Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-08
SandlOt Base Ball
GOSSIP

Following players will represent the
Dorcas street Stars this morning. when
they will Play aganss the Candy
Walsh, sabata, McElligott and John
Walsh.
The Dorcas Street Stars trimmed the
Leavenworth Merchants last Sunday by
to score, due to the heavy hitting
and brilliant fielding Of the Stars.
Eddie Lawler, manager Of the Murphy
Did-Its, is hitting the ball to all corners
of the lot this season. His batting per
cent thus far is 500 and he is running
the bases as fast as he did 10 years ago.
With Harry Williams behind the bat
and Butch" Hay on the firing line the
Murphy -Did-Its claim to have the hest
battery in the Greater Omaha league.
Frank synck. who is holding down the
third station for the Murphys, is play
lag great game this season and Is
also hitting the pill hard.
Today the Murphy Did-Its will journey
to Plattsmouth, where they. will clash
with the home crew. A fast and ex-
citing contest is looked for and the black
smith bunch expect to bring home the
bacon.
Maxwell will do the twirling for the
McCaffrey Motor crew this afternoon
while "Kinky" Spellman will be seen be.
hind the bat.
Thursday night the McCaffrey Motor
crew will stage a twilight game with the
will do the hurting for the motor crew.
Ralph 3pellman will catch his farewell
ramc for the McCi frey Motor tsam, as
he asked for his release that he can
Booster league.
On corner two for the Mccartney Motor
c-ew, "Whity" Mirasky. who recently re-
turned from France, is playing a great
game
Chlehorad and link last week Signed
wit I'm n111o ha
Juniors.
Erickson has been released from the
Omaha Printing Co Juniors
Fort wing is the lineup for the Omaha
Printing Juniors this afternoon with the
Townsends Golderb, catch; Luebhe, first;
third; Brandt, left; Wachtler. center;
link. right; Chleborad, West and Carney,
pitchers.
The Nebraska Power Co., aggregation
will journey to Greenwood, Neb, today;
They have strengthened their lineup and
expect to give the Greenwood lads hard
battle
The Union Quitting Co., leaders Of the
City league, will clash with the Omaha
Printing Co. this afternoon and Manager
Pascal is confident his warriors will hold
first place from now on.
Easton, Union Quitting fielder is a
powerful man with the willow. When he
steps TO the plate the fielders always
back up.
Walter Nuger, second-sacker for the
Union outfitting Co, is the best amateur
second baseman In Omaha. according to
Manager Pascal. He has made but one
error this season, has a batting average
of asa and has not struck out thus far
this season.
After being out of, the game for several
weeks with broken finger. Custards was
back in the lineup for the Union Outfit
ting crew Decoration day, and handled
five hard chances without an error and
also connected with the ball twice for
clean hits.
Guinette, behind the bat for the Outfit
tiers, is showing great form this year. He
is considered one Of the best amateur
backstoppers in the city.
Managers of amateur teams please get
busy and send in notes regarding your
your team. The fans are anxious to know
what the players are doing and your
hacker is keeping tab on you to see
whether you are giving him square deal.
that if there are not any notes in this
| column 1t is no fault Of the sports de-
partment. but the fault Of the managers,
as they fail to send them in The sports
notes IL they are received. Notes for
these columns must be received by Thurs
day noon of each week for the Sunday
paper.
This Is the lineup of the World Herald
team for this season. Spelman, C: Nc
Dermott, p; Dixon, 1b; Volker. 2b: Sogo-
low, S. Bernstein. 2b. Calvart If; Yates
CT: Maloney, IF. This team is out to cop
the pennant in the Booster League and
should have little trouble. They have
been going great of late and have team
that can beat any of its strength in the
city.
Ed McDermott, the demon little twirler
of the World Herald, is out to set a strike
out record this season. having an averae &c
OF IS whiffs per game. He whitfield IA OF
| the Riggs. class B team, in a practice
game before the season started.
George Bernstein. the best little all
round player in class C, Is covering third
| base in great style for the World Herald
| this season. He is hitting over 100 so
far This youth has been offered many
berths in class B and even in class, A,
| a championship team.
The World Herald is looking for an ont
| of-town game for June is. Write NJ. Kas-
| per, Box $50, Y. NJ. c. A., Omaha.
| In the game between the Nickel Vic
trolas and the Willard Storage Battery at
Riverview park, the Willards will have
Jerry Fratt to do the twirling and Bob
Peterson behind the bat. Fratt has baen
pitching great ball this season and de-
| feated the Bowen Furniture team, leaders
Of the City league, by to score, on
Decoration day.