Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-10
CHRISTENSEN IS FEELING FIT
Those Who Do Not Go with Rourke
Will Report on March Is.
ALL Is READY FOR THE INVASION
Sun Has Been Shining at Joplin and
Everything is Fine.
MUCH PRACTICE IS IN sToRI
Several Games Have Been Scheduled
/ with Major and Minor Teams
and Joplin VIII Jump Into
/ the Battle Also.

Pa Rourke and his players for Joplin.
The Omaha magnate and three OF his
players will leave Omaha Tuesday night.
The three players who report to Rourke
on March Il are Lott. one OF last years
pitchers; sours. q new outfielder. and
Christensen. another recruit pitcher.
Christensen arrived in Omaha today feel
ing mt and fine and says he Is ready for
the trip south. Lott will arrive In Omaha
tomorrow and sours will get here Tues
day morning. The rest Of the players
are mot expected to report before March
Is ct Joplin. but Pa and few Of the
bunch win be there a day in advance.
AT Kansas City Rourke will pick up Jus
tice, the new shortstop; Thomson. last
years sensational and star fielder. and
Charley Arbogast. who will manage the
Rourkes this year.
Grounds I'm Good shape.
Al lstter received yesterday from Joplin
says that everything Is ready for the In
vasion Of the Omaha ball team. The
grounds are in good shape and the snow
has left the ground. The sun has been
aiming all last week and the grounds
are In excellent condition for ball play
ing. The weather is snappy and just
right for a bunch OF ball players. Tia
weather, however, Is not what could be
called balmy. but with few more days
Of sunny weather real base ball could
get secured. Mark Hall. who Is In Jop-
I'm and who is managing the Rourke's
affairs until Pa and his bunch arrive.
says the Commercial club Of that city
has fixed the diamonds up In great shape
and tho fans can hardly walt until the
omahogs arrive on the scene. He also
said that two OF the Omaha players have
already arrived at that town, but he did
not say who they were.
Arbogast wrote three letters to Pa
Rourke last week and each one tried to
urge the Omaha magnste to get down to
Joplin earlier than March Is. II am all
up In the air" said Arby. ''and ] want to
get 70 work again. ! believe the compact
OF q splitter into my mitt viii make me
feel better than anything else In the
world. am Just aching to get back into
the game and II seems a century ago
since / bad a breast protector and a
glove on my hand"
Plenty of Practice.
There is no doubt but what the Rourkes
will get all the practice necessary while
they are in tn Missouri town. Word has
been received that Joplin will have its
team organized and In Joplin shortly
after the Rourkes arrive, so that both
teams will have plenty OF practice play
ing each other. Pa Rourke has also
scheduled several games with the majors
and the American association teams, be-
sides at least six games with Western
league teams while in Joplin. The st. |
Louis Cardinals and Browns have been
signed up for two games each, and the |
Chicago White sox will play two games.
Kansas City Will come down from their
home town to play with the Rourkes.
and Minneapolis and St Paul will also
play two games each. From the Western
league Wichita, ST. Joseph and Topeka |
viii be seen in games against the Rourkes
at Joplin
Trunks Ahead.
Two large trunks filled with para
phernalia has been sent to Joplin al |
ready and two. more trunks will go down
with Pa Rourke and the three players
Tuesday night A base ball cage, which |
will be used behind the bat. has already |
been received at Joplin and is now walt |
ing to be used. This cage is placed d. |
rectly behind the batters' box and does |
away with a catcher during practice. |
The catchers will then have more time |
70 devote to the pitchers and the recruits. |
Pa Rourke has made plans so that Arbo- |
CAST win have complete charge Of the
regular players while Pa will take care
Of the recruits. with the exception OF |
the pitchers, who viii be turned over 10 |
Johnny Gonding. The latter will have
nothing to do but develop star twirlers.
Home After Tryouts
When the Rourkes cease training al |
Joplin they will be bunch Of good !
trained men. While in the south they 1
will live on diet which win have the /,
tendency to build up body and nerves.
As soon as the training season lie closed |
the regulars viii jump home. They will |
arrive in Omaha April L. On April Is |
and Il they will play with lincoln at |
lincoln. They win then come to Omaha
and play two games with the Antelopes.
on April 10 and IS. The bunch will then
practice every morning until April 10. |
when they viii open the season here with |
Sioux City. After four games with the I
Sioux they so to Des Moines for four
games