Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-24
ROUUKES And LINKS SPLIT
Omaha Wins First Game by Rally,
but Drops the Second.
ROY SANDERS HAS HARD LUCK
scmi-Pro. HurIer Loses HIS Game
ThrOush Persistebcy of Mates In
Making wretched Throws when
Runners Are ON Runway.

One swell rally. aided and abetted by
Messrs. Congalton, Bell and Kruger.
pulled the first game OF the Sabbath ber-
gain matinee at Rourke park from the
Links. 5 to 9 but "A couple OF hectic
heaves manipulated by Messrs. Kruger
and Thomas cost Omaha the second bat
tie. ? to l. The second game was a tough
one for Roy Sanders 10 lose. bpt his mates
were too prone TO make costly errors.
. The Bourkes opened the first fray by
scoring twice In the opening frame off
Smith. official jlnx OF the Omaha club.
Thomas. BurreIi and schleibner singled
in succession. and Congalton lifted a sacrl-
flee ny to Allen. bringing about tho said
result The Links scored two in the
second when Thomson dropped Miller's
fly and that gentleman went to second.
4 base on balls was issued TO Blackburne
and ouilin sacrificed. Collins hit sent
Miller and Blackburne over.
Collins single. Schreiber's two-bagger.
an error BY Schleibner and a sacrifice fly
by McGaffigan gave Loyds gang OF
ball players two in the fifth. Omaha
came back with one in the local half of
of the same round. Kruger doubled and
scored on Kings drive through Mccall
figan,
Game, COPIED I'm Ninth.
Smith held the Rourkes tight until the
ninth. when he blew. and Jordan was
called 10 the fray. Congalton singled and
Thomas walked end Smith was derrlcked.
Bell, just returned from Racine, polIed
one Of Jordsn's offerings to left. scoring
Congslton and tying the combat.
Krueger's single over second scored
Thomas with the winning run.
Tho second game was hesrt-breaker.
Cooney and Sanders heaved nicely until
the fourth. when Omaha made the first
run. Krug was hit I'm the tonneau. and
was sacrificed TO second by Thomson.
Bqrrelis single past third sent him home
That was all that Omaha made as the
Rourke sluggers fell down in the pinches
from that time on.
In the fifth McGaffigan singled and
stole second while Kruger and Sanders
got mixed up on their signals, and Nc
Gaffigan took third when the ball got
past the Omaha catcher. Kruger made
a bum heave TO Burrell TO catch Nc
Gaffigan at third The ball rolled into
left field and the Lincoln shortstop
started for home. Joe Bell made per-
feet heave TO the plate and Kruger stood
waiting for McGaffigan to hit the plate.
Instead, Shocks hit Kruger and the pill
rolled TO one side. Some classy exhibition
Of bum acting.
Not satisfied with this nifty piece of
work the Rourkes decided 20 present Nc
Gsffigah with another run In the eighth.
lie hit double 10 right and was sscri-
fieed TO second by Lloyd. Miller hit a
grounder which Burrell touched. but tho
ball caronned off his glove into the out
stretched hands Of Thomas. covering up
the play. Thomas threw TO the plate.
The hesVe missed Kruger foot. and
the pill rolled TO the srandstand. That
cinched the game for the Links.
New Umps Makes hit.
one OF the pleasing features OF the
double bill was the work of Umpire Van
Sycle. Van was bounced from the Fed
eral league a few days ago, and tied up
with the Western circuit lie kept the
came moving all the time and never
permitted the athletes to lag as Is their
custom. As u result the two games we're
played ia three hours and twenty min
utes almost record for this league.
Van was good on balls and strikes. too,
and Il Is only hoped that he will he able
10 umpire all the games played on the