Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-01

their teams will be at the large end
of the score when the game is fin
ished.
The feature game for this after
noon in the American league will
be that between the Riggs and the
Sample Harris at $50 o'clock at Elm
wood park, east diamond Should the
Sample-Harts be victorious over
their opponents, they will be tied for
first place, providing the J. B. Roots
defeat the Paxton-Vierling crews.
However, if the iron workers win
they will take first place and the
Riggs and Sample-Harts second.
"An easy victory is the way the
members of the Universal Motors
put it, as they meet the American
Railway Express aggregation, tail
enders of the American league, with
four defeats and no wins. This game
will be staged at $50 o'clock at
Carter Lake, the new municipal dia-
mond.
However, base ball is uncertain
and many times the unexpected
thing happened in a ball game and
the leaders lose to the weaker
teams. The Railway boys hope to
get revenge over the Motor crew
and have been practicing hard dur
ing the week.
Double Header at Elmwood.
A double header will be staged
between the McCaffery Motor Co.
and the Omaha Printing Co. of the
City League at Elmwood park, west
diamond, the opener starting at
l:30 o'clock. This will be the first
times this year that these two
teams have met, as the game of
April q was postponed on account
of rain.
Manager Rosenb1um of I the
Nc Caffery's announced that he has
take part in today's contests and
also his aggregation will cop the
flag in the City league. Ray Max
we'll, we'll known in local amateur
base ball circles, who returned last
week from France, where he was
stationed in the aerial service for
the past eight months, will pitch
one of the games for the Mccall
fery's. Ray was one of the main
stays of the Murphy-Did-Its in 1916
and was then considered the best
hurler in class B circles.
Shortly after war was declared
Maxwell enlisted and was sent to
Kelly's Field, San Antonio, Texas,
where he was stationed for several
months and then across the waters.
McCaffery's Lineup.
Following men will be seen in
the McCaffery's lineup today:
Spellman, catch; Maxwell and Pin
ault, pitchers; Toliver, first; Moore,
second; Pezdirtz, short; Vail,
third; Mirasky, left, McKeague,
center, and Coleman, right.
Down at Riverview park, the
Bowen Furniture crew will lock
horns with the Willard Storage
Battery, $50 o'clock. Stanley
Schupa will be on the mound for
the Bowens, with. Captain Dele
hanty doing the receiving. Fonte-
nellie park will be where the Union
Quitting Co. and the Mickle Vic
trolas fight it out for the second
time this season.
Among the boys who were well
coined home Friday when the Goth
division arrived, were three we'll
known amateur base ball players,
Joe Hollander, Frank Neselbush
and Sol Novitsky. These base ball
stars, as soon as discharged will
sign up with some of the crack class
A teams of the Greater Omaha
league and by next Sunday no doubt
will make their appearance.
Bee Junior League.
The Third division of The Omaha
Bee Junior Base Ball association,
which was formed last week when
four more teams, the Walnut Hill
Merchants, Meyers Bear Cats"
Vinton Cubs and the Krug Park
Sluggers joined, will inaugurate
their season this morning, with
games scheduled at Fortieth and
DuIl Stleel diiu Ioi ty~HiHtH anu
Pratt streets.
There are now Is teams playing
under the banner of The Bee. with
members under II years, who are
rot affiliated with any teams in the
various leagues of the Municipal
Base Ball association.
A meeting of the association will
be held probably Tuesday night, the
time and place to be announced in
the sporting page of The Bee Mon
day. Managers OF all teams in the
association are urged to be present
as the constitution and bylaws will
be adopted and other matter per-
tanning to the interest of the asso-
citation will be discussed.
Divisions ! and 2 have been play