Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-22
ADDITIONAL SPORTS.

g,mes in Philadelphia, is at his home in
Youngstown, with his leg In plaster cast.
He will not play again this season. His mis-
hap comes at peculiarly unfortunate time,
for Cleveland will have TO fight hard now to
keep fifth place.
Wanted, a big self-actiug. double-distiled,
copper bottomed idea, warranted to drive the
outtield position notion out of Jimmy
Cooney's bonnet. AS catcher he ranks
with the finest in the country, and in which
position there are great possibilities for
him
Now is the time for the Omaha manage
ment to try new players, IL they nave any to
try IN view. The penuaut has been won, and
the loss of few games will not hurt one way
or the other, and there is everything to be
gained and nothing lost. If you have any
new pitching talent bring 1t forward and see
what it is made of.
Base ball correspondents all over the
country have nothing but complimentary
words for the Omahas-the champions of
the Western association for the year 1890.
Clarke, Nichols, CROOKS, Nagle and Cooney
come i'll for vast deal of favorable notice,
and the best part of it all is that every line
is well deserved.
There is nothing but regret heard upon all
sides over the sale of Jack Crooks to the Co
lumbus, o., American association team, and
while it is hard to give up this popular player
it should be taken into consideration that he
is the party most benefited. With the Co.
lumbuS club Crooks gets twice rs much sal
ary as he ever received before.
According to Syracuse paper Perry Wer-
den, Toedos big first baseman. was arrested
in Syracuse when the Toiedo's were last
there for obstructing the streets and abus-
ing an officer. He pleaded guilty and was
fined 50. Perry is not very good at mental
arithmetic, and when he heard the amount
remarked: "Ihere goes eighty beers"
Despite the wet weather during the early
part of the season. despite the fact that their
team playei losing ball, ana despite misera-
BILE transportation facilities, the attendance
at Milwaukee, so far this season has been
over seventy-five thousand people. AS a
consequence, they still have the American
association bee buzzing loudly IN their
bonnet.
Omaha ball patrons may make up their
minds to see several new players upon the
| local field next season. That the manage
ment intends to sell two or moro players yet
| there is not the slightest doubt, and it is
| dong right. If it CANNOT realize any profit
| on the Investment of its money in the way
| of gate receipts let 1t recoup on the players
| it develops I
There is no longer any doubt about Sioux
| City's remaining in the Western association
| next season. She is now on good footing,
| and intends to cut figure in the pcnnant
| chase of 1890. Most OF the present roster
of players will be reserved. Burdick,
| Crowell ana Seible will be the twiring
| talent, while Bradley, Glenn, Brosnan,
| Black, Genins, Cline ana Crotty will oe
| among the active members of the team.
| The BEE says that young Moran, the big
kearney catcher, will play with the Omahas
team next year, and adds: There is no es-
| cape for him. He signed with Omaha and
| then refused to report, but he must come
| here or remain out of professional ball, and
| that, of course, he will not do' Is that so
! Two to one The BEE is mIstakcn.-k -kearney
! Hub And THE BEE repeats emphaticaliy
| that the only way Moran can escape playing
| in Omaha next year is to either drop all idea
| of professional playing or take an overdose
| of morphine.
| Dave Rowe will retire from the diamo nd
as Il player with this season, and next year
| will devote his entire time to the Denver
management. Although the Denver team can
| not hope for a better place than sixth in the
| present race, the people down there are fairly
| well satisfied with their work. They take
in consideration that this is their first season,
| and they had too short a time to get first
| class team together. The whole of tho pres
ent team will be reserved, but they are ex-
| pecting several strong new players to draw
| from when the season opens.
Ed Clarke, late umpire of the Western
| association, said to Secretary Sterne,
| of the Cincinnatis, few Gays since ::
| "rhere are Just as good pitchers in the
| Western association to-day as you can find
| in the American association or League
| Duke, the man Cleveland released, is Won
| der. Clarke is great twirler and so is
| Nichols. If player goes out west expect
| ing to find snap clubs he will be mistaken.
| There are lots of players there who will be
found in the bigger organizations next year.
| Crooks viii be one of them. He Is as good
second basernan as any club wants, and
| my, how he can hit the ball. Tredway, of
| Denver, is fielder, with the eye of a first
class stick artist. His hitting is almost
phenomenal" "Why shouldn't these play
| ers be good" asked Secretary Sterne. ave
| all draw our recruits from the same associa-
ton. Duryea came out of the west and
made great record this year. Look at Hol-
| liday's feats. Vau came into the association
| from ST Paul, ana did well. There will be
a scramble for the good ones before long.
Crooks is sure to break into fast company in
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