Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-02
SPORTING GOSSIP OF WEER
western League Playing Fast Ball and
k TeamS All Look Good
DES MONIES SETTING FAST PACE NOW
Denver's Chance for Leadership stIu
Good ana Omaha IL Ready to
Make Race for the
Front.
Playing fast ball?

Wen, 1t looks like II. st. Joe comes here
A5nd gets one run in thirty-six innings
Ehen Colorado Springs comes along and
nuts Omaha out and then Omaha turns
around and nearly shuts out Colorado
Springs, the one run that spoiled It being
huke. Does that look like the real arti-
Gle? One day during the week the league
handed out three whitewashes in three
games. That was surely ball playing And
Sioux City isn't making the pace any
more. Des Moines ducked through and
took the pole several days ago, and is
now setting clip that looks real furious
But Denver is handing out few in the
meantime, and is hanging on like a pup
TO a root, and The Bees guess that Denver
will be In the lead on August 1, bar acct
dents, still stands. Bill schriver has put
some life into the rejuvenated Millionaires
and teams going 10 Colorado Springs may
look out for trouble for the next few
days. At st. Joseph President ONeil has
succeeded in getting the team onto a busi-
ness basis, and the prospect for better
things down there Is good. The Saints
are a hustling lot despite the antiques
discovered In the batting list. Jay An
drews is playing third base like a yearling,
and II Bill Douglass wasn't so obese he
could make splendid bluff at being n
youngster, too The Saints are strong in
the box, where the Springs are weak, and
according to this ought to have little
trouble in saving off the cellar champion
ship on the Colorado outfit
Omaha is getting into better condition
every day. The absence of Thomas from
the game has been serious, and Thiel and
Gonding being in bad shape has also
proved great drawback Papa Bill has
drawn lucky once in getting Brown for
first, for he looks like a, ball player, and
II he makes good 1t will enable Rourke to
put Thomas back to his old trade catcher
and thus give Gonding a needed rest.
Gondng is just willing as he ever was
and works many a day when he ought to be
Yin bed. He has a bad leg, and unless he
y can get some rest soon he may be put out
for good. The work of the outfeld could
hardly be improved on anywhere at all
events no Western league team Is putting
up such r. fine quality of ball as Thiel,
Welch ana Carter Schipke and Martin
have both played gilt-edged ball in the in
field. Martin has established himself with
the fans as the best second baseman
Omaha has had for many years, while
schipke is surely the Boy Wonder of the
.eSWestern World. II Brown makes good at
FIRST, and Dolan continues his steady work
at the old stand in short. the infield is now
In the very best of condition and Omaha Is
we'll fixed to turn toward the top. All the
pitchers are In good condition and are put
ting up the real article of ball. The team
hitting is still weak. but the in
dividual work is getting better every
day and the fans still hope to
see some of the old-time results The
team is playing at Sioux City today, but
will be at home Tuesday morning in time
for the first game the Fourth. This
would be a good time for history to repeat
itself and give something like we had
sixteen years ago. On the morning of
July 4. 1882 a crowd that nearly filled the
grounds at Twentieth and Miami saw
Omaha beat Sioux City 12 to 5, with Charlie
Nichols pitching for the home team, and
that afternoon an overflow assembly saw
the home team win by 21 TO 2, with Dad
Clarke in the box In this latter game
Siebel pitched for Sioux City and Crotty
caught, and the home team only secured
twenty-five hits and ten stolen bases dur
ing the afternoon. Dad Clarke made the
only error for Omaha. Let's all go out TO
Vinton street both morning and afternoon
and help Papa Bill do as well as Frank
Selee did sixteen years ago.
p b. Wallace president of the North
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