Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-03
SPORTING GOSSIP OF WEEK
ROurks Family will Soon Be Under Head
way at Vinton Park.
IN EVENT OF teHr-cLUS CIRCUIT
when Topeka and ~. Joe Come in
President O'NeiI f. Ready TO
Fit Them ont with
Glass A Players.

While we are waiting for the National
board to get together and award Topeka
TO the Western league, which may be done
within a fortnight, let us not overlook the
fact that Papa Bill has been busy all the
while and now has quite a likely looking
llf1e of wood corded up for consumption
Wing the season that will soon open. To
begin with, in few days less than four
weeks the season will be commenced by the
fixture between the Originals and the
Rourkes. The family win begin TO congre-
gate within few days, and active training
at the vlnton Park will be under way
Papa Bill doesn't take much to the fancy
training stunts. He is principally con-
cerned with seeing that his men get To-
Gated some place where they can get
enough to eat. Bill had enough of the
economical ball player a couple of years
ago. when one OF his mainstays insisted on
living on Is cents a day when at home in
order to save as much Of his salary as
possible A player who doesn't eat enough
and eat regularly can not play good enough
ball 10 hold his job In Omaha any more.
The man who makes the team after this
has TO have the goods and show them up
in every game. That's the principle now.
The first man who is caught Sinking goes
20 the bench to walt until he gets ready TO
work. After a man is fixed for a boarding
house. Bill thinks that work on the Omaha
diamond is as good as on any old diamond
under the sun. Here the game is worked
out and the newcomers are instructed in
the subtleties Of base ball and the men
get acquainted and learn what each other
can do and will do in pinch. That's all
there Is to 1t.
Howard Traded for Hall.
During the week Ivan Howard was
traded to Belden Hin for a pitcher by the
name Of Hall. Hail did right we'll al
Cedar Rapids last year and will be given
thorough chance here. Howard will
greatly strengthen the Cedar Rapids team
and can easily be spared from Omaha,
where he would have had TO play utility
He was quite a popular youngster and his
work last season made him look very
good to the fans. But with Francks, White
and Austin there was no place left for
Howard on the infield. and with Aubrey
WEIGH and Belden the outfeld was fairly
well filled, so he was available to trade
for q pitcher and the deal was finished.
In Event of Eight Clubs.
Schedule making for the Western league
Is hold up waiting the decision as to thu
eight-clnb circuit 1t has been reported
through the underground circuit tina
Pueblo is to open In Omaha on April IS
That will be all right. Frank selee is
good old pal, and we'd as soon beat hin
as any man in the league. This may al
be changed, though The magnates ar
preparing to land two class A teams with
out delay, though, in the event that To
peka comes through. Dick Cooley ha
about six men now who are OF class ]
catcher and an outfieldep. He would nee,
about eight new men to make his team
UP to the mark. st. Joseph would have L
be provided with an entire set. This d
the question before the house. and Il is I'm
Fkrstood that President oNeil has the mat
!. ser well In hand. He has been on tn
lookout for men who can be easily sc
cured and has negotiations well under wa,
with the big league magnates for thei
cast-offb, so that the two new wester
teams can be started even with tn
others. This means that with the An
prospects for getting Topeka and St. Jo
seph in the circuit the Western outlook
really better IL 1t has been for severe
seasons
O'Neii and the Umpiren.
The announcement that Jack Haskell
TO umpire in the Western league was abou
the best evidence that President o'Neil coul
have given that he Is going to attend {
business during the coming summer. wit
umplres of the capacity OF Haskell tn
games should be real contests and not tn
farces witnessed so often last season
was the quality of the umplring that reaIl
harmed the games and caused all tn
trouble. Good salaries have been arrange
for during the coming season and frs
class men ought to be secured. ONE
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behind his umpires, and this means this
better discipline will be kept. The spectac
OF Hogreiver or some similarly dispose
rowdy rushing out on the field with
stream of profanity and vulgarity pourfn
from his mouth, TO the disgust of Il
patrons In the grandstand. will not be or
OF the features OF the game. II Presider
ONeil will only do what he promises to
in this line he will be forgiven for muc
that he has not done In the past.
y Base Bali Mt Creighton.
" Coach Cavanaugh is In charge Of Il
base ball affairs at Creighton universal
this spring and already has his men bust
engaged in indoor practice. The outlook
q bright one even this early in the seaso
All the veterans OF last years squad wi
are still In school have reported and VII
an additional squad OF new material It
already evident that every position W
be fought for and the team this year W
be a survival OF the ittest." Delaney, wi
at st, Mary's university in Kansas ana
81. Thomas college at st. Paul Mini
made a record as first baseman ana h
batting record OF As. and Fitzgeral
former catcher for Highland Park schoi
are among the new men. Peterson,
pitcher from Grand Island, and Demay
south paw formerly with Chicago Dem
and RnIRar. Anderson and IlaIIv havn hn