Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-01
PA AND DICK MAKE SCHEDULE
Grotte Thinks He Has Won the Fifty
Offered for the Best.
PLAN HAS MANY GOOD POINTS
Zach Team VIII he at Home During
the Time of ITS BiE Fairs and
Each Has Twelve Home
sundays.

President O'NeH starts from California
today or tomorrow 70 be present at the
annual schedule meeting OF the Western
league to be held in st. Joseph, Mo-.
February y. And incidental with the an
nouncemeut Of his coming east Pa Rourke
declares that be has a schedule framed
up that will win the commentator Of all
concerned
Pa and Dick Grotte. another OF the
mathematioians of the omaha Bass Ball
club. have been diligently studying and
working on their idea OF schedule for
some time and they announce that they
have one that Is as nearly perfect as is
possible. And they are going down to ST.
Joseph prepared 70 boost for their plan.
No team will be away from home more
than twelve days by the Omaha base
ball mems plan. This in itself is sub
stantial part Of the building up Of the
series Of games OF the year In addition
to this, the two swear that they can
prove by actual calculated figures. that
there will be a decided decrease in the
total mileage Of the league for the year
The plan is TO have the eastern four
teams open with each other and the vest
ern in the same manner. Thus the open
ing DAYS Of the series would be April II
and Is. Although Il is up to the magnates
at their meeting TO decide whether the
eastern fonr shall open April p and the
western April 25, or vice versa.
Hsme for FaIrs.
Another little Interesting item in favor
OF the schedule as drawn up by Pa and
his assistant Richard is that the two
have planned 70 have every team on the
circuit home for the fairs, state and other
wise, that are to be held at these towns.
Lincoln, Topeka and Des Moines all have
state fairs during the month Of septem-
Der and each OF these will be at home
fair week" Omaha has its AlS-ssr- Ben.
and although the base ball season will
close october 1, a port Of the Ak-Sar-Ben
will be covered Sioux City has it's Tri-
state fair and St Joseph has fair event.
All Of these are covered by the teams
being home fair week, and this, assert
President Rourke and Dick Grotte, is emf
nently fair.
Each of the teams has twelve Sunday
games ut home. thus effectually settling
the Sunday question fairly and decisively.
The three holidays, July 4, May 30 Me
mortal day., and September Labor day.,
are settled as fairly as As possible
The teams as a general rule move on
Saturday, thus opening Sunday in the new
town. With no team away more than
twelve days and the schedule problems
settled very fairly, Pa and Dick expect
their plan 10 20 through with possibly a
few changes 10 meet the ideas Of other
clubs. ga..s..~.a
I'VE tried 10 treat all fairly and think
we have made up the best schedule we
ever had in the Western league" is their
statement And I'm going 10 get that
fifty O'Neiif prornised FOR the best sched-
ule.' declared Gtotte tA
There is some talk ofhaving the date
OF the meeting changed from February
u to February by the 81. Joseph men
The Ad club OF ST. Joseph and the base
ball men there have planned quite an en-
tertainment for the Visiting masnates. and
as the prehent date. February II, is Lin
coins birthday and sunday. they would
IKE TO have il changed.