Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-16
LU Eli In BUA,
OMAHA WINS
Rourke Pitcher Stons the Rush Of
Wichita by Classy Work
on Slab.
HAS EVERYTHING TO DISH OUT
His CrossAre is Too Much for the
Holland Bunch.
FISHER AND KING BAT TIMELY
Each Scores Two Runs in the Fourth
Inning on Hits.
JIMMY KANE SHINES AT FIRST
Pa,s New First BasenaB Cuts
on Two sure-LOoking Hits with
one Hand az Critical
= Times.
JIMMY KANE SHINES AT FIRST
Omaha. s.; wichita. 1.

Omaha, s; Wichita. 4.
Four thousand fans at vinton park felt
the thrill OF victory for the first time this
year Saturday when the Rourkes trounced
the Hollanders from wichita TO the tune
of 8 to 4 in a game chock full of interest.
Those boys from Wichita had achieved the
winning habit and there we're fans in on-
aha who really thought they could not be
beaten, but II only remained for one GER
tain Louis Lower to enter the box to make
the rifle.
Reports have come from the mountains
that Pas pitchers were ali out Of condi-
ton. but IL any fan wants to see a pitcher
work In Better form thar did Lower Sat
urday he will have to go a long ways. The
sturdy fastener had everything needed up
his sleeve and he was not afraid to dish
out all the different varieties known to
the pitching art. He mixed the slow and
fast ones. he cross fired and Bonded and
twisted them over all corners of the plate
and until the last inning only two clean
hits had been made from his delivery.
lower surely had the Indian sign on that
Wichita bunch.
Lower waa ably assisted by the balance
of tbs tribe and the players who have
seemed to be up in the air since the return
from the higher attitudes settled dow to
uE1uG II OI1lN Oho HdpDit MdE HlduNt
Captain Franck Juggling en- easy one.
WEIGH caught a beaut after a hard run
and Kane pulled off a couple of phenom
plays. stopping hard liners that looked
like Ions hits.
wichita scores First.
Wichita took the lead in run getting
in the third inning, when Omaha was
pretty lucky that more runs were not
made. Two singles, a double. 8 stolen base
and an infield out Melted but one run.
Weaver opened the inning with a single,
and after Aitchison had died on an at
tempted bun. went to third on Pettigrew's
double. Anderson hit TO King, who nailed
Weaver at the plate. Cole hit a corker
between Kane and King and Kane pulled
It down, but was beaten to first by an
eyelas. Pettigrew scoring. Pennell tried
TO pound one through the same place, but
this timo Lower covered first and the side
was retired.
Omaha did some business In the fourth
inning. Buck Franck started by drawing a
pass. He was sacrificed TO second by
Belden. Gonding walked and Lower hunted
to the pitcher. who threw high to first,
and the bases were filled with one out and
Fisher coming to bat. He waited for a
good one and then lined It over Coles head
against-the right field fence, scoring Franck
and Gonding. King was not to be outdone,
so he hit a hard safe one TO center, driving
Lower and Fisher across the plate and
moving himself along to second on the
throw. Pendry's infield out put him or
third and he scored on Anderson's tumble
of Kane's drive. WEIGH hit the ball over
the fence in the seventh inning, making the
six runs for Omaha
wichita waited until the ninth TO rally
but the rush was not heavy enough ant
Ossaha was able to stop It. With one down
Holland, who had caught in place @
weaver after the fourth inning. lined on
his second hit. Middleton, a pitcher, whc
had been sent to bat for Aitchison. also hi
q safe one and then came Pettigrew will
his second two-bagger of the game. l
scored Holland and Middleton. Anderson
also hit a hard one. but King got under 1t
Cole was rex Dip and he made his secon'
hit, scoring Pettigrew, Pencil tried L
keep up the fireworks. bat Belden got unde
his long drive.
Topeka comes today. Sanders pitches 70
Omaha.
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