Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-23
OMAHA CLUB HAS
NOT COM P LETED
ALL TRADE DEALS
Manager and Owner Hope to
Conclude Exchanges This
Week and Strengthen In
field and Pitching Staff.

The ground keeper for the Omaha
Western league base ball club put
in an appearance on March Is and
proceeded to put the Rourke park
ball diamond in shape for the sea-
son of 1919. He reported to the
manager, Bill Jackson, that the field
was already in fairly good shape
and would require but little work to
have it in tip-top condition for the
first games to be played there. A
good rolling and the pitchers
mound worked over a little is all
the ball yard needs. Workmen have
been busy on the bleachers and
grand stands, repairing the rough
and worn spots.
Has -Four Pitchers Signed.
Manager Jackson said that he had
four pitchers signed up, naming
Manske, Kopp, Merz and Fuhr.
These four will be the mainstays of
the club until youngster or two
that Bill expects to have before the
season is very old, develops enough
to be picked in regular turn. Be-
sides the inhelders mentioned in
earlier reports, Harry Donica and
Al Bashang have put their John
Henrys to contracts and will show
UP about April TO- Several of the
contemplated deals have not as yet
matured, but Pa Rourke and man
ager Bill hope to put couple OF
them through this week and have a
full lineup to announce.
One. old Omaha player has an
aounced his retirement from the
game and states that he has secured
good position with Swift's Pack
.ng company. Al Callahan says he
through with the game for good,
y IS player, but that he will be out
O the old yard often enough to
Keep in touch with the old pals and
DOT hard for the Omaha club. Al
las already started work in his new
position and says it is so attractive
o him that he doesn't care to give
t up for the short time he might
,e able to hold his end up in the
Western league.
In Quandary as to Mason.
The local club heads are in a
luandary as to what to do to get
Pat Mason TO report i'll time Tor the
opening of the season. Mason IS
attending school at Rockhurst
,ollege, in Kansas City, and will
lot complete his term until June.
Hhen his studies will be entirely
over. He wants to stay in school
ntil he graduates and join the club
June, but Jackson and Rourke
want him to get i'll at the first OF
he season and 60 back to school
the winter. If Mason should quit
lis studies now. he would lose all
he credit marks he has gained
turing the present term and would
rave all the work to do over again
o regain them. This he is not at
II anxious to do, but the manager
If the club points out to him that
&C will have a seasons salary when
te goes back to school in the fall
bHu having SoiS III CuSh thN
,tudes once, they will come easier
O him when he returns to college
md he will have no trouble in
making up for the time lost.
1t looks like now, that the Ar
nours need have no great fear of
osing their star third baseman, for
Jackson says Ire will have so many
'nhelders.w when the show starts that
lie won't know what to do with
Them, but there is always the chance
that some of the new material will
not be able to hold up and in that
case Jackson would probably be
after Corcoran again. Bill hasn't
said whether he had given up the
idea of landing Wees or not, but
intimated that he had plenty of
other prospects and he seems to
want the Armours to have good
team, since the packer team will
play at Rourke Park while the
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