Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14
Captain Franek Writes that He Will
Report in Prime Cond:tisn.
WASHINGTON HERE THIS MONTH
Cantillcn Writes mat Johnson and
Hughes Will Pitch.
PA JOCKEYS FOR PLAYERS
PIayers VIII Report March 10 and
Washington Team Comes March
~ for Two Games with
Rourkes.

In another week transportation will be
in the hands Of all OF Pas Colts and they
will be packing their trunks. preparatory
to moving to Omaha for the spring training
work, the date of reporting having been
fixed by Pa as March %. Brother Dave
has been instructed to wire transportation
to all next Thursday. just a week before
they are to be in Omaha.
The Omaha team will come from ali
quarters of the country this year, Buck
Franck having wintered at his home in
Oakland, and Cadman having spent the
winter at Torontol Can. Sanders is in
Tennessee and Slim Hail in Salt Lake
City.
An the insurgents are now thought TO
DO in line, although a couple of contracts
still remain unsigned. at least they have
not been forwarded to Omaha. King has
been one of the hold-outs, but he and Pa
have come to terms and his contract is ex-
pectcd any day. Slim Hall does not like
q proviso Pa has inserted in his contract
and as a consequence would like to be
traded to some team in the mountains.
Rice is still holding onto his contract.
Captain Buck Franck writes from Oak
land that he has been pursuing different
tactics from last year and will report in
fine condition. Last year he played all
winter, until a month before reporting time
and then rested, the rest putting his legs
on the bumsky. 1t took him a long while
to get in shape. This winter he has rested
all winter, until the last two weeks, wher
he has been working out. and writes that
he will be in fine shape for spring work
probably in a little better shape than the
rest Of the players, which Is the proper
stunt for a leader.
The snow of the last week has kept back
the work of repairing on the fence. bu;
Brother Dave insists that he will have
everything in readiness before the men,
bers OF lie team report. The work has
been slow. because of the bad condition of
the ground.
Pa Rourke insists he viii have the finest
grass plot in the western country this sum.
mer. lie says the foot ball boys did moi
injure the sod in any way last fail, and that
the grass will be better than ever. He says
he viii have the sod skinned off around
first and the ground around that corner
raised a little.
Joe Cantillon wired Pa to know whether
he had better bring his first, second Of
third team to Omaha when he comes will
the Washington aggregation for exhibition
games Marcn 81 ana ApTl /. re WlTeu baCk
Bring the best you have. You only have
a Western league team anyway" Tha'
much in the way OF a Josh. Cantlllon alsC
wired that Pa could advertise that Waite
Johnson and Tommy Hughes. the best III
has, will pitch the Omaha game. The Wash
ington team will not be split up during tn,
training trip and Omaha will have a chs1c'
TO see all the leaguers work out. including
Schlpke, Mcbride and Ganley. all Western
league stars. Tommy Hughes was will
Omaha IN 1909.
IA is stlll jockeying with tho big leagu'
magnates for some new material. but a
this season there is nothing available anC
will not be until the wedding out process
sets in. Manager Griffith OF the Cincinnati
Reds made a little talk 60 his men tn
other day ard told them to pay no attention
to the runors of releases and trades goinI
around. as they were not authorized h,
him, but that each new man would b.
given just as good an opportunity to max,
the team as the old men, TIL spiendi'
work Aubrey and Austin are doing shut
out all possibility of their being returne,
to Omaha.