Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-11
JUDGMENTS

heHN nuNIAGI games. IL has been
me cry In major leagues and has been
met with satisfaction All round In rnanv
instances 1t has had the effect OF increas-
ing attendanoes. for busy business men
often are willing TO give an hour and a
half OF their time 10 WATCHING a game bu,
not two hours or more. Then. adding time
invariably detraets from the game How
Is the game to be shortened? Not at its
own expense, Of course No nor by chang
ing single play or rule that is essential 20
the game az now presented But II may
De shortened and at the same time i'm
proved oy keeping the men on the 60 from
the time the gong sounds until the last
man Is out The second an inning ends
hustle the side out and the other In, rush
the man TO bat and get things going
Fans have seen this season 80 much Of
this slow-going exchange OF places by the
sides as to disgust them: players jawinE
A. easch other or at the umpires instead
50 going directly to their places In the
field or on the bench ready for their time
At bat. Another thing has been tolerated
In the Western league this year entirely
too much. and that Is this rubbing OF a new
ball in the grass by the pitcher. a thing
which the rules long ago discouraged. vet
which is practiced with perfect impunity
and to unreasonable degrees. The majors
have insisted on It's elimination. The
minors should. Then this habit of giving
the pitcher session OF warming-up in
each inning lie all wrong. Ban johnson
has cut II out and he has done a good
thing. pitcher ought TO be able to go
right to work the minute he steps into his
box from one inning to the other without
any extra five balls.
II young Joe Lott is wise boy he will
PIKE the privilege Pa Rourke offered him
n going to Grand Island for the remainder
q this season. He bucked when Pa
slipped him the blue envelope with this
proviso. But he was wrong He is not
ripe for faster company. He may be with
few month"; training He has the max
ings in him OF a good pitcher. but the
makings need to pass through the process
OF development Joe can work now for
half a game or a little more in the West
ern league, but to become q real pitcher
he needs TO work a full game He can
get the training he needs in the Nebraska
State league, along with very good pay.
p he hseds sound advice he will 70 to
Grand Island. Young ball players some
times get what are commonly called bum
Feers" from admiring friends. Thomson
~ NNRcAos NoihinS kOOQ Ddli player.
stalked into the club house recently after
a game and threw down his uniform, never
TO play with Topeka again. some kind
friend had told him that he was not get
ting we'll enough paid. The management
bore UP bravely. The next day a pitcher
named Boecher was out in center. He COW
cred all kinds Of territory and in addition
got three hits. The next day 1honsason
was back. Moral: No manager dare nav
q man less than he is worth.
Up TO this writing Omaha has played
seven games on its present trip abroad ana
won five Of them. It left home hanging by
its eyebrows TO sixth place and, for a day
II dropped to seventh. but as this is written
20 is in fifth place. with q very fragile
ERECTION between II and Sioux City in
fourth place. That. we submit, is a very
fair showing. The team has five more
games TO play before returning home, two
with Pueblo Counting saturday's) and
three with Denver. 1t ought TO split even.
At least. on four of these and win the
NTH. II IL does IT will be doing exoep-
tionally well. At last it is playing team
ball, apparently. II has been strengthened
by the addition OF Pitcher Robinson and
Catcher Abiogsst since leaving home. It
TO take q fresh start toward the top. First
place stilI belongs to anybody-save Des
Aoines. The Sioux are having their
trouble with weak pitching and. II our
pi Aers hold up we believe we have the
e b in other respects on any team in the
le fue. We still hold to the opinion that
Lincoln IL the team to beat 10 win the
pennant. with Denver second choice
Should President Rourke and Johnny
Gonding decide to part company, we be-
lieve the Western league could use the
old veteran 10 great advantage as an UNI
pre- He would command respect OF
player. fan and magnate alike. But we
hope Johns playing days with Omaha will
not end soon. He still has much valuable
kork in him. and young pitchers, many
of whom he has put in the business. need
him.
Now, II Is reported oung Paul Cobb IS
soon 10 go 10 Washington. II is 10 be sup
posed that Bob Unglauh is going TO do his
best as a Washington scout. but It seems
scarcely fair to Don Despair for him to
urge the weakening OF the Lincoln team
that much In the middle of the season.
NpN Oh A4ii4eA-A A11l a ndEN game
Friday, when he held ST. joe 60 three hits.
Jack Thomas. in the meantime. was max
ing two errors behind him and two others
contributed one each. FoN AppleEate.
Earthing, Wolyerton. Knapp-that is a
formidable pitehins STAFF I1acoln has.
Hall has more sIhoAe than any pitcher
who has worked IN Topeka this year" OBJ
serves the Topeka Capital snsnt eur Mr..
Han. We can arouse Tire enthusiasm OF
our nelghbors II not our home folks Han
Is the Miner Broan ol omaha-the ready
resouer."
Another Western .tague pitcher, Hager-
man, has been picked up by major. The
Denver man will go 70 the Boston Amer
cans al the end Of the season We hope
he does not come back the wrong way,
as the Lincoln. the Topeka Haserman id.
You observe that old ~ Young Is stiIl
able 10 hold a team to five hits. Perhaps
thai 10 one reason why President Somers
OF Cleveland declines TO let him 20.