Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-27
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Muny Association Clubs
Play Final Games Today
Finish in Most Leagues on Tap This Afternoon-Ties
for Leadership May Proong Season One More
Week on the Sandlots.

and the Gunners. The Townsend
Beselin battle is scheduled at Fon-.
tenelle park at 80 o'clock.
Should the Omaha Prints win the
championship practically all credit
must go to Pitcher Chleboard, as he
defeated the Townsends in the three
games that they have lost. While
with the Vinton Street Merchants
he pulled down the Gunners for
their first defeat and twice, while
pitching for the Juniors.
The race for first honors in the
American league will probably also
be settled this afternoon. The Riggs
Optical company, who are leading
the league, will meet the Sample
Harts in double eheader at Miller
park, the opener to start at 80
o'clock. If the Riggs win both
games they will be the 1919 cham
pions of the American league, but
should they break down and the
Paxton-Vierlings, who clash with
the Universal Motor company at
Elmwood park, east diamond, at
$50 o'clock, be victorious over the
Motor crew, the race will be tie.
The Riggs and the Paxton-Vier-
lings are scheduled to clash in the
final game of the season next Sum-
day If the race is a tie this will
no doubt be the best game Of the
season, as the rivalry between these
teams is very keen.
Two games are on the program
in the Inter-City league, the Harley
Davidsons clash with the Harding
Creamery company and the Beddeos
play the Highland Park Pharmacys,
champions. Both games are sched-
uled at Thirty-second and Dewey
avenue.
No games are. scheduled again in
the Greater Omaha league, although
when the league was organized
John Dennison, who is president of
that circuit, stated that a free game
would be given the fans each Sum
day afternoon. Since the league was
organized about the middle of June
only three games have been played
in Omaha
Ackcording to reports, many of
the fans have been complaining
about affairs of the league, but do
not lay the blame on any of the
clubs. 1t was also reported in one
of the newspapers last week that
none of the teams in the league
have posted their forfeits thus far,
and that the league would probably
suspend.
Ernie Holmes, backer of the
Holmes White Sox, will probably
ask for an investigation, as he has
paid the $50 dues to the Greater
Omaha league Mr.. Holmes showed
the writer stub check, showing
that he sent John Dennison, presi-
dent of the league, his forfeit money.
Mr.. Holmes also announced that
the Holmes White SIX would finish
the season in the Greater Omaha
league. The Holmes will play at
Hamburg, Ia, today.
The game between the Union
Outfitting Co. and the McCaffrey
Motor Co., scheduled at Riverview
park, has been forfeited to the Out
filters, on account of the Motor crew
playing at Griswold, Ia.
1t was also stated by several of
the managers in the Greater Omaha
league and other base ball men,
that John Dennison was unfair to a
certain newspaper in giving out the
report last week about the Brandeis
Store team disbanding. Dennison
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equal terms but failed to do so.
One of the managers stated that
"to make mateur base ball a sue
cess in Omaha, the officials of the
leagues and association must CO.
operate with all of the newspapers
and play on fair terms, otherwise
amateur base ball will not be sue
cess, as it needs the boosting of the
newspapers
A meeting of the midsummer
leagues, which will start their sea-
son about the middle of August, will
probably be held this week, at which
time final plans will be completed.
Sam Moore, manager of the Willard
Storage Battery team of the City
league announced that he will put
his team in the Class B mid-sum-
mer league.
The Willard Storage Battery
team will play the Nebraska Power
Co. at Fontenele park at $3.50
o'clock. A fast and exciting game
is looked for, as the Battery crew
have strengthened their lineup con-
siderable and are out to meet the
best of them.
President Isaacson of the Mu-
nicipal Amateur Base Ball associa-
ton announced last week that many
of the articles published in two of
the other Omaha newspapers were
not given out officially by him.