Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-24
The OMAHA SUNDAY BEE
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INDICTMENTS

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n MAIIA has broken its long losing
streak and is apparently coming
out Of the woods. The team was
~ plunged into the worst thicket OF
successive defeats Il ever suffered by q
series OF accidents which has kept three and
four regulars on the shelf for weeks. but
all the time II has been fighting. Now,
with the acquisition Of some new material.
things are looking better. Tim Flood has
filled the biggest gap, and with him at
second, the team takes new confidence
ano life, and Moriarity is covering third
in good form As soon as he whips into
FORMAL condition he will give the team
much greater value. Lefty Davis in center
has been an agreeable surprise. Lincoln
let him go because he failed to hit, but
he has been clouting the ball hard for
Omaha and fielding his place well. One OF
the most encouraging signs Is that Welch
and Kane have regained their batting eyes,
apparently With these two big fellows
hitting in normal form the team will win,
but with them failing to hit in the pinches,
az they did for some time the teams win
ming chances are terribly reduced. Jim
celebrated his return to the sluggers gal
lery Thursday by cracking the first ball
pitched him on the snoot. driving It against
the fence and sending two runners across
the plate. Tie made four hits for the day
two singles. double and triple The team
has been playing a good field right along;
the fatal weakness has been accidents and
poor hitting but the ginger has never left
st, and local fans ought to feel like Of
fering a little congratulation for that, Cor
IL Is hard for any team to keep up spirit
~ 2rir he
had.
We know there are many well in
criticism than this; they will tell you with
a wise wag Of the head that the men have
been fighting among themselves; that
Rourko doesn't want TO get q winning
team; that they could go out any day in
the week and pick up gilt-edged ball play
srs. There has not. as a matter Of fact.
been any strife among the players. and
nobody can 60 out and pick winning team
at will; II takes even more than money to
do that sometimes--it takes the possibility
OF getting the players II ought to be evil
dent to any sane man that the team does
not draw the crowds when losing that 1t
does when winning Why then, when II
means dollars In their pockets. wouldn't
the Rourkes naturally went to get the
beginning OF this season who could have
foretold the train of accidents that was
going to befall the team7 Or who would
have believed that the lineup Omaha had
would prove weak. The pitching staff. to
be sure. was not what was most desired,
but the catching department and the In
and oufaeld looked great, Kane, Fox,
Schipke and Corridor and Graham, when in
condition, looked like the best infield in
the sleague Shotten King and Welch
looked Al in the outfield Corridor and
Shotten came TO us from the St. Louis
Browns and each was considered so strong
by that team that it held a string on
them, and Hedges was 10th ever 70 be-
lieve, as Pa Rourke told him. thAt Shotten
would not do. Corridor, OF courke, is gilt
edged Fex, who had been one OF the best
players In the league for more than one
season, and for whom the Rourkes' last
year paid $500 in cash. went to pieces.
then came the injuries to Graham, King
and Schipke-each man getting a bone
broken. Whose fault was that7 Who could
tell these accidents were going to happen
Utility man? Yes. that had been provided,
too. Well. with those unforeseen accidents
coming in quick succession the team was
shot TO pieces. and President RourSe found
himself up against the hardest task any
manager has TO face-whipping together
a team In nid-season. getting new players
at time when players are hardest to get.
These facts are all worth considering. All
that is asked Is to be game. Tne team is
and It will be fighting TO the last Just as
It has always been. II is working well now
and is more determined than ever Besides
some OF these cripples will come back soon.
Cheer upl
President Chivington OF the American as
ISOLATION has ordered his unpires TO hustle
the players along" II Is a good rule. 1t