Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-04
Judgments

tinately concerned in the event or
affair or whatever it may be. The
publlc's demand that champion en-
gage in little hsticuffs now and then
usually occurs when the said cham
pions side lines run out, The cir
Gus season has ended for Mr.. Willard.
Apparently patent medicine COM
panies have quit paying him for tes-
timonials. We also presume he has
been unable to break into the theat-
rical business. The only thing left
for him to do to gather in the stray
jitneys floating hither and thither
among the demanding public is to
fight. So Mr.. Public Immediately de-
mands that Jess be matched with one
OF the alleged centenders. Of course,
his demands will be granted and
shortly Mr.. Willard will don the
gloves, trip gayly through the brief
rounds and collect at the conclusion
enough coin of the realm to float the
British war loan. Not that Willard
wants the money, you understand, but
the public demands it.
Attaching the tinkling tnware to
gridiron tutors who deliver the goods
seems to be popular pastime among
the learned professors of our adj
vanced institutions of knowledge this
winter First Gilmour Dobie, who
led Washington through ten defeat
less seasons and set up an unparal-
leled record, was given the gate be-
cause he was too rough or something
like that. Now Bob Folwell, who
pulled Pennsylvania out of the mire,
is handed his walking papers Per-
haps Dobie and Felwell should have
been discharged, there may have been
excellent reasons for their dismissals,
but in this day and age results are
what count and to the casual OBJ
server Dobie and Folwell certainly
got results. And one would almost
infer that the learned professors are
little bit envious, perhaps jealous
of the success and popularity of the
foot bali mentors and are trying to
capture a few rays from the spot
light themselves
The National commission, evidently
not content with the numerous OBJ
1igatory duties thrust upon it and the
voluntary ones assumed, has decided
to go into the collection agency bust
ness. OHe William Starr of Altoona,
Pa, once loaned to Pitcher Wyckoff,
then of the Athletics, $40. Mr.. Wyck-
off paid no heed to Mr. Starts duns
and also failed to pay any attention
when the commission asked for a
statement So the commission has
informed Mr.. Wyckoff he shall pay
his just debt to Mr.. Starr or will no
longer be eligible for service with the
Boston Americans, whose property
he now is. So if a ball player owes
you money the National commission
is recommended as an admirable eel
lection agency and you won't have
to so hfty-6fty with it either.
1t is said Les Darcy will receive
$4,000 for fighting Al Mccoy, while
Mccoy, who is the technical middle
weight champion of America, will
Ill o+ Gin nm Pather unusual isn't
oniy 60 Pio,uUo, n shonid nst iess
money than his opponent? But while
it may be unusual it's good business
Judgment. Darcy will be worth $780,
600 for his first fight as drawing
card whether he's worth that amount
or only 10 cents as fighter. On the
other hand Mccoy wouldn't draw
flies on his own ability. Thus the
difference in the moneys offered Nc
Gov. a champion. and Darcy, virtually
CHALLENGER.
u,.- Er,zes v,s for MANY wears
lt u;~odror,;ra ;s tbe
aLoa mum n,;dd,a t,n,e Ana now we
Charlie Ebbets' scheme to hippo
dEome the Red Sox and Robins
throughout the entire south and west.
Ebbets figures such a stunt would
bring many coppers into the Golfers
of the two clubs. 1t no doubt would.
But it would hurt base ball, too. And
Frazee, S bowman, 1t was who saw
the evils it would make, not Ebbets'
magnate. Perhaps If the magnatess;
were little better shoWmen base ball
would be better of.
A step in the right direction was
the granting permission by the Mis-
souri, Valley conference for fresh
men athletes to stage their own COM
petitions. In the past the freshman
has had little to urge him into ath,
letics than the hope of making a var
sity team in one of his subsequent
wears. Now he will have the additional
competition. The valley Will hnd It's