Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-17
NEW STAR IN WESTERN BALL
Eddie Creighton Shows Himself in Fin,
Form as Catcher.
BOY HANDLES BALL LIKE A VETERAN
Peoria Beaten in Hollow style
Through owens Pitching and
steady work of His Team
mates in Field.

with a 1s-year-old Omaha lad playing be-
hind the bat the Rangers won the second
game from Peoria, 8 to 1. The lad Is
Eddie Creighton, and he did more than his
share Of the work. It was an especially
beautiful game Of ball. too, with the
Omahas showing the cleanest action they
know. Creighton was not outclassed for a
minute. Play for play, inning for inning,
he was swift, sure and steady as a vet
eran, and his six outs and hye assists with
out an error, tell some more. The crowd
was sifted down to keen fans pure and
simple, some 1900 in all, and not a crlti-
cism could they pass on Eddies work. Even
the most sanguine did not expect the article
OF ball they got behind the bat, and the
boy could have anything the crowd owned
before the game was half through.
Hes great. Just hne." said Frank Owen,
speaking OF Creighton after the game. And
the collegian deserved It all. Owen had
Just a touch OF wildness himself. and
Creighton held him down in handsome
style. Frank realized this and after an
inning or two as a feeler let himself out
Just as II 1t was Johnny Gonding at back
stop.
They Didn't Steal on Eddie.
But that wasn't the snowy part Of Creigh-
tons job. The way he shut them on at sec
ond was what made the big hit with the
crowd. Croft tried It first, but from a
dinicult catch of Owens in and down
Creighton had the ball over to Dolan In
beautiful time. A couple Of innings later
Tibald tried It, but when Ace Stewart ar
rived at the bag he ran right into the sphere
and TibaM was just starting to slide. Not
another attempt was made. Eddie's other
sensational throw was to first base in the
third, when Moloney batted the leather to
a place out to the left Of the plate, where
many a hit has been scored. Not that time.
however, for the boy fell on the twisting,
writhing ball, and threw from his knees like
q shot, and Just in time.
1t was great to see how the old vets
took all this. They were so proud of Eddie
they couldn't keep still, and they chuck
led and played ball in real championship
form. At bat Creighton did not hit safe.
but he swung aercely and right UP into the
ball, and his sacrifice in the seventh
smacked Of Genins. II he had gone down
the line In the fourth he would have scored
q hit on a ball which he batted hard through
Shafstall to O'Brien, but Eddie though
shafstall had It and lost out at nrst BY
a hair. He will probably catch again today,
as Thomas throat is still in such shape
that he cannot take solid food, while Gond-
ing is still laid out. Creighton has beer
known in amateur base ball circles here
as third baseman Of the Creighton Univer-
sity team. and with the Field Club nine
He was not generally knowna as q backstop
Marty" McQuaid was there with the
indicator and he was a sight for sore eyes
Quiet, cool, calm, silent, he had but two OBJ.
jections-both from Portland he paid
no attention to either. while the game wen
merrily on. II Marty" keeps Il up like
that he is a fixture. and he certainly seemed
to be acting natural. .,
First Basemsn Pears was a star of the
day. He made two singles and a double,
scoring two runs, and his catch Of Balls
liner at his bag In the sixth was the stop
OF the day. Everything, in fact, combined
to make the game a pleasurable thing ia
watch. Score: