Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-30
CONTRACTS GO OUT
TO NINE ROURKES
Pa Mails Documents to Men on
, Reserve List-0ther Rourkes
Already Signed Up.
OTHER WESTERN LEAGUE NEWS

Contracts TO those athletes who are
named on the Omaha clubs reserve list
will be sent out by Pa Rourke Monday.
Contracts wEl be sent to but nine play
ers. This number is unusually small. as
General Rourlxe sends contracts to some
twenty men about this time each year.
The men to whom contracts will be
sent are: Ernie Kruger. catcher: Bobby
Wells, catcher; Clink Claire. catcher.
Cecil Thompson. pitcher; Lou North,
pitcher; Burney Everdon, pitcher; Fritz
schliebner, first baseman; Earl Smith.
outfielder; Cy Forsythe, outfielder.
OF this number several will i'm all prob
ability be traded. sold, given away or
fired. Bobby Wells and Burney Everdon
are not expected to be among us, and
Thompson may not report. Cecil is seri-
ously considering the abandonment OF the
national pastime as mode of earning
food and drink. The others are reason
ably sure of Jobs
Four ROurkes signed.
-Four other Rourkes are already under
contract and another as good as signed.
Those who have signed are Manager
Marty Krug, Pete Kilduff, shortstop. and
Pitchers Ainsworth and Brown. Second
Baseman Harold Irelan is as good as
signed.
Pitcher Brown is an Indian who halls
from wisner. lie was recommended to
Rourlse by Cyrus Forsythe. who appointed
himself a scout for the occasion. Cyrus
played against Brown last fall after the
Western season was over and promptly
slipped Rourke the news that Mr. Brown
was some pitcher I'm no scout" said
the Tango Kid, but 1 know a pitcher
when 1 bat against one. and this bird is
good" Rourke took the tip and signed
the redsldn and will give him a trial in
the spring.
Holland IL Happy.
Down in st. Joseph Jack Holland is just
bubbling over with lot of enthusiasm.
If Holland Is getting enthusiastic pros
poets in Joetown must be good. for last
season Jack lost most of his love for ST
Joseph when the citizens of that village
chose to blow jitneys on film shops in
ktead of two-bit pieces on ball games.
Holland has a whole flock of new ath-
letes. in fact he will pretty nearly have
new team, and he says the new lads
will carry the Drummers toward flag
We shall see. we shall see, Jack may be
right
Two of Hollands old men have been
returned to him by Joe Tinker. They are
Pitcher Adams and Infielder Westerzil
Both hurdled from st. Joseph to the Feds
and made good in the bigger loop. They
should prove valuable men in the APP
preaching Western campaign.
Also Holland got Shortstop Heating
from Tinker Mr.. Heating is said to be
a mighty sweet fielder and fairly good
hitter. But Jack says the big man he
will get from the Cubs will be a pitcher
1t win either be Robbins or Wright. Both
are good men. Robbins perhaps little
better than Wright. Either should make
good in Glass Il company.
Holland in all has about twenty mer
signed. including a dozen youngsters who
look like Corners. Holland may pluck q
star or two out of this batch.
Lincoln Club Meeting.
The annual meeting OF the stockholdert
of the Lincoln base ball club will be held
February s. Treasurer ]. G. Burkett has
issued certificates of stock to those who
signed up, and the stock with an an
nouncement of the meeting has beer
mailed out. One Omaha man is listed IL
the number of stockholders. He is Oar
Gaines of the Merchants hotel. Oar
bought block worth 500.