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OMAHA, SUNDAY: MORXIXG, APRIL 7, 1912
It's the Waiting of the La Week That Tries the Patience of the Faithful
The
Omaha.
Bee sports
GREAT INTEREST
IN INDOOR MEET
All College and TTnirenitiei in
Iowa aad Hebruka Send for
Entry Blanks.
SEVX5 EELAY RACES FLANKED
To Settle City and State Champion
ihipi This Way.
COAC5 STAGQ HAT OFFICIATE
Chicago University Star Favored to
i - Handle Athlete ' . .
WAima EVENT FOR POSTMEN
Letter Carrlrre tm Hike 44 Yards,
, Willie flr and Pelleeaeen
' ' '" . An ta Have Tsg-el-War.
.
Entry blanks were sent out Uat,weali
for the tint annual open Indoor amateur
athletic meet at the Auditorium oa Bator
dar night. April f7. to over M Institu
tions In Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and
Kaneu by J. Trultt Maxwell of the
Young Men's Christian association.
' Abeolute assurance of one of the great
eat amateur Indoor meeta ever held la
Omaha haa been given the directors and
entries are being received already. No
emmets 'can: be placed on the number
( Institutions that will enter the meet.
but.it ts -expected that last years list
will be doubled. Of the .big colleges and
schools to enter the meet will be the
University of Nebraska. Drake, Wssleyan,
Crelghton, University of Omaha, Bellevue,
Omaha High school. South Omaha High,
Aloralngstde, Cos, University of Iowa,
Bloox City High, two Dee Moines schools,
Kansas City High and others who have
..already asked (or entry blanks.
Seven Relay Races.
; An unusual Interest Is being taken In
ih mi. . r. of which there will be
seven, ranging from WO yards to a mile.
There la a"1 possibility also that there
may be. either a three or four-mile relay
raos, which will be open to milages and
universities only. The relay races which
will be run are: ' For universities, jone
mtle race for ths championship of the
Missouri valley; a mils race for colleges
only for the championship of Nebraska
and Iowa; one mile for the Toung Men's
' Christian associations of Nebraska; high
school relay for Nebraska and Iowa
schools only, one mile; one mile for the
atblctls clubs of Omaha; ons mils for
the church . federations of Omaha.
As a special feature event the grade
school youngsters will compete In a series
of aaVsmrd relay races for the Junior
Mastptonshlp of ths city. Elimination
'heats will be run off In quick succession,
tsrtuig promptly at I o'clock, and It Is
planned to have the finals completed by
I n A handsome silver loving cop, simi
lar to the etuere, will be hung up by
the promoters. As ths rivalry between
. the grade schools Is always spirited and
athletics form a part of their dally cur
riculum, this event promises to draw a
largo number of pupils to the meet. 8 pe
rl! sections for each school will be re
served In the north and south balconies
and the races will be ss stranged that
the running track , will be In full view ot
all.
, 'Arraage Details Boos,
Officials, have not been selected, but
this will be dons this week, when a
meeting of the promoters wilt be held
nd final arrangements and details
Biade. It Is understood that Alonso Biagg,
athletic director at the University ot
Chicago, may be asked to come to take
charge at the track events and pull them
off. However. H la not definitely known
whether such celebrities will be brought
here or not, ss the expense would prob
ably be more than the directors may wish
to expend.- Coach Jumbo Stlehm ot the
University of Nebraska may be rung In
as an official when he comes down with
the Cornhuxker track stars.
There axe but four field events this
year and they will be started promptly
at t o'clock, thus getting them over much
earlier than they were last year.- The
field events constat ot the pole vault,
running high jump, twelve-pound enotput
' gad Ihe parallel bara The track events,
excluding the relay races, will consist of
' a forty-yard dash. Bo-yard dash, Ms
yard run, half-mile, one-mile and two
Bile runs.
rive Special Events.
In addition to the above will be held
fire special events which will bring ths
firemen, . policemen and postmen of
Omaha oa the scene. The special events
are an equipment relay open to soldiers
of Fort Omaha and Fort Crook. The
distance- which they will run has not yet
been decided upon. A postman's walking
relay ot 4M yards open, to ths mall
rlers ot Omaha and South Omaha Is slso
on ths list of events. The firemen ot
Omaha will have a tug-of-war with the
policemen. "Wrestling snd boxing matches
tor the championship of the Young Men's
Christian associations will be pulled aft.
Five classes will participate la this event
The last of the special events win be a
aaased caUstbenle drill ot 90S men and
boys frees the T." :
The- games are- acherJaled to start
promptly at S o'clock and the first can
tut the dashes will be beard at T:x Coo
testaars wi.i .report to the clerk at the
Muse before I:J receive their asm-l-c.-i.
T;,e track this year will be sixteen
ran tj the mile. The turns will not be
tanked, ss they will be wide aad easy
to re-ed. ,
" Prise Are Offered.
The pnxvs witt consist ot gold, stiver
sn-1 l-ronx meuals for first, second snd
tltird jJacr. respectively. In each ' event.
T- the team scoring the greatest total
number of points la open events a urge
in hex" cup will be presented, and ts the
team taking -first sues to each of the
vsryree relays a kmng cop win be given.
Karnes wai doss positively an April a.
Entries sent by mail and ths postmark
taows that It waa mailed before U o'clock
mktaigbc oa April e will be accepted.
Unusual interest Is being taken In the
Meet ay '-he Iowa colleges and the Unl-
rerstty of NebraiJuv, lioratngaMs unl-
rsxsHy at (km City. It Is said. Is going
to sand ens of ths best raise teams they
(Continued oa Second Page.)
Omaha High School Athletes Training for Indoor Meet
D. J- n fi , m& ;H .
if i v- : f f J' " L- i ;vM-: i..voTM ;
Btsndlng. Ift to Might-Allen
iri u.if ,mi Ull. Puna- I.ali.
Ractor Pole Vault- Hlsh Jump and
STATE TENNISMEN ORGANIZE
Nebraska Asaoeiation Formed at Yes
terday's Meeting'.
TOURNAMENT WILL SE HELD
Bveata Will Be P la red at Llacela
aad the Wlaae Will Eater the
; Mid-Weal AssaeUtloa
Contests.
A closed stats tennis tournament Is
now assured. A meeting was hsld yes
terday afternoon at the Omaha club and
twenty-eight towns and cities were rep
resented. The members drew up articles of In
corporation and ths club hereafter will
be known as the Nebraska Stats Tennis
association. .- A constitution and by-laws
wars aer-pted and ths election of officers
for th ensuing year resulted as follows:
H. A. Koch. Omaha, president; Charles
Patterson. Arapahoe, vice president: C.
M. Mathews, Wslthlll, treasurer; A. M.
Weatherly, Uncoln. secretary. The
board of directors oonslsts of H. H.
Ellis, Butts City; C. M. Msthsws, Walt
hUl; A. 8. Weatherly. Lincoln; H. A.
Koch. Omaha; E. Meyer. Alliance; C. 1
Sherwood. Beatrice; Charles Patterson.
Arapahoe: T. Edmondson, Friend, and
William M. Wood, Omaha,
il I.UmI. la Jelv.
The data of ths tournsment was set for
July 21 to 77, Inoluslve. and unooin was
chosen ae the seat of ths battle. Several
other towns applied for the tournament,
but Uncoln offered ths best facilities for
stsglng ths tourney of any ot the cltlea
Omaha did not apply for ths meet, owing
to the fact thst the Midwest and city
tenifls toumamentas will bs held here
this summer. '
The entrance fee for the state tourney
will be B for singles and H for dounie
teams. The challenge cups Will be pur
chased br the association. The singles
cud will go to ths winner of the singles.
who If he wins It three times will nave
it lor permanent possession. He does not.
however, have to win It three times con
secutively. The doubles cup will go
the team winning It twice..
The winner of the singles event will be
sent by the association to the Midwest
tournament, which will be held In umana
during the third week of August. A ref
eree will be selected by the association
st Its meeting next month. At this meet
ing the official ball ot the association
will be selected. . The tournament will be
osen only to state tennis players.
The following towns were represented
at the meeting yesterday and were made
members of the stats association: Arapa
hoe. Cambridge, McCook, Beaver City.
Oxford, WUsonvllls, Holdrege. Orleans,
Lrona. Peru. Fender, Wskefleld. Wayne.
Norfolk. Hartlngtoa, Bloomfleld. Allen.
Niobrara, Dakota City. Madison, Meadow
Grove. Lexington. Walthlll. Alliance,
Friend. Beatrice, Lincoln and Omaha, AU
towns la the state wishing to Join the as
sociation may do so by communicating
with Harry Koch. Omaha.
Field Club to Open
With Mprmal Dance
Tha board ot directors of the Omaha
Field club at a meeting held last week
decided to offlctslly open the Mi season
at that club on Saturday, May IS. An
informal daaca and an open houss will be
tbe only celebration. The golf see son
will open on May a
BOSTON AMERICANS PLAY
WITH THE CINCINNATI REDS
CINCINNATI. April a The Boston
AmsiVsns swamped tha Cincinnati Na
tionals hers today 9 to I Wood and
CBrtea for ths 'Visitors were la a
me non form snd held Cincinnati to five
hits. Stahl's triple with ths bases fun
la tha seventh Inning and Speaker's bit-
tine- featured. 8eor:s . R.H.E.
Cincinnati . JJ
QiMtna 13 M
Batteries: Keefe. Gasper and McLean:
Wood. O'Brien aad Minnomacner.
" ravdae Btaaka Baltlssev.
BALTIMORE, April Purdue pitched
, kaii tem that Boston N'atlonala- to
day an 1 shut out ths Baltimore Iatedna-
uonaaa, las
Sellne.H.lf Mile: ArthUr ' Rouner, Weujhiwents i.na "'
Ru rkenroad. 44S Yard Dash and Relay
Kelay Team; Robert Wood, (Captain),
AEROPLANE FIJGHT IN JULY
Chicago Aero Club Confer with
Omaha Men and Meet Arranged.
GUARANTEE MONEY IS PUT UP
rilgfeta Will laelade Tsar el the
Principal Cities at the Middle
West Twenty Air Craft
Will Be Batered.
Omaha will be one of the dtles In
eluded on a seven-legged cross-country
aeroplane flight to be given under the
auspices of the Chicago Aero club In
July If plana now under way by a road
representative ot the Windy City organ
isation are carried out.
The proposed flight will start at Chi
cago and from there the route will be as
follows: Omaha, Kansas City, 8t. Lou
Indianapolis. Detroit. Milwaukee ana
thence back lo Chicago. , A totsl of
twenty air crafts will be entered, nine
of which will be In chsrge of foreign
pilots. If tentative plans are carried out
some ot Ihe beat bird man In the country
will participate.
A representative of the plan recently
conferred here with ths directors ot the
Nebraska Aero club in regard to Includ
ing Omaha on ths route of. the flight
and It was definitely assured thst If
Kansas City consents to take part
Omaha will also be on tha map. .
Gaarantee Money Pat
The Chicago club will put up I50.IW)
and ths other cities along the route will
be expected to guarantee between .
and ilO.OM. Tbe Nebraska organisation
has already agred to put up a guarantee
of C600 snd will go higher whan the
project is more definitely launched. Mil
waukee and Detroit bsvs already signed
up for K.OOt each.
If Omaha Is Included on the route
either Rourke park or the Speedway
grounds on West Leavenworth' street
will be secured as landing places for tha
air machines which will stop here. It
la planned to arrange a good exhibition
card for flying events while the visiting
aviators are at the local grounds.
The Nebraska Aero club now has
total membership of seventy-five, ot
which nil except about ten are Omaha
men. J. J. Dcrlght Is president ot the
organisation.
Wrestlers Go to
Beatrice Thursday
A team of five crack amateur wrestlers
ot the Omsha "T" will leave tor Beatrice
Thursday morning. In charge ot John
Holden, the local grappling Instructor, to
compete In the State "T assodstion mat
tournament, which will be held there
Thursday snd Friday evening. Teams
from Fremont. Lincoln, Columbus,
Omsha and Beatrice will take part.
The local lads who will compete are as
follows: Walter Thompson, IS pounds;
W. E. Cottrelt, IS pounds; Leon Pltxen-
berger, U! pounds; Henry Pascals, Ul
pounds, and C. B. Seeley. Its pounds.
BASKET BALL CAPTAIN
WILL BE CHOSEN SOON
The VM basket ball captain of tbe
Omaha High school will bs elected by
tbe letter lads of this year's quintet at a
meeting to be held at the school this
week. Before next year's leader can
be chosen It will be necessary for the
faculty athletic board of control to pass
oa the list of letter men this season. The
six lads who have played In enough
games to merit their "O's" are Beryl
Crocker, captain snd left forward; Leslie
Burkenroad. left guard; Vergil Rector,
center; Mark Hughes, right forward;
James Gardiner, right guard, and Sidney
Meyer, substitute forward or guard.
Leslie Burkenroad. the sturdy little
left guard, who was the most sensational
player en the squad this season, will re
turn to school again next year, and stands
tbe best cbsnce of receiving the cap
taincy of the Dl! quintet. He was placed
unanimously by tbe experts for a guard
position on the Nebraska and All-West
ern Interscholastio floor teams snd wss
prousuaeud by University ot Nebraska
basket officials ss ths best player entered
la ths state tqurney, which was palled
off at Lincoln tha early pan Uarcb.
Team: Perry Sinai as. I
Sprints,
Hunning uroaa
amp snd High
STAGG AND EfflJER RULED OUT
Big- Eight Conference Committee
Ban Director! from Body.
SUMMER BASE BAIL GETS JOLT
Twehaleal Committee Will Be Named
le Make Kenwvt sa Feet Ball
Bales at Next Meeting
la Jeae.
CHICAGO. April .-Di rectors of ath
letics were barred as representatives ot
the Western Athlstlo conference at a
meeting of "Big Eight" delegates here
today. Henceforth there will be only
eight members on the - conference com
mittee and none ot these win bs In any
way connected with atalotlo departments
ot ths universities tbey represent.,
A. A. Stagg at ths University of Chi
cago and George Ehltr of the University
of Wisconsin are ths sthletle directors
affected by. the new ruling. Heretofore
both members of ths sthlstlo and aca
demic departments were representatives of
ths body. Today's aotlon was not unex
pected by followers of college athletics.
It was not- known ths representatives
were dissatisfied by ths fact that cnicago
and Wisconsin were said to have undue
advan taxes In having athletic members on
ths committee.
Ohio State university wss assured ot a
membership In the conference when It
was unanimously - voted to admit the
Buckeye Institution. This, acuon.- How
ever, must.be ratinea or. nioui"
the eight university faculties. .
Foot ball-rules resulted In a warm Dis
cussion, during which it wss decided to
bsvs each representative of tne conrer
ence select a man from bis university to
serve, on a technical committee on the
rules ot the gridiron game. Report on
ths rules will bs made at the next meet
ing of the conference in June, .
summer base ball received a severe set
back .today. . Tbe compromise offered at
ths last meeting on January M was de
feated, which means lhat no college ath
lete will be permitted to play with semi
professional teams. Ths whitewash"
resolution also was lost.
Reinstatement or t-ucner r-nnovine o
the University of Illinois -was reierrea
back to the Illinois fsculty with power to
act. He was recently suspended for a
minor Infraction of ths rules.
A committee was appointee; to Invest!
gats the methods used to Induce athletes
to enter universities. It was charged
that In some cases sthletes were paia ror
performing duties st ths schools. It also
waa decided to aboiisa einieuo coropeu-
Uon among first year students with other
universities. . ,
Manager Davis is
Lining Up lork Team
TORK, Neb., April -8pecial.-"Lefty
Davis, manager of the Tork
base ball team, arnvea last nignt from
Minneapolis. He expects to line bis men
up the last of the month. Mr. Da via said:
"Tbe prospects are bright for Tork this
season and Indications are that Tork will
have a banner team.'
BASE BALLSEASON OPENS IN
NEW YORKNATIONAL PARK
NEW TORK, AP"11 --Tne bass ball
season wss formally opened here today,
when tbe New York Nationals defeated
tha Jersey City International league team
by a score of t to L Ames pitched fine
bell for the locsls in ths first six Innings,
allowing only one hit and giving no
passes. Score: . B.H.H.
New Tork ?
Jersey City... -:"".".
Batteries rea Hme, siar-4uru,
Myers snd Wilson: Jersey City, Doescher,
Mains, Welle snd Bemls. , .
KANSAS CITY BEATS DENVER
BY PLAYING BETTER BALL
DENVER. Col".. April t.Loose work
In the Infield lo- for Denver the first
of a series of exhibition games with ths
Kanass City wm a. to a The
feature of the came was the work of
ths pitchers, who displayed better than
average early x-sson form. Channel of
Denver and Love of Kansas City were
tbe stars at battir.g, each eeorlEg a horns
run. . '
Hlrt Jump and Hurdlee: Rusewll Tarmon. Bprtnts and Pole vaiiit: unariee
WaSht Kvent? BIH
ht Kvsnta sitting, i-en to mgni warren mm ui . nyi..
Jump; John Dreset. Hprlnts and liaiay
CLUB BUYS COURTLAND BEACH
Fint Installment Paid Creighton
Realty Company Teiterday.
GROUNDS TO BE IMPROVED
Celt Coarse ta Be Laid Oat Water
Carnival la Plaaaed far This
gammer Data af Opes
' lag Nat Set.
After a month of prellmlnsrlea. the
Rod snd Gun club purchased the Court
land Beach alta ot eighty acres from
the Crelghton Realty company yesterday
afternoon tor IKMM, ot which . was
paid as ths Initial Installment. Tha re
mainder ot the amount will be paid semi
annually until March. 117, when a final
payment ot PC ore. will be made.
On account of ths resignation oi tnree
members of ths board of directors or
ths club It wss necessary to hold a new
election of officers for the year lest week.
At a meeting of directors held In At
torney F. L. Weaver's - offices In the
Brandels building Friday svenlng the
following were elected for lli: President.
Frank U Wsavsr; vies president, A. W.
Eddy.; secretary. Byron Hart; treasurer,
A. P. Whltmors. -
The opening day of the club has hot
yet been set definitely, but it-will-oe
during the first week In Msy. according
lo ths weather conditions. . The dlffen.it
committees for the yeer on golf, tennis.
aquatics, grounds snd buildings will be
appointed this week. The golt commit
tee wlU have the stiff est proposition, as
it Is planned to lay out an elghteen-hole
course over the new site this spring.
Ths festurs event ot the club this yssr
will bs ths annual Venetian -carnival and
water regatta, which will be held the
first week In August on the. lake. Alt
sorts of water craft will -be entered for
this svsnt, which will-be held' In the
evening.
H. S. Beats Actors
in Slow Ball Game
In a vnlqua exhibition of bass ball ths
Omsha High school hopefuls blanked a
picked nine composed ot thesplans and
"supes" from ths Southern and Marlowe
company to the tune of U to on the
University of Omaha diamond Friday
afternoon. --
From start to finish the game. was ex
ceedingly Interesting snd ths actor ball
players msds a fancy showing, garbed
In blue and gray uniforms. The glare of
the footlights svldently does not mix well
with aspirations for tbe diamond sport,
ss ths "a and M." aggregation proved
rather Inactive when It came to covering
the positions and slamming out hlta.
Summary ot ths game: . R.H.E.
Omaha High 1 1 4 1 1 If J
"8. and M' -
Phillies Gain One on
World's Champions
PHILADELPHIA. April t,-Ooo4 hit
ting .and' clean 'fielding gave tha fifth
gams of tha series with the world's
champions to tha Philadelphia Nationals
by a score of f to t Tbe Nationals have
three victories , to the American's two.
Ths series will end on Tuesday. Boors:
II H-E
Nationals 1 t JJJ - J 1 f
Americans . I -I j
Batteries: Alexander, Beaton and
Dooln; K reuse. Danforth snd Lapp. Um
pires: fonnolly and Kigler.
HIGHLANDERS TAKE CHEAP
GAME FROM COLUMBUS
' COLUMBUS, O, April a The New
Tork sh league team defeated the
Columbus elub here today ta an exciting,
but poorly played game. All the pitchers
were Ineffective snd were bit hard.' Score:
R.H.fS.
New Tork
riimhiM U IS S
Batteries: War hop. McConnell and
Rireet: Packard. Doak. Kouiatne and
Grefe, Smith.
Detroit Eaer Wlaaer.
TOLEDO. April a-Detroit won easily
from Toledo this afternoon. 10 to J,
Pitcher Wlllett going the entire distance
against the tocala Willett's drtvs.over
the left field fenoe waa the feature. De
troit got eighteen, bits oft Falaenberg
aad west.
Vergil
Team; coieman uoraon, mum nun.
J, PLUYIUS PREVENTS BATTLE
Ronrkea and Wichita Playen Are
Content Totting Ball
GAME SCHEDULED FOR TODAY
Weather' Permitting, Teaasa Will
Meet an Miners Field Roagers
Leava Jeplta Temerraw era
. lag far Falls City.
. JOPL.IN. . Mo., March a-fSpeclat Tole-
gram.)-Pssslng the ball about from one
ih. other was ths only practice that
.un r both the Omaha and
Wichita Western league chibs Indulged
in today. A terrlflo rain this attsrnoon
nut Miners' field out of oommleelon.
Oe aol -managed to get on tbe Job
shortly after tbe announcement that the
game would be postponed. However,
there wss so Utile force back of his
rays that ths ground didn't dry out fast.
It should bs In greet shape Sunday, barr
ing another pour. . ' .
The Jobbers -hit camp this morning,
confident of being able, to play.. The
Kansans seem to be In pretty good shsps
snd ths Easter - pastlming should bs
worth, while. This will bs ths first game
of the training season thst will find the
Rangers pitted against a elub about their
equal In strength.
Pa Rourke has everything In readiness
to jump out of Jiiplln st an early hour
Monday morning. The season here has
not been all that he had hoped for. he
says; howsvsr, his youngsters have man
aged - to get hi enough work to whip
themselves Into greet shape, "It's been
a losing proposition from the treasury
end." says Pa. . ' - . '
Here Is ths wsy ths Rangers snd Job
bers will tins up Hundsy:
Omaha.
Justice...;,,.
Coy Is
Tliomason...
Ksne
Hours
Nelhoff
' Position.- Wichita
,.hart Mee
...Jtlght ... Davis
Center Mlddleton
-First Turner
-Left-..,
Pettlgrew
'..iThlrd ,
... Hecond
...Catch .,
...Pitch...
......Claire
Wanner
Arbogaat
Fentress
,.. Hughee
.... Werob
... liusche
Batting Rally Gives
Series to Cardinals
ST. LOUIS. . April a-A. batting rally
which netted five runs In the sixth In
ning today enabled the St Loo Is Na
tional league base -ball teem to deteal
the local American league team, t ta T.
The Nationals won ths spring series by
4 to t Another -game Is scheduled for
la the sixth Inning Harry Stelnfeldt of
the Nationals, . coaching at third bs
I "Jimmy" Austin at ths Americans
I a fist fight after Mowrey sUd Into
A satin aad Austin pinned Mowrey down.
In an altercation which followed Stein-
feldt hit Austin.' who knocked Stelnfeldt
down. Polios interfered and later the
players snook hands. Score: - R-H aU
Nationals .... ' t U 1
Americans Ill I
Batteries: Steele, Harmon and B res na
na n : Mitchell, Pelty. Baumgardner and
Stephens. Umplree: Egaa and John
stone.
LincolnrLeaguers
Trim the White Sox
.LINCOLN. April a-The Lincoln West
ern league team defeated tha Chicago
Americas league second squad this after
aoon. ta a Score: , R.H.E.
Lincoln I1IIIMM1II
Chicago ........ tla-l3
Batteries: Lincoln, Smith. Fartnln
!."J
and Stratum; Chicago, Jordan, Bens
Carney. ,
WICHITA EXPECTS TO LAND
THE PENNANT THIS YEAR
Manager Hughes of the Wichita, dub
thinks he has the best bunch of ball
players la tha Western league this sea
son, and at predicting that the penuant
will By from the Wichita ball park next
spring. His men have been working
hard at Geuda Springs tor the last two
weeks, aad have recently returned home
to play scheduled games tor the re
mainder of tbns before ths
ss Ajrtt IS. ...
ROURKES READY
EORTHEOPENING
Omaha and Sioux City to Start
Wet tern League Season Hen
April Sine teen.
BOOSTERS ARE ALL USESG UP
Ad Club to Tie with Commercial
Clnb at HoiM-Makera.
AX-SAR-BE5 TO TAKE A HARD
Bif Parade Will Lead the Way to
Rourke Park,
EXHIBITION GAMES ARRANGED
Ossaba aad Llaeala ta Plar Threagh
the State - a stele pee ta Be
Hera Sataraar aad lis
dar ' far Games, -
Extensive arrangements are being made
by Dick Orotte, secretary ot the Omaha
bass ball elub, for the opening ot tne
Western league season la Omaha this
year, and from arpearanoea n wiu oe
some opening on April Is.
The Omaha Ad club haa decided to bees
the Rourkes In their opening gams, as
they have In ths past, and have reserved
a large portion ot he grandstand, which
will bs roped In snd bung with large
banners. In care thst some ot the fens
will not know whs sits therein even after
tbe bunch tela through with their usual
ran of noise. - The Ad club men are soma
boosters and with their band II van things
up In the grandstaad to such aa extent
that tha visiting ball elub gets all fussed
up and forgets that It Is attending a
ball gsma.
The Commercial club Is another bunch
which bsa sent word to Orotts that ttsy
are working for ths opening with heart
and soul snd assure him that nine-tenths
of ths LMe members will bs out with
notes and boosts for tha Rourkeev. A
large section will be secured by this
bunch to seat Its members.
Ak-Sar-Bea la seat.
Then Ak-Sar-Ben la going to bs ant la
full faros and ths scheme which Dick
iimu hu aianned for the snsnlng
and whkhV is going la Include ths ladies
and governors and aU past kings aad
queens ot ths Ak-Sar-Ben la going ta
be some stunt. But. what this stunt win
be ta being kept bidden by tha knowing
ones, sod It will be sprung as a surprise
on the tana. Dick Grotta and Brother
Dave are author! Ilea tor the statement
that ths opening ts to actios that ot
last year, and those wno f v'".
opening game last year say " "
lo bs sums opening f -
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The Elks wUI occur a secuoa au
themselves. Ther will teas erncis ac
tion an the matter at the next regular
meeting. The- Tom Moors olub, a bunch
at about fifty men who live is tea
viclnttv of the ball park, mads tha first
reeervktton for ths opening gams, They
have asked tor two full boxes of sixteen
seats each, la taking tha boxes ths dub
said they were doing It to show Fa
Rourke how much they appreciated ths ,
way bs has been running the gams at
ik, tra and not abusing tha residents
of thst vicinity by obnoxious scenes aad
noises. They also commend tne umana
ball club on Us ample police protection.
Farads ta the Park.
Prior to ths same ths players aad alt
the officials wUI meet Basra tows ami
will bead ths unusually large parade to
the park. Over1 seventy -two automobiles
have been tendered tha jwuras manage
ment for the opening parade. Tha first
two ears all! carry tbe bands. In tha
second platoon ths dty officials will ride.
Following tbe dty officials will coma tha
bait players at both teams and than tha
sport writers. Ths various dubs and in
stitutions will thsa follow. m
known st present who will throw the
first bell, but R la hinted at that a certain
young woman prominent in ie --
Bea b JI hurt year will do tne nonoia,
Reerkea Back Tbaraaar.
The Omaha fans are anilooaly await
ing the return ot sne noursee no
south. Ths boys are expected to bs In
Omaha Thursday and then Omaha will
awaken lo tha fact lhat tha ball season
i. for fair. . Tha Rourkes are cut- .
ting their stay In Joplin short by a few "
days In order to play a few exhibition
games on the way noma.
Don Despsln, owner of ths Lincoln
team, and Fa Roorke have entered an
agreement to play exhibition games us.
several towns In ths state prior ta tha
opening of the season ea April la. Oa
Tuesday the Rourkes and Lincoln will
battle against each other at rails City.
Ths following say the Lopes and Colls
will Una up against each other at Be
atrice, where a rousing reception Is to
bs gives the travelers. On tha following
day Nebraska City will see tha two teams
battle each other. ! Tha next day there
will be nothing doing.
Play He aataraar.
Next Saturday and Sunday tbe Ants
looes and the Rourkes will play sack
other la Omaha, and Fa says he will pit
his bast men and what will probablybe
his permanent team against Desrr a
erew. 'Hs la doing this la order tl I
the fans a chance to get a Use ea a.
MJ Rourkes and also to seo what ad
vantages a team gets by going sooth to
train, even If they do encounter aothtnr
but bard luck and poor weather for nine
out of ten days. On April M and K the
two teams will clash at Lincoln, snaing
the sxhlbttlon games. Tha Rourkes will
then return noma and take a light prac
tice oa the eighteenth and then rest an
for the opening day, wnen- Pa expects ta
put Mow City out ot the way.
There ts as doubt but what tha trip
south baa dons the Rourkes a world at
good aad It baa gla the saea just (he
right kind of work as get the kinks out
of their whips aaa Jrgs. tbo tans at
jopUn did not turn out to any gnat ax
teat at the few exhiMtloa gaaaeg played
at Joplin and Pa la ant financially, but
bs says bs win Daks this up by satttng
a real bell taaat aa tha field (his season,
one which be assarts ana be la the raa
dng from tha tap of too gong mar trig
ths opening ot tha greatest season ts. the
ra league antil ton aaaptra ceils
(Continued aa Besaed Fag.)