Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-19
BOTH TEAMS BAT FlERCELY
Universities and Originals Struggle for the
Local Base Ball Championship.
,APTAlN ABBoTT'S MEN HIT THE HARDER
TayIor's curves strnightcncd out in
Every Direction Over the Field
Originals Take Some of ii
10 Themselves.

There was a very nice game of ball out
at the University park yesterday afternoon.
the first Of the championship series between
the Universities and the Originals. The
Universities won the first horse, but as there
are five flops in the game, there Is still a
chance for everybody, and money talks.
1--WE were just monkeyin' with them"
said Mr.. Captain Taylor, as he chewed his
sweater and breathed through his cap.
"Wait until next Saturday"
wait until next Saturday. echoed every
one of his black-trousere aborigines. The
clouds lowered and the rain fell and it
looked mighty bad for next Saturday, but
Captain Abbott only pulled a fragment of
the Original sweater from between his teeth
4 and looked wise.
= The game was clean and scrappy from the
beginning. Whitney started the row and
then sat down. Waller. however, smashed
out a slashing two Dagger and after he got
another bag because Hayes let a ball go by,
he came in on Taylor's single. Lewis made
black circles in the air, but all he could do
was to send Taylor to the block at second
and then Bradford died.
The Universities did nothing at all. Creigh
went out to Miller, Robby made a hit, but
1t was of no avail, as neither Bittinger nor
Abbott could get the ball outside the dia-
mond.
Both sides drew goose eggs in the second.
Miller got a good single, but he was doubled
up with Rooney by a very pretty play from
McAuliffe to Abbott. Another goose egg for
the Originals in the third. Not for the col
legians, though. Lawler poked one out and
Creigh followed suit. Robby stopped the
fun for a minute by striking out, but Bit
finger came up with a scratch. Abbott fol-
lowed with a liner to Waller, who threw the
ball In a wrong place and gave him a life.
This netted a couple of runs and after Hayes
struck out Jelen lined out a S!ashing hit for
two bags, bringing in both Abbott and Bit.
McAulife thought this was enough and
struck out. The score was 4 to l.
CAPTAIN MAKES A THREE-BAGGER.
In the fourth both drew a horsecollar
apiece. The Originals got another 0 in the
fifth, but the college sharks added a run to
their string. Bittinger hit safely and got
another bag on a wild pitch. Abbott came
up, but everybody shook his or her head
because his hair was cut. He did not look
fit with his wool off. But he fooled them.
Before the ball got back he was on third and
bit was in.
In the next it looked as if the score would
be tied, but it wasn't. Waller got hit, Tay-
lor got his base because McAuliffe tried to
head off Waller in the clouds and Lewis
made a hit. A run came in. Miller got a
base on balls. With the bases full it looked
like a sure thing. But they were not equal
to ii. Taylor was caught at the plate on
Rooney's grounder and Runt Whipple flied
out. The collegians rested.
In the seventh the aborigines got in
tuelT III III great style All error U
McAulife, a gift Of a base by Lawler, a
double from Taylor and another by Lewis
and an error by Tommy Creigh brought liz
three runs and tied the score.
Captain Abbott said we'd show them this
time, as he put his hand to the place
where his shock should have been. That
brought it. After two men We're out Jelen
got n base on Miller's error and was
brought in by a single of McAuliffe's. The
latter scored on old War-Horse McKelvey's
two-bagger. That put them a couple ahead.
Mr.. Taylor would not be beat. He or,
dered two himself. Rooney got a hit, ana
1t seemed to end there. Whipple and
Knickerbocker were killed deader than door
nails, and 1t looked dubious, But a young
man OF the name of Whitney was billed by
the fates to become famous. He walked up
TO the plate with a free silver smile and
raped the first ball right in the teeth,
Robinson went after it over the fence, but
the sphere had caught in the clouds, Rooney
and Mr.. Whitney walked home, The score
was again tied.
JUST WON 1T BATTING.
Cap Abbott said something about be,
ing tired and presumption, and that he
guessed we'd have TO get a couple more.
Creigh and Robinson fell at Taylors feet,
but Bit came up with his third hit. The
captain then lined out a two-bagger and
brought him in. Hayes got a present, and
Jelen came up with another two-socker,
Shorthair slipped over the plate, and as he
did so he yelled to Hayes that we had
enough ami to let himself be put out,
Hayes accommodated him.
The Originals were killed then. Taylos
went out to Abbott, Lewis got a base on an
excusable error of Jelen's, but later was
put out at home, Bradford dropped gently
In Bittingers paws,
Major Buck Keith and General Billy Bur
roughs Gficiated, and gave good satisfac-
tion. The two fat boys cut quite a figure
on the diamond. on one or two occasions
one thought the other was giving his gang
the best Of II. and they got pretty close
together, but that was nuts for the grand
stand, and did not detract from their rep.
The final decisions Of both were perfect.
Score;
UNIVERSITY
ABB. 4. BH, sH, sB, Pc. a, e.