Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-24
FOUR IN ROW FROM DENVER
Omaha Wins All the Series from the
Grizzly Bears.
LOWER SHINES IN BOX AND BAT
Pitches Heady and steady BAH and
Contributes Three Hits to Omaha's
swatfest-Great Crowd Sees
the Game.
Omaha. I; Denver. /.

Omaha. I; Denver. l..
-Four straight from Denver.
Pueblo is the next victim.
Ford. the new right-hsnder Of the Den.
YER team, was no more a puzzle for the
hard-hitting Rourkes than the three pitch
ers who worked before him in the present
series and the twelve hits made by Omaha
netted seven runs before a crowd of $500.
II should be stated in passing that this
said crowd had palpitation of the heart
for about four innings. MIR. Welsh, Of fore
caster fame, had predicted rain and in the
second inning he came along with his Juice.
1t began to sprinkle and it kept on in a
half m%enancing way for three innings,
so you may well imagine that when Denver
loped out to the field after its half of the
NTH. with the score still in Omaha's favor,
some heavy hearts became light.
1t begins to look as though the tribe of
Rourke had settled down to business, the
pitchers are working well and another err
rorless game was played In spite Of the
ground rules, which were necessary. The
crowd overlooked from the stands into
the outfield and along the side lines.
While the top of the batting list of the
Rourkes did not hit the ball the lower
end came to the rescue and hit hard,
Franck and Lower making three each and
WEIGH and Belden two each.
Ford a Little shaky.
Ford was a little shaky at the start and,
although he struck out Fisher, the first
man up. he walked King and then subdued
Kane on a grounder to second. Then he
made a mistake, perhaps. He purposely
passed WEIGH, with the Skipper on deck and
Belden In the hole. The Skipper forced a
pass and Bill Belden hit a nice double to
left on which King and WEIGH scored.
For three innings Omaha did not score
again, although in the second Lowers hit
and two bases on balls filled the sacks.
In the fifth WEIGH opened with a single
and Bill Schipke walked for the second
time. Belden hit to Ford, who caught Bel
den at first instead Of trying to nail welch
at third, as he had plenty of time to do.
Buck Franck made a second single and
scored WEIGH and Schipke. Gonding singled
and Captain Buck scooted to third on the
hit and scored when zinrsn threw high to
catch Gonding, who was lighting out for
second.
Three more hits in the seventh inning
scored two more runs. Belden opened the
inning with a single and Franck hit hard
to left, but could only take two bases be-
cause Oh the ground rules. Gonding's sacri-
flee fly to Beiden scored Bill Belden and
advanced Franck a base. Lower made his
third single and scored the captain.
How Denver Scored.
Denver made its only run in the third
after two were down. Cassidy doubled out
or Fishers reach and scored on Jones
single to left. Ira Belden hit for a single
but was caught trying to go to second
with Jones on third. King, Kane and
Franck ran him down, holding Jones on
the line to the home plate.
After the third inning Lower settled down
and would not allow more than one hit to
a Grizzly per inning. r
1t was a sad pill fopG unthorpe to swal-
low to see the Teddy Bears lose four
straight to Omaha. when they came to the
Gate City In first place. but II had to be
done. The Rourke family had grown weary
OF occupying the last rung on the ladder
and had TO make a climb TO satisfy the
fans who have not been educated up 10
roofing for a tail-end team.
Pueblo comes today for four games and
today is ladies' day.
Tsha sn,ra.