Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09
IN The WORLD OF SPORT
Denver orioketers Are ~vanquished BY tb.
Omaha Eleven.
YACHT COLUMBIA LOOKS LIKE A WINNER
Amateur Base Rail- In Omaha - at
Present IN n Good Basis aud
Prospects Are Good for
Continuance.
COLUMBIA LOOKS LIKE A WINNER

The visit OF the Denver cricket eleven on
the 30 and 9Th demonstrated the superiority
OF the Omaha club in all-rouni play, and as
the teams now stand Omaha has won three
games, Denver one game and one drawn.
Unfortunately Denver came two men
short, but substitutes we're supplied. who
made a good showing. IL not better than the
majority Of the Denver team. At the same
time Denver left some good bats at home
and was possibly handicapped in tbis regard.
In the absence OF Captain Francis. Simms
captained both games-his first experience
in the field against a foreign club. His
judgment in the first game vas very poor
and nearly resulted IL throwing It 10 Denver.
Simms should remember that putting down
maiden after maiden with every fifth ball
or 50 on the wicket will never win a game.
lie should also remember that IL is a fatal
mistake TO take a bowler off who is taking
wicket. II g. Vaughan and Bate had been
put on instead OF the captain and Lennon
continued the Omahas would have won out
in the first innings and no cause for anxiety
would have existed in the minds of tn
team. a bowling captain is a dangerous
element in the club. In the first place he
never knows when to take himself off or
when to go on. There are times. as was
shown in the first Denver game. when a
change OF bowling every second over would
be eXpedient II wickets were not falling.
The point in that game was to win on: and
prevent Denver playing against time and
winning.
In the second game the captain was all
right and played to win by using nearly all
the material at hand and he deserved credit
for the showing he made.
Lennon, with the ball, showed I'D to great
nnn anl I-,af-l lit "
was on the spot all the time and the Denver
boys did not fool with him much.
Bate and George Vaughan held rp their
regulations and assisted materially in win
ming out. but Bate OF today is not the Bate
OF two years ago with the bail and with
the ball he made no showing whatever and
went out on a long hop like a veritabIe
schoolboy. At present Mr.. Bate is a back
number with both bat and ball and is fast
losing the reputation as a cricketer he had
two years ago.
Taylor was the only consistent bat on the
team and scored heavily in every game.
Taylor is sometimes too anxious to score off
his own bat and in the. first game was run
cut from this cause and Lennon was right.
cameron, the Vaughan brothers and Simms
did well with the bat and played a steady
game for their respective scores.
Tuffield behind the wickets was invincible
and prevented the Miners from taking a
single. liberty with the ball. He worked
hard and assisted materially in holding the
team well down when in the field. The
majority had an insane desire to throw at
Charley's feet and the balance thought him
eight feet high, but, high or low, the gamey
wicket keeper was there and held every
thing that came.
Wright and Reynolds did well at long
stop and saved many a run.
On the whole the Omaha boys held I'D
the credit of the town, but when they go TO
Winnipeg they will require to put up a
sitter play to win out even one game.
Denver had several new players and on
the whole did not put a very strong eleven
in the field. Cocks and Bryce were the
only ones who batted TO advantage. Stone
tried hard, but was not at his best. With
the ball he was the same old Stone. only a
little less so. for the Omaha boys treated
him badly and cared little for his high
drops and double curves. Cocks bowled
better than Greenwood, but II the Denvers
had a couple more fast bowlers they would
be better off. The general fielding was
often lax on both sides. but Denver made
the most errors and often a tired feeling
seemed to take possession OF the team, to
the advantage OF Omaha.
Here's TO the Denver boys. May they come
AGAIN anu meet Win the same all-TOulQ
treatment they received at the hands of the
Omaha club and nobody will get hurt except
the Miners on the tented field"
The yacht Shamrock is not yet ready to
engage in trial races. Workmen are still
engaged in painting the craft and fixing its
tackle. 1t is hoped that it will be ready
for a preliminary spin soon, when, It'll is ex-
pected, the prince OF Wales will be present.
The Yachting World says that the fact
that the yacht Shamrock grounded where it
did a few years ago shows that the chal-
lenger for the Americas cup draws upward
OF twenty feet of water. The trial races
between the Shamrock and the Britannia
will certainly take place in the Solent, de-
spite reports TO the contrary. The Sham
rocks mainsail Is the largest cutter main
sail ever bent in this country and presents
a beautiful spectacle. The canvas alone
weighs nearly 1850 pounds.
1.-The Columbia Is surely a fast boat and
ought TO win" This is the verdict OF alb
who watched its performance Thursday last
against the older boat, the Defender. They
figure that with its sails fixed as they should
be that 1t ought TO beat the Defender from
five TO eight minutes in a thirty-mile race.
Hubert w. Leeds, representing the owners,
was asked how Mr.. Iselin and those on
board OF the Columbia regarded its sailing.
Its performance was hrst-rate," said he.
and we are all very much pleased indeed
with It's work. We hope that 1t will do
much better when its sails At better"
The report that Sir Thomas Lipton's chal-
lenger. the Shamrock. will not engage in
any preliminary matches seems to be cor
rect and on this account We shall not be
able TO get the line on the boat that we
otherwise would.
The professors OF the University OF Michl-
gan at Ann Arbor and OF the State Normal
school at Ypsilanti have formed a golf club