Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-11

A few years ago Jap Barbeau
used to be on the hop all the time,
always ready for repartee with op-
posing players or fans, and he was
always right in the game. Since
joining the Rourkes this old trait
has been sadly missing. He plays
good ball, probably as good as any
one on the team, but his fighting
spirit of old is not there.
Our own Eddie Hazen often
looks like he would like to step
out and bawl some one out, but he
never quite opens up. 1t appears
that he is little afraid of the older
heads. He cavorts around with
more life than the rest of the bunch.
but he hasn't the snappy tongue lie
used to display on the sandlots
around here.
Manager Jackson did give Umpire
Holmes talking to Sunday and he
looked like the goods when he was
doing it, but at that, anyone could
have done that much and the Des
MONIES players, to a man, did the
same thing. The Blues kept con-
tlnual run of chatter going lall the
time and their playing, aside from
the noise, was an indication OF
pep"
When the lack of the noise on the
field is mentioned to the local play
ers they insist that the talking WON'T
win the games. it is the actual play
ing. 1t might be we'll for them to
think this little thing over little.
That chatter" is an awful good in
dication that the snap is there just
the same. 1t keeps the crowd
buoyed up with hope and it's the
crowd that pays the expenses, so
it seems that it would be we'll to
let them hear" little racket on
the field, so they will keep coming
out to the park.
! Saturday night promises to either
make or break John Pesek, accord
ing to advices of his manager. Mart
Slattery. Mart declares that the
farmer boy is working like a trojan
to be in perfect shape for the mat h
with Zbyszko at Gordon, and is con-
fident that he will emerge from The
fray with laurels of victory adjoining
his brow. Mart says that John
boasts that said 1aurels cannot slip
off because of the perspiration
either, for he doesn't expect the
mighty Pole to make him sweat any
more than Freberg, Peters, Soren-
son and other big fellows he has
beaten.
The Shelton farmer is proud OF
the fact of never having been
thrown, much less beaten, and lie
doesn't expect to break bis record
Saturday night by allowing libby
to defeat him or even win a fall. Tie
winner of the match will be matched
with the winner of the Lewis Lon
dos match in Omaha and Pesek is
anxious to get crack at Lewis, or
if the Stranger should lose to the
Greek, Londos would suffice, to
show the public that he is the logi-
cal candidate for a match with Cad
dock for the championship.
Regarding a match with Caddock.
Slattery states that he will post
substantial forfeit for such a mattel,
and if the champion and his
manager want it so, he will let it
go as a side-bet. Mart says that
since Earl has met and. defeated
Zbyszko, Lewis and most of the
others. he feels that his man, Pesek,
should get the next chance at the
title. He is certain that John can
flop the title-holder now, for a few
years ago, before John had had any
great experience in the mat game,
Caddock failed to throw him and
now that the farmer has had SO
much work against the big fellows
of the game and has learned 20
much about it, Manager Mart thinks
his man can win the honors from
Caddock. if he will only give him
match.