Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-20
State League Gossip

Grand Island also played an errorless
game Some class to that league.
Neff and Rouse each made one hit
Thursday, but these same hits were home
runs.
A batting rally in the eighth inning won
the game for Fremont against Superior
Thursday
Seward seems to be in the same fix as
Des Moines at the present time. That win
ming streak hangs aloof
Sixty hits were made by the six teams
that played Thursday. Apparently there
are some sluggers in this league.
Columbus lost the game mainly through
errors, as they secured twelve hits, but
discounted them by eleven errors.
Kurth. the York Finger. had an off day
and passed seven men and was hit freely
until jerked in favor of Buchanan.
Grand Island took the long end of a Il
to score from York after knocking two
Of the opposing pitchers out OF the box.
Ward Was sure going wrong In wednes-
days game. He had but three chances
Hastings won the game from Columbus
Thursday by the ability to bat fly balls
up with forty-mile- an-hour gale blowing
Radbrook, York's shortstop, was called
out Thursday for cutting the initial sack
after he had circled three bases on a hit
In all thirty-six errors were made by
the teams in the league Wednesday II
sure must have been an off day for the
feeders.
Spade, the Columbus recruit, did not
make any great showing Thursday, Ten
hits were secured off him and he made
four errors.
Coyle. Superior's center fielder, was
there with the stick I'm Wednesdays game
In five times at the bat he got away with
three hits, all singles.
The game between Kearney and York
wednesday was played in severe dust
storm. The dust was so dense at times
that play had to be delayed.
The feature of the game between Ere
mont and Hastings was the difficult foul
catch of Pierce, Hastings third-sacker.
who climbed the stands to get the ball.
The official scorer of the Columbus
Hastings game apologies for errors IN
scoring on account OF the dust, Il being
so dense he could not see the plays az
times.
Armstrong again played like a fiend for
Grand Island Thursday. He hit safely the
first time at bat and took ten chances
without an error. This man win bear
watching.
B. Brown. the Columbus shortstop, du.
plicated his stunt of the day before
Wednesday, when he batted cut another
home run. Brown seems TO be the home
run kid"
Fremont's numerous errors In Wednea.
days game with Hastings was the cause
OF the defeat OF that team Eight errors
were made by this bunch, six OF which
I
Seward outhit Grand Island Wednesday
but the seven errors which were made lost
them the game. II appears that a new
first baseman for this team would do II q
world Of good
Four pitchers were used by Kearney Il
stop the hard-hitting bunch from York but
at that the game was lost York won the
game in the first inning. when five runs
were clOuted out
Morse pitching for Grand Island the las
four innings in the game against Seward
was there with the twisters. But twelve
men faced him and seven went out BY
the strikeout route.
The wind ana dust was such Thursda,
that the game between Kearney and Sew
ard was called off at the beginning OF In,
| NTH inning, with the score standing q
g. in favor OF the former.
Grand Islands first baseman, Armstrong
is still playing like a house affre In tht
| field and batting like fiend In Wednes
days game he took nine chances without
an error and hit az a lOO0-clip.
Superior COPIED another game by the US,
| OF the stick. Thirteen hits were made bN
] this team Wednesday, but not an earned
run was made by this bunch. Superior hal
won almost all its games by heavy hitting
Fremont and Superior each used tws
pitchers in Thursdays game, but the hat
ting streak OF both teams was not 10 h,
stopped, no matter how many pitcher,
were used. Fremont secured six runs Ar
| the eighth inning. Two bases on balls !
single and a home run by Neff. followed
| BY another single and a home run b,
Rouse was the route which brought them