Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-18
SPORTING GOSSIP OF WEEK
Doc shi7sly'S Bunch UpsstS PsrciVal
Pipedream'I New circuit,
scoRNFuL Hoor FOR WESTERN LEAGUE
Glass Q Bush League MaRnates Insist
they Are All to the Good and
Want None of Omaha
and Denver.
Woke up

Woke up.
Doc shively and his little bunch Of class
c magnates didn't do much to Percival
Pipedreams schemes for consolidating the
Western league and the Western assoCia-
ton. But such as they did do will hold
Percival for a while. They just kicked out
the front and back OF the story; tore away
its roof and splintered both sides. The cell
lar is still there, more or less intact. The
Shivcly league met, reelected Shively
president, laughed at Dick Cooley when
he offered TO buy the Topeka franchise, and
listened to an eminent gent from Wichita
while no burned UP the atmosphere telling
his hearers that Wichita and Topeka are
better ball towns even with losing teams
than Omaha and Denver-and where does
that leave the Western league, anyway
and closed with a castiron statement that
the Western league couldn't raise money
enough to buy an option on Topeka, let
alone take the franchise away. Guess that
Just about settles IT, and Omaha and Dem
Yer viii not be allowed to get any nearer
the bush league class than they are at
present Well maybe we can stand IT, We
have worried along for several seasons
without a Kansas town on the circuit, and
with class ball and IT looks like we
ought to be able TO last a little while
longer without the class c article. It's
little rough on Percival PipedreGm, though,
just when he had got that pretty story
Of his sandpapered and polished until it
looked almost like the real thing.
In Denver something like unto enthusi-
ssm is shown, the papers out there being
real gleefu over the new plans for Broad
way park TO the outdelders from abroad
the change will not be welcome, for It
will put them all directly in the glare Of the
fierce sun Of sunny Colorado, and to eyes
not used to the intensity Of the light OF
that region this means "sumpn fierce" as
Happy would say. But the new grounds
will be a decided Improvement over the old
arrangement in many ways and will likely
. renew the popular interest in the game In
Denver, especially as Tebeau promises to
give the Grizzlies a team worthy OF the
name during the coming season. Frank
Selee is devoting his attention to getting a
good bunch lined up for Pueblo and 1t Is
pretty certain he will make the rest Of
the league teams hustle during the sum
mer. Papa Bill Rourke is taking things
easy just now. During the week he went
TO Brother Jims Hall county ranch with
his mother and put in a few days huskng
pumpkins just TO keep his hand in. Bill
says he's for the simple life always, and
any old time he gets out of the base ball
business, it's back to the farm without
hesitation. Next to NEEDING $50 trumps.
Papa Bill would rather study out plays
for a bunch of yearling Norman-Percheron
steers or a team Of Plymouth Rock draft
horses than anything.
- Omaha is to again be given a touch of
college life when the Doane team comes
to town Thanksgiving day for the annual
foot ball game with Creighton. Creighton
students have gone into the foot ball sea-
son this fall with vim and are backing
up their team as college students should,
The band is out TO every game and yell
leaders have been appointed from the
different colleges of the university and
Vinton Street park takes on the air Of
a regular college campus every Saturday
afternoon. The game with Doane will be
the deciding game Of the season. Both
colleges have had most successful years
on the gridiron and both are keeping close
20 the amateur rules. The result IS both
have teams OF fine young men, playing the
game for the honor of their colleges, and
for the good they can derive from the
game Doane can always be relied upor
20 have a first class team, and can OF
expected to give Creighton a run for III
money Thanksgiving day
.
Since its defeat of the Creighton team
early in the season the Mornlngslde team
has been looking for new worlds to con
ouer and would like TO meet Grinnell II
a post-season game, no game having beer
scheduled with that team during the foo
ball season. Grinnen is supposed to hav,
closed it's season on the 18th and tn,
management of the Morningsde team hal
asked them to come to Sioux City for
game on Thanksgiving day. Coe colleg'
is also without games, and II the chance
to play Grlnnen falls through, Morning
side would like to arrange a game with
| that team. Creighton would like to have
another chance this fall at the Morning
y side team TO even up on the defeat o.
carly in the season. The Creighton team
is different proposition now from wha
p It was early in the season.
Since the University Of Iowa pulled ou
of the league OF western states some year
ago, because the student managers though
they outclassed Nebraska and Missouri an
Kansas, that college foot ball team ha
had a hard row to hoe. They have gon
from bad 70 worse until now they are no
considered much above practice for som
OF the smaller colleges. Time was wheI
Iowa did not look upon AInes and Grinnel
as in its class, but it is almost certa
that Iowa is booked for a good drubbin
next week at the hands OF the Ames tear
from the Iowa Agricultural college. Thi
Is q sad commentary on foot ball in one o
the leading colleges Of the west. but the
brought It all upon themselves. When the
had a Pennsylvania coach some years age
who taught them the Pennsylvania forma
ton a year in advance of the other west
ern colleges, they were able to win, bu
when the others learned how to stop tina
. offense they were lost and have not mad
up the ground since. They had far bette
stayed back in the class where they be
longed than 70 have looked so high ah
then dropped with a dull thud.
The boxing game has been revived I
Omaha and each week sees some good box
ing before some Of the organized clubs q
the city. Omaha always did have plent
OF followers OF the game Of bin 70 insur
the best Of sport II II was only handle
in the right way, and all the sparrin
matches were on the square. Boxing is
game which deteriorates fast unless il