Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-02
500 WINS SECOND BATTLE
Holmes Tribe Takes Game from Cham
piOns on Small Margin.
SANDERS PITCHES WINNING BALL
But for Miscue of KinG in BRsv
Running Omaha wOuld Have
won DOubIe-Header
This Afternoon.

Omaha, 4: Sioux City. 2.
King went to sleep on second base IN tn,
third inning with three men on bases and
two out, with three balls and no strikes
on DR.. welch and Mr.. Furchner up in the
air and this undoubtedly cost Omaha the
second game OF the series with Sioux City
Saturday afternoon. Little King, who has
been working himself up to be the idol OF
the fans and who Is generally quite foxy
on the bases, was actually caught mapping
and the nap cost Omaha the game.
Furchner did much to win his own gamei
he made three clean hits.
Neither team had been able to make a
score and Furchner and Sanders had been
pitching gilt-edged ball. The time had
come for the Champions to step out and
win the game. II was the time and the
place, but the run was missin. LeBrand
and Sanders had struck out when Fisher
made the first hit OF the game for Omaha
He then stole second. The youthful Mr..
Furchner was beginning to show a slight
case OF the rstties and passed King. Then
came Chicken Aubrey and laying one
toward third base. he beat II out and tho
bases were filled. The same old pandc-
monium which had broken out on the pre-
vious day was again turned loose and
Mr.. Furchner became more and more
ratified. 1t was omaha's opportunity to
win the game and DR.. WEIGH was coming
to the bat. eve must again call him doc
tor to distinguish him from the elongated
Harry WEIGH who plays third for Sioux
City, OF course, the women all yelled
for the doctor to hit the ball over tho
fence, but the wise ones said they would
be satisfied with anything from a base on
balls to a single or two or three. The doc
tor looked as though he really Intended to
deliver the goods. His looks were such
that Mr.. Furchner was really frightened
and started out with the idea OF deliber-
ately passing him to first.
Ducky says No.
Ducky Holmes would have none OF that,
however, and came rushing in from center
field and held a council of war with Mr..
Furehner. His instructions to the youth
evidently were to put the ball over the
plate. At any rate that seemed to be what
he tried to do and the second was a ball.
likewise the third. with no strike, and IL
was a cinch Omaha would make one or
more runs, for Mr.. Furchner was visibly
ratified. At this critical ~juncture Brother
King thought he was in the amen corner
at church and took his little nap long
enough for Furchner to whirl and toss the
ball to Granville. who tagged Ring before
he could touch the sack.
These extraordinary proceedings so rat
tied the Rourke family that James Austin
look a balloon ascension in the next inning
ana before he alighted Sioux CITY had
scored the only two runs of the game.
James had been figuring how he was
going to clear the bases after DR.. WEIGH
walked and the untimely end Of the inning
maze MIN so furious that he could not
| see first hapa r.
when the first two men up In the next
inning hunted easy ones at James he could
not throw the ball within reach OF Chicken
Aubrey and two were soon on bases with
no one out. Green and Andreas were the
lucky citizens to profit by the v,lldness ~
austin and Granville followed at bat. He
picked out a slow one and lined II over
Franck's head and out OF the reach of
F1sher. After Fisher had shaRRed thu
oal to the fence and returned It to the
diamond two had scored and Granville was
on third. To the credit OF Sanders II NAV
be here stated that Granville was forced
to stay on third. welch fouled out 10
austin, King made a beautiful catch OF
Hester's fly and Jack Shea struck out.
Futile Rally in Ninth.
Omaha made a sort OF a rally in the
ninth inning, but 1t fell short Of the mark.
WEIGH flew out to Granville and Austin
picked one for three sacks. Belden also
hit safe. scoring Austin, but he tried 70
stretch a short one into two and was
caught at second.
) Omaha started out the sixth inning "a
t though something was about to be done
but the fates were against the Rourke
FAMILY King drove a hard one through
.ue pitcher and Chicken hunted to sacri-
I nee Fnrchner, Shea and Hester all tried
\ Ior the ball. with the result that the
chicken was safe. both safe with no one
: out. WEIGH was up and tried to sacrifice
Inc pan was missed by Shea, but King
and Aubrey thought he would catch IL ana
did not run, so King was forced on, AZ
third. Austin hit a long fly 70 Ducky ana
; when Aubrey tried to make the run for
third Andreas deliberately held him. I'm
: pire Haskell said he did not see II. Every
. BODY else did. Belden hit 70 Andreas ana
s the two hits were wasted.
Two battles royal are scheduled for thts
b afternoon, when these same teams are 20
= play a double-header. Pa says Pat Ragan
and probably Rhodes will be his slabmsn
c while Ducky sim has Freeman. MCKAY 80
Crutcher. Should the day be fine pa 49,
c Dueky will have to decide upon soUs
T ground rules. for the crowd Is sure 10 ba
y a record breaker. First game will be
called at 2;So. The score,
" OMAHA.
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King, %. ...
9 Aubrey, ID. .......
Welch, CT. ...
T. Austin. sb. ......... !
Belden, RI. ,.. !
Franck. IS. ...........S O J
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: Totals .".....@ 4