Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-28
BY WILLIAM O. BLOZIES.

USIS Ol inc Slty league.
American League-Riggs Optica
Co., pennant winners.
Commercial League-Western Un
ion, pennant winners.
Church League-Pearl Memorials
pennant winners.
Class C-World-Herald, cit,
champions and pennant winners o
Booster league.
Townsends, pennant winners O
Inter City league.
Basket Ball.
Class B-Church league, FRS
Christian of Council Bluffs.
CommerciaL League-Commerc,
High school
No class A champions and cham
pionship of city not decided. y
Preseason League-Glendales.
Foot Ball. "
Class A-Nonpareils, also unde
feated city champions.
Class B-Ak-Sa Sar-Ben knights ant
Fontenelle Parks lay claim to title
as championship was not decided.
Class C-Ak-Sar-Ben Knight!
Juniors.
Two branches of amateur sports
which will go down in history as thu
most popular events of national in
terest-amateur base ball and bas
ket ball-the former especially
broke all records for attendance ant
proved the most popular, during th'
past year.
Amateur base ball, as played b,
the members of the 43 teams, repre-
sentatives of the three leagues hold
ing franchises in the Municipal Am
ateur Base Ball association scoret
its greatest success during 1919. l
was estimated by ]. J. Isaacson. rec
reation director and secretary of tn,
Muny association, that nearly 100,
600 fans were entertained by thi.
popular sport.
Has Clean Record.
The game was by far the cleanes
ever witnessed and few fights tool
place, as only three players were
suspended during the season fol
rowdyism.
The two Saturday leagues, Church
and Commercial, staged interesting
affairs, although in the Church or.
ganization, the Pearl Memorials
penar winners, had an easy time
with = cir opponents, while in the
Commercial league the race at the
end of the season finished in a
three-cornered tie, between the Or
chard- Wilhelm, Item Biscuit Co., ant
the Western Unions, the telegraph.
ers finally winning the flag and de.
feating the Church leaguers for the
Saturday Class B championship.
Sunday Games Drew Well.
Sunday games drew the most at
tendance, as the Greater Omaha
Class A, City and American, Clas:
!! B and the Booster and Inter-City
Class c held the stage Heart
breaking games were staged in these
circuits throughout the season anc
the championships were won an6
lost by close scores. ....
The Murphy-Did-lts, champions O
the Greater Omaha Class A league
deserve most of the credit for the
success of the local Muny associa'
ton and for the success of amateur
base ball here. Under the leader
ship of Eddie Lawler, one of the
Oldest youngest" player-manager:
in Omaha, and the backer. Ber'
Murphy. labored hard for the sue
cess of the team.
Won City Title.
Besides winning the championship
of the Greater Omaha league, they
copped the city title and also are
the western amateur champions ot
the Western Amateur Base Ball
association of Class AA. In the game
for this title the Murphy's defeated
the crack Gordon Ferguson team
champions of the St. Paul amateur
Base Ball association. They also
played series of games with the
Armours, Omaha's crack semi-pros
the Murpi1y's winning three and los
ing two. The series, however, was
not finished on account of an argu-
ment over Umpire Smiths decision
in calling the sixth game in the
fourth inning with the Murphys in
the lead.
Class B Champs.
City class B amateur base ball
honors went to the Union Outftting
team, pennant winners of the City
league. The Outftters, after fight
ing hard for the flag in their league,
defeated the Riggs Optical Co.,
champions of the American league,
and the Western Unions, Saturday
class B champions, for the title.
In the fight for the class A cham
pionship of the Western Amateur
Base Ball association, the Union
Outhtters were defeated at St
Paul, Mimi, by the Cardozas in one
of the best played and most interest
ing games ever staged in the north
ern territory. the final score being |
to 0. Pitcher. Moore of the Cafdozas
hurled no-hit contest. while Nufer
of the Union Outhtters gave St
Paul champs but two hits
Won Class c Flag.
The World Herald team, after
winning the race in the Booster
league, defeated the Highland Park
Pharmacys, champions of the Gate
City league, and the Townsend Gun
Co., pennant winners Of the Inter
City league, for the Class c city
title.
The Municipal Amateur Base Ball
association. under whose auspices
all of the league games, as we'll as
the city and inter-city champion
ship trays were staged, closed its
first season successfully. Finan-
cially the ASSOCIATION surpassed all
records, and after paying off all ex-
penses, including all trips, that for
the Union Quitting, bringing St
Paul here and sending the World