Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-07
Records Soon Disappear Under Sunshine Summer Days
GOOD OUTLOOK FOR WESTERN
Des Moines, Only Doubtful Element.
is Awake to Opportunity.
BUSINESS MEN PULL TOGETHER
Now Considered n Certainty wichita
Will Hold Place, with Frank
Isbell I'm Command and
Downtown Park.

Downtown Park.
No reason now appears why next sea-
son should not be one OF the most pros
porous the Western league has ever
known. With every club in the. league
\ having downtown park with the ex-
oeption Of Omaha and st. Joseph, there
ought to be good attendance in every
city. Although Omaha and St Joe have
/ their parks near the outskirts. they are
| so located as to be equally as good as
| IL they were in town, as far as attend
ance is concerned.
At Des Moines the chief trouble in the
past has been the location of the base
ran park and John IIleglns Now that
Higgins Is out of the way and q new
park Is almost certain, the fans are
awakening TO realize that Des Moines has
some prospects for a halt team next year
and every merchant In the city and fan
is striving to make the attendance at the
Eames next year exceed anything in the
past il is almost certain also that
"Bill" Dwyer will again be at the helm
in the 1912 season. Des Moines fans will
welcome the return of Bill as leader of
the team and with Tom Fairweather In
charge on the field there will be a pair
that should make things hum around
Des Moines. The 1911 season was one of
the most disastrous for the Des Moines
club that any team ever experienced. but
than was not Bill Dwyer's fault and the
patrons OF the game know it, Dryers
record shows that he has the ability to
handle men and to get out of them all
that they are capsble of producing in a
base ball way. The fact that he was
unable to take squad Of msfits, which
he was constantly interfered with in
handling, and to shape thom into cham
pionship team, Is no reflection on his
ability as = leader.
wichita Considered a Certainty.
1t is next to certain that Wichita will
again be with us. There is little doubt |
but what the Drummers will make big |
noise next year. With Franz: Isbell again |
in charge and with n downtown park |
which has been promised, the Wichita |
stock will be up to par and make brave |
attempts to jump above that mark. The
fans in the Kansas town are wild over
base ball and are getting into the spirit /
with such vim that It will be lucky for /
teams TO invade that town next season
and II surely has an outlook to man.
ayers which indicates a swelling in the |
urse.
With a new manager at the head Of the |
Lincoln team VINO win be a friend and |
favorite with the fans and players things |
ought to stir around the Antelopes' camp |
Bob Unglaub was not the greatest fav-
orite in Lincoln last year and to this |
fact is accredited the reason for small |
attendance. Denver will be the same |
big drawing town that It was last year
and always will be as long as Jack Hen |
p 10 nj 20
At Topeka things are still slow in COM
ing to light, but as long as Wichita gets |
back into the league there will be some |
hot rivalry between the two towns and |
which will be stretched along between |
other teams which invade the Kaw's |
territory. Topeka promises some team
next year and also some lively fans. Base !
ball seems to have taken a jump in the |
Kansas capital and the opening of the |
season is eagerly awaited. st. Joseph |
always was a good base ball town and !
with Jack Holland at the head, It win |
continue so. Jack is working all the time |
with the fans at st. Joseph and has them |
in droves at his beckon.
Sioux city i'm Smile Belt.
Little is being heard from Sioux City |
dsiue lTOm IHe CudIlBc IN OWnSIS ana the |
installment of George ("Red'O Andres as
manager and the placing Of Babe"
Towne in as regular backstop. Andres
is great favorite with his teammates
and also with the fans in the town.
Sioux City was always a ready town to
back its ball team and 1t ought to be
even better this year than il was last.
The new owners are Sioux City men and
well known
At home here there will be a base ball
team Of caliber to warrant the turning
out OF a large crowd of fans daily to
Rourke park One OF the best teams
Omaha has ever had will be placed on
the field this year and Arbogast will be
in complete charge. With good ball
team the attendance in Omaha next year
will be pne Of the best in the league.
A good ball team in Omaha never fails
to have its hackers and the fans are
always willing 10 give up any kind OF
work to turn out and see real good
ball game where the Rourkes viii have
an even chance to break even and better
with the opposing team.