Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19


fact that President Heydler Of
Co., National league oycIrulod the Murphy
protest ua- fhc first evidence that the
ChIcagu magma Was wrong and the fact
that public sentiment and the press re-
fuses 10 take the charge seriously or con
denim Murphy is another such evidence. IL
IS Of Interest TO note in this question since
klem's honor and integrity are brought
into such violent question. that KLEIN is
that same umpire who. with tombstone.
was tcmpted with large sum Of money.
tssld 10 be- s1OG00i TO throw a certain game
to New York last fall. which. II thrown.
would hsve defeated the cubs for the Ma
tional league pennant and enabled their
atch-r4vals. me Giants. to win and qualify
Tor the world series. ThaI profrorcd bribe
PANE TO KLEIN and tombstone before the
kane in such q way. g has been under
gloon o., NO. To- have been discovered had
hey cared to accept ON the basis Of the
0mpires reports tho National Commission
barred the bribe offcrer from all National
and American league parks. In all mis- UNI
puing In the worlds series between the
Cubs and Tigers. KLEIN not once was cIit-
icized for = decision. lie was la,dcd by
Murphy FOR his courageous action In Ne"
York. but the other day ina Pittshurg, when
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garded as the crucial series Of the season,
KLEIN made decisions which led Murphy Il"
file formal charges OF 'croukedncss
against him % Is doubtful il Murphy him
self believes the charges he filed, but
whether he does or not he never can get
an, considerable number Of Cooi-headed
base hail men or fans to believe with him.
Tho man KLEIN who turned Ms back to the
bribo-gker al New York, is not the man
to conspire with any team to deiea, any
otiter Nur Is there anything to show that
XVI cared any moro or less for the
Guns this year thar he did last year when
he held ia his hand the balance " their
fate and tipped the scales ON the side =
honor and integrity. saving them from an
unfair defeat. but defeat just the
sdme. KLEIN comes out OF this controversy
much stronger than Murphy. The latter
seems to lose ground every time he gets
Involved I'm a controversy Of any sort with
ANYBODY. 4 lesson Murphy wants TO learn
II that Of patience and self control lie
really ha, no monopoly on this ptrrant
business and when a team comes along and
beats his team by clean. fair playing. as
Pittsburg is doing. the best thing for
Chubby Charley to do Is TO contdrl his lit
tie soul in peace and strive for a peuuant
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lous and his club unpopular by such con
duct as that at Pittsburg.
And now what does our paranoiac friend
thiuk of his Illusion ON that Des Moiucs-
Aomahs-Topeba "conspiracy' to beat Sioux
ftty out of the p|,unaut? We saw a beau
.'uful Photograph Of him reflected in that
doublo-headcr which Omaha took from
Des Molnes at Niuton park Friday. saw
the image Of Wild man fighting imaginary
foes. And in The meantime Des MoInes,
the team Omaha was to throw all its
games to, was struggling as few teams
have struggled on the local grounds this
season to defeat the Rourkes. Both games
looked like sure things for Des Moines and
then Omaha, working all the while like
Trojans, came from the rear, up a tremen-
dous grade, aud snatched victory from de
feat just at the finish, \ splendid con-
firmatiou and vindication Of this welcher's
cry OF alarm, Ell? Oh, Il Ia such yellow
near-sports that mar the greatest Of
games, Anyone who saw those two games
Friday must have gone away impressed by
the fact that so far az Omaha was con
cerned Des Moines. II Il won the pennant,
would win IL by defeating Sioux City and
not virtue OF any aid or comfort given II
by Omaha. In the first game Miller APP
poared to have the Ruurkes beaten. but
when he blew up into the box went the
mighty Lang, the premier pitcher OF the
league, and even he WAS unable to stop the
locals. Biersdorfer In the second game APP
peared to have Omaha faded, but finally
a bombardment started and did not stop
until Omaha had won the game. n this
person at Sioux city who let out this an
ARual yelp really were on the square he
Would begin to draw in his colors.
Another good old-timer gone, Herman
Long is dead OF consumption. In his day
Long was regarded as king OF shortstops.
That was when he shone with such bril-
lance for the old selee pennant winners OF
Boston. Longs greatest virtue as a player
was in resourcefulness AS a heady, tricky
Rsyer-tricky in It's larger and better
bnse-he had few equals in his day. lie
Was much the player that Johnny Evers Is,
always handy in a crisis, always ready
with some surprise up his sleeve to spring
In an emergency when The day seemed lost,
able by the slightest strategy TO turn defeat
into victory and infuse new life In his team
mates. Long was never rugged physically.
When he left the big diamonds he found
employment as shortstop and manage for
Des Moines and then Omaha In the Western
league and finally had to give up alto
gether. lie had gone from Chieago to
Colorado in the hope Of regaining his
health some two years ago. He stood al
the deathbed OF his old chieftain, Frank
Selee, who, too, paid the great white
plague debt I'm Denver only a few months
Aso, and as he saw selee breathe his lasl
Exclaimed with fearful eyes. IN be with
Z sou soon. Frank" Ions was one Of those
men who elevated and magnified the great.
ness or base ball MAY his kind never die
C. ", Murphy decides that President
Heydler is too small TO he chief executivs
OF the National league. He decided this
I v men ueydler had occasion 10 make a rul-
Ing adverse To MI. Murphy's team ANY,
way. there's nothing small about that,
OF he four leagues-NaJionaL American,
Western and American association-th
last named has furnished the only eight
team race OF the season. The contest In
me other three is between two teams in
each
The PLAYING season soon will end. bu,
we are promised a continuation OF that
everything discussion, "Who will set
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