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TT1K 6MAHA SUNDAY" MAKCI! "5. Omaha's Diamond Heroes of Twenty Years Ago Si i nr wig" in His in" -a ffr im inswsj mmomm Hi i.Mm WHERE FLAYERS ARE GOING! Local Ball Tlayen Prepare for the Summer'! Activities. OMAHA SUTFIIES MA5Y TEAXS Frmr Twb Lot Vtmyrrm Thl City Mkl fino la Other C1l Ma 4 Otkr Caatrf. Many Wal ha ball manipulator, a well a a from the burn rroM th Muddy and a couple of other from the parking houne town are going to brea Into the salaried nrmy this reason. About a dosen Joined the professional ranks last year and none of the boya had to use the toe and heel route, aa they all ahowed.

that they could deliver the griverlee. Omaha has a aplendld reputation all over the wast for turning out good ball flayer, and mtfrtagera from all the amaller towns of thla and nelgnhorlng atatea come to Omaha In search of playera. When the famous Original were In their prime, Manager nradford needed a secretary to keep up hi correspondence with the nu-'meroue managera who were continually 'writing for playera. Thla year will be no exception to the rule and already playera are beginning to do their preliminary training atunta In anticipation of the com-tng aeaaon. Unasip of the Local Proa.

Frank Olbaon received hla transportation and left Thursday for the Ina Htar elata! -That pill allngar who makee McTheraon, of the Kanaaa State league hla summer bea ball headquarter, agalnat Russell Routt, haa been consulting til thought reservoir In regard to the aalary question. Btora Triumpha have strengthened their bunch considerable by annexing Harry Welch, for year one of the heaviest clubbers In the Western league. Harry belongs ta eiouK City, but be haa resolved to quit proenHp- al ball. An Omaha product, who made his debut In Council Bluffs last year with the Council Bluff Merchants, Edward Dygert, surlbbled hlB Igner Auburn contract recently. Ed.

was the hit of th season recently at Council Bluffs. On of th neadllner among th Omaha, back steppers namely, Dick Kennedy, ra-oelved a letter from Nelslgh. a few days ago la which be was asked to state bis term and negetiationa are under way now to make him a member of that crowd. Edward Ruben will do the managerial Binlth, Ark. He Is an experienced nana doing th heavy work and can handle ball player to perfection.

Aside from his managerial ability Im a ball player of note. Old Bill Malum will hold down th hot corner for Columbus et th Stat league. BUI I a olever third baseman with lot of pep. book nearly everything that come hla way, la faat on bunts, can heav th cherry while on th move and 1 fair with th big stick. That left little) shotstop tagged.

Neno Pasha ha signed a document to tlckl th dust around th short field territory tor Auburn of th Mink league. Neno always keep th twirl er guessing, as he Is a short, heavy-built rascal with a peculiar crouch whan at bat Last week Verni Htrsch, th popular left winger, attached hla offlotai seal on an Auburn, contract for the ensuing aeaaon. He established a good, record last year, winning over half of his game, aad With medloor support he will undoubtedly soar higher thla trip. Clink Clair, formerly an Omaha amateur and considered th beat Initial corner oavorter ever turned lose from her who ha been In th salaried congregation for th laat two year hasn't decided where he will hang hi lid thl Bummer, but from present Indication It 1 a good bet that he will be en deck at Kearney when th gong taps. Although Harry Base, th chief umpire of th Mlak league resigned laat year before the end af the season, nevertheless haa accepted th position again for th coming He 1 a good judge of th national pastime and can handle th Indicator to perfection, but It 1 a known fact that It 1 a tough Job to handle ola 1 players.

Fuss Mayfleld, the pride of South Omaha, will ship himself to Nebraska City of the Mink league about May 1. 1 a sensational outfielder, being extraordinarily fast on hi stilts and when, his lunch hooks 'grab the sphere ther I no avenue of Wouldn't It be Just grand If Ous William would salt on of those gardens with th Bt. Louis Americans? From all appearance It seem aa though Edward Spellman, th doughty catcher belonging to th Townaend th early part of laat season, and who later entered leagu company aa a member of th Su perior aggregation, will have to hlk back to the same crew. Ed 1 still a young fellow and ha abundance of time to Join th big parade. His whip Is a strong as onions.

Another Omaha lad, Ted Cross, has been offered a chance to do th umpiring stunt. Cross has don considerable work of thla kind among th local amateur and hla decision have always' met with th ap proval of th Otuaha player consequently his reputation as an umpire her merit th tainp. Bo far he haa not decided what to do. Laat week. Chic lately associated with th American Baae Ball club of thla city, received hia release from Dallas, where he signed to hold down the first station.

Chlo 1 now a free agent, but has nothing definite In eight. He is a clever left-banded first sack artist and It Is a to 1 shot that he.wlll get a contract from some first class team before many moons. Bert McAndrew. for year a member of the faat Holly squad, 1 going to out th amateur rope and meander down to Shenandoah, and do bis intghtlent to be the big Dolus at shortstop there. Bert isa cover an ecre of ground, baa a good head, can get the pill away quick, in a speedy, underhanded fashion and.

In fact, lie ha every requisite necessary to hold down that position. Ked Kyi, th star foot ball warrior, who made aucb a splendid record with Crelghton university last fall, la also some ball player and he will be wearing the auburn color thl season. Ked is a cracker-Jack on th Infield and hla hair indicates hia spirit. He 1 the proud possessor of an accurate underhanded vhlp, can throw from most any position and I a wonder nitilng in th plnchea. John Cavanaugh, a South Omaha product, who performed behind the platter for Keokuk last season, will pack hla duds In th very near, future and grab a amok cart lubeied for Keokuk one mora.

John made good In a hurry on hla first appear-uiii and he will have to battle with several other backstops with rep a mil lung. is especially good with the ash furniture, watches the bag Ilk a hawk, use his top piece and has a swift, accurate Peg. At the shortstop position for Nebraska City of th Mink league, i'rank Woodruff, a member of tho Farrell Byrups last saon. will try to get on steady. Frank haa all the essentials necessary to make a good ball tosarr and the Mink league is an aaoeiirnt School fur him, and it' a ui A if i 'h i From Left to Right, Standing Larry Twitchell, Pitcher and Left Fielder; Allen McCauley, First Base; Cyrus 8utcllffe, Catcher; Kddie Kltcljorsr, Pitcher; John Newman, Catcher.

Sitting Dad Clarke, pitcher; Jimmy Donnelley, Third Base; Danny Shannon, Captain and Manager, Second Base; Bill HalllKan, Bight Field; Norman Leslie Baker, Pitcher; Sandy Griffin, Middle Fielder; Joe Walsh, Short. OMAHA WESTERN LEAGUE BASE BALL TEAM OF 189L ERE' 8 a picture that take back twenty year, to the day of Omaha' earliest glory on the bail field no disparagement to the Rotirke family when we had a bunch of slugger whose memory dwells fondly with the fans of that time. Dan Shannon' "Lambs," as they were locally dubbed, were perhaps the greatest bunch of hard, hitters, hard thrower and hard drinkers ever assembled on one diamond. It was made up of Sut-cllffe and Newman, catchers; Clark, Eltel-Jnrg, baker and Twltchell, pitchers (al though Larry played mostly in left field, and didn't really amount to a hill of beans a pitcher); McCauley, first; Shannon, second; Donnelly, third; Joe Walsh, short; Sandy Orlffin. middle and Bill Halllgan, right.

The chances are that if you were to talk with one of the older fans about this team, the first thing he would tell you would be the wonderful throws BUI Halllgan used to make from right field; how he caught one man after another trying to go from second to third on a long fly, or of the time he ran out of the carriage gate into Twentieth street and got the ball "Home Run" George Tread-way of Denver knocked over the right field' fence, and threw Tread way out at the plate. The next fan, perhaps, would tell you of the unerring aim with which Cy Sutcllffe used to shoot 'em down to Danny Shannon at second; such throwing was never seen before or since In the Western league. Once, when Elmer Foster was cavorting around under the added name pf "Spokane" a horse of that name bad Just won a big race he was released by Pop Anson from Chicago because he was caught unloading a schooner of beer and Jimmy Manning grabbed him for the Blues. Elmer came along to Omaha with that wonderful gang of Jimmy's (he had "Dirty Dan" Stearns, "Dark Days" Conway, Park Swartsel, "Hickory' Carpenter, "Big Bill" Hoover, "Scrappy Jack" Pickett and a host of other of similar quality), and promised to Bhow old But up. Well, Cy gave Elmer every chanc to make the start, even dropped the ball, and then had him out standing up.

Maybe the next man would tell of Allen McCauley' walk; big Mack was known to drop his glove and start for th water barrel a the aides changed and Omaha would go to the bat and three go out before McCauley had gotten to the barrel, and he'd be walking all the time. But he wasn't that slow around the bases, not by a Jugful. Each of the team had soma peculiarity that endeared him to the fans, and for which he 1 fondly remembered. Jo Walsh's favor-It stunt was to smash away at the first ball pitched, no matter whore it was, and as the opposing pitcher knew this, the ball usually went about three feet over Joe' red head. Norman Leslie Baker had a dog that wa the pet of the bench, and he attended every game until be took part In one.

Omaha was playing Milwaukee, and was at the bat. Baker was sitting on the bench, waiting for something to do, and the dog was cavorting around on the grass near by. Ous Alberts was playing third for Milwaukee and George Schock ws playing short. The Omaha batter bunted down the third base line and Alberts started for the ball, but he never got it. Baker's dog beat him to it and ran with It In his mouth, pursued by Alberts and Schock, and before they had caught the dog and rescued the ball, the Omaha man bad cantered around the bases.

That was the dog' last appearance In a game. Some of the boys remember Ted Minnahan's home run. Ted was with Minneapolis and followed Moxle Hengle at bat. It was ail over but the shouting, for Omaha was two runs to the good, and had two men out in the ninth on Minneapolis, when Minnahon cam to bat with two runners on. He lifted a fly to left field that seemed to be letting right Into Larry Twltchell' hands.

But Larry was standing by a post about ten feet high, and down on top of the post came the ball, striking squarely and bounding away over the fence, giving Mr. Mlnnahan an easy home run and the Henleltes th game. Then, there was the time Thomas Gilbert VIckery pitched the high on to old Sut It was in the fourteenth Inning, and Omaha and Milwaukee had been scrapping tike fiend for the game. Omaha had two men on and two men out, when old Sut cam to bat. Vickery got one strike and three balls on Sut, and then came up an argument between him and lJack Schriver, who was catching.

Schriver wanted Vickery to use a bail and Vickery djdn't want to do It. They had several confabulations, and finally Vickery went back to the box. He twisted his cap, took a fresh bite of tobacco, and finally settled down. Everybody In that bis: Sunday crowd knew something was going to happen, and waited with breath less anxiety for the pitch. Vickery whipped the ball over about breast high and Sut banged It over th right field fence Into Parmalee's back yard.

In the second of silence that followed the hit the voice of Thomas Gilbert Vickery, full of great dis gust, was heard thus adjuring big Jack Schriver: "There, you blankcty-blank double blank! You see what he does to a high one!" And th shout that went up told the world the game was over. Once Bill Halllgan made three triples in three times up, and a he wa going to the bat for the fourth time he was asked what he proposed to do. "Oh, I guess I'll make thl a good one, and knock It over the fence, he answered and he' mad good. Volumes mieht ha written of the doings of that bunch. The Western was full' of high- class players that It was a free for-all time, with the Brotherhood ripping hint's up th back and down the center, and contract hardly worth the paper they were written on.

Lincoln had the greatest thing that he will graduate to a higher class at', the termination of this aeaaon. He shoots 'em to the bases like a shot out of a cannon, la fast on his 'pedals and owns an'elegant batting eye. Another old war-horse marked Twlchell, who played with the Sterlings three years ago, is making Omaha hi headquarter at the present time. He was with Harry Sage'a recruits the first part of the season, the year Omaha had the city league and later Joined Frank Qulgley's gang, then known as the Townsends. He has received two contracts already thla year, one from Hutchison, and the other from Kearney, but the' flgurea Inserted In the contracts are not appetising to Mm.

Lsst Sunday Harry Williams left for Dallas. where be will endeavor to cop a berth. Harry Is, a big fellow, about six foot two, with a grand arm, 1 fast on his shank sticks, and a hitter of some class. Another Omaha boy, Frank Gibson, will make Harry hustle to grab the backstop Job, but Harry says, "He Isn't ex actly particular wether or not he lands the big mitt poslsh, Just so he nabs something. He is a good all-around man and the same can be said of Gibson; consequently both boys will in all probability make good.

About two weeks ago Wilson Atkins left for Hot Springs, to do some preparatory work for his initiation at Des Moines, la. Wilson figured on coming in contact with a number of th big leaguers to work out with them so he could get wise to Important point not known to him about the grand old game. He I making a big Jump from amateur ball to a clasi team, but he I one of the beat amateur third station ait 1st around this neck of th wood and If he can get his batting optic working, be will probably ou cushion No. 3 for the De Moines outfit this season. Monday a stranger labeled Joe Lots with the map of Omaha blew Into St.

Louis and started a scouting act for President Hedges of lb bt Louis American. Lost fail, Joseph received a contract from the big show team on which he immediately In scribed hla mark, because, although he has never had any experience in league ball, he felt confident If the opportunity was afforded him; he could Ice a place on their twirling staff. He did th slinging act for Omaha last season In two exhibition games against Sioux City and pickled both con teats. It seems aa though Lots' dreams of being a big league star this season won't com true, as Rourke, the Omaha magnate, has purchased hiiu from St. Louis, but Joe 1 only about 20 years old, consequently a year in the Western leagua would greatly improve hi chances to stick with th big fellow next season.

galaxy of stars It ever presented on the diamond, with Jesse Burkvtt, Harry Raymond, Henry O'Day, who even then occasionally submitted to being called "Hank;" "Red" Ehret, Monkey Cline, Jack Rowe, Dave Rowe, Parke Wilson and some others, and their vtslts to Omaha always meant something doing. No one who saw the closing games will ever forget them. "Uncle Dick" McCormlck had announced his Intention of giving up the team In the middle of the season, because the league was going to pieces, and he didn't care to be left holding the sack. Lincoln played a double-header here on the last day, which was of a Sunday. Eddie Eltlejorg pitched the first game for Omaha and shut out the stars from down the road.

The score was 3 to 0, and looked mighty good to Omaha. Dad Clarke went in to pitch the second game for Omaha, and his admirers begged him to repeat, and he did; again the score was to 0 in favor of Omaha, and the 7,000 fans who were in the ground said a sad farewell to the most remarkable bunch of ball players ever noted In an Omaha uni form. It Is needless, perhaps, to say that Omaha was leading the league when the Mow-off came. The closing gam was marked by a triple play, one of the first, if not the first, ever seen in- the city. Monk Cline was on third, Harry Raymond was on flmt and Jack Row was at the bat for Lincoln, with no one out.

Dad was pitching to Rowe with that vicious determination that -only those who knew Dad well understood. And Rowe was deliberately fouling one after an other, trying to tire Dad or to anger him into pitching an easy one. The crowd was Jeering Rowe unmercifully, demanding him to hit it, and the delay was beoomlng serious, when the umpire ordered Rowe to desist purposely fouling the balls, telling him to hit out or be called out for delaying the game. The next one Rowe smashed at and lifted It high into the 'air. It was McCauley's ball, Just Inside the first baae line.

Harry Raymond was watching McCauley and didn't notice Danny Shannon sneaking up from second to cover first When (he ball came down Mack turned and snapped It to Danny and Raymond was out, In the melee the Monk thought he saw a chance and he started home from third. He was some runner, too, but Shannon saw him and shot the ball to Sut, who had the Monk nailed fifteen feet away. And this was the nearest Lincoln came to scoring. What the crowd said to Jack Rowe was enough to make him change places with Brother Dave and go to middle field Instead of first base. When the Omaha team left here Shannon had a contract to deliver the whole lot to Washington, but agents for other teams got busy, and he only got there with a few of them.

Joe Walsh went to Baltimore, Larry Twltchell and Dad Clarke to Columbus, Bill Halllgan finally brought up In Cincinnati, Sutcllffe went to ruin over th boose route and other settled In different places. Halllgan lasted longer than any. of them after leaving Omaha, and up to a little while ago was a feature of the Buffalo team of the Eastern league. amis 11 id. Mare than forty yean ego we gall in oar advertisements "5.5.5.

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