Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-22
Judgments

l. - being put on for them by the
big leagues. About the. only
thing that is really settled as to the out
come is last place Ia the Ban johnson
standing table The Athletics can hard
ly be disturbed In their position of the,
cellar champions, and maybe the Gin
cinnati team will be permitted to hold
eighth place in the National, but It Is
still possible for many changes to be
made there. At the top all is uncertainty
and the merriest scramble in the history
of the game is now in progress. Detroit
has overhauled the Red Sox, and Satur-
day found these teams tied at the top,
and each going good. Philadelphia and
Brooklyn are having a similar scramble
for the honors in. the National. and
Newark and Kansas City in the Feds,
while behind the leading pairs in each
league come other clubs, all struggling
in q most determined manner to gain
the leadership. In the Federals any ons
OF five teams may win to first place In
weeks playing. 1t is an ideal condi-
ton for the game, and is reviving the
interest of the public in the game. The
owners, who kicked go strenuously on the
application of the twenty-one player
limit last spring, are now seeing the
wisdomt of the rule, which has had tho
effect of equalizing in a considerable de-
gree the playing strength of the teams,
and has given the pennant chase the APP
pearance Of race rather than q pros
cession.
The real sensation of the week is the
sale OF Joe Jackson to the White Sox.
Ccmiskey figures he still has a chance
to lead the league, and he's going right
after the place. Jackson has been one Of
the big lights in the American league
for a number of years. He hasn't been
quite so snowy as Cobb, nor SO fussy as
some Of the others, but he has gone right
along, cutting down the line drives, out
running long flies cutting off runners
who try to take extra bases on hits to
Cleveland's right field. and then stepping
up to the plate and slamming the ball
into upoecupied territory. oftener than
any man on the team. and quite as reg
ular1y as anybody in the league. He has
made ninety-five hits in eighty games so
far this season, for an average of .323
while the only Cobb has only made ia
hits in lis games: Cobbs average is SIS
the difference being due to the fact that
the pitchers are much more willing to
welk Tyrus than Joseph. Here's hoping
that Joseph enjoys his promised exper-
fence on team that bids fair to be a
winner.
The ivory hunting season closed without
the usual blaze of big prices and with
only a few sales -Four Western league
players we're disposed of by sale to the
big league owners, one from Omaha,
which is quite as much as could be ex-
pected, when conditions are considered.
In Kruegt- the Yankees have secured a
good man, quite the class OF the Western
when 1T comes to catching. and one who
will give good service, after he has had
a little seasoning. The draft will be
the next point, and 1t isn't likely that any
extensive raids will be made this season.
All the big league teams have full ros-
tiers. and all have strings on the players
they were supposed to cut loose when
get'irg down to the limit. so II will not
be necessary to riddle the minors in order
to build up young armies under the BAN
ners of major league clubs. Another sea-
So. O. s.lIis conservative policy win go a
long way towards restoring the business
as well as the playing end OF the game
In the Western league IT seems that
the positions are fixed. for 1T is hardly
likely that Denver can again head Des
Molnes and that is the only chance for
a change at the top. Nor can any OF
the other teams greatly benefit their po-
sftions Omaha has seemingly recovered
from the slump that marred its soJourn
at home in July and August. and Is now
playing rafting good base ball IT'S an
other case of the pardon coming too late.
though, for the best Omaha can do now
will be TO head off lincoln for the top
OF the second division. Kind Of seems
good, though. to see the Rourke boys
getting some Of the1breaks. for they GER
tainly suffered long time through hay-
ing all go against them.
Foot bail is edging IT'S way onto the
stage. despite the fact that the climax
Of the base ball season Is not at hand.
The college managers are getting their
strategy boards lined up. and very soon
we will have served to us daily the bear
stories" so familiar to US ALL That is
one point in which the foot ball men have
shown no advance for years. Some day
a coach VIII startie the world by telling
the truth about the condition OF his play
ers. and new era viii be commenced.
The amateurs. who are busily trying TO
determine local supremacy. arc proving
themselves adapts at the finesse OF the
game. II they can play ball as well as
they can politics. they ara wonders.
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