Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-02
Omaha Tds Hard the Heels of First DVsn Tigers Say Athletics
HILLS LONG HIT WINS GAME
Winds Up Spectacular Performance
on Mound With Three -Bagger.
NO RUNS UNTIL Sixth INNING
Thomson Proves TO he q Tartar 20
sioux oity's Pitcher, Securing
Three Hits In -Four Time.
at Hat.


Blondy Hail. after pitching ont Of the
best games of the season, broke the second
OF the series Of games with Sioux City
with q three-base hit in the seventh inning
which eventually won for the Rourkes by
TO 1 score Hall allowed but three
hits during the entire fracas. passed but
three men. and dropped five by his mystic
curves.
After both teams had battled for five
innings without a run, Sioux City got busy
IN the sixth and put its label on the game
by baefns-gut a double which was scored
on an error by Niehoff. The Rourkes
came to bath in the seventh inning. and.
after two had gone out, Hall saved the
day with a perfect three-bagger to the left
field fence. Moore followed with a neat
single to right and Hall ambled across
the place. deadlocting the score.
Sioux City came in for a hit In the
eighth with intentions of forcing another
rum, but Hall settled down and Breen.
who had made the hit, died on first
Thomson led off for the Rourkes in the
eighth with a pretty infield hit. A stolen
base and hit placed him on third and
from there he scored when Stem failed
to catch the ball on a throw following Will
Hams infield hit. In the ninth inning
Hail worked hard and the men who faced
him went out in one. two, three order.
Clark, the husky twirler acquired from
Ames college by Tom Fairweather. was
sent to the mound for the Champs. For
the first six innings he had the home
boys tanning the wind and falling before
him, or dying on little infield pops. Thom-
ason. however, proved TO be Tartar to
the college boy and secured three hits in
four times to bat In the first inning he
kept Sioux City from scoring after two
men had gotten on bases by catching the
ball about two inches from the ground
after q wild chase.
In the second inning Stem reached first
on an error by Kneaves. but the plucky
Omaha shortstop made UP for 1t on the
next play, when he threw Stem out at
second after making a circus stop. Niehoff
made the only other error in the sixth in
ming. and II cost the Rourkes a run run.
Fitzgerald had reached second on a pretty
double when Breen sent a bunt down the
third-base line. Hall fielded the ball TO
Niehoff who failed to catch it, and II
rolled out to left field, while Fitzgerald
scored. Aside from that play Niehoff put
up a stiff game. In the eighth inning
Williams was laid out for about five min
utes when he bumped into Stem at first
base after beating out a bunt Scanlon
was called out to run for williams, but in
order to let Williams play in the next
inning he had to do his own base running.
although he could hardly walk.
Sioux City got the first run of the game
in the sixth inning. Fitzgerald doubled
to left went TO third on Breen's grounder
along the third-base line and scored on
Niehoffs error
Omaha failed to score in its half OF the
sixth. but came back in the seventh and
tied up. After two had died, Hall slammed
the ball TO the center field fence for three
bases. Moore followed with a single to
right and Hall scored. Again in the eighth
the Rourkes scored winning the game.
Thomson reached first on an infield hit
stole second went to third on Williams
infield hit and scored on Stems error
Score: