Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-07
PA CARDS TWO MORE
EXHIBITION TRAYS
Kansas City Blues Will Battle Our
Noble Athletes on April
and 2.
KRUG AFTER OUTFTELDERS

Through the able John A. Savage, sec
rotary Of the Kansas City American as
ISOLATION club and new Western league
magnates. Pa Rourke has booked two ex-
hibition games with the Kansas City
Blues for maha, April l and 3 This
makes six exhibition games for the
Rourkovinians, Indianapolis and the
White Sox being carded for the other
four.
pa is hot on the trail OF a couple of
outfielders, Frankly speaking, Pa has
no outfielders as yet except Aten and
Payne. But Aten and Payne are more
or less Of the rookie stage. although
Payne has proved himself a pretty good
athlete. Joe Bell and Artie Thomson
have not signed and there is chance
Bell. who is evidencinng hold-out symp-
toms may refuse TO return. Thomson
is expected to appear alright.
But Pa wants two dependable outfield-
ers, one at least, and he intends to get
EN- Marty Krug has gone to Hot
Springs where the Boston Red SoX and
Pittsburgh Pirates are training. Marty
is an old teammate of CarriGans as
Marty was a member of that worlds
championship team in 1912. 1t is hoped
Carrigan can slip Marty real out
fielder for old times sake.
Willis Signs Up.
Ralph Willis, who was kicking a bit
over terms, has signed up. Willis is the
famous exponent of the slow ball with
nothing on IT. To use a hackneyed
expression, ball players regard Ralph
as one of these chaps who have nothing
except glove and prayer. But Ralph
wins ball games for all that. so who cares
what he has?
From all reports Marty Krug is taking
his Job as manager very seriously. Marty
has departed for Hot Springs, there to go
through the boiling out process so that
he can be in trim condition to show Pas
rockies how to do it when training starts
in Omaha Marty is also learning how
TO fuss with umpires. He is taking q
fun course i'm umpire batting, learning
the most proficient manner of kicking an
jumps in the sh'ns or poking him in the
eye in addition to administering VitriolC
verbal attack without arousing the UNI
pire's ire. with good training Marty
should be able to get by in fine shape
unless sombe of ONeilrs arbitrators are
sympathizers of allies.
SPEAKING Of war. Marty has emphatic
ally denied that he has been spending the
winter keeping a compilation of the Ger
man losses druing the war. This perfid-
ious report cmanated from Cleveland, the
city where they take 1t with a spoon
and has no foundation according to Krug
He declares he has had enough trouble
figuring up the Rourke losses for next
summer in advance without worrying
over the Kaisers casualties. Marty Is
Becoming one of our best little neutrals
Is Hut Wife Said NO.
Coneth a startling bit of news from
Portland, Ore With Venice last yea
PLAYED a Portland person by the nam,
of Speck Hardness. Speck was given hi
unconditional release. and. according II
Portland advices, he was offered posi-
tons with both Omaha and New Orleans
But, alas, Speck had married Portland
Gin, whose love for the Pacific coast II
SO strong that she couldn't bear to leav'
her native land to invade the wilderness
Of Omaha. She informed her weaker hal
there would be nothing doing In Omaha
SO SpecIS was forced to sign with Aber
deem, Wash. In a class B league Thu
does woman rule the world.
Bert Bremen has been slipped his Of
fetal unconditional release and Secretar!
Farrell of the National board has dull,
registered that fact on the official docu
nentA Bert was given his Passport
last year, but the record was made agai
this spring. Now Bert is at liberty Z
eign with the Braves or the Athletics a
he ohoseA
Making n Few Repairs,
Brother Dave, the committee in charg
of the grandStand and grounds, is pre-
pairing for few repairs that must b
made before Mayor Dahlrnan chucks tn
first pill in April Dave must dig up
few new chairs for the press coop, tn
old ones having mysteriously disappeare
last fall. The manner in which they wer
lost is very much of a mystery and, car
not be determined until a sweeping II
vestgation has been made. Brother DAY
has clue, however. and expects to TIL
the culprit or culprits down in the nes
future.
Papa Rourke is getting much stuc
with his infield.. He declares Breen an
Whaien will make a minor league Collins
Barry combination. He says Whalent
a quiet sort of youth who wears a sobt
expression. It is presumed the attitud
and look are the result of some twent,
five years of effort In trying to live dow
the name OF Fenton. '-
Pa also says the harmony in the infiel
will be perfect, although whalen an
Breen are descendants OF the old sod an
Schltebner is a kaiserine Rourke saws a
three are neutrals and will be full
Pledged Rourkovinians when on the ba.
bal! field.