Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-04
BASE BALL IN FULL GLORY
Great American Game Moving Rapidly
These Early Summer Days.
WESTERN MAKES REMARKABLE SHOWING
All Teams Playing Good Rail- and At
tendance Registers Prove Pub
lie Interest In Results
~ Intense.
Running easy.

Running easy.
All the teams in the Western league have
had a chance now 70 stretch themselves
and see what they can do. ard the result
is decidedly satisfactory. Their patrons
can rest comfortably in the prospect Of
seeing some bang-up baseball during the
season. That much is settled. 1t is too
soon to base a prediction as 20 the out
come Of the pennant race, but it's sure as
shootin' that the winners will have to play
ball all the way. Those teams that were
thought to be weak have shown weakness
only In such ways as may be charged solely
to lack Of practice. Baseball isn't prop
erly started until hot weather sets in, and
so Improvement In every branch OF the
game may be expected. Omaha has made
good so far In the promise of assemblage,
and has turned out the strongest heldinB
team that ever represented the Gate City
on the diamond. The pitching stan is an
excellent one In every respect and gets the
best Of support all TIE way round the field.
This was most forcibly shown on Tuesday
during the exciting twelve-inning contest
with Peoria. Twelve clean hits were made
of graham's delivery by the visitors, and
yet they we're able to secure but two runs.
Only superb fielding support could have
secured that result And. then, that bunch
Of sluggers Billy Hart has gathered lined
out many a ball during that game that
would have been hits with work of the
average base ball team. omaha's only de-
feat SO far this season is due solely to
an error Of judgment on part Of the steed-
lest players on the team, a thing not likely
TO occur again in a hundred games. nor
to weigh so heavily II repeated in each.
other teams In the league are coming
into their stride in good shape, with the
exception OF st. Joseph. McKibben ana
his sanity crew run into all kinds Of hard
luck out west and fell far short Of the
showing they were expected TO make. This
Is not at all likely to discourage them, and
a quite different tale will be heard from
the home series. Milwaukee. too, has
played better ball than the standing table
indicates, and will make matters warm for
the best OF them before the summer Is over.
Quinn seems to have gathered together a
hghting bunch for Des Moines and has had
some fierce tussles with his opponents so
far. Denver, Kansas City and Colorado
Springs have shown the strength that was
conceded them before the opening games
anc have played excellent ball up to date.
Western fans are well pleased with the
samples presented and look forward con-
tenIeQly TO q season OF 5plenulu DdSe jail
All over the country the games are going
faster than ever, Players are up on their
toes all the time everywhere and the daily
reports Of the games are delightful reading
for those who love to follow the tabulated
scores through the season. Attendance has
been good everywhere save at the Ameri-
can association games. Columbus has had
good crowds, the people there seeming to
have abandoned everything for the ball
game. At Toledo the Sunday crowds have
been large, but the weekday attendance
has been very small, one game last week
being played to 300. Indianapolis will not
allow Sunday ball and the weekday crowds
range around 500 to 900. Louisville lie like
Toledo, good crowds on Sunday, but small
on week days. With psyrolls ranging
around 81, 800 to 5000 a month, the at
tendance will have to be much larger than
this II the American association clubs
weather the season through.
omaha's present trip will bring the team
against four opponents and will AFFORD q
fair idea Of what sort Of q read team II
iA. Fifteen games are scheduled and the
boys mcdestly talk Of taking seven OF
them. Nine will be nearer the result II
the team proves anything like as good
on the road As 1t Is at home. Manager
Rourke IL looking after the comfort OF his
men, too, by taking a private car for the
trip. In this way they will be certain OF
necessary attention while making their
Jumps from place to place, and ought to be
in splendid condition. barring accidents.
all the time. Dudley Hickey will be turned
over to Milwaukee. as omaha's pitching
staff Is full without him. Stone will be
recalled from Peoria and will probably
s~upplant Carter in the inneld. His bat
ting ability will be Of great assistance to
Omaha, as that IL the only department
Of the game In which the team 10 weak.
In q few we'll chosen words" the Denvel
Post babe farewell to Parke Wilson and his
oo-parceners in the game in the following
hortatory and sdmonitory manner;
hardest one Of the lot to lose and Denver
deliberately. threw II away oy poor oass
TnSosaintiiHTseiy hSve been scored had the team
70 say netting 70 S.}6r Of The he i RS:'i Sas rsti Gt n0T i
fore Denver win be cOnsLdsrsd ehampiO9E
on the TIP around the circuit. Kansas
SSssre "t hey if have the people with them
than they did here, where even the umpire
WAS against tnems anu II OonNSf. NahSs ohs
OF the games II can be satisfied, for JUS
at present Nichols team is playing th'
best ball seen here this season. and the
men use their heads In rne game besides
one thing that aid not find much .favol
with the fans was the senseleSs hckinI
that was done by Parke Wilson and th'
other players. When a decision was giveI
the outnelders came in to register a pro
test and some Of them did II In no mil
manner. They will have to stop this on tn
rosd an the teams chances will be sertousl!
injured by having the, PLAYERS put out o
the game by this foolish work. The UNI
pIres they will meet WALL not be as lenien
with them as one Daniel Stems was her
and they will md IL out. Wilson is tn
only one who has a right TO say anything
and the other players should be quiet.
Talk about the hold Of base ball on tn,
heart OF the average American citizen
There's Colonel w. buchanan Keith. 70
example Che hasn't been called by hi
baptismal name in 30 many years that b
can't number them. Colonel Keith has
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