Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-03
PUT DENTS IN jake WIENER
Omaha Battep Hand the sOuthpaw His
Needing for Fair.
ELEVEN HITS ARE WELL PUNCHED, TOO
Game Won in Last Inning by virtue
of some Well Placed swsts
and n Couple of Mis-
cues.

Johnny Gondins ana George Stone, heroesl
Johnny, because with the score 5 TO 3
against Omaha in the ninth inning yester-
day he hit a beautiful single over the sec
ond sack and scored two men; Stone, be-
cause a few minutes later, with two outs,
he drove the sphere over the same spot
for another single and atrun that won the
game from Wizard Weimer. And Johnnys
batting average is 1877, yet he won omaha's
game, for besides that timely stickwork
in the ninth he scored omaha's first run in
the fifth by smashing out a three-bagger
that brought in Hickey. who had singled.
And so the Rourke men have seesawed
back once more to first place, and this time
there was no singing Of oh, how easy!"
by the boys in gray as their ~carryall took
them past the long line Of street cars. In
stead, some fan who had stined a sob at
the sound Of that tantaliEing refrain from
the merry men Of Kaw town on Sunday
started It up on his own account as the
visitors rode sullenly by, and soon the
whole line OF cars caught 1t, SO that thou
sands of people dirsed the Hateful tune in
the faces OF the cowboys till their heads
ached and they wanted to fight.
Most sensational was the victory, and
wildly enthusiastic was the crowd that
witnessed 1t. All the way II was Kansas
Clty's game. and by a wide margin. Home
runs, two-baggers and triples, the Cow.
boys made right and left at hrst, and when
at the end OF their half Of the fifth inning
they had five tallies and Omaha none there
seemed to be no hope for the locals. for
Weimer was pitching unapproachable ball.
when brown steadiea Down.
But there was. Right then Brown pulled
In a notch. Kansas City had FIVE hits to
date, both punched ana big, and with
errors by Genins and Thomas they had
amassed fve runs. But from then on the
visitors never had a look in for more scores.
Two more hits they got, two innings apart,
and Brown was steady and invincible. In
the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth in
nings only fourteen Cowboys got to swing
a stick. a
In timely coincidence with this tighten
ing Of the reins omaha's own batting took
a Jump. From the fifth on Kansas City
could do nothing. TIL the hfth Omaha
could do nothing. Then the boys Jumped
in. In the NTH 1t was a run on Hickey'r
single and Gonding's triple. In the sixth
came a shutout. In the seventh 1t WA
two more on Stewards and Hickey's safe
ones and Thomas three base drive, scor.
ing them both. In the eighth came an
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promising rally was to be only an aggrava-
ton Of the impending defeat.
The ninth started with Calhoun to bat
With a triple already TO his credit he
doubled, Cal, the man who, has made but
FIVE hits in twelve games preceding today,
But Cal has got the clothes on again, and
when Stewart struck out the people were
still cheering, for that was only one. Their
Hickey drew a base, and Thomas nlled
them by batting abe ball to Allen, lwhc
tried to catch Hickey at second, but failed
because Shannon dropped the leather.
GOnding Saves the Game.
Then came Gonding, and he did 1t. wher
the crowd finally found its seats again Ca
and Eddie had scored. and Johnny was oil
first. Dolan batted for Brown, and strucl
out, but that did not matter, for the tall!
the game was won. because Stone was 4
bat. He did 1t, too. and the single mad,
the third for him that day.
Umpire Latham had more trouble. H,
was almost as badly balled as on Sunday
and Hickey OF Kansas City was sent from
the game for remembrance IN. the third
Allen coming In from right field to pla,
second and Twirler Cable going into tn
garden. Both teams were badly crippled
Dolan being out with a sore finger frou
Sundays Jane and Genins' playing his jt
While Carter went into middle and Thoma
stayed in right. Waldron for Kansas Cit
is out with a lame back. also from Sunday
He plays right field as a rule.
1t was ladies' day, and they were there
all gazing with admiring eyes on john,
and George. 1t wac a great Monday crowd
$500 people. Today Kansas City gets an
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