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Show CHICAGO MM SEW ILL Comiskey Ordered to Bed by U lo DI-iMnir.inn. O f nnln I I I II VOIlICtll, Oil Cllll Finally Tells l If the Chicago hite Sox win the i American league pennant and get into i the world s series this fall, they will i probably have to go through the blue ribbon series without then own owner seeing them perform. Charles A Comiskey. Co-miskey. the man Who pays the bills for the White Sox, is In poor health due lo a heart affection and a near briak in his nervous system, and for the past-six weeks has not been permitted per-mitted lo witness his team's work on the field. The excitement of look-lug look-lug at a game is said to be a terrific strain on his nerves, and his physicians physi-cians ordeied to keep him out of I sight of the playing field. Comiskey. naturally of a Jovial disposition, dis-position, is not brooding over his ln-! ln-! ability to see the team in action, but I he Is beginning to get quite anxious for a look at his charge. since they seem to have better than an even chance to cut into tho big series He Is following his physicians' orders to the letter now In hope his condition will so gre.-ttly Improve he will be permitted per-mitted to take his customary place In the stand during the big games Imagine, 1 am not allowed to sec' mv own team play ball," said Comiskey, Comis-key, anel he laughed loud and long. But It will not be this way long," he added, "because I arn going to win this battle for belter health, although 1 know It means a terrific fight." 1 HEALTH FAILING ' Although few of his friends realized Comlskey's health was rapidly falling, j he has been under the care of a physician phy-sician almost dally since lost fall His' heart action became Impaired and because be-cause of the fact that he becomes excited ex-cited nt all games, the physicians believed be-lieved the best way to effect a cure would be to keep tm Old Roman away from the pa.it f me for a while It has been hinted that the miserable mis-erable showing of the White Sox ini the 1919 series with the Cincinnati Reds was directly the cause of Owner Own-er Comlskey's nervous breakdown. Co-mtskey Co-mtskey has witnessed but a dozen games this season, and in most of those the Sox were defeated. |