Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-03
NAME PLAYERS WHO GO SOUTH
fa Rourke Orders Tventy-Three
Players to Report at Joplin.
TRANSPORTATION SENT TO MEN
Players Living or Playing on Coast
Get Tickets First.
ETCHING STAFF LOOKS GOOD
Eleven HurIsrs Now ON the List and
nourke Thinks lie Has the Best
Buneh of rii1serS in the
Western League.

While the sun is ssylfAg below the
tay, or ten days from today, Pa RouTke.
accompanied By one or two OF his pro-
icges, wiz be boarding a train at the
Union depot. sound Tor the sunny south
in general ami JopliE In particular, there
~ train for tarec weeks preparatory to
the opening OF tie Western league base
4 Lali season on april ?.
Twenty-Five players will take the trip
d. Joplin. THIS was decided by Pa Rourke
YESTERDAY and he gave out the list OF
players who will lie ordered TO report at
tie Missouri town or March Is, Twenty
three players wegc named b. Rourke and
two more are expected 10 80 who have
nat yet hecr purchased, but fos whom
Ia has bis hook eat ard says he has
M d1nht but lie VIII set them before the
\ end OF this week. fac list Of players who
10 to Jopl!IiNis made up Of three catchers,
eight pitchers sCgeH infielders and i've
outfieiders. Tae eEtcacrs are Gonding.
t'ampfield and ArhoEas,. The pitchers are
Fcntress. Robinson. RhoGes. Christensen.
Ryan. Hall Lotx and Hicks. The infield-
ert are kanc. wanner. Justice. Niehoff,
Moore, Scanlon AMI Farrell; outfielders.
Coyle, Thomason. Sours. schoonoyer and
Ice.
Pr on the Hustle.
The omaha nlagnate Is buster than the
proyerbial bee. now that he has disposed
Of his cigar store and taken up the actN-
tiles OF preparing for the coming ban
season. transportation will be sent to-
morrow 10 the players who are living or
playing ball on the Pacific coast. Tne
other tickets vii not be sent until next
sunday.
Pc was in a very communicative mood
Yesterday ana diseoursed at some length
on the merits of his players and the team
in general. According to his way OF
thinking Omaha is to have the best team
/, has had in years. The spring training
trim. saws Pa Rourke. is the key TO sue
cess. because he knows that his roster OF
nlayera ia made OF the best TO be hao'
They are all seasoned players, having had
I'm almost every case at least I'VE years
experience IN professional league ball
Especially 10 Pa pleased with his piteh-
ing staff. At present there are eieVen
huriers on this staff. but only eight waii
make the trip TO the sunny SOUTH 1in-
delar, Cooke and Kelley. all OF last year
team. viii not make tho trip. the TWO
farmer players need more seasoning and
Keeley. IL is feared. has not entirety re-
covered from the injuries he received IN
tho lndianola wreck last spring
.af rirChErH.
Much confidence is placed In han anu
Fentress this year by Magnate Eourke'
Robinson is another who Is expected 10
show IN well. All three Of these players
worked with the Rourkes last year ana
gave promise Of having the stuff TINS
YEAR. Robinson is the best spit Dan
artist I'm the Western league when ne
gets the splitter to working. but II II
don't get working he 10 lamoasted 70
every corner Of the field. However, In |
a letter 70 Pa Rourke the other day Rob- |
inson said he thought he would have the
sl,my ball under control this year and Is
going TO work hard to get up In the big |
leagues again.
Fentress last year was farmed out TO |
the STATE league for awhile, but began |
going right and was jerked back to |
the Omaha fold near tina close OF the
season and gave some good exhibitions
OF real live ball shooting. Hall Is ex-
pected TO be the mainstay this year OF the /
.kurlers. Last year he was the most con-
sistant worker Of the bunch, but was IN /
clined at times to be wild. Among the 1
new twlrlers, Pa has taken considerable
interest in wild jack Ryan and Hans
Christensen. Ryan Is known to be some
finger when he gets started and he has
promised Bill that he would give him all
he has this year and work hard This is
all that Pa asks and he says If the new
fellow will keep his word there is going
10 be sons hurting on the Omaha staff. /
Christensen is a new one In professional
ball, but he has worked against some OF
the best pitchers in the Western league
and has put them all away.
The best thing about Christensen"
said Rourke. is that he knows that he
does not know all about the game. He is
willing and eager TO learn. and when a
recruit feels that way there is sure TO be
some good come Of il ! am going to give
Christensen every opportunity in the
world to show what he is made Of and
] will give him over to Johnny Gonding
for culturing and believe that In him
j have made find
Harry Hicks. the southpaw. will also
be heard from. He comes with a good
bunch OF recommendations and Pa Is Of
the belief that he viii deliver the goods
this year. As to the infield there is no
doubt but what IL looks TO be the best
in the Western league and IT is filled I
with youngsters who know the game.
The outfield is practically unknown
factor yet and Bill has not decided who
will fill the three positions. but he has
the material TO fill the places with and
there is every reason TO believe tina,
Omaha viii be amcas The top ones all
season I,
Basket Ball Loses.
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