Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-04
PUEBLO TAKES FIRST CAME
Fitz Strong and Well Supported in the
Tight Places.
SANDERS GETS RAGGED SUPPORT
HOErIever Is Batting Hero, Making
Three Hits-OmahR Rallies in
the Ninth, hut All in
Vain.
Pueblo. 8. Omaha. 4.

Pueblo, 8; Omaha, 4.
Omaha lost yesterdays game to Pueblo
chiefly because it didn't play the right
sort of ball at the right time. six errors,
sorne Of them costly, are charged against
the Champs. The Champs didn't hit Fitz-
gerald a time or two when hits meant
runs. That was bad. Sanders passed the
first man up in the fifth inning and three
others hit him safely, one for a two
Dagger, and Harry Welch stepI ed on his
foot and bit his chin in an alteration with
the ball in center field. All these little
things had a deleterious- effect.
Three members of the Champs did not
make an error. They were Messrs. King,
Belden and Sanders.
This man Fitzgerald had a big hand in
the offense. And that isn't all, he did the
same thing to Pas Champs the last time
he faced them on the home lot. The fact is
Fitz is some pitcher. although he did walk
five men, against Sanders two, and famed
only three, against Sanders six. The bad
part was that both men Sanders walked
got over the plate.
Pueblo ran a little wild at that. 1t was
minus its long manager Patterson, who is
nursing a spiked leg in a Denver motel.
Hogriever covered second and Mite third,
Smith. who with Patterson, is sold to the
st. Louis Browns lin a pigs eye), had a
lump over one eye as big as a turtle, but
he stald behind The bat anyway.
How II Happened.
Omaha winked out gently in its first
round, but in the second not so gently.
1t came near scoring. Austin opened with
a hit and, much to. the amazement of
those gents from the west, went to third
80 I.-N
Franck poked a m little affair down
to Hoggy between first and second and II
looked like Jimmy might have scored, but
he was beaten by Hoggy's throw easily.
Pueblo started the thing off with a score,
Sanders passed Spencer after disposing OF
Hoggy. Spencer stole second and went to
third on Gondlng's throw and home or
Matticks' single after two were out.
Omaha got busy a little in the third
After Sanders went out Fisher hit safe tc
left. Fitz got a little groggy and passed
King and Aubrey. filling the bases. Aubrey
by the way, was passed three times. Welcl
scored Fisher on a fly out to Spencer anc
Austin sent King over the plate on a little
grounder to Hoggy, which Hoggy fumbled
Chick was thrown out trying to score OF
the play also. The Champs were able t.
get men on bases in every inning follow
ing, but could not score until the ninth
when they assumed an air Of real peri
to Pueblo. Sanders had gone out from
Hoggy to Clark when Red Fisher sent
fly to left, which Spencer let get away
from him. Red took second on the muff
King then laced the ball out through Mr.
Hogriever so furiously thatrthat venerable
gent didn't know whether he had been sho
or just stabbed. Fisher crossed the plat
in a trot and King sped on to third. Autre!
failed at hitting safely, butoput one dowi
to short on which King scored. Welcl
walked, but was forced at second by Aus
tin, Hoggy to Corhan.
King and Fisher scored two runs eacl
and King helped Red over the plate once
Franck made a double and a single, bu
was unable to cash either in.
Pueblo Cinches IL.
Pueblo cinched the game in the fiftl
with those three runs, Fitz was walked
Hoggy hit safely, being the batting hero o
the day with three corking singles; Spence
famed and Smith drove the ball to center
scoring Fitz. Welch should have got tn
ball and held Smith at first, but he playet
William Trimbletoe with it awhile. final!
throwing it somewhere and Hoggy scored
Matticks sent Smith across the plate wit
a hit. Sanders held the Indians at hi
mercy after that. which was too late.
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