Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-20
.SANDLOT GOSSIP STARTS
Annual Mass Meeting Of Players
and Fans Will Be Held Tues
day at City Hall.
CHANGES IN CONSTITUTION
By FRANK aUIGLEY.

blocks away, the local base ball gladia-
tors have already started to ch'rD about
the prospects for the approachlpg sea-
son, At the present writing the fever
Is only in a mild form, but before many
moons whistle by the temperature will
reach the limit.
Next Tuesday night at the council
chamber of the city hall. a biz mass
meeting of all the base ball players. fans
and anyone concerned will be held at
s o'clock. Different matters relative 20
the season will be discussed and any
ideas which will have tendency to
help conditions, will he given duo con-
sideratlon by the board OF directors. sew
eral prominent base ball men Of pro-
fessional repute will attend the meet
ing and hand out some gratis advice.
The fire fighters are especially anxious
to invade the Mercantile league this :car
and exert all their energy 10 put the
other squads out of the race. They
will organize two teams, so that when
one squad Is on duty during .he day. the
night squad will toss the sphere Charlie
Coe will lead one tribe and II has not
been definitely decided who will be the
main gaEaboa OF the other bunch.
One Loop BIows UP.
Last season eleven leagues, namely
Greater Omaha, City league, Booster
league, Southern league. American league,
Commercial league. National league,
Mercantile league, Church league, Satur-
day Class A league and the Colonial
league. started the season and they all
stuck until the asbestos dropped. with
one exception. The except m was the
| GAl L. Irff 4
sation. They threw uD the, spongs be-
fore they got a good start When ten
leagues can sail through. while the
Omaha Amateur Base Ball association
ls in its infancy. there Is no reason why
few more leagues can't enjoy the rice
this season. Several gents are con.em-
plating orsanizing few more leagues
and II they are composed of tine right
kind Of material. their efforts will ma
terialIse aui at least fifteen leagues Will
be on hand when the initial shot ID fired.
His Dream Comes True.
For some years John Beckoff, COM
mander-in-chief of the Armours, has been
dreaming about, an amateur pail park
for his colts to exercise In. and now his
dreams have a tings Of reality. II moth
ing turns up to block the deal. arrange
days for the Armours to build a ball
park at Twenty-seventh and streets,
South Side.
Ernie Holmes. pool magnate and
brother Of Ducky Holmes, has sprinkied
the news about that he Is dickering on
deal to lease the old Dietz park
grounds. located at Thirtieth and Spauld-
ing streets. This would be an ideal
location for a ball lot, and II he lands
said spot and builds a ball park he will
make a monument OF fame for himself
that will last for many a day among
the local amateurs.
Up I'm the Afr.
OF course. there is no particular rush
for the Omaha Amateur Base ball as
sociation to decide which eastern troupe
they will affiliate with. but nevertheless
at present they are up in the air and
don't know just where to light In order
to be E. fair territory. President Isaac
son has received communications from
both moguls. namely. +. c. Seation OF
| the National association and c. c.
Townes OF the Federation, and the in
| formation contained therein Is insult
ficient to enlighten him as TO which is
the strongest bunch. II Is the intention
| OF the Omaha association TO associate
with the strongest combination.
sandIot Gossip.
A real booster deserted the ranks when
| Ben Kennedy left the Kennedy a Bese-
| Inns.
What do you know about the Drexels
runners-up in the class B city series TAX
The Omaha Rubber Co. will bounce
into the arena with topnotch aggrega-
ton this year.
According to Frank Hubaka. president
Of the Southern league. five Of last
years teams will be on the bill OF fare.
Ralph Tuttle. popular local ball tosser.
Is running a weed and tonsorial shop In
the vicinity OF Fortie.h and Q streets.
Alvie Graves, who managed the Lake
Park DAD money grabbers last season,
will be on the Armour roster this season.
Ernie Smith is busy organizi Y a team
to be known as the Merchants Hotel.
He win join one of the Glass B leagues.
Oney Shannon will captain the Ar
the Armours MOI should travel % w at q merry
clip.
Every point where the directors were
lame last season will be doctored up
before the new constitution is submitted
for approval.
Up at Blair. Neb.. Raymond Roberta,
formerly a local diamond cavorter. is
now stationed. He is selling gas carts
In that burg.
Frank woodruff Of the Brandels squad
was figuring on sailing 20 Muskogee.
but he has now decided 70 stay with
Bradford's army.
new combination. to be known as
the South Omaha Centurion club. will
enter class circles, under the direction
OF M. j. Heavy. jr.
Sam Moores famous squad will change
their monikeT. As a consequence they
will be known as the North Omaha
Boosters this season.
The Omaha Gas co. team the new
tribe OF the Greater Omaha league VIII
have samuel Feltman formerly with the
Storz. holding down the left patch.