Omaha daily bee., 1898-05-09
KANSAS eWIE W GETS The FIRST
Omaha Drops=a Sunday Game by Little
Hard Luck.
COWBOYS PULL THROUGH ON A SCRATCH
Denny Lyons ftIunder in the Ninth
Hnppcneasia Just Such IA Way
as to Give the Visitors the
Needed Huns.

oie'epth muir Jenny Lyons betrayed us,
snatched 1t from our bosom and presented
1t to Jimmy Manning's aggregation Of Cow
boys, while we sat by and gnashed our teeth
and pulled our hair.
1t happened in the Blues end of the ninth,
when the score was to 2 in favor Of the
Babes. and the following Of the infanties
was sure that 1t could not be lose Will
liams came up and struck out. Then Fris-
bee made nice single. Viox, the next
man up, sent nice easy one down to first
bag. Lyons did not need to move foot.
but the ball caromed from his glove to
the center of the diamond. With two men
on bases, Gear raped out a two-bagger,
bringing both men home and teng the
score. Slagle went out from Fisher to
Lyons. 1t should have been the third out,
with but one man in and the score 4 to 8
with us. Then Connaughton damned out
a single, which brought Gear home. 1t gave
the Cowboys one to the good, and we could
do nothing in our half. 1t was heartbreak
ing
And yet. If the spectator was not an
Omahan the game would have been as pretty
a contest as one could desire With the
exception Of Lyons break and another made
by Williams, the fielding was almost per-
feet, none of the other errors counting in
five minutes to play the game The Babes
were alive enough to suit anybody. and
Fisher did some nice twirling. If 1t had
not been for that last inning the crowd Of
very nearly 1000 that turned out in spite
of the threatening weather would have gone
away satisfied that the Babes were of some
account anyway. 4
The Cowboys came UP first and were dis
posed of in short order Slagle travelled on
the Eustace-Lyons route. Connaughton new
out to Griffen and McVicker famed.
Omahin scores First.
| We commenced right away. Eustace got
| a life on a scratch. Griffin went out from
Williams to O'Hagan and Roat flied to Sla-
gle, but by this, time .Eustace was pretty
we'll around the bags. and when Lyons
| cracked out nice one he came home. Bur-
nett famed. strange to relate.
| Wilson made q hit, but was caught at sec
ond and two more outs were dead easy
1t was one. two, three for us and one. two
three for them, and one, two, three for us
again But in the fourth they got couple
Connaughton made a single and McVicker
damned out crackerjack into Grifiin's gar
den. It proved to be homer and two runs
we're scored - The next three men went
out. )--.F 't-
| The Babes bpbbed up in their half or the
fourth and tied the, score. Roat and Lyons
| both went out. but Burnett cracked out a
Ialacooler in left field for three clean bases.
| McCauley damned out single and brought
him in. Holly flied.
| Griffin sassed Manager Fisher on a jack
ing up he got from the latter as result
of McVicker's home run and he was put out
of the game after, threatening to beat
Fishers brains out with bat. Hagerinan
was moved into center and Blanford maze
his first appearance this year in right gar
4 den. Maybe that had nothing to do with
It. but the Cowboys made. our breath come
lin short pants for little. while. Frisbee
looked to be out on Roats throw to first,
hut Haskell said nay. He went out at sec
ond; on Viox's grounder, however. but Gear
lmade a SINGLE This brought Viox on third
land Gear pretty shortly stole second, with
only one man out. But Chauncey Fisher
would let Slagle only bang at the air and
lConnaughton flew out.
The. one, two, three order greeted us In
our half and the Cowboys got the same IN
} their inning. The Babes had five men up
in the sixth, but could not connect for
score. Nice clean work prevented the cow
boys from doing anything IN tneii
half. williams singled. but Frispee
banged hot fly to Roat. The shortstoI
| ate 1t and doubled up WhiiAiHo a. oeSoh>
with Holly's assistance. Viox made a hit
but Gear flied out
Last of the Run Getting.
We broke the tie in the seventh. Holly
singled and so did Hagerman. Fisher made
a nice sacrifice, advancing each runner
; base. Then Eustace got life on VIII
; liams' bad error and Holly came home
Blanford killed Hagerman at the plate OF
, his grounder, but Roat found safely ant
Eustace came home. Lyons singled, bu
Burnett flied out, although he sent a hare
|, one out to McVicker.
The Blues tried hard in the eighth. Sla
gle hit for a base and Connaughton sacri
feed. Burnett dropped McVicker's fly ant
Slagle perched on third. But Wilson
fouled out to Eustace and O'Hagan rolle'
, an easy one down to Lyons.
We got goose egg in our end.
, Then came the disastrous ninth, whicl
, has already been described When tn
smoke cleared away and the Cowboys wer
, one to the good, Fisher stepped up ant
lined out vicious one, but it was gobble'
by Slagle. Eustace went out at first AM
Blanford flied out. Score: