Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-17
ROAT'S LONG HIT DOES 1T
Terrific Smash to Wind Up a Red Hot Game
Of Ball.
BABES GIVE A GREAT DRIVING FINISH
Connie Mnck's Brewers Get n Taste of
Omnha's Hospitnlity that Doesn't
Seem Just Right to
Them.

1t was alone worth several times the price
of admission to see Freddie Roat smash the
ball right in the nose in the ninth inning
OF yesterdays game with the Brewers and
send 1t out into the llmitless chaos, while
Fleming came racing in like a young colt
with the precious tally hat gave the victory
to the Babes by a score of . to 4.
1t was q cuckoo of the first water. 1t was
the longest drive ever made on the home
grounds. 1t would have been a home run
as sure as you're a foot high. and maybe
Mr.. Roat might have made twice the circuit
on it-you can't always tell.
That was the nice Garrison finish for a
decidedly interesting and exciting conflict.
1t started out in a sort of interesting way
, when we had the score 1 to 0 in our favor.
1t kind of lost interest when the cohorts
of Mr.. Cornelius Maguillicuddy made 1t 2 to
1 in their favor. and the interest began to
ooze out Of our finger tips some more when
1t got to be 8 to /. 1t got more interesting
when we crept up on them a bit and the
score was 4 to 2.
But none of this was a marker to the in
terest that arose when we tied the score in
the eighth. At that stage Of the game the
interest nearly split some of the rafters in
the grand stand and the roof actually floated
off into the air when the ninth came, there
was SO much interest.
All of which will make several hundred
more fans kick themselves today for miss
ing the game.
The game started off in a cautious sort of
way, both sides being disposed of in one, two,
three order in the first inning. The Maguilli-
cuddies were given the same in their end of
the second, but not us.
Pickering could not reach first on his
grounder, but Lyons did on a nice single. He
got to second on Preston's out from DAILY to
Stafford. Then little Dicky Holly swung his
good willow club into Mr.. Rettger for a
rafting bingle out into the field, upon which
Lyons scored. McCauley went out to first.
brewers in the Lead.
The Brewers got a little frisky in the
third and got a couple after two men were
out. Leewe died at first and Speer flew out
to Preston. Rettger smashed out a single
and was brought home by a beautiful three
Dagger way off in right field by Nicol. Nicol
came home, too, on Shocks bingle, but Daily
sent an easy grounder to Lyons.
We got a man on first in our end of the
inning, Fleming making a hit, but it was Of
no avail, and the same fate met Stafford's
single in the fourth. 1t was likewise for
them in a fifth, but in our half McCauley
got clear around to third on his hit. a stolen
base and an intield play.
In the sixth they scored again. DAILY was
the first man up and he swiped the first
bail Manager Fisher handed to him for a
tri-socker. He was brought home on
Weaver's single. Stafford sent up a bunt
fly, which Fisher got in time to catch
Weaver off first. Leewe few out to Pick
ering.
1t looked as if We would score in our end
of the sixth. Eustace died in Leewe's paws,
but Roat made a two-bagger. He got to
third on chickering's single, Pick started
to steal second and Roat thought he'd come
home on Kid Speer's throw to DAILY. He
ought to have taken another think, for he
was nipped at the plate. Lyons got a base
on balls and Preston singled. Holly ended
things by forcing Pres out at second.
Three hits, a base on balls, five men on
bases and yet not a single tally did we get.
Those excrescences on the body social of
Omaha, the home knockers, got their little
hammers out and were telling all about it,
but we only laughed in our sleeves.
After they went out in one, two, three
order in the seventh We made a little start.
McCauley died at first, but Chauncey found
Mr.. Rettger for a safe one. Then Fleming
damned a corker into right field. Waldron
ielded it in to DAILY, who threw to catch
Fisher at third, but it went wide of the
mark. Before the ball was returned to the
diamond Fisher was over the plate and
Elem was on third. Eustace died at first and
Roat tried so hard to find the leather that
he did not find it at all and was declared
struck out.
Here's Where We Won 1t.
Just to let them have a little harder fall
the Brewers were awarded Ola in the eighth
Lyons fumbled Shocks easy grounder. The
hefty Brewer was sent to second on Days
sacrifice and to third on Weaver's single. He
came home on Preston's thrown in of Stat
ford's long foul. Waldron flied out.
Here's where we made the knockers crawl
into their holes, you bet.
Pickering rammed one out for two bags
into deep center. He stole third. Lyons got
a base on balls. Preston sent a grounder tc
DAILY and was put out at first, but Pick came
in on the play. Lyons got to third on q
passed ball and Holly brought him home
with a single. The next two men Wen
out.
The score was tied.
They could not do a thing in the ninth
Leewe and Speer both died at first and al,
though Rettger got a base on balls and stol,
second he was left there on Nicol's out tc
first.
i Fleming smashed the second ball tina
came to him or a nice single in center,
' field. He got to second on Eustace's sacrifice
g and then Roat did the thing that will max,
his name a household word. He landed OF
Rettger out in left SO far that-well, thu
felders did not try to get him, that's how
far. 1t brought Elem home with the win