Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-20
The OMAHA SUNDAY BEE.
OMAHA. SUNDAY. AUGUST %. 1911.
JUDGMENTS

"A GOOD many bdse ball hearts we're
~ broken IN Omaha by the time the
n Pueblo team left town Thursday
night II meant seven straight
defeats for the home team. four
By 81 Joseph and three by Pueblo. This
all came. too on the heels Of ornaha's hest
trip abroad, during which Il took two out
Of three from each ST. Joseph and sioux
City. The Rourkes had left home ,ied
with Sioux City for fifth place and retui ned
one game aud ons-hslf behind ST. Joseph
W are now nearly ten games behind 81
Jfseph, Which was in fourth place Il was
tHe hope, IL not the expectation. OF home
fAps that we might take three out Of four
Of the ST. Joseph games here and crowd
HOLLANDS team out Of fourth place and
th0n annex two out Of three from Pueblo
But new we ars hopelessly. we fear. In
second division with but the bat OF an eye
lash ahead Of Sioux City in sixth plac.
Had not the Sioux been losing at nome the
same as Omaha we would have gone back
10 our old sixth station. Last Sunday the
fans turned out IN large numbers despite
the hard loss the day before when the
Rourkes had the game tucked away safely
~ses6ee times. only TO have Joe Kneaves
snatch 1t and throw il away that often.
They we're disheartened lot when the
sunday double-header went AGAINST us
The worst OF II IS there seems to be abso-
lutely no excuse fer Omaha's seven s.raI sht
defeats. To be sure, Williams and Schoon-
over alternately had been out Of the game
but the rest OF the team was in good shape
and there was Pick, an able-bodied youth.
TO fill In. The slump Is most exasperating
just at a time when the team had every
opportunity TO push on up into the race. a,
least for second place. Denver of course
has run away with first. The chief trouble
has been no hitting az the right times. Take
Thursdays game with Pueblo-omahs
should have taken H. hands down. After
having five chances with men on bases tc
win, we come to last OF the ninth. to
in favor OF Pueblo. schoonover poles q
Texas Lacquer safely to left and Arbogast
lays down and beats out a perfect bunt
Two or and nobody down when KneaVe,
places handy sacrifice, advancing tho
runners to second and third, with but ons
out. Very wisely, Arbogast sends in De
mott, who had pinched out a home run the
day before, to bat for Rhodes Demott
could have tied the score with any kind Of
bump. a long fly or an infield out. Of
won the game with a clean hit past tn,
diAEfond. Instead, however. he stands anC
Swings Ct three balls and fans out. Picl
then is sent in for Moore and waves hi
bat In the air at two, when, in sheer de
SPAR, Arbogast gives Sehoony the sigma
for a steal home. sohoony does as he Il
told and ends the game in trying. As nes
as We can figure II all out. II is the lacl
Of team work that is beating the Rourkes
and II has been that all season more thar
aBTthinE else. The fans who know bas
bdb are not ready to admit that this /
n a good team; that it is not a mucl
b her team than St. Joseph and as goo,
I'd Pueblo, and they are disheartened tina
does not get results II is not the pitch
! ing. Rhodes, for instance, in Thursday
game, outpitched his opponent, PeasteI
and yet was forced to lose. Even wit
things As they are. IL Is not too late for tn
team to buckle together and win som
games. II In playing good ball most OF tn
time; that is shown from the many close
score defeats, but IL is not playing the bal
St il capable OF.