Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
Unable to Touch the Ball When a Hit
Means a Run.
MEN GET TO THIRD WITH NO OUTS
Little Fellow Settles Down and Shows
Himself the Master.
FIELDS WITH WONDERFUL SKILL
Covers vast Amount of Territory In
the Dismond-TcRm Gives Him
Perfect saPpOrt-same
clubs Play Today.
Omaha. ?; Denver, 0.

OIndnds - DtuNtI "
Three straight from Denver
Bert Kelley made his initial bow in an
Omaha uniform Saturday afternoon. and
at once won a home in the hearts Of the
Omaha fans by his all-around clever work
in shutting out the Grizzlies. He not only
pitched a magnificent game Of ball, but
he scored the first pf the two runs made
by Omaha by knocking the ball over the
left field fence for a, circuit in the third
inning.
Such steady. consistent work has seldom
been seen by the Omaha fans. keeley
has not been working much this spring,
but his control wal splendid. Three times
in the plnches he steadied down and held
the Grizzlies where they could not wlggie
out another base. Twice the first man
UP reached third base, with no one out. and
still no runs came in. II must be said
Kelley got perfect support. In the first
inning Cassidy hit the first ball pitched
for three bases, but there he died, for
Jones hit a liner which Captain Buck
scooted over toward second and nabbed.
In the fourth inning Ira Belden hit down
the third base line just a little too high
for Schipke to run back and get. He
reached second on the play, and third
when Kelley threw a little wild to second
to try to catch him leading off too far.
In the ninth inning Belden made another
safe hit, and Standard, who batted for
Hartman, drew a pass. That was all, for
Kelley settled down to business and Mag
struck out. Thompson hit the ball to Bel
den and Lindsay drove a hard one TO the
corner of the lot, but Red Fisher nailed It
by a good run and the game was over.
Denver shut out, and Kelley was being
hailed and hurrahed by 5000 wild fans.
Kelley showed that he was quite a hit
ter by boosting the bali far over the left
field fence in the third inning. There
was no doubt about where IL was going
after it left the bat ana he trotted lei
surely around with the first run of the
game. He came close to repeating his
performance during the next two times
he was at bat. but the ball went foul
each time and he afterwards struck out.
In the fielding branch OF the game he
is a wonder and he plays safe when
throwing to bases and runs as far as
possible before throwing the ball. His
five assists and three put-outs showed
that he was quite busy during the after
noon.
Kelley is a little fellow and heady.
Evidently Pa has plucked a gold mine in
him.
Omaha's second run came in the fourth
inning by punching the ball hard. WEIGH
led off with a drive past Lindsay and
Slusger Bill sacrificed him to second.
Bill Belden hit a hard drive at Lindsay.
which the latter let scoot by him and
WEIGH scored.
Slugger Bill was in the game all the
while, although he did not make a hit or
run. He drew a base on balls in the
second and stole second and then third,
but nither Belden nor Captain Buck could
help him the rest of the way home He
made a sacrifice and took the chances
which came his way.
Bohannon pitched a great game. but not
as great as Kelley.
The same teams this afternoon, with
additional seats provided for the crowd.
The score.