Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-21
SPORTING GOSSIP OF WEEK
Papa Bill Rourks Makes Start on His
! Next Seasons Team.
NO MORE JOKE BALL FOR OMAHA
Grand old Man of western Learue
Says He Going 20 Pat ont
the Real Article Next Year
IL He Goes Alone.

Already
4 Papa Bill Rourke is showing symptom.
When the late unlamented Western League
jseAson came to an unregretted end. the
Grand Old Man of Western League Base
Ball went into executive session with him.
SELF and went over the past and took one
>long. anxious look into the future. Bill
didn't need to read the newspapers to find
out what had happened. He knew Il be-
fore. The box office told him. Then he
hung out the skiddoo sign, and II was ''23''
Tor the joke ball player. He disban ded his
Grand Army post, closed his Haven OF
Rest for Aged and Decrepit Ball Tossers
and set about to recruit a bunch OF players
who can raise a sweat at least He doesn't
expect to have the fastest bunch OF players
In the world. All he n trying to do Is to
get an inheld and outneld as good as
Aubrey, another catcher as good as Gond-
Ing and about four men who can take
their regular turn in the box and locate
the plate once In awhile. He doesn't want
TO win the pennant; all he expects to do is
to finish FIRST in the race next fall, without
100 points separating him from the second
team. Anybody can have the rag that
wants II. Papa Bill will support a reso-
luton should one be introduced, to award
Mike Cantillon the pennant for 1908 as we'll
as for 1907 at the coming meeting OF the
league, II such a course will induce
Michael to let the rest of the league play
ball Having disposed of the pennant,
Rourke is going after the real champion
ship-that won on the ball field. Then he
wants to meet the winner of the American
association race.
When he started for Chicago to see the
worlds series. Papa Bill confided to few
friends that he had reached a decision
mo more Joke ball for me-" he said. 81
don't like It. It doesn't matter what the
= others say about II, 1t won't do for your
doting papa I'm going to have a real
team of real ball players in Omaha next
summer IL 1t breaks me-" At Chicago he
began to make good on his talk He has
finished his deal for White, the Webb City
shortstop who made such a tear last sum-
mer and who is so highly recommended
by Aubrey. He also secured a young mar
from Dayton, o., Third Baseman Austin
who led the Central league at his corner
and who is advertised as the real goods
This Is Just starter for Papa Bill. He
isn't likely to dispIace Howard at second
and this will let him pretty we'll along with
his inneld In fact, II the new players make
good. Rourke won't need to go very much
farther to have real team, for he ha.
Bassey, Welch and Aubrey for the outfeld
and with first baseman he can start RICH
In. But he Is still on the hunt for tn,
needed material, and II looks as II he reall,
meant what he said. The coming meetin,
or the Western league magnates Is likely
to be as placid as a summers evening. Al
hatchets have been buried, and the onl.
prospect OF war is contingent on a PROPOSE
,-Ation, not at all likely, that Tiperin,
O'Neilovitch be reelected to the presidency
good man for president, some good hal
players. and the 1907 season in the Western
Will make everybody forget that there eve
was 1906 season.
Many new formations have been in
vented by Coach Williams of the Univer
sity of Minnesota team and members o.
the team have pledged themselves to pu
in extra. time in learning the intricaciei
of tho new formations. This will Civ
the foot ballists no time for loafing 70
under the rules of the Big Nine a maj
must keep up his studies, and with tn
time spent at foot ball and extra time pu
in bohning up on some new formations tn
lot OF the footballlst will be a busy one
The Gophers are elated over the poo
showing Nebraska has made in the tw
games played so far this season wit
South Dakota and Drake and think fror
present indications they will have littl
difficulty in wiping up the gridiron wit
Z
fear the addition of Taylor. the gian
guard. and Johnson the star end to tn
team.
Fielding II. Yost, coach of the Mich
gan team, witnessed Pennsylvania, whoi
Michigan must meet later in the season
go down In defeat before the eleven froi
Swathmore college. Yost did not dill
credit the Swathmore victory. but sal
that had Michigan been playing In n
= place of Pennsylvania, II would have bee
! beaten, too. In speaking of his views {
the game Mr.. Yost said
"Pennsylvania had the stronger tear
- but 1t played in hard luck 1t will
hard to beat 1t has two strong tackle
and ends and its back trio is WHINE
but the guards appear to be only mediocr
swarthmore played strong though rath'
slow game. Had not the three touchdown
made by Pennsylvania been discounted
penalties the latter would have won"
MaoaOa,. paird said that interest in IL