Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-09-10
MUGGSY AND ZIM
ARE TWO OF KIND
These Two Firebrands Not Elk.
pected to Pull Any Damon
and Pythias Stunt.
COBB IN DESPERATE Squirt
By FRANK @. MENKE.

New fork, sept. S.--One OF the
favorite pastimes Of John McGraw
has been to lash his players with
his vitrolic tongue. And nothing in
the past has given Heinie thinner
man quite as much joy as speaking
my piece" to an umpire or fussing
bit with his fellow players and man
ayers.
John Of boy, is famous because Of
the way he can fay foozling athlete
with his whip OF speech. Tim has
been an umpire's nightmare for years
and the despair Of managers.
And now we pause to ask you:
Do you think Messrs. Tim and
McGraw will get along harmoniously3
What do you think will happen when
Tim makes an occasional bobble and
John rushes forth to tell Tim his
opinion OF III
Yes, that would be a good scheme
10 have an ambulance IN attendance
at all future Giant games. But why
not twoi Persons, so inclined, can
battle just as well in an ambulance
as anywhere else.
The great third sacker might get
along tremendously with such easy
going persons as Pat Moran, Wilbert
Robson or Connie Mack. But with
men OF the McGraw-Stallings type
we'll. that's bit different.
However, McGraw is optimistic He
feels that he can handle Tim; that
he can bring out the best there is
in him; that he and Tim will do
Damon and Pythias stunt. Maybe
you've got the correct dope, John,
but no one seems to be willing to
wager much on it. They're all from
Missouri, il seems, and they are 60
ing TO watch with interest, John,
how you team up with the peppery
diamond athlete.
Athletics Showing Strength.
Two months ago everyone giggled
when Connie Mack said:
II expect to have my team going
along fairly well about the middle OF
August"
The giggling has ceased. Connie
was right, as the teams have learned
that played recently against the tall
enders. The western clubs arrived for
their recent games. hopeful of sharing
each and every game they played
against the Macknen, but what q
rude awakening it was
The ccllarites took on new life i'm
mediately after they got back from
their disastrous swing through the
west. They grappled with the Yanks
and stunned the community OF Goth
am BY dealing the Yanks brace Of
waliops.
The strong western contingent ar
rived and clashed with the Athletics.
They, too, got a bit OF rude jolting.
All Of them are willing to admit now
that Connie has gathered together
the nucleus OF another real ball club.
II will be year or two more be-
fore the crafty Philadelphia chieftain
gets real machine built, but the
Athletics are coming back.
I'VE ought to be back among the
topnotchcrs in 1918 or 1919" says
Connie. And Connie probably is
right.
Cobb In Desperate Squirt.
The fight for the batting leader
ship Of the American league Is al
most a. thrilling as the bunting race
itself. Slowly, but surely, the de-
mon Tiger is creeping up on Speak
or, and justa jump or so behind him
Is Josephus Jackson. The leading In
dian continues to mace the horsehide,
but he isn't hitting with the FREE
Qucncy OF Cobb and Jackson.
Cobb never in all his brilliant ca
reer has played with such earnest
ness, such daring and such fury as
during the last month. He is risk
Ing lite and limb almost daily in his
efforts to top the league. Earlier
in the season il seemed as II Cobb
had slowed up, especially in getting
down to first. But in the last month
Cobb has been racing to the first
station at q clip beyond anything
heretofore shown,
The Georgia peach" during the last
three weeks has beaten out infeld
taps that seemed like certain outs.
At the crack Of the bat he has been
off for the bag and when the play
was close he would finish with a
tremendous slide. In two Of the New
York games he earned hits by virtue
OF two Of the most remarkable base
ball slides ever seen. Fifteen feet
from the bag on one occasion he
hurled himself at it without decreas-
ing by an iota the great speed at
which he was travelling. He shot
into the sack in cloud Of DUST
fraction Of . second ahead of the
throw.
Cobb has been rather unfortunate
lately with his long drives. He hasn't
been hitting them where they amt
And there is no nourishment for
batting average in driving terrific lin
ers into outfelders' hands. So Ty
shifted tactics. He has been tapping
them to the in6eld, depending al
together on his running and sliding
power to win the verdict for him. And
he succeeded.