Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-04
OMAHA RELUCTANT,
BUT TAKES GAME
i. ..ss and Rourkes Seek to
Present One mother
With Victory.
SCORE, SEVEN - FOUR

. St. Joseph, Mo-, Aug. 3.-(Special
Telegram.)-Let US be charitable and
say that it was the heat which caused
the ball game to resemble corner lot
game in the Fairgrounds league.
There is no other way of explaining
how eighteen men could play as poor
ly and still have it count in the Off
cial records. The Drummers pre-
scented the Rourkes with the game and
at that the men managed by Marty
krug tried hard to persuade the Hol-
landers to accept the game. Ordinar-
lily they would have succeeded, but the
,.i3rummers were determined that the
game should 60 to swell the percent
age fthe league leaders and finally
the Rourkes decided that hope was
futile and they regretfully annexed
the game for thmselves.
First of all, Ted Jourdan, stellar
first baseman of the Drummers, de-
cided not to switch his feet, and it
occurred to him that rather than do
this he had best attempt one-hand
catch of thrown ball. Result: The
ball dropped from his hand and the
first error of the game, which proved
a costly misplay, was made. Then
Walter Keating's arm and poor
throw to the plate cost the Drummers
two more runs.
Rourkes There Also.
These two misplays were only q
part of the ragged work of the Drum
mers yesterday, however. But the
Rourkes were also there with the err
rors and the bad judgment and for
some time it appeared that they
would give the game to the Drum
mers, for after scoring three runs in
the third the Omahans decided that
it would be hostile in the extreme to
maintain such a lead and they kindly
allowed the Drummers to come right
back in their half of the third with
three more. Krug and kilduff were
the chief offenders for the Rourkes
and this is remarkable tina. neither of
these two often make an error. The
Drummers played listless sort of
&all-a game far different than that
jFhich they presented in the game of
bhe preceding day.
. Lou North pitched a good game for
the Omahas, allowing only four hits,
but his support was such at times
that it nearly cost him a well-earned
victory. Hovlik also pitched good
ball, and he, too, suffered, only more
so, from the sort of support given his
opponent.
Drummers Score First.
The Drummers scored first, getting
run across in the second inning on
Sulivan's hit and Krug's error. The
Rourkes obtained three markers in
the third, as follows: North singled,
Smith did likewise and Krug sacri-
feed, advancing both men. Thompson
drew a walk, filling the bases, and
Smith was out on fielder's choice,
which galt krug a life and scored
North. Forsythe was safe on Jour-
dams error, and Thompson and krug
scored. In their half Of the third, the
Drummers tied the score, in this way:
Beers walked and Hovlik was hit by
a pitched ball. Wright was safe IN
Kilduff's error. eKating singled after
Beers had been caught off second and |
Hovlik and Wright scored Kirkham
doubled, scoring Keating. This made
it and 3 and it began to look like
repetition OF the game of Wednesday, |
when the Drummers came from be- |
hind and won the game.
But in the fifth the Rourkes scored !
two more runs on double by !
Thompson, a fielder's choice by Mar
shall and long single by Kilduff. |
In the sixth inning Catcher Marshall
OF the Rourkes was overcome by The
heat and Kruger replaced him be-
hind the bat.