Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-23
THOMPSON'S HOMER
WINS FOR ROURKES
shag Puts Ball Over Right
Field Fence in Seventh With
Two Men on Bases.
MERZ HURLs TIGHT GAME

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who halls from below the Mason
Dixon line, cracked home run over
the right field fence in the seventh in
ming yesterday, scoring two men
ahead of him, and Omaha very effec-
lively tanned Mr.. Jackson's wild
Wolves from Wichita, S to 3. Win
ming games via the home run route
is getting popular with the de luxe
Rourklets. Bobby Marshall did the
same thing Friday.
Shaggerino's circuit clout was con-
siderable blow. 1t was not one of
those long high flies, but regular
line drive which SKINNED over the
wall very gracefully.
Elmer Koestner, the most lackadai-
steal and procrastinating hurler be-
tween Brooklyn and Hong Kong, was
the victim. Elmer is supposed to be
Wichita's best pitcher. but he's about
the slowest thing that ever stepped on
hurting mound, and it served him
right. --'-
Error Starts Rally.
Elmer was breezing along with a
two-run lead when the seventh inning
arrived. But in that frame his obitu-
airy was compiled. Kewpie Kilduff
opened the stanza BY taking advan-
tage of Litschi's bobble. After Joe
Burg flew out and Otto Merz whitfield,
Kewpie scooted to second on wild
pitch and went to third on Earl
Smiths infield hit. Marty Krug's
single to center. counted Kewpie. Then
came Mr.. Thompson. He slammed the
circuit drive, and Smith and Krug
romped home ahead OF him.
Omaha scored its first run in the
fourth on single by Miller, Mar
shalls double and Forsythe's infield
out. VIA w. fs.
The wild Wolves counted one in the
opening stanza. A walk to Fox, Coy's
single and Britton's safety did the
work. Two more were annexed by
the opposition in the third, when
Rapps singled, Koestner sacrificed,
Jackson singled and Coy doubled
Both Hurl Good Ball.
Both Merz and Koestner hurled
good games and both teams played
good ball. The Rourkes did not COM
mit an error. In the last four innings
Merz retired the Wolves in order.
Thompson's home run was not the.
only drive he hit over the fence. In
a previous frame Shag boosted the
pill over the right field wall, but it fell
foul by couple of feet. r. s-i ,,- q.
Bill Fox, who once graced Rourke
uniform, became balmy in the bean
through the heat yesterday. Ordi-.
narily Bill is a left fielder, but Coy
couldn't see in the sun yesterday so
Fox was sent to right and Coy given,
the shady garden. In theSfifth inning
Merz went to second on krugs hit
and had pulled up at the keystone.
But the sun had gone to Bills head
and he hurled the ball to third. 1t
didn't stop at third, but went on to
the grandstand, letting Merz and
Marty advance another base.
Koestner Delays Game.
Mr.. Koestner aroused the impa-
thence of the fans yesterday by his
slow hurting. Between pitches Koest-
ner would walk around the infield two
or three times, investigate the sky,
survey the grandstand and then look
to see if the flag was still flying before
he threw the ball. And Umps Eek
man let him get away with it, al
though Prexie Zehrung is said to have
issued instructions that umpires shall
do everything possible to, hustle
games along. .....a
A double-header will be played be-
tween Wichita and Omaha this after
noon, starting at 2 o'clock