Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-21
Omaha 8. pcs Moincs o.

The first game OF the last series OF the
season for the local grounds was played yes
terday afternoon between the Dcs Moines.
and Omaha teams in the presence Of couple
OF thousand people.
IL was ladies' DAY and large number Of
the fair ones onlivened the scene with their
bepmng faces and gay apparel.
The game was very quiet, but very
pretty one, the home team putting up ther
characteristic superb game and winning in
canter.
Jack Crooks, the immortal, viewed the bat.
tlo from the reporters box and it was with
difficulty that he refrained from coaching his
old confreres of the field. Jack will make
his farewell appearance this afternoon, ana
in the evening depart for the Buckeye capi-
,al.
Cooney occupied second yesterday and ac-
Quilted himself with much credit.
The peerless Nichols were in the points Tor
Omaha, and oh, my, how the boy did slam
them across the pan.
Tho Prohibitionists worried themselves
sick vainly lunging at his deceptive curves.
Two little consumptivc hits was all they
could make, but nary run.
In fact but one man saw third and three
second throughout the nine innings.
Ted Kennedy did the twrlng for the
Iowans, and he too. did his work well.
TraHley and Nagle both caught in mastery
style.
But tho game.
Tho initial inning resulted in a goose egg
for both sides, although Tit Willis got in
two.bagger, but 1T was after two hands were
out, and he was left.
The White Sox tailed in the second.
Walsh reached his base on juggle by Ma
cullar, but was retired trying to make third
on Andrews single. Wally loped around TO
third on Nagle's out from Patton to Hart,
and crossed the rubber on Canavau's lucky
,nfeld hit.
by lovelyislide Timmy stole second, but
got no further, as the Kid waited.
1t was one, two, three for the visitors.
In the third the Omaha team succeeded in
getting in a couple of more runs.
Cooney was given life by Phelan's eX-
cusable mutf OF his short, high fly, in fact
Snapper made second on the mistake, and
trotted in n moment later on Clevelapd's
safe drive. Willis was thrown out at first
by the pitcher, but Jack Messitt got TO Sc c.
ond on Macullnr's second error, and Cleve-
land home. Then Walsh and Andrews struck
out
No more scoring was done until the
seventh although brilliant double play by
Walsh, Cooney and Andrews was all that
prevented Des Moines from getting IN n tally
or two in the fourth H..
In the seventh Cooney reached first. on
four wide ones stole second aud crossed the
rubber on Clevelaud's second safe smash.
And in the ninth Omaha got one more and
their last.
1t was Cooney's day, and after Nick had
been retired he stepped up to the plate and
made close connections with one of Ken
nedy's new change pace coaXers aud then
began sprinting like a Bethune or John
son, and when the coacher cried, Hold
enough!" jimmy was brushing himself off
on third.
You should have heard the cheer that
pushed itself through the iocund autumn at.
mosphere while the ball was studying as
tronomy.
Cleveland reached first on an error of
short but was forced at second by Willis
hit to Macuiar, Cooney running home on
the play. Messitt was Int by the bali, but
Joe Walsh struck out and the inning was
over.
In their last half Des Moines came in de-
termined to break the long row of goose eggs
that disiigured their score.
Things opened auspicl0usly toward the ac-
complishment ot this laudable end, for the
KID gave Patton his base oil balls. But the
fates and Nick's aggravating slants were
against them, and Patton was doubled up
with Maskrey by splendid bit of work on
the part of the Kid, Walsh and Andrews
Connell went out from Walsh to Andrews
and the Job of kalsomning was complete.
The Prohibitionists were shut out.
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