Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-13
PA TAKES OUT that PERMIT
Bill ROurke Prepares 10 Improve
Vinton street Base Ball
Park.


The first real suggestion Of the approach
ing base ball season was made evident
Tuesday morning. when Manager PA"
Rourke of the Omaha base ball team
walked In at the front door OF the city
hall, rode in an elevator to the fourth
floor and then entered the building in
spector's ONCE.
Hello, BILL" yelled Clerk Grotte. as
BIZ Rourke extended his strong right arm
to the position usually held by a person
expecting to shake hands with another.
Papa Bill was granted permit to make
1850 improvements at the vinton street
ball park. The news soon gained currency
through the city hall and then leaked out
about town.
Mr. Rourke said he would build a new
club house with shower baths for the play
ers, improve the grandstand and bleacherss
erect a large score board and do other
things for the fans and players,
Bill Armour says that all talk of Hug
gins being as good as Lajoie Is rot The
can get the bah easier and touch out more
runners at second base with one hand than
either Hpggins or Eyers with Two 1a,o,o..
class for a minute The greatest play
ever saw was pulled on by the Frenchman.
second base on steal He saw that the
catcher's throw was going to be a little too
late and too far over TO allow him TO stand
in the base path and touch the runner.
Instead of waiting he ran toward third
base.
It in his left hand instead OF his right,
thereby avoiding a collision with the base
runner, and with the backward motion
tagged his M man. II may seem a simpis
play, but Il is hard to realize what re-
markable play Il was. II required quick
cution. 1 thought ] knew all about BAH
players, but day after day at Cleveland
sat on the bench and stared open-mouthed
Billy White. perhaps. will lead on at the
bat for Omaha this year; He possesses
several elements of strength for that try
ing position. He Is hard TO pitch TO, being
short and annoying to a pitcher; Is quick SS
fast on his feet and, last OF all, q nne
waiter. His patience almost rivals that OF
So he has the Qualifications for getting to
his base and setting good example.
Here is a word from the Little Rock
Gazette on the Western leagues new
Umpire Buckley ofHciated in. the South
ern league last seRson-that Is. until COM
plants from about all the clubs in the
league poured into President kavanaugh 8
offlce. with the result that Mr.. Buckley
ley Ses seemed to have a chip on his shoulder
at all times and dehed any player 20 knock
| II on. He evidently went on the assumption
that II was the mission of players 70 stir
up as much trouble as possible, and as a
consequence he did not get along with
/ scarcely a player in the league Buckley
also went out OF his way to display his
authority. He was the central figure In
about a dozen scraps and rows on various
/ diamonds, and yet when he received the
announcement OF his release from Press
| dent Kavanaugh he stated that u came %
/ him as a thundefbolt from a clear sky.
4 The experience he had in the Southern
league was probably of considerable benefit
/ 20 him, and II he cuts out the idea that
| simply because he Is the ump. he Is also an
autocrat ne should prove a good of1lclsl
1 IN the Western league. Buckleys Work
| in this section was not particularly bad
/ and II was his mannerisms more than any
.hing else that resulted In his unooing