Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-21
TIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE.
OMAHA. SUNDAY. MAY u. 1911.
JUDGMENTS

addsd to the staff had Louisville been will |
,lns 10 waive on Cheney of. INDIANAPOLIS |
IbAt instead the Colonels annexed Cheney !
themselves. Had Omaha gotten this man |
at certainly would have been fortunate /,
Tor he Is still plenty fast enough for the !
American association. II the pitchers we
now have go along in normal form il Is
difficult to see how the team can be kept
down much longer. As matter OF fact It !
has started up, as its work at Topeka and
Wichita has shown From now on. we
believe. II must be reckoned with. In the
meantime II is only fair to accredit Presi-
dent Rourke with doing his utmost to save
the day for Omaha and give 1t a winning
team. Pick from Cleveland Niehoff from
Indianapolis and Williams from ST. Louis
we're not obtained for pothng. nor would
Cheney have been gift. Let's give credit
where credit is due and sheath the ham
mers. Pas own words are Il Will have
team II II breaks me-" Omaha is not
alone in its troubles. Sioux City has come
~ to pile Of its own. The explosion and
expulsion Of three pitchers at once shows
that Manager Towne Is In high water.
That leaves Lincoln with another advan-
tage, for Lincoln. when ali Is said, has
pitching staff which. II not the best in the
league, certainly Is next, and we believe
as things now stand It ia the best. 1t Is
too bad for the Antelopes that FarthinE
failed to return for he would have put
the finish to It's pitching supremacy But
at that Denver. Wichita and Omaha are
not TO be left out of consideration. With
us Durbin. Kelley and Rhodes working
we'll form a mighty trio, and Hall ought
TO recover free use of his arm soon, while
Lotx has shown form at times. Patton
probably will he exchanged or sold. We
have had a time Of It getting down to
solid rock and the real thinning out process
twill be completed this week when Pa and
(the team return. Graham, Anderson, Pick
Nring and Patton were all sent home in ad-
vance of the others, What disposition is
20 be made is as yet uncertain. schipke
Ia on hand for infield utility, but Pa prob
ably will want to have. for a time at least.
an extra man in the outer garden.
Duoky Holmes. Doc White of the White
sox and Frank Isbell are all mentioned
as having angled for the purchase of the
y SDes Moines franchise, but Uncle Jawn still
iholds IL, The league does not particularly
4 need Ducky Holmes back in t. but It does
y need men like White and Ishell, though II
is q little difficult to see Just how White
could get free from Comiskey. Now that
Wichita business men have indicated
= diEposition to take the franchise there off
lays hands, It is to be hoped the Former
sox star may land in Des Moines. Unless
somebody does very soon that town will be
lost to the circuit. No fans should be ex-
pected TO follow team forever that plays
like the one Higgins has. And no fans
will. Higgins should have taken oNeil's
kindly advice and got out.
The Cubs have shown their old-tine grit
and fighting qualities on this trip abroad.
Handicapped by the absence OF Evers In all
the games and Tinker In several they have
gone right on winning. splitting even at
New York and Brooklyn and walking into
the rip-roaring PhIlies right from the
jump They put an effective barrier in the
way OF the Quakers onward rush and
Shave shown that they are not quite ready
70 concede the pennant to Philadelphia as
yet Minor Brown seems TO have recovered
his old form and some Of the new pitchers
are working as well. Between the four
teams, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, New York
and Chicago II looks like fight TO the
finish.
The week revealed another freak decl-
sion by an umpire. II was made by John
stone Of the National league. Frank Chance
had hurt his lame ankle in going into third
and Manager Dahlen OF Brooklyn, the OPP
posing team. who was coaching at third
voluntarily offered TO let Tom Needham
run for Chance. when Johnstone refused
unless Chance would thereby eliminate
I himself from the game. Yet substitute run
\ pers are being put in every day without
eliminating the men they run for from the
game And still II is lese majestic to kick
at the Jump. He knows it all.
The Sioux City Tribune runs To-day In
Base Ball History" column and In noting
what occurred on May H. 1904. said the
New York Americans made eighteen hits
,off DUSTY" Rhoades OF Cleveland. who is
( now with Omaha" This is interesting, but
not true Rhodes OF Omaha and Dusty
Rhoades formerly OF Cleveland and now
with Kansas City are two distinct indi-
viduals, as anyone looking at them could
readily Observe Omaha's Rhodes never
pitched for any major league team except
tho St Louis Cardinals and not regularly
for them.
Jimmy Callahan stands as another livinE
refutation Of the old argument that an
athlete never comes hack" II Is doubt
full IL he over played a better game than
ne - playing To-Day dAteE eiA gNaiS VuN "
big company. He is one OF the men who
are helping 10 put the sox back in the race
and. with all their big Lead the Tigers are
not quite sure of the flag with the sox
Ecing as they have been, That Comiskey
spirit is great one at the finish. you
know
Admirers OF Jack Pfeister. Of course re-
greet that the old southpaw could not have
staid longer in the majors, but they stu
admire him and hope he may yet lane
hack there. But since the big fellow go
his pitching wrist broken last year he hai
lost his cunning. He acted like man
however. when sent TO Louisville 10
OF these e1-majors may yet find them
selves IN major company, II the American
invasion occurs next year.
Some loyal" fans have been criueiEnl
Rourks because he failed 70 retain Melte
and let sioux City get him. Sioux CIT
has now turned him loose Il is easier 4