Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-01
.ROURKES WGLLOP CHAMPS
Win in Spite of the Suberb Work Of
Barber Of Sioux City.
WILLIAMS STILL HITTING HARI
New F1eIders for sioux city Drops n
High One at Most iRopportunte
Time, Letting In two
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Fitzgerald, the new left fielder for the
, Champs. who was recently secured from
the New York Giants. lost Sioux city the
first game of the series when he dropped
Schoonover's high fly in the first inning
and allowed two men TO score. Barber.
who did the twirling for the Iowa boys.
was never in better form and deserved TO
win. The final score was TO 2 with
the Rourkes on top.
Barber was the whole show for the
Champs. He allowed but four hits during
the game, one OF which was a scratch.
In all. only twenty-nine faced him and
five of these fell before his mysterious
wrinkles. The error by Fitzgerald gave
Omaha the first two runs. and in the sec
ond williams opened with a double and
was sacrificed to third. scoring when Lynch
laid a nice one down the line TO Hart
man. who failed TO get It to the plate in
time to catch Williams.
Sioux City made a vain attempt to tie
the score In the fifth inning. They sue
ceeded in getting two runs across the pan
but Dawson. who had slammed the ball TO
the right field fence for two bags. could
get no further. Another attempt was made
to even up in the ninth when Ferer was
sent in TO bat for Stem. He struck out,
however.
Robinson f. steady.
For Omaha Robinson pitched a steady
game of bail and was found for but six
hits, and these were scattered throughout
five innings. The star work of the men
behind him retired the Champ batters
without a chance to get more than the
two runs. Robinson had superb control
OF the ball and but six balls were batted
out Of the infield. and two of these were
speared. Thomson again starred In the
outfield and nothing could get past him.
Moore at second played one OF the best
games at that position seen at Rourke
park this year. He covered all the space
between first and second with a lightning
. like movements and in two instances, by
supreme efforts. spoiled what would other
wise have been hits. Moore has taken
eighteen chances In the last two days and
has not made an error. Kneaves at short
was there with the goods again and played
like a fiend. The entire infield worked
together and nothing could get by Niehoff
covered third like a blanket and TO y six
chances without a bobble.
After Moore had gone out on a grounder
IN the first inning Niehoff got to first
safely on a hit 20 left He stole second
Thomson went out. Hartman to Stem
Kane walked. In order to catch Niehofi
mapping at second Dawson threw the ball
to Hartman, who missed. and both men
advanced a notch. Schoonover sent a high
one to Fitzgerald, who muffed. and both
Niehoff and Kane scored. Schooney was
caught stealing second. In the next in
ming Williams doubled to right. was sacri-
feed TO third by Kneaves and scored or
Lynch's grounder TO short. when Hartman
failed TO get the ball to the plate in time
to catch him.
The Champs made two in the fifth. After
two had gone out Hartman doubled to
right, Reilly walked and both men scored
on Dawsons double to left.
The Rourkes got their last run in the
sixth. Niehoff walked and scored or
Thomason's triple to the center field fence
Score: