Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05
lux THROW FIRE BRANDS
Ourkes' Barrioade Fails to Resist
Onslaught Of Up-RiFer Band.
SPECTATORS GROW HILARIOUS
MisEou Park Retihue Defeats Home
Boys by n Score Of Ten 20 six,
and Has Great sport Hand
ing out waIIops.

Clubbing the ball with all the fury and
terror that gave them the title OF Western
league champions Sioux City. in the second
game Of the present series. walloped the
Rourkes. 10 to 6, in an onslaught that
teemed with fireworks and excitement and
kept a crowd Of 1.0OO fans on the verge
of nervous collapse for more than two
hours.
Patton's teasing crossfire had none OF its
mystic wrinkles and the Champs drove
him from the mound after a terrific slug
ging in the fourth inning. Durbin was
produced TO stop the attack. but he too,
was pummeiied hard, but managed to hold
through the rest Of the game.
Barber began the game for the Champs.
He was fed out the same dose administered
to Patton and was jerked in inthe fourth
inning, Walter Miller substited
II was just the kind of a game that the
fans like. There were smashing hits, circus
catches, daring stops of sizzling grounders,
plenty of action on the base paths and
couple of costly errors all of which went
TO make up a connection that kept the fans
in a frenzy.
The Champs managed to get the best of
the batting bee and when the smoke cleared
away at the end Of the ninth Sioux City
had chalked up fifteen hits. while the
Rourkes had COPIED but nine. The work
in the field was not full of errors. as the
players seemed to be lucky. Omaha tried
to gain a foothod after the fatal fourth
by hitting out four hits which netted them
four runs. but the successive innings
brought nothing.
Durbin was not in the best of form and
was erratic In the sixth. seventh and
Eighth the Champs managed TO get two
hits each. Two runs were grabbed in the
sixth and one again in the eighth 1t was
sll Sioux City.
Omaha got the first run OF the game in
the opening inning. Anderson singled to
left and stole second. He scored when
King hit safely to center for one base
Sioux City started the fireworks in the
fourth. Hartman doubled to right. Neigh
bors singled to right and Hartman scored
Wagner singled TO left. Neighbors crossed
the pan when Reilly hit safely past the
pitcher Wagner scofed on Breen's hit to
left Mully Miller sent one to deep center
and Reilly and Breen ron ped home Miller
ended the scoring when Barber singled past
second.
Omaha came back in its half of the
fourth with four runs King singled to
right and tok second on Pickering's hit to
left He scored on Kanes single to CEN
ter Pick scored when Graham hit safely
for one to right garden. Kane scored on
wild pitch by Barber. Graham came
home on Gonding's sacrifice fly to Neigh
bors, ending the scoring.
Neighbors opened the nth for the
Champs by drawing a pass took second
when Wagner was hit by a pitched bali.
and was sacrificed to third by Breen. He
scored on bum throw to third by Miller.
In the sixth two rims were secured by
the Champs Andreas singled TO right
and went TO second on Hartman's hit
through Miller. Both men scored on Kane's
error OF Neighbors' grounder.
The eighth inning saw another run come
In for the Champs. Hartman doubled to
right and came home when Kane made an
error on throw to him by Bneaves.
In the ninth Omaha got its last run.
Anderson walked tok second on Skipper
hit to right and scored on STEMS error.
Score: