Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-24
MAINS WAS BADLY MAULEO.
The Tall Apostle Fares Little Bet
ter Than Mr. Tuckerman.
GOOD WORK WITH THE STICK.
Hard Fits and Plenty of Them,
Backed by Brilliant Fielding,
Again Upset the Visitors
From the North.
GOOD WORK WITH THE STICK.
Omaha 10. Sc. Paul 8.


Ono of the largest crowds that ever as
sembled at the ball park was there yester-
day afternoon to see the Omahas and st.
Pauls play the final game of their present
series.
Over fve thousand people were gathered
within the spacious enclosure, packing the
grand stand to suffocation, and crowding the
bleaching boards to their fullest capacity.
Encircling the field, too, was a Gordon of
buggies and carriages filled with eager, in
terested spectators, while the grass plots on
each side of the diamond were tnickly dotted
with the rccumbent forms of men and boys
Indeed tho crowd was great one, and
under the mellow June sunshine furnished
picturesque scene thatwas sight within
ITSELF
And of all the masses there, everyone, al
most, save those injudicious enough to put
up their stuff on the Apostles, had gone there
TO cheer Omaha. And they did cheer Omaha
--cheered her until some of them must have
cracked their throats, for once more the
White Sox won the game.
Thus, of the nine games the two teams
have played so far this season, Omaha has
won six, taking the last three straight
Isn't that doing pretty well with the
chance yet for the flag
But this is how it happened
Cooney the first batter up, went back to
the bench on a little one to Werrick and
Hawes Cleveland drove the first ball
pitched to center for base, and on Strauss
base on balls was forced to second.
The audience seemed to feel instinctively
that something was going to happen,
end when pretty little johnny Crooks came
TO the bat there was a low, mariginous sound
in the grand stand like the mutterngs of
distant thunder. .
"Put her anywhere near the plate, Willie"
called Crooks to the telephone pole pitching
for ST. Paul sand I'll kill il. ~
This made Mains hot, and bending his
form forward until his nose nearly touched
his knees, he suddenly Strengthened up, and
whiz came the ball, and bang went jacks
bat.
1t was timely hit, and before Carroll
could recover the sphere and get 1t back
into the diamond, Cleveland anu Strauss had
crossed the rubber, and Crooks was on third.
The mutterings IN the grand stand changed
TO a roar, and as it was caught up by the
beachers, it made deafeninG din, indeed.
And that wasn't all of it.
Andrews came right along after this de-
lightful smash, and before Willie Mains
could realize what had taken place, the ball
was over in Parmelee's yard, and, arm In
arm, Crooks and Wally waltzed home.
The great crowd fairly made earth and
atmosphere vibrate.
1t is such revlvifying spectacle to see
your side making runs, and your cnemy'E
falling quietly back into the puree.
Walsh was the next batter up, but he re-
tired on erounder to Hawes, who then
muffed Nagles hit and gave Tommy his
base. A moment later he came home on
Willis fine drive to center. Nichols ended
the innings from Werrick to Hawes.
The Apostles couldn't do anything in their
half. Nichols was at his best and the sanity
cohort could do nothing with him.
There were some close shaves, however,
and it was only some marvellous pick-ups
and lightning throws by Grover and Walsh,
and brilliant work of the whple team all
around, that shut out runs on divers occa-
sions Crooks and Andrews, by neat
double play in the second, evidently saved d
tally ortwo. S-I~-..-
In the fourth Omaha made her sixth run.
After tho speedy retirement Of Willis and
Nichols, Cooney got in his work with a
clever bunt, and on Clevelands second hit,
ran clear round home.
OF course the crowd again "acted up''
just awfully. Everybody said that the game
was clinched.
But. as has probably been remarked be-
fore this season, base ball is very uncer-
tain game. and the old adage that there is
many a banana peel between the lip and the
dippor Is a good one to have in mind when
indulging in tho sport.
ST. Paul gathered herself together in the
sixth and made three runs.
That wasn't quite so nice.
Reilley went out from Old Reliable Buf-
falo to Andrews. Then Werrick, who had
struck out at both of his previous times at
the bat, laced out two-sacSer Farmer
struck out, and again it looked as if st. Paul
would not get run. Broughton, however,
came to the rescue. and with a slashing two
Dagger to left, sent Werrick home, reach
ing there himself in a few seconds
later, on a hit by Wagenhurst. The New
Yorker glided to second on the throw-in
went to third on passed ball, and home or
an error by Walsh. Hawes struck out
Then, as exasperating as II was, after
blanking in the seventh, they came right
back at US and tied the scorel
The crowd couldn't believe it, and they
looked obviously at their score cards agair
and again.
But the runs were there, as big as so man,
horses, and here's how they made them:
Murphy made single, Carroll three
Dagger, Willis an error and Farmer u hit
and the work was done.
Murphy, Carroll and Reilley got home, and
all OF Omaha's previous good work was ap
parently wiped out as if by u colossal eraser
in the hands of giant
That wasn't quite so eXhiliarating, and NJ
more mad howls of glee, worth speaking of
were heard fracturing the ambient air.
Goose eggs on the half shell for both in tht
eighth.
But in the ninth Omaha caught her secont
wind, and by Cleveland's base on balls
Strauss life on Wagenhurst's wall-eyet
blunder. and rattling drive by Andrews
we again forged to the front by two runs.
A prolonged shout testified to the big
CIoWuS uollBuJ.
A moment later q great hush fell over thu
grounds, for the indomitable Apostles re
fused TO be down, anu they came right bacl
at US and again tied the score.
This made another innings necessary. ant
what o daisy it was.
Walsh led off with three-bagger, way
over Carroll's head, and then, after Naglt
had retired, Willis drove him home after
fashion he has, and pandemonium was agail
cut loose.
Then Cooney came forward, and, to pro
long the tumultuous Joy of tho people, hi
the ball on the cerebellum and made three
cushions on it, Willis, of course making home
Cleveland flew out to Murphy.
II was memorable inning. aud won tn
hardest fought battle that ever took place OF
the local grounds
The Saints went out in one, two, three
order.
They are glad to get away from Omaha
don't you thinkl
The scores
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