Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-08-27
Judgments

A CURIOUS angle OF the Oma
II ha Base Ball club which
n would make a dyed-in-thc-
wool ian or an average mend
suurm, is the relative strength OF the
Rourkc otfcnsc at home and abroad.
krug's hircling make up about the
niftiest road team that ever donncd
the Spanglcs. 1t is doubtful ii ever
A ball club was organized in the ma
;ors or the bush which had anything
on the Rourkcs Omaha has won
majority of its games on every roat
trip made and it has registered
margin OF gain or split even on every
series except three And therein hes
the secret Of the Rourke lead. For
while Omaha has played good ball al
home, it would have won many more
games had it exhibited the same at
tack on the local lot as in foreign
fields. The Rourkes have. as team,
hit at least fifty points better on the
road than at home. AS result Omaha
has hammered in more runs. Omaha
has played a number OF tight pitch
ers' battles at home, but few abroad.
Those games Omaha has lost on the
road have been replete with tree hit
ting. All this is a peculiar circum-
stance difficult to explain. Ordinarily
team plays its best ball at home,
wins most Of its games at home and
considers itself fortunate to break
even on the road. If the Rourkes can
retain their lead in the league race
through the current home series,
they'll win the pennant, because there
is no reason to doubt that they Will
fail TO repeat their previous feats on
the road in September.
Colorado Springs will reap har-
vest Labor day when Charley White
and Freddie Welsh tangle IN a
,wentv-round battle with the worlds
lightweight championship at stake.
Followers OF the padded ring game
will enter Colorado Springs from all
sides. And Colorado Springs will ex-
tend a merry welcome. The. tight
fans may see real fight and they
may not. But it's cinch they'll have
a merry time lodging the dollar
chasers. The fight is being promoted
by Colorado Springs club, made up
OF business men to put COLORADO
Springs on the map" in other words
TO bring money to the town. And
those Colorado Springs chaps are
vorld-beating wonders when it comes
to getting the money. They have
had man. years Of practice shearlng
tourists, and what they won't do TO
those box fight fans won't be worth
dong.
lust as the White SoX manifested
symptoms Of showing burst OF speed
and an inclination to offer competi-
ton in the pennant fight and Sox
ians began to get excited, Rowland $
men took another tumble and became
cnmcshcd in the throcs Of slump.
Internationally Charley Comiskey is
the hardest luck big league club
owner in the business. True COmis-
KEY always enjoys good patronage,
for the White SoX rOoterS are real
rooters, but Commy is that uncom-
mon variety of club owner who world
rather see his club win than profit
financially. and it was only in 1876
tina, his ambition was realized. A day
OF reckoning is near at hand, however.
and one OF these years Conlny will
see his club lead the field to the flag,
On the extensive roster OF the New
York American league club is the
name oi one Charley Mullen, former
manag,r OF the Lincoln Western
lragur club Mullen is the only
Iank hitting 800 or better. Last
week. PLAYING second for Gcdcon, he
won two games for Donovan ; crew
by his hitting and sensational field
inp. Perhaps Donovan is right, but
it seems from a long distance view
moi using Charley as a regular instead
oi utility.
Where vouId Brooklyn be without
Narnuard Cheney, Coombs, Movers
i"f, % Tos;t;on At the tor Of the pen.
MANI Ecan which they now hold. Ant
lrt ever, one of these six player.