Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-20
OMAHA
Rourkes Pull Off a Wild Ninth Inning
Rally, Winning from Lincoln.
DIDN'T EVEN WANT EXTRA RUNS
Deciding lit Threw civ Thousand
Fans Into n Fit, While Players
Got Too Happy to Take
All in Sight.
Omaha. 5. Lincoln, 4.

Omaha. 5; Lincoln, L.
With two out and two strikes already
Calle4 on HIM and with the score 1 to 3 in
favor of Lincoln and three men on bases
in the ninth inning, Fisher hit the ball a
Iesounding crack VII. oh mt it soaring over
tie head of Jack Thomas at second and
sent two runners across the plate, putting
Omaha one run TO the good and breaking
up the game. Pandemonium broke loose
and a wild scene followed, with cushions
flying in every direction. 1t was a mighty
game to win. a game which had been full
of ups and downs, with Omaha down al
the tail end until Red Fisher picked out
the bail he was looking for and sent it
toward the fence between Fenlon AMI
/ av dson. How far it would have gone
may never he known, as Fisher stopped
when he saw two had crossed the plate,
and even Sanders, who was on first. did
no, try to come on home.
Tail End Made Good.
Claud Hendrix, from st. Mary's school.
was pitching for Lincoln, and just to prove
that his fine work in the Graham exh BIZ
ton game was not an accident he repeated
for eight innings yesterday? or rather I'M
til he had two out in the ninth, when the
business was done. Austin and Franck had
gone out by the same route, Gagnier 20
Fenlon, when BeHen drew a pass. Lincoln
was one run ahead and it took one to tie
and two TO win, and few Of the 5000 people
present had confidence in the ability Of the
tail end of the Omaha batting order 10
deliver the goods. After Belden hal
walked Gonding hit a clean one to right
field and 1t was up to War Sanders to
win his own game. He rather chose to
play the waiting game and thus drew a
pas. which put the burden on Fisher. He
took up his burden kindly, but Hendrix
thought he saw his victim. He put the
first ball over the pan clean and Haskell
called 1t. The second was fouled off and
something had to be done. The third was
a beaut-a little high, but that did not
bother the redheaded one, for he connected
neatly and the crowd started for home.
ROurkes' Hits Were Few.
Until that ninth inning the Rourke fam
lily had made but three hits off Claude, al
though he had had one bad inning in when
two hits were mixed with three stolen
bases and a sacrifice, and Omaha had made
three rims. That was all Omaha made UNI
til the ninth, when the rally saved the
game.
Lincoln made one run in the second and
Omaha made three in the third. Lincoln
lied the score by making one in the fifth
and one in the sixth and then went one to
the good by scoring another in the eighth
ming. SO it was clearly a game of ups
and downs.
Lincoln started the game in a formidable
manpe when Fox, the first man up, made
a three-bagger. e Sand RS caught him nap
ping, however, and it was wasted. In the
SppnId nayidaon HIT for a dn,,hIa a,a
scored when Franek threw wild to first
on Thomas g%rounder.
Fisher Got in Early.
Then came the third for Omaha and It
made the game look easy. Sanders opened
up by drawing a pass. Fishers hit put
him on third. King grounded out and
Aubrey was walked on purpose. WEIGH hit
a long fly to Davidson. on which Sanders
scored. Austin picked out one he liked
and drove Fisher and Aubrey home with a
single to right.
Davdson's single, Pritchett's single, Sui
ivan's base on balls and Hendricks infield
out made one for Lincoln in the fifth. 1t
looked disastrous, but Austin, who had
secreted the ball, caught Prltchett mapping
at third and the chance to tie the score
was gone. Zinran opened the sixth with
- 40 wac ~ StCUnu DH Tag
ni5r and came home on Jude's single 10
right, tying the score.
Thus the score stood until the eighth.
when with two out Austin let a grounder
bound crooked between his legs, putting
Gagnier on second, from which place he
was scored on Jude's double to right
against the sence.
Although Sanders was hit freely al
times he pitched a splendid game. two of
the runs being charged against the errors
OF Austin and Franck. Hendrix also pitched
a good game and should have been taken
out In the ninth to save the game. He is
a youngster and never saw as many people
in Kansas as were at the game, and it
was but natural that he should be ratified
when all stood up and yelled.
Fox Get Small Injury.
Fox retired at the end Of the third inning
with a bad finger from a tough grounder.
Thomas went 10 second and Zinran took
first. Sullivan was back In the game for
Lincoln and in spite of his prowess as a
throWer the Omaha lads stole five bases
while not one was taken away from
GoEding.
The score:
OMAHA.
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