Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-11
ALL MANAGERS ARE OPTIMISTIC
Chicago Meeting Puts All Magnstes
in High Glee.
WICHITA IS ALL WORKED UP
Loss of the Team Last Season Puts
the Fans on Edge.
HENDRICKS SAYS TO LOOK OUT
He Expects TO Repeat Last
Years Performance and
Keep the Old Rag.

Pa Rourke is of the belief that the
Western league will this year experience
the most successful season IL has ever
known. After talking over conditions OF
the league at the meeting in Chicago he
is very optimistic.
The Wichita contingent to the sched-
ule meeting promised the other club
owners that they would not be sorry that
the Kansas town was again taken back
into the fold when they brought their
respective teams to Wichita this season.
They reported that the fans in their
town were keyed UP 10 the highest pitch
and eagerly awaiting the opening Of the
season. They said that the people In
that town are all of the opinion that q
pennant winning team will be put on the
field and there is little doubt but what
the other magnates will make money In
Wichita this season. The taking away
Of the team last summer did more to-
wards making Wichita great base ball
town than any other method which could
have been thought of.
'Des Moines is another town" said Pa
Rourke. which is going to be big pay
Ing town this season. With Isabel and
Fairweather at the helm there 10 little
doubt that Des Moines will put strong
aggregation In the field. site has
already been chosen In which TO play
the games and work will start within
the next few days 10 get II into shape.
The fans OF Des Moines are backing the
two new owners with publicity and good
will, and II is almost certain that base
ball will be q big drawing card there
this year, The team win be called to re-
port on March Is, and Frank Isabel will
so out on the field himself and work
with his men.
Topeka Brussels Up.
Topeka until recently had been quiet,
but now that Dale Gear has started to
work the game Is booming in the Capitol
City. The team will go TO Texas for
three weeks training trip and will play
with other teams on the way homs. Gear
has entered his work with q will and
determination to put a first-class team
In the field to represent Topeka, and his
work has got the fans y thst town
worked up so that il win be gbod town
for other teams to enter THE season.
Almost every player has been signed UP
for the 1879 team and plans are how being
made for the coming spring training
trip"
Lincoln. according TO Rourke will have
team this year which will be hard 10
beat. Since Don Despair has gotten
things into shape he has been having
clear sailing and is assured OF the COM
fort Of all the fans in the town. LIN
coin Is always a good drawing town, and
with manager on the field who will be
favorite with the fans. there is no rea-
son why Lincoln should not be one OF
the best towns In the league. Last year
Lincoln was third town IN the league In
point Of attendance and a good many
fans were kept away from the park on
account Of Bob unglaub. who was not
the most eongenial msnager in the
league.
Hanlon at Sioux City.
Ed Hanlon. one of tho new owners Of
the Sioux City team. who was elected vice
president Of the league at the Chicago
meeting. came armed with promising re-
port OF the way the Sioux City fans are
working with Red" Andreas to get
pennant winning team this season. Every
body. according to Hanlon. is base ball
mad in the Iowa city and he believes that
this will be the best base ball year Sioux
City has known. Tho fans do not miss
Tom Falrweather as much as IL was
thought they would and the new owners
being Sioux City business men they are
well received by the fans.
Jack Holland will again be at the helm
Of the Josies. Holland is well liked in ST.
Joseph and II any body can get the fans
out TO the games 1t is the old boy him
self. Holland has promised his towns
people a high class base ball aggrega-
ton this year and when Jack says he is
going to have a real base ball team the
other teams in the league begin to prick
up their ears and get down to hard
work. Jack Holland had team last year
which finished second and he says his
team. this year will finish better than
that. so 1t is plainly evident that Holland
is going to go after the ray from the word
go. st. Joseph usually supports its base
ball team in q good shape and very few
kicks were ever made against the week
day and Sunday crowds there.
Hendricks Says He VIII Repeat.
At Denver Jack Hendricks is working
like beaver and with the support OF the
fans he says he will repeat last years
stunt. But Hendricks will have seven
teams TO put away before he grabs
the coveted rag and in every case the
other seven teams will be about 100 per
cent better than they were last year.
Denver's support OF her base ball team Is
good and although the jumps from the
eastern towns out there are long the
visitors are usually well repaid.
In Omaha there Is little doubt but fast
team will be put in the field this year.
Pa Rourke is doing his utmost to get up
pennant winning aggregation and the
fans will surely back him this yeason.
as the class Of ball his men viii put up
will demand large crowds. There are but
four or five men out now who has nes
signed up for this season and Bill e.