Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-15
AMATEUR RACE FOR
REMNANT STARTS
Four Leagues Play in Diamond
Trays that Formally Open
the Season.
GIRLS GET INTO THE GAME
By FRANK QUIGLEY.

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amateur base ban ASSOCIATION ana'
seeoroins 70 INC aope, tney VIII DC
layorea WIN large ana priiiant az,
sehIpiase o. ians ana lanettes. ~ VIII
mara tne peelnnmg OF STRENUOUS
aiamoHa camPalsh !nat WIZ telmihste
heAt september. nc pIaeuee eee-
SONS OF lhe various amateur eams
nave peen extremely sausiaetoIy;
Consequently classy arguments snouid
De roiiea on the poaras TINS aItsr-
noon. At the enclosed parks me
Greater omaha league VIII loss the
enerry' ,
Inc Holmes White Sox ana Ram
piers VIII coiilae az aolnes paik.
Armours, the iylo champions. VIII ne
INTO Meiaay bfothers, ana He vol
Victors VIII loek horns at htnletc
park, Souncli biuhs. leans 1elong-
ing to the other Leagues are oilled on
different municipal lots. II Will NOT
be dihcult matter for the rams 70
bump INTO contest TINS afternoon
that VIII be interesting ana lull OF
thrills.
Fat Boyle a director.
At the meeting Of the board Of di-
rectors of the Omaha Amateur Base
Ball association last week the resigna-
ton of Charles Hall was accepted and
Patrick Boyle was appointed in his
place by President Isaacson. Said ap-
pointment was confirmed by the
board. Secretary James Milota also
turned in his resignation, but the
board unanimously voted not to &C,
cept It: 1t is the OPINION OF the board
that Mllota will reconsider his action
and be back on the JOB at the next
meeting.
The following amendment was
made to the constitution and then
unanimously adopted IN the whole:
In case that team gets the dropsy
and is willing to drop its forfeit. the
balance OF the round in which the de-
lection occurred Will be credited to
the team 1t was schedul.d with. ex-
cept where by SPECIAL dlspensation
from the board OF directors and the
league involved another team can take
the. place OF the detunct organization
and be initiated with standing ap-
proved by the board and the league.
Although permission has been Sc
cured to utilize the Fort Omaha dia-
mond, the board did not deem it ad-
visable to use it until the, war agita-
ton had been somewhat lessened.
Pop" Vendors.
Now George Clark, chief super
visor of the municipal adjudicators,
has enrolled enough pop bottle dodg-
ers to take care of the squads that
battle on the municipal diamonds.
Herewith the fellows that will be mis-
branded robbers, second-story geeks,
gentleman burglars, unmasked thieves,
etc, F. c. Eckardt, M: E. Arnold,
k. b. McDougall, J. l.. Sheehan. Ed
ward Miller, w. Holbrook, Frank
Jacobs, Albert Hockey, Frank
Holmes, n. b. Bugbee. John Shields,
z. c. Thompsett and Arthur Moran.
OF course the number OF them. which
is thirteen, is presumed to be un-
lucky, but an umpire does not worry
about such a tribe.
Last week the Greater Omaha
league. adopted its schedule. 1t Will
start the season today and close sun
day, September Z. PRESIDENT Abner
kaiman appointed the following UNI
pres. Harry Sage. Cieve Hull, John
Gonding, James McAndrews and
Louis kocher. 1t was decided to al.
low the home team eight passes and
the visiting team seven passes each
Sunday outside OF the customary
practice OF allowing player to pass
his wife, girl TREND, sister, girl rela-
ton or sweetheart, The genera! ad-
mission to the enclosed parks OF the
Greater Omaha league was reduced
from - to Is cents.
Franchise A-Beggipg.
Because the La Siestas firm has de-
cided not to back a team this year
another vacancy is in the City league.
Some fast team wishing this
franchise should call Frank Jacobs
at Colfax 1926.
At the justice dispensatory, more
commonly known as the court house,
base ball is backing war off the boards
as the ideal topic for conversation.
Two more herds of pill chasers have
been talked about and might possibly
by mucilaged together, one to be
known as the Court House Spavs
or Veterans, and the other the Court
House Bloomers. But to what ex-
tent their procliyities will be exer-
cised is a mystery which will prob
ably be unsolyed at the expiration
of this season. Herewith the line
up of the Veterans: Edwards, catcher;
Houck, pitcher; Church, first base;
Grimes, second base; Baier, shortstop;
Jewett, third base; Highly, Siefkin and
R.. H5e;n n manager. Following are