Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-09
Little Fellow Has Percentage Of Just
Five Hundred.
TEAM COMES HOME WEDNESDAY
Will Play Sixteen Consecutive Games
at Vinton Park.
OPENS WITH WICHITA LEADERS
Takes Topeka, Denver and Pueblo I'm
Turn-BiE Day for the Open
ing of the Home season
IL Planned.

Omaha will open the season at home with
Wichita Wednesday. The team comes
home the slugger OF the league. 1t has a
team average OF over 800 and more men
batting 800 than any other team. King is
the leader.
Omaha has had a strenuous task on this
trip. the first western trip of the season;
at least It has resulted strenuously for
Omaha. But the Rourkes apparently are
too good long to remain out of first place.
They need a little steadying in the box
and when that is accomplished probably
will jump to the front and keep fighting
2 for that position to the last.
Some tall doings have been planned for
the opening of the home season. Pa
Rourke thinks a lot OF that team Of his
and he is going to show just how deep the
lines Of his love. run when the team starts
out at vinton street park.
p. He has secured the cooperation OF Mayor
Dahlman and other civic officers and will
have a big street parade and loud noises
like speeches and music at the park.
Oh. this Pa is a winner when he stretches
himself out.
Mayor and LObeck Battery.
Moreover, Mayor Dahlman. now that he
has been re-electAd, will pitch the first
ball in this game. and Comptroller Lobeck,
himself an ex-professional ball player, will
catch It. The mayor has asked for the
privilege of pitching out the entire first
inning, and Pa is willing IL the ump will
not count the results against the home
team. Dahlman says he simply wants TO
show the people that he can pitch balls as
well as throw ropes.
Brother Dave has concocted a new brand
OF lemonade. which he proposes to spring
upon the expectant public at the
park that day. Garvln proposed that Dave
take the new music box out to the park
and stand 1t near the entrance, and Dad
Wallace said that II he did he'd get
welch's big bat and. maui II TO pieces.
Omaha win play four days with Wichita,
beginning next Wednesday, and take on
Topeka for four games, beginning Sunday
l6. Then comes Denver for four, then
Pueblo for fogr. With these sixteen con-
secutive games on home grounds, the team
certainly should get in a good condition
for fighting out the pennant race. BY that
time its pitchers will be at their best and
the team work on a systematic basis. II
takes time to adjust so many new players
TO each other and no disappointment should
be felt because the team has not won more
games to date.
KinE r. the King SluEger.
King, with a percentage OF 800, of the
Rourke family. stands second among the
Western league hitters who have been in
every game, Clark OF Pueblo being first OF
the regular players, The other Omaha
players follow in this succession In hitting
WEIGH. Holienbeck, Fisher, Gondins, Pen
dry, Franck and Kane, all 900 or above
Lindsay Of Denver has had the greatest
number OF chances in the field, eight-five
and seventy six putouts. Smith. the Sioux
City shortstop, has the distinction of bring
ing up the rear end OF the league with
seven errors. Tomsson, a Topeka pitcher
has distinguished himself by making an
error for every fielding chance offered
him. Cassidy has been to bat thirty-siN
times and leads in that department. Kane
. Of Omaha and Cassidy Of Denver have
~ each scored nine times.
Omaha King also leads in base hits Will
sixteen and Clark of Pueblo, who is his
nearest competitor. has fourteen.
Omaha leads in the team batting with ar
average Of .S9 and also In sacrifice hits
with fourteen.
How They stand.
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