Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-17
HITSWIN CANE FROM TOPEKA
welch and Gonding Pound Ball
Right, Giving Omaha Game.
CROWD ovERFLows vrNTON PARK
war sanders Pitched for ROurkes,
Allowing but Five Hits and Pass
ting One Man, as Well aa
Getting Assists.

Omaha, I; Topeka. >
Harry welch had on his batting clothes
Sunday and with his new willow assisted
materially in Omaha taking the opening
game from Topeka. He hit the ball over
the right field fence in the first inning ana
drove Kane on home ahead Of him. In the
sixth he made a hit which was later cHshed
in and in the seventh he hit a clean single
that scored King and Pendry.
Gonding was a close second for batting
honors, as he made a double In the second
and in the sixth, with two out, scored
welch and Franck with a well-placed
single. Pendry also made two singles and
both assisted in the run-making.
What a crowd II was that saw Omaha
win that game from the Topeka giants!
1t filled every available spot in the grand
stand and bleachers and circled half way
around the field, necessitating ground rules,
which interfered with several plays during
the afternoon.
Dick Cooley Rad been saving up his
premier slab artist for the occasion, but
Omaha simply made mince meat of MIR.
Burnum just as though he had not come
with an envisble reputation. Cooley was
out of the game with a bad knee, which he
wrenched the other day in the mud. but ne
was along the coaching line and busy with
the ump on several occasions. Fenlon was
also out Of the game. as he was called
home by sickness at home.
War Does TwirIInE.
War Sanders was chosen by Captain Buck
to do the twirllng and he did not betray
the confidence the management and the
fans placed in him, AT no time did he show
any signs of weakening, allowing but five
hits and passing but one. He held the
game well in hand all the way through and
the sixteen assists by the infielders shows
where most of the would-be hits went.
Omaha cinched the game in the initiaI
round by sousing the ball after your old
time friend Jay Andrews had booted the
first ball Fisher knocked at him. King
got In his regular sacrifice and Pendry die
the rest with a single. Kane's groundei
to Burnum retired Pendry, and then Harry
WEIGH hit the ball over the fence.
No further scoring was done by Omaha
until the sixth inning, when with one out
WEIGH bounded one against Burnum's
shins, went to third on Franck's doubl,
and both scored on Gonding's single.
In the seventh Fisher opened the inninl
with a single and died at second when kinI
tried to sacrifice. Pendry singled and JaJ
Andrews threw the ball to first. Kunkl,
missed the throw and only ground rulei
held King at third and Pendry at second
Then came Harry Weleh with his third hi
and drove them both across the plate. afte
Kane had been hit in the Stats and tn,
bases were filled. Franck walked ant
Belden hit to Geier. who caught the bal
and made a peach of a throw to Kerns an,
doubled on Kane.
With one out in the fourth, Kunkle hi
for three sacks and scored on Andrews
%grounder to King
Crowd LittIe Too Thick.
Belden had made "a most phenomena
catch in the third inning after running
through the people who were sitting al
around, when he pulled Kerns' long fl
right off the middle field fence. In III
fifth it was different and he dropped Tom
mason's fly which was right in his init
so that he did not have to move his fee
Kerns hit to Pendry and Tommason wa
caught off second. Burnum died, Sander
to Kane, and Wooley hit to right fielc
l NNnInh triad 30 hood 49,