Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-10
COL0RED STAR
wins GAME FOR
FURNITURE men
Blanks Item Biscuits While
Teammates Make Four
Runs; Play Teleg-
raphers Today.
By WILLIAM o. BLoZIES.

who made his initial appearance in
local amateur base ball circles this
season, coming here from the
"Windy City," where he was con-
sidered the best amateur and semi
pro hurler. pitching for the crack
Sears Roebuck concern for several
years, on the mound for the Or
chard- Wilhelm crew out on the bat
tlefield at Luxus park yesterday at
ternoon hurled his teammates to a
4 to 0 victory over the Item Biscuit
company, thereby breaking the tie
in the Commercial league. the fast
class B Saturday afternoon organi-
zation and eliminated the latter
team from the championship race.
Lees pitching proved too much
for the Biscuit men, and but twice
was he in danger of being scored
upon, that was in the fifth and
ninth frames, when his opponents
threatened to tally, but Lee tight
ened up and sent the batters back
to the bench via the strikeout route.
With the score 4 to 0 in favor
OF the furniture crew in the first
half of the ninth, and two men on,
Chleborad, the star backstopper of
the Biscuit men was given base on
balls and went to third when Wilcox
dropped Freitag's fly, the latter TAX
ing second on the THROWN. A walk
to Reynolds filled the bags. At
this stage the lanky hurler tight
ened and sent Kubat back to the
bench with a strikeouut thereby
ending the game, and kept the furni-
ture team in the running for the
Commercial league championship.
Bob Greko, manager, who was on
the mound for the Items, also
pitched a remarkable game, and
should have scored a shutout but for
errors by his teammates. Greko
Whitfield IA men. and allowed but four
hits, three Of which were made in
the fatal eighth. While the Biscuit
men secured six off Lee, he kept
them we'll scattered. only allowing
one man to hit safe in the first.
third. fourth, sixth. seventh and
eighth.
First Baseman Brown, also a col
ored lad, started the fireworks in the
eighth, which proved the Biscuit
Mems downfall. He drove a smash
ing single to centerhefd, stole sec
ond and took third on McGills bunt.
McGill stole second. and on a field
er's choice by Wilcox, Brown
brought in the first score of the
game, and McGill went to third.
Wilcox stole bag number 2, and
when Rasmussen was safe at second
when Barry dropped his fly, McGill
tailed and Wilcox took third, and
after Lee whitfield and Reifert flew
to Barry, both runners scored on
billions first hit of the game, line
drive to left field.
Yesterdays game was one of the
best played thus far in the CONNER
cial league, and the fans who wit
messed the contest received their
moneys worth, and promised to be
on deck again this afternoon when
the Orchard-Wilhelm team clashes
with the Western Union aggrega-
ton, for the championship of that
organization.
Jap" Brown, the other colored
gent, who performs around bag
Number l for the winners, also
played with the Sears-Roeb buck
team, and played a remarkable
nelding game, accepting nine chances
without a bobble, and also secured
two of the four hits, made by the
winners.
Another remarkable feat per-
formed by Lee was in the second
inning when he struck out Barry,
Chleborad and Freitag, three of the
best hltters, on ten pitched balls.
Greko came near performing the
same feat in the seventh when he
struck out the first two men, but hit
the next batter. However, he
whitfield the next batter.
Manager Greko announced to the
newspaper men that he has no abb
to offer, and said that the best team
won, and wished the winners all the
luck and hoped that if they win to-
day from the Western Union that
they will carry off the city cham
pionsi1ip honors.
Officials of the Municipal Amateur
Base Ball association are expecting
a record breaking crowd this after
noon at Luxus park, where no doubt
two of the best-played games of the
season will be staged.
Reservations have been made for
the Western Union office force,
their followers and the Western
Union band, the latter which will be
on deck for the first time this sea- r
son, to give their favorites a rous-
ing send-off.
Manager Yates of the Orchard
Wilhelm team announced last night
that Lee will again be on the mound
for the furniture crew and will make
an effort to win over the telegraph
boys.
At late hour last night the man.
ager of the telegraph aggregation
was uncertain whom he would send
to the mound against the Orchard
Wilhelm crew, but was confident
that they would be victorious.
The score:
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