Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-07

Anderson and King. hut their offense IL
palliated by the Intensity OF the provocR~
ton. II lie very hard for even trained ath-
letea TO Withstand foFsYeF thu strain OF
an umpires stupidity, and tha players who
are fault would have beefi moFs than hu-
man had they not resented tbs unjust
and absolutely wrong decision given By
Knaaland IN some manner, They Will be
punished, for ths rules must be enforced,
but the weakness OF base ball Is shown
In tina condition that provides no PHHsh-
Tnsnt for the umpire, who Ia this aass
seams the arealaF offsndsF, Only enc hsps
Gan be expressed In this esnnsatish, and
fthat is that we viii never again see Rhsa-
Iand OF his like.
the scheduIe makers this year have put
some queer crimps in Omaha. The team
began its first long trip abroad yesterday
at ST. Joe. II plays three games there, at
Lincoln Denver. Topeka and wichita in
the order named, which shows considerable
jumping about. 1t Is home for three games
with lincoln beginning May ~ and for
three with Wichita; then, although play
4 ing IN Omaha May IS IL must get right
\ back TO Denver for q game May ~ and
doubIs.hstdar the soth. June ! and Il
plays Topeka In Omaha, making another
leap from Denver in the night for work
the next day. Then IL whips down TO Lin
PscoIn for three games, then right back to
Denver for three more. 20 Topeka Tor
three. Wichita for three and then 70
Omaha for twelve straight Thus we have
no long stay at homo until June Is, and
then only for twelve games, IL bNhooves
Omaha. therefore, to get going good as a
road team, for unless II does IL will have a
very difficult time winning the psnnant
inter the middle OF June. Not only must
Il win on the road. but win against some
very strenuous travelling, which Is ealcu-
lated 20 undo ball piaYarn moro than 40
tual work. Yet. OF course, some tsem has
20 bear tha hrunt Of this schedule. and IL
might as well be a strong team as a weak
one Other clubs also have some smart
bouncing about TO do. and we ara not COM
pla.nins az getting anything like the worst
No the deal. only pointing out what may be
expected OF tho team.
The two St Louis teams arc disappoInt-
ing ali hopes again this year. The Browns
seem utterly 20 have quit and thu Cardi-
nails are doing little better, Yet, Bobby
Wallace is said 70 have aroused his team
20 the fighting point II that be trua, II
a team losing as this one Il can yet muster
courage enough 70 fight, Il Is a good sign
for better results and we hope II achieves
them. AS TO the Cardinals, their slump
Is even more surprising: They could easily
have been expected TO mako first division.
The fact is. however. the entire National
league has frightened up and there 10 going
TO be more competition. we imagine. this
year than there has been for some seasons,
Vet. thus far the gap between first and
" second division II vida one.
1t is too bad TO print the statement that
Jack Curley or Joe Coffey or any other
professional promoter says ootch IL afraid
OF Hackensohmidt. OF course. all real
wrestling fans know by now that Hack
is little more than q dub, and that II he
and GOteh ever come together again, Il
viii mean thai dOteh has been guaranteed
tho price he demands for going into an
exhibition with this fellow. who he so
completely showed up TIRES years ago.
The perversity OF a ball fan is beyond
finding out The other day when omahs
was losing itz second game to Sioux Clty
some AggFieved fan yelled out dub al
u1s7'iokerng. a man who for nearly two de-
eades stood up az the top in the major
leagues and Is today playing as good bal
as any other man in the Western. But
this fellow who yelled dub" probabl,
never heard OF Pickering until that day.
Nobody bames Tip O'Nein for hiring I
fellow like Knealand, for the president doe
his best 20 pick good men and. like any
one else. is apt 10 err, but that doesn'
keep as from extending him our sympathy
Not yet have either the Cubs or Ath-
a.
though either may In few weeks b,
again on top. Their losing streaks have
been easily accounted for and the causes
are not permanent in either case.
Anderson has made good on his reputa
ton as = good waiter but he is not onll
that, for he has been olouting the bal
consistently.
Omaha had the consolation Friday Of
knowing that the great Cubs made min
errors also and were beaten ls TO
II his team starts Ina TO win. Uncle Jaw
Higgins promises 10 get his hair cut Tina
ought to inspire victory in any team
\ No pitcher on earth could have won Fri
i days game against the obstacles that be
set Kelley.
Has anybody been able yet 10 figure on
why Denver ever let Hartman set away2
Babe Towne weighs half ton more thi
season than he ever did.
To imp. KneelAnd' We don't care II 20,
pever come back
What Will tho sioux do O,hen thew o..
o"roole baokf
sioux city has that aggravating aspec
Of a winner.