Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26

FITZ TOO MUCH FOR OMAHA
Pueblo, with King Pitcher, Shuts Out
Pat Raglan.
CHAMPS HELPLESS AT THE BAT
Beaten on the Face of the Returns
aud Go Back TO second
Place for Once
Again.
lamps HELPLESS AT THE BAT

Omaha, o: Pueblo. 1.
Inability to hit Willie Fitzgerald a weN
tiny bit at the right time cost Omaha a
game and allowed the Pueblo braes to an
mex the second game OF the present series
by the score Of 1 to o, by which token the
champs go back 20 second place. The game
was a heartbreaker so far as the Omaha
fans were concerned. for It was terribly
disappointing to be kept to the rear when
a little hitting would do the business. But
then Willie Fitzgerald had his fighting
clothes on and refused to weaken even for
a part of an inning.
The dope all looks like Pueblo, as Pat
Raglan was hit seven times to three for
Fitzgerald and passed six men 70 F1tE-
gerald's one, but Don Carlos was lucky in
the pinches and Pueblo had to be salts
fled with one little run. although the In
dams had ten men left on bases to two
10 Omaha. Two times Raglan was in the
and two out and on both occasions he
struck out the batsman.
When each team sent the best II had into
the box the fans knew a game was COM
ing and they were not mistaken, for al
though there were several wabbles the
game was a corker. Pueblo made one run
in the third inning and that was the only
run Of the game, although a dozen at
tempts at stealing were INDUCED In, much
to the discomfort Of the runner In all
cases but two. Gonding threw like . rifle.
The first innang looked bad for the
Champions, but sharp playing saved the
day for the time being. II was an inning
in which three bases on balls and q hit
did not return a run. 1t was done that
way by Spencer being caught a second
when he tried to steal. Miller ended the
inning by striking out.
Only Run Is Earned.
Pueblo made the o My run Of the game
in the third inning by earning 1t. Spencer
hit one out of the reach of Red Fisher
and went to second before the ball was
fielded into the diamond. He was sac
rificed to third by Patterson and came
home on Mattick's long fly TO WEIGH.
who got the ball TO the plate, but not In
time to catch the runner.
Although the game was full Of interest
from start to finish because OF Its UNI
certain qualities, 1t was in fact almost
featurelss and no startling play was
pulled off over which the fans could en-
thuse. Again. in the eighth inning, Raglan
became a little shaky and by the aid OF
Austin's error filled the bases. with but
/ one out GOndlnB TeileNeu bOmN VI ehO
strain by catching Miller mapping at first
and then Corhan struck out.
Omaha go two men as far as third. but
there they had to die. In the third in
ming Gonding was the first man up and
got a single. He stole second and went
to third on Corhan's error. but there he
had to stay. as neither Ragan nor Fisher
nor King could deliver the goods. In
the fifth inning Belden opened out with
a single, was sacrificed TO second, but
there he was double up when Gonding
hit a hard one at Patterson. Pat would
not have caught the ball had he been
playing his position. but he was tooling
around second trying to catch Belden and
happened to be in the right place when
the ball came along.
A double-header will be played this
afternoon. the first game being called At
2:S.
The score: