Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-14
AROUND THE STOVE GOSSIP
Hot Talk on Cold Days About What
Was and May Be.
OMAHA FANS EXPECT A WINNER
All a. fh Doubt Now, Though,
as SO many Changes VIII he
Made I'm the Rourke
Family.

With Cadman, the new near-.3O hitting
catcher. signed. it is easy enough to see at
this distance that Kid JeBrand will not b.
with Omaha next season. and that's no re-
Election on the Kid. either. He's a good boy
and a hard worker and is a conner, but he's
needed by some other teams worse than by
Omaha. II Captain Franck is with the team
next season II will be a surprise. Buck had
q plan TO stay In California when the season
closed. but at any event he probably will
not be with the Rourkes when the 1909
season opens. Hall is another man who
probably will be elsewhere. Hollenbeck,
the big, strong, speedy southpaw. is ex-
pected 70 develop into one of Omaha's main
stays next year. He has about everything
any pitcher needs TO make him a topliner,
except a little more experience TO steady
him, and he will get that. George Huff,
the premier scout. picked Holly as the real
conner OF all the Rourkes. and George is
something of a picker. But what the Omaha
team will accomplish next season must re-
main a problem for the present; it is all
on paper so far. with new men at first.
third, probably short and a change in the
field, with additions 10 the box and catching
department, It would be hazarding a guess
to attempt to say what Pa Rourke Will do
in 1909. One thing can be relied on-he will
90 a LOT OF TAI hCTdNlDllnB lot IldL Ildk-IOf
Pa is the most disappointed man in the west
over the way things wound up in 1908. Great
beams of light have broken in on Omaha
since September IL. 1t is apparent already
that local fans never have been as anxious
for a winning team as they are for one
next season. with the two Kansas towns
matchmaking an eight-team circuit
OmRhans feel that a pennant would mean
much more than II has meant in the last
few years and that Omaha should be able
to capture Il. Well. Old Reliable Jawnie
Gonding will be there as per usual.
What a change has come over the world.
In the season OF 1903 only one member
of the Pfttsburg team was suspended
Abbatichio. Back in the SOS the Pirates
did well not TO have a man suspended or
penalized in some manner every day. Pitts
burg and Baltimore then were about the
oughest towns on the base ball map and
when a visiting team went into ore and
took a game 1t did 50 at a certain amount
% peril to itself. Well, the answer is. that
the day OF rowdyism has gone-not only In
Pittsburg and Baltimore, but everywhere;
It's a relic of the past.
Chick" Aubrey never had a photograph
taken since he became a ball player ex-
eept in HIS base ball uniform. That's prob
ably not so much due TO any eccentricity
on Chicks part as It is to the simple
fact that he hasn't had off his base ball
uniform long enough at a time. since he
entered the game TO have a photograph
taken. He's like Frank Chance, he plays
bali chiefly because he loves 1t and when
winter prevents his playing in a regular
league he hikes to another climate and
cuts in as an irregular.
Gsgntpro will not play short for Lincoln
this year. He has been snatched up by
the st. Louis Nationals. TIL Cardinals
tried to nab him before last season closed.
They regard him as a great man and he
rs, but unfortunately. he belongs to that
class thai is very hard to manage. While
he has done excellent work for Lincoln,
Il is seriously to be questioned IL Green's
team win not be better off with a less
gifted man, who Is more tractable than
Eddie. Gagnier certainly ought to make
good from the start at st. Louis.
RUDE Vanguard insists he Is not bluffing
when he says that unless the New York
management pays him $500 Of that 's11,OOO'
II. paid for him he will continue TO raise
chickens in Medina county, Ohio. The gent
win first have to prove that New Yorl
gave that amount for him. And II may bS
that II ne forces Muggsy's hand. the latter
rilI stand up and tell his right name.
Sporting News foretold the details OF
the Bresnahan deal almost to perfection
even naming the players for whom he
would be traded. incidentally It seems thai
st. Louis has taken a very long shot IN
letting go two of it's star pitchers. Ray
mond and Karger, even in exchange fol
so good a catcher, batter and prospectiv,
manager as Bres.
What will the Giants be without OLE
ROGER behind the bat? Wonder II Bower
man wouldn't be acceptable now?
The official Western league records re
Gently published disclosed the fact tina
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