Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-03
GREAT BATTLES
Are EXPECTED
ON MUNY FIELDS
Championships Of Class B and
Class C Leagues to Be
Settled on Diamond
Today.
BY WILLIAM o. BLOZIES.

this afternoon on the battlefield at
Fonterelle park, and it is predicted
by the league and association Off
Gals that one of the largest crowds
in the history of the national pas
time will be in attendance to wit
ness these four teams perform.
The championship race is at
stake in both the Gate City, a class
c circuit, and the American, class
B league, and the outcome of to-
days contests will determine the
pennant, winners in the Gate City
league, although if the Paxton-Vier-
lings win, the race will be tie in
that circuit.
All Confident.
At the eleventh hour, managers,
hackers and followers were conf
dent that their favorites would Re
victorious.
In the Gate City league. the
Omaha Printing Co. Juniors and the
Townsend Gun Co., both tied for
first honors, as the result of
last Sundays games. when the
Printers lost to the Hermansky
Pharmacy, and the Gunners took
the BeSelins into camp, will clash in
the opening fray of the double-head
er, starting promptly at l 80 o'clock.
while the second battle, at $3.50
o'clock, will be put on by the Riggs
Optical, leaders of the American
leasle, by a single game, and the
-Vierlings.
All of these aggregations Of base
ball warriors have run neck-tor
neck race all season, in their re-
spective leagues, and the rivalry be-
tween these teams is keen, so the
followers and spectators are prom
ised a couple of hard-fought and
snappy battles.
Tn. Townsends, who started out
the season in great style, winning
five straight contests. met their first
Waterloo, on May Is, when they
clashed with the Vinton Merchants,
then in fourth place. The Mer-
chants won an thinning contest by
the score of 2 to 0, due to the brill
liant hurting of Pitcher Chleborad.
Townsends Trim Printers.
On May 4, the opening of the
season, the Townsends took the
Printing Juniors to a 9 to 2 trim
ming, but the Juniors turned the
tables Or the Gunners, July 4. when
they won by IA to 9, II rounds.
thereby tying the league race. and
on July IS, with the league race a
tie, the Juniors again won over the
Townserds by score to g to 4. In
both Of these games. it was Pitcher
Chleborad who was practically re-
sponsihle for the Printers victory.
Chleborad has the honor of de-
featins the Townsends in all three
that they lost, and according to in
formation given out last night he is
looked by many of the followers to
hand the Gunners the fourth
straight, while on the other hand,
the members of the Townsends say,
that Chleborad will meet his defeat
of the season today.
Manager Cruickshank Of the
Print Juniors announced last night
that his team is in the best of con-
dition and have practiced hard all
week for today's game, and the play
ers will enter the game with the old
fighting spirit.
Chleborad to Pitch.
Chleborad will be on the firing
line for the Printers, and Goldberg,
tn. crack back-stopper, who was
out of the city last week, will be
liz I'D oacttint,
Manager Strapa of the Townsends
announced last night that he would
send "Curley" Rand against the
Printers. as he believes that the
right-hander has the "jinx" on their
opponents. Southpaw Joe Ort, con-
sidered one of the best class c
hurlers in the city, has been unable
to beat the Printers. Ort, however,
will be in readiness to relieve Rand,
in case the latter, is unable to hold
the Juniors.
In the second event, between the
Riggs and Paxton-Vierlings. the
former team will go into the fray
with = little advantage over the
"iron-workers" since the Optical
lads have won both of their games
from their opponents. On May 4,
the Riggs defeated the Paxton-Vler-
lings by 2 to 0 score, and on July
IS. these teams staged snappy IL
round battle, which resulted in a
toto 5 victory for the Riggs.
Two Crack Hurlers.
Both teams are confident of win
ming, ard a battle to the finish is
anticipated. Two of the crack hurl-
ers in the American league will be
pitted against each other, Ralph
Beers doing the heaving for the
"iron-workers", and Jim Baum
gardner, manager, will be on the
firing line for the Riggs.
These two pitchers have pitched
remarkable ball all season, although
Baumgardner has had the advantage
over Beers, since he has defeated
him twice, but in both of these con-
tests the pitching honors were about
evenly, divided.
= Feeney and Barsball, former play
ers of the Mickle Victrolas, who
were allowed the Paxton-Vierling
crew on account of their team being
somewhat crippled, due to the sus-
pension of Earl Delehanty and one
of the other stars leaving the city,
will make their initial appearance
with the iron workers, the former
holding down first sack, while the
latter will be heard from at corner 5.
Banking on Beers.
The Paxton-Vierhng team, accord
ing to Manager Ray Luebbe, are
banking heavily on Pitcher Beers, as
he is their only hurler, Should the
Paxton-Vierling's be victorious. the
race in the American league will re-
s,,i+ in tie between these two ag-