Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-08
WILLIS WAS BADLY RATIFIED
He and the Umpire Succeed in Los
-. ing the Game to Omaha.
WILD THROWS AND RANK RULINGS
One OF the Poorest Exhibitions of
Ball Playing Ever Seen on
the Omaha Grounds
Other Sports.
Des Moines IL, Omaha 3.

Licked, and by a lot Of old hollyhocks
from Des Moines.
That is the size OF yesterday afternoons
game at the ball park.
IL was a burning shame, and the 800. spec
tators sighed disgustedly as the last man
went out and that old relic of the stone age,
Dicky Phelan, cried exultingly, II told
you So"
The Omahas pranced around upon the
tonder green grass in preliminary practice
like lot of young colts at play. They knew
they had n snap, and they romped over the
field in fendish glee.
The Prohiptionists were quiet and sub
dued, yet there was de1ant anu very
wicked look in their eyes.
II was no bluff, either, for they gave the
white socks most humiliating threshing.
Think OF i'll Des Moines IL; Omaha y.
Wasn't that cuckooi
II was bad day for ball players, however,
especially Omaha players. They batted like
q lot Of school girls and ran bases like so
many saddle rocks.
Young Mr. Willis. too, was in an entirely
too kind mood. His generosity, in fact,
amounted almost to prodgality.
Why, he gave nine men bases IN balls,
forcing two runs across the plate, and was
milder than one of those steeds we read
about on Meric's boundless plains. In a
word, he was ratified. But the best OF them
u
Kick coming. Usually he is heady. clever
little twirier, and will round to all .. X.
when his turn comes again.
Nobody dreamed that Omaha could lose
after her magnificent work OF the past ten
days. and everybody looked to her to knock
out another victory big enough to eat hay.
But lightning, you know, doesn't always
strike six or seven times in the same place.
So the audience, who have become entirely
too gay ana tiossy of late, didn't do any very
.hn mir Exyntl lr
Hanchett failed to emit his customary war
whoop. There was no end Of the "beefing,"
however, in the grand stand, and Umpire
Kelley was numerically roasted. He was
fairly burned at the stake and even threat
ened to have couple of tumultuous partisans
In the grand stand fired But 1t isn't half
Kelley's fault. The best umpire In the land
couldn't have saved that game.
The result was something like just retri-
button, for the audience made fun Of the
little boys from Des MOines the moment
they came on the grounds.
But they got square with vengeance, for
the game was theirs all the way through,
and the laugh was on their side.
Joe Strauss walked right up to the plate in
tho first inning and banged MIR. Emmerke
for single without half trying.
The President followed with similar hit,
but the French count was little too kitten
ish and in trying to make third on the stroke
he was put out.
The man with the silvery jaw was out for
picnic, too so he just cracked out single
likewise, sending Cleveland round TO third.
But that settled it. We didn't get run.
Andrews and Cooney were both neatly
thrown out at first.
The Prohibitionists suffered still worse
fate for they were extinguished in one, two
three order. A couple of marvellous balls,
however, on the part Of Cleveland, was the
potent factor in this result
It was another cipher for the white socks
In ha Macnllar ms n
hand catch of q hot high liner from Cana
vans bat.
Right here Willis opened his heart and
gave old man Phelan his base for nothing.
Then he actually stole second, and, We gods,
third, too.
II took the peoples breath to see a man
run SO in such an advanced stage Of senility.
But this was just the beginning of Willis
charitable work. Straightway he presented
String Smith his base on four more wide
balls. then he capped the climax with an
uutamed pitch and Grandpapa Phelan
reached the plate on wild throw by Maggie
over third.
Gracious! What a groan there was at that.
Smith made third on this same disastrous
pitch, but was doubled up moment later
with Council.
: A hearty cheer went up at this.
But it was nipped right in the midst Of its
cheerfulness.
Hart sent hot one way out into left for
two bags, and Trafley and Emmerke fol-
lowed with three sackers, and all three
crossed the rubber, the latter or another
horribly wild pitch.
Four runs Murder! That was awful!
Patton struck out and Des Moines took tho
neld.
But they didn't stay there long, for al
though Willis got TO first on tumble by
Blacullar, he was quickly doubled up with
Strauss, aud Cleveland retired from pitch to
Arst.
The Prohibitionists also drew blank, and
% did Omaha again IN the fourth. They
couldn't hit Il little bit, and small boy on
the bleachers advised them to ''get q
For the Iowans, Conueil futiley banged
the wind and it was blowing, you can bet,
great guns all the afternoon, and may have
had something to do with Mr.. Willis rosy
performance. Hope so, anyway.
Hart made a two Dagger, but Billy Traf-
fey struck out, and 1t didn't look much like
run. But that was where looks were do
eeiving. Patton made first on an error by
q Walsh, then Willis gave Macular and old
man Phelan their base in succession, forcing
Hart and Tratliey across the plate in spite of
themselves.
This was considered the quintesencc Of
richness, and the crowd yelled derisively.
Willis looked as If he wished he was tar
from the madding crowd.
Two more russ.
Again il was one, two, three for theiwhlte
socks in the fifth, and again Des Moines
came in and piled up four more runs, Itwas
TOO easy. They simply lined the ball out for
q single. a double and a triple, and Willis
accomplished the rest with brace OF bases
on balls, and pair of lovely wild pitches.
The Omahas finally managed to break
their run of bad luck in the seventh. An
drews got his base on balls and was driven
hOme on Cleveland's threebagger, the latter
scoring Oh Nagle's hit.
Des Moincs also made one in this inning,
as she did also in the sixth Then she quit.
Omaha made one more tally in the eighth,
and that was the last so IL was the old
song, one, two, three In tho ninth.
Then tho people filed sadly out OF The
grounds.
Here, look ut these figures