Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 5, 1910, Page 27

NDAY BEF OMAHA SUNDAY Ber g JUDGMENTS UMAHA, NEB, SUNDAY, JUN the sacrifice hit served its In base ball? We know there will be many to answer this ques. ton in the negative with a most emphatie frown. They will argue =acrifice hit Is one of the most detalls in the game many AS not day uiat the sclentitic wing as games as any other one factor, und we are not going to quarrel with their contention, for anybody. who knows base ball knows ail the virtus of the sacrifice., But to get down to the bed- rock of this question, what Is the purpose Of the geme divested of its commercial aspect? Is it not to develop the highest possible degree of interest ingenulty? The sacrifice hit, we believe, has served its ¢ for the simple reason that it has fallen into the routine class. Base ball can never survive the contemporary Progress and development if it becomes merely rou- tine. It will have to keep far away from that, to continue In & swalght, sure line of Pprogress e sacrifice hit is routine for thes rearon that it is the expected thing. Everybody knows just when ., ook The game opens wit) i ing for his base | best under the « foregone conclu will sacrifice ment to deny of a cert er tr wces, and it 1s a wt the next wan up oW, 18 there any argu- that this deprives the game amount of interest and thrill which it should possess? But it will said it Is not the time to hit it out. batter takes too many chances in trying Wit a ball at such & stage of the Well, that is ¢ question. ot such times are ever scant minority. The knows exactly what to ..y for; its infleld cemes in and soon the ittie bunt s laid down and nine times out of ten the runner Koes out at first, and the only gain is the runner is advanced one base. In the mean- time he might have been, and frequently is, hrown out at second. Base ball must be lke war, surprising at every angle. The fellow who, like Hannibal of old, can pull oft what the other side is not looking for is the best man, and only when psed in such cases, as an emergency pro;tumo. can the sacrifice hit today be highly val- ued. 1If the second batter up teaches the out team that it cannot count on his bunt- ing no more than on his “hitting 'er out"” the game takes on a new Interest and more science. The origin of the bunt was & base hit. The old Baltimore Orioles made it common, though, of coursq, they did not originate it, and used it always with the expectation of makiug a base hit out of it. Certainly players were bunting, or, as they called ‘it then, “tipping” the ball back in the ’'80s, but not even then did they ever have the motion of using. it as a sacrifice, but always & hit. And that 18 what we have got to come to in this day of great thought and resource if we would eave the game from the bane of stilted formality. gan How many bunts beaten out? A in the fleld Gotgh pursued the system of wrestling in the Zbyszko match which had he pursued in his contest vith Hackenschmidt would have eut short his victory there to a mat- ter of a few minutes instead of stringing out the affalr for more than two hours and ending in a dogfall. If we are to acoept thingg as they gome to us we may say that it was Gotch's avowed purpose to go into Hack from the start as he rushed Zbysuko, but Farmer Burns sald no and held him back for the walting game. Of course the match with Zbyssko s not sub- Ject to the criticism that other wrestles sometimes incur as to thelr squareness, for in'thfs match hippodroming could have nothing to galn by a quick fall such as both these were, the former unprecedent- edly quick. The match marks Gotch more distinetly than ever as a man alone and in his own class, and tets the thinking Amer- fcan above the gruelling forelgner in this fine, ld test of mental and physical agil- ity. There never was a chance anyway of this Zbysako throwing Frank Gotch. He not in his class and really had no license | wrestle him except that his looks and irength made him a good drawing card 4L the box office and were sufficient to fcol many people into believing that he ‘might down the Iowan: Another week has come and gone without disclosing any material steadiness in the laying of Omaha’s much loved ball team, out not even that should give a faithful ‘an serious worry. The season Is young, the weather is irregular and the team Is potentially strong, and it s not the only one in the league that Is losing. Besldes all this President Rourke is still hiring and looking for new material. There is no weaks ness except in the box, and it is a ques- r if after the weather settles down ; cre will be much of a weakness there. ‘The best pltchers are getting thelr bumps these days and will get them so long as Mr. Sol and Mr. Pluvius are unable to come to more amicable terms, to say noth- ihg of Old Man Boreas. Of course Omaha wants & winning team and Omaha is en- titled to a winning team, and if Pa Rourke can accomplish what he Is trylng for Omaha will bave a winning team. On paper it is the strongest lineup in the league, and on the field it is until you get to the box, o that with the recent addi- tion Pa has made to the staff we may hope for prompt rejuvenation there. Base ball Is a game have been counting off the consecutive games won by Brooklyn. But as a matter of fact Brooklyn is one of several teams that must be reckoned with for & time It, like the St. Louls Nationals, Cincinnati and Hoston Americans, has been weeding out old men and drawing in new ones untll it has a good team that ought to go well when It gets thoroughly organized. And the others ought 1o be comers, barring ac- tidents, for two or three seasons. George Stone seems to have recovered *als batting eye and his bad leg improved s conduct, so that the ex-Omahan Is de- livering some goods for the Browns. But It will take several Stones to bring the Browns out of the dumps. Not a team in the majors is worse off today than that tand of St Louls orphans. For the sake of the name if nothing else it ought t6 be w winner. st wonders. They ' The /Cubs evidently have decided to win penvant, but they find themselves serl- pply harassed by their old rivals, the iants, the Pirates resting on thelr oars for the nomce, since they cannot rest on Anything else just at present. Young McQuillen of Philadelphia, whose pitching last season startied everybody, has Just been fined §%50 and suspended Indef- initely without pay for poor work, which 18 w wholesome indication that loafing will Aot be tolerated. 0ld Cozy Joe s having the fum of his e pming the cover off the ball out in the o league. our newest plicher we ought to lll\rl (2 the benech, Pa. Fatnisie v 4 T i , and that it | { for it. | thut seem | and serves also as & storehouse for our tools and seeds, ko that expense was not | included Comparison on Mileage Has let us compare this cost with that of a horse and buggy in similar work. For |two years preceding this automobile pur- chase, L use putfit consisting of a Nght horse and iron-tire runabout (and It was not very much of an outfit at that). This cost, horse, buggy and harness, $230, s0ld two years later for 06, a de of $145, or 36 a month. The cost to run a month was as follows Boarding horse... Shoeing horse Miscellaneous THE HORSE AND THE AUTO An Instructive Comparison of First Cost and Running Expenses. MACHINE POWER BEATS THE NAG Mileage Cost Greater for Horse Than Hunabout—BExperience of Man Who Tried Both C of Power. s .8 . o Wy A repairs I' have seen A good many tables of ex- pense of running large touring cars for | pleasure, but very few for small business runabouts, such as the physician In general practice, contractor, city engineer, or real estate man uses, hence the following state- ment of facts may be of interest in tember, 1 I purchased second- hand, a two-cylinder 12-horse-power run- about, weighing 1,50 pounds, which had | been used six months, running about 2,000 | miles in that time, but which was In good condition. This had, beside the stock equip- ment, a pantasote top, glass wind-shield, and wicker basket, on the flat deck behind the seat. (This last a most useful addition for carrying packages, from a box of tacks up to & sack of flour.) This cost $560.50 de- livered. There has been added since, gas lamps and generator, odometer, jack and storage battery, costing $0.45, making the total cost of the car and equipment, $610.95. ! » With this I have covered in a little more than two years, from October 1, 1907, to November 18, 10, 12,060 miles, or about half way around the globe, at a cost, for running expenses, of $71831. The mileage per month was as follows Total . 823 1t is hard to get at the mileage, as an cGometer was not used, but as practically the same route was covered each week day, about twelve miles In length, an estimate of 30 miles & month is not far out. I did not take the herse out Sundays or evenings, as her feet got pavement sore, and I wanted to spare her all 1 could. Then the cost per mile was: Running expanses Depreclation 0 Total Y Let us put the sutotmobile end hotse side oy side for the purpose of better compari- | son Automobile. Horse. Running expenses per month..$38.08 $23.00 Running expenses per month, luding depreelation........ Running expenses per mile Running expenses per mile, cluding depreciation. Why the Auto Wine Out. S0 we see, although It costs more per month to run an automoblle, It costs less per mile, with incomparably greater pleas- ure. In the hot summer evenings, instead of sweltering at home, letting the horse | rest in the barn, out of sheer pity for the poor dumb beast, we simply fill up the gasoline tank and cool off by & twenty or thirty-mile run against the breeze. On Bun- days or holldays we may take a run to a neighboring city forty or fifty miles away, and return in time to start to work when the whistle blows next morning. (Though it must be confessed it does not always turn out that way. 1 remember starting one morning at 5 a. m. on a forty-mile drive, expecting to be In at § o'clock. Had two punctures, one blowout, broke a spring, all the battery wires, and the. timer, and got In at 11:30—-but under our own steam.) I always put the horse on pasture the four winter months, but now use the car every month in the year, and If it 1s not used it 18 not eating its head off standing in the barn. Its motlo s “No mileage—no ex- pense." In conclusion I can only say I am so | pleaged with my experience that I have Lurchaged a new and larger car, and would not go back to a horse and buggy if one were given me—Arthur Hay In Country e In Amerlca. Month. October November December January .. February March April . May June July August September Poor old “Nance,” as we called it, wai §o0d, after some repalrs and a coat of paint, for another season, but for various reasons, I wanted a larger car, accommo- dating four persons, so traded it in for $275. This makes the loss by depreciation in two years, $3,9, which should be added to the running expense. The cost in detall is as tollows: Per Ttem. Mile. Gasoline Oil . Tirés ... Tires repaired Dry cells ... & Storage battery charged.. Engine repairs Other repairs ., Storage, 414 months. Misc. (license, numbers, car- bide, spk. piugs, etc.). Total. TENNEY'S DAYS ARE NOW OVER Has Record of Sixfeen Y Player, Fred Teney's days of usefulness to the New York Glants have passed and the one- time king of the first sackers has turned loose. The passing of Tenney from the big league marks the going of the last of the stars who won pennants for Boston in 159, 1897 and 18%. What an aggregation of ball- tossers that old Boston bunch was! Duffy, Hamilton and old Stahl in the gardens, Col lins on third, Lowe second, Herman Long short, Tenney first, Bergen and Ganzel catchers and Nicholas, Klobedanz, Lewls and Stivetts pitchers. Tenney is the last one of this old guard to remaln in the classy company of the big league. Tenney joined the Boston team in 1594 as a catcher, coming direct from Brown unl- versity. Although left-handed, Tenney made good back of the bat, but he dldn’t come Into his own until he replaced old Tom Tucker on first base. Then he be- came the marvel of the base ball world. Last year Tenney slowed up, and this spring, before reporting to the Glants at Marlin, Tex., he had an operation per- formed on his foot, which he hoped would benefit him. At Dallas McGraw announced that he would play Merkle regularly en first, but would hold Tenney In reserve. Unlike most athletes, Tenney has saved his money, and has & beautiful home at Winthrop Highlands, Mass, & suburb of Boston. He 18 an accomplished artist with water colors and s also & clever writer, having had considerable experience in prac tical newspaper work, 5o when his release slip 18 handed him he will not have to worry over the future, In the sixteen years Fred Tenney has been (n the big league he has batted as tollows: rs as Ban Total running expenses Depreciation Total all expenses. An inspection of th | interesting facts. been The princjpal item of expense is not (as the novide thinks) gasoline, but repairs, at four times the gasoline cost; next is tires, three times as wmuch, with gasoline a poor third. I used 621 gallons of the latter, at an average cost of 13 cents a gallon, and averaged twenty-one miles on a gallon during the entire period. I have run as high as twen- ty-elght miles on a galion during the summer months, when everything was working well. Ol i1s a small item, only twenty-elght gallons at £ cents a gallon, and one quart ran 100 miles an hour. Rousgh Riding. My work as park superintendent takes me over many rough new roads, across raliroad tracte, ruts and chuck hole may account for the high repair cost. In the two years I have cracked two cylin- ders, broken two springs, both sides of the frame, stripped the differential and worn out six sets of ball bearings. New roads of sharp stone and cinders wear out tires sooner than asphalt, especially when one starts and stops as often as I do. I have used twelve new casings (besides one that falled after 791 miles of use and was re- placed free by the company) and three inner tubes; the average life of a casing was about 4,900 miles. At first I had pune- tures repaired at a garage, but on figuring up I found thirty-three patches had cost $26.75, so I bought an acid repair outfit, since which I have put on sixty patches myself at a cost of $4.50-—-not counting my own time. Dry cells were used for ignition at fir running about 1,000 miles on a double set of ten cells, but later, when I could get only 500 or 600 miles out of a set, I shifted to a six-sixty storage battery, costing 315, and running 1,000 miles on a charge cost- Ing 60 cents, as compared to 32,50 for the dry cells. Btorage charges were avolded after the first few months by bullding a frame garage 12x16 feet, with cement floo and underground gasoline tank, on the back end of my lot, at & cost of §13%5. This is as Pet.| Yea! Pet Persistent Advertising is the Road to Big Returns. and | clation | | of Mr. White gains the third New York, which means that the st amateur drivers and fastest nd pacers driven in matinees will be here, and add greatly the harr sport in connection with the Empire City grand circult meeting. The clubs in mem- bership with the League of Amateur Driv- ing clubs are the of Boston, the Gentlemen's Driving club of Chicage, the Gentlemen's Driving elub of Cleveland, the Gentlemen's Driving club of Columbus, the Gentlemen's Driving club of Lexington, the Gentlemen's Driving club of Memphls, the New York Driving club, | the Mativee club of Pittsburg and Alle- gheny and the Driving club of Syracuse. As soon as the committee makes an of- ficlal decision leading members of the New York Trotting club and the New York Driving club will begin preparations for the @ntertainment of visiting horsemen, and have all possible accommodations ready for their horses and men at the Yonkers track. Lieutenant Goverfior White sald that ho may drive Baron Alcyone (216%), the trotter which won the Read- ville derby last year and which Is entered Amateur Drivers on Grand Circuit The promise | vote for country’s trotiers ¢ to oss Annual Inter-City Harness Matinees to Form Part of the Em- pire City Meet, W YORK, June 4—It is practically in now that the annual Intercity har- matinee of the Amateur Drivers' League of America will form part of the Empire City grand circuit meeting during the week of August 2. This assurance came from Lieutenant Governor Horace White. As president of the Syracuse driv- ing club, a member of the league, Mr White is cne of a committee of four which will decide upon a track for the big annual amateur event, the other members being Harry K. Devereux of Cleveland, presi- dent of the league; J. D. Callary, president of the Pittsburg Driving club, and Arnold Lawson, a member of the Gentlemen's Driving club of Boston. 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