Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-25
WITH THE OMAHA AMATEURS
ouigley Warns Sandlot Athletes to
Be Careful and Not Violate
Any Rules.
DRExEIs AND PARKS IN A NIX
Rr FRANK QUIaLRY.

By FRANK QUIGLBY.
You managers that have q look In 10
grab the pennant in any one OF the va
rious leagues should be careful and not
break any Of the rules. Remember that
all Of your competitors are aching for an
opportunity to caloh you asleep on the
job. They have their blinkers busy and
bad move by you would be as wei.
come as month of sunshine. All the
managers are acquainted with the way
the directors handle belligerent man,
ayers. For the benefit Of the doubtful
ones they believe that discipline should
be maintained and that drastic punish.
ment should be handed to recaIcitrant
players. 1t is immaterial 70 them how
prominent q player Is They deal with
all in a nonpartisan manner. Conse-
quently ali players that don't walk the
chalk line win dread seriously the con-
sequences Of dlsobeying the rules. espe-
cially II they are eliminated from the
championship contests. The main error
manager can make is TO negotiate
with Ineligible players. Any question of
eligibility that is brought before the
board will be investigated fully and no
mercy will be shown to the manager that
endeavors to slip something over
Jake Isaacson, president OF the Omaha
Amateur association, received q letter
recently from the secretary Of the Ma,
tionai association giving him tho par
tfculars OF the championship finals TO
ascertain the real champion amateur
class "A" team OF these United States
The initial game that Omaha is inter-
ested in win be played on September lsa
between St. Paul and Duluth. The win.
ner Of this game WIN play the winner Of
the Greater Omaha league on the follow
ing Sunday, September 26. In event the
Omaha team cops the grapes. they win
buck up against either Chicago or Louis
tville. OF course. picking these teams Is
only a prediction on the part of the
writer for the purpose OF giving the fans
and players an idea OF what to EXPECT
for the finals. II Cleveland snd Pitts
burgh both win they will play each
other and IL Omaha wins, they will play
the winner Of the Cleveland and Pitts.
Durgh contest If Omaha can win this
argument, or whoever is the winner viii
go>to San Francisco and play the win.
ner OF the elimination contests staged
in the west at the exposition grounds
some time during the latter part OF oc-
tober.
Play ON Two Teams.
When the roll call Of the directors was
called last week only a few were con.
sptcuous by their absence. The first
thing on the program was to settle the
question as to which team oBrien and
Sherer would be connected with in the
championship struggles. These two stall
warts love the game 50 much that they
play two games every Sunday, one In
the morning with the Drexel Shoe oo.
and another In the afternoon with the
Brown Park Merchants. The players
themselves are unable to formulate an
opinion. but. nsvertheiess, the directors
gave them until tomorrow to let Their
thought reservoirs digest a decision. In
case these fellows are unable to utilize
their thinking machinery the directors
will decide for them.
The contest protested between the
Brown Park Juniors and the Trimble
Brothers was ordered replayed
spaEIs OF Diamond Dust.
Reed and PTsfke picked up ten bones
and rations apiece last Thursday Work
ing as a battery IN Corning. Ih.
Molasses can't catch near as many
flies as Reagan. the chief custodian ~
the lett pasture for the Indiana.
Up at Blair, Neb., today Ducky Holmes
warriors viii co all In their power to |
trim the village horsehids handlers
In the last game Pete McQulre worked |
hits were as scarce as radium nuggeta |
Only ono was secured off his slants
According to James Rnt~i. chief OF the |
A,l,eemitos. .s,,e Carl stengel is the premier bag !
pilferer of the Greater Omaha league
IL ts a mystery difficult 70 solve how |
the Moran brothers and Probst brothers
set along hooked to the same team.
TO date the Indians have not played |
q game In Omaha. All Of their contests i
nave Deen with dllferent country burgs.
Last week James MIlota OF the Brown
fark MERCHANTS dropped back among IA ,
he spent his vacation down on the farm !
The Chicago Union Giants viii % here /
TbsH Tksin es,a. "a asxt m saturday and sunday
Luckett is the new manager Of tho
Mazdas. He would ike 10 play a few
ons-of-toWn ssas games. Cali him az south !
better every, game he ought 10 s. able
g draw q ticket for class = circles next i
The standard OIL Co. combination has
league A good decision eYen * a |
trifle late.
Although Leo Kline is pitehlng mag l
nific nan for the Bourgeois band \
nevertheless the boys fall 70 appreciate Il
his efforts.
Those Kohout colts and Kreilreks have
sure tnoculated the betting fever. Madam
hnmor has Il that they will play for
800 today.
sullivan OF the Armouru pitched AL the
games for the John Deere Plow co. al l
the Malvern. Ia, base ball tournament I
and won them all.
Those Nickel Vletrolas have not been
dlahing out that entrancing music this
season. They play ali righf. hut not
quite fast enough
The Nebraaka A,ifo sehool .v,,,la in