Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-17
OUR DADDY DID THEM UP.
The Apostles Played a Very Bad
Game Yesterday.
DIDN'T MAKE 1T INTeREs TING.
The People From the North Made
Such Tiresome Exhibition That
the Fair Spectators Got
Awfuliy Weary.
Omaha d, st. Paul 2.

The leaders in the Western association
pennant chase, the Omahas and the ST.
Pauls, met yesterday in their first game OF
the last series upon the local grounds, and
the result was almost a walkaway for the
White Sox.
It was ladies' day, and as has been the in
variable case on occasions Of this kind dur
ing the past month, there was very large
attendance OF the fair ones. The grand
stand was a literal parterre Of beauty.
Notwithstanding this incentive to deeds of
valor, the game was long drawn out one,
with but few brilliant features to relieve tho
wearisome monotony. From the paucity Of
runs scored one would naturally infer that
That the contest was of the short, sharp and
decisive class, but 1t was not, but draggy,
listless and uninteresting.
To be sure, the Omahas put up their
usually fine game, yet seemed unable
to infuse the spectators with any
animation or enthusiasm. Dad Clark was
in the box for the locals and did about what
he pleased with the brawuy sluggers from
the north. They made but seven hits OFF OF
him, one of which was an accidental home
run. The ball was hit by Carroll to center
field and Just as Cooney was about to gather
1t up, 1t came in contact with some obstruc-
tion and bounded clear over his head and on
into the carriages. Nagle caught in his char
acteristc mastery fashion, Crooks lined 'em
out like Brouthers or an O'Neil, and
Strauss made his customary error IN right
Held, the muff of a fly Off Werrick's bat. Joe
Walshs game at short was one Of those
beautiful exhibitions of agility and skill that
this doughty little player so we'll knows how
to make. Andrews, too, was in high feather,
and the way he managed first was good for
sore eyes, and Jimmy Canavan was cuckoo
In left.
The play of the Apostles was rocky, but 1t
is well known fact that when the Saints
do play bad game it is one
Of the rottenest kind but they
generally dump all the errors they have on
hand for the next six or eight games, and
to-day it is dollars to doughnuts that they
will acquit themselves brilliantly.
Omaha's runs were made IN this wise: In
the first, after Cooney's out, Cleveland made
asingle, Strauss got his base on an error of
Miller, and Crooks following with single,
sent Cleveland across the plate. Strauss
tried to score on Walsh's hit to the infeld,
but was caught between bases and run down.
Andrews ended the inning.
In the second Nagle made a hit. Werrick' s
error let him to third and he crossed the
plate on Clarke's sacrifice.
In the next Crooks smashed out a clever
home run, and Wally Andrews a three-bag-
ger, but the latter was left.
In the seventh Strauss two -bagger, and
errors by Werrick and Hawes produced a
rum aud in the eighth Nagle's second single
and Canavan's two-sacker netted another.
st. Paul's first run was Carroll's accidental
homer in the opening innings, and in the
eighth Halves got to first by forcing out
Miller, who had made a hit, and came home
on Murphy's SINGLE
The score: