Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-26
JUDGMENTS

yet belong to any one OF the eight
teams. That implies a belief IN
- Omahs's possibility of winning
The Omaha team has been pursued by the
hardest OF hard luck all summer, both in
the way of having players crippled and in
the ordinary break OF the game. In the
first game won by st. Joe, for example,
Corhan turned the tide OF battle by the
most wonderful stop he ever made.
Other instances might be cited, but
we believe the team will get down TO
better basis at once. It has been
strengthened in the box by the addition OF
Rhodes and Showers. We hope, and ought
to be as good as any competitor. on paper
it certainly looks like the best team in the
league, but luck has all broke bad for it
thus far. One thing must be said for the
players-they are all fighting every inch
Of the ground and that In the end will win.
The one problem In the evolution of
base ball has been TO establish a practi-
cal balance between the batter and the
pitcher. to strike as near an equity as
possible and still enhance the interest OF
the game. The demand has always been
for lively base ball and this involves gen.
eral activity, not purely battery work
While superior pitching has, and always
Will be exacted, 1t is not strike-out work
we want. We want the other seven men
10 have chance. The solons Of the game
have met with some success and the re-
suit today is plenty of fine pitching with
much hitting and opportunity for fast
fielding, but the tendency has resulted in
reducing the long hitting In lifting the
pressure from the outfielder. There are
more short hits today than ever, more
hunts and Texas leaguers. One result of
this has been to enhance the outflelder's
value at the bat. He is not worked as
hard in the field and seems to be putting
the reserve force into his work with the
stick. AT any rate most OF the heavy hit
ting today is being done, 1t seems by the
men who stand as the outer guards. For
instance the other day the Chicago Cubs
won a game with only three hits and
Sheckard, left fielder, got those three
? Minneapolis one day recently made nine
hits and eight of them were produced by
the three outfielders. OF course this ratio
is not being maintained always, but they
are only two instances of many that might
be cited to show how times seem to be
changing and the outfielders seem to bt
stepping in ahead of the infielders as the
sluggers Of the game. The infielders, with
all the intricate inside game that has beer
developed, undoubtedly are worked harde
and, it may be supposed, cannot put tn,
force into batting that the outfielder can
IL the common theory that the pitcher ant
catcher do not bat up to the average be
cause of hard work 1s correct, why should
not the same principle apply to the othe
men?
Spectators are often unreasonable in thei
conduct toward players and sometimes in
tolerable. The other day a spectator per
sisted in haunting Arthur Deviin Of tn
New York Giants until Devlin, goaded t
the point OF uncontrol. went over an'
poked the gents eyes shut with the aid o
Captain Doyle. Both players were put of
the field and. It is to be hoped, the far
was properly dealt with. The aim an,
achievement of base bali authority toda,
is to curb and restrain hoodlum tenden
cies in players, but the rules cannot b
enforced to the entire edification OF tn
game so long as hoodlums in the stand
are allowed to go unrestrained. 1t is no
right to make fish of the player and fov
of the FAM or TO hold the player dow
unless you also hold the spectator With
reasonable BOUNDS. A spectator. shoul
have a right to criticise a player an
even voice his criticism. but the idea this
a man, simply because he has paid HI
admission fee, may sit in the stands an
pour out stream Of inveetive or irr
tating taunts upon a player who does nj
do just to suit him, is absurd. This ma
ter to be dealt with and is hard for tn
base ball magnate to reach. but ought
!. be within easy reach OF the civil author
tiles.
10 taa haf 81 he
with to the end. With McAleese. its xir
fielder and hitter. out of the game ar
Buck Weaver its great catcher, laid up.
has been making them all go, and sticlxln
up around the top. The Denver News we
asks, III the Bears can go at the preset
clip with a patched-up team. what w
they do when all the regulars get togeth
and working In good shapef" Sometim
seasons come and so, however, with tn
ideal ever being achieved.
The perverslty Of the sore-head fan,
the home knocker was aptly shown in Il
case of Fox during his stay here with s
Joe. In an Omaha uniform Fox was u
popular with many fans and not Oft
cheered, but as soon as he came to town
81. joe uniform he got the plaudits
must be said for Fox's own perversity tn
ne played like a flend for st. Joe, VIII
he had got TO the point of lying down
Omaha and that is the reason the ski
were slipped under him. He still is Omal
property, however.
Guess Mordecai Brown is all in.
allowed those husky Pirates, Wagn'
Leach, Clarke. Miller. ct al three hits
a recent shut-out game and permitted no
CT them to get as far as second bai
Ewing of Philadelphia did some tall pitc
ing that same day. holding his opponer
TO three hits. One man reached seco
and only twenty-eight faced in the nj
innings. a feat rarely accomplished.
Red Corridor Is fast moving himself
10 the top round In about everythir
He is the leading base runner Of /
league. the fastest shortstop by all cd
and is improving In batting. and, bet
than all. is in the game up to his ne
every minute. George Graham, even VIII
he gets down to his maximum speed, "
not have to wait on Reddy.
With Eddie Hahn. the old White S
favorite, Reilly, also former sox. a
Pitcher Manske OF Milwaukee and pre-