Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-20

VAA1O NAIy Coooys
So promptly at 1850 o'clock when
Johnny Gonding and his staff OF
municipal Jumps" shout these two
words, fourteen teams of the as
ISOLATION will be on deck to inaugur-
ate the 1919 amateur season, which
no doubt, will be The banner yeaf in
the history of Omaha amateur base
ball circles.
Favorable weather conditions have
been promised by Weather Fore
caster Welsh for this afternoon and
the officials of the association pre-
dict that at least $4,000 fans will
be in attendance at the various
playing fields to give the youngsters
rousing send-off.
= Although there are not as many
in teams associated with the "Muny"
association, the officials of the as
ISOLATION announced that neverthe-
less, the fans will witness many
close and interesting contests DUR
ing the next two and a half months,
4, the teams are all evenly matched
ami are composed Of many cracks
of former years"
Play Starts Today.
The fourteen teams which wifi
make their debut in the new associa-
ton are members of the City and
American, both of class B caliber,
AID the Booster and Inter-City and
Gate City, class c organizations.
All of the leagues, with the ex-
ception of the Gate City league. have
been represented on the field of
battle the past four years. The
Gate City league will make its first
appearance this afternoon, and from
advance information should make
q strong bid for class c honors.
Practically all of the teams in this
new organization have participated
OF, the various sand-lots and NUM-
cipal diamonds, for the past four
wears under the banner of the
Omaha Base Ball association. which
was one of the prime factors in the
success of amateur base ball here.
Where They Will Play.
Games will be staged at the
municipal diamonds, Thirty-second
street and Dewey avenue, River
View park, Miller park, Elmwood
park, east and west diamonds, and
at Thirty-first street and Ames
avenue, formerly the old Ernie
Holmes park. At each OF these
marks double headers will be staged
f0r the benefit of the fans.
AOn account of the cold weather
the past month the teams have had
little or no practice, but the moguls
all announced that their teams are in
the .best of condition and are con-
ffdent of winning.
MANY new faces will be seen in
the line-ups this afternoon. Some
81 the teams are composed entirely
81 new blood, while practically all
of the teams with the exception
Of one or two will have number
II new players.
IA number of the teams are
stronger this season that ever be-
fare as many of the old stars. who
II the last season were in the hight
irr forces of Uncle Same, are back
ii the harness.
Look for Dark Horse.
NJ At a late hour last night none OF
the managers of the fourteen teams
would announce who they would
uftch in the opening games. 1t Is
Understood, however, that some OF
he managers have a few dark
horses" who they will send to the
u1ound.
dor the first time in three years
he Greater Omaha league, the
crack Glass A circuit, will not be
seen in action on the opening OF the
ssasoh. The league, however, IS
being organized and at the present
time is composed Of four teams,
Morris and company, managed by
lanes Sutej, we'll known amateur
and semi-pro player; Murphy-Did,,
lis. Nebraska Power company, and
t&e Millers. The league will hold a
meeting this week, at which time
Xey will make final plans for the
season and elect the officers. They
viii probably start the season the
first part of May.
Two Saturday Leagues.
1.-TWO Saturday leagues, the
Church, composed of eight teams,
and the Commercial league, COM
posed of the leading Omaha whole
sale houses, will organize this week
ana play under the Jurisdictions OF
the Muny association, according to
II I. Isaacson, secretary OF the as
ISOLATION. Already five church teams
have applied for franchises in the
league. while in the Commercial
league. the United States Rubber
company, Item Biscuit company
Paxton Gallagher and McCord-
Brady are organizing to play in
that organization.
Il was announced last night that
the opening of the season will be
marked by plenty of ceremonies, as
hands will play at practically all OF
the games, short speeches will be
made by the city officials and oftl-
GERS of the association, while back
crs of the different teams will pitch
\ the first ball.
All Omaha is invited to these
games today and give the big
/, ieaguers" of tomorrow a rousing
welcome.
The officers of the Muny associa-
ton are working hard to make the
association a success and donating
their services for the cause are A.
c. Scott, president; Thomas Fal-
coner. park commissioner: w. E,
Reed, George Zimmerman, Leo
Eosenthal and A. A. Hoopingarner
vice presidents; ]. ]. Isaacson and
James Milota, SECRETARIES, and Fred
Hunter, treasurer.
The City, Booster and Gate
City leagues, Class c organizations
viii hold meetings this week to
xdopt their final schedules for the