Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-02
OMAHA BOUND TO KEEP EVEN,
The Home Team Captures the Sec
ond Game From Des Moines.
,UsHMAN WAS FAIRLY CRUSHED.
They Pound out Two Doubles and n
Quartette Of Singles i'm the Sixth,
Netting Four Earned Runs
other Western Games.
Omaha ncs NIoines Q.


The Omahas had on their stylish new uni
forms yesterday afternoon and they gained
signal victory over Des Moines.
And the game they played was n bird.
Clark pitched wonderfully well and was
supported beautifully, while the boys
smashed big Cushman just when it was most
important that they should smash him.
So give them a cheer, it will do no harm.
The air fairly danced with a superabund-
ancc of coloric, but that didn't keep 1000 peo-
pie away from the game.
Did they enjoy it'
Ask Pat Ford.
From the way Omaha began the proceed
ings, she looked like winner. She made
two runs.
Cooney opened up by going out to Stearns
Annis then got in neat hit to right, and on
bully boy Crooks hit, which was too
hot for Alvord to handle, Billy
went TO second. Lovett then stepped
up TO the plate and smashed the ball out over
Miclxy Quinn's head for bag hms elf On
this nit both Annis and Crooks, amidst the
widest applause, came home, Crooks tally
ing on daring head-first slide. Lovett,
however, was nailed at second, and Burns
soon followed on an out to Stearns.
Lots of sore heads who came to peer raised
their voices in cheer.
For the cold water advocates, Holiday,
throughout the entire struggle, took trst on
five bad balls. Then he ran down to second
on a passed ball, and on Quinn's out took
third. wild pitch allowed hm to score.
Stearns was easily retired but little kicking
Macullar raped out ripping three Dagger,
and everybody said "ahl''
How funny it is The home audience al
ways says 'ah ~ at good play for the visi.
tors, and "oh!" when their favorltes make
Macular trotted.home on Slimmy Morton's
hit Alvord then went out to German, while
Mort went down TO third. He stayed there,
Van Dyke flying out to Joe Miller.
The score was tied, ana the g told you
SOS " were thicker than flies back of the
Philadelphia chop house.
1t was now mighty pretty fight.
In the second German reached first on
missed third strike. He stole second in
jiffy. Miller struck out On Nagle's retire
ment at first German gained third. Then
Clark struck out
For Des Moines, Trufley sat down from
Cooney to German, and Cushman banged
away at space three times and joined Billy
on the bench.
That was tit for tat But when fresh Mr.,
Holiday also famed the wind, the howl that
went up would put to shame democratic
ratification.
In the third it was one, two, three for
Cooney, Annis and Crooks, and one, two,
three for Quinn, Stearns and Macullar.
Wasn't that pretty WORK.
In the fourth Lovett struck out, but the
poet, Burns, lined out u safe one past third.
The next instant he was out, trying to steal
second. German retired from Quinn to
Stearns.
For the visitors the vice president slashed
away at the air like a man chopping wood,
as did likewise good-natured Alvord. Nagle,
however, missed the third strike ana the big
third baseman's life was spared. The next
moment Nagle redeemed himself, though, by
catching him trying to purloin the next bag.
VanDyke flew out to Burns.
Clark was doing himself proud. Try as
hard as they might the prohibitionists could
not hit him.
In the fifth both teams again took an egg.
Then came the sixth. This was an inning
that Cushman will long remember The
home team heartlessly essayed to knock the
life out of him and nearly succeeded. They
piled up four runs and made six hits.
And they were beauties. Two two sackers
end four singles. Oh, my oh, me! How re-
Vivifying that was.
But go on read the whole story.
Annis walked up and for the second time
rapped safe one to center OF course he
stole second. Billy TraGley can never catch
him. On Crooks out, Anns perched like an
eagle on third. Lovett then drove him home
on his second hit to center garden. The wild
yells of the excited crowd rolled in waves
through the stands.
"Lose it, Jimmy, lose it!'' they all cried as
the poet faced Cush, and responsive to their
cries he sent the sphere whizzing out to right
for two bags
Again everybody cheered.
Not to be outdone, German now followed,
and he too smashed one out to the same spot,
and Lovett and Burns ran home.
Well say, you ought to have heard those
1000 crazy people. The uproar sounded like
the waters of Niagara rolling over the falls.
1t was absolutely grand.
A momentary lull followed when Miller
foul-tipped out. Then the boys began their
tammering process. Nagle hit one safe out
70 Slimmy Morton and Clark sent one right
nfter it. But no more runs came in. The
pmahas are not hogs, and know when they
have enough. Nagle was put out endeavor-
lug to make third on half-passed ball.
Again poor old Des Nloines was goose
egged. as were the Omahas in the seventh.
In their half the visitors made things look
decidedly omnous for minute, After AL
Words out, Van Dyke was given n base on
Burns eXcusable muff. The ball was hit high,
but way in, and after hard run it got away
from him. The prohibition sprinter stole
second. Trafley then hit to Clark, who gath
ered the ball well, but hesitated between first
pnd third, for which the two runners We're
respectively rushing, but finally he threw TO
men were safe. But the suspense was over
n second later, for Cushman lined one to Cor
pan, and Trat1ley being off the base, neat
double play was made unassisted.
Again the air was filed with chin music.
The subsequent proceedings were short and
sweet. No more runs were scored and
thus Omaha came out victor OF as pretty
b contest as one could wish to see.
Cushman distinguished himself in the last
5nning by striking the side out, but despite
ths featRthere was languid dreamy, far
away look in his eyes at the close that was
touching to behold.
And uOW. hero il the score: