Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-25
Whispers Of Sandlot Breezes

local pitcher Of repute. blew into town. He
used to give the top-notchers the chills.
He is now residing at Fremont. Neb.
Nelson, Of the Frank Deweys, sure had
the Bennington hitsmiths guessing. They
were unable to garner a tally from his
shoots.
Heck Hubatka. star kinker for the Corr
Electrics who has been on tho blink list
for three weeks on account Of q sprained
wrist. will be back on the mound this after
noon.
Rasmus of the Walnut Grove Athletics
strained the lisamens in his right pedal
last Sunday and will be out of the game
for a couple Of weeks. He is one OF their
classy beavers.
| The game between the ]. D. Crews and
Dundee Wooden Mills will be protested, be-
cause the Dundees had sixteen men under
contract. The American league will meet
next Wednesday.
Next Saturday the Chicago Leland Gi-
ants will drop into Omaha and buck up
the following Sunday and the Fourth Of
| July at Rourke park.
Dick Kissane picked up seven bones
handling the Indicator last Sunday. He
grabbed three round boys for the Holly
Nickel victrolas fuss and four plunks for
the Bourgeois Te- Be-Ce wrangle.
Down at Plattsmouth. the Luxus man.
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appellation. Losing 8 to twelve-inning
game 10 enough to make an angel crab
The umpire was always in the way.
Tho Hotel Castle will play the Wabash
railroad team of ST. Louis at Omaha on
July O. and T.. They will play the first
game at Rourke park next Sunday, prob
ably at Rourke park on the Sd, and at
Ducky Holmes park on the Fourth.
The Ramblers and the Polish Merchants
will stage their Jangle out at Fontcnelle
park. It is up to the Polish Merchants
TO drag the Ramblers down. because. no far,
the Ramblers have Iced them ALL and the
Polish Merchants have dropped one game
II the latter win 1t will be horse a piece.
One OF the best games in the Omaha
Amateur Base Ball association booked for
! today. should be the mixup between the
Omaha Gas company and the Luxus At
the present writing the easy gents are
leading the parade, and, according to their
chief. Cleve Hull, they will be roosting In
| the same enviable position when this game
| 10 history. The above is as palatable for
| the Luxus as q ton of arsenic They are
dishing out q different story. Anyway. a
game that will prove a thriller will un-
doubtedly be played. Holland will kink EN-
for the Luxus, and Newt Shaffer will DO
on the firing line for the gas children.
Over across the waves this afternoon, at
Athletic park. the champions of Council
Bluffs, namely the Joe Smiths, will en-
deavor to smother the pride OF Omaha, the
Brandeis troupe. This will be the initial
offense for the Buffers against the Bran.
des army, and as coolies OF rivalry exists
between tho parties concerned an interest
ing battle Ia anticipated. Olson, who has
had practically no trouble vanquishing OPP
pononts Of the Brandeis this year, will
probably be on the mound for the Brandeis
and Hanson. the hero Of many a bloodless
| combat, will do his utmost to make the
Omaha dudes swing hopelessly at his offer
inga.
II the Bourgeois hand the Burgess Nash
a. lemon this afternoon and the Luxus trim
the Gas company, the Luxus win be perched
on roost one and the Bourgeois on roost two,
but II the Gas company win, the first place
In the Greater Omaha will be temporarily
decided. Before the Luxus-Gas company
tansle another important debate will be
pulled off. namely, the bout between the
Murphy Did-Its and the Hollys. Of the
famous City league. When these two teams
bumped before, the Blacksmiths COPIED the
winning number. but the Hollys are de-
termined that they can't duplicate. To
date each team has lost one game. so the
outcome OF this battle Will have considers.
BILE to do with the championship Of the
City league