Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-06
DENOTE BLANKS
DES MONIES, 20
Another Close One is Added to the
Rourkes' List Of Recent
Victories.
WHOLE OMAHA TEAM BRILLIANT
At Bat and in Field the Athletes Play
Star Game.
PICK GETS THE HIGH ONES
Pleases the Crowd with His ne-Hand
Grabs.
NIEH0FF INTO THE LIMELIGHT
Misses some, but Brings I'm Omaha's
WHOLE OMAHA TEAM BRILLIANT
At Bat and in Field the Athletes Play
Star Game.
PICK GETS THE HIGH ONES
Pleases the Crowd with His One Hand
Grabs.
INTO THE L1MELIGHT
Misses some, but Brings I'm Omahn'r
Two Runs-One IL Well Earned
and the other IL Present
from Bachnnt.

Eentamin Harrison Demott put the kIbosh
on the Des Moines Hcpefuls' aspirations
for garnering the last game Of the series
when he blanked them yesterday for nine
innings, allowing but three hits and pass
ing one man. II was the best pitching seen
on the home grounds this season and the
Rourkes took the long end OF the to o
score.
Al the opening Of the first round It looked
as II Il would be a pitchers battle, but
after Pas athletes struck their gait 1t was
some going Benz opened up by striking
out the first three men who faced him.
but no was found for his first hit in the
second inning, and for the next four, dur
ing which time eight good sized hits were
batted out, chief among which were two
long ones made by Demott. In his first
time up he swung on the ball for two
bags and the next time he sent the sphere
TO the center field fence for three bags
For three innings Demott had the pes
Moines batters sending UP little pop flies
and easy grounders. In the fourth MNuck
got away with a scratch hit, but 1t failed
to materialize. After stealing second base
he was helpless. 1t was not until the
eighth inning that they got another hit
After Graham had walked, UltowsSi broke
UP what looked for a one-hit game Tor
Demott by slamming the ball across first
for a single. Benz then hit into double
which spoiled the Hopefuls only chance OF
scoring. In all there were thirty-two men
who faced the Rourke twirler.
II Higgins I'm the Fourth.
Omaha got the first run in the fourth
inning and that should have been the only
run of the game, but on an error by Ba-
chant in the sixth inning the home s'am
scored a second time. Niehoff started the
fourth with an infield hit and was sacri-
feed to second by Thomason. Kane put
q pretty single just over Kores' head while
Niehoff raced across the pan.
Niehoff also got the second run. he
opened the sixth inning with terrible
drive over third for two bases. An infieid
hit by Thomson placed him on third ana
he scored because Bachant let the ball 30
through when Benz attempted to catch
Tommie mapping at first
Try as iIard as they might the Hopeiuis
could not get one man to third base but
four men managed to get on bases ana
every man died at the second plate In
four innings but twelve men faced Demott,
and in no inning did more than four race
him. Pick, who is substituting for Will
making two star catches In the first in
ming he raced almost to the fence and
pulled down high one from Mattick's bat
with his bare hand In the fourth inning
he made his other catch by running from
,laft field almost to the infield and then
making a final lunge for the ball. which
he speared with one hand
The Omaha infleld played like bunch
of old-tmers at the game. Kneaves COW
cred the short station like blanket and
Moore stopped almost impossible drives
Niehoff was the only man off color, and
made two errors He made these, however
In attempting to field the ball too fast, and
which under ordinary conditions he get:
easily. Both oatchers were. in good form
and but three stolen bases were made
Mattick stole second base twice ant
Thomson got the other one. In the cutter
garden Thomson took everything that
came his way with apparent ease, and al
the bat made his usual hit by beating out
a bunt IN the sixth inning. Score: