Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-09
SELEE PLAYS LOSING HAND
ROurke Bunch is Dealt a Pair AgsinI. Chi
oago'I Lonely Ace.
MANY DRAWS, BUT FEW OPENERS
windy City PrestIdiEitatOrs COnnect
in Alarming Fashion several
Times, but Fail TO FIJI Their
FIushes and ~strAiEhts.

Something happened out at vinton street
ball park yesterday afternoon when Papa
Bits family got after the Chicago Ma
tionals. They proved conclusively to the
Nationals and a small crowd that hitting
is not half the game. OF course there
we're times throughout the game when It
looked a little dark for the locals, but
they always managed to pull out by the
closest kind of work, and won, 2 to l.
Taylor was in the box for the visitors
and he proved a trouble to the batsmen.
They could find him, but he was too well
backed up to make many hits off of him.
Where he did fall Town was in the giving
OF bases on balls. "Jawnie" Gonding got
onto the scheme and managed to draw
three passes in as many times at bat. Com
panion, the southpaw find Of Genins, pitched
the first five innings for Omaha and was
touched up for six hits and one run. He
succeeded, however, in keeping them well
scattered except in the fourth inning. when
the lone tally of the Nationals was made.
stewart stays in the Barn.
Ace Stewart was not in the game, as he
felt stiff. and Genins was moved in from
the middle garden to take second, Preston
taking Genin's post. Wright is still suffer-
ing from his s~prained ankle and Thomas
held down the initial bag.
The show began in the last Of the third
when Dolan. the first man up, got a pass
and advanced to second when Thomas
raped out a hot little grounder. Thomas
should have been out, but Hanlon fumbled
the ball when 1t was thrown to him and
then there were two on bases and none
down.. Patterson sacrificed the two on a
base. This nettled Mr.. Taylor, and to show
them he had no fear he gave Gonding a
base on balls and struck out Companion.
Then he started in to do things to Carter
and was awakened with a surprise when
Carter picked out a nice one and showed it
down the third base line for a single and
the two came in. Weldy, who never knocked
the ball less than a mile, then stepped
up, but couldn't get the ball past the
pitcher and 1t was goodby for that inning.
Selee Says to Hurry.
With one man out, in the third, Manager
Selee began to grow anxious and he offered
a stick Of candy to every man who would
make a run. They got busy. Taylor singled
and Jones sent a hot one through Dolan
and Taylor was on third. Then Slagle, who
once played in the Charles street cigar box,
went after the curves and popped up one
to Genins. Chance took his crutch and be-
gan waiting for the one. that he wanted to
put over the renee, ana Jones got TO think
ing about how they had scored Tuesday by
stealing second and home together, so he
took a deep breath and started his little
steal. "Jawnie" Gonding saw him and
chortled. The chortle did it. When Jones
woke up the ball was staring him In the
face and he was about three feet from the
goal. That ended the agony of the in
ming.
Once over the Plate.
But in the next the Nationals got a run
In short order. Chance swipsd the ball
with a vengeance, made three bases and
came In on a long fly to center. Tinker
doubled and htings looked bright for the
Nationals. But next two men went out
easy. That was the first and the last
of the run getting for Chicago, although
they came frightfully close time and again.
Only once after the third did Omaha
come close to scoring. That was in the
sixth inning, when Carter stepped up to the
bat and beat a bunt out to first. Weldy
flew out and then he moved rp a notch
when Preston was hit by the pitcher. He
advanced to third on a long fly OF Genins'
that fell into Dobbs' NIT with a sickenine
thud. 1t was a chance, but Dolan struck