Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-07
No,v It's Only Little While Till April Starts the Real Sport Season
SCHEDULE MEET TO
Be HELD IN OMAHA.
Western League Magnates to
Convene in Annual Session
Here in February.
HOLLAND Is PROSPEROUS

Omaha will entertain the annual
schedule meeting of the Western
league some time in February.
Written in the constitution of the
Western league is a provision that
the schedule meeting shall be held in
the city which won the pennant the
previous year. In the past little at
tention has been paid to this provis-
ion. Whether the announcement that
the schedule meeting will be held in
Omaha means the inagnates intend to
observe this law of the league from
now on, or whether it merely means
that Omaha was selected because 1t is
centrally located, is a matter for con-
lecture. -.4a .-,Sl
That some changes in the schedule
as compared to that OF last year will
be made is popular belief. Last
year the Western played l54 games,
extending the season until September
Is. The last twenty days of the
season weren't overly profitable. And
some punk weather was encountered.
As a result. it is said that some OF
the magnates favor the shorter sea-
son, lao games. This would make
Iabor d,w S"N NV s''' y"
If Tho is,cr. ao.s GOOD IA ..,
will Mean NO.. e ,nonso soo ~ II ~. eanes s,,ae
mates Golfers h,, Il ~. season go @ ;se,
noor - on. thev III, 40, % i,se aSo" ~
Il The sbortey se.snn @ ,ros,;is rs. Io '.TS ~.
m,gn,tes al. shan.a I'D r,nhis
m ,bc Iora s.ss;on 'hn. sho a sSaa.Ia. sn
heJ;ef i they % III, ni,n III .t @ popa.a
the short So sc,snn W. p''' '"' '"'' sa'ne'
n- ri,
Diuners 10 lusa.
Jack Holland must be scandalously
prosperous or very optimistic, one or
the other. He is going to take his
squad to Tulsa, Okl,, for three weeks
OF training.
The ST. Joseph owner has COM
pleted negotiations to take his Drum
mers to the oil town on March 20
ana remain there three weeks, dur
~ ;h;.;nn rn rnm. ny ,..:.n mas p1okce nvc
Western ,ssae;st;o, va .ean, ue ~ uisa
Hoi,and slsa sser,s 80 - \.
desn.rats ,,tn,,Sts 49, ass :. - ~ Naklas
n holster IN % III w.ii II nsan @ .s,en
ioib H. sss,ns ~ H. tsp i.sm u
nate in tbe ls.s,s = v;.h nj ~ .n,y mag
grsh !. ,at 90 ns.. athI...a M ,e hef'e 70
D;ct cass... fa..., ..es'
who went | nn 10 tbc % Yanke.s suamel, .nd n'a,
,,.s. M ia.p1Is a.hin las, yeaI, Is inc
get, Gossett was con.;der.d s sorY, Y
catcher in the Western Ave wears a1o
and he ought to be fast how vet
He will probably cost Holland a few
dollars, not only purchase nrice. but
salary. lack also saws he has Stbrcc
or four PLAYERS coming from the chi
cago White Sox and one from the
Cubs.
One of Hollands acquisitions has
kicked out on him. Joe Fautsch,
whom Holland procured from Co.
miskey to play short, refuses to re-
port 10 81 Joseph. .eo.,
Izzy is Bitten.
Baldy Isbell must have been bitten
/ by that oil boom around Wichita. He
has put up some real coin Of the
realm for the franchise.
According to report, Isbell has al
ready handed to President Zehrung
OF the Western league a. certified
check tor $3.50 as first payment on
the Kansas franchise. 1t is also re-
ported lsbell will dig up $500 more,
making the purchase price $1,000 in
an,
That the Wichita owners pulled a
ghastiy bone by forfeiting their fran
chise can easily be seen. The West
ern league has something like $1,000
IN salary claims to pay of. So the
league will make money on the deal.
1t is thought Isbell is confident of,
success in Wichita because of recent
oil strikes in the neighborhood Of the
Jobbing town which have seemed to
put new life into that Jayhawk vii
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