Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-31
THEY WANTED LEECH'S SCALP.
A Wild and Woolly Time at the 0maha-St'
Paul Game Yesterday.
THE BLEACHERs AFTER BLOOD,
A Mob Swarms over the Fence and
Makes for the Umpire, But Are
Held Back-Gcneral sport
ing News.
THE BLBAoHERs AFTER BLOOD

There were sever thousands of them, and
they had a wild, wierd time-in fact, very
charvarie.
1t was Decoration day, and they had to
celebrate, and they were ready for anything
from q fight to Il game of craps
In fact a bowling mob filed the bleachers
and the stands almost from the very com
mencement of the game.
The four or five hundred people in car
riages surrounding the outheld, and the
ladies', bless them, in the reserved seats were
about all who paid any attention to the re-
quircmcnts Of deCorum.
What was the matter with them' Why,
they were mad at the umpiro-they wanted
the earth and he wouldn't give it TO them.
So they clamorcd for his fair young life.
Poor Leech At one time they had him so
ratified he couldn't have recognized his own
mother, and it is a wonder he acquitted him
self as well as he did. And after the game
was over and the Omahas beaten the crowd
swarmed over the fence from the bleachers
and for a few moments the young man in
dulged in his favorite prayer.
The unruly cranks actually wanted to get q
punch at his conk, but Captain Andrews and
Manager Leonard ran to his assistance and
Kept the mob off.
This was all wrong for Leech's umpiring
was much better than tWo-thirds of that seen
upon the Omaha grounds this season.
He was a trife off on balls and strikes, but
both teams suffered alike. His greatest fault
was indecision. His only grievous error was
in declaring Willis out in the last inning at
third
But he didn't mean to do wrong and crossed
his manly chest to convince the crowd that
encompassed hm.
The secret of the whole matterwas that the
Apostles played by far the better game. They
were not guilty of the shadow of an error,
and made seven hits to the Black Sox one.
That's the story in Il chestnut shell.
But the game.
In the first Canavan, Walsh and Kearns
went out with sickcning rapidity from Burke
to Hawes ev cry mothers sou of them
Then the Saints tried it on, but with no
better effect Murphy few out to Canavan,
Burke from Walsh to Andrews and DAILY to
Willis The latter catch was japonica.
"WoOfn' screamed the spectators.
In the second Phalcn sent a fly to Abbey
but Andrews awolxe the echoes with a corklng
single. Then Willis retired to DAILY and
Wally started like load of coal for second
OF course old man Broughton made monkey
out of him.
Another egg.
The Apostles had like experience.
HawcS fOuled out to Moran and Philips
made IA hit. But Abbey and Broughton We're
both unequal to the task of advancing him
aad st. Paul took another egg, fried on both
sides, in her'n.
Again it was one, two, three for Andrews
family in the third, Cleveland popping up a
little one to Hawcs, Moran fouling to
Broughton and Clarke knocking three large
apertures III the atmosphere.
The crowd didn't like this bit though
everybody was playing bali.
The Apostles in their half made a super
human effort but with the same resut--an-
other egg.
Farmer opened up with one-sac1er to
center and went flying round to third on
Willie Mains drive to left, Mr.. Murphy
then sent a sky -Scraper out to Kearns, which
Tommy affectionately embraced. ana then by
one of the prettieSt throws ever seen on a ball
field caught the agricuituralist at the plate.
Maybe the three thousand cranks didn't
open their faces at this brilliant piece of
work.
They fairly made the air trcmbe
But it was great double and fairly de-
served all the applause it got.
Burke ended the inning by a throw from
Walsh to Andrews
In the fourth Canavan waited. Walsh
made IA single and by daring running
''plnched' both second and third.
And again the eXcursionists got in their
work.
But the horseradish was all knocked out of
them the very next moment, for on Kearns'
grounder to Philips, Walsh was caught at
the plate
And it was.
Phalen accomplished the third out on a fly
to Mister Murphy.t =
And so the Omahas swallow another egg,
shell and all
But the apostles were more fortunate.
1.-THE two first DAILY and HnunSh
We're given their bases on balls, and sadness
III great gobs began to settle over the park.
Hawes however, took II little nap on first,
and FoXey Dad threw him out.
Every body laughed at that.
Because it was great,
Philips then struck out, and hope went
bounding upwards like ii rocket in the mid
night Sky.
But alas for the perpetuity of all human
bliss
Clarke continued in his wild career and
gave Charlie Abbey his base on balls, and
Moran, III an cndcavor to catch DAILY running
to third threw wild and DAILY scored, and on
Broughtcn's hit Abbey came in, too.
There wasn't so much noise on the back
seats just now. q
Farmer retired the side on his out from
second to first.
In the fifth Omaha made a big effort to off
set St. Paul's luck, but failed. Andrews got
his base on balls, only to be doubled up like
Barlow knife with Willis on his hit to
lhlnps, VINO threw TO Burke and Burke to
Eiawes and the Jig was up. Cleveland,
though also got his base on four wide ones,
and took second on a wild pitch, but Moran
fouled out to Broughton and there was more
cackling for the Black Sox.
ST, Paul came right back with two more
runs
Clarke again began the work by trying to
bore hole through Willie Muins' dapanous
frame. Then Canavan made u iuggleof Muir
phys hit and Mains galloped like giraffe
round to third while Murphy perchcd tri-
umphantly on first
"Oh my oh myN was the wall from the
granp stand.
Walsh threw Burke out but Philips made
Il hit and both runners scored. Abbey's cut
terminated the agony
The crowd now broke loose Clarke opened
with single, went to second ON Canavans
out first and scored ON Joe Walsh's two
saclier, Joe stole third and scored ON Kearns'
, sacrifice. Phalen was declared out for inter
tering with Burke on Andrews grounder,
which was very proper decision, although
IL set the crowd crazy.
The last run made by the Apostles was Sc
cured in their half Broughton got first on
missed third strike, stole second and scored
on Mains hit.
The seventh ana eighth were goose eggs for
both teams, but after Phalen's out in the
ninth, Andrews, Willis and Cleveland made