Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-12
Diamond Dust

Cy Young is stin holding them down to
four hits, Boston.
Perring has been taking Lajoie's place
with two hits a day with some regularity.
Jack Pendry Is developing into a splendid
pinch hitter, which is a mighty good thlng
for any young man to develop into.
We ought to be goins fast enough by
the time Lincoln gets to town to sweep
the Prohibitionists on in the flood for four
s~traights.
Holly took two OF the four Topeka games
unto himself. The big blond is not only
pitching great ball these days, but is
batting like a hero.
Detroit has a fight on It's hands from
now on, and IL has no odds over the Ath-
letics. 1t would be refreshing to see
Mack's men get another flag.
Chicago probably win be unable to res
cue the good ship from the Pirate crew
this time. At least the black flag may
be seen above all others just now.
Tom Mccarthy says those three young
infielders OF Observation-Disclosures. Egan
and Downie-are w~hirlwinds. HE thinks
Clark Griffith is accomplishing great re-
suits with the Reds.
Topeka played as II 1t was in a trance
in Omaha, which serves to suggest some
thing of the miserable form Omaha must
have been in down at Topeka when II
lost two out of three games TO the Cooley
crows.
Pa Rourke is getting back the interest
on hat Sl,50 he paid for Jim Kane. He
mas dlItdlg TUCKED hWhN ln6 principal.
Jim is steadily progressing as a first base
man, and he is a valuable man at the bat
in a pinch
Kunkle, at third, showed up worse in
Omaha than any of the Topekans. He
pulled off several b~one-headed plays, chief
Of which was this: The bases we're full
and there were two out, when someone
sent a slow, easy g%rounder to kunkle,
who, instead Of quietly tagging the base
with his foot. began TO wave his arms in
indecision as to whether he should throw
the ball TO first or home. He woke up
Just In time to keep a run from scoring.
Well. thus far Fielder Jones and Johnny
Killing are making good for the prophets
who predicted the fatal weakness of their
teams without them, If that is any sat
istaction. But the question Is, could the
Cubs have held first place Will Killing in
the lineup against such luck as they
have had this year? So far as the Sox go,
they are nothing but a huge Joke. any way.
What the Old Roman needs to do is to
let go of some coin.
The trick resorted to Saturday by Short
stop Downey of Topeka at first base was
about as coarse ana indefensible as could
be. Deliberately knocking the ball from
another mans hand is one of the high
crimes OF the game, and II Kane had
soaked him in the jaw instead of the
neck he would not have been to blame.
Funny. some stupid fans, who evidently
didn't see what Downey did, jeered Kane
when he put the ball on Downey with
some force.
Queer thing, the power of a base hit
1t will often change a bowling fan into
q rRntsnkcrous knc=ker. Saturday, when
three hits were made off Hollenbeck in
one inning, a clump Of shrieking boosters
over In the west stands were instantly
turned into rabid home-knockers. They
began to holler, Take him out" Good
bye, Holly" and a lot of other rot that
invariably distinguishes the yellow fan
from the real one. But In another in
stance, when Holly had retired the side
without a run, leaving three Topekans on
bases, these same roOters as glibly
switched back from knockers to boosters.
These are the boys who think all the hit
ting, r~un-making, good fielding and win
ming must be done by the home team, and
all the poor work and losing by the Wis
itors.