Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-17
STATE BASE BALL SCHEDULE
Magnates Of State League Teams
Meet and Fix Dates of Play.
BETTER LEADS GRAND ISLAND
Kearney Has Organized and VIII
Have n Team I'm the League,
which Makes Eight-CIub
League Complete.

SEWARD. Neb., March. 16.-CSpecial)-
The schedule committee o. the Nebraska
Base Ball league completed its work last
night. The schedule consists Of i12 games.
The season will open May y and end Sep
TENDER p. The circuit is 70 arrange that
each team can play Fourth OF July games
at home. Morning games VIII be played at
Kearney. Hastings. Fremont and Superior.
The afternoon games will be at Columbus,
Grand Island, seward and Red Cloud.
Better TO Lead Grand Island.
LINCOLN, March i6-(speciaL)-oren A.
Bel,zcr. a University Of Nebraska student,
will manage the Grand Island team In the
Nebraska league this season. He has
signed a contract with President Henry A.
sievers OF Grand Island. who is at the
lead OF the state. organization and who
WINS the Grand island franchise.
Young Better IL a prominent Nebraska
athlete and was last year captain OF the
varsity base bali and foot ball teams. On
tho base ball team he played third base
and was rated as the leading college in
fielder IN the Missouri valley conference.
He has had considerable experience in play
ing base ball among the small towns Of the
state. He Will assume his duties as
MANAGE at Grand Island about the middle
of May.
IL is planned by Manager Beltzer to
secure recruits for the Grand Island team
from among the C~ornhuskcr players who
become ineligible for intercollegiate base
ball after the present season with tho
varsity. Five or six Of the men who viii
play on the Nebraska nine will complete
their three years OF participation this
spring and win be open for engagements
with professional teams.
Manager Better expects to give Grand
Island one Of the fastest teams in the
league by recruiting from the Cornhuskers.
He also has options on several other coll
iege players. in the Missouri Valley, who
will wish to. play professional base ball
after tho close. OF the present college year.
There are said to be several stars at Kan
sas and Missouri who swish to join the
Nebraska state league teams, and the man
ayers Of these aggregatiohs- are willing to
let them show their caliber.i
Percy Adams. the crack varsity pitcher,
who was yesterday declared eligible for
Nebraska base ball. reported to Coach Car
roll this afternoon and vii remain with the
team for the rest OF the season. Coach
Carroll says Adams will assure the var
sity of a winning team. He says the
pitcher will be able to get into form within
three weeks, so he will be ready to enter
the first games of the season.
Manager Eager announced today that he
has scheduled a game for the freshmen
base ball team with the Bellevue college
nine to be played on the Nebraska field in
April. Arrangements are also under way
to a the first year team play games
with Doane and Hastings. All contests
will take place In Lncoln.
Kenrney Baseball Team Organizes
KEARNBY. Neb., March 16.-Cspecial)-
Kearney win enter the state league Of
base ball clubs AZ . meeting held in the
city hall last evening ]. C. Kelley, Frank
Beeman and A.. l. Nichols were appointed
TO draft a constitution and prepare by
laws for the organisation. The club will
DO incorporated with a capital stock of
5000. half to be paid IN. Temporary Of
flcers were elected; w, T. stickel, pres
ident and c.. o, swan, secretary. A. L.
Nichols was recommended for chairman Of
the board of directors. ,.
DOIan Captains Columbus.
COLUMBUS, Neb., March 16.-(Special)-
Joe Dolan, former captain and manager of
he omahs Western league team. was today
noon elected captain Of the Columbus base
ball tetam in the state league. Mr.. Dolan
was on the ground, having been requested
to visit Columbus to meet the directors.
After his election Mr.. Dolan at once began
To busy himself in securing players for
his team, and the indications are that
With the material In sight and what Mr..