Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-28


but two little hits. Is enough for him.
Kids Of - do well, indeed, II they stick that
good in their first season with fast com
pany. We should have won that game and
the third, Of course. That too IL plain
now, but lamenting time has past Omaha
is In the race to stay. Fans who are fair
will applaud the strenuous efforts OF Prssi-
dent Rourke TO put winning team in that
new park. Getting together a winner after
the season Is under way Is not an easy
matter. For one thing, II takes a lot OF
diplomacy and for another, coin. As soon
as the unexpected crash came In the
original machine, Pa got busy with his
clippers, cutting off four men at one whack
Graham, Anderson, Pickering and Patton.
And here II the time and place to remark
that he treated these men in the whitest
way possible when he gave them their I'M
conditional releases, letting them 60 where
they could do the best for themselves. A
less generous course would have been to
tie them up on some sort Of deal, an Muir
ply did with both Pfeister and SteInfeidt.
Graham, Anderson and Patton, therefore,
lFnded the next day with Des doines and
Graham and Anderson have been playing
$ood ball. George clouting her out three at
a time. Higgins could not have gone into
the market and bought them without pay
ing snug sum. Therefore he derived a
benefit, as well as the players, from
Rourke's policy. We shall be much sur
prised II George Graham does not come
back" That is. n he gets rid of his in
difference. which was his principal fault
here. There Is no reason for his not play
ing as fast ball as ever. But In the mean
tune Niehoff Is q marvel OF strength to
Omaha. Getting him. Williams and Pick
Mas one Of the best things President
Rourke has ever been able to do.
II Is to be hoped that a certain plan for
the displacement Of Higgins at Des Molnes
Tmay go through to save that town and
team. The situation becomes more acute
every day. The team evidently has quit
and Higgins is at sea. as he has been ever
since attempting to run a ball club. The
plan referred to contemplates what would
be calculated to reform the whole situa-
ton. Des Molnes as II has been under Hig-
gins. IL q dead load to the league IN more
ways than one and must be attended to
at once, II cannot go on an IL Is. That is
perfectly clear. It Is even worse than the
Wichita problem. for Wichita had a good
team. Des Moines' present team. however.
In other hands. would win many games
II is doing nowhere near the work of which
IL Is capable.
g, Frank Isbell has done well with the
>Sroblem that beset him at Wichita The
people OF Wichita. with one or two nota-
BILE exceptions have done very poorly. Is
bell staid with them as long as there was
a chance 20 break even or hand over the
team to them. But they turned yellow
clear TO the core and IzKy. in self-defense,
had 10 seek new pastures II Is q reflection
on the enterprise Of this Wanted "metrop-
oils OF Kansas" Isbeli. one OF the most
famous Of ball players himself. had been
giving them a winning team all along
last year and this year and yet they re-
warded him with attendanees on which he
lost money. We hope the old fellow meets
with splendid support In Pueblo.
, The showing OF L4neoln's pitchers was a
Ilittie disappointing. They were all alike
hit hard In Omaha and Il was not their
fault that their team did not lose the two
games IL won. The team is a good one,
fighting every minute and the best part of
1t looks TO be it's pitchers. II has a cork
ing tina catcher In Stratton and another
good one In McGraw. Don Despair is to
be congratulated on what he has done to-
ward assembling q real bail team Old
Gus Dundon. In his second time on earth.
y helping along greatly He rather
4 showed up" Manager Ungiaub ut the bat
the day he played for him at second,
though Ungiaub IN playing a good second.
The Nebraska State league Is getting
along swimmingly this season. So IL the
Mink league. Attendanees in both are good,
very good and we hope they win remain
20. The leagues have some good material.
and are giving their patrons the worth OF
their money. President Carey OF the Mink
league, like a few other presidents, is
having a little difficulty in getting his
jumps down to earth. but he Is getting
them there. evidently and things look
bright and serene.
Tho steinfeldt case is a funny one.
Rather Bostons action Is. When the Cubs
called for waivers the second time on
Stsiny. Boston waived and the old fellow
went to q. Paul Boston then trades two
young players Tor him, which must have
cost good deal more than the waiver
price. 1850. Il Is such business manage
Boston from the National league map. An
ether exchange In ownership there is re-
ported. II cannot be any worse, certainly
The Cubs have hit their gait, evidently
not waiting for the return OF Johnny Eyers
They walked into those terrible Quakers
with a ferocity that completely upset them
and took All four games and the Phinies
have scarcely done any winning since. Evil
IDENTIFY Chance h on his way 20 HIS Nth
pennant or he viii know the reason why.
i looks like fight again with the hated
enemy. the Giants
Manager Schipko must understand that
the team and the fans are with him and
are going 70 stick with hin and they want
70 see him fire that good old Kerry Patch
night back into himself and preserve his
UTE as Carts Won Der Ahe's heir 10 fame.
'Des Boas ManAjsr."
Gus Williams, the slugger. is vieing with
Jim Kane for bunting honora
rPa is on the bench for a while tin the
weather settles.