Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-14
ROURKE SQUAD Is
ABOUT MADE UP.
But One Fast Twirler is Needed and
Pa Will Be Satisfied with
Outlook.
TWO CONTRACTS ALREADY liz
Wanner and Adams First to Send in
Signed Papers.
ARB0GAST TO MANAGE TEAM
Last Years Skipper to Have Com
plete Charge of Men,
G0NDMG TO COACH TwIRLERS
Veteran Backstop to Travel to
Joplin to show Recruits Few
Things He Has Taught
other Fingers.
G0NDNG TO COACH TwIRLERS

With one faSt pitcher needed Pa Rourke
announces the completion of his 1872
squad. Pa has now several deals pend
ing whereby he may land the much
needed pitcher. With this one Finger on
his list. RouIke will have the best team
he has had in several yelrs. a @
The infisld whom Pa has secured for
this season cannot possibly be beat by
any Glass A team in the country.
With the acquisition last Tuesday Of
Johnny Wanner the infield was COM
pleted. Here It is: First base, Jimmy
Kane; second base. Johnny wanner, third
base, Bert Niehoff; pitchers, Hall, Lott,
Fentress. Sindelar. Kelley, Rhodes, Rob-
inson and another star.
The outfield for next season also will
be some hummer. Thomson will In all
probability be back in his old position at
center field. Coyle, Sours and Adams,
the latter new one. viii make up the
outfield. Anderson also is owned by Pa
Rourke yet and my be seen in the out
field next season.
Pa Rourke has received two contracts,
one from Johnny wanner. the first to be
received. and the other from John Adams,
g former Northwestern Lacquer, who was
picked up by Arbogast.
The players on the 1912 Rourke team
will be a bunch of real ball players. all
having played at least five years In
class b leagues or better.
Arbogast Manager. -.
Al.
son as manager OF last years team win
again be at the helm this season and he
will have complete charge Of the team.
He is from the coast. having spent his
boyhood days In Seattle. He was with
the Boston Americans for a while and
no complaint could be found with his
catching. but he could not hit sufficiently
to warrant that club carrying him on
the payroll. consequently he was sold
TO the Columbus club Of the American
association. Here the club was over
stocked with backstops and Pa was able
TO purchase him outright from that club,
Arbogast seems to be a born leader and
respects his men and In return expects
them to respect him. He is great on
discipline and believes that all his players
should give all they hay. to the club
they represent ...
In speaking Of manager for next years
team Pa said: II believe that 1 could
not have secured a better manager Cor
my team than "Arby' II had searched
all the major lee CUES. When | tell him
10 do q certain thing he does 1t and
do not have to worry any more about
il. He is heady man and knows how
to handle his men so that he gets the
most out of them. When we get to Joplin
/ am going to let him have full control OF
the regular players, while take care of
the recruits and youngsters. l am going
10 put team in the field next season
that will be q credit to Omaha and TO do
that / am sparing no cost. In the ae-
QUESTION of Wanner l believe that l will
have the best infield in the league"
Have Played Together.
The fact that wanner and Justice, the
new shortstop. played ball together Il
1909 and know each others style Of play
means q big thing to the Rourke infleld
next season. Justice is lsuded to the
skies by Pa Rourke and every magnate
who ever saw him perform. He is heaay
player and knows base ball from A to e
He is a great hitter and a base runner.
30 NY wanner, the new second
baseman comes to Omaha well recon-
mended by a long record which would
bare inspection Of the minutest descrip-
ton. In four different years and In four
different leagues wanner lead the second
basemen. And in every case Wanner lead
in base stealing. His base stealing is
big feature. Justice W also some base
stealer. With these two men added to the
base stealing aggregation already owned
by Pa things ought to be doing when the
men get on bases next year.
Jimmy Kane was among the top notch
ers in base stealing last year and Berthe
Niehoff was not far behind him. II these
men are placed in such manner on the
batting list SO as to allow them to get
on bases at the same time it is a GER
tsinty that the opposing team is going
TO be in some great danger Of being
scored on.
II one Of these men get on base and
Jimmy Kane comes TO bat there is also
going to be something doing which will
be relIshed by the fans.
Kane last year made record for him
self in the bunting game and be got SO
that he could lay a ball down on eilhC.
side OF the bag just as easy as he could
lift II out over the heads OF the in
feIders and just out Of reach o. the
outfielders.
There is a certainty that the new pitch
ers and the youngsters who have designs
on the regular staff this year are goiGs
to get some experience at joplin Johnny
Gouding Is going to be eaTted down Il
Joplin for the express purpose 0f handisns
the pitchers. THIS in itself will be a graz
benefit 10 the Rourkes as Johnny is
known 10 be one CT the best developer
Of pitchers in the country. Some OF N
bsst pitchers in the country have bsa
developed by Gonding. Chief among them
are Mcroecai Brown. Jack PfsisteF. Frsns
owens. Tom Hughes. Glenn L.ebh4Tt an
Pat Ragan the star pltcher OF tbs
brooklyn club.