Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-04
OMAHA HASADOUBLE. HEADER
Champs Play Des Mcines Twice on the
Glorious Fourth.
FINISH FIERCE FIGHT ABROAD
Three New Men, Fisher, Bnrtlin and
Young Graham, Are Calculatc
to Strengthen the
C~h2SnpiOns.

Omaha and Des Moines will play two
games at Vinton street park Saturday, and
they promise to be two fierccly-fought
games. Des Moines, though in last d.
vision, is playing a grade Of ball second to
that of no Western league team, and the
fact that It took two out of three games
in the last series with Omaha makes the
Champs determined to win this time and
the Boosters all tie more anxious. An
index of the work Des Moines is doing
may be obtained by consulting the score
OF the l to o twelve-innins game with
Sioux City Thursday. And no team in the
league is going faster than the Sioux
As to Omaha, though It mas lost seven out
of the last twelve games. It has done great
work to hold a hand on first place, with
all the teams playing like they are.
The weather man predicts bright weather,
in which event Vinton street park probably
will be packed Saturday.
BartIiff, Another New Man.
In addition to Fisher. Pa has annexed
Bartliff, another outfielder, who was OBJ
tanned from the St. Louis Nationals. He
has arrived at the Smoke House and looks
like the goods. He is touted as a conner.
He played with New York and the Cardi-
mails at the beginning Of the season. What
his place will be with the Rourkes per-
manently Is not yet determined, but Omaha
fans may get a chance to see him work
Saturday. One thing is certain in the
minds of Pa and Franck, and that is that
the men who retain permanent places on
the team are going to have to work for
them. Never before has the omaha man
agement shown more determination to Sc
cure a team that would cinch the PEN
nant.
Besides Fisher and Bartliff there is
young Graham. brother of George, an in
fielder of rapid motion and great promise.
He may be utilized to good advantage in
giving Manager Franck a needed rest or
spelling King. The pitching department
is to be strengthened.
Omaha left home June p, in first place,
two and one-half games ahead of Lincoln;
1t returns home tied with Sioux City for
first place. The Champions have played
twelve games and won five. The result is
disappointing, but the team has been
strengthened, II is believed, ana will make
a better showing from now on. President
Rourke and Manager Franck are deter
mined TO win the pennant at any cost, The
Champs have four games at home on this
stay, two Saturday, one Sunday and one
Monday, Ladies' day. with Des Moines.
Then they leave home for Sioux City and
will be back again July II, with Lincoln.
Summary of Recent Trip.
On the trip just closed Omaha lost two
out Of three games to Des Moines; two out
of five to Pueblo and three out Of four to
Denver. Raglan is the only pitcher who
won a majority of his games. He pitched
three games, losing one to Des Moines and
winning one from Pueblo and one from
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won from Pueblo. being relieved in the
former game. by Hollenbeck after 1t was
lost. Sanders won from Des Moines and
lost to Denver. Hall, like Raglan, pitched
in three games; he lost two and got one.
He beat Pueblo once. lost to it once and
lost once to Denver. Hollenbeck lost both
his games, one to Pueblo and one to Den
yer.
The team cannot plead hard luck" for
its losses, entirely, though the fact that It
outhit its opponents in several games
might signify that fortune did not always
favor il. On the other hand. however, luck
was decidedly with Omaha in the game
It won from Denver. with the score l to
0 in favor of the Champions and both
teams playing fast ball, rain put an end
to proceedings in the fifth inning. thus
giving Omaha a victory whose achieve
ment was uncertain had the game gone it's
full length.
Champs Play Great Ball.
In one or two games the Champions
were decidedly off color in their work.
notably in that game where Mr.. Raglan
was so ruthlessly slaughtered over at Des
Moines, but in the majority of cases
Omaha played great ball and lost only
because the other team played greater.
The fact is there is little difference be-
tween the standard OF work the various
teams of the Western league are doing
just now. With four of them nose and
nose for first place and the other two
fighting for every inch OF ground, it is
useless TO argue this point. It is perfectly
apparent that the team that wins the
pennant will have to hump.
While Omaha stlll misses George Graham,
and will continue to miss him, the team
has been strengthened by the addition az
Fisher. the new outfielder whose work in
the west has proven him TO be a ball
player. He IS a remarkable improvement
over Householder. or. at least, the charac-
ter OF work Householder gave Omaha.
which, everybody knew, was not his best.
The release of Householder not only gave
opportunity for placing a faithful man in
left, but IL took a big burden and anxiety
off the mind Of Manager Franck, whose
NblN CAlaNf IAS lb"h " ANNNs Ab A'
provement The whole team has been bene-
fitted in a similar manner,
BnrtIiR and His Work.
Bartliff played with Oskaloosa, Ia, last
year and outhit such men as Matticks OF
Pueblo, who was on the same team, King
and Fisher Of Omaha, also OF the same
team. Bartliff and MattIcks played to-
gether for five years consecutively, playing
with school mines in their home city OF St
Louis before launching out professionally
The new man played first base for Oska,
loosa, though he Is a good outfielder. He
may be made first bascman for Omaha
next year when Chick Aubrey goes into
one of the big leagues, as he certainly will.
Bartliff is a fine appearing young man.
standing six feet and weighing 15. He Is
trim built, with rudy complexion and
sandy hair. He is handsome, a cultured
gentleman and ought TO become the ladies
day star. His power TO bat will alone
give him a warm reception in Omaha.
Lineup of the Teams.
Here are the lineups Of the teams for the
Fourth of July games:
Omaha. Position. Des Moines.
Autrey.. First ase...... .Dwyel
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