Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-15


Barnes now physical dlpector OF the West
Side Young Mems ChriAsisS association. Chi
cago, and who was for five years with Rose
Polytechnic. Mr.. Barues has been one Of
less accept the ofTer Sk.the local associa-
tion.
OMAHA, Aug 12-1Ssi sporting Editor
Of The Bee; Although Offering no excuse
for taking last place IN the Northwestern
Cricket association tournament held at St.
| Paul, the Omaha team plead eXtenuating
circumstances. from the fact that they we're
two men short and during the early part Of
the first game Lawre's hand was so Sc
vercly injured that heE had to retire per-
manently from the tournament. Even in
THO handicapped condition they showed up
well in the field but-truth will out-woe-
| fully weak at the bat. That's where the
trouble began and ended In the game
against Winnipeg that club was disposed Of
for l24 runs, by far the best showing against
this strong team, and made by fine
bowling and good fielding. At the bat no
stand was made by Omaha, although II was
generally conceded that a much larger score
than IL should have been made against Win
npegs bowling.
In the Minnesota game Harry New and
Bob Taylor made final stand and put to-
gether seventy-siX runs before they were
separated by fine batting. The bowling
was knocked to pieces and the field generally
eighty runs up, it looked like sure thing
but the balance of the team only added
thirteen runs to the score, and formed a
veritable but pitiful procession when lit
tie judgment and good play would have
added 100 more runs. The Minnesotas went
to the ba; and scored eighty sight runs and
even then the game was won But in the
second innings the boys all fell before some
what inferior bowling and lost the game by
three wickets.
ha
strong team for comparative few runs, viz,
81, and the Chicago boys almost conceded
their defeat, but without exception the
Omaha boys fell quickly before the Chicago
bowling, which, as a matter of fact, was
not in any degree stronger than what they
are accustomed to play against on the home
grounds here. While defeated, there are
some bright spots to remember. New and
Taylor batted well, Captain Will Vaughan
and his brother George bowled in their old
time form, and Bowers. bowled and 1elded
excellently At times his bowling was
handled with care and but little liberty taken
with it. Harry New kept wickets during the
entire tournament, and acquitted himself
in frst-cass style. In the International
game he also otlicated in that position, and
caught three men out and made six not out
off his bat. In reviewing the tournament
and the playing of the various teams, the
Winnipeg team stands out in bold relief
from all the rest. In batting especially they
acquitted themselves like the trst-class
cricketers they are 1t was a treat well
worth seeing to watch Captain Prest, Bate,
Pole Holmes OF Cameron, Or in fact the
whole team at the bat Never at sea as
to how to play ball, they did not take lib
critics with good bowling, but on every op-
portunity they made capital and quickly
ran up the score. AS finished batsmen and
heavy scorers, Bate and Prest Will rank
with the best IN the country Chlcaso
claims the best cflcketeIs 10 the West put
the Winnepig team easily defeated the ag-
greSatioh from the WinuS CITY lhe Ch!Caso
boys acKhowledslhs tnat they were @ @Dealth
on thelr merits' IL Vac cieallg uel'Cu- 'll.
sLia'eu III 'Ne tou va ,,ist q Ta
the salh.s, anu eme , t.nm, ,,t ',1r a
eai,, eaSs no na1'v' ma .ot,o Ias 1lane Ana ,bot
~ HS,bo pau as refsys+ed to ali hacsnse
- MnetG ~ htS oo5 rim and tbo gan1a
hais NON tbar, cnuId NOT win ont the other
baif ~, o.raf,,, Rating
~, occ0nnt os Cbicapo,s defeat hv Wtnni-
NEG tbara is now strong friendly rivalry
bes3,.oa,, two teams ana next YEAR when