Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-06
Who's Who in
Amate1'r Ball.

For the benefit of the many thou
sands of amateur base ball follow
ers. who no doubt will take great
interest in the coming city cham
pionship series, the sport depart
ment of The Bee is taking oppor-
tunty at this time to print little
sketch of the players of the 1919
championship teams, members of
the Municipal Amateur Base Bali
association.
Introducing the Union Quitting
company, 1919 champions of the
City league:
George Gunnette, crack ack-stopper.
considered one of the best catchers in
this season, and is also a dangerous hit
ter, especially in the pinches. Few play
| ers have attemted to steal when he is be-
hind the bat. George caught for the Stays.
erai seasons ago, but last season played
with the Florence Merchants.
Elmer Nufer the 'langy" hurler who
has pitched his team to the pennant is
| one Of the best moundsmen in the city In
| class circles and is claimed by many
| to have an edge over the majority Of the
class A twirlers. short time ago, Ell
| merry. as they call him, pitched the Out
filters to a victory over the Jimmy Moore
the crack class A twirer and who will be
given try-out by Jack Coffey's Des
Moines Western league warriors. Nufer
has pitched two threehit contests and
one four-hit affair. He has a world OF
steam. good control and keeps the oppos-
| ing batters guessing. Last season he
| in post-season game defeated the Ma
| tional Cash Registers. class B city cham
pions. He will hurl the pill for the Out
filters in the coming city series.
two Of these being hard chances, have
! been registered against him. AS lead-off
| man. he practically always reached the
| initial sack, in the opening frame. He
| season until he signed up with Uncle
Sa ms army.
Walter Nufer. crack second -sacker is a
wonderful player. He is easily the best
Manager Pascal believes he is the best in
| amateur ball in Omaha. Always in the
game. with lots Q: pep. although he looks
slow. he is the fastest man on the, team
| a pair of errors thus far. He has cut
| off many a sure hit and made a number
| of sensational catches, which looked like
clean hits. Although he has been slump
| ing at bat, his batting average thus far
is .3O4. Walter is another member OF
| the Florence Merchants last season and
Is a brother to Elmer.
Corner 8, is held down by Frank Pascal,
| make the pill pass him. as he is sure
there on the liners and has a wonderful
arm and always gets his man at the bags,
with perfect peg. He is a dangerous
man in the pinches and Is looked for by
| many OF the fans to spring big surprise
| in the coming series. Last season he
held down the same position for the
McCaffrey Motor Co.
A gent who covers acres Of ground. hits
| the ball on the nose when hits mean
runs and who has played a sensational
| fielding game thus far this season, is Jesse
| Custard, the Boy Wonder who holds
down the left garden. Jesse performed in
| the same position for the Florence Mer-
chants last season, ard will be seen and
| heard from in the left garden during the
| series
| amateur base ball players is Dutch
| Koehler, who will be seen in the center
| garden in place of Easton, who was re-
leased by Manager Pascal on account of
| rowdyism. Dutch" was formerly with
the Bowen Furniture team and is consid-
| cred one OF the best outfelders in class
B circles. He is heavy with the willow
and has played on several championship
| teams.
Benny Mcintyre. rightfielder, was for
merly a third baseman. When he re-
ceived his discharge from the navy and
| returned to Omaha he turned down sew
eral offersf from other teams as he pre-
| ferred to play with his former team
mates Although this was quite a change
| Benny has made good and is considered
| one of the fastest and cleverest out field
ers In class circles today He is also a
| good clubber and hits the pill on the nose
| regularly.
| Harrison Sucker. but they call him
| Harry for short, is a newcomer in local
amateur base ball circles and made his
first appearance last month. He is a
crack hurler and has pitched excellent
ball. while with the Outfitters 1t is
rumored that he will likely pitch one
of the games in the series Harrison
halls from northwestern Iowa. where he
| pitched with some of the fast aggrega
| tions in that section of the state
| Last but not least, is Mathew Pascal
| the reliable manager of the City league
| champions. Mat is holding down the short
position in great style and his fielding
| and hitting has been a great help to the
team winning first place honors. Pascal
Is an old-timer in local amateur base ball
circles, havig played with number OF
the teams in by-gone years and has been
| at the head of several Championship
aggregations. He played short and man.
aged the Florence Merchants last season