Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-31
BREAK EVEN FOR THE DAY
Universities Drop the Morning Game to the
Medical Students.
EVEN UP IN THE AFTERNOON CONTEST
Largest Crowd of the Season Wit
nesscs the Second Gnmc-Somc
nngEed work Done on
Both Sides.
Those gaunt attenuated csdavers from the

Those gaunt attenuated cedavers from the
Aissectlng room didn't do thing
yesterday morning but give Captain
Abbotts men the first real good
licking they have had for 10 these
many moons. And the worst Of 1t was that
they fairly earned their victory by clean
and timely hitting and a few instances of
brilliant fielding at critical points. The
Universities played ball. too, but they had
a handicap that would have beaten any team
on earth. This was Cornelius Murphy, the
italian count whom Captain Abbott dis
covered in the blue barrel brigade last week.
Cornelius was billed as phenom and Russ
McKelvey confdentially impaired the infor-
nation that he was a ball player from the
ground up. Well, after a man passes his
three score and ten, his judgment Is not
supposed to be as sound as 1t was In his
youthful prime, and Russ ought to be ex-
cused on that account.
Count Murphy will never be a pitcher.
He Is a heady youngster and even when the
medicos were larruplng his slants all over
the lot his nerve was mistaken. But he
can't pitch, and although he did his best
he was plainly out of his class, and the
fourteen clean hits that the cadavers piled
up directly responsible for the loss of
the game.
On the other hand, DR.. Blake, who manipu-
lated the sphere for the visitors, is good
deal of a pitcher. If he should have the
came success in killing off his patients as he
did in moving down Captain Abbotts slug
gers he will be an ornament to his profess
sion and a tower of strength to the under
takers. The other end of the battery, con-
ssting of DR.. Brown, was another strong
point in favor of the visitors and DR.. Somers
at second base put up an article of ball that
Sup of 0f N
days.
For the home team Bittenger and Nickel
vey carried off the honors Bttenger by a
couple OF magnificent running catches and
Russell by eating up everything that came
his way, including a couple of hard-hit
ground balls when miss meant plenty of
runs for the visitors.
RIGHT HERE THEY DID 1T.
The cadavers indicated their hostile inten-
tions at the first jump. Count Murphy al
lowed Cooling to walk and then Somers
banged out a two-sacker to left field Frost
hit safely and went to second while Shana-
han fumbled the ball. He stole third and
scored on a wild pitch. Sickle and Blake
both flew out to Robinson, and Tommy
Creigh threw Hawkins out at first But by
this time three runs had counted and two
hits and bad nun by Creigh added two
more in the second.
In the third Sickle and Blake led off with
bits and after two men were out they scored
on Hayes long hit to right Further run
getting was shut out by McKelvey's spec
tacular pickup of Cooling's hit.
Four hits and base balls added three
more in the eighth and they were not
needed either.
The 'Varsties also made good beginning.
- Creigh started it with a clean three-bagger
and Robinson brought him in with a single.
But the next three men went out in order
and they didn't score again until the
seventh.
They came dangerously near it In the
sixth. Abbott cracked out clean single
over second base and stole second. Then
'Shanahan came with another in the same
spot, but DR.. Somers nailed the ball
about an inch from the ground
and put Abbott out, thus completing
as neat double as was ever seen on ball
fed. Then McAuliffe struck out and the
inning which opened auspicously ended
before the fourth man had got to bat
In the seventh Abbott's men scored three
times and the crowd became enthusiastic
again. Sickles' error gave Hayes his first
bag. McKelvey went cut and Murphy threw
the crowd into CONSERVATION by scratching
out a hit. Cregh took his base on four
wide ones and Hawkins muffed Robinson's
easy fly Hayes scored on the error and
Crelgh and Robinson followed suit when Bit
finger landed one of Blake's drops for two
sacks. But Abbott hit an easy one to short
field and the game again belonged to the
enemy. The 'Varsities managed to get one
man around the bases in the eighth, but
It Was no use. and the doctors made 1t ona
apiece.
This tells the whole story:
RUSH COII.EGE