Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-28
AMATEUR TEAMS
|. Wind Up LEAGUE
SEASON SUNDAY
Contests Close in Majority Of
Organizations; Large Crowds
See Games Despite Hot
Weather.
By WILLIAM o. BLoz1Es.
1919 Champions.

1919 Champions.
Church League-Pearl Memorials
Commercial League-Iten Biscuit
Co.
City League-Union Quitting Co
Booster League-World- Herald.
Inter-City League-Highland Park
Pharmacy.
Omaha's 1919 amateur baseball as
ISOLATION, the first under the aus
pieces OF the Municipal Amateur
Baseball association, was officially
ended yesterday, when the City,
class B, Booster and Inter- City,
class c leagues wound up their play
ing schedule.
In the City league, the Oldest cir
cult. in local amateur baseball cir
cles, the Union Quitting Co., won
the pennant by winning IL out of
IA games, while in the Booster
league, the World Herald COPIED
the flag by defeating the Leaven-
worth Merchants, by a score of to
4, and the Highland Park Pharma-
cies carried off first honors in the
Inter-City league, by taking the
Beddeos into camp, by a 5 to 4
score, thereby winning Is games out
of IS. The newspaper lads lost but
one game out Of II.
Races Close.
The races in all three of these
above mentioned leagues were hard
fought until the last contests were
played, especially in the Booster
league, where yesterdays contest
settled the race. Had the World
Herald team lost to the Leaven-
worth Merchants the race would
have been a tie between them and
the Trimble Brothers, who finished
in second place, only one game be-
hind the leaders. The Trimbles also
defeated the Leavenworth Mer-
chants. by II to score.
In both games the Leavenworth
Merchants scored but eight runs,
while their opponents scorer a to-
tai of II. The Trimbles had an
easy time with their opponents.
while the Herald crew won the
game in the final stanza, when their
heavy artillery started the fire.
works.
All games in the City league we're
forfeited yesterday, the Union Out
filters winning from the McCafrey
Motor, on account of the latter team
going out of town. The Willard
Storage Battery won a forfeit from
Mickels Victrolas and the Bowen
Furnitures likewise from the Omaha
Printing Co. Both the Mickles and
Printing Co. teams disbanded.
Although the Gate City league,
class c circuit also closed their
season yesterday. the race finished
in tie for first honrs between the
Omaha Printing Juniors and the
Townsend Gun CO. The former, who
were expected to win easily lost to
the Hermansky Pharmacy, while
the Gunners won a shut-out game
from the Beselins by a score of 2
to @.
Big Surprise.
The Hermansky Pharmacy's vic
tory over the Juniors was one Of
the biggest surprises in the history
of amateur base ball, as it was pre-
dicted by many of the followers
that the Juniors would be the 1919
winners, although the members of
the team and Manager Cruickshank
looked for hard fought game.
The Hermansky lads played one
of the best games in their career,
and their fielding was of big
league" style. Elmer Johnson, who
was on the mound for the Juniors.
pitched great ball, allowing but six
hits and sending 16 of the Pharmacy
lads back to the bench via the strike
out route, while his teammates Sc
cured nine hits off of Stanley Kre-
JIG. Krejic whitfield but six. The
Omaha Prints lineup was somewhat
crippled on account OF Ray Gold
berg, the star catcher. being out of
town. Laux, utility outhelder,
who played right field for the Jun
iors, played sensational game. The
final score was 8 to E.
Members of the Townsend team
rejoiced over the victory for the
Hermanskys, as it gives them
chance to play the Juniors next
Sunday.
Joe Ort, the crack southpaw Of
the Townsends, allowed the Besellns
but three hits and struck out IS
men, while Jesse Baker, on the
mound for the cigar makers, whitfield
nine men, and was touched for sew
en- hits. The fifth frame brought
victory for the Gunners, when Pitch
er Ort reached first base on an
overthrow at first, stole second and
scored when Manager John Satrapa
sent smashing triple to center field
Chleborad to Pitch.
Pitcher Chleborad, who has been
the mainstay of the Print Juniors,
has defeated the Townsends three
times this season, once with the
Vinton Merchants and twice with
his present teammates, no doubt
will be on the mound next Sunday
when the race for first honors will
be settled.
The Riggs Optical Co., leaders Of
the American league, added a double