Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

over 20 the entertainment OF Colorado
Springs and Des Moines. On Saturday nsrt
Kansas City will come 70 taste q Omaha
hospitality and try 10 sin hrst place IN
the race Next Sunday Charlie Nichols
will pitch he FIRST game in Omaha since
1883. His name is still one 10 con5ur-
viii In these parts. and he will certainly
be given an ovation ~ his host Of Omaha
friends. After Kansas City comes St. Jo-
ssph. and then lie Omshs 70 the mountains.
Some OF the envious critics OF the Omaha
team stiIl insist that its lead IL due 70
luck Granted. Jet Us see how much luck
has has 10 90 With the other side OF the
story. Peoria scored the FIRST win against
Omaha By q score Of 2 to / Peuris'e two
runs we're scored this way: One man got
q base on balls. and the next hit q slew
ore to Stewart. In trying TO get both men
Ace made a bad throw to second and both
we're safe. The next two we're out in order,
and then q double drove home the only
runs Peoria got In the game. II Stewart
had thrown to FIRST the double would never
have happened. and the game would have
been Omsha's. ! 20 Q. The next game lost
vas at Milwaukee. In the ninth inning.
With the score tied. Graham hit for a
home run. The BAN. when helded in. hit
the clothing Of Umpire Latham. Graham
was already safe. but under the rules be
had TO 60 back to third. where be died
The next game was lost 70 Kansas City. due
10 Charlie Nichols great pitching. In the
last game At Kansas City. with two men cut
and two on bases. Bobby Carter made q
hard run for q fly near the right FIELD foul
line. While running al full speed be missed
the catch and o. ball struck his left knee
just a. he shot his leg forward. and what
ninety-niDe times out Of 3 hundred would
have been q sure out went for q home run
and three runs rode in OF IL. just enough
10 win the game. At 81. Joseph a game
was forfeited because Omaha could not
stand for the work Of the Missourisns. II
the last game with Denver Joe Dolan made
q throw TO first that WIS just . trihe wide,
and It resulted in the two runs that gave
Denver the game. Nov, there are -four
Of the six defeats due to hard luck. three
Of them to single errors. and the other to
the umpire's not getting out Of the way OF
the ball. The ST. Joseph forfeit gBme
speaks for Itself. OF the six defeats charged
10 Omaha. only one IL due 10 the game
being lost on its merits, yet they still talk
about ''Omaha's luck" Some time before
the season is over they viii admit that II
is Omshs's ball playing that has won 50
many.
That triple play by Omaha al 81 Joseph
last Sunday was one Of those rare things
in base ball men like to remember and tell
about all their lives. II was really a
marvellous bit Of fielding on part o. the
OmRhHs. In the fourth inning st. Joseph
seemed about TO break the ice. Robe, the
FIRST man Up. hit q clean single over sec
ond. Hartman came next with s neat
rwOr-Er- - rFrh4 uhfrA 4n~E rupnT
bound as Carter was reaching for 1t. and
was thus made good for two bases. With
runners on third and second il seemed q
cinch that the Saints would score. Two
hits and 10 one out. and $500 fans yelling
like mad. when Brashesr came to bat He
waited until Graham put one over and
caught II square. Away IT went 10 right
field, and the air seemed full OF St. Joe
base runners, all tearing for home. How
the crowd did cheer and call encourage
ment TO the runners. Omaha wal forgot
ten in the frenzy OF JOY al the prospects
OF at least two runs. And then! Ace
Stewart was running. too. q fact that band
Of crazy rooters had overlooked, and by
one Of those marvellous exertions now and
then seen on the ball field. he intercepted
that hit OF BrAshesr's. Smack" That
Was the bah landing in Cslhoun's big mitt.
and the next thing thar met the gaze OF
fhat aEfonished multitude was a blue
uniformed figure tearing across the
diamond II was Cal, and he had one eye
on Robe and the other on Hart
man. Both had stopped IN mid
career. and neither seemed to know
what to do. In grand stand
and bleachers the tumult had ceased, and
the St Joe rootsrs were watching open
mouthed in their amRHemenf the swift
movement OF certain obliteration overtRk-
ing their fond hopes Of runs. Gonding
had started down the third base line TO
meet Robe, who FED from him Cal tossed
the ball to Gondlng, who overlook ami
tagged Robe. and then threw TO Hickey.
who caught Hartman just as be began his
slide, and one Of the Deatest. quickest
triple plays on record had ended. There
was no more cheering from the grand
stand. In the sixth inning Prank Gsnins
added a little bit to the base ball education
Of the Missourians by starting a play which
would easily have been another triple, had
Il been needed. With one out. and men
on first and second. the ST. Joe batter
Hrched a little. easy one over 10 Genins.
who was playing close in. 1t Was a einch
that Genins would catch the hy, 50 both
runners held their bases. Genins fooled
en-. He didn't catch the fly. Instead he
merely trapped IL, and then tossed the ball
10 Ace Stewart. who touched the mar at
second and then the bag. and two more
men were out The people didn't know
what had happened until the Omaha play
ers had nearly reached the bench, and even
Al that Stewart had 70 draw a diagram Of
the play for Umpire Cox.
One Of the really unfortunate occurrences
Of the week WAS the accident which hap
pened 10 George Van Haltren at P~ittsburg
on Thursday. where his well known player
sustained q broken ankle sliding TO sec
ond. His injury is severe enough 10 keep
him out OF the game for the rest OF the
season and maybe for all time. Van Hal
tren's absence viii be n distinct loss. not
only TO the NsE York team, but to the
game Al large. n memory is right, It was
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