Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-03

ule of the city series was not
adopted at the meeting of the board
of directors OF the Municipal ANA
teur Base Ball association, held last
Friday night, but the committee in
charge will draw up said schedule as
soon as the league races are settled.
1t was decided at the meeting of
the directors, that should both OF
the league races result in a tie, the
class c series, between the pennant
winners of the Booster league,
which was won by the World Her
aid team, the Inter-City league,
which was won by the Highland
Park Pharmacys. and the Gate City,
which is being settled today, will
start next Sunday.
Game Next Saturday.
However, if the Commercial
league race is settled, the pennant
winners of that organization will
clash with the Pearl Memorials,
champions of the Church league,
next Saturday afternoon at Luxus
park.
Another meeting of the directors
will be held this week at which time
final plans will be completed for the
city and inter-city series.
Omaha's class B city champions,
it was decided at the meeting, will
represent Omaha in the lnter-City
series for the western amateur
championship at St. Paul, Mimi, on
September IA, while either on Sep
TENDER 7 or Ia, the class A cham
pions will play St. Paul or Mime
apolis here.
According to the ruling of the
Western Amateur Base. Ball asso-
citation, Omaha's class B champions
are rated as class A, and the class
A champions as class IA. thereby
two lnter-sectional class
champions.
Rourke park, it was announced,
will probably be obtained to stage
the inter-city series, if arrangements
can be made.
Pres. A. c. Scott and Secy ]. J.. |
lsaacson, of the Muny association
will appoint a member to the COM
mittee Monday to handle both the
city and inter-city series.
This will be the first time in the
history of amateur base ball that
two of Omaha's amateur teams will
be represented in the worlds anna
teur championship title. In former
years but one team represented
Omaha, that being the class A
champions, although in 1914, the first
year of the Omaha Amateur Base
Ball association, the class B city
champions, won by the old Vinton
Street Merchants, of which Robert
kroll, now president of the CONNER
cial league, was manager, repre-
sented this city in the middle west
amateur championship of the Ma
lional Amateur Base Ball assoca-
ton.
Lost at Chicago.
The Merchants played at St. Paul, !
Mimi, winning from that team by
score of 10 to 8, but lost the title
1t Chicago when the Butler Brother.
defeated them by a 10 to 0 score.
1t is expected that this years city
series will be the greatest staged |
acre, as all of the teams are evenly
matched and are composed of crack
players. The Inter-City series also !
s looked for to be the greatest ever
staged.
Following will be the lineup for
:oday's amateur battles at Fontenelle
park:
Townsends. Position. Omaha Prints.
<ubat. ......... First Base. ....... Luebbe /
Todicka. ..... Second Base. ...... kliene.,
acka mo. ...... Third Base. .....,J johnson
'ebron. ....... ..Short stop. .... McAullfte I
'atrapa. LEFT Field. ....,... Brandt /
Center Field. Hanra han
robinson. fright Field. ...... GraVey
'afranek. ....... Catcher ....... Goldberg
Rand ......... Pitcher ...... .Chleborad |
)rt. ............. Pitcher ........... West