Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
The OMAHA SUNDAY BEE


NV season promise Of the team it
will have the coming season, but
things are shaping themselves now
30 as to give these promises form and
force. II there Is anything in signs and
Signals, Denver is going to have a ball
team for 1910 that will make the other
seven teams in the Western league 30
sOme. This man McGrl. who joins Gun
thorpe in the ownership OF Denver, Is
looked on as a man OF action; Gunthorpe,
while not a veteran IN professional base
ball. is a sound business man and the
two, with Jack Hendrix as manager of
their team, are very likely to give Denver
one OF the best seasons II has ever en-
joyed. Hendrix is a man with a parttcu-
larry good record as a manager. While
It Is too early for any tessh to be certain
Of it's lineup, there is enough ground
kalready on which to base the assertion
that Denver is going to have a strong
club. No city in the league will do more
for a strong club than will Denver. I'm
fortunately the town does not warm up
to a loser. 1t would not be surprising
TO see SONS radical changes in the stand
ings Of this league at the end Of next
season. II Sioux City falls, as did Des
Moines after. its heydey Of unbridled
success, fans, generally, won't be sur
prised. Omaha is bound to be stronger than
1t was in 1909. Last season was one Of
hapless experiment for Omaha. Pa Rourke
was up against the necessity OF prac-
tically recognizing his team and while
he came out with remarkable results, under
the circumstances, he found it a rocky
road to travel. He was forced to swap
ieadV horses in the middle Of the stream
and never quite ~regained his footing. His
pitching staff was unstable and disorgan-
lied all season and there was this and
I, that hard luck streak to check any plan
= made for the Improvement of the team.
But with almost the same in and outfields
and new material in the box, Gonding and
Cadman behind the bat, Pa Rourke ought
to have a team capable OF running neck
and neck with the best.
A-The election Of Thomas ]. Lynch as
president Of the National league, appears
TO have been cordially received by the base
ball public. Mr.. Lynch is up against a
stiff situation; he must satisfy the ex-
acting demands of that little coterie of
base ball bandits that superinduced his
election, please the fair-minded team own
ers and players and meet the demands
Of a Justioe-loving public. II he can do
this he can do more than any other man
has been able to do since the political
control Of the old league fell into the
hands of this bandltti. Lynch is a strong
character, he knows the game to the
letter and he served many years as the
king of umpfres." These elements and ex-
periences ought to qualify him for the
place.. They may and yet not insure his
success, for such qualifications are not
the ones that go into the makeup OF a
good tool What has got to be done in
the National league before ever Lynch can
I administer the affairs of his office with
justice to all and credit to himself, is for
the decent element of the league to regain
the upper hand and for the Indecent ele-
ment to be overthrow. Now. if President
Lynch has any suggestions to offer toward
bringing about this result he will have
done his first and greatest service, not
only to the best interests of the National
league, but to base ball as a game and to
the generous, patient and long-sufferlng
public supporting 1t and enriching these
low-browed bulldozers.
There is a note of pathos in the advice
Jimmy McAleer has given to Comiskey, moi
TO trade for George Stone. If Stone, in his
very prime. is going back as McAleer in
Inmates, 1t is a matter of deep commisera'
ton. But McAleer does not base his ad
fNlC0 hROn aHy IA . btAAA
except as It is affected by the series o.
accidents, which has befallen him. Las
year he was practical worthless to th'
Browns, because Of an old injury. o
course. there is a chance and maybe
better one than McAleer knows. for Ston'
to come. around in normal shape. In which
event James advice to Commy would b.
bogus. for he is some ball player wheI
in form
ST. Joseph business men have indicated
at the outset that they really mean bust
ness in pledglng their support to Owne
Holland next season. They have put VI
1860 for him as a starter, which realll
looks like the bona fide thing. With
paying constituency in ST. Joseph and
winning team in Denver and Des Moines
the Western league ought to have 1t
greatest year in 1910
Heydler showed the good, hard sense o
a man to accept his old office OF secretary
freasurer after he was turned down on tn
presidency. And his sense sharpened int
business acumen when he softly suggeste,
that to supplement the word OF Murphy