Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-04
OMAHA RETURNS TO VICTORY
Fisheries Celebrate Their Home Coming in a
Most Joyous Manner,
DETROIT EASILY PUT OUT OF THE WAY
New Men on the Home Team Put Up
n Remarkably Fnst Game and
All PIny Splendid
Base Ball.

. TO , and celebrate their return to the city
in the p%rettiest game that has been played
here this season.
That is. the Babes put up the crackerjack
contest, for Count Antonio Mullane's con-
glomeration Of ball tossers we're very SAT-
ron-hued in their antics at times. But it
tickled the few fans who were out ali over
to witness the pranciug5 of the reorganized
colts bearing the proud name of Omaha.
They put up a beautiful fast fielding game
and took all sorts OF liberties with Mr.
Twins curves whenever it suited them in
the first half OF the game. After that the
counts slab artist frightened up a bit and
was found only twice in four innings. The
first two innings gave US the clnch on the
game and Manager Fisher did not loosen his
best benders. As a consequence he was hit
rather freely. but at that the Wolverines
were hot in it for a minute.
Possibly on account OF the contrast, the
outield received the most attention and
praise. All three of the new men dragged
Gown flies and gobbled liners in a fashion
Aat will mark them as the speediest lot
, u garden travellers in the league if they
keep up the gait. Certainly not an outheld
has been here this year that Is superior
to them. And then they each swatted the
ball nicely.
And the infeld took no back seat to the
garden, either. In fact. 1t was the clean
est, fastest game of ball all around that
has been seen in this city this year and
that is all there is about it. Not an error
was made by the Babes. 1t was something
OF a surprise and mighty agreeable one. and
altogether a very suspicious return home.
We will not be tail-ender much longer, you
bet.
How the Game Opened.
n4,1ta,zs. on,a 49,, Grgt onI
were disposed of in short order. DUNCAN
rolled one down to Holly. who fired him out
at first. Davis banged out a single, but
Hines sent another to Holly, who doubled
up Davis very nicely at first.
That was nice, but il was a blamed sight
better when we came up.
Preston was given the glad hand when
he stepped up to the rubber and just to show
that he appreciated 1t he damned one to the
right. He went a bag further on Picker
ing's sacrifice and then stole third dead
easy. Lyons cracked the leather into the
left garden and Preston made the first run.
Roat landed safely, too, but Eustace flied
out.
Detroit made three hits in the second, and
yet did not make a run. Nicoll singled and
so did billiard. The way things seemed 10
be coming tickled Nick so that he got fresh
and tried to steal third. McCauley would
not stand for any riskiness like that and
nipped him. All this made Captain Tony so
mad that he viciously swatted the leather for
a single. He got some madden when Twine-
ham banged one into Fishers managerial
paws and Captain Chauncey doubled him
up at first.
It was the Babes turn to get riled and
they made Mr.. Irwin look sick before they
got through with him. Holly hit safely.
Davis tried to DO a juggling act with Nc
Cauley's fly with one hand and dropped the
ball. Fisher sacrificed beautifully and
pushed both of them around a base. Then
Preston came UP and slashed out a cracking
two-bagger, scoring both. Pickering brought
Preston home on his hit and got to second
on Fleming's single. Pick stole third and
came home on a wild pitch. That was
plenty. Pick was caught trying to steal
second and Lyons flew out.
Very sharp Fielding.
1t took exactly FIVE balls to put Detroit
out in one-two-three order in their end OF
the third. We failed to connect for any
thing, too. although Eustace made a hit
and Holly got a life on Nicoll's error. 1t
was one, two, three again for the Wolver-
ines in the fourth, but the Babes garnered
q trio in their half.
AS before. one man died. Preston fouling
out. Pick lived by the grace of billiard and
Fleming sent him around to third on a
single. Lyons drew a prize package and
the bases were full. Roat cracked out one
too hard to handle and Pick scored. Eus-
tace raped out a long fly to middle and
before the leather got back TO the diamond
Fleming was in. Finally Holly singled and
brought in Lyons, but could not get any
farther because Mac flied out.
With the score S to 0, Fisher took pity
MDOn the MullnnP agPrpPatinn and allowed
them TO bat out a run. Dullard, Mullane
and Fuller each singled. Mullane was
forced out on Twineham's crack, but Dill
arrived home safely. Irwin struck out-the
only man TO do so in the game-and DUNCAN
put his life in Lyons care.
They repeated it in the sixth on a single
by Davis, another by Nicoll and billiards.
twO-bagger, Hines dying between times.
Nicoll was caught at the plate through
dumb base running on his own and Dillard's
part and Mullane touled out.
Pick was given n press ticket to first in
our part OF the fifth. but three men were
out before he was able to circumnavigate
the circuit. In the sixth Lyons banged out
a ripsnorting two-bagger. but he was a little
too anxious 10 get TO third on ROat's long
fly and was nipped. Eustace fouled out.
End of the Run Getting.
In the seventh round the Wolverines
banged out a couple more hits. one by Irwin
and another by DUNCAN. but two flies and an
out at first cooked their goose.
We made a funny one In the same inning
Holly damned one down to Hines. who made
a bad throw 10 first. He was past second
when billiard succeeded in finding the ball
in the west bleachers. The first baseman
was so anxious to catch poor little Holly
that he threw the ball up in the clouds and
before II returned to earth Holly was over
the plate.
1t was one, two, three for them in the
eighth and pretty nearly the same for US
Lyons made a hit and got to second on
Twins error, He was left there, however
II looked as II the visitors would rake II
one or two in the ninth, but with the base!
full they never got a man over the plate
Mullane flew out 10 Eustace, but Twinehau
singled. Fuller flied out TO Preston ant
Fisher gave Irwin a base on balls. Ther
DUNCAN cracked out a single, but no on,
was able to come in on IT, With the bag