Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-11
BATTING EYES OPEN SOM
ROurke's Men Do Some Hitting in Game
with Creighton.
MAKE TRIPLES, DOUBLES AND SINGLES
RIsIey, stone and Burg Get Into Game
and Make Themselves Solid with
Fans - Another Game
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Today.

with the heavy odds OF experience and
confidence arrayed against them. the base
ball team Of Creighton university yesterday
afternoon succeeded in holding Pas Pets"
down to a score Of IL to 2 in the first game
between these teams ,Rt,Vinton street park.
Though the day was disagreeable, very
nice base ball was perpetrated. and the
fair crowd of Omaha fans who were
on hand to watch their favorites perform
were for the first time this year given the
treat of seeing some hitting by the
leaguers. Up to this time the games played
at home have been devoid of any appre-
! ciable proportion of stick work, but in yes
terday's contest the men came to the front
handily with a little bunch Of twelve nice
ones, triples, doubles and singles mixed.
Three Of the regular team players,
Hickey. Fleming and Genins, were given a
holiday by Captain Stewart. and their three
substitutes made themselves solid with the
crowd. Risley, who went into middle field
for Genins, scored two hits and two runs.
and yet he Is a pitcher. Stone. the utility
outaelder who took Fleming's place in left
field, led the list with three hits, one for
three pillows. Little Pete Burg, the
midget. who plays an emergency inheld
job, went In at third for Hickey and gave
further proof OF his reliability and value
by handling a few very puzzling hits in
just the correct manner and with absolute
accuracy and no delay. One time with a
man on hrst and second the ball was batted
slowly down the third base line. Burg
rushed 1t and scooped it up half way to
the plate, then turned sharp around and
caught the runner at second. where two
third basemen out Of three in similar cir
cumstances of shaste and position would
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ter out at first. Alloway and Brown di-
vided the game in the box.
Some Creighton Stars.
There were SOM prominent Creighton
stars. too. Ed Creighton at third base was
the especial meteor Of his team. He not
only helded a perfect game, but batted out
W pretty hits. Seven clean. assists are
chalked to him. and some we're dinacult.
being short hits along third base line.
which e. charged and neldedr to first IN
good time and we'll judged locality. Harry
Welch played first base and %as steady as
a wet" He made R!hft, a run and fifteen
p%utouts at the bag. Clark's work on flies
in left field was OF the sterling sort that
makes you bet II Is an out as soon as you
see the ball leaning that way.
The game was peculiar In that for two
innings the college boys had 1t all their
own way. The leaguers, were put out in
one. two, three order. and meanwhile welch
made a run in the first and o'Keefe in the
second. Then Omaha frightened up. or else
Wilcox in the box loosened. for the next
inning showed seven runs for stewart's
men and none for the collegisns. Errors
by o'Keefe and Callahan had a hand in the
deluge. With the exception Of that inning
the game was we'll fought throughout. To-
day the two teams meet again. and Harry
welch will pitch for the Creighton men,
while Stone will be on FIRST basein HarrY's
place. Score: