Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-22
JUDGMENTS


HE resumption Of business at
II" the old stand BY Colonel Bob
Hedges was the big piece Of
base ball news last week. The
1 owner Of the Browns Is still
- owner OF the Browns. The
racquet boys who made such a noise about
buying HIS t5o0OOo stock. seem to have
failed in raising the first cash payment
Colonel Hedges being a philanthropist Of
the old school. not the new. naturally felt
impelled to hold onto the property until
the Beau Brummels came across. which
they never did. The whole thing Is
funny First, Hedges throws up his hands,
sells his holdings and decides to go abroad
Tor his health. which suddenly was shat
tered by the grief over newspaper critl-
cisms OF his failure TO land a ball team
IN Sportsman Park. Evidently the ship he
was 20 sail on was late In starting, which
gave him a good chance to wait till the
dudes to whom he was to sell bis stock
gathered up the first 30 cents. with which
10 make the original payment Then, when
he finds the new purchasers haven't any
--sthing stronger than conversation money
his health returns like a flash and he re-
cinches himself as the owner Of the st.
Louis Americans. He is out now with a
declaration that that patient old town will
have q place on the map OF Ban John
sons league in 1911. Bobby Wallace has
been made manager a deserved promotion
OF a faithful old warborse, whether II
proves any more than that or not. But
Omaha fans chief interest In this turn
OF the wheel lies in the hope of Pa Rourke
getting Reddy Corridor and a right
handed pitcher whom Hedges promised Pa
before he sold out" we are particularly
anxious about Corridor. We might even
waive the pitcher to get him. Pa Is try
ing 70 make arrangements for a heart-to-
heart talk with Hedges this week on the
subject. Hedges knows the value OF Cor
ridOn and ls not going TO part with him
permanently. as Pa would prefer, or tenn
porariiy until ne can see something good
in exchange. We hope he can see II. For
we do need Reddy. We want him to cover
third completing this infield Kane first;
Graham and schipke, second Corridor,
third, and Kneavos. short. We need Red
dys ginger at that corner.
Headwork, we count the chief asset OF a
ball player But in only few is this APP
parent TO advantage at the beginning OF
their careers. Many youngster comes
onto a minor league diamond so raw in
the smartness OF the game that 1t seems
he will never make heady player who
Fmay yet shine with great luster in this
very way II Is not all matter OF gift
II Is very largely development. The young
ster with the average brain who can think
quickly and pick up the inside technique
OF base bail and follow directions OF Older
heads, has every chance OF becoming q
heady player. But he Is not In the ma.
iority I'm minor leagues. That Is, perhaps
1tta m he IA M ha Il "a
developed he Is snatched up by a major
team. The chief value to the minors Oi
the ex-maior league player is his experience
and technical knowiedge of the game; his
ability to train younger material. Omahs
has always been fortunate. more or less
in this respect, because Pa Rourke was
player himself for years and a heady one
He is. moreover, past master at training
raw recruits. But even Pa has struck SONS
snags. He has found players. not so many
seasons back, into whose cupalos he could
not drill an idea. He has some hesdy meI
on the team and his one supreme effor
this coming season will be to make all o.
them heady BY parting with two three
OF last years roster this task may b.
somewhat simplified. One OF the peculla
things about this headwork is that SOM
OF the brightest players are stupid on tn
bases They find base-running the mos
difficult Of all the arts to master and We
there are brilliant fans who could run
bases on any battery with perfect ease
One Of the best and uuiokest-witted player
on the Omaha team today is sadly de
fcient in Just this respect and that prob
ably has kept him out OF faster company
Il is the department OF the game most dif
ficult to teach, as is witnessed by IN
comparatively few really great base run
ners today. Pitching and catching an
general team work has been brought up I
such fine point as to make IL less cas-
to steal bag. 10 Is a race to the swift
and In this case swift does not mean a
together, the most feet-footed runner.
The next big trust busting to be under
taken may be the wrestling trust. At an
rate few promoters OF the fake orde
seem to have succeeded in forming a rattle
air-tight combine and shutting out OF
some OF the best real mat artists in n
country. In It they have some OF IN
worst Farmer Burns and a few oths
wTestlers OF distinction are still trying
worm their way into the ring but they Al
finding Il a difficult task to buck tn
trust, with its herd of elephants from var
Gus foreign countries, who. though the
know little about wrestling. make goc
fronts on account OF their bulk Burns
stil eager 10 get Roller on the mat wit
him Burn is 50 years old now and he prol
ably win be $50 before he succeeds IN tn
undertaking. Or. Roller il a shrewd gentl
man lie Is not eating anybody's bait the
days. BY grace OF Burns, Bean and Cote
he managed to get his footing before Il
public and he Is not going to throw Il aw,
Just TO give the Farmer Beali chan
TO show that they were joking before
49,. some Of the trust and antitrust gladiato
could be brought tOgether there probab
would be some real wrestling, though.
one OF the funniest things that ever ha
pened Is the OF the white Rats"
organization OF theatrical folk on ball pla