Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-19

ticing up his old stunt OF beating a hunt
out TO first, and he Is almost letter perfect
on II. II Is a Joy to see him work II. For
a few days he seemed to be the only man
who could get a hit, but the last Of the
week Just gone by the rest Of the old
"uns" got to work and began to get their
weather eye out for the ball until they are
a champion lot Of hitters. Not that they
will hit much harder than they did last
year, but hat they can hit when It is
necessary and that is the time to get to
work. AS for fielding. they are getting
onto that. too, and they are playing a fast,
heady game, that looks good and like a
winner for the season.
cap" Stewart has been out Of the game
for q few days, but was in IL Saturday
just as clipper as ever and playing his old
game at second. Hickey's arm has been
decidedly bad, but he is getting better
every day and he will be as At rs. race
horse by the time the boys open up out
in the bearpit. Patterson has been in
Hickey's place and is showing up like an
old hand as the days go by, although he
still seems to suffer slightly from stage
fright.
AS for the slab artists, there are four
that the story seems to have simmered
Town to and they all look pretty good.
OF course, Bruner and Schafstal are a little
ahead Of the others, through their header
play and better control that has come with
experience in fast company. Henderson,
the Council Bluffs boy, who comes from
Fort Scott, has been improving greatly and
looks like a slayer. Then with the add
tion Of one southpaw, Companion, the
pitching staff is pretty we'll made up. One
more man is needed and It may be that one
of the seven pitchers Selee had with him
here would land OF the Omaha team event.
ually. II not, there will be plenty Of other
timber that will fall out Of the major
leagues in a few days to pick from.
After hearing that the season would open
one week later than anticipated. Manager
Rourke took 1t upon himself to add three
more games to his before-the-season
schedule. The first one is a third game
with st. Joseph, which is to be played
Monday at Lincoln to open the new NJ
street ball grounds there ~httingly. Then
for four days the team will work out its
own salvation daily at the park. and on
Saturday and Sunday will stack up against
kid" Nichols Kansas City bunch and
take a reef in their ~topsails.
How to Play Base Ball." by Tim Muir
name, is the title OF the Spalding Athletic
Library for the month Of March. Several
pages Of illustrations show how to hold the
ball in pitching, describing fully the out
curve, the ~incurve, the drop ourlA the
raised, ball, the straight swift ball, Mathew
sons slow ball, Mathewson's drop curve,
Mathewson'sf high inball, etc. Among
the. contributors to the book. and the sub
jects are the following: I'd"
HOW to become a good batter. by MessrS.
Napoleon Lsjoie, James Collins and Hugh
Jennings. How to run the bases. by Jack
Doyle. Advice TO base runners. by James
r. Sullivan, secretsry-treasurer Of the A.
A. u. How to become a good pitcher, by
Cy Young. On curve pitching, by Cy Young
James ]. Callahan, Frank Donohue, Vic
Willis, William Dineen and. Charley
Nichols. How to becomeea good catcher,
by M. J. Kittridge. How to play first base
by Hugh Jennings. Hoy to play second
base, by Napoleon Lajoie. How to play
third base, by James Collins. How to play
short stop, by Herman Long. How to play
the outield, by Fred Clark. oGod advice fol
players, by T. II. Murnane. What q
player should use and what a player should
wear. This book will be sent postpaid to
any address in the United States or Can
ada Upon receipt of 10 cents by the Amer
lean Sports Publishing Co.. 1918 Parb
Place. New York.