Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-26
SPORTING GOSSIP or WEEK
omahs'S Team on tbs Blink BecauIs Of
ossualtiss 70 PlAysrL
PAPA BILL LOOKING fos NEW MATERIAL
ola Man Has steely Glitter IN His
Eye and Changes q. Roster MAY
he Expected at ANY
Time.
Coming along.

Coming along.
1t seems that everything that could pos
sibly happen to a base ball team has hap
pened to Omaha recently. The pitchers are
out OF fx and the helders are suffering from
q varied assortment of ailments and inju-
ries. ranging from Harry wslsh's bum
thumb to Joe Dolan's bad leg. Long and
Rvnkle are In the casualty list. and the
whole tout ensemble OF the OUTFIT seems
very much to the blink. But Papa Bin is
showing signs. Whenever you see
that steely glitter come into his
mild blue eyes you may bet there's
something coming OF. Bobby Carter
wasn't the only boy who was of to the
bad in the Omaha bunch. and you can just
bet your life that the old man isn't going
TO put up with the present performance all
the rest of his life. Omaha has lost lot
OF tough games lately, and this isn't just
the sort Of thing that pieases the man who
signs the pay checks He isn't naming any
names, but he is looking for players, and II
isn't at all unlikely that some changes will
be made in the Omaha roster before the
season ends. little more than a month
still remains for playing, and Papa Bill
hopes to have pretty fair line on what his
next seasons team is going to look like be-
fore that month II over.
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Aubrey. who IL In right field. bids fair to
I'LL carter's place. He is playing much bet
ter ball for Omaha than Carter did this
season. Bobby Carter II as fine a ball
player as ever stepped on ground and as
genial a gentleman az one wants to meet,
but he had been too long with Omaha and
needed change. He was not giving the
team his best service and the transfer TO
Memphis was necessary. Aubrey lie a fine
fielder, q fairly good hitter and will make
q very valuable man when he has gained
the needed experience. The sale OF Perring
to Cleveland makes IL imperative that an
other third baseman be secured, and the
weakness at shortstop. apparent since the
beginning Of the season, win have TO be
remedied by another player. Candidates
for these positions are looming UP. and It
IL not unlikely that one or more of them
will be given chance to make good before
the close OF the year.
David Harum McCloskey was in Omaha
during the week, looking over the Dies
Moines and Omaha teams. He is hunting
for a shortstop for the st. Louis Car
dinals for next season, but II is not at all
likely he will find him In the Western
league, for there hain't none This has
been one Of the peculiarities of the league;
not man In that position has shown
even mediocre ability. they being uni
formly bad. And this brings to mind the
fact that the meanest trick yet known in
connection with Western league base ball
Is that played by Carney Of Sioux City on
Eddie Lawler. Last season when Carney
needed a shortstop he asked LAWYER to go
with his team LAWYER demurred, on ac-
count OF his Job with the Standard Oil
company In Omaha This was finally hxed
up, and Lawler consented TO play with
Sioux City. merely to accommodate Carney.
No contract was signed. but at the end of
the season Carney included LAWYER among
the players reserved by Sioux City, and
later traded him to the Norwich. Conn,
team as part Of q deal he had made for
another player. The Norwich team, hav-
ing been buncoed by Carney. is now taking
its revenge on LAWYER and claims his serv-
ices. AS yet LAWYER has been incon-
venienced very little by the situation. as
he doesn't care to play ball, but he does
feel the injustice OF being put In the at
titude of oontumacy as has been forced to
assume by refusing to report In Norwich
as part Of the deal made by Carney. AS
Carney is the man at fault, he ought to
set matters right by taking steps TO settle
with the Norwich team and thus clear the
good name OF one of the cleanest ball
players who ever walked across the dia-
mond
The wonderful squirt OF the Chicago