Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-05-11
AK-SAR- ben TO
PRESENT WORLD
FAMOUS OUTFIT
Before Opening Of Western
League Wednesday Den
Diamond Stars to
Cavort.

Omaha base ball fans viii see one
OF the greatest aggregations OF ball
players ever seen on local dia-
mond next Wednesday afternoon,
when the Rourkcs open the home
season with the Tulsa club. The
Omaha-Tulsa game will be between
Western league teams, but before
they take the field, the. above mem
toned greatest team in the game
will appear.
The Ak-Sar- Ben board Of gov
errors have charge of the opering
plans and Gus REM has promised
surprise of SOME sort some time
during the day. He will give no
intimation Of what form his surprise
viii take, nor will he state when it
will hold forth any more than it
will be some time during the day.
Charlie Black, the laxative menu
Der, of the board of governors. is
the manager of the ball team here
tofore mentioned.
Great Teams Line-Up.
Following is the lineup Manager
Black proposes to present and II
it can be beaten, he who does 50
is entitled ito the whole bakery. He
will have Hosford handling the
Deere plows in Omaha in center
field, probably with pillow to keep
him we'll occupied; Guiou, local,
lumberman, in right field; Dietz.
another 1umberman, in the left field
in order to preserve order and keep
them from tangling during the game.
+ Right Fielder Guiou promises to
have his special bat made Of ship
lap and Left Fielder Dietz Says his
trusty old s by 10 stringer bat will
be with him.
To further preserve order he will
have Louie Nash on third base and
George Brandeis on first. If they
were any closer, something besides
ball game might result. David
son, who lightens the work for both
the other basemen will help them
out again at second base.
1t is expected that the star Of the
team will be at short-stop, the
fastest man on his feet in Omaha.
Ev. Buckingham. 1t is almost
certainty that anything hit anywhere
near him will not get past him. He
has wonderful physique for this
position. If he can't do anything
else, all he will have to do is get in
the way of the ball. He is only
about nine feet wide at his narrow
est point. Then the famous pitcher
of the Never-Sweats of Plattsmouth,
John Gamble will be on the mound.
The only one left for the backstop is
Randall Brown and we fear that this
selection is poor one, for Brown
has never caught anything in his
LIE, not even wife.
Non-Speaking Congressman Umpire.
The popular ice man, Willie
Wood. will be water boy and Man
ager Black says he had better keep
the water cooled or he'll be froze
out. Two famous old stars will play
the bench. Daddy Weaver, who
came from Terre Haute 100 years
ago will sit in the dug-out as will
Gus REM, who, 200 years ago emil
grated to the United States, coming
all the way from St. Louis.
The umpire, Congressman Jeffris,
will make few remarks, taking
this opportunity to say something
since he didn't have chance to saw
anything in the legislature. That is.
he will have a short say if his
friends can muzzle Charlie Black.
who always. does butt in" Black
will be the coach back of first base
and if the Jump wants to get few
words in edgeways, he'd better ban
ish the coach to the club house.
The Ak-Sar-Ben hustling commit
tee will occupy four decorated boxes
in the grandstand and will root for
the Ak-Sar-Ben team and also Tor
the Rourkes. Just who will throw
out the first ball has not yet been
decided, but it will probably be the
president of the Chamber Of Com
merce. If so, he'd better turn
around and throw toward right field
SO that Shortstop Buckingham viii.