Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-27
THE GRAND STAND HOWLED.
But the Outburst Was Due to Any
thing But JOY.
DADDY CLARKE WENT TO PIECES.
What mt First Looked Like Certain
Victory Is Turned Into n Dis
gushing Defeat In the
Eighth Inning.
Denver z, Omaha @.

'
Well, were you there yesterdayl
Not Well, then, you were spared much
humiliation and good deal OF pain
What looked like dead certain victory
was turned, in the twinlsling Of an eye, into
q most disgusting defeat.
And, oh, dear me, what o sore crowd that
was tnat FLED sadly and demurely from the
park about half-past B.
Just think of thirty.fve hundred sore peo-
pie in pilel
The spectacle was agonizing.
The day was lovely one for ball playing,
with sombre clouds hiding the blue empy-
rean, and shutting off the sultry rays of the
sun and rendering everything just right for
o brilliant struggle.
gent with wondrous features, up to the
eighth inning, when the tide of woo began to
swell, and before 1t could be checked had not
only engulfed the whole Omaha team, but
the great throng of spectators besides.
But it Is disagreeable task on hand, and
let's hurry and get rid of it.
Messitt opened up with an out to McQuaid,
and Cleveland was thrown out by klusman
Mt first. The same gentleman followed up
this nice play by a bad tumble, which gave
Strauss his base. Crooks struck out, how
user, and he was left.
The Mountaineers went out in succession.
Then everybody settled himself for o
close and interesting game
TO old Dal, the hero of many CORY conflict
in the years gone by, and joined his COM
rades on the bench.
Walsh had his sgood eyen with him and
to be doubled up. though, with Nagle, who
hit q curve to McQuaid, who also threw
Walsh out at second.
Messitt's muff let McQuaid reach first in
Denver's half. A moment subsequent Dad
made wild pitch and he made second.
n gCOrChilp rrOnnder
to Scrappy Jack, and Mac dared not leave
second. Klusman hit vicious one to Walsh,
who scooped 1t in clean, and to the wild de-
light OF everybody, threw McQuaid out at
the plate. 1t was nice play and was greeted
by roar Of applause. Dolan struck out.
1t looked exceedingly like q score for
Omaha In the third, but alas she goteth it
noteth.
ond. Daddy Clarke also corked out one.
Then, after the ball had been returned,
Dolan threw down to second and caught
Canavan of his base, and with the assist
ance Of McVey, he was run down.
Messitt struck out, but Grover followed
with hit and Clarke gained third. Jakey
Strauss few out to big Dave Rowe and our
chances all went glimmering.
The grand stand sighed, and you ought to
hear grand stand sigh. 1t sounds some-
thing like the wall of lost soul
1t was one, two, three for Denver, so again
everything was all o. X.
The next was triumphant inning for
Omaha
And how the happy people did make the
Sabbath air quaver with their glad shouts.
Captain Crooks melted the peans Of victory
by rattling drive to right for two cushions.
A passed ball allowed him to reach third.
ratio Mr.. Kirby, and on McQuaid's muff of
Walsh's hit Crooks ran home and SO did
Cooney, too. Naglc laced out a single and
Walsh scored. Canavan then struck out and
Clarke forced Nagle at secoud.
But we made three runs, ana Omaha stock
Tho Denvers invested another dollar and
drew another blank.
For Omaha the fifth begun by the expires
ident reaching first onf four bad balls.
were safe.
Everybody smelt some more runs, but
that's ali, they smelt them, because Crooks,
Cooney and Welsh were ignominiously
< The Mountaineers held another losing
ticket
In the sixth Nagle took first
! ON balls, only to be forced at second by Can
avan. The latter stole second, but got nc
further, Clarke :.n>. Messitt being put out
The Denvers did not fare even this we'll
they never saw first.
The next inning was another triumph for
the locals.
Cleveland started the music with a terrific
drive for three bases. A passed ball hit him
across the plate. Strauss went to first on
balls, stole second and third cleverly. Crooks
went out from short to first and Coopey on q
fly to Dalrymple. McQuaid then made an
other muff of Walshs hit, and Strauss scored
and Walsh reached third. He came home g
moment later on Nagle's hit, and then Nagle
was put out stealing second, and the score
stood:
Omaha O, Denver 0.
For the Mountaineers,. both MoClelland
and Rowe reached their base on errors by
Walsh, but McClelland was caught OFF his
base by foxy threw by Messitt 20 Walsh,
and retired. The next two men went out
and still the score remained the same.
1t was one, two, three for the first time for
Omaha in the eighth.
But not 30 with Rowe's brawny myrmi
dons.
They came in, and with suddenness.ness-
lit onto Mr.. ClarKe and hit him IN the neck
between the eyes, on the nose, up and down
his ribs, and across the back, never stopping
until no less than FIVE of the blue ierseyed
friends had crossed the rubber.
Just stop and think Of it q moment, and
you may possibly realize how all this slug
ging acted upon the sensitive nerves of the
spectators.
Up to this juncture not hit had been made
pm Clarke, and then, in single inning, they
ewoop down Oh him for no less than hall
dozen, clean, thoroughly laundried hits and
came within single run of tying the game
II was just simply horrifying.
However. it might never have happened
hadn't Joe Strauss sort o. ratified Daddy by
p very bum muff Of a hit by the second man
ht the bat.
A deep hush fell over the crowd as the
Omahas came in for their last whack.
But IT did them no good. All the ambi-
Zion had been incontinently knocked out of
them, although the ever Woodworking
Crooks did line out two -sacher. only to be
extinguished trying TO make third on it.
There is no use dwelling on the legend
longer.
Denver came right in like o yearling at a
county fair, and without even as much as
paying How do you do, Mr.. Clarke" they
hopped right upon his back again. and with
four straight safe smashes, sent in the tying
and the winning runs.
Wasn't that rottenl
The score:
OMAHA.
MI