Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-20
WRIGHT TOO MUCH FOR OMAHA
Rasty Only Allows Hits When They Ar,
Entirely Harmless.
DENVER KNOCKS cosNS OUT OF BOX
MeNeeIey Pitches Good Rail for Four
innings and Joe DOIan saves
the Locals from q
shutout.

They certainly could not blame it on the
umpire yesterday
Denver beat Omaha because Denver out
played Omaha in the field and at the bat.
Omaha is credited with the same number
OF hits as Denver, but doesn't half tell the
story. Denver punched its hits and made
them count for the most, while Omaha
was wholly unable to touch Wright when
a hit meant anything. except Dolan's home
run in the ninth inning. Corns was en-
tirely too easy for Denver and Pa sup
planted him with McNeeley in the sixth
inning Mac pitched gilt-edged ball, but
the game was lost. Harry WEIGH let two
golden opportunities to do something slip
through his hand. Twice he was at bat
when two men were on base and twice he
failed to connect, leaving the two men
there.
Rasty Wright, the clever southpaw Of the
Denver team stood temporarily in the way
Of Omaha's championship aspirations, hold
ing Omaha safe at all times when hits
meant runs and, except for Dolaus home
run drive in the last inning. would have
shut them out The final score was 6 to
in favor Of the Mountaineers.
Ola BiII and His Hat.
Bill Everitt had trotted. out Wright who
has been a stumbling block TO all teams
met up to date. and his teammates backed
him up with enough runs to win the game.
Everitt was on hand. but without his suit
in fact, he has no suit, and is going to
do all his work from the bench this sum-
nier. He looked as young and frisky as
ever ana made one parade across the lot
in front Of the grandstand that all might
see his massive form and admire his new
hat. He has congregated quite a collection
of ball tossers. He has the smallest men
in the league and by all odds the largest
Kroell is so tall he won't be measured, but
those who know say he is seven. six Red
dick and T. Smith are smaller than Mig
Perrine. Then there was Old Sport Nc
Hale, as wiggly as ever, and Johnny on
the spot for everything that came his way.
Ike Belden is as fast as ever and gave
several exhibitions of his good right arm.
Randall is in left and the rest are all new
and you will have to go out this afternoon
to get a comprehensive Idea Of the collec-
ton.
Denver started out without any formality
and made two in the first inning Old
Sport houcha couched one to right and
Little Smith followed with another. Ran
dali sacrificed them on a notch and Belden
hit another safe one to right that scored
them both.
None Till the Fifth.
No more hits or runs were made on
Corns until the fifth and it looked as IL
he had settled down to one Of his phenom
games. That was all wrong, however.
He started the nth by trying 10 break
Rasty's arm and Old Sport went out, as
did also Smith. Randall hit clean one
to middle, scoring McHale, who had stolen
second, and Belden walked. Reddick hit
safe to right, scoring Randall. and Kroell
hit a clean single to left. which scored
Belden and Reddick. That was all, but
1t was enough, for, although Pa called
In McNeeley so Denver could score no
more, Omaha was unable to do thing
until the ninth.
In the first inning after Bender had
struck out, Carter reached FIRST because
Smith booted the ball and went to second
on Basseys single. Here was a chance
for Harry Welch to distinguish himself,
but he was not there and simply struck
out. Dolan also had a chance, but he hit
a long, hard one which McHale was lay
ing back waiting for
The same chance came up for WEIGH in
the third inning, after Bender had walked,
and Bassey made his second hit The
best the doctor could do that time was
to knock the ball to the pitcher. That
was about all. for it was one. two, three
the rest OF the way through. In the
seventh, when Johnny Gonding came TO
bat some wag stood up and cried, Every
body pull for papa" and Johnny, remember
ing the new little one at home, hit for a
clean double.
Dolan was the first man up in the ninth
and after II was too late to accomplish
anything he hit the first ball over the left
field fence and as the old rule Of lover
the fence is OUT no longer applies Omaha
made one little run.
The same teams play this afternoon and
tomorrow, which will be school children
day. Paige who shut out Lincoln. pitches
Cor Denver