Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-26
OMAHA LOSES BY BAD LUCK
Rourkss 0utbat and 0u,6eld Denver and
Lose the Great Game.
OAHLnM PITCHES THAT FIRST BALI
Mayor Jim Announces Beforehand We
Only Throws Observation-Disclosures
Makes Remarkable Double
Play.

Omaha lost it's first scheduled league
game on the home grounds Thursday after
noon 70 the Teddy Bears OF Denver. al
though outhitting and outheding the
mountainers Many fans staid away from
the park which seemed TO be the center OF
attraction for the winds OF all directions.
although the wind and cold did not seem to
interfere with good ball playing which was
handed out by both teams Omaha made
eight hits TO Denver's five and had twelve
men left on bases, which goes to show that
luck was against the Rourke family
Mayor Dahlman was on hand to pitch the
FIRST ball and II was a ball because the
heavy overcoat which the mayor wore
seemed TO interfere with his delivery and
he could not put II over" Being intro
duced by Jack Haskell. the league umpire,
Mayor Dahlman said:
1T certainly is an honor for me TO pitch
for the Omaha team. We consider the
team the property Of Omaha and will all
root for the team through the good and
the bad. The people of Omaha want base
ball and they want It bad and they want
good base ball and will have It. This
great American sport is deserving of
patronage and will receive II in Omaha IL
given the right kind Of ball. When the
ball team leaves home for one of its trips
Il will carry the best wishes Of the people
OF Omaha, and when Il is playing at home
we will all be out to root for It. I will
now pitch the first ball and always pitch
O highbeli."
RRgan Outpttches Adams.
Ragan and Adams were the opposing
statesmen and Ragan had the better Of
the argument but Adams had the most
luck. Raglan was hit safely in but three
innings, the first and fifth, in which Denver
scored and in the ninth when Murphy was
caught trying to seal second. Omaha hit
the ball all the way through but could not
bunch the hits except in the third inning
when three hits we're made and but one
run resulted.
Denver started out like II was going to
duplicate the performance OF Lincoln the
day before and pound one OF Pas pitchers
all over the lot but one Mr. Graham late
Of Grand Island, put a stop to its mad
career. He ended the first inning with as
fast a double play as was ever. seen on the
Omaha grounds. Big Bohanan, the twirler
Of the Grizzlies, who was playing first, hit
hard drive through the pitcher. Graham
grabbed II on the run just as II was pass
ing second base and without apparently
stopping to turn he jarked the bail right
into Joe Dolan's hand for a double play.
MoHale led on with a hard drive past
Rsgan which Pas new pitcher was Just
able to stop. but which was entirely too
hard to handle. He was sacrificed on to
second by Murphy and then Captain
Wheeler. late of the st. Paul team. brought
him home with a single. Ira Belden was
hit on the head with a pitched ball and
matters were looking pretty bad for the
Rourke family when Graham pulled OF his
double. which the fans are still taikina
about.
Score Tied in Third.
The best Omaha could do In the first wal
for Aubrey TO make a single. In the third
Omaha tied the score and things were look
ing brighter until Austin fouled out
Franck made a single and then Aubrey
who is noted from bis long walk hit a fas
double down the first base line scoring
Franck
Denver made the winning run in the NTH
inning when zalusky led of with doubl,
60 welch's garden. He was sacrificed t.
third by Reddick and came home OF
Moore's single. Outside these two run,
Ragan held the Grizzlies safe at all timei
and In no other inning did a man reacl
arst except in the ninth, when Murphy
made a kit and Belden reached the bag OF
Franck's error. Both were caught tryinl
10 purloin the second sack.
Omaha, on the other hand, had numerous
chances to win the game, but Austin
Dolan and WEIGH all fell down when hi
would have done the business.
Today will be ladies' day and the SAM
teams will oavort and the same orchestrt
VIII discourse sweet music
The score;
DENVER