Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-23
JUDGMENTS

TN HE race IN the American league
we believe, Is yet to come The
Athletlcs have proved a bit dis
appointing and the Tigers have
gone ahead on a squirt OF Cobb's
ono crawfords batting chiefly ana
The return TO form Of Donovan and Muffin
put another factor presents itself 20 our
way OF thinking and that is the White
sox. The sox, crippled as they have been
are in the third place. fighting for every
game. Now they threaten to get hack
into national form Their sli.OOO shortstop
Russell Blackburne who has been kent IN
an on-and-off condition by illness ana ae
cidents for the two years Comiskey has
had him, 10 said to be fully restored and
ready for the fight Ed Walsh is rolling
OFF the list sick and when Ed is risht-.
Well, you remember 1895 and a couple of
years after. Comiskey has a large list of
players and some who are going like wild
fire, among them being the reiuvenated
Callahan the reorganized Tannehiii. Ping
Bodie. the fence buster and others. Even
lead Of sixteen games is none too much
for the team in first place when cornis-
Keys warriors are In third and coming.
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The National race tightens and Tits
every day. Bresnahan Is stlil the tamping
force. Having crowded his Cardinals into
fourth place, he proceeds to chew the
great arm of his erstwhilt co-partner.
Mathewson into little bits and perch him
self upon the heels OF the turbulent and
terrible Giants The Cubs and Philnes
In the meantime struggle on and now,
instead OF three. four teams are neck and
neck for the coveted goal 1t is anybody's
flag. In moment OF reflection, II has
occurred to US that II Philadelphia should
win II, 1t would be its first National league
pennant. though. the team has nearly al
ways been top-notcher. This also might
be said. by way Of parsnthesis-that the
Cardinals are owned by woman, Mrs.
Robson. widow OF the latter of the two
brothers. So long as they owned the team
It seemed unable to get out OF second d.
vision. Now, IL this a bid for the woman
W base ballf OF course, Roger Bresnahan
n the real head and, with the Robinson's
money, had laid the foundation for this
years success last year and the year be-
fore. This may be true however; Mrs.
Robson realizing she knows nothing about
running team. has done better than her
husband and his brother in turning every
thing over to man who Is base ball i'm
personated and brains through and
through.
We seems to be settled that Clark Griffith
will be displaced as manager OF Cincinnati.
Any man Is lucky to lose that Job The
old rumor OF Johnny Evers being secured
for the place Is revived and doubtless, with
as little foundation as ever Evers stated
once that nothing could tempt him into
accepting IT, and that as long as he played
ball and Chicago wanted him, he was at
its bidding. But unless things change for
the little Trojan he viii not play ball any
pore. He has finally been persuaded to go
40 the Adirondack mountains for a rest
OF five weeks Possibly that will restore
him. But II he ever went to Cincinnati
the home Knockers would soon finish him.
Griffith, however has been no more sue
cessful there than he was in New York.
In matter Of landing remnants, though the
landing OF pennants Is not by any means
the real test of a successful manager
Perhaps Griffith's biggest mistake at Gin
cinnati was letting so OF Miller Higgins,
who is having so much to do with the
Cardinals redivivus.
Jimmy Durham. one of PuebIo's pitchers
Is said to have quit the game disheartened
when the home fans persisted in roasting
him for losing his fourth successive game
at home. II that is true 1t shows James
to be faint-hearted youth. but how much
better off does 1t show the home knockers +?
%Nhat have they gained for the team
DS<ham has It in him to pitch good ball.
Had the fans. instead of roasting, cheered
him II might have helped him to get into
winning form. Most any pitcher strikes
9. bad streak now and then. but a home
Hnocker never helped one out of It and
knocking never helped to win pennant
pr a game.
Jim Kane continues to be the most con-
siatent hitter OF the Western league. In
that last game at Pueblo the big fellow
crossed the plate twice. himself, and sent
two other men across, having the big hand,
therefore. In scoring four Of Omaha's five
runs, and winning the game. His hits
were three-a pair OF doubles and a single
s-and. meantime. over at first he was
gathering In thirteen chances clean. Neg
latively speaking. Mr.. Porkorney may be
b very valuable asset. Anyhow. a. things
go and come. Kane looms large on the
Western league horizon and Is doing big
things for the Rourkes.
The Nebraska State league IL 10 be con-
graduated on getting Bill link into its
circuit. Blu has come up from Hutchin-
son, Kan. to run the Seward team link
Is some ball man and the Nebraska state
league is some ball league and they ought
to so some together The Kansas and
Oklahoma state leagues have gone up.
but. you win note that the Nebraska or
Ventilation il stronger than ever. going
fast. drawing we'll and promising much.
We naturally take q lot OF pride IN this
league, for we pushed a long time for It's
REORGANIZATION and 1t Is a credit 20 the
state.
Those were at least tight games at Pueblo
and hard ones to lose. The first was a tie,
8 to 8; the second went to Pueblo, 4 to 8;
the third to Pueblo. to 5; the fourth to
Omaha, TO & In the last two the Rourkss
were deprived OF Niehoff at second and
Pick ct third, which put new men at those