Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
CRACKS OF CORN COB LEAGUE
Ed Malone Slips Up to McVittie's to
Boost Cadman.
RIVAL MEETINGS IN PROGRESS

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RIVAL MEETINGS IN PROGRESS
ences Mt Pn's smoke House
Brother Dave Reads RE-
port on Cobs.
81 believe that man Cadman will run
johnny to the bench this summer said
Ed Malone as he saurtercd into Tom Me-
Vittie's and tried to start an argument
over the statement that had gone forth
from Brother Dawes Corn Cob league.
"Of course, / like Johnny and think he
has them all skinned in breaking in new
pitchers, but then John can't bat like Cad.
You know that. Just vatch that Cadman's
smoke. You may think l am talking
through my hat, but I have dug up his
record. He made over 100 clean hits last
year and in a league where there were
good pitchers, too"
Here is his record as doped out by Ma
lone:
Fielding .......... F 80 is e 4 II i F Isl
1 WISH 1 Hdu llllt ~ ltli yOh 6AsS SNhio
thing 1 heard about that fellow Pendry,
who is going to hold down the third sack
his year" said Fred Goodrich, as he
asked Tom McVittie to bring in another
warming pan from the theater. where they
we're being heated on the radiator. when
| was up fishing at Lake Washington last
fail l met a fellow who knew Pendry's
best girls brother, and he had his record
all down pat. l knew you fellows would
want the dope, so I got it from him, and
this is what he had written out;
"Pendry, who will hold down third base
for Omaha next season, has quite a record
for last year, when he played with zanes-
Vile in the Central league. Pendry was
with Oklahoma City in 1907. and his record
was about the same as last year. batting
go and fielding 0Ss. His record is:
Rafting A 81 r R Il 4 SD i Psi 'sss
Fielding ....".."....... 1S 1871 Is .SS
Bring me one OF those warming pans, ="
shouted Art Metz, as he settled back in a
big armchair. Il got a little dope from
Ban Johnson when he was here a couple
of weeks ago. You fellows may think he
doesn't keep track of these players, but he
knows them all. He knows the records of
/ an Vi TIC Ahoi L NOs 4 oh' AAiAAa
about Johns of Dayton, who is to pitch
next year for Pa at the Vinton Street lot,
and he told me his whole record, right off
the reel. He not only knew all his batting
and fielding records, but his pitching rec
ords."
The record, as he gave Mr.. Metz, was:
Alb. r. II. SIT. Pct.
Batting ..."""."."". 90 10 6 .135
u,,o,s,an Pc. 4 e Pct ct;
AB,O i: R HiB; BIB. SO. WiiP. G, v. /, Pet.
sl 2$3 IS 8 Il 80 l 80 Is II $40
IF some OF these sporting editors don't
get some cushion chairs in their boxes at
the park I will have TO get a box of my
own said George Krug, who does not
miss a game when he can help it. II was
telling Bill about that. but what is the use
telling him? l think that when a mar
comes every day he should have a cushion
scat in the boxes, just the same as are
provided for the women on the south side
Brother Dave puts too much sugar in hi!
lemonade. and 1 must have that fixed, too.
Mr.. Krug was down at Pas smoke-house
where the experience meeting was in prog
ress.
Pop Wallace is waiting for Frank Chanc,
TO return from the west. when the two will
journey east, as per custom for severa
years. This fact has just leaked out. Fo,
several years Pop Wallace. the veteran
conductor of the Overland Limited. has 81
arranged his runs to make the trip will
Chance, and Chance has written and wiret
ahead to find out just which day Pop wa
TO run, and would endeavor to com
; through on that day. They are great ad
) mirers OF each other. Chance thinks PoI
is about the best conductor in the world
and Pop thinks Chance is the greatest bas
ball player in the world. On his trips Pc,
5 Wallace stores up enough information o.
base ball subjects to last him all summer.
At this point the experience meetinI
opened and Bill Whitaker arose and re
e lated the story of his life, as follows:
( George Holcomb never goes to a bal
: game on ladies' day, having become thor
3 oughly disguised with the fair ones at
g game, all on account of a woman fror
q Butte, Mont, at a game last summer
: This woman was being entertained at tn
t game by a number of her Omaha friend
= and by chance they seated themselves d.
= rectly in front of George.
LAS soon as the game was In progress
the visiting woman began to root. It di
/; not make any difference which team wa
IN or out II was always the same. final
turning to one Of her women friends sh
: remarked: Say, which team is Pueblo
anyhow; you know l always root for tn
visiting team
That settled George. who upon arisin
from his seat was heard to remark TO n
= friend:
Can you beat that. Omaha with moth
ing on their shirts and Pueblo with tha
great big P-U-E-B-I-O.'"
That moved Dick Grotte to interpose tn.
bit OF experience:
During a game of ball in Denver h,
tween the Omaha and Denver teams an
In which Omaha was getting a good bea
Ing and the pitcher was being batted a
over the lot, Pa Rourke was g~loomingl
sitting in the grand stand Just benin
two women, one OF whom turns aroun
L 70 Pa and said. eTbaf {s a danI,- rgtzb.