Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-09-07

hand. the Western Enion crew was
without any twirlers.
Omaha's amateur base bali city
championship series for the 1919
season will come to close this aft
ernoon with a double header be-
tween the Unions, City league and
Sunday class B champs, and the
Western Union, Commercial league
and Saturday class B champions, on
the battlefield at Luxus park. Twen-
ty-fourth and Vinton streets.
The opening game of the matinee
Although it was originally planned
to play but one game each Sunday
in the class B championship race, the
!. committee in charge of the city
series were forced to schedule a
uble-header this afternoon for two
purposes. First and foremost, that
the series must be decided before
next Sunday, and second in order to
give the many thousands of fans a
run for their money.
Since the class C championship
race was settled last Sunday, when
! the World-H Herald, by eliminating
the Townsend Gun company, car
ried off the honors-the only game
OH the program, as originally
planned, was the Unions-W Western
Union conflict.
Both Teams Confident.
The committee in scheduling the
double header decided that in the
event the Wiremen take the opener
of the double fray this afternoon, it
would be impossible to play the third
and final game of the series before
Sunday. as the winners of the class
B series will leave Omaha Friday
evening for St. Paul, Mimi, where
they will represent Omaha in the
inter-city series of the class A title
of the. western division.
- Confidence reigned in the camps
|. of both teams last night. and the
players are determined to fight until
the finish. From information given
cut by followers of the Commercial
league victors, the Wiremen will
come back strong and give the City
leaguers hard finish. Despite the
fact that the Western Union crew
lost by a decisive score last Sun
day, the majority of the fans base
their! defeat on the grounds that
they had stage fright, but will make
"a 100 per cent better showing this
afternoon.
- However. should Nufer fall down,
Harrison Sucker, youngster who
made his initial appearance in the
pitching line for the Unions about a
month ago, will be sent to the res
cue. Sucker. in the games that he
pitched, held his opponents safe. and
during the final game between the
Unions and the Riggs Optical COM
pany, pennant winners OF the
American league. Sucker hurled a
nifty game. and if the Unions are
victorious, Manager Pascal. it is
expected. will send Sucker against
the St. Paul amateurs at the north
ern city next Sunday.
Prepare for Big Crowd
Preparations for handling a rec
ord breaking crowd here next Sum
day, when the<St. Paul winners, of
CASA A. and B., invade Omaha
to play the Murphy-DidIits. class
A. winners of the Greater Omaha
league in the championship fray for
the title of >the midwest amateur
baseball association, and the St.
Paul class B. winners, clash with
the World Herald team, blass I.
champs of the local association.
Where these two gamse will be
staged is still an uncertainty, but it
is likely that they will bold forth
at Fontenelle park. This is the only
logical diamond in the city to stage
the games, and from present intor-
nation it is most likely that they
Will.be played there.
1t is understood that the city
commissioners are in favor of grant
ing the local association the privi-
lege of staging the games at Fon-
tenelle park and will also grant them
the permission to put canvas
around the field and charge admis-
sion.
The only contests that the asso-
citation has charged ADMISSION TO are
the city series events. The money
received from these series games is
put in pot, after the expenses are
deducted, such as park rent, wa tax.
umpires and other help. and goes
toward paying for the trips for the
championship teams.
Work Without Pay.
Although it has been rumored a
number of times that the officials OF
the association make considerable
money for themselves, this is un-
true, as none of the officers or d.
reetors receive a cent for their serv-
ices, but do it willingly and con-
scientiously for the purpose Of max
ing amateur base ball a success IN
Omaha.
The writer, Secretary ]. ]. Isaac.
son. and Louis Cook, now connected
with a newspaper at Des MONIES,
were the organizers of the first anna
teur base ball association in this city, |
known as the Omaha Amateur Base
Ball association, back in 1914. These
thr.. men worked hard for the IN