Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-13

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net result Of his experience in base ball.
His plan is to give Omaha a team that will
attract such attention that his ball park
will be crowded whenever the gates are
opened. This Is but q matter of business,
for to get the public's money a reasonable
return must be made, and this the Omaha
base ball lovers have had so far. 1t is
now conceded that the team that wins the
remnant In the Western this season must
beat Omaha. and Rourke says he is not
yet through buying players. So no matter
how fast the game gets, Omaha is sure Of
seeing good ball.
1t is gratifying to know that, though
Brush demanded the scalp Of President
Pulliam at the Cincinnati meeting, he did
not get II. 1t is not SO essential to The
main question that the merits or dement's
OF Pulliam be here regarded; the point Is
Brush and McGraw were unable to con-
troll Puiliam; hence they wanted to fire
him. 1t would have been a bad thing for
base ball had they succeeded. Their sue
cess would have been a display of an evil
power, a power that would wreck the
game in time II allowed full sway. Pull
liam is not always right, perhaps; neither
Is Brush or McGraw: but Pulliam has
done enough as president of the National
league to convince most people that he IL
honest. Pulliam's offense to New York
IS that he checked rowdyisrn and bulldozing
at Polo grounds and insisted on exposing
that umpire bribery deal last fall. This
was sufficient 20 convict him In the minds
~ brush ct al. and so this New York
CLIQUE decided that Pulliam must go; This
upstart who dares tell John T. Brush that
III t. hgVlAAufnU and 1Onn ".
McGraW that he must stop his rowdyism
ana n,,bllshes 70 the world the fact that
q conspiracy was Matched in New York to
bribe two umpires to throw the crucial
Cubs-Giants game to the Giants. Hes a
seditionary, measured by the Brush rule
Rut happy days. the Brush rule Is not
the one they're using now in the union
shops.
Rows. doesn't Il strike you that your old
Pa has got a pitcher in this man Kelley
Yes. he has three other pitchers-Sanoers'
uolIenbeek and Lower. True. But now
We are talking a bit OF K~eeley-senstor
Kaelev. Omaha was extremely fortunate
40 ret Keeley Iust when II did. He has
p,tohed four games and has won them All
ana they nave been difficult games zoo
In addition to that Kelley has batted well
II really appears al this stage OF the game
-, v..,sy whether he be the property
~ President Rourke of Omaha or tht
Warrington club, is not long destined io'
minor league base ball. It's a pleasure t'
watch this nan work. He does most Oh u
r,,,h his head. His feet and hands he EN-
n,ovs merely because he has to move '
play ball.
subacr,ber writes TO ask who Is th'
hapdsomest umpire in the Western league
As a rule we do not 90 Into matters o
nersonaI pulchritude, for the danger o
giving offense is too great. In TINS case
however. THERE Is no room for oouot a"'
therefore should be no chance OF oiiehse
~ question has been answered by popula'
$3.50, wars ago. Jack Haskell is re
Rarded as the p~rettiest umpire In TINS o
apv other league. especially when he get
ON those yellow trousers and blue blouse
Talk about your irony OF tatel Her
comes this man Burns, for whom Comiske'
traded JigEs Donohue and either or tel
other White Sox, and threatens TO jun
20 the outlaws because Manager sullivan
refused 10 pay his board at another note
In washington than the one at which IN
team stops. Mr.. Burns, Il might be men
toned with interest In Omaha, had pioke'
out q hotel known as the Dewey. for his
Can you beat III
There isn't any great comfort TO Br'e
johnson and his friends in the report o
the Ketehel- o Brien fight. especially whe
laid down beside that OF the Johnson
orBrtsn mill. II sho' do look bad 70
Mistah johnson.
They are calling Frank Bowerma
Mike" over in Boston and IT has bee
suggested that It Is merely a ruse to de
osIve a lot OF patriotic Irishmen int
patroniEing the Besneaters.
New York fans may derive some eomfoI
from the fact that Bresnahan Is stu
Giant, anyway. He has been suspende
twice already this season for tawing III
ump.
Kane on first. Perrine second and Schiph
third-thFee big eaguers on the innel'
And three In the outfield.
Dick Cooley probably was only 1okin
anyway when he sprung Jay Andrews O
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We needed Perrine where he is. largel
because we needed King where he Is