Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
ROURKES NOSE OUT
IN BATTING GAME
Omaha Secures Victory Over Topeka
by Score of Ten to
Seven.
BAD DAY FOR PITCHING sTAFFs
Each Team Uses Full Quota of
Twirlers on Mound.
BILLS RAPS LONGEST HIT
Makes Three.Bagger, While Two.
Baggers Are Legion.
HALL STARTS IN FOR ROURKEs
Replaced by Beebe and He in Turn
Gives Way to Hicks-Brandom
and Hornsby Pitch for
the kaws.
Each Team Uses Full Quota of
Twirlers on Mound.
BILLS RAPS LONGEST HIT
Makes Three.Bagger, While Two.
Baggers Are Legion.
HALL STARTS IN FOR ROURKEs
By MASON YOU'D.

TOPEKA, Kan, Aug. 3-(Special Tele-
gram.)-Omaha outbatted Topeka in a
slugfest this afternoon and took the last
game of the series by 10 to z score.
The Rourke's found two pitchers for
fifteen hits for total of twenty-five
bases. They made eight two-baggers and
triple. The game was one of the
wierdest ever seen in Topeka.
First the Kaws took a two-run lead;
the Rourke's came back with one better.
Then the Kaws tied it and next took the
lead. Four runs in the fifth put Omaha
in the lead, which they held for the
remainder of the game.
Three Omaha pitchers We're pressed in
to service. Hall was brought back after
being knocked out of the box yesterday
and took the same route again today in
the third inning. Beebe came to the
rescue with the score tied and managed
to win the game, although Hicks relieved
him in the eighth.
What the Pitchers Did.
All OF the Rourke:s pitchers worked
themselves into holes, but managed to
get out Of them without serious damage.
In the second inning Hall had the bases
full and two out with Lee to bat. He
struck Lee out. In the third inning Hall
left the box with man on third and
another on second. Beebe made a hero
of himself when he struck two men out
in row. Beebe left the game in the
eighth inning with the bases full and
one out and Hicks struck out the next
two batters. Two fast double plays by
the Kaws kept Omaha from making more
runs. In the third inning with Niehoff
on third and Bills on second and no out
Beebe flew out to King, who doubled
Niehoff at the plate. In the ninth in
ming Kane was on second and none out.
Schipke sent one to second and Walsh
tagged Kane and threw Schipke out at
first
How the Runs Were Made
Topeka got two in the first on three
hits. Omaha came back in the second
and took the lead with three. Kane
doubled and Schipke landed safe on an
error. Niehoff doubled. scoring Kane and
Schpke. Bills sacrificed and Nehoff
scored on Arbogast's sacrifice fly. The
Kaws tied it in their half of the second
on a hit and an error. Justice singled
in the third, Coyle walked and Thomason
sacrificed. Justice scored on kane's sac
rifice fly.
In the fifth Justice doubled to center.
Coyle landed safe on an error. Thomason
walked. Justice scored on Kane's infield
hit. Schipke laced out a two-bagger,
scoring Coyle and Thomason. Kane
scored on Niehoffs double. Schipke
doubled in the seventh and scored on
Bills triple. Thomson doubled in the
ninth and scored on Niehoffs single.
Topeka got two in the third. Gardner
walked and scored on Gears double and
he in turn scored on Schmidt's single In
the sixth Walsh walked and scored ON
Lees double. Gardner single, scoring
Lee.
Double-Header Today.
The Rourkes leave tonight for Lincoln,
where they will play a double-header to-
morrow afternoon. Score: