Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-26


base ball program.
The many thousands of amateur
followers who witnessed the battles
were given a real treat and enjoyed
the national pastime as dished out
by the local sandlots.
Practically every game staged
was chuck full of excitement from
start to finish and kept the spec
tators on their feet, even in the one
sided affairs
Murphys Win.
Before one of the largest crowds
that ever attended an amateur game
in the city, the Greater Omaha
league, the crack Class A circuit,
inaugurated their search on the bat
tleheld at Thirty-second and Dewey
avenue, when the Nebraska Power
company and the Murphy-Did-Its
staged a fast and snappy thinning
affairs, which resulted in 4 to 3
victory for the Murphys.
The game, no doubt, was one of
the best staged by the Class A
teams in manly years. From start
to finish the battle was exciting and
was nobody's game until the last
Power lad was nailed at the initial
sack. Frank Potach, considered one
of the best twirlers in the city, was
on the firing line for the Power
boys and pitched great ball, al
though errors by his teammates
proved his downfall.
Sensational fielding on the part
of Christensen and Blackie Mean
drews of the Power company in
the tenth inning was one of the fea-
lures of the game. "Blackie' made
a great one-hand catch of hard
hit ball, making a ,somersault, but
held onto the bah. Immediately
after, Christensen pulled down a
liner with one-hand which would
have gone for a homer.
Both teams scored in the fifth in
ming. each making run. Hay was
hit by pitched ball, and was
brought home on an error and an
out. The Power company made
their run when Norgard singled and
Potach tripled, but Norgard was
called out because he failed to touch
second base, Potach was brought in
by bingle by Wolfe.
Powers Take Lead.
The Power company nine took
the lead when they scored in the
sixth when Yost singled and was
forced to second by KENNY and
KENNY was brought in home by all
out ard an error by Christensen.
The Murphys tied the score when
they made run in the eighth when
Synek was safe on an error and
was brought home on Payne's dou-
bic. In the Murphys' half of the
ninth they took the lead when Hay
got on first because Yost dropped
his high fly He scored on single
by Synek after Krug had singled.
Score Tied Again.
In the Powers half of the ninth
they tied the score when Gernandt
doubled and came home on two er-
rors.
Potach was outpitched by Hay,
who was on the firing line for the
Murphys. Hay allowed eight hits,
while the Murphys made nine. He
also struck out IS men and Potach
but five.
Payne, LAWYER and Mancuso each
made two hits for the Murphys.
Score by innings
Murphys .... o 0 90 0 1 0 0 ii
Power Co -. 90 OO110 01 0 0 %
Runs; synek, Williams. Mancuso; Law;
runs; Power Co. 1; Murphys. 2. Wild
pitches; Potach ca. Hit by pitched ball:
Hay: Struck out: BY Hay. 10; by Potach,
s. BASE se,, on balls: of potaeh, 5; off Hay,
Umpire: McQuade. Scorer: Seglin.
Eleven-inning Battle.
In the preliminary contest, staged
by the Townsend Gun Co., leaders
of the Gate City, and the Vinton
Street Merchants, the fans also wit
messed an exciting thinning battle,
when the leaders met their first de-
feat of the season, by 2-to-0 score.
Up to that fatal inning neither team
was able to send man across the
platter, although both teams had
men on bases in the earlier rounds.
In the eleventh, with man on sec
ond, P. link, center fielder Of the
Merchants, doubled to center, scor-
ing the first run for the winners.
link then stole third and scored
the last run of the game on passed
ball
Cheborad, on the mound for the
Merchants, struck out 10 batters and
allowed but two hits. while Joe
Ort of the Gunners whitfield IA men
and allowed seven hits.
The Omaha Printing Co., Jrs.,
sprung a surprise when they won
from the McKenney Dentists, by an
11-to-6 score, due to the brilliant
hitting of Outhelder Hanahan, who
secured home run, three triples
and two doubles. West, who start
ed the pitching for the printers, gave
way in the fifth frame to Garvey, on
account of his wildness.
The Beselins handed the Originals
a 7-to-5 defeat and thereby moved
notch higher in the percentage.
Bowens Win.
BY score of IA to 2, the Bowen
Furniture Co. frightened their grip
on first place in the City league
Bill Pinault, on the mound for the
Bowen's, allowed four hits and
struck out II men, while the furni-
ture lads secured Ia hits off Cole
man.
The McCaffery Motor squad
again defeated the Nickel Victrolas
and moved notch closer in the pen
nant race. Yesterdays score was
6 to 4 in 10 frames. Al Zeigler, who
recently returned from France made
his first appearance in the box for
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