Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12
NEW GROUNDS NEARLY READ,
Location of the Diamond to Be Some
what Changed.
"a IS SEEKING A NEW NAME
CONTEST IS TO START TODAY
All Answers Must ne I'm BY Next sat
uFday Evening When n Season
Ticket VIII BE Given 20
the winner.


Pas Colts VIII be straying into Omaha
the latter part OF this seek and one week
from tomorrow the training season viii
start at the park grounds. It viii last
Just month and an odd day. giving
thirty days for the Rourkes to prepare
themselves for the pennant scramble, and
just thirty-two days for the ever-on-the-job
predicters and newspaper scribes to pick
the winning Western Lacquer
The new base ball park is coming along
In fine style and ali that remains to be
done Is to place few more of the seats
In and finish the painting This will be
finished this week and next Sunday the
park will be ready for the summers ball.
It's not safe to venture near the smoke
house these days unless you are fully pre-
pared to enthuse over some special feature
OF the park.
As to the team Papa. Bill will stand just
about pat Standing pat in Pas ideas is
to watch those players like hawks aud II
there's a chance to better Il Omaha fans
are not a little bit worried but what Mr.
Rourke viii be on the job.
With the addition of Jack Farrell, the
Chicago amateur, to the list the infied
looks about complete Farrell Will try out
here and II he makes good viii probably
help out during the summer. Farrell is
rated as a third baseman. but may be
placed as a utility infielder Herr Boss
schipke announces that he is feeling fine
and dandy and ready to tackle that third
base.
Old-Timers Warm Up.
An the last week schipke, GondIng and
Graham have been wearing down the rough
spots on the diamond with little practice
There are always dozen or so of the other
professional ball sharks OF the city The
fans.sre going out to the grounds in force
every afternoon TO take a look around
watch the players perform a few minutes
and go away wishing that the season was
started.
Pa has been considering for some time
the purchasing OF a new pitcher from one
Of the big leagues, but Il is unlikely that
any such deal will be completed untfl after
the regular season has begun. Then one
OF the lads who has found the majors a
wee bit too fast for him will probably
come here TO burn things up while learning
g little more base ball
The Rourkes will spend their training
days at the Omaha park For a time a
trip into the state and playing some OF the
towns In the Nebraska State league and
the Mink league was considered, but this
has been given zap. The uncertainty Of
the weather and the fact that few OF the
Nebraska State league squads would be-
in any shape has decided Pa that Omaha
wlll be fine.
The plans OF the new park place the
infield out farther into the grounds than
the old diamond and this viii make Il
necessary TO break in the new field during
training season. 1t win be a little hard
20 play around first, but by the time April
and the first exhibition game arrives
the field will be fairly hard.
Out Goes the transportation.
Johnny Gondlng Is in bad around the
smoke house. Johnny has been guilty OF
the one great offense. trying to bet on the
great national game, His betting book is
on the first man into Omaha when the
transportation checks are sent out to-
morrow. Johnny's bookmaking bet is that
friend Agnew from up In the state will be
the first man into Omaha.
What viii be the name Of the new Omaha
base ball park? Pa Rourke. acting for the
Omaha Base Ball club, is offering a season
ticket TO the park for the year 1911 for the
best name sent In to the Omaha Base Bail
club before next Sunday.
The rules OF the contest leave It open TO
both men and women fans. only one name
being accepted from each person. The con-
test opens this morning. and as the first
one OF similar choice OF names will re-
eeive the prize, the sooner the answer is
in the better.
committee Of the ball players and
members OF the club will Judge the contest
and VIII make known the winner next
Saturday night