Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-24
SPORTING GOSSIP OF WEEK
Every Team in Western League is Doing
Faithful Work.
OMAHA STILL PLAYING IN HARD LUCK
Rourlxe and Ducky Holmes Are
Not as strong in the Box as
they should De to
Win Flag.

working and that is saying good deal.
Some are working against greater odds
! than others Omaha and lincoln, for In
stance, have had hard luck, not only in
!. he box, but in other departments as we'll
So far as each teams is concerned It needs
greater power on the slab. Ducky Holmes
Of lincoln has been compelled 70 put
Eyler and Jones through severe grind
and II Is telling these men. Ducky,
though, has shown his true colors by going
into the box himself for the first time in
a decade or more and results show that
many a man has done worse, for he has
proved a winner. with Omaha Of course
the pitchers are doing their best, but
results have indicated that Improvement
would go a long ways toward fulfilling the
prime needs Of Pa Rourke's team Just now.
The team on the whole, has been making
a game fight from the first Of the season;
nearly every man Is doing his best and
II this faithful work Is kept up, with
string of games on the home grounds, that
standing is sure to be changed. II was
the usual hard luck tale to bring back
from the mountains, but even that hasn't
scared anybody. Omaha does not belong
in third place and won't stay there. You
can't keep water from finding its own
level. Herman Longs influence is telling
and when the veteran gets in better shape,
30 he can work every day, it will tell even
more.
On the whole things in the Western league
are more cheerful just now than they have
been. This is the case even II the umpire
list Is not complete and as sound as 1t
should be. Some OF the players have been
doing good work as umpires during the
week, whole lot more satisfactory than
the individual by the name OF Fuller who
has gone back to his Job as special police
man at the National league park in Chi
cago.
Omaha sailors kept an anxious eye on old
Lake Contrary down st. Joe way last
week for a local boat was trying to wrest the
Manawa challenge cup back from the Lotus
Yacht club which carried 1t away from
Council Bluffs water last year. good
sized crowd of Omaha and Council Bluffs
yachtmen went down to see the sport and
they were thoroughly in earnest in their
desire to see the "Pottawatamie' in. They
reJoced, too, in the fact that they now
have among them Captain Robbins who
used to live in st. Joseph and who is said
to have no peer In small boat builders in
the west. The captain turned out the
Pottawatamie, which is as pretty a bit
of vessel as on inland waters.
IT took 1t just long enough to go over the
course to demonstrate that all the other
Manawa boats were lubbers along side
and 1t sailed away from them without half
trying. The Pottawatamie is owned by
syndicate of Council Bluffs boat club mem
bers and they are Immensely proud of their
craft St. Joe always swells up so when
1t captures any little thing that both
Omaha and Council Bluffs will be i'm
mensely tickled to see the challenge cup
on its rightful pedestal In the Council
Bluffs club house again.
The new public golf links at Miller park
are being used more and more every day
and 1t seems to be certain that 1t will
not be long before the frequenters of the
green are strong enough numerically to
warrant the building of a club house. The
course is only nine holes and II is yet far
from perfect condition, but the men who
are knocking the gutta percha about say
that splendid possibilities exist for route
as fine and hazardous any follower OF
the Scotch game could wish. The only
difficulty with Miller park is the loca-
ton, which is somewhat far out from
the business and residence districts Stul
it is not much further from the population
centers than the Field club on one hand
and the Country club on the other and
the Florence cars take one to the entrance.
Even at the Field club one has to walk
several blocks. OF course the need of the
house and baths is much felt. for no one
likes to spend a hot afternoon on the
greens without a chance to freshen up
before starting for home and dinner. Colt
Is attractive enough to offset this dlsad-
vantage, however, proven by the ever
increasing number of men and women who
are trying their hand over the new course
toIr
ia the snort there.
Fishermen returning from Lake Wash.
ington and other northern lakes are re-
porting most excellent catches, and not only
report them, but deliver the goods. Sew
eral parties returning from Lake Wash
ington and Madison lake last week brough
In CARLOAD OF the fnny beauties sun
fish predominate. but no better fish fo
the table can be found than these nttl,
fellows, which are larger than your tw,
hands. Cutof Is also giving up some goot
catches Four and hye-pound bass ar,
common for this water. which is being $,
thoroughly protected that the fish ar
growing instead OF being selned out a
night. The river did not break in enough thi
year TO permit the game fish to esoap
and the fishing will be better than ever
The number OF amateur base ball team
in Omaha is getting to be legion and ever,
evening sees many a game on the vacan
lots The teams in the state have rounds
into working order and the local manager
have little difficulty in finding teams wit
which to play on Saturdays and Sundays
The Sunday school league is playing OF
It's schedule and other teams are working
without a schedule, but simply playin
pickup games Some OF the towns in tn
state have teams which are corkers an
the Originals which used to go out Of
Sunday and pickup and easy game a
Fremont, Grand Island and Kearney Wi
now End a different proposition for thes
teams are able 10 give the teams OF tn
western league hard tussle.
The tennis men have taken on new III
since their trip 20 Sioux City last weel
where they we're beautifully trimmed b
the Sioux, These Iowa players were
much better form than the Omaha boy
and the Field club lads returned with III
idea that II they wished TO show well
the coming tournament they would hay
TO hustle. Hayes, last years champior