Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-23
ON The VARIOUS SANDLOTS
Local Amateurs to Be a Busy
Bunch Today and for
ALI Summer.
G ASSOCIATION MEETING
nt FnANK QTIGLEY.

ton organization that will make the
Omaha Amateur association fade away I
ike a calico skirt.
The main defect with their plan Is that |
they have waited too long Probably they |
arc Of the opinion that success comes 70 I
him who waits. II may occasionally, but
the writer is unable 10 conceive how any |
thing can be gained by waiting. unless !
you are employed in a cafe. When the
Omaha Amatsur association anchored in !
Omaha II had rocky road to travel. |
but now that the association has buff
feted all the storms and overcome all tie
enemies with few exceptions. Il will
be tougher proposition than the oppo
sition ever dreamed OF TO osst them from
tho base ball pedestal now occupied by
them
Today the association is as strong as
the rock OF Gibraltar and IL a mighty
bulwark.
II their criticism had any foundation
probably someone would listen 10 II. but
their sole object In 20 overthrow the as
ISOLATION because they were unable TO
manipulate the pill fast enough to make
good. what they should do is to Join
one Of the class ''B"> leagues and then
graduate TO the Greater Omaha league.
Directors 10 Meet.
Next Wednesday. May %. at the coun-
ell chamber OF the city hall the directors
OF the Omaha Amateur association will
convene This meeting will be an i'm
portRnt one. consequently all the d.
rectors aie earnestly requested to be
present. President Isaacson will submit
q constitution. which. with probably none
or few alterations, will be approved
and adopted. Several protests which will
involve the technical part OF the game
will be brought UP by various managers.
George FaIconer.
Gone. but not forgotten. lie the case Of
George ("shanty'D Falconer Although
George will never decorate a base ball
diamond again. nevertheless. most of the
local base ball manipulators. especially
the ones who knew him personally will
remember him until their hair 10 tinged
with gray and most of them until they
join George M Inhabitants OF the
Happy hunting grounds. Many Of the To-
cal contingent laid off last Sunday In TO
spect for George and the balance put on
the soft pedal during the funeral services.
George was player who will be long
remembered even by those who we're
slightly acquainted with him, because
during a game he would invariably make
some comicAl base ball remark that
would attract the attention of the fans
He was n clean. modest and efficient
amateur base ball player and could have
eahily graduated from the sandlots II he
80 desired. but George had a good trade
and he didn't care TO take on the trials
and fluctuations associated with making
good In the saiaried army. With
''shsnty' passing over the homo platter
for the final trip. the locals can account
for three the Supreme Master called in
about year. namely. Charles (''Afickey',)
barrett. Mike Dineen and George
t'shanty) Faiconer.
saturday League.
At last the Saturday class "a" league
IL on a firm footing and doing business
at the old stand. They decided only to
1 have six teams instead Of elnht Last
Year this league had less trouble than
any OF the others They never bothered
the board OF directors with their troubles,
but settled all their differences between
themselves. The following teams win
fight for the pennant. namely; Armours
Alamitos city Hall, Hotel Castle, NJ II
Smith & Co. and Midland Glass q Paint
Co. Last season the Armourv won the
championship and they expect to duplicate
this season. but they will find it starchy
proposition.
Diamond Dust.
Jensen Is again back at Hooper. Neb.,
stopping the pills behind the hit station.
A new acquisition, labeled Kriegler,
viii wear Williams Pharmacy uniform
Gurnett Of the. Murphy Did Its hinged
, one on the noodle for the limit against
the Walter G. clarks.
Art Moran clouted out a home run with
the bases intoxicated during the BURGESS
| Nash-Kiipatrick fandango.
Heck aud Dode Hubatka are the sling
ers and Stepenek In the receiver for the
Williams Pharmacy dudes,
Last Sunday Gentleman's Athletics
poet to grab the long end to-day.
Some fast gang ought to hook Ralph
futile. lie "A a fast inflelder and some
hitsmith. Chris Lyck, take notice.
Charles Kane says the Hotel Castle
children VIII make the speed merchants
sit up and blink before many moons.
What do you know about Raymond
Tyrus Young floating back into the game.
He Ia now hitched TO the City Hall crew.
Sol ,Novitsky, crack first baseman OF
] the Chris Lycks. wants to be released.
Manager Kelly doesn't like 20 unite Sol
To date the Rambiers have rambled
! away with all their games. Looks like
grapes for them I'm the National league.
Norton Is doing excellent work on the
slab for Hayden Bros, He makes ten or
more belt the wind fruitlessly every game.
One OF our old-time base ball lights
| Milton Schaeffer. glided out of town last
week. He viii be stationed at Oklahoma.
Oki
smith OF the Mazdas only allowed four
hits against the Nickel Victrolas. When
smith Is right he Is a tough Indian TO
trim
Roy Stacey pulled eight hard chances
out OF the clouds last Sunday without a
wobble and he also looked good with the
stick.
AZ last Il looks like BENJAMIN Kennedy
Is behind a winner. Ben digs up the
maHuma for the Kennedy a Beselin base
ball team.
II The number thirteen doesn't seem to
bother Phil Aloud OF the Omaha Printing
Co. because he whitfield thirteen sluggers
last Sunday.
Butler. who used TO stop the pills be
hind the stick for Kearney OF the State
leasue. I. now signed up 70 catch Tor the
Joe Smiths.
Joseph Brown has jumped back into
lny 49, pe.l elStie- - - " INV maylhf