Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-12
HURRAYE Play BAIL QUICK!
Big Day Today Cause Season Opens
at vinton Park.
WICHITA AND OMAHA THE FOES
Mayor DAhfman viii pitch That
first Ball and Brennan VIII
Pitch the second for The
~ sunaooweru.

Ready?
Yep. let 'er go.
Play ball,
It will be a big day today at Vinton street
park. Today the base ball season of 1909
orens in Omaha, or in other words, life
which became extinct last September, be-
gins agains today in omaha.
Omaha will meet Wichita Wichita has
been tearing az the earth out on its own
Kansas green's and it came near burying
Omaha in some Of that earth, but that
was largely due the fact that Omaha
pitchers had not recovered from the
fleets Of working in the Colorado snow
storms
Mayor pahIman. who has been practicing
'or a week throwing balls at niger
babies. says his arm is in fine form for
that first flip and he proposes to send the
ball over the plate like a veteran.
Yes. and The band will play and 1t Will
be a day for the gods. OF course that
c%ounting thar Colonel Welsh doesn't get
too gay up. in that belfry of his ana
turned ON the wrong current in the line or
weather..
who will pitch for Omaha today is a
question. even yet, but it probably VIII De
either sanders or Lower. Brennan Wichi-
Ia s crack SltDiIIdlH Will Wv W NV '
his team. Manage Holland has been saw
Ing him for this game for over a week ana
says he IS ia the pink of form.
Pa and Buck Franck will he back from
their. disastrous rambling this morning
and will try and get into shape for the
game this afterneon though Wichita
which got in yesterday. will have the ad-
vantage Of a. days rest Omaha played off
a postponed game in Topeka yesterday.
wichita Looks Good.
Holland and his Wichita band of youths
from the prairies of Kansas swept into
Omaha Tuesday afternoon with the asser-
ton that. they were going to sweep Omaha.
That was a lively looking bunch Manager
and owner Holland led into the Willard
lctel. They looked like a lot Of college
youths out for a lark, OF course Weaver
lcomed up the t%allest, with his six foot
seven and blue socks. Others wore large
gold medals they had won on college ath-
letic fields.
Manager Holland explained all this b.
saying:
Il guess these other managers thought
we were a lot OF youngsters and under
estimated us. While some of the boys may
look a little young, they are pretty well
seasoned in base ball and will be able II
keep them ali guessing. for some time to
come.
THE Omaha team looked good in Wichita
and except for the pitchers played great
ball. | guess the snow in the mountain
towns set the pitchers temporarily wrong
Graham played magnificent ball in Wichita
and did not show any i'll effects of his
years lay-off,
"Wichita, srunrsed all the managers by
the fine crowds we. turned out. The fans
like lhe article of ball we have been put
ting up. and Wichita will continue to be
a good base ball town and the league viii
have nos regret in annexing the two Kan
sas towns
Brother Dave has everything at the parl
In readiness for the opening. The cushioned
chairs have all been installed and all Il
ready for the band to play.
twill he Misther Dugan.
Sure and twill be Misther Johnnie Dugar
of Tzclnnitty who will umpire the opening
game and they do says he's the darlint.
lust as "A sort of grand review of the