Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-22

York are busily engaged IN knock
NJ ing Heydler the new president Of
~ the National league. as a man un-
ft and incapable for the place. Others
knovn not to be aEgrieved At Heydler con
- that he Ia the best man who could
have been selected az Pullism's successor.
They say he Is broad minded, big, brsiny
and eminently fair; That II left unfettered
BY harrassing restrictions he will admin
lister the affairs Of the league with gem
ersI satisfaction. But the New York and
Cincinnati magnates have old personal
ErudEes against Heydlcr. This. instead OF
qualifying them 10 pass on him, ought to
disqualify them. The National league has
suffered enough from charges OF rotten
politics and corrupt business methods u
needs relief from this condition II II Is TO
prosper. Complaints from Hermann and
the New York twins have come to be re-
.Rarded aa the cries Of the wolf. They do
protest too much" And their protests
Invariably smack OF the rankest sort OF
prejudice or partisanship, to use mild terms
Never yet has either Of them been known
to take the broad, impartial view OF a
controversy in which he or his team was
involved. Not only that, but they persist
In demanding the long end Of every arsu-
ment and they have been known to oacK
NJ AHEH HAENH WIN
ducive to clean business or base ball. 50
long AZ Heydler's ondemnation comes only
from such sources II will be worth while
to suspend Judgment and give him another
chance. Poor Pulliam failed to suit these
men. because Pulliam was courageous ana
refused to come at their beck and call
p,,,am was confirmed in the hatred of the
New York magnates the day that he eX-
posed that New York attempt at umpire
4 bribery. Heydler is the protege OF no Ma
1tional league magnate. Puliam was
brought into prominence through the influ-
enco of Barney Dreyfuss and while no
stigma ever attached TO the relation II
would have been better II Pulliam' ike MS
predecessor. had been by TINS
fact. II the National league would give
its chief executive freer rein, as the Amer
loan league does, the chances are things
u,o,,ta 90 halter There Is a strong rumor
that Freedman and Brush have a candi-
data for the place who will entirely suit
,bsrn He ia a man who for years mas
trnokIed TO the National magnates ana II
bo could be named az Heydler's successor
would undoubtedly give the Giants all OF
everything that their peculiar owners DE-
manded. Does the National league want
such a man?
Tbe cuatom of boarding up players as
nracticed by some major league Teams
does not commend itself wholly to the IA
vorahle Judgment Of many men. Exam
holes like that of Pat Ragan suggest a
sp,rit OF unfairness to the player. FRO
Ionosa idleness cannot make a weak man
strong. Bench warming never has pro-
Z dueed great ball players. OF course uul-
iv men are essential. but the average uul-
I ,v man gets a chance once In q whie 10
work. In the case Of Raglan ana many
another pitcher this season his only eXer-
else has been in the workout or exhioi-
ton game where. instead OF meetins pro
fess,onals or majors. he met amateurs VI
minors. II a pitcher is not good enough
10 pitch for the team he belongs . II
saens that he should be disposed OF 10 a
team to which his services might De Vaiua'
BILE.
Ths Western league race Is by no means
Tn fact IL has only begun to get
.~,o,t,rg Ducky Holmes was too hasty
q, remarkins at the end OF his last series
in omaha that tits all over now; I'm
go,rr fishing" OF course, Ducky may go
fishing at any time he sees fit, the sooner
the better for some concerned But the
chances are he is digging something else
beside bait today, Duckcy must peat
Omaha and Des Moines, two most formid-
aAe opponents, before 1t Is cinched and
the ways thing are drifting Just now there
ia ample room to doubt his ability to beat
either. While Omaha is still crippled by
me absence Of schipke, a man II counted
"a much on. e has shown by its victories
at Denver that It is in excellent fighting
form and is going down the limo to the
al-tLA wtaA q htu hRad of steam on.
The fates and fortunes Of base ball are
beyond finding out. Every rule is a puzzle
and edent counts for nothing. When
the Giants left St Louis baked by thai
rorolIinE Missouri sun and weaTied by
Noping around the circuit In that last game
nineteen times. Chicago received them witt
open arms because Chicago figured on 8
snap and then the Giants proceeded tC
win four games from their hated enemy
the Cubs. Not one man in a hundred would
have doped II out that way, The only ex
PLANTATION was that the Giants had got II
the swing Of smuggling the ball at st
Louis and couldn't get out OF Il In Chi
caEo. even for Brown, overall, Pfeister
RueIbach, Higginbotham, Kroh and the
rest of them. But, oh my, # looks like 4
might have cinched the pennsnt for tn,
ptTatssI
rhS retirement Of Lajoie from the man
Agemsnt of Cleveland was Inevitable
Local fans, as much as they idolized tn,
Arsat Larry, had come to withhold patron
kGs because they knew that such a team
under competent management should vii
the pennant. II 1t Is true that Bill Bernar'
Is to succeed LaJoIe, we'll and good 70
Cleveland. Bernard is an old Clevelanr
kplayer. q pal OF Larry's, and, better still,
most successful manager.
SO Il turns out that Tim Hurst was no
LEI out for splitting in Eddie Collins face
but fer not reporting TO Ban Johnson tina
be did. And now comes Tim and says
fact Is he did not-the which Connie Mac
eoufirmA But it's just as well TO let IN
Memorable Timothy know that there ar
eNAsrs besides Misther Hurst.
Te - doubtful II any wear NJ late ha