Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05
AGAIN IN THE LEAD
Takes a Double Header from Kansas City
BY Superior Ball Playing.
oUTsAT AND oUTFlELD NICHOLS MEN
Genins Hit in the Head with n Ball
I'm First Inning Of First Game
and f. Forced to
Retire.

Retire.
KANSAS CITY. July 4.-Cspeclal Tele-
gram.)-1f the crowd Of about 1000 spec
tators that went to sportsman's park to-
day thought that It was to have a mo-
nopoly on the noise and the display of fire.
works, the crowd was mistaken. The
home patriots, the Blue Stockings, had
fireworks OF their own. Unlike the crowd,
they did not have It to burn, but they
had It. The Nichols brand Of patriotism
was Of the daylight, skyrocket sort, AMI
General Charles Nichols, the Napoleon Of
yesterdays waterloos, went high up. The
home patriots received an awful drubbing
at the hands OF the 0mahans today. They
lost both games. The fact that these de-
feats sent them into the two-hole would
not come so hard II the locals had died
game, but they didn't. Nichols and his
men went up in a shower of yellow FIRE.
II was the largest crowd sportsman's
park has seen this season, which makes
the pill all the more bitter to Manning,
Nichols q Co. II was a patriotic crowd,
too. Revolvers were fred necessarily and
the noise was deafening.
In the FIRST game the Omahas started of
in the initial inning with three runs. Car
ter was given a base on balls and was ad-
vanced to second when one OF young Glib
sons curves twisted itself around the
Uranium OF Genins, who was put down ami
out. owen succeeded Genins and ran the
bases for him. Stone was given a base
on errors and Dolan sacrificed, sending
Carter across the rubber. Stewart sent a
corking single to left and two more runs
came In. Stewart was cut on at second
in an attempted steal and the side was re-
tired when Thomas struck out. Hickey
opened up with a two-sacker in omaha's
half Of the second. but the next three
men were quickly retired and the omahan's
steal Of third did no good. Omaha cinched
the game in the third. owen got a life
on Robinson's tumble Of an inheld hit and
Stone beat a slow one to first. Dolan again
sacrificed, advancing both men and Stew
arts second hit of the game scored them.
Ace was left on second,
The visitors did not score In the fourth.
but they added one to their credit in the
NTH, when NJ. Hickey threw Stones hit
into the crowd, the left fielder taking third
on the error. He scored on Ace Stewards
hit, this being the third time that the old
war horse swatted the ball s~quarely in the
nose.
In the seventh Omaha put two more
units on the score board, two singles, a
baSA INV . OAI baoN ~ b-o6NA
doing the business. The visitors were
,blanked in the two remaining innings, but
they had more than enough.
The FIRST game was characterized
throughout by stupid playing on the part
of Nichols men. They batted like school
boys and six costly errors were chalked
up against them.
Had Hopes of the Second.
Hope sprung in the breast of the multi
tude when the gong sounded for the second
game. 1t was a we'll known fact that
Charles Nichols was to do the pitching and
the prediction was put down in cold letters,
The blue stockings can't lose" The en-
trance Of Nichols was greeted with the
deafening discharge Of 100 guns. everybody
stretched and then all sat down and pre-
pared to enjoy the feast of victory. And
the unexpected happened. What the WIS.,
itors did to Mr.. Nichols should be written
in red ink. And the change in the lineup
OF the Meaningless did not alter the, case.
Risley was brought from left as a substl-
tute for Robinson, while Allen succeeded
Hickey at second. Risley was somewhat Of
an Improvement at third, but II Allen has
ever played In fast company there was no
evidence of 1t in his work at second or at
the bat.
OhTbGT mduo y BOOu dhdIl EOm ~ 5lohu-
point OF the Blues, for he was the arst man
up for Omaha. and Nichols handed him
three wide ones, which he struck at.
Graham. however. sent a grounder down to
Allen. which that gentleman fumbled. He
went to second on Stones fly TO left and
scored on Stewards drive to the same quar-
ter. Stewart was batting like a nend and
he was a veritable insignia of sure death to
Charles twisters. The omahans were
blanked in the second, but In the third they
gave the manager OF the Kansas City West
ern league team a taste Of high life. 1t was
nothing but skyrockets and Nichols was
lost In his own smoke. Stone singled to
left and Dolan attempted to sacrifice and
accomplished his purpose and then some
he beat out the bunt. Stewart sacrificed
and Thomas smashing drive to the left
garden sent Stone and Dolan across the
plate. Thomas stole second and went home
with the third earned run Of the inning
when Gonding hit safe to right. Owens
strikeout retired the side.
II Nichols felt that he had been up
against the buEzsaw in the third, greater
trials in the seventh made him forget the
past. He had been slammed to the
four corners OF the lot, but he was
not prepared for this new onslaught.
Graham was the first man up and
he struck at the first ball pitched.
1t went high and far. too. and by the time
the center fielder had found It in the weeds
out near the railroad tracks Graham had
completed the circuit. And this was not
all. Stone followed with a eorking three
sacker into the left garden. Dolan waited
for four wide ones; Stewart hit TO Shannon.
who threw the ball into the vicinity OF the
right-neld bleaehers, Stone and Dolan scor-
ing. Stewart went home on Thomas hit