Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-12
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MARK PLAYING IN
AMATEUR LOOPS
No Little Giants Found in
Omaha SandIot Leagues;
Four Teams Are Tied in
City Circuit.
Bv FRANK oUIGLEY.

Pushing the hands of time up an
hour helped other besides tillers OF
the soil. and among the others will
be found thousands of amateur ball
tossers throughout the United States
that can now 60 home after work, eat
a square meal and still have ample
time left before the evening shades
are pulled TO practice base ball. Here
tofore most of the amateurs were
compelled tomiss supper on practice
nights.
At this early hour in the game
none OF the fans seem to- have any
positive opinions regarding the out.
come OF the various leagues. OF
course it takes courage and confidence
to make definite forecasts under all
the circumstances that confront an
army OF base ball clubs, but never
.theless several OF the managers have
opinions, and also the temerity, to ex-
press them. Anyway, none OF the
leagues have developed into one.
team race, so the representations OF
the brave managers may catch cold
before next fall.
The Murphy-Did-Its are, leading the
Greater Omaha league, but il the kra-
jiceks had showed on the brakes in the
blunder department the blacksmiths
would not be perchcd in that coveted
position.
The Longeways are knotted with
the Krapiceks for position two, while
the Metcalfs are at the halfway mark
and the Armours, Holmes White Sox
and Beselins have not chalked up a
point.
Four Teams Tied.
Out of FIVE teams playing. four are
| tied with an average of .667 in the
City league. When the curtains are
pulled this evening there will only
be room for two squads on the hill.
The tied teams are playing each
other.
The Beselins are slightly warm un-
der the collar on account of decl-
sion made by the barker during their
fight across the Sreek with the Coun-
Gil Bluffs Longeways. 1t was the in
troductory for the Beselins in the
Greater Omaha and they started the
season with protest.
Now that the Walter G.. Clarks
have automatically severed their rela-
tions with the Omaha Amateur Base
Ball association, no damage can be
inflicted by coughing up little stove
league stuff, which journeyed around
among the silent club during the in
termission from last fall until this
spring. 1t has been said by several
prominent horsehide manipulators
that the manager OF the Clarks last
lyear promised Curtis Peterson,
pitcher, two rocks and a half for
each game that he won. He won six
games. He was to collect Is iron
men, but not being verscd in the art
Of collecting, he is still looking for
his dough. Bob Peterson, his brother
took charge of the Clarks when they
entered the field this season. The
Clarks organized, but on the day the
bell rung went to the wall.
Games Today.
| Fans that crave excitement shoult
Fhike to Holmes park this afternoon
where the Krajiceks and Beselins will
tie up at $50 o'clock.
| 1t will be up to the Longeways t,
| pull the Murphys out of first place
This will be a difficult task but tn
. children across the waves are of TIL
! opinion that they can turn the trick.
) The four teams billed in the Cit
9 league today are tied for first plac,
! This is the off Sunday for the Cen
! trail Furniture Store.
The Sample Harts, one of the lead
= ers Of the American league will eros
: bats with the Social Settlement boy.
. who by the way are holding the eel
lar position, and the Florence Ath
letics tied with Sample-Harts Wi
fight the McCaffrey Motor Company
The McCaffreys are picking up stear
! as the season rolls by so the su
burban dudes will find them starch
. proposition.
The cipher kids, namely, Graham
; Ice Creams and the World Herald
) will fight to determine which squa
, will rise up notch. They are tie,
for the bottom OF the Inter-Cit
league, while the leaders, the Dali
News and Dresher Brothers, will hgh
! for the roof. Probably the best battl
!. in the Booster league will be tn
struggle between the ]. B. Roots an
Homestcads.
/, Again Uncle Sans wide reach ha
. grabbed prominent amateur bas
! ball promoter, namely Patrick Boyle
3 president of the Inter-City league
. He will be sadly missed by the dia
Q mond gladiators and his ability I
3 argue will take some of the pep out 0
. the meetings of the directors. Pa
. joined the navy and sailed for tn
Great Lakes last Thursday.
J. Leslie Pickett Is arranging the schedul
for the Union Pacific team. out-of-tow
/: teams desiring games can commune witt
D him at esiS Hamilton street.
Shenandoah. Ia. Is looking for game
with Omaha teams. Write to r. e. Oviat
: manager Of base ball team Shenandoah, Ia
I Two recent additions to the Beselin clu
lare Roy welmmers and Carl Rathke
Today Dyck and Gillespie viii be- the bat
terry for the Beselins against the KraJiceks
Here is the lineup Of the Union Pacifics
Outfielders, Brennan. Crowder and Pickett
: catcher. Martin; pitcher, O'Keefe; first base
Kanka. second base; Wahl. third base
Sawatzki: shortstop. Hefllnger.
Last Sunday the Florence Merchants wer