Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-24
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Veterans and Yannigans to Line Up
at Miners Park at Jop-
lin, No.
MEN ARE IN GOOD CONDITION
Fine Weather Has Helped Round the
Squad Into Shape.
ARB0GAST TO LEAD VETERANS
His outfield Will Be of Some Real
Glass.
G0NDNG HUSTLES YANNIGANS
Every Member of the Training Crew
VIII Take Part In the Contest
This Afternoon.-Rourke
Likes the Outlook.
G0NDNG HUSTLES YANNIGANS

JOPLIN. Mo, March Especially
When the veterans and the yannigans
meet Sunday afternoon in the opening
game of the year at Miners preserve,
which they undoubtedly Will, judging
from weather conditions today, Joplin
fans will rest assured they will witness
some corking good ball.
With but one or two exceptions. the
big squad OF players here in charge Of
Manager Arbogast are very nearly ready
to jump in and play tip top base ball.
The fact that the men have had good for
tune in having the best of weather condl-
tons, excepting a day or two. has helped
wonderfully In getting everyone In shape
to play the game as 1t should be played.
Two long sessions of the strenuous stuff
has been on tap every day since the
crowd invaded the mining center-omit-
ting those days when 1t was too crimpy
TO work-and the results accomplished be-
speak corking good season for the
Omaha club And with nearly three
weeks of labor ahead. and the best Of
weather forecasted. Arbogast believes he
will have his squad on edge and ready
for the call of play ball" when the sea
son opens at home.
All in Action.
Sunday afternoons game is to see every
member Of the training crew In action,
Arbogast announced this evening that he
Is to pilot the veterans through the bat
tie while Johnnie Gonding will be the
guiding star for the juves. Either Lott
or Ryan will start the mound work for
the goofs. and Rhoades and Hall will
split the shift on the slab for the oldsters'
The veterans will have Arby to depend
on under the bat Kane at first Wanner
at second station, Neihoff at third and
Justice at short. The outfield will be
populated with Artie Thomson, Coyle
and schoonover. A very formidable ar
ray. that.
With Gonding aesng backstop work Tor
the colts, the youngsters believe they
win have an even break for win, con-
siderIns that Ryan and Lotz are to do
their hurting. At the first stop they
probably will have VIII Scanlon, Num-
ncke at third and Farrell either at second
or short, and Campfield alternating with
him. In their outfield will be found l..
II. sours, Robert E. Lee and Carl Rob
inson.
some Utility Men.
This lineup will leave Pat Hearn, Girls
Hanson and Moore playing the bench
They will, however. be given an oppor-
unity to show off before the day Is ended
Those included in the lineup for the
two teams are in the pink Of condition
sours is the particular apple of Pas eye
lust now because he has been showing
up wonderfully well. He hits 'em into
plowed ground right along. There is no
question but that sours will make the
regular squad this summer. II Pas re-
marks at this stage Of the season can be
taken as a criterion.
Practice work this week has brought
the boys up to an excellent standard and
they're all rounding into form in most
surprising manner. Long before the team
starts north, at the rate the players are
now showing, they Will be ready to enter
the pennant chase. hard as flint pebbles,
with perfect wind and in shape to put ny
a scrap from the first ball.