Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-11
SPORTING GOSSIP OF WEEK.
. NOinsS Stolen" Bases sud Their
Eject on PsnBant Race.
HOW THE UMPIRE WON CHAMPIONSHIP
Tebeau Builds New stand ut Denver
and Otherwise Improves His Plant
I'm anticipation Of Next
Seasons Crowd.

EmeWuefB IN TINS Issue VIII DC Auullu Nie
omclAl average Of the Western league for
tho last season Especial attention is in
vfted 70 the figures. as the fans may find
therein much that will make clear the
&Sesut. Figures as a rule are not much
value in explaining why we lost and the
other fellow won, but the very first line of
the team batting table tells the whole story.
Des Moines IL credited with $3.50 stolen bases.
This won the pennant for them. Now.
that it's all over, the repetition Of the
charge made during the season may not
be out of place The Des Moines players
had the tip to go down." and they went.
1t didn't matter who was pitching or who
was catching. Only once OF twice during
the season did It matter who was umpiring
Stats Davis headed It off time or two by
giving the decisions on the square, but
O'Keefe and the other incompetents, who
did Tip" ONeirs will saw to it that the
sowest runner on the Des Moines team
could steal a needed base ON the best
catcher in the league. 1t didn't matter how
accurate the throw or how we'll the base
was covered st was safe" in each instance.
Des Moines won the pennant simply be-
cause the team was given all the close ones
and lot that were not even close. 1t is
the one earnest hope of the fans that dur
ing the coming season the players will have
to work for the pennant.
.
II is hardly worth while to refer again
to the causes Of Omaha's poor showing.
Under the ban of the umpires from the
start, the Rourke family got only what
could not be taken away from It. Dis
organization followed and It is only the
feet that the team had the bunch so we'll
Gutclassed that brought Il as far up in
DC list as it finished. With the war clouds
cleared away, a different talk will be told
another year Papa Bill is putting to-
gether his warriors for 1907 and expects to
be there with busy, hustling bunch
Harry welch signed a contract last week
and thus made the old man sure of his
hard hitting outfelder. Bassey has been
traded away and four new men have
placed their John Hancocks at the bottom
OF Omaha contracts, and the men under
reservation are held with the certainty of
making up a good team. Western affairs
4 have little change to show for the last
] week. The most important is that the
| selee deal for Denver is apparently OF.
Z Selee is signing new men for Pueblo and
is picking up some good ones. In Denver
Mr. Burke has announced the plans for
next season, which includes the rebuilding
OF Broadway park A strip Of ground
along Broadway is to be cut of and the
grandstand, bleachers and diamond Is to
be moved west Work Of demolishing the
old grandstand is now under way. The
new plant will be on strictly modern lines
with every convenience for the accommo-
l dalton of patrons. In this the Denver
|.--,-amway company is cooperating by
building it's line right to the gates of the
park, with long platform. from which the
patrons will walk directly into the cars
Imagine the Omaha company doing any.
thing like this for base ball. Tebeau and
Burke propose to restore the game In
Denver to its original popularity IL it car
be done and are apparently taking the
right course. Sioux City and Lincoln are
active In the chase for players. and only
Des Moines is laying back This is due
TO the Cantillon changes. The Iowa capital
will be there when the season opens with
a ball team. but the owners must remem.
Der that they will never win another West
ern league pennant with bunch like thai
which got away with the lead last sum
mer.
Chief Engineer Vernon NJ PIERCE o
the United States public roads office o
Washington is inspecting some of the high
ways around Boston with Secretary A. B
Fletcher of the Massachusetts Highwa!
commission and Dr. Cushman Of Washing
ton. He says the Massachusetts road
country and that state is one OF the fey
Nhat has reached point where It know
how 20 take care Of it's highways L
speaking of the work OF his office, whic
is connected with the Department Of Agri
culture Mr.. Perce said; ''Our office ha
not vet reached very large proportions
but Il Is steadily growing. We have sue
\ an immense territory to cover that
" would take a great amount OF time, me
md money to do things on as gigantic
scale as the office might wish. At preseu
I'VE conhne our work to building shol
stretches Of a mile or more as the cas-
warrants. When we have built such
stretch the state officials have a good work
ing knowledge OF how to do such worl
and very often they continue where we LEI
on AS result, the start having bee
made. the states find II profitable lessor
and many OF them are making yearly al
preparations 70 add TO their good roads"
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Ever since September g. when the bas
ball season In the Virginia State lengu
closed, there has been talk OF new pres
dent OF the association that Jake Wei
would retire as the executive head.
might be said right here that there
practically no ground for the rumoT an
that the theatrical magnate will renal
every possibility OF being one OF the strong
est minor organizations in the countr3
The report that President Boyer OF II
South Atlantic league would come 10 n
Virginia league Is denied Both Mr. Boy'
snd Mr., Wells base ball cranks. M
Boyer is father OF the fast South Atiant
league and the local man might be Gale
1.-The father OF tbs six-club Old Dominic
organization.
The New York Athletic club has apple
20 the championships committee OF Il
Amateur Athletic non Of the United s'a
for the privilege Of holding the nation
cross-oountry senior and junior champion
ships as well as the Individual champion
ship. at Travers island Saturday, Decen
Der 8. The events are creating much Il
terest among enthusiasts OF the sport, al
IN all likelihood the best cross-countl
runners in America win take part m
facilities offered for such q contest
Jravers island have been often commend,
y the runners. but there doesn't seem
be any other club willing to hold the Il,
pture.
The opposition to President Harry Pu