Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-02
SPORTING GOSSIP OF WEEh.
Base Ball Maguat5s Reach Annual Time
Of Peace and Quiet
PAPA BILL ROUEKt Up AGAINST II AGAIN
Drafts FIRST Baseman ConnOra FROM
south Bead and Now Comes
story that Player Has Been
sold to Toronto.

Matters IN the base ball world are very /
quiet lust now, due 70 the fact that the |
ceilings Of the big leagues and the ma
tioual association are TO be held I'm New /
York. and the magnates feel a little diff |
dent as 20 public expression Immediately |
prior TO those sessions. Messrs Murphy
and Herman OF Chicago and Cincinnati
have been burning up large wads Of paper
IN debate as 70 the advisabilitv Of an
INTERCHANGE Of games between the two
leagues before the session opens in the
spring. I'D TO date this battle is a draw,
but the vocabulary Of neither is exhausted
Papa Bill Rourke lad a little bunch Of
trouble on his HANDS over the FIRST base
man he was 70 get from South Bend Ind.
He drafted Connors who made splendid
record in that league during the last sea
son. and fled his claim with Secretary
Farrell. This claim had been Acknowledged
by Mr.. Farrell IN the published bulletin.
but now comes a story from South Bend
that Connors had been sold 70 Toronto.
Mr. Rourke was not advised as to what
truth there was in this latter report. All
he knows is that Farrer has record ~
his claim and that South Bend has his
money. He will make a fight for the DOS
session Of the player, .even. if he has to 60
Nh lar az the national COMMISSION
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The Country club is following the lead
OF the Field club and the directors will
ask the members to vote for an increase
Of dues that the club may be conducted
with better service to all the rhembefs.
The Country club Is proud OF its golf
course. which is said TO be second to none
and the club house is one Of the largest
in the western country. aud TO maintain
this large plant costs lot OF money. The
membership Of the Country club is only
about one-hslf that Of the Field club. SO
of course the cost Of maintenance falls
heavier on the members. The annual dues
~ the Country club have been $40 a year,
and the directors will ask at the annual
meeting 60 be held at the Omaha club
Tuesday night that these dues be raised
While the golf course is practically estab-
iished and the cost for this is not nearly
as great as the cost OF the golf course
at the Field club which has been con-
stantly changed and which last year was
nearly entirely rebuilt because OF the
change from the west forty to the present
wooded course, still the members insist
that the club house be kept up in most
perfect condition, and to do this the direc-
tors say they will have to raise the dues.
Outdoor club life in Omaha has come TO
stay. FOR It fills a want long felt and
which the members now wonder what they
did for Amusement before the outdoor clubs
were Established. The clubs are used a
large part of the year and large force
OF help must be always on hand for cases
OF emergency. For instance on every Sat
urday night the attendance at the satur-
day evening dinners is nearly always over
,ura0 The various athletic and social inter
ests which are supplied by these clubs
WI LAT he, sv.41 a.
come.
With large waiting list to both the
outdoor clubs the promoters Of the new
Flmwood club feel they will have little
difficulty in filling the list to the desired
limit at the very start of the club. Tho
promoters of the scheme reel that this
new club will I'll long felt want for many
IN Omaha who are especially interested
IN horses. Although the automobiles are
rapidly increasing in number rthe horse
is not being neglected and there are more
and better horses kept in Omaha today
than ever before. The matnees here wer,
great success with the few who partici
pated and many have assured the pro
moters Of this new scheme that they vii
buy roadsters 50 they may take part il
these matinees as soon as the track Is pu
in condition TO work out horses and civ,
matinees. w, H. McCord would like I,
add roadster TO his already large stabl
Of heavy harness horses, and r. A. Cudah,
has said he would like 10 drive a it'll
himself II suitable place could be pro
4 vided. The tract had the reputation o
being one Of the best in the country whei
Y II was in use. and +. A. Nash and a dele
cation of horse lovers drove over IN
track couple OF weeks ago and foun
II to be in almost perfect condition, th
only bad place being q spot on the ives
md where some vandals had stolen GU
the drainage pipes. The track is most az
cessible TO horsemen, as there are thre
main thoroughfares leading 20 the Ratei
The best at present il out the Dodge stree
& road and through Elmwood park Leay
snworth street will be paved this sprin
TO almost the gates and but little Iabo
Il would put the drive from Center stree
Into condition. The street car lines mo-
run TO the Catholic cemetery and coul
Rasily be extended to the grounds II
was decided 20 hold race meets at N
park. While this is not within the I'm
mediate scheme Of the promoters. still ther
are some who hope this feature might Z
worked up for the benefit Of Omaha II N
track is put in shape. Nothing is
stronger attraction 10 bring people OF II
HtaNo 70 a GiA9 ihdn a ATsL class race met
with large enough purses to bring in II
good horses OF the country
The annual election OF the directors
the Omaha Field club will be held at n
Burlington city ticket offices, Fifteenth an
Farnam streets, Wednesday. TWO Stat,
have been pat in the hsld. one by n
regular nominating committee OF the File
club and a second by petition, and conside
sble Of hght is being waeed by n
friends Of the two tickets. Members al
seen sitting IN their Offices with long men
bershin lists Of the club figuring on wi
can be relied upon to vote right and VI
had better be 'seen in favor Of the vario,
candidates The principal fight is beir
made on one OF the directors, who has bss
connected with the club since its inceptio
This mans friends all claim he has be-
tha most persistent worker for the club
interests since the club was first organize
How II will all turn out viii be decide
"Wednesday. An amendment TO The col
stitutiou VIII also be voted on al this tim
Because Of the heavy expenses In rebnu