Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-17
CHAMPS BREAK WITH LINCOLN
After Greenbaokers Won First, 0mahs
Takes Short Game.
WEIGH IS THE BIG STAR
Adds Hits 20 His Credit Just when
ROurke Family Needs Them and
Assists I'm Grabbing seven-
Inning Game.
Lincoln, Z; Omaha, 3.

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Lincoln, 7; Omaha, 3.
Omaha, 5; Lincoln, 4.
BY a last ming batting rally Omaha was
able to take the second game of the double
header from Lincoln Sunday afternoon at
Vinton street park after Lincoln had tied
the game in the last inning. II had been
agreed that seven innings would constitute
the second game, no matter how the score
stood. Omaha had a lead of four runs
until the sixth inning, when Lincoln made
three. and another in the seventh and tied
the score. Sanders was not at his best In
the first game and had poor support be-
sides, which gave Lincoln the game, al
though It looked several times as though
WATSON, the recruit of the Lincoln team,
was about to explode and give the cham
pions the game.
Good show for Big Crowd.
One Of the banner crowds OF the season
was on hand, and the fans we're treated to
some fast ball playing, especially in the
first game, when three lightning double
plays were pulled off. Welch was caught
off second twice by these double plays, the
first a hard line drive by Belden to Prit-
chett, who jumped in the air and speared
the ball with his glove hand. and the second
a drive by Austin, which Gagnier caught
In a similar fashion. Austin started the
first of the double plays in the second in
ming, when he flew toward third and nailed
a hot liner from Zinran's bat.
The double umpire system was again
used by Brennan and Davis, and in spite
of these two sleuths watching things, there
were two plays which caused considerable
argument, one being decided in favor Of
Omaha and the other going to Lincoln.
In the seventh mini Of the first game,
King had led off with a hit and on Autrey's
sacrifice went to third. In some way the
ball was lost. Some say King knocked 1t
out of Pritchett's hand. Anyway, King
trotted home, but the umpires said he had
to go back. In the eighth inning Pritchett
was taught mapping off third and Brennan
called him out. The entire Lincoln team
maintained that Austin had showed him off
the base, but the umpires had not seen
that part of the play and called him out.
ON Together.
Each team made a run in the first in
ming Of the opener. Jude made the first
by a three-sacker and Davidson's fly to
Belden. KIM scored first for Omaha on
a single, a wild pitch and Austin's Texas
Lacquer for two bases. The second inning
was the wonder, for In hat inning the
Rourke family made a triple and three
singles, and still scored but one run,
Franck led off with a three-bagger and
scored on Sanders single. Fisher and King
followed with singles, but Sanders only
reached third.
Lincoln made two In the fourth, when
Thomas reached first on Franck's error,
went to third on Gasnier's single and
scored on Wenger's fly to Welch. The
second run was a gift by the Rourke
family, for. with Gasnier on third, Tin
ran, who had walked, tried to steal Sec
ond. The bail was thrown to Austin, who
threw wild to second and Gagnier scored.
WATSON was at bat and proved an easy
out, Omaha tied the score in the seventh
on Kings single, Autrey's sacrifice and
WEIGHS double. .
The ~Greenbackers went after Sanders in
the last two innings, and five hits, Au-
trey's error and a base on balls gave them
four runs and the game,
a Has Necessary Ginger.
Hall pitched magnificent ball in the
second game for five innings. During
that time but fifteen men faced him., al
though two hits we're made. one a douole
Omaha had made four runs while Hall
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stunt, but that lead was needed. because
in the next two innings the Greepbackers
tied the score.
Fisher made the first run on a base
on balls, a stolen base, a sacrifice and
WEIGHS fly to the Indian in left field
Two runs were made In the fourth in.
ming by hitting the ball. Welch opened
with a triple and scored on Austin's sin,
gle. Austin went to third on Belden's
sacrifice and scored on Franck's double
With two out in the fifth Aubrey hit fol
two sacks, his first hit in five games
and scored on Welch's single.
LincOln Almost Arrived.
Then came the Greenbackers with 9
rush. zinran singled and Bonno hit t
Franck. who had a chance to make q
double, but instead he fumbled the bal
and both were safe. Fox hit a doubl,
which scored zinran and Bonno and Fo,
scored on Jude's infield out. Thomas sin
gled in the seventh. was sacrificed to sec.
ond and scored on Gagnier's hit over sec
ond.
Bonno was relieved by Hendrix In tn,
sixth, after he had been touched up foI
three hits in the fifth. He held tn,
Rourkes down in the sixth, but In tn,
seventh the game was won before an,
member of the Rourke family was out
King led off with a hit and Aubrey triet
to bunt. Hendrix grabbed at the bal
and fired 1T wild to first. letting the run
ners advance a base. Welch fol1owet
with his third hit of the game and drov,
In the winning run Welch was. at ha
three times, made three hits and 4 sac
rifice. In the first game Franck mad
two triples and a double in three time
at bat.
The score:
Score, first game: