Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-07
BOOST PAS PARK AND TEAM
Let Omaha Fin New Ball Grounds on
Opening Day.
MAKE APRn 20 A RED IETTER
Commercial, and Ad Clubs should
Take Active Part in showing
Rourke oity Appreciates
MS Efforts.

President Roufge of the Omaha Base Ball
club has provided omaha with modern
ball park Al an expense Of many thousands
OF dollars.
He has taken another ten-year lease on
the Vinton street property and made per-
manent improvements that are creditable
TO the city and convenient to base ball
patrons He has enlarged the playing
field and improved a: has erected new
seats and grahdstand for the accommoda-
ton Of TOO spectators. He has equipped
the plant with every needful and desirable
appurtehAnee. providing for automobiles
and other vehicles. In fact, he has built
q home for base bah in this city that is
matched By few minor league cities and
compares very faypfably with many major
league plants,
Good Teara, Too.
On tho other hand. Mr.. Rourke has reor-
Eanized his team assembling set Of play
ers that should keep Omaha well UP near
the top OF the race this season and have
as good a chance IS any Of winning the
pennant This team IN many respects looks
more formidable than any the city has
had since 1904 when e won the Western
league psnnant. It embraces some young
talent OF the most promising GLASS and
some older men who have shone on large
diamonds.
They sre. el apparently, in excellent
form and eager Tor victory.
This. too. has been done at great expense.
After a decade of base bail IN Omaha, Mr.,
Rourke h determipsd to give the city all
he can In the way Of a commodious park
and winning club, That is all he can do.
His efforts in the past warrant hope for
the future. His team has seldom finished
a season m the second division. Twice It
has won pennants and several times wound
up close to the top, fighting it out with the
leaders. He has sent as many men into
the majors as most minor league magnates,
having contributed such stars as Mordecai
Brown, Jack Pfiester, Frank owens.
Charley Brown Don Ragan, Lebhardt
and others to the pitching departments
alone Of big teams.
Rest Up to the People.
The rest Of it Is. up to the people of
Omaha. They should now cooperate with
Mr.. Rourke to show him that they appre-
ciate what he has done and tried to do for
the city and them. Public and asi-pubno
bodies like the Commercial club. the Ad
club and others should take q hand and see
that when the Western league season for
@9AA opehe oh @ApFh ~ flouFho park -
filled to overfiowing. II would be nothing
but fair and right and anything short of
that would be unfair and wrong.
Such turnout would not only encourage
Pa Rourke, but It viii thrill the players
with encouragement Nothing inspires a
ball player like home support.and con-
verssly nothing depressss him like home
knocking. Let's be done with the home
knociEer. Omaha has had too much OF him.
He never did any good. but lots Of harm.
He never forced a better team or better
playing. The team may be relied on to
do It's best and its owner may be relied
upon TO maintain the best team possible,
Tor Il means more business to him. -
Way not, then, make April 20, a red
letter day In the history of Omaha base
ball, I'LL the new park, giving support and
encouragement to President Roarke and
his team