Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-01

that many. but bats seem 10 20 mighty
fast. Every nan Is supposed 10 have tive
along, and they are broken frequently.
Then they are stolen a Eoos deal.
But / mustn't forget 70 tell you Of the
swell new uniforms well have this season.
Yes. the old ones were very nice. the bast
and best looking We ever had. and they
are Ia good shape yet. hut I want some
more. Wen use those old ones along for
the first few weeks Of the season. and about
May Is wen come out IN the new togh.
They'll be white for home games. blue for
the road. just as before, but the trim
mings will be different. Last season / had
red trimmings for the white suits. This
time they'll be blue. Blue socks. blue cap.
blue belt and blue lettering. a single big
round 90 on the left breast. The jacket.
too. will be a shade OF light blue. very
handsome. 1t1l give a touch Of color to
the road clothes, too. This year the blue
suits will carry maroon trimmings all
through. On the whole the boys will be
well logged.
my team stands just the same. I'm still
hanging FIRE on this Whistler business. He
offered me any one Of three pitchers from
the Montgomery Southern league team II
would let him 60 there to manage it. They
we're Hopkins. BruDer and Eli. l chose
Hopkins. Eddie LRwler, who played with
Birmingham in the Southern all last sea
son, tells me that Hopkins Is a wonder, the
best left-hander he ever saw. And that
must be about true, for as soon as l wired
naming Hopkins for the trade there came
an answer that he was signed by the De-
troit American league team, and that there
would be some difhculty in getting him. ia
like to set him, because he's good and also
because he's a south paw. ] need q good
l~eft-handed pitcher. The only one I've got
is that young fellow from St. Louis, Com
panion. Ia feel lost without a good south
paw in my list. Even IL / can't get Hop
kins, Lawler says that this Bruner is also
q good man, and l may then take him on.
Il see that the American and National
leagues find that they will conflict in four
or five games. But hat was only to be
expected. and will cause no dif1culty OF
Misunderstanding whatever. When the
schedules come out the same trouble will
doubtless be found in the Western league
and American association arrangements
You see, 1t is just about impossible to avoiC
all confiotions. We can keep them OF ali
AAAhuI LAul uhlSHi UuL we CduuDl ublD ndNluE
a few. Mileage would be too heavy il we
avoided them all. It might cost a team
several thousand miles travelling TO avoit
a few conflicts, and in hat case 1t is q
better financial proposition for the teamE
to take the conflicts than to do the travel
ing. What they lose by the mileage ex-
pense woul be more than what they would
lose the other way.
Presidents Sexton and Hickey are now
out west engaged in their attempt to bring
peace between those leagues. the Pacific
Northwest and the Coast leagues. ] Ger.
tsinly hope they succeed, but there is only
one way to do IT. That is for the Coast
people TO withdraw from Portland and Seat.
tie There's no other way. They Ger.
tainly cannot expect the other league Il
withdraw, for it would leave them with az
abnormal circuit or none at all. As a mat.
ter Of fact, I don't see how those Coas-
league people can AFFORD TO take in thoss
towns anyway. From Los Angeles to Port,
land is about 1,800 miles, and to Seattle
is more han a hundred miles added on
That's a terrible stretch Of country e
cover, and San Francisco. Oakland anC
Sacramento are all nearly 1000 miles from
the two northern towns. Their former lit
tie circuit OF four teams was q money
maker. but / don't see how this could be-