Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-13
and Pes Lose While the Giants VIM Rokes Yield to Des MONIES
DIS MONIES TAKES LONG ONE
Eleven-1nning Struggle Goes Finally
to the Hopefuls from Iowa.
VICTORY Is HARD EARNED
Things Look About Even UntiI Error
by Niehoff Allows Higgins
Men the one Run
needed.


For eleven innings Omaha and Des
Moines battied for the first game OF the
series yesterday afternoon. and the de-
serters from the Iowa town took the long
end Of a 70 2 score In that inning, by an
error by Niehoff. followed by a triple by
Kores. Cook worked on the mound for the
Rourkes. while Benz aid the hurting for
the Hopefuls.
Both pitchers were in fine mettle and put
up a clever exhibition OF pitching. For the
first eight innings but two hits had been
made off Cook, but in the ninth he was
found for two more which gave Des
Moines the needed run to deadlock the
score. Benz. who has pitched Des Noines
90 the only victories the team has tasted
this season from the Rourkes, kept his few
hits we'll scattered and they came but one
At a time with one exception. Cook proved
q big help with the willow and clouted out
two hits in four times at. bat.
Despite the fact that each team made
five errors the game was fast and inter-
esting. Startling as well as sensational
plays were pulled off with lightning-iike
rapidly Sohoonover played a consistent
game in left and speared five filters, two
of which were difficult. Kneaves played
like a vet at short and his work was rev.
eIation to the fans Niehoff was the only
Rourke player who was not up to snuff.
He had but five chances and of three OF
these he made hobbies. Arbogast did not
have q base stolen on him while the
Rourkes pIlfered three. For Des Moines,
Korea was the big noise. His three-bagger
IN the eleventh inning put omaha out OF
the running. He made three Of the Dcs
Moines hits
Clarke Comes 60 DO Un,pirinE.
George Clarke came with the Des Moines
bunch from st. Joseph 70 take McKee's
place as umpire. Mckee having gone TO
st. Joseph. His decisions were questioned.
The game, although going two innings
beyond the usual nine, lasted but two
hours.
The games which are now being played
here have been transferred here because Of
the poor attendance at Des Moines and
from appearances yesterday II seemed that
the EDS Moines fans had been transferred
here Also The entire west wing Of the
grandstand held large crowd Of rooters,
all yelling for the Hopefula, and lively
noise was kept going at all times, and it
was equally as ioSid m that sent up by the
Rourke fans in the bleachers and the east
wing OF the stands.
Pick opened the game for the Rourkes
with a clan single TO center. He stole sec
ond and took third on an error by Colligan,
who made a por catch OF Ulatowslsis throw
10 catch Pick at second. Dwyer fumbled
gchoouover's liner 10 first and Pick scored.
In the second Des Moines tied up. Ander-
son got TO second on Poke por throw to
catch him at first Graham followed with
q single 10 right and Anderson scored.
Omaha came back In its half OF the Sec
end and again took the lead, when VIII
Hams singled to center. stole second. was
sacrificed to third by KneAves and scored
when Mattlcks dropped Arbogast's high fly.
In the ninth Matticks singled to center,
took third on a hit by Kores to Taft and
scored on Anderson's sacrifice Colligan got
TO first In the eleventh on q error By ME-
hoff, was sacrificed 20 second by Mattioks
and scored on Kores triple TO left. Score;