Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-31
TwENTY.EIGRT on THE LIST
Eight Pitchers to Be Called at the
Start for the Tryout.
GoNDING AGAIN BEHIND THE BAT
Many New Faces to Be Seen Among
Members of Rourke Family.
SEEKS SOME OF Major LEAGUES
Testing Grounds TO BE at Joplin and
After Working Out There the
bunch VIII Como Home
for Practice Games.

he first step in lining up the 1872 Omaha
base bal team will start this week when
Pa Rourke SENDS out contracts to the
twenty-eisht players owned Dy him. The
contracts VIII be mailed Tuesday
In order to comply with the rules OF
the National commission the contracts
must be sent to all players owned by the
club on or before February l. To avoid
hold-outs, Pa has decided to send his
contracts out right away and thus re-
ceive them back before many weeks have
passed, Those who will receive contracts
are:
misunderstanding. Agnew, Arbosast
and Campfield.
Pltchers-Lotz, Kecley, Robinson, Hall,
Frentess, Rhodes, sIndelar and Cook.
First BaseTnen-Kane and Porkorney,
Second Basemen-Moore and Scanlon.
Third Basemen-Niehoff and Sehipke,
Short Stop-,Tustice. Farrell, Kneaves
and Ward.
Observation-Disclosures, Coyle, Anderson.
Sours, Schoonover and Lee.
some Trades In sight.
\ Pa Rourke does not intend TO take his
whole squad to Joplin with him. He has
received several offers for some OF his
men already and as soon as he gets
back his contracts he will probably make
a few deals. At least two trades are In
sight whereby Pa will receive a couple
&of pitchers and infielders. At present
PA is after pitchers ana has his lines
cast for couple OF major ieaguers. II
is his present Intentions to take about
twenty-three men to Joplin with him and
give them ali q chance to make the team.
l.oT. 41,aYa al NH
are not now on the Rourks roster, but
who will be at Joplin when the first days
practice begins.
IT do not think there will be many
hold-outs this year." said Pa Rourke
yesterday. IAN Of the regulars who
played on last years team will send their
contracts back signed almost as soon as
they receive them. hTe reason for this
is that every manager in the country Is
seeking to sell and there 10 hardly a
buyer in any OF the leagues OF present.
The chief cause for the email number Of
buyers is accredited to the poor base ball
season last year when only three leagues
in the country made any money. don't
think there viii be many hold-outs in
any part Of the country this year as every
player wants to DO sure Of a berth and
the managers are not going to put up
with any foolishness on the parts Of the
players"
Jim Kane Ready.
Jim Kane recently wrote to Pa Rourke
and expressed himself as being ready for
the tap OF the gong. He said he was In
good condition and was aching to get
back into the game again. Thomason Is
also anxiously waiting for the season TO
open and thinks that the spring training
trip next March will do more good for the
team than any other plan Pa could have
hit upon.
Pa Rourke's team will not be the only
one in the league that will make a spring
training trip. Denver has decided to
make a trip into Texas as 1t did last year
: and Topeka announced yesterday that the
Mail team would make trip into Texas.
The Kaws will make the trip to Ttoga,
Tex, a town Of 1000. about sixty miles
north OF Fort Worth. March 20 has been
decided as the date to report az Tioga-
The Rourkes will report at Joplin March
Js ana will practice there every day for
twenty-five days and will then jump
straight to Omaha and will play week
with American association and major
league teams.
owing to the number Of teams making
training trips next spring. Pa Rourke
thinks that 1912 will produce one of the
best races ever seen in the western
league.