Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-14
WILKINS NO GAY DECEIVER
When He Throws a Ball ROurke's Men
Find It Easily.
FOURTEEN HITS TO A MeGARDlY PNF
Omaha Players Put Tn superb Game
from start TO Finish and Hand
Hawkeyes n Goose
Egg.

Eleven to nothing, and dulcet revenge
Is Omaha's. Before an hysterical swarm
OF $500 people at Vinton Street park yes
terday all the acerblty Of the paradoxical
defeat which PAS Pets suffered on Sat-
urday at the hands OF the Des Moines
base ball team was washed away In the food
OF as sweeping a victory as the most
frantic Of fans could wish. Not a feature
Of the gam but what evidence the super
iority OF the Gate City men. not a detail in
which they did not excel. and the entire
contest was one grand procession Of ever
augmenting triumph. paralleled by an ova-
ton which increased Just as constantly.
No blood Of a banner coursed through the,
distended veins Of Pitcher wilkins yes
terday; no streak of cunning craft lurked
In the sinews OF his whip arm to guide
him through the tortuous passages OF nine
innings Of twirling to a safe victory. In
short. wilkins seemed to have nothing but
material for two base hits up his sleeve for
that occasion, to which he added wild pitches
and bases on balls galore, and the general
opinion Of the spectators is that he had
better go back to Red Oak.
Any other Old Rose.
Had o'Leary put a class pitcher in the
box the defeat might not have been so
overwhelming, but even sat that Omaha
would have won by a fat score. for the
boys had their batting gsrb on for fair.
Again. a Cunningham in the middle Of the
diamond would not have awaited the Des
Moines Dallier5 much, for our own slab
artists we're invincible. For Ave innings
Brown threw balls that sent the crowd
into an ecstasy. One scratch hit was all
of him. and the way he leased out the
pop-up flies was q Joy forever. at can't be
beat" was the verdict of the people. and
when Graham came on in the sixth there
was a general feeling Of pity for a man
who was compelled to go in behind such a
pace as Brown had set.
But Oscar never smiled nor sighed. Three
minutes warming up with Jack Hayes, and
the new battery took It's place. Then began
as fine an exhibition Of treacherous tossing
as imagination can picture. Even Browns
work came near paling before this new
light. Again one little hit, with seven
strike outs and not a single base on balls.
To a bunch of fans who had fostered
doubts because OF his previous uncertainty
Graham proved out then and there.
Short Trips for IOwana.
So not a Hawkeye got past hrst base, and
only two Of them even saw that coveted
haven. Little more can be said. The game
was practically errorless, Des Moines max
ing the only mistake chronicled. The rest
can be only praise for the omahans. To
Stone probably belongs the individual days
palm, for he led the hitting with q triple
and two doubles. while his race horse
catch Of a swift foul against the bleacher
fender in right field. was easily the fielding
hit of the day.
Graham hit a two-bagger his first time
up, and when he followed this with that SUI
perior piece Of pitching the crowd voted him
a raise of salary on the spot. Burg, Calhoun,
Dolan and sStewart--were all there with
two hits, each. and Jack Hayes handled
Graham like a veteran. 3D..
The occasion was one Of general congratu-
lation. An air OF jubilant satisfaction i'm
pregnated the stands, and one could Just
feel how happy everyone felt about that
omaha team. The local devotees are more
than convinced Omaha has a great ball
team. All they are waiting for now is to
see the season begin.
More Games to. Come.
There are more good games in store be-
fore Milwaukee comes on April 20. st.
Joseph plays here on Saturday and Sunday
next, April 10 and 20, and in between are
two games with the University Of Nebraska
boys on April 16 and II and one with the
Creighton university nine on April IS. The
a,pra.