Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-17
MARTY KRUG WILL
AGAIN LEAD OMAHA
Rourke Announces Genial Ger.
man Will Once More Be the
Chauffeur of Machine.
NEW SCHEME AT WICHITA

Omaha base ball club.
While Pa Rourkc has not yet
signed Marty to contract for 1917,
the Omaha magnate intends to retain
the genial German at the helm of his
diamond machine.
/ Marty krug has led the Rourkovin-
ians through the last two pennant
campaigns. finishing in the first d.
vision both trips and capturing the
coveted league flag this year. Marty,
to Rourkc's notion. proved himself a
thoroughly capable leader both times,
In 1915 krug was hampered and hin.
dered by bad breaks in the luck, in.
jury to athletes, switches in the line
up and like, but he pulled his team
through into fourth place. This year
Marty had the talent to work on and
he waltzcd home with the flag in
relatively easy fashion,
While they aren't signing any men
and don't intend to until the new
year. Rourke and Krug are quietly
searching for men to fill the vacan-
ces made by purchases and the drafts,
They have line on several athletes
and will grab them when the pro-
pitious time arrives Rourke has been
offered number Of men and will
probably announce some buys within
the next thirty days or so.
Need Eight Men.
Rourke and krug have quite a
task ahead OF them filling the holes.
Two catchers, two inheldcrs, two out
iielders and couple of hurlers arc
all Pa and Marty must get, But they
anticipate no great difficulty in find
ing the men they want.
A new plan, something of an in
novation is on foot to retain a West
crn league club at Wichita. The
stunt is for a number Of players to
organize stock company, which they
will aid by giving their services as
players. IT is believed enough players
who have few shekcls saved away
can be found to promulgatc the pro.
posed scheme.
Tex Jones, first sacker on the Des
Moines team; Bcals Becker, former
big Lacquer; Jimmy Durham, ex-
Wichita hurier; Earl McCaulcy and
Walter Rchg of the International
league, all players who live in or
around Wichita, are among those said
to be interested. ~,
Isbell in ofing.
The scheme might be bowling
success. The players would certainly
toll industriously both on the dia-
mond and off and might be able to
arouse an interest and enthusiasm
which would result in big dividends.
There is a suspicion. however, that
Frank lsbell of Des Moines is behind
the deal. Icy would like to break
into Wichita, but has found it i'm
possible to do any business with the
Wichita business men. This scheme
might give him an opening.
Leary in Joetown.
Dan Leary, one of base balls vet
Grams, is slated to become manager
Of the St. Joseph team, according to
reports from the Holland village
Lcary made quite record for him
self at the head of the Davenport
club, winning several pennants and
developing many players. He has
been in base ball for many years and
owns an cnviable reputation as play
err and leader.
r. Holland has signed a couple of
pitchers and shortstop as his first
move in bolstering up his punk 1916
lineup. Fillenger and Miller are the
hurlers. They were obtained from
the Indianapolis American association
nine and Holland predicts they will
be two of the best fingers in the
Zehrung loop next year. Joe Fautsch
is the infelder. Fautsch comes from
the Chicago White Sox and it is said
is only to be farmed out to Joetown
for one year, it being Rowland's belief
Fautsch needs another year of season.
ing before tackling major company.
~. Some Big City Stuff.
Holland is going to pull some big
league stuff on his fellow magnatcs
next year. He has announced he
will take his hopefuls south for train
ing. He has not made decision on
the locality, but says it will at least
be as far south as Oklahoma. The
Rourkes trained in Oklahoma one
spring and almost froze to death. Hok
land also is considering the aban-
donment Of his bleachers. He intends
to make every seat in his park a
grandstand seat, fully protected, but
on the far sides will make the admis.
, sion charge two bits, the regular
bleacher price.
The Brooklyn club has returned
Johnny Kelleher, the demon short
stop, to Denver. Johnny is the Aashy
lad who smote triples for the Griz-
zlies last year and went up to the
Dodgers in August, but wasn't even
given chance to show his speed de-
, spite the fact that Brooklyn only had
a couple of incompetent crippies at
short. Kelleher's return is something
, of surprise, as, while he was noisy
and inclined to be quarrelsome, John
ny was mighty good-looking pros
pect and it is hard to understand
why Brooklyn, weefully lacking in