Omaha daily bee., 1891-05-31

Yesterdays game was well calculated TO
make tho ordinary local fan happy. As
parting remcmbrancer the Lambs jumped
upon Dave Rowe and gave him beautiful
castigation.
The crowd in attendance in both quantity
and quality, exceeded that Of any week day
game ever played at Mccormick park
II was Decoration day and the BOYS hung
moss and hayseods and Clambcriug pumpkin
vines all over the Farmers. When they left
the field they rcscmblcd n gang Of hands
who had had hard day in the oats
Owing to the unmercIful drubbings we
had received Thursday and Friday the city
was fairly beside herself yesterday, and
nothing was talked about but the contest
that was to come off in the afternoon The
doctor lawyer, banker and merchant forgot
business for the nonce 10 discuss the possi-
bilities Of Norman Bakers good right paw.
Tho cable conductors and motor men, tho
chop-housc ilunkics bootblacka. newsboys
and arabs gave every thing the by to specu-
late upon the Lambs chances with the
husky agriculturalists.
As early as ; O'Clock there was n swarm Of
impatient enthusiasts hamm9rng at the
park entrance for admission, and at 1880 the
grounds presented a most stimulating appear
aGce.
The blue sky, with rugged masses of vapOr
scudding athwart the yellow sunshine and
gem .bedeckcd sward made beautiful back
ground. Tho stands were absolutely iammed
and the poscy-toppcd hats and Oewltchlng
costumes Of the hundreds of ladies present
told of what IL mold the glorious sport is get
ting upon the gentler sex. tlanking upon
the right and upon the left were the bleach
ers laden TO their capacity with enthusiastic
men and yclpDg kids, while.a very Gordon Of
SIVliSl turuDltS stretched all about the out
field.
Lincoln was there almost TO a man They
came up panoplied with whistles and tin
horns and all the other parADhcrnalla of n
great big satumala, but not a chance did
they have for single tOOt, and all through
the fluctuations of the strife they preserved
degree OF decorum and quietudc bcfttirg
Sunday school. They were licked from the
start.
Most prominent among the Saline del ega-
tiOm was Major Charley MagoOn, who is big
enough to eat hay; Frank Iehrung, hand
some and exultant; Fred ShoIes full of en-
thusaSm and horse linimcrt Fred Howe,
John r. Dorgan, Frank Burr, Charley Burr,
w. McClary, Frank Polk deSCendeut of
James H.; G. w. Mosher, with apocket tull of
confederate money, which he intended todis-
tribute among the Farmers if they won the
day; Bob DorRan, w. II. DorGan, Charley
Neal, Charley Caldwell, A. G. BccsOn, Frank
Sheldon, w. }. Cooper and Bank Examiner
Cowdrey.
OWING TO Ilp late neaVV rams, anu Iub
consequential condition of the roads, this il
lustrious delegation will not reach Lincoln
until late tonight. Tne latest telegraphiC adj
vices locates them at Ashland.
But. all joking aside, It was a mean trick
that Manager Danny played on Brother
Dave yesterday afternoon. Some people
say that it was because the Farmers didn't
play ball, but that had nothing to
do with it. IL was nothing but the foxlness
of the Lambs
OF course the Pumpkin Huskers thought
they had lead-p pipe cimch and that's just
what Shannons pets wanted them 20 think.
1t was 50 nice to fool 'em.
Perfect folding, neat hitting and resplGnd-
ent tw.rliug Is what did the biz
1t was all part of deep laid scheme that
was Matched in Manager Danny's fertile
brain and successfully executed by those
well-bred Young gentlemen Papa McCuuley,
Commodore 'rwtchell, AeOus Baker, Jose
phus Walsh, Jeems Donnelv, Old Cy Sut-
clitfe, Deacon Grtlin and Jocko Halligan.
Who would ever have suspected these
model citizcns of being parties to such dla-
bOlical plot. No one.
You see, Shanuons scheme was to take u
nice comfortable lead early in the fight, then
let the floundering Haymakers catch nearly
up along in the middle, then turn round and
knock their eye out Never did a scheme
work more lovely.
Manager Dan had barely tOed the scratch,
when young Bulgarian by the name of
Roach who Brother Dave had deputHed to
us lllb Dill at MS Ht'tIl IL
only took of the lobe of his right auricular,
however, and Manager Dan was given his
base That was only part of the scheme,
The Yale professor msinuatei his saping
against the sphere and lolted it out among
the dicolyledonous shrubs in left field. And
how the great crowd opened its face in a
happy yawp! The scheme was working so
finely.
Mr. Halligau, sometimes called Jocko for
short, then shambled to the plate, and the
first ball the Bulgarian cut loose he smashed
down to Tommy Tomney, and Tommy toyed
with it just long enough to let Danny home,
and the crowd won't crazy. Nice wasn't it:
But the next two men struck out, and that
wasn't quito so nice.
For the Farmers, Monkey Cline was the
first man introduced. Monkey was one of
the first settlers of kentuky, migrating
thuher in 19l with Daniel Boone He fought
tho Indians for over half century, then
hired out to a Louisvill glue factory. That's
where he learned to do stick work
OF course ho made hit and Major Magoon,
Fred Shoes, Frank Iehrung ct al, etfo T.
vesCed for few moments.
Harry Raymond, who was little bilious
owing to tho climatic change, made three
n,urdcrous stabs AT NOrman's illuSiye cunvo-
lutous, and went back to the bench to medi-
tato upon the viClSsitudeS OF life in large
city,
ola Jack Rowe looked so humpbacked,
emaciated aud hungry, that Baker gave him
his base and told him TO eat it. Norman was
in on ShAnpOn's 3 scheme.
BurKett, the undertaken, came out here
and bonding back until his elbows touched
terra firma, he struck the ball mighty blow.
II went like shot close to the pitcher and
the pitcher fired him out TO Papa, ana Monk,
who had started down TO third, was decapi-
tated bv Papa's lightning throw TO Donnelly,
Dot maKa da Monk sick So you see how
Shauuon's scheme worked
I he second was devoid of results for both
sides In the third the Lambs Chalkod M
run No. ,, The manager started matters by
tanning out. Then the Yale professor sent
another safe one among the cOnyolOns weeds
In left \ fiery untamed pitcn put him on
third, and JOclIo's sacrlitcial stroke on the
plate.
Ard you'd better believe tho crauks let
loose right here. 1t was SO beautiful TO see
the lambs ut play.
Brother Jack threw Old Cy out at first. In
their half the Farmes stuck To eggs,
And again in the fourth Omaha scored.
Larry Fwitchell Int ono OF the Bulgarian's
most classical drops such a rap rs 10 dtsplace
the cambum layer, and whom il was returned
TO the diamond It was fiat and tlaboy on one
side like a ianuol cake ana King GallAey
called Cor new ball. Larry ON he came
In before the undertaken had hshed the bali
out of tine mud in tho northeast corner of the
lot,
Pretty decent sort of scheme of Snan-
mons, wasn't iti
The fuming ana persplrug agrlcultursts
GOT their first run In the NTH, Up to this
1uucturc their hits had bceu as far apart aS
EiOvprnOr BDyl and Governor Ilaypr hut