Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-14
SPORTS OF DAY.
PA GETS SOME LIVE YOUNG ONE
Seems to he Collecting Fine Set Il


PA GETS SOME LIVE YOUNG ONES
Seems to BE Collecting Fine Set for
Next season.
IT begins to look more ana more each
day as II Pa ROurke were succeeding in
collecting fine aggregation of youngsters
for his Omaha team next season. lie has
agreements all but closed with two star
shortstops, White Of Weir City and Buck
Franks OF Oakland, men who not only
starred last year at short but hit and ran
bases as well. lie has some promising
pitching material and some extras but is
still Shy first b9seman. That is, he has
not hired a new man for that place as yet,
but he still holds onto Joe Dolan. and old
Joe may cover the bag another season.
The old boy worked hard last year and hit
some fans are taking to the theory that
Buck Franks will be the field captain Of
the team next year.
The doctors have decided Jensen has a
serious fracture of his arm and this will
with Campbell a week from Friday. An
effort is being made by the North Omaha
Athletic, club to get some Sioux City OF
Des Moines boxers to take Jensen's place
that the club members may not be disap
pointed in their weekly bout
Walter Miller is the champion jockey for
the season of 1906 from every viewpoint of
the racing game. He has ridden more
punished less than any other prominent
rider on the track
AIiller's best record was made at Brighton
on July q, when he rode five straight
winners out of five mounts. On that day
a 'parlay' bet of s. on Miller would hav,
netted a bettor about $500. Miller is
| Jew, and was born in Brooklyn. He is
Aside from the extra amounts received
! by jockey from riding winners, the regu-
lation track prices for riding have made
for Miller S11, 4S5 His total earnings for
the season S1gnt ap yoS sy At Rem
\ ming, and experienced horsemen declare
racing at the Washington track would
/ have been more Interesting to owners had
Miller remained away.-E Exchange.
Pat Donovan may be called upon to make
good with his threat to leave the Brooklyn
/ management after all. Late developments
| in the rllmored New York Brooklyn deals
| indicate that Harry Lumley and Tim Jor-
dan, the two Trolley Dodgers stars, are
| likely to be Giants next season. Dumley
and Jordan are practically developments Of
last season, and while both made remark
belts, 1t is said, believes that the duo is
! hardly worth $4,000 in these days of rap
! idly developing youngsters. Manager Dono-
van was summoned to New York by Eb-
belts several days ago, and was told that
/ in all probability the New Yorks club
offer would be accepted. Donovan, so the
story goes, became warm under the col
lar and told Ebbetts that II Jordan and
| Lumley were allowed to go he would send
| to provide winning club at Brooklyn, and.
/ naturally, does not feel like weakening
his team for the sake of helping the New
Yorks to make a winning fight against
Frank Farrells outfit. As matter of fact
the National league is decidedly alarmed
over the Gotham situation and there seems
to be a desire to bolster up McGraw's team
at any cost with the idea Of keeping up
the public interest in the game at the
Polo grounds.
That foot ball without its college yells
its gay colors, and its partisan spirit Is
an empty spectacle, Is evidenced from re-
turns Of the recent brutal struggle between
professional elevens from Masillon, o., anc
Chicago, in the latter city. Even ths
presence of many of the stars of the col
= iege gridron of late years did not draw q
, ! crowd OF inspire enthusiasm. Where a:
| many as 10000 persons have cried them
selves hoarse at a college game, not more
than $500 saw Willie Heston and other bis
! players battle for money, instead Of glory
, Heston and others declared they woulC
never again take part in a. professions
game. Foot ball is pre-emnently a schOo
pastime, and when taken outside the pre-
, | Cincts of the campus, II Is nat failure
I To the man who is not carried back to hi
= | school days and the hundred and one recol
, iections of his campus life in witneesinS
! ! a later day game with his old colors il
z the fray the game has little attractive
, ness Foot balls success rests on ~
memories it's stings, its joys, and the col
, lege aroma which surrounds each struggle
: I-ExChange.