The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-06

Baseball nt Sioux city iu "a bad
way IN 1919 Was at itH worst last
season, The fans lost interest iu the
indifferent playing of the club aud
for a time In July IL was feared that
n transfer ur the homo gamca might
be necessary. But now, under home
ownorEhip ana with the promises ~
a now deaf fans of Sioux City have
ahuwn renewed iutorcBt and the
large list OF stockholders. which In
cludcs prominent business ana pro-
fcssiOnnl men are determined II Will
be n worthy representative OF the
city
Ownership Changes Benefit
Ownership changes at Omaha and
st. Joseph will also be OF benefit to
those cities and the league u is
no secret that fnndom Of Omaha
and St Joe wanted n new deal last
season. That was tho reason IA
Rourke and Ed Hanlop. both un-
popular and seeing the light sold
their franchises Omaha and
st. Joe fans are rejoicing, George
Beldeu. new owner OF the ~. Joseph
club and Pagan Burch and Mike
Finn, new Omaha magnaics have
promised their patrons they will
give them hustllng clubs--which 81.
Joseph at least did not have last
season.
Al TearncN presiding egnius of
the Western league has, done well
on tho whole during his previous
two years as president. Tho West
ern league had "A good year In 1919
and an even bottor one In 1890, due
In no little measure TO Ms intlu-
onco and executive ability, There
are few matters however that can
well he improved upon.
Can Improve Jmpirlng.
one Is the umplrlnR. Never before
have we observed such atrocious
umpir!ng In a class \ circuit as that
IN the Western league last season.
We realize the difficulty In socur-
ting capable plate swocpors' and
Tcarnoy can't he held accountable
for tho work Of his staff until PROV
cn UNFIT. Tcarncy should be In II
position 10 mako changes when an
umpire shows he In not qualified or
at least not 10 send his blindost and
most spinClcss umptrca 10 handle
important series, That is exactly
what happened last year. In an I'M
portant scrios horo late In the sea
son, with Two clubs battling Tor the
pennant playing, Toarney assigned
two umpirts, one devoid of judg-
judgment. rhat series was "a trav-
osty on umpiring and except for tho
fortunate fact that one club had lit
tie difficulty In winning the series,
serious trouble might have doyol-
opcd.
Tearncy might also develop tho
habit ~ visiting cities IN the West
crn league. He was In Tulsa on ,r.iy
one occasion last season TO our
knowledge. though Il was rumorcd
he was hpro twice II he was, We
didn't know and We hereby admit
that We feel sighted when the prcsi-
dent OF our league doesn't az least
give us "a ring on the telephone to
let us know that he is In town and
that it's the greatest league and
town I'm baseball, etc,
Scri,<E though, Al is good
fellow and aside from the faults
mentioned above ana his opposition
TO the draft is "a splendid president
and We hope ne continues In that
capacity
Clique T. broken Up.
Changes OF ownership as written
before viii ho of benefit to the West
ern league IA well uu to the cities
In which they were made Person
ally pa Ruurke aud I'd lIaulon are
splendid follows. Nut Tor years
there rNiHud u the Western league
clique composed of Jack Holland,
Frank lsbrll, Nd uRnlou, Rourkc
and Spencer Abbott twhu recently
disposed OF his interests to Jim
CraWtord). Now any ,llgup con
trolling "A sport is certain to have its
defects no matter how sincere It's
members are. For instance. that
five could lcrislair any measure
over the other three club owners
and the luvkless trio could do noth-
ing but submit baseball has had
too much uf rIgurs. sv.rrt mdrr-
standings or can 40 what you Will
ard again lct MS omphnsizy the ayt
that mo- matter what ,ho good iu-
tentious Of the controlling members
are, II is certain to rauar dissatis-
faction and an feeling. with Cuusc-
quCnt harm TO baseball
Under the new deal il ls believed
and fervontly hoped that the mag
mates Of the Western league vii, do
their voting as their own desires
and conscience dictatc--and not in
fluenCCd by fellow maguatc
BURKE HAS SEVEN VETS
As TULSA CLUB NUCLEUS.