Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-25
SPORTING GOSSIP OF WEEK
Coming Of Base Ball Ball Season Sees the
Managers All Busy.
WESTERN LEAGUE OUTLOOK BRIGHT
valley Clubs Are Lining Up the
Players and Promise TO BE In
Good shape for the Fray
ut the start.
Coming nearer.

Coming nearer.
Warm sunshine, melting snow and cloud
less skies. all portend the near approach Of
spring and the base ball season. All over
the country the players and managers
are getting ready for the preliminary
practice which will soon begin, and the
real activity of the sport may fairly be
said to have commenced. Western league
managers are just as busy as any of the
rest and the club owners are preparing
with much vigoT for the summers cam
paign. Rourkes troubles are nearly over,
as Butch Freese came in and signed the
contract he had so haughtily spurned dur
ing one of the cold days in January. This
takes a load OF trouble off Papa Bills
mind and assures the butcher regular en-
ployment during at least five months OF
the summer. Otherwise the team is in
good condition so far as numbers are con-
cerned, and the preliminary chances for
good place in the race are as bright as ever
at this time of the year Carney Of Sioux
City is having his troubles; one of his
stars went to the outlaws, and It is now
asserted that Reddy Shehan is surely
going to jump Newton reconsidered his
bluff and signed but the Sioux are in
need Of players. Ducky Holmes is Skin
mlshing for men for his Lincoln team and
expects TO round out a team that will
be among the pushers of the league. The
Cantillons are in luck over at Des Moines,
for Cleveland has turned back to them
Pitcher Manske, and the hope to get other
players to strengthen the gaps made in
the Champions by the draft. During the
week Mike Cantllon made a charac-
teristically modest proposition to Rourke.
Offering to trade Herman Long for Harry
11gh A. Lab a,
carload OF Longs. the answer of Bill
Rourke can be easily guessed. Little is
heard from Colorado, beyond the fact that
Frank seee will be asked to take the
management of the Pueblo team. This
would be a great card for the Pueblos, as
Selee's name would add much to the local
strength of the team. Denver is as silent
as the tomb on base ball, but an outbreak
there may be expected at any time.
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The schedule meeting of the Western
league will soon be held at Des Moines,
where the only other business to be trans
acted will be to select an official scorer for
the league. who will be charged with the
duties Of preparing the statistics for the
clubs. For this place Sandy Griswold
sporting editor of the World Herald is a
candidate He is known to have the sup
port Oh lnTee CLUBS, ana OuBnnt TO nave
the fourth In fact, the league would be
doing graceful thing TO make his choice
unanimous. AS a matter of fact, Griswold
should have been made president last year.
but now he is in a position where he can
offer real service to the clubs in way
that is sadly neglected. His knowledge of
the game is not excelled by that of any
man in the country, and his ability to COM
pile the statistical tables is unquestioned
AS a writer he has done as much for base
ball as any newspaper writer could do, and
great deal more than many, and it would
be but a slight recognition of his services
to give him even this small recognition
The Western league could do no more
graceful thing than to vote unanimously
10 make Mr.. Griswold official scorer for the
league.
The bowling endurance contest which was
played at the association alleys last Satur-
day night has been attracting considerable
attention all over the country and the
records have been regarded as remarkable.
Marble and Cochran both did splendid
work and summary of the score is given
below. Several comparisons are made with
the records made at Chicago, which look
good TO the Omaha bowlers, the Omaha
men making a better total record for the
last fifty-nve games bowled than the Chi
cago team did for its fifty-fve games.
Marble and Cochran BOWED 100 games
In thirteen hours and twenty minutes
without leaving the alleys for a minute.
Marble.