Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10
TAKES ELEVEN HOT INNINGS
University Club and the Originals in a
Lively Game of Ball.
CAPTAIN ABBoTTs CREWSTlLL UNWHlPPED
Daring Base Stealing Saves the Local
Champions from Defeat Mt the
Hands of TayIor's Encr-
gctic Youngsters.

The University club and Dan Taylor's
Originals met on the incaradlned field of
battle yesterday afternoon for the first time
this season, and the game was a hummer,
eleven innings being required before Captain
Abbotts professors succeeded in conquering
their youthful. but exceedingly athletic foe.
The weather was extremely threatening
and not more than hundred or so Of the
faithful witnessed the game, But the after
noon turned out finely, and somewhat re-
markable contest was the result. Had it
been foreseen there was to have been such
thrilling struggle at University park, there
is little question but what the accommoda
tiony would have been sorely tested.
While the Universities won the game, 1t
was through the most phenomenal luck, for
they we're outplayed at every point from
start to finish, and if there is any virtue in
clean, scientific ball. the Originals were over
whclmngly entitled to the palm. But it is
a well established fact that base ball is an
extremely uncertain quality, and also that
the University clubs team is the
luckest organization on earth. In yester-
days fight the Originals went round them
like cooper round a barrel in everything
except running bases. They made only
third as many errors, one more hit ana yet
lost the day by a decisive score Notwith-
standing the Universities sloppy and ragged
play however, the contest was one that
brlatled with brilliant plays and was as eX-
citing a game as has been seen on these
grounds since the herioc days of Jack Crooks
and Kid Nichols
There we're three ties during the game.
and each time they were brought about
under highly sensational circumstances Up
to the eighth inning, the score stood five for
each side But in this the Originals took
lead by one, and it locked as If 1t was all
day for the invncble college boys. But
Lawler the first man up in TIE ninth, was
sent to first on a pass countersgned by
TAYLOR, and on lKal cIerbocksr's missing
Robbie's third strike, he went to second
Knicl catching the batter, however before
he could reach first. Then Crawford struck
out, and the crowd began to rise think
ing the game was over LAWYERS brilliant
and daring steal of third, however. caused
them to sit down again, and when Taylor
made mess of Creigh's grounder, Eddie
trickled in over the plate and again were
the two teams on even terms.
1t was a horse collar for both sides in
the tenth, but in the eleventh, the Uni
versities struck one Of their lucky streaks
and a couple of safe pokes, an error, hit
with a pitched ball and a brace of thetts
piled up three runs and won the game.
The pitching of both Lawler and Taylor
was of the gilt-edge kind, while the catch
ing of Knickerbocker and Hayes was well
. night perfect. Jellen relieved Lawler in the
last inning one hit being made off of him
There were three double plays made, two
by the Originals and one by the Universities,
all of them being of the circus description.
Mr. Buck Keith umpired and as usual, did
well Score.