Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-21
BRUINS WIN OPENING FRAY
Rourkes Make Seven Runs in First
Round, but Lose Anyhow.
FIVE PITCHERS ARE USED
Crabb Pounded from Box AID wiuis
Takes Place, while Harrington,
CovinEton, Morgan Grace
Mound for Denver.

For a short while yesterday afternoon
Pa Rourke's demon athletes. who have
long since ceased to be the brave con-
tenders they were after the opening game
OF the season, thought they had copied q
ball game. The Rourke fans and sup
porters attending were also OF the opin-
ion that one perfectly good combat had
been added to the won column But,
alas. they only thought they had II won,
and the think was pretty punk. for the
Bruins, who are still contenders for the
well known gonfaion won Il after tho
Rourkes had been handed seven runs IN
the opening stanza. After the entire
nine innings had been completed Il was
discovered that Denver won. "a to s.
left-hRnded geek by the name OF
Harrington essayed TO huri for the Bruins.
II was off him that the seven runs were
compiled In the said opening stanza.
Seven hits with fielder's choice thrown In
gave seven runs before an out was made.
Thereupon Mr.. Harrington vanished into
the styglan darkness OF the visiting club
house aud Mr. Covington late OF the big
leagues and Kay See. presented himself.
During his term in office the game was
tied by Denver and a couple more runs
pushed over Then Covinston beat Il 10
allow Mr.. Morgan. also late OF the big
leagues and Kay See. 70 exhibit his
wares. Some wares they were. too, FOR
the Rourkes failed TO connect and the
fray was nicked by the visitors
Roy Crabb star ted for Omaha. Nc
Carly knocked the first bah pitched over
the right field wall for a home run. This
peeved Crabb and he heaved nice BAH
until MoCarty came to bat again, lie
retired McCarty easily and was so puffed
up over the performance that he forgot
10 take into consideration the rest OF
the Bruin team The rest OF the team
proceeded to pummel Crabb for six runs
In the third and Ralph willis was called
hence. Ralph then lost the game.
zamloch Reuses Unp's Ire.
Two things served to break the monot-
ony OF tho battle. One was Mr.. Carl
zamloch. recent patient OF the mumps.
carl has just recovered and he was told
by his NJ, ID. TO exercise his jaws as
muchiy as possible. While sitting ON che
bench watching his mates lembast the
pill all over the park. he remembered mis-
doctors orders. Instantly he inaugu-
rated conversation toward Mr.. Stock
dale. the well known umpire. Stockdaie
disapproved OF such familiarity while on
the ball field Thus he told ZSamloch
TO depart for more genteel spots II he
wished to spill a little OF the chin music.
yam hustled from within the visiting
sarcophRgus and made directly for stock
dale. stockdale made for Fam. They
came together after each had put on the
brakes a bit. At that they thumped quite
notlecably when they met. From appear
ances one would believe that Fam would
like TO bust Mr.. Stookdsle one. Thus
Manager coffey plea led TO Mitchell and
Block 70 interfere. They did and Fam
loeh was marched off the field.
narreu Joins Omaha
The second break WAS Lem Burrell
Burrell vas released by Des Moines and
Pa grabbed him. Lem only made three
hits. one a nifty two-baEger. Not con
tent with that no made one swell catch
OF a foul fly Of Barbours The ball wa'
within a few feet Of the grandstand and
BHren made the long run and thrust
himself under the ball Ia time 20 catch
Il in his noble init. Some athlete, that
youth.
To-day Will be ladies' day Game eslleC
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