Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-27
This Isn't Going to Be a Good Year for Dead Arms
'ROURKE PLEASED
WITH SPRING CAMP
Both He and Marty Krug Declare
Beatrice is the Ideal Place for
Rourkelets to Train.
TANNEHnL TO SOUTH BEND

Pa Rourke and Marty Krug, who dually
control the destinies of the Omaha West
ern league ball club. are bubbling over
with enthusiasm as regards the new
Rourke training camp.
Rourke last week made arrangements
TO train at Beatrice Now. Beatrice has
about the SWEETEST Glass d base ball plant
In the country. 1t was built for the
Beatrice Nebraska state league club,
which vanished DER the horizon when the
State loop awaited last summer
The Beatrice plant was at that time
recognized as the class OF Glass d circles.
The playing field is all that could be
asked for. and the grandstand and
bleachers are of first class. In fact. the
Beatrice plant Is as good as most West
ern league plants. and considerably bet
ter than one or two which are somewhat
notorious around the loop for their lack
of worth.
VIII Not Come TO Omaha.
Rourke will have all his athletes report
directly to Beatrice. They will not visit
Omaha at all Three weeks will be
spent at the Gage county metropolis. The
training season was at the recent West
ern league meeting. extended from two
WINS W AilANt W0tfNHs anu ANOuTht anu
Krug intend to get in every possible day.
Sioux City will train at Fairbury. which
is just an hours journey from Beatrice.
This will enable Omaha and Sioux City
to play a number OF exhibition contests
at both Beatrice and Fairbury. The ex-
hibition games will more easily enable
the athletes to get into shape and will
also net a sufficient revenue to pay
- t,t,
hlbltion games will undoubtedly draw
better in Beatrice and Fairbury than In
Omaha because 1t will be the only chance
the fans of those cities will get to see
professional clubs in action. Also the ex-
penses will not be any greater, and also
again. Rourke and Krug will be better
able to keep tab on the conduct of their
charges in a city the size of Beatrice
than in one the size of Omaha.
TannehiIl to south Bend.
Lee TannehiT. the veteran third sacker
5yho finished the 1916 campaign with
Omaha, has signed to play with South
Bend in the Central league. Tannehil
should make good in the Central. which
is Glass B loop. He held his own fairly
we'll in Class A last year. so he ought tC
have no difficulty in the Indiana city.
Another Western leagues who goes tc
the Central loop is one Henry Geisel. UNI.
piring person. who officiated in these
parts as member of Tip O'Nenl'f
preciou staff last year. Geisel was in
the Central league for three years be-
fore he came TO the Western. He got
away in fine style back there some way
or other. and this year he has been made
chief-of-staff. Being an umpire. prob
ably nobody around the Western circuit
will miss him much.
= Geisel never had much use for the
Western league, anyhow. Shortly aftel
he started to worie he fingered to watcl
building burn up down in Topeka on
night. While he was watching the flames
some 'moll buSzer'' separated MIN from
his roll. The Western is little too fas
for Henry.
Franklin Johnson, the speed artist wh'
flunked as a Rourke last year. hai
hooked up with the Wichita club Mr.
Johnson had q world of stuff when will
Omaha. but no control. and was a littl,
shy in the noodle. He may go good will
Wichita, and again he may not.