Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-10
SPORTING GOSSIP OF WEEK
Omaha Team is an Ready to Take the
Field for Seafou.
ROuaxE BUYS ONE MORE PITCHER
Gets Thompson from So. Louis Ma
ttonaIs and Figures He Has
Pretty Coed staff tn
start Out with.
Forty-seven days.

Forty-seven days.
THAT doesn't seam long, does lit And then
Pas boys will be romping over the sward
down at vinton park. doing things 70
Sammy Bradford's Originals. Just as they
have done this many a season. To get to-
gether and try to start without playing
the Originals would mean a total failure
for the Rourke family. and no formality
essential 10 winning the pennant this sea-
son Is going to be overlooked by Papa Bill
BY that same token. on Friday he COM
pIeted the deal whereby he exchanges one
thousand cold bones with Cardinal Nc
CiOakey for Pitcher Thompson OF the ST.
Louis Nationals. They're coming high this
spring. but BIZ II OF the opinion that be
must have EN-. He sold Perring for 5000
last fall. and he has already expended
S3.100 for new players and isn't all through
yet AS II Is. his team looks pretty good.
Gonding and Bender for catchers seem all
right: Sanders. McNeeley. Dodge and
Thompson are a good quartet OF pitchers.
and then he has Kelly Welsh and three
other youngsters TO piece out with. Dolan
for first. II a better man is not secured:
Buck Franks on second. TO captain the
team. Jimmy Austin on third. White at
short. Aubrey in left. Welsh In middle and
Belden in right. with Howard for utility
work. makes the line look like a sure
enough ball team right at the start It Is
q fair hitting bunch; Dolan. Welsh, Aubrey
and Belden are in the 30 class. and none
OF the others are very far away They are
fast on bases. and better than fair In the
field And every day Bin stands and looks
out OF the smokehouse window and wishes
for the passing OF the snow. Work win
begin on the new club house and grand
stand next Monday
Out at Denver the trouble Is stiI in prog
ress Every now and then the sport
writer's Of thar town take a breath between
boosting for the prize fight Migrants and
take a short arm jolt at Cousin George q.
Teheau. isn't as popular out there as the
mayor OF the city, and all his promises OF
COED players and the like are. received with
boots mere or less scOrnfuL BY the way,
he is farsng that way in Kansas City. too.
although he has declared his intention OF
giving the Cowboys his personal attention
during the summer To Denver he promises
that he win offer Zaluslly. McEsale. Wright,
Ergie. Weigart. Adams and Belden OF last
years Grizzlies. with Wheeler Of St. Paul.
Bohannon OF Louisville and maybe OfEIagan
Of Jersey City. The latter Is not settled
on. as ne Is inclined % balk on crossing
the Allegheny mountains. II OHasan Is
not secured. then Wheeler viii b0ss the
team. IL is GeorEsis intention to assesnbie
the GFizzlies at Topeka. where they can
gsmbol with the Dick Cooley tribe and have
a gOod time until the opening q the season.
II r. not az all likely that Denver wiz get
a glimpse OF them until after the season
Is opered. and as Denver viii probably
begin playing in the valley. the moun-
taineerS win see nothing OF them until
along towards the drst Of May Pueblo
Is TO have sumo new material. among them
a descendant Of MontsEuma. who was cap
tured by F5Ank Selee down in the wilds 0f
New Mexico. This young man il one 81
the few living who can talk the old
original Aztee tongue. and what he sx-
poets 20 do 90 the un1pires during the sum-
mer viii surrass any EFFORTS Of the white
man. ny the way. Cousin Geurge b going
% give 4 tryout 70 a Winnebago indian.
Des M0incs Sioux CITY and Lincoln arr not
making much ~ a fuss Just now. but ex-
poet % show up later with the real goOda
-
with the add o. the city IN furnishing an
arc usht az Hanscom PARK and the park
commissioners In scrapinE on the snow the
skaters have had q gnod opportunity 30 put
n Eood hours during fhs hast Wsek. Sknt-
M has been god enough % warrant the
street railway company % advertise. and
the result has been arse crowds az an the
uaris and also az cuf-On LAKE. where the
azating Was limited somewhat b. the snow.
5ut thsre were plenty Of good spots where
ne ice-satherers had taken OF the sn0~.
Coasters have also been aba % indulse a