Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-07
FIRST GAME MAY s
oTTUMWA BASEBALL CLUB WILL
BATTLE WITH BOONE in
THIS CITY.
Official Schedule for This Season is
Issued BY Compiler Frank C. Land.
ers-ottumwa Gets Decoration and
Labor Day Games.
From Wednesdays Daily.


one month from today, Friday May
y, Manager Snapper" Kennedy's S
kolts" will play their first league game
OF tho season in this city. The Boone
club will come here on that date and
Will play three games, May 6, and 8,
at which time the joy Of the many OF
tumwa fans will be at is height.
The official schedule of the Iowa
State league has been issued by the
compiler, Frank O. Landers, and al
though Ottumwa loses the Fourth of
July games, 1t is pronounced to be
without flaw. This city, however,
will not kick on this as two games
will be played here Decoration day and
two upon Labor day.
Captain Kennedy In Town.
Snapper" Kennedy, manager of the
Ottumwa Baseball club. arrived in the
city this afternoon on Burlington No.
=, from Lincoln, Neb., where yesterday
ne umpired a game Of ball between
the Nebraska university club and the
Omaha. Western league team, which
the college men won. Kennedy is look
ing prosperous and feels like playing
ball. He reports that seventeen men
will come to this city by April Id and
| will be ready for the practice games
| with Cedar Rapids on the 10th and
18th. He says he has some fast men
signed.
The official games will end on Sep
tember b-Labor day-but 1t is prob.
able that the Iowa league will follow
the usual custom and Indulge in a few
post-season games, especially If there
is close rivalry between any of the
teams. 1t is pleasing feature to note
in the schedule, the comparatively
small mileage of the teams. In this
the Iowa league far outranks the
'Thrse-I league and in fact, most Of
the minor leagues, and as small mile
age goes long way to insuring finan
cial success, the Iowa fans have goot
reason to be pleased. Oskaloosa has
the smallest mileage, 2,126 miles, ant
Fort Dodge the greatest, 2,294 miles
/ Ottumwa ranks near the middle of tn,
list with 2100 miles, (
Owens Makes Debut.
"Rusty" Owens pitched his frs
game Of the season yesterday at Cham
pagne, ILL.,, against the university team
and won the contest by the score oi
5 to 8.
Rothgeb's home run was the only
salve for the Illini in yesterdays prac
tice game, which they lost to Minneapo
lis 3 to 5. The football man in the ninth
/ made a long drive for circuit Of the
bases. Hill and Taylor were tried In
the box by Huff, while Rusty Owens
| Of "Three-I" fame made his debut fol
the lnillers. With Zangerie and Rob
erts on the bench the professionals had
/ the game safe all the time. The score:
| Minneapolis .....1 0 0 / 2 0 1 0--t
| Illinois ). % 0 0 O 0 0 2 0 l.:
Minneapolis, Thomas, Ow
ems, O'Leary and Ludwicl; Illinois
Hill, Warner, Taylor and Byers.
High School to Play.
4 Manager Charles B. Jordan of the
Ottumwa high school baseball team re
ceived a letter from Noah Dow, man
ager Of the Oskaloosa high schoo
team, accepting Ottumwa's contracts
for a game to be played in this city
April 16. Captain Will Swanson thinks
he will have his team selected by tha
time, and promises that the game.
played this year by the local students
will be for blood. He is well please,
with the baseball prospects at tn,
school. Now that the schedule for thu
Iowa State league has been issued
Manager Jordan will Immediately close
contracts for a good schedule for hi
team.