Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-28
SURE" SAYS COMFY
COmiskey and His White sox GO West
Full of Faith.
JONES AND WALSH STILL HALT
Omaha f. Center of Base Rail- stage
ss President and Msgnates Of
western LeaEue Meet at
the Train.


Fos a brief hoar saturday morning
Omaha was the center Of the base ball
map. The White Sox special with thirty
three players on the Comiskey nay roll. the
old Roman himself. n. l.. o'Neil. president
OF the Western league; w. A. Rourke. Guy
Green and Frank 1sbell. owners OF teams
in the Western league; a dozen players for
Pacific coast leagues. half a dozen news
paper men. all traveling with the team,
were at Union station in Omaha between
s:16 and 9:l5, and then the special started
on its trip half way across the continent
for q training trip OF two weeks in san
Francisco and three weeks at Los Angeles.
The special consisted Of seven cars.
"old Comanche' himself is as debonair
and optimistic as ever. Nothing is ever
much wrong in this world says the smil-
ing king of the White sox. IF you Just
a X It the right way"
Jones stnl = Pu1zle.
Talking to an old-time friend Of his st.
Paul days, Comiskey said, in reply to a
question:
Il don't know any more about the ulti-
mate outcome of the negotiations with
Jones than you do. We will meet, OF
Nuhisei hAFAnk NHlH UP bnu AINeT Lndl L
will perhaps be able to say something defi-
rite. Walsh is holding out. and further
than that nothing can be said OF his case
just now. OF course. we expect to have
him in line. Donahue is. not with us on the
trip, because he had to do some work con-
nected with the national bowling meet at
Pittsburg. He's in good shape. however.
and really doesn't need much training. well
| dQv iOinQ ma bpra and hare he oar.na xytth
his grip"
Then along came big Frank Isbell and
Mrs. Isbell. with Izzy's smile as big almost
as C~omiskey's copyrighted one.
Hello. Frank; how do you do, Mrs.
Isbell?' and the glad mitt was stuck out to
the folks from Kansas, that have been a
part of the White Sox family for many
years. How are you all, anyway"
Fine as a fiddle, said the rangy sec
ond baseman. Just Splendid said Mrs.
Isbell. Both looked just as healthy and
happy as they talked. II Izzy isn't still
in the finest kind of athletic form, then his
looks belle his condition. He never looked
more like a thoroughbred In his life. at
this time OF the year. Kansas air and care
ful living do almost as much for a man
as the same things in Nebraska.
Old and New Friends.
Comiskey was kept busy shaking hands
and exchanging greetings with old friends
and new acquaintance. but he found time
to nave a little business conversation with
Bill Rourke, Guy Green and other men in
terested in getting hold of young players
or old ones. :
I'm going to be with the boys until
about March a." said Commy. II have
1.-THE family aIony and me- y saline IN - a
turn from the coast over the Canadian
Pacific. We viii stop off at St. Paul for
a short visit with old friends; then run
into Chicago to gather up the loose ends
and complete the necessary details for the
opening of the season"
Are we going to win? or course we
are. We never go in to iose-you can bet
on that There is a large proportion of
certainty about our bunch and the way in
which they will work on any given day,
and when they lose the other fellows are
playing better ball, or circumstances that
we can't guard against interfere I try to
know my men and to have them know
me; that's all. With a mutual under
standing. trouble is accidental and any
way, ! don't let trouble bother me any
more than the law actually demands.T
AWFUL NNG BlO6PNNAo AOA io RlOBDe0
new ball park the Old Roman Of the ma
tionsl game spoke with a serious enthus-
Iasm that indicated he expects to have a
prize playing ground OF the first order.
A close observation Of Comiskey's COM
partnership with his men win convince any
one that he is really one of them and
with them, exercising just as little directive
authority as he can possibly get along
with.
scneauIe O. TX. Now.
The Western league magnates came to
an understanding in regard TO the mixup
In the Western league schedule. They
agreed to let the schedule stand the way
1t was adopted before any changes were
made. It appears the schedule was
changed by owners after it was adopted
In the meeting.
President ONeil says he is going e
California TO attend to some private mat
ters and win return to this section OF tn,
country about April IA. or about fifteen day
before the opening OF the league season
He said he had been most careful in SO.
lectins umpires this year and hoped they
would give satisfaction all around. "AI
they have to do is to put them over auicl
and then stand pat and they will suit me.
said the president.
Personnel OF the Party.
olmstead OF Des Moines also Joined thu
party in Omaha The party included;
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Lewis,
Comiskey, Tenant,
Louis Comiskey. Tenneson.
Charles A. FTedericks, Kelly,
secretary SoX. Marie.
Mrs E. Barnoudy. Martin Walsh,
1ohp y A0uauv n rIa~~t, rrhtt.