Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-23
Union Quitting Co. Wins.

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crew scored five tallies from Nufer,
the crack hurler for the Union Out
fitting Co., in the first round of their
game, they were unable to hold the
lead and the Outfitters took the lead
in the City league race by winning,
7 to S. In the first round the Motor
crew secured a trio of hits, several
walks and an error netted them their
only scores. After that Nufer pitched
great ball and was never in danger.
The Outfitters knocked out Pinault
and Maxwell, and also hit Howard
Wahl hard, getting total OF IA hits
off the three hurlers. Nufer whitfield
nine men. The Mickle Victrolas
went a notch higher in the league by
knocking off the Bowen Furnitures
by to S score, and the Willard
Storage Batterys copied a game
from the Omaha Printing Co., II
to 8.
In the American league, the
Riggs optical company had an easy
time with the J. B. Roots, winning,
IA to 4, while the Paxton-Vierling
crew defeated the Universal Motor
company, 9 to 4. Ralph Beers.
pitching for the ironworkers, al
lowed but two hits, while Johnny
Shields made an attempt to pitch
for the Universal but was hit for
IA bingles.
Brandeis Lose.
The Nebraska Power company
was victorious over the Brandeis
store team in the Greater Omaha
league by winning 9 to 7. The
Brandeis took the lead in the first
round by scoring three runs off Bill
Madden, but the Power lads came
back strong in the fifth and sent six
men over the plate.
Oscar Grant made his initial ap-
pearance on the firing line for the
Brandeis and started out we'll but
gave way to Sutej in the fifth when
the Power crew started to hit the
bali to all corners of the lot How
ever, the Brandeis team did not
have their regular lineup and
Manager Marty O'Toole was forced
to use several outsiders. Eugene
Holmes, 15-year-old son of Ernie
Holmes, of the Holmes White Sox,
played rightfield for the Brandeis
and played a great game.
First Game for Swanson
Swanson, who recently returned
from France, made his initial ap-
pearance for the Power team at
short and played a stellar game.
The Holmes -Griswold, Ia, game
was postponed on account of wet
grounds.
Butch Hay pitched his sixth shut
out game when the Murphy-Did-
Its defeated the Greenwood, Neb.,
by a score of 5 to 0. 1t was the
seventh straight victory for the
Murphys.
The Murphys scored two runs in
the first inning when Dygert
singled and stole second, Clair and
Payne walked and Mason hit Will
liams which forced Dygert. Payne
scored on an out. The truckmen
scored in the third when Dygert
walked, stole second and three sue
cessive singles by Williams, Synek
and Krug brought in two more
runs.
The Murphys scored their last run
in the fourth inning when Dygert
walked, stole his third base and
scored on Clair's double to left field.
The largest crowd that has at
tended game at Greenwood for
many years saw the game. The
temperature reached 106 about 4:3O
o'clock. 1t was the hottest day Of
the year. Score:
Murphys ...........2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0-5
Greenwood .........0 0 0 0 0 0 90
Runs. Rygert (s). Payne. williams
Two-base hits: Lawer, Clair. Stolen
| bases: Dygert 90, Buckmaster. Left on
bases: Murphys, 6; Greenwood. 6. Earned
| runs: Murphys, 8. Double plays: viii.
I liams to Clair: Jardine unasssted. Hit
| by pitcher: Williams Struck out: BY
| Mason, I; off Hay. l. Umpire: E. A.
| Landon. Scorer: Seglin.