Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-09
POUND IN TWO
Omaha BOmbards Des Moines and
Takes Both Games.
HOLLY AND Raglan ON THE SLAB
Chick Autrey Murders Ball IN First
Game and YER of IA
Rourkes De In the Lsst
spasna.
Omaha, s; Des Moines. 3.
Omaha. Is: Oes Moinee, 8.

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Omaha, Is: Des Moines, Z.
While Sioux City won one and lost one
game at Lincoln. the Rourke family won
two games saturday afternoon from
Dexter's Boosters. The first was quite a
ball game. but the second will hardly 50
down IN the annals of base ball history
CT Omaha az ole OF the best games ever
seen on the local grounds. II was a verft-
able slugging match. with Omaha far and
away in the lead. In fact, the Des Mcines
bunch was unable to start any sluesiug
until Pat Ragan saw tho game was oinehed
and let UP. =
After Holienbeck had annexed the first
game by keeping the hits. scattered Reagan
started to work in the second. Some
thought he might not be ut because OF the
injury to his arm a week ago while playing
against Sioux City. when Mckay purposely
hit him. but Pat soon showed all that he
was "fit as a fiddle"
olmstesd was chosen by Manager Charles
Dexter to handle the first game. olmstead
Is. the leading hitter In the Western league
at present and he fattened his average
yesterday by hitting twice in four times
up. But that has nothing to do with his
pitching. He came TO Des Moines from the
White sox Of Chicago. He was touted as
= Aith gNHNf oAAa AO Aha w. e1N Wv
certain Chicken Aubrey upset all his stellar
aspirations for the day. Chicken hit him
three times in four times up. and two were
triples and the other n dorble. Chicken
drove in one of the five runs aud made
two OF the others. Chicken got three of
the eight hits made by Omaha He made
three of the first five made. Fact iS. that
boy Chick jes needs a good, sound lsrptng
fer the way he is awhuppin' all these
pitchers,
OImstead Passes :FisheP.
oImstead made his first mistake when he
passed Fisher. the first man UP IN the
first inning. for tina pass. soon deyelopef
into the first run OF the game. AStYiid
pitch put Fisher on second and after, King
struck out Aubrey scored Fisher With a
triple. Then again in the third, with two
out, Aubrey hit another triple. The first
had hit the Storx sign In the middle field.
but the next was a little to the right
welch drove him home with q single.
Aubrey started the scoring again in the
sixth inning. when. as the first mai up, he
hit a double. He went to third on weleh's
infield out and home on a passed ball.
Austin went out from the pitcher 70 first
and then, with two out, a bombardrnent
started which will make Mr.. olrnstaad re-
member the Western league when he goes
to some other league. Beiden, Franclks and
Gonding landed upon the white so< man
with three pretty doubles in succession ana
two more runs were made. stst
After that bombardment HoIlenback let
up a little in the seventh, but when they
started to scote too fast he frightened up
and the three runs were all that were
made. -Four hits and ar error rave the
boosters three runs.
Second Game a Honey.
But the second game was the one to
~conjure over. Ragan and Bomar were OPP
posed and Rsgan pitched invincibIe ball.
with but three hits in six, innings. In the
seventh. after Omaha was sixteen runs
ahead, he loosened the reins. and by tossing
the ball easily across the plate let Des
Moines score three runs In the seventh ana
five in the ninth. Bomar' was hit fright
fully and 1t seemed a shame TO compel him
to stay in to take his medicine. but Man
ager Dexter wanted to save Witherup for
mis- afternoon and he had no other pitchers.
Two games will be played this afternoon,
the first being called at $50. II will be
Rhodes and Hall for Omaha and .witherup
and olmstead for Des Moines and Omaha
fans who have not yet seen Rhodes work
have missed something and those who have
seen him will want to see him again. He
has pitched and won three games so far.
ThA aaaEGs va.