Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-08-13
ROURKES HAMMER
PILL IN PINCHES
Forsythe, Kilduff and Burg
Deliver With Hits Which
Send Runs Over.
THIRTY MEN FACE MERZ

. perpetrate any errors yesterday and
Omaha Copped the Saturday combat
from the pcsky Grizzlies, 3 to ;. 1t
might also be mentioned by way Of
explaining the local victory that Otto
Merz hurled in big league style and
Messrs Forsythe, Burg and Kilduff
smote the pill in the pnches.
All told it was very nifty ball
game from the home standpoint and
the assembly of bugs who turned out
for the fray went home completely
satisfied
In the first place the game was
played in the snappy time OF an hour
and hall. This made it a cinch to
get home in time for supper.
Then Otto Merz allowed the Bears
but four scattered hits, Just thirty
men faced Otto during the entire
game. Only four men got on base.
Two of them scored. one was caught
al second and the fourth man was left
stranded ON the runway From the
second inning to the eighth but three
men faced Merz each stanza. The
same occurred in the ninth All OF
which is pretty keen pitching
Sterzer Is Punctured.
On the other hand Buck Sterzer,
the southpaw gent with the celebrated
teeth, was severely punctured by the
Rourke Sluggers in two stanzas, the
fourth and eighth 1t was in these
frames that Forsythe. Burg and Xii
duff did their delivering.
Manager Marty krug opened the
fourth by sinking single into center
field. Thompson laid down a bunt
fingers. Miller sacrificed both men a
base and Kruger flew out krug
might have come home after the catch,
but chose TO hold third. His move
proved to be wise one. although it
didn't look so at first For Cyrus For
sythe came to bat and clouted beau
tiful double into right. Marty and
Thompson scored easily. Then Kew
pie kildutf cracked double to CEN
ter, sending the risky Cyrus home.
Burg Hit Triple.
Sterzer checked our athletes in the
fifth, sixth and seventh, but they broke
loose on him again in the eighth
Thompson got lie when Stevens
dropped Kelleher's peg. Miller sac
rihced. Kelleher failed to hold Ernie
Krueger's hard grounder to short and
Thompson took third. Forsythe forced
Shag at the plate and Kilduff walked
filling the bases. Here Joe Burg
gained little fame by combing one
of Bucks slants into center. The pill
got away from Cakes and the runway
was quickly devastated Burg made a
triple on the wallup and tried to
make it home run but was nailed at
the plate by three man relay from
the fence.
Earl Smith gladdened the fans by a
couple of swell hits during the matt
nee, one double against the score
board and the other triple down the
third base line. -Four scouts saw him
do it and the prince went up $14 a
base.
Dyer Is Canned.
Ben Dyer contributed a little en-
tertalnment on Smiths second hit. the
triple, Earl really stretched it from
a bona hde double. Dyer had the pill
and was waiting, but Smith by long
and crafty slide, ducked under the
Bear third sacker. This so peeved
Dyer he directed few caustic re-
marks toward Umps Colgate Umps
Miller came to his partners rescue
and admonished Dyer to cease. This
spurred the belligcrcnt player to re-
newed activity with the CAB and Mil
Ter banished him from the park, de-
spite forccful protests from Mr..
Cakes
The first Denver score was marked
up in the first Charley Miller beat
out an inield hit on a close decision
over which the fans disagreed with
the jumps. kcleher forced Miller and
Cakes grounded out But Willis Cole
reefed a single into left and Kelleher
liked home, beating Smiths throw by
couple OF inches. Cole was lett
stranded on second. Dcnvcr's only
man LETT on base,
In the third kelleher drew a walk.
but was cut down trying to steal. He
was the only man to get until the
eighth when George Shestak drove a
liner into right field The ball took
a high hop and jumped into the
bcacicro. Thus Shestak made a
homer out OF a two-base hit.
TODAY Prince Gaskell will exhibit
his big city Windup when the Rourkes
and Grizzlies collide in the last game
OF the series. There will only be one
game today 1t will start at Sis.