Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-20
OMAHA WARRIORS AT HOME
Rourke's Cohorts Return Full Of Enthusiasm
and Base Hits,
SCARED, CRIPPLED AND VICTORIOUS
Two Games Lost and Two Games
Stolen Out Of n Total Of
Fifteen Played on
the Trip.

Charged with enthusiasm and filled with
a determination TO continue on the high
road that leads to the championship Papa
Bill" Rourke and his victorious team Of
baseball players arrived in Omaha at $50
yesterday morning from ST. Joseph after an
absence OF more than two weeks. A few
hours later there came in from Peoria a
band OF Grizzlies who hail from Denver,
the family that has every avowed intention
Of batting Omaha out Of house and home
and percentage this week, but has made a
bad start.
Though they are largely a bunch OF Grip
Piles the Rourke Rangers were frantic for
a chance at the weeterners, who have de-
feated them so often on paper since the
season opened and who have failed signally
in their opportunity to make good all that's
been said about them. With two inhelders
and an outfelder so badly married that they
belong on the bench or in bed II takes a
little nerve for Omaha to go into today's
game with stout hearts. but that's Just
the way every man feels.
Thankfully will Bill Rourke welcome
Loaned Stone does he appear on the
horizon today in time to play, for Frank
Genins is in sore need Of a substitute.
Frank slid into a bag at Kansas City and
strained his throwing shoulder wofully. He
has been playing with 1t ever since and
1t has become infamed and steadily
worse. so that he cannot throw at all now.
It will take a good weeks lsy-off to put
him back to form and that's what he will
get when Stone comes. Rourke wired
Billy Hart yesterday TO get him here with
out fail today, as the case is growing des-
perate.
Calhoun is even worse or, though It is
his underpinning that Is affected. One leg
is cut from hip almost to ankle and bruised
black all the way down. The other Is also
very sore and lame. Thirdbaseman Hickey
is also answering the sick call with a bad
slit seven inches long in one leg.
Trip Was n Great One.
But the boys have come home from a
great trip and that bears them up. at
was a success in every way" said Rourke.
I'VE lost two games and had two taken
away from US. At st. Joseph they had Cox
tufaloed so bad he couldn't do a thing.
That crowd there is fierce. It's runs or
rotten eggs for the umpire down there and
brickbats figure also. The Saturday hasco
was rank and those two / to o games
should both have been about 4 to o. We
| got the worst OF 1t all through and never
said a word until last Saturday. Then Il
became too bad to stand longer. Duffy
started It by hitting a fierce hot one near
second bag that looked as II It were going
till night, but by a great play Stewart
scooped II up and sent 1t to first. II got
there Just as Duffy started to slide. Cox
said safe, and our boys never said a word.
The next man up was struck out fair and
square, but Cox said base on balls. Again
We kept quiet. Then came a scratch two
Dagger. scoring those two. Then came an
other trikeout that Cox said was a base
on balls. still we didn't kick. Then came
another hit, which was helded toward
Gonding. but about Ave st. Joseph players
had left the bench and were all over the
third-bsse line. 80 Johnny could not get
the ball. Cox had been waving the inter
lopers back to their benches while waiting
for the ball 10 come in, but they didn't
go, and afterward he couldn't remember
anything about It.
Despite the published reports to the
contrary, the trip was a financial success
It was far better than my first trip last
year.
Just to show what kind OF a hit tht
Omaha team Is making throughout thu
country I'll tell you that at Kansas CITY
was approached by Bobby Quinn, man.
ager Of the Columbus American association
team. He asked me II / would bring the