Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-26
Pitchers Are Especially the Pride Of
the Head Of the Base Ball
Family.
IL ARE NOW WORKING HARD
Daily Practice is Taking Out Some Of
the Kinks.
jim KANE IS BIG AND STRONG
Skipper Bill is Back to His Old Play
ing Form,
YOUNGSTERS ARE LOOKING GOOT
some WIN he Kept and some WaIl
he Farmed Oct for Another
years work on Smaller
Teams.


Training season a week gone and the
Rourke's are looking better TO the fans
every day. Pas squad shows all the marks
Of a championship pennant winning team,
It is stronger in every way than the Rourks
Lineup of 1910 and the pitching staff Is 100
per cent better
The SQUAD has already been divided into
the regulars and the youngsters by Captain
schipke. Up to date the regulars have
taken the honors from the kids, their hit
ting power combines with little more
competent base running bringing In more
runs that the youngsters With their speed
were able to score.
The first squad starts off with big Jimmy
Kane. on first base. Jimmy weighs 100
pounds, but is in the finest of condition,
having been playing basket ball in Pitts
burg all winter. He has been breaking
into base ball slowly, not wanting TO get
all stiffened up, for kane believes an ounce
Of prevention worth several pounds OF rub
bling In spite of his taking It easy ita
easy to see, that Kane is going to be one
of the stars for the Rourkes this summer,
both in hitting and fielding.
Johnny Gonding will head the catchers
again this year, the same cheerful Johnny
as heretofore. Johnny declares he never
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! the season in grand form.
Second base is covered this year. George
Graham, the most popular youngster OF
the squad. is on the job again, and seems
TO have come back 20 make up for the two
years lost on account OF a broken leg. The
lis Is all right, both the doctor and George
declare 1t, and Graham is breaking into his
\ old form quickly.
KneaVes is Fast.
Joe Kneaves is on shortstop, and It will
be a fast player who beats him out Of that
position. Joe is ms good II not betteR on
short than Red Corridor, who held It part
Of last year. and is as good q batter and
base runner F
Captain Bill Schipks is doing the honors
for the third sack and doing them we'll up
to date His rheumatism hasn't bothered
all spring and 1t begins to look as II the
skipper had conquered II for good "a
Ollie Pickering seems to have grabbed
left field. Ollie swore that he would quit
base ball II he had to play another sun
field, so he was tried out for left and
seems to just fit there. And when it comes
to batting Olies knowledge OF getting
AWAY on a base steal and sliding puts him
a base or two ahead OF any yOunkster.
Clay Schoonover is the fans choice FOR
center garden spot. Clay is right on the
job, fielding the same last summer and
his batting has the pitchers nervous al
ready.
Goat" Anderson, another OF the new
: men, looks better to Pa evey day he
works Anderson fields the balls in good
style in left field and is picking up daily
in his batting. Last year while with Ro-
, chester Anderson hurt his shoulder, thus
breaking down a fairly good batting aver
= age. The shoulder is better now and when
Anderson makes a hit that puts him on
first it's a fast catcher and a fast second
baseman that can get his goat"
Pitchers Look Good.
, All the old pitchers are back and sure Of
: their Jobs again this season, II they keep
up the way they have started. Rhodes,
Kelley Fentress are all twlrlng in fine
! shape and Danny Dreamer Durbin is the
= terror OF the batsmen.. Hall, the new man.
works well, and Patton is coming along
. better than last season. Patton was sick
:. a part of the winter and lost some twenty
: pounds, but he has gained fifteen OF 1t
back already and Omaha food seems to
agree with him.
Kelley and sindelar two OF the young
= ster twirlers, are putting in the Hicks well,
: but their Jobs are still uncertain. Relliey
u he is working the stiffness out of an in
II ljured back right now and can't put In the
s ticks. Sindeiar 10 going better than last
spring, but may need more developing be-
fore fit for a class league
Joe LotE, the Omaha amateur, IL in fine
shape and will stick here for the summer
Lotz Is practicing hard and improving his
1 battinG-his ambition is TO be q great hitter
rather than a kreat pitcher.
h Sam Agnew and Ed JOkert' are having q
merry tussIs for the odd catcher's position
and both OF them are so good that Pa
may decide 70 keep them both. Troy AZ
new promises 70 become a better base bal
l. player than Sam, his style Of playing beinL
l. easy and free and his batting good. Troy
r has been covering first base for the Yapi
N gans and tagging them all out. 1t Il
n doubtful however II he will stick here.
N Jack Farrell and Ward, the two lads VIII,
Id are trying for infield positions, are show
ing up well, but both OF them will not sta!
with the Omahak. Farrell IL the smalles
man on the team. fast on his feet AM
s. handles the ball we'll He has been playinl
% second and covering himself with glory Of
II 1.-THE YaniRan nine Ward has been tryini
ID third base and gets along famousIy, excep
when II comes to batting, where he ha
r. had a little hard luck in matching u
a, against the best OF the Rourke pitchers.
y. Bert King at latest telegraphic report
- is stin Holdout King but he probably wi
" make some kind OF settlement with p