Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-31

such an excellent all-round man as slmp-
son.
stOrs Athletic Club Park.
With the completion Of the storz Athletic
! club park Omaha will have another anna
teur park in the city. where people can go
and witness a first-class game of amateur
bali when the professional team Is out Of
the city. The Dietz Athletic club proved
the people Of Omaha liked that kind OF ball
last summer, when the grand stand and
bleachers were filled every Sunday after
noon, and the addition of the new park
will give that much more interest to the
amateur ball. The Omaha Field club team
does not play Sunday bali, the only games
played by that organization being Saturday
afternoon
Middle West Tennis Tourney,
The week Of August 10 is the time al
iotted by the National Lawn Tennis. assoc
citation for the holding of the middle west
tennis tournament this year at the Field
club. This event is an annual affair and
Recognized as one Of the main events Of
the year. being considered as one OF ma
tional import. Conrad Young, Gail Mar
tin, William Wood and Herbert Kohn ,have
been appointed as tennis committee at the
Field club and the directors have shown
their interest in the work done IN this
branch of outdoor sports by setting aside
SUFFICIENT funds for all the needs of the
corns..ittee.
EAGER Calls Games on.
Manager Eager of the University of Me-
braslxa foot ball team has cancelled games
for this fall with both Wisconsin and Iowa
because of the refusal of the other uni
versities to play the Cornhuskers with the
I
which prohibit fourth year men and post
graduates from playing +
with the news Of the cancellation of
these games came also the announcement
of the arrangement Of game with the
University of st. Louis at St. Louis for
next Thanksgiving day. This Thanksgiving
day game would not have been possible
had not the game with Wisconsin been
cancelled, as 1t would have made three
, games away from home IN succession.
Under the new arrangement game will be
scheduled to be played in Lincoln. Novem-
Der 16, which was the date Of the Wisconsin
game.
Nebraska Schedule.
Two open dates remain to be filled with
| games with Colorado or other teams in the
Missouri valley, which shave been seeking
} games with the Cornhuskers for some time
The Nebraska management says that
. should Minnesota insist on the enforcement
of these rules that game is also liable to be
: cancelled. The schedule -Hs 1t now stands
is: ,a .ust sNs
October 6--south Dakota university. ir
/, Lincoln. ,s
October i2--Grinnen college, in Lincoln.
October ls-Minnesota university In MIN
! October 2e-open,
November 2-Ames Agricultural college
n
November s-University of Kansas, ir
r November 1e-open. Perhaps University
4 of Colorado or Denver University in Lin
coin.
: November 2S-st Louis university in st
n Louis.
5 Base BAN at Creighton.
a John O'Malley, the progressive young
8 philosopher, who is managing base bal
I affairs at Creighton university this year
s is gracefully bearing the laurels Of sue
S cess In his new departure, He has devatec
n from the course OF former managers. and
e instead Of playing the smaller colleges
n which HIS team has been accustomed tC
e meet. he has secured the most excellent
: schedule that the institution has ever pro.
d cured. The schedule is not yet complete
= but will be published in a few days.
z The first big game which the new SEIZED.
Z ule records is the University Of South Ds.
kota, This is the fastest team In the state
and its score against the Sioux City West.
eTn league team last year was enough t.
place It above amateurs Denny Sullivan
of the American association, who attended
school there last year, played the earlier
part OF the season with that team Of school
boys. The University Of Missouri has beer
contracted for April g. This gake will
be played In Omaha Satisfactory terms
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Minnesota. whom Creighton viii meet IT
Minneapolis May, II. Nothing can be said
definitely as yet concerning a game with
81. Louis university.
The university boys are determined tc
make a record in these games and place
Creighton athletics upon g higher shelf
II this season is successful there is nc
doubt but that next season will see the
best college teams in the big Nine" al
Omaha, All the college boys need is sup
port. They have the merchandise II they
can only get it onto the market.
The college base ball diamond has beer
put into splendid condition by the enthu.
slasts. who have been paid for their work
by admission 70 the practice games.
While base ball is paramount. the foot
ball men are iimbering up that they may
not entirely forget the game and to gair
a facility in the new tricks OF the game
MOrganthaler. the big tackle. who learned
the game last year. Is making famous rec.
Ords at forward passes. Wagner. thS
guard. who never could catch the ball un.
less It was necessary, is becoming an ex.
pert at mailing the oval
II would be rash presumption 20 name
the team as yet While some places ar,
einched beyond a doubt others are oper
to many almost evenly matched competi
tors. zellers, the new man who Is tryinl
for shortstop, Is doing well, Mcmahon
the little pitcher who played with the team
last year. is as foxy as ever, and Kennedy
who caught for the second team last year
Is making a record as a hitter. In a prac
tice game OF three Innings he made tvs
safe hits one a two-bagger.
WITH THE COMING CHAMPIONS
what the Omaha Amateura and Semi-
Pros Are Doing.