Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-11
NOW FOR FINAL At SIOUX
Omaha Beats Des Moines Five Straight
and is Still in Lead.
GOES TO IOWA TOWN FOR wrNDUP
Are One Game In the Lead
ana Can Cineh Pennant with
Three victories IN
North.
Omaha. 2: Des Molnes. 0.

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Omaha. 2; Des MONIES. 1.
Two more games were taken from the
boosters by the Rourke family Thursday
afternoon. which puts them in good shape
to 20 to Sioux City for the final series
Of five games to be played. The curtain
was runR down for the Omaha team In
Omaha for this year and the few fans
saw two games Of ball played In record
time. the Boosters hurrying through to
catch a train and the Omaha boys willing
TO let them hurry as long as they were
ahead. The first game was played in
fifty-two minutes and the second game
in fifty-four minutes, and as the first
game was started at 2 o'clock the fans
were ready to start for Omaha about the
time a regular game begins.
BY winning both the games Omaha goes
TO Sioux City one game in the lead Of the
Sioux. That means that II Omaha wins
two games and Sioux City three In the
series of five Omaha and Sioux City will
be tied for the Western league champion
ship. Sioux City must win four of the
five games TO win the %pennant, and II
Omaha wins three of the five the pennant
will flutter from the old flagpole in
Vinton street park for another year.
Flournoy, the fast fielder and heavy
hitter OF Des Moines, accompanied the
Rourkes to Sioux City as one of them.
President Rourke bought him yesterday
from Mr.. Higgins and signed him for the
remainder of this season and next. He
goes to play left field in place of Fisher,
whose injured arm disables him. Fisher
went with the team and may play a game.
Flournoy will add strength to the Champs
He is batting about .2so and fielding $40.
Besides. he is a heady ball player.
Raglan and Rhodes for sioux.
Pa is saving Ragan and Rhodes for the
opening games in the Sioux City series
and for that reson pitched Hollenbeck and
Hall yesterday. Hall has been sick and
was not in the best Of form, but he pulled
through the eight fast innings without
weakening. As Pa let Gonding rest Thurs
day, Omaha goes up the river in good
shape for the final battles.
Hollenbeck pitched a fine game Of ball,
allowing but five hits and refusing to pass
a man. He kept these five hits so scat
tered that the Boosters had no chance to
score. The Southpaw. Nelson, did the work
for Des Moines and he was hit enough in
the first inning TO win the game. King
opened up the sport with a tripe. He has
sort of contracted the triple habit of late
Aubrey, who followed, sent him home witt
a single to right. Austin made a clean
double. but Welch and Franck struck oui
and Belden popped one to short and they
died on bases. In the seventh, Aubrey
opened up with his second hit and stole
second. He went to third on Welch''
grounder to Dwyer and scored on Franck''
double to left field. Lawler made some
remarkable stops and throws in boil
games. taking sixteen chances without
wab5le. To'~ u
Tho second game was also one of few
runs. Autrey made the first run in III,
first inning, by a three base soak ant
Welch's fly to Fitzpatrick. Austin made thu
second run In the fourth inning after tive
were down, He hit a double and scored oil
BelGen's single. In the seventh inninl
Dolan opened with a double and scored oil
Dexter's double.
That was the final game for Omaha. al
though the Lincoln and Pueblo games ar,
scheduled for a double header at Vintol
street park next Sunday afternoon.
The score: