Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-03
NICK ALTROCE HAS CHARGE
Popular Pitcher at Head Of comiskey's
Ysnigans Here Friday.
PAS BOYS GETTING IN FINE TRIM
heNeeiey and Thompson VIII DO
the Slab work for Omaha
Against the white
soH.

White sox, will have charge OF the division
which viii play In Omaha Friday. He Is
said to have a heavy hitting bunch In his
contingent, as the teams he has met will
testify. Pa will send McNeeley and Thomp-
son in TO pitch for Omaha. Interest Is
being worked up over the game. even
though Comiskey does see AT to send his
fanigans TO Omaha. and the old Vinton
street park will be taxed 10 hold the crowd
II the day is anywhere near pleasant.
Pas boys are working the sore spots
out Of their system and will be in good
shape by Friday. The first week was a
strenuous one. but the warm weather
helped and all are rounding into shape
faster than in any former season. Austin
and Hall came to Omaha in midsummer
condition, Austin having played indoor ball
all winter.
IF this fine weather continues we viii
be In midsummer form by the time the
White sox arrive" said Captain Franck
Monday after the hard practice. While
u has hardly been warm enough to work
up sweat. the men have worked hard,
and after practice they take good run
and a Turkish bath. No, we don't have
TO come down to do that, but can perform
the operation right in the new club house
which Pa has 30 thoughtfully constructed
for our use. We have two stoves there,
counting the water heater and can run
the temperature up to quite a height. so
some of the boys can work on numbers OF
pounds in the bath rooms"
Pa is wearing a smile these days, which
won't come on. and all because he has
team Of youngsters to his liking. Pa de-
lights In a fast fielding team, and that he
has, but he has with It a good hitting team,
and one which will be fast on the bases.
Such speed as some Of the men showed
Sunday in the game with the Originals was
a surprise to all the fans. When Austin
attempted to go from first to third on an
infleld out and made 1t. the fans stood up
and howled. Pa simply smiled, for he saw
life ahead in the new team.
To all appearances the Chicago Nationals
ere much stronger than they were last
year. They have all their old stars, and
n addition some. new men OF unusual
DP0mise 20 the only possibility OF their
nst being as strong this year as last
would have to lie in the theory of their
old stars being weaker, and there seems
to be no debate on this score. II any OF
them has weakened It has not become ap-
parent, and II there is any reason why
any of them should be weaker now than
before they won the pennant that reason
does not appear to the average observer.
Chance win have a superabundance Of
outfield material and II all seems to be
gilt edged. There is his old trio, Schultz
Blagle and Sheckard, and Artie Holman
In addition, besides Gessler. tried and
found not wanting in the championship
race last year; Randall. formerly West
ern league star, and Osborne, a promising
youngster.
Chance is confident of victory by hard
work, but not sanguine He is quoted as
saying he thought the Cubs would pull out
in first place this season and would win
the Worlds series, but he has not been
quoted as saying he was positive Of this
Yet this seeming lack OF confidence on the
part of Manager Chance is not attributable
TO bis belief that the Cubs are weaker
or not, in fact stronger this year than
last, but simply to the fact that he, as
we'll as everybody else, believes the other
teams In the National and American
leagues will be stronger and the race will
be tighter
II has not always been known that menu
bers OF the faculty of Wisconsin univer-
slty were effective foot ball players, but
just the same, faculty interference has
been the means OF completely putting out
OF the game Wisoonsins great California
Splinter, Parsons. Why are these profess
sors always butting in? is the question
now asked In Wisconsin.
In that game Sunday before $1,000 ador-
Ing fans Stone failed to get hit or a
chance in the field.
Parr did not wrestle Pons, the French
champion in the Gotch-Burns preliminaries
ct Chicago Monday, but met and defeated
Mcdonald. who Is said to be a good man.
Burns did not stay as long with Gotch in
either fall as he did in Omaha, but the
old fellow probably was not In the best
shape after his tug-of-war with Parr in
Omaha Friday night.
Creighton university base ball team will
play Thursday afternoon on the college
campus with the Byrne-Hammer team
s This will be the first game OF the season
for the Creightons who, however. have
been working hard for some time under the