Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-05
LINCOLN WINS IN ELEVENTH
Statesmen Take Superb Game Because
Omaha Cannot Hit Pop Eyler.
HERMAN LONG MAKES BRILLIANT DEBUT
ola Favorite Covers second and Cap
tains the Team, Playing In
Form That Inspires
and wins.

POP Eyler was the chief factor in omahas
defeat by Lincoln at Vintop street park
yesterday. where superb ball playing was
exhibited for eleven fast innings. The
Holmes goslings won by score Of TO l.
Eyler let few balls go into the outheld
II has been some time since Omaha fans
have had the opportunity Of seeing as good
n game of ball. II was clean and swift
from the start. Umpire Fuller was on at
times on balls and strikes but evidently he
tried to be fair and neither side had any
kick over the other
Herman Long was in the game for Omaha
at second taking his place as captain. II
Long means to keep up TO the standard he
fixed for himself yesterday It win result In
good things for Omaha. for the veteran
played Just rs he did in the years gone by
when he Wis the idol Of Boston and king
of shortstops. He had eight chances and
took them ALI without q hesitation, getting
four putouts and four assists and aside
from that he made hit and advanced
Carter In the first inning with a beautiful
sacrifice. He initiated a rapid-hre double
play in which Gonding, Perring and WEIGH
also participated. II was in the first inning.
Tillmsn had landed safe on a single and
later was forced out from short 20 second
on Holmes grounder. Quillan made a single
and Holmes went TO third. With Quillan on
first and Holmes on third and one out,
Ketchum drove a terrific grounder down
between hrrt and second and Ducky started
for the plate. Long got Ketchum's grounder
and pasted the ball against Gondings' mitt
20 quickly that Holmes retreated to third,
but not in time to keep Perring from get
ting him on Gondlng's throw Perring
whirled and fred the ball to second where
welch, having run in from center, trapped
Quillan, and the side was out.
Won with Two Out.
Lincoln's second was made with two men
out. In the eleventh inning Holmes hit for
a base Quillan and Ketchum were easy
outs and jack Thomas, after Ducky got
TO second. lifed the ball out into left field
for two bases. Had not Bassey exerted a
noble effort TO catch Holmes at the plate
Thomas would have been held on first.
Omaha made its run in the seventh in
ming. Perring got II. He drove the ball out
into right. his second hit. and Collins, in
running for It, slipped and fell. while the
ball bounded over his head Gonding sent
Il out into deep center and Perring scored,
though merely by hairs breadth, for he
was not back on third when the ball was
caught, giving Ketchum a start on him.
Ketch made one OF his famous throws TO
the plate and had not Pop Eyler been seven
feet tall and had allowed IL 20 proceed on
II course to zinran Perring might not have
made IT, Runkle's tumble and Gonding's
passed ball in the eleventh inning did not
help matters and came within an ace OF
letting In another run.
Old Pop Eyler is charged with having
passed two men, but he didn't do Il. He
passed one The other was a misjudgment
on the part OF Herr Fuller. Pop was in
his old-time form and new-time. too, for
since his second advent on earth ne is pitch
ing as good, II not better ball than when
among mortal men the first time. some dec
AIDES ago. He is the same steady, cool,
heady old rascal and Omaha fame enjoy to
sec him work even IL he does throw in the
hoodoo once in a while. Joe Dolan was
much I'm evidence with his fifteen putouts
not a miss and two hits.
Attendance: 800 The same teams play
today, game being called at S45
The score: