Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1883-04-25
SPORTING.
The Union Pacific Ball Players
Badly Beaten by st.
Louis.
A Victory for the Local ANA
teur Champions-Games
Elsewhere.

st. Louis Globe. Democrats.
Four thousand spectators Witnessed
the base ball contest at the Grand
Avenue Park yesterday afternoon be-
tween tho Union Pacific team of Oma.
ha and the st. Louis club. 1t result
cd 8 to 1 In favor of the homo players.
The features of the contest were the
right field play of Nicol, the short
stopping of Sneed and the pitching
and catching on both sides, Trsfiiey
creating very favorable impression.
Whitnoys second base play and the
batting of w. Gleason are also do
serving of special mention.
THE GAME.
St. Louis was sent to the bat and
w. Gleason opened with drive to
center. He stole second In style but
was caught mapping there by Salisbury
and Whitney, after Latham had
reached first by fast running on Foley'a
error. At this junoture Trafilsy re.
oeived cut In the head by foul tip
from Comiskey's bat. Foley's error
let Comiskey to first, and there were
two men on bases when LOTUS hit to
Whitney. That fine player retired
the striker at first, but Funk
houser, In an attempt to
head Latham off at third, threw
wildly, letting both men across the
plate. Jack Gleason then retired on
foul fly, and the visitors were very
easily disposed Of. Run getting then
ceased until the fifth inning, mag
nifcent throw from center to third by
MoKelvey, two splendidly accepted
foul tips by Trafhey, and a bad throw
by Latham after an extraordinary
stop, being matters of note meanwhile.
Three runs wore added to the st.
Louis score In the fifth inning. Strict
led off with clean hit, and reached
the plate on w. G!eason's drive to
right center for two bags, the run be-
Ing earned. Gleason lost no time In
stealing third. Tnen Comisky hit
an easy one to Salisbury, who threw
wildly, Gleason scoring his run and
Oomiskey getting as far round as third,
shortly afterwards crossing the plate
on q wild pitch. After Lotus had
been thrown out, j. Gleason reached
first on Funkhouser's error and stole
second. McGlnnis was given lift in
the same way, Sueed having handled
both hot bounders beautifully, but two
men were left as little Nlool's fierce
drive along the foul line to Foley wal
stopped In style and sent like . rifle
shot to the first baseman, retiring the
side. In the last half Of this Inning
Briggs made
THE ONLY BASE HIT
credited to his side, . fly that dropped
In safe spot back of first base. Ii
the sixth inning Nicol received
hearty round of applause for the ad
mirable way In which he backed ri
Comiskey. The st. Louis men adde,
two runs to their total In the seventh
Inning. LOTUS reached first on ba,
throw by Foley, and after j. Gleason
had retired on strikes, McGinnis ant
Nlcol hit safely. The bases were al
occupied, with but one out, wheI
Dolan sent q bounder to Saeed, VIII
forwarded the sphere promptly L
Trsftiey, but as the latter dropped il
McGinnin and LOTUS both succeeded 4
reaching the home plate. As Strie
and Gleason were retired withou
trouble, Nlcol was left. In the mint
inning j. Gleason scored an earne
run. After Jack had bstted safely fo
first aud stolen second, Dolsn got il
one of the old-time drives for whic
the defunot st. Louis Red Stockings
Tom being graduate--were famouI
sending Gleason across the plate an
reaching third himself with the utmol
Z ease. He was left, howeve
Strict furnishing the third ou
= The run credited to the Unic
pacifcs was secured In the six,
j. inning, McKelvey being Il
. lucky Y He reached first c
. Latham's erratic throw, and wou
y probably have gone all the way arour
o had 1t not been for Niools splend
. judgment. After MeGinnis hi
y thrown Funkhouser out Comisk,
a a tried to head MoKelvey off at secon
u but only succeeded In making wi
y throw, letting the base runner to thir
y whence he got home. On Whitney
\ high foul fly to right Nicol made
u A MAGNIFICENT RUNNING MATCH,
q and superb throw to the home pla,
but McKelvey just managed to be
Y the bali In. In the first half of Il
70 inning Comiskey, when thrown out
J. Soeed, acted very badly In making
deliberate attempt to interfere wi
Funkhouser by catching his arm T
umpire would undoubtedly have de
,r ded him out for interference had
M ball been dropped. With the exct
Ia tion of their first bsseman, with VIII,
v. 1t was evidently day off, the Uni
a. Pacifics acquitted themselves W
creditably In the field, but their ba
ing was weak, McGinnis proving
tirely too much for them.
Innings 2 8 8 o 8 8