Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-18

lie a gang OF fence busters that car
beat to a pulp every team composed
Of court house employees in this state
In all probability Abe Kaiman will
be the Kaiser Bill of this army, and
as he is a silver-tongued dude. witt,
considerable brass, he ought to push
this bunch into the limelight. This
team will represent the Douglas
county court house and will be
known as the Cliff Dwellers.
Diamond Dust.
This season Cliff Long will be decorated
with u Murphy Did II uniform.
At corner one Hugh Graham will stop the
pellets this season for the Ernie Holmes
band.
Fatty Tub ROLAND Peterson will do the
mascot work for the Murphy Did Its this
season,
Lloyd johnson will handle the managerial
duties for the Omaha Bicycle Indians this
season.
shaeffer, formerly with the Gas company
squad, will waltz around in Armour uniform
this season.
a base ball manager can trip up on Il lot
Of things besides banana peels
Shields. formerly hitched to the Beselins,
says he Is going to Setire He will change
his roof before many robins chirp.
Behind the register station, Nygaard, the
heavy slugger and demon wind paddst, will
be stationed for the Beddoes.
Again Pete Peterson will be back on the
heaving platform for the N. W. 945. He
says his finger Is In dandy condition.
Live base ball germs are at present diff
hcult to fnd In Joe Wavrin. He will prob
ably relegats himself to Camp Hasbeen.
Leo McCreary. local WARRIOR. is now
DE- Nd
was an excellent Glass B fly grabber
This afternoon the pill showers that will
represent the Carter Lake club will convene
and organize for the ensuing season.
Now that Fontaine Vernon has hooked
a life partner base ball will not receive
as much attention as heretofore from him
Adolph Oscar Grant will probably land in
the sticks this summer. So far he has not
agreed to twirl for a Greater Omaha league
team,
Fans keeps your glms on Mcfarland,
backstopper for the Chris Lycks. He will
make few OF the wise ones sit up and
blink.
It was with deep regret that the ANA
teurs received notice of the death Of George
Nelson. who formerly backed the g. A..
Nelson's.
Denny o'Brien was the initial gent to at
tach his monicker to a contract for this
season. He signed with the Murphy
Did Its.
This season Tommie Graham will let his
brother, George, boss him. because he Is
going to play with the Dundee Wooden
Mills.
According to General cogsp of the Bed
does his outfit will make things warm
for their opponents In the Metropolitan
league.
No information to date about the South
Omaha Wonders. a smoky aggregation of
class Milton Hunter, please wake up and
put on steam.
Edward Spellman, local professional
player, turned down an offer Of $27b per
month. He asked for a bonus Of $3.50 and
received a chill,
Next Wednesday the Metropolitan league
will meet and on Thursday the Booster
league will convene. Both leagues will
meet at the city hall,
Charlie WEIGH, the demure, but speedy
little shorstop OF the Beddoes say he Is go
ing to pull off more grandstand plays this
season than ever before.
That team to be known as the KraJtceks
this season was formerly the Corr Bectrcs
and has nothing to do with the Krajiceks.
Glass C champions OF 1915.
Last Sunday Frank Yost Of the Murphy
Dld-Its made his initial bow when he mixed
In the tangie by couple Of Hamburger
squads staged at Armour park.
Mccullough, who used to be a star at
sack three for the A. o. Y. W., is again
stationed at Fort Omaha. He would be a
valuable pickup for any speed troupe.
Class A managers scouting for a classy
outer gardener ought to remember William
Fox You can find him at Earl Higgins
ivory parlor. Bill is the chief clerk.
As manager, John Hazen ought to be
humdinger. He will be afforded an OPP
portunity to display his ability as chief
of the recently organized Ernie Holmes
band.
Ed OConnor. who used to cavort on the
local sand lots, is now permanently sta
toned at Muskogee, Okl. He reports that
he has quit tossing the horsehide.
Walter Spellman received a mediocre Of
fer to catch for De Smet, s. D., but he has
not definitely decided whether he will stay
In Omaha or accept the salarlcd posish.
W. Il. Wolfe, the Napoleon Of the Town
sends, has ffty-six applicants for berths on
his team and he has closed the books. Evil
IDENTIFY ffty-seven varieties are too many.
Last season Cleve Hull was the tutor Of
one of the girl teams. so a suggestion from
him should have some weight He is of
the opinion that Limousine suits would be
more appropriate than the ordinary kind,
Some manager with a good line OF whip
ped cream chatter could convince Arthur
Patton, district manager of the knights and
Ladies' Of Security. that a base ball team
should represent said fraternal organization.
Joseph Brown will be back in the ring
this year In years gone by Joseph was
one Of the best bets behind the willow,
but as years go on Joe Is slowly backing
down the hill, none can evade