Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-30
CLASSES c and B
TO CLOSE SEASON
AFTER THIS WEEK
Ties for Leadership Caused
Pro|onging of Schedule for
One More Week to De-
eide Champs.

With the IVY amateur races set
tied in all of the leagues, with the
exception of the Gate City, a class {
circuit, and the American, a class B,
members of the Municipal Amateur
Base Ball association, all attention
is being centered in the double bill
next Sunday afternoon, when the
pennant races in both of these
leagues will probably be settled.
In the Gate City league, the
Omaha Printing Company Juniors
and the Townsend Gun company,
will battle it out for the 1919 cham
pionship honors. Both of these
teams are tied for first place, as the
result of the closing games in the
league last Sunday. when the Jun
iors, leaders, of the league, lost to
the Hermansky Pharmacys and the
Townsends, who were in second
place, won over the Beselins.
The Riggs Optical company, lead
ers of the American league, will
clash with the Paxton-Vierling
team, who are both one game be-
hind the champions, and should the
ironworkers win, they will tie the
Optical lads for first place and the
tieoff will be played the following
Sunday.
Both Confident.
Both the Riggs and the Paxton
Vierlings are confident of a victory
and have been playing great ball all
season, while the Printers and the
Townsends have staged a sensa
tional race throughout the season.
The Townsends lead the league until
the last month of the schedule, when
the Printing Co., by winning two
games from the Gunners, took the
lead and held it until Sunday, when
they lost their final game.
One of the largest crowds in the
history of amateur base ball no
doubt will turn out to witness these
two games, which will probably be
staged at Fontenelle park, although
no official announcement has been
made as yet.
Secretary Isaacson of the Muny
association announced last night
that number of the directors are
in favor of staging the Printing Co.,
Townsend battle at Luxus park on
account of the enclosed park. Ac-
cording to the constitution all league
ties are to be staged under the di-
rection of the association. Isaacson
is in favor Of staging the game on a
muny diamond so as to give the fans
an opportunity to see the amateurs
clash for the last times on the Muny
grounds, as the city series will start
within the next week, and admission
will be charged at those games in
order to help pay expenses in send
ing away the class B and C city
champions on trips.
Decide Today.
The committee in charge will de-
eide some time today where the
games will be played. A meeting of
the directors of the association will
be held some time this week, at
which time final plans for the city
series will be completed.
Manager Pascal of the Union Out
fitting team announced last night
that he has released Center Fielder
George Easton, who was suspended
indefinitely by Secretary 1saacson
last week for throwing a bat at the
umpire in a recent game.
Pascal stated that the reason he
has released Easton was because of
the trick he played on the Outhtters
team Sunday, when they played at
Portsmouth, Neb. Easton, accord
ing to Pascal, left on an earlier train
for Plattsmouth with the intention
of playing with his old teammates,
but when the Outhtters arrived at
Plattsmouth Easton told Manager
Pascal that he would not play, as he
has signed with Plattsmouth to do
the pitching.
The Outhtters had but eight men
and had to pick player from the
crowd. Regardless of the crippled
lineup, the Outhttters won and
knocked their former teammate,
Easton. out of the box, the final
score being to 0. Nufer hurled for
the Outhtters and held Plattsmouth
safely all through the contest.