Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-14
ROURKES AWAY FOR WEEK
Pa is Still Trying to Strengthen Up
His Family.
TWO NEW PLAYERS ARE ADDED
ROurke IL stan ON the Lookout for
Chance 60 Strengthen Hts
Pitching staff-LOts In
Good Form.


But one more week away from home and
the Rourkes will come back to Omaha to
play series Of six games They will
then leave for two DAYS and return for
two more games At home.
One week from Tuesday is the date Of
the next game At home on that day the
Colts will open a three game series with
the Lincoln team. Three games will then
be played with the Wichita team. Imme-
diately following the last game the
Omaha boys will jump 10 Denver, where
two games will be PLAYED there The team
will then Jump back to omaha for two
games with Topeka, and then leave for
thirteen days on the road. on which trip
they will meet Lincoln, Denver. Topeka
and Wichita.
on Monday. May p. the RourHes will
have an off day. which is given them for
travel. The team, however, will arrive
home on the 22d and take a much needed
rest.
With half OF the present trip over. the
Rourkes have been PLAYING loose sort Of
ball due probably to the inability of the
players to get together on team work
The pitching staff has not been able to
get going, but Rourke is now out after
new men for this branch of the line up
and will in all probability have a couple
of new pitchers on his staff inside Of two
weeks time
Two new men have been acquired for
the field. Car Neihoff, the heavy hitting
third sacker who was seen with the Des
Mones aggregation last year, and who
went to Pittsburg and later to Iudiansp-
oils, will Join the Rourkes at Topeka to-
morrow morning
On Tuesday morning Gus Williams, a
former South Omaha boy and recently of
the Monmouth team of the Central asso-
citation, is the other PLAYER acquired by
Pa Rourke This youngster was sensa-
ton in the Central association last year
and will be seen in the right garden when
the team appears at home.
With these two new men it is thought
that the team will be strengthened about
80 per cent Manager Schipke, who has a
bum knee, viii be able to get out of the
game in favor Of Neihoff. This move ~
make Kneaves' position much easier for
him. What the change in the outfield
will be is still undecided.
The Omaha fans have not given up
hope and attribute the numerous losses on
the trip to an early season slump. it is
predicted by those who know that Omaha
will pick up on the second wing of the
present trip and come back home with a
place in the first division. Rourke is
doing everything possible to bring the
boys together and get them started again
He has given all the youngsters who have
been on the sick list all the freedom they
needed but has not had enough men to
substitute in their places and unsatisfac-
tory changes In the line up have been the
result,
All the pitchers on the team have taken
a slump with the exception of Lott, who
appears to be right this year, and at the
present time is the mainstay of the pitch
ing staff He pitched a remarkable game
at home against Sioux City and held them
to two hits and no runs in six innings,
after Rhodes had been batted for four
hits and five runs in three innings Thurs
day he made a great showing against the
Lincoln team. and 1t was his pitching that
won the game. He. however, weakened
in the eighth inning after holding tho team
to two scores and one hit.