Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-30
AMATEUR TEAMS
PLAY NUMBER OF
GOOD CONTESTS
Five Games Forfeited by
Non-Appearance Of Mines;
Good Fielding and Bat
ting Features.
By WILLIAM O, BLOZIES.

Although five games-two in the
American, two in the Booster and
one in the InterCity leagues-were
forfeited yesterday afternoon on &C
count of the opposing teams failing
to appear, nevertheless the fans and
followers of local amateur base ball
who attended the various games at
the municipal parks were we'll enter
tanned, as number of hardfought
contests were played.
In the City league the McCaffrey
Motor Co., under the new manage
ment of Neil Smith, who succeeded
Horace Rosenblum, on account of
the latter being barred for two years
by the officials of the Municipal
Amateur Baseball association, won
a fast and snappy affair from the
Mickle Victrolas at Thirty-second
and Dewey avenue by 4 to 3 score.
1t was a pitchers battle between
Ray Maxwell, of the motor crew,
and Johnny Hoffman of the talking
machine" crowd, with honors slight
ly in favor of Maxwell. Although
both pitchers allowed but four hits,
Maxwell whitfield seven, while five of
the motor crew went via the strike
out route. The fielding of Pezdirtz,
Frank Mirasky and McCague were
the outstanding features. The Nc
Caffrey's would like to secure an
out-of-town game for July q. Call
Manager Smith at Mccartney Motor
Co.
Union Outfitters Strengthen Hold.
Manager Pascal and his Union
Quitting crew, by winning hard
fought contest by the score of 4 to
0 from the Willard Storage Battery,
strengthened their hold on first
place in the City league. Nufer, the
"iron man" for the Outftters, again
pitched a great game allowing but
four hits, while the Outftters Sc
cured a half dozen off Fratt. Only
one man of the storage crew
reached third base. The catching of
Guinotte, Potter at first and Sucker
at short, also were features. This
was Suckers first appearance in
Union Quitting uniform and he
had the honor of accepting six
chances and secured two hits.
Two errors by third Baseman
Skomal and walk in the eighth in
ming gave the Omaha Printing Co.
three runs, and robbed Pitcher
Zeikes Wilhume of the Bowen Fur
nitures of pitching a no-run, no-hit
contest The Bowens won the af
fair by the score of II to 3. During
the nine frames that Wilhume was
on the mound the printers failed to
secure a hit. He whitfield IS batters
and had them at his mercy all
through the game. With the excep-
ton of the two errors by Skomal,
the Bowens gave him brilliant sup
port. Each player of the Bowen
team made two or three clean drives.
Favorites Lose.
Although the Sample-Harts were
favorites in their game with the
Paxton Vierlings, in the American
league, the iron-workers were at the
big end of 7 to 3 score when the
battle was over. Beers, on the fir
ing line for the iron-workers, pitched
great ball and allowed but two bin
giles, the Hubatka brothers, namely
Manager Frank and Dode, being the
lucky men. He struck out IA men.
Krejic and Scheef hurled for the
Sample Harris and also pitched good
ball, allowing the Paxton-Vierlings
seven hits.
By this victory the Paxton's go
into second place, while the motor
crew is set back to third. The Riggs
Optical won a forfeit from the
Railway Express and the
Universal Motor team did likewise
from the j. B. Roots.
The Trimble Brothers in the
Booster league by winning a for
felt game from the Nancy Milling
team, on account of the latter fail
ing to appear, went into first place
in the league, while the Ramblers,
who have held the lead practically
all season, lost to the World Herald
team by a score of II to 1. The
World Herald's victory puts them
into second, while the Ramblers
dropped to third, in a tie with the
Benson Merchants.
The Leavenworth Merchants also
won a forfeit from the Daily News.