Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-01
judgments

bst Il they win It they win know
.hc have been In a fight. The
r. -uls return to life was a sensa-
Hcn ard a terrible Jolt to New
York. Fer that matter, let no one
but The uLkuowing say. in the event of
Giant rC,-Tv that New York beat Chi
cago OF Of She pennant The man who
L~ovs VII Tell roI .t was Brooklyn aided
g-- cte g.. ,- Boston. and that the big
Ec-. frCttr % the fiasco was one Nap
Eucker C.. the scuthpaw skill. This man
and his team subtracted from the com
putation and the Cubs would be on top
now and Boston taken out they would
have the National league pennant sewed
up In o ball clean out of all reach of
the Giants The Giants will have won,
If thcr 90 there fore. because Of the
verify or thg' vaClIy that adds zast to
base bail. namely, that the ai'enders at
any me are liable 20 beat the leaders.
For two years brooklyn has made trouble
for the Cubs, just as the Cardinals be-
fore they were as strong as they are
now. did This very fact is one reason
why q worlds series OF games is rot
fair means Of determining the compare
tive merits OF two teams. Even If the
Cubs lost every base ball fan In the
country viii concede them the banner
for good losing They are fighters to the
last Thev never could have heat down
the splendid Giant wall manned by Mar
guard and Mathewson after that long
string of conquests had they been any
thing short of undaunted warriors. This
is the more remarkable. too. because
their leader Manager Chance. must lead
from the bivouac unable to take his place
at the head Of the line on the field of
battle. a good many ardent Cub boost
ers, If the Cubs lose. will have this con-
solation--they won't have to match
swords again with the youthful Athletics.
Coming out of the vortex of so fierce
storm a. the very end of the season as
would ensue between them and the
Giants the Cubs. crippled at best, would
he at a tremendous disadvantage with the
Athletics, whose fight has been over for
sometime and who are now simply rest
ing on their laurels. They will be fresh
for the fray. OF course, the same holds
true more or less. as to the Giants
They will have TO go hard, at least for a
few days to cinch their right to meet
PHILADELPHIA in the final play-off and
they will be thus at a disadvantage
though there is this in their favor-they
are not crippled as are the Cubs. They
are in commend Of their full quota.
So they are transferring games out of
Lincoln because Of skinny patronage.
The team is struggling desperately to get
back into first division, with the danger
staring it In the face of not even finish
ing at the top Of second division. This
is all a surprise and disappointment to
us. We picked Lincoln at the opening
as Denver's rival for the flag. A good
many others did the same thing. We still
believe the team is inherently strong
enough for that, but something resent
bling acknowledgment or internal strife
of some sort has deprived it of its own
prowess. In some departments Lincoln
is head and shoulders ahead, of the other
teams, notably behind the bat. There is
no question of the supremacy of McGraw
and Stratton. It's infield is little shaky,
but its outfield is strong and its pitching
staff ought to take rank with any. In all
fairness, results make this plain, that
Lincoln lacks the true fighting spirit
When things were coming its way it won
with hands down and gloated a good deal
in the doing, bet when the tide turned
as it always turns every season for every
team in every league, L,incoln's tail
turned, it got a little yellowish at the
tip and failed to fight as we'll uphill as
it had fought downhill. Some think thii
has been characteristic of the team fol
few years Wen, we can only say this
l-lncolns showing is a keen dlsappoint.
ment TO US. OF course, we are not deny.
ing that it may yet come to the top anG
4 finish up next to Denver, but our hopes
of that are scant. Has Manager Unglaut
made good? Have Gagnier and Thomas
and one or two others made life a bur
den for him? Fox finished the sam,
way. Now, the team is for sale. This YOU
must give to President Despain--he CAV,
the town enough good ball players to viii
pennant