems possible that Richard will
profit in his venture figuring the huge
purse and the immense expenses ne will
incur, but Richard may know what he's
doing, he's a dealer in big things. A few
months ago doubts were entertained as
to the chances of young MIR. Marshall TO
break even ON the Gibbons Nc Farland
fight. but the amateur promoter came
clear and made a snug sum. II an anna
teur can profit it may be the professional
viii profit TO larger degree even though
he plunges heavier
The quality OF mercy is not strained
but the bonds of gratitude are sorely so
Charley Somers is the man who made
the American league by sacrificing his
fortune in order TO assist his colleagues
Now Somers is enmeshed in the breadth
Of his financial investments and the
American league magnates come forth
with Just enough money to be an INSULT
cheney and Charley someTs is forced out
OF base ball.
The path OF the athlete indeed contains
its share Of the bumps. Hub Perdue OF
the Cards recently issued an utimatun
that he would refuse to go TO the Pacific
coast so Manager Miller Higgins has an
nounced that he has transferred Perdus
10 the Pacific coast.
We wonder how johnny Evers viii TAX,
the Harvard system, especially, as yol
VIII remeineer' Mr. Haushton's frs
name is Percy,