Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-05
BALL FANS SEE
RECORD GAME
Omaha and Lincoln Battle for
Eighteen Innings for the
Honors.
TWAS A PITCHERS BATTLE
Fentress and Fox Each Go the Entire
Route.
FOX WINS HIS OWN GAME
Drives a Pretty Two-Sacker in the
Eighteenth
HITS ARE FEW ALL THE WAY.
Most Remarkable Exhibition Arouses
Fans to High Fitch of EnthusI-
Rsm-SecOnd Two 60 Two
In Fifth,
IT'S ARE FEW ALL THE WAY
Omaha. 2: lincoln. 8


Fox, pitching for Lincoln hit two sacker
in the eighteenth inning of the first game
yesterday and drove in Weldensaul from
second, winning the longest game on record
| in the western league.
II was the most remarkable game OF the
year in many respects. Although the game
went for the length of two games, but one
pitcher was used for each side and each
made the record Of his career The second
game was tie, to q called on account
of darkness.
Roy Fentress was opposed to Fox and his
twrling was most marvellous and he should
have won his game, 1t being no fault OF
his that the game was lost He held the
prohibitionsts for five hits for the eighteen
innings and passed but five men. Fox was
about equally effective and he allowed the
Rourkes but six hits and walked seven men.
The game WIS the longest game ever
played in Omaha, the longest game in the
Western league this year and also In the
history Of the league. once before Omaha
fans saw a remarkable game and II has
been talked about ever since, but the game
yesterday put that in the shade, the only
trouble being that Omaha lost. In 1909
Kansas City and Omaha played seven
teen-innlng game which was the longest
until the game yesterday.
One of the remarkable feats OF the game
was the pitching OF Fentress when he kept
| all prohibitionists away from first base
from the sixth to the thirteenth inning.
During this period he was most materially
aided by his associates who made nary
wobble and Don Despain's helpers were
subdued in rapid fire order as fast as
they came to the plate.
One Error, and ExcusRble.
~ II paRatnEt
the Rourkes during the game, and the Lin
conites went through without a misplay.
The one error which went to "Swampy"
out IN ri ght field was made on a single
pole dout by Gagnfer IN the fourteenth and
was a hard one to handle. With the ex-
ception fthi some almost excusable error,
pla yafter pla ywent through with a pre-
cision that was beautiful to see.
From the viewpoint OF Omaha rooters,
Fentress was the whole show. Playing his
third game with Omaha on the home
grounds a newcomer and unknown until
few weeks ago when he was picked up by
Pa Rourke down in the Kansas brush, he
played a game which will be pointed to
with pride as" long as baseball lives in
Omaha. He has won all three games he
ha spitched on the home grounds, and in
the three, including the eighteen-inning rec
! ord breaker yesterday, he has allowed a
total of only twelve hits.
| Fentress is not only a twirer, but he ia
also a fielder He handled everything that
came his way, and the way he gathered in
the hot-off-the-bat liners and grounders
that were shot down at him was a revela-
ton in the base ball game.
| However. behind Fentress there was
more clock-work ball than Gate City fans
have feasted their eyes on for years. In
! all 4I,,a,a
hbltion, the loss OF the game after such
wel-fought fight, matter little. Every
one-almost Everyone, that is-wanted to
see Omaha win, but this was time
when the fight itself attracted more at
tention than the result.
Cobb Opens AuspiciousIy.
After blank all round in the first in
| ming Cobb came to bat for Lincoln in the
| second and dropped a pretty two-bagger
| out in right field and In the general mixup
| which followed he was allowed to steal
third CoclSman was hit by a pitched ball
and stole second Thomas struck out.
Weidensaul swatted out a long sacrifice
| fly to Thomson and Cobb came in for the
first tally, Cockman following him home
on single by Clark. Clark died at first
on the third out by Fox
After the second, as has already been
| told, Fentress showed what he could do.
For eleven successive innings he did not
allow hit. From the sixth, when Cole
drew four balls, until the fourteenth, when
Gagnier singled for Lncolns third hit, not
Prohib saw first. Gagnier went to sec
ond on 1homson's error, but there he
stopped and watched himself die on the
! third out.
In the fifteenth Thomas went to first
on four balls and was advanced to second
when Weidensaul was hit by a pitched
! ball. He went no farther for he was
caught nthe way to third when Moriarlty
scooped up a grounder and tagged him az
he went past.
Fox won his own game. In the eigh-
teenth Weidensaul walked and took second
on Clark's out Fox took good grip on
| his bat and-bing-snuffed out Omaha's
! hopes with a long two-bagger that rolled
away out against the right field fence.
and brought Weidensaul across the plate
for the winning run.
How Omaha Scored.
Omaha scored first in the fifth. After
one out Kane doubled and came in on a
sacrifice fly by Moriarty. Thomson hit
out an easy grounder for the third out
Score No, was made in the ninth. Gra-
ham singled and Davis took his place at
first when he was accidentally spiked by
Thomas Davis went TO second on Corri-
don's sacrifice, to third on Kings out and
was brought home by a single by Kane
After the ninth the Rourkes made three
hits seven men went to first and three OF
them 10 third, but no more tallies came.
Fox and his "Doralds" were playing no
less game than were the Rourkes. and
! although more OF the locals were able to
reach the first sack, they were finished up
In short order after they got there
The second game, standing to at the
end OF the fifth, was called on account OF