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fllE OMAIIA DAILY BEEt SUNDAY, MAY 22, 1904.
SPORTING GOSSIP OF THE WEEK
Well, we pretty near did It .
Omaha very nearly broke into th flint
division tfurint the west, and the local
rooter are full ef oonfldenc that before
' . another Sunday comes the htfm teant lll
be Bluing up In the seat now occupied by
the 8alnt.. It waa the Chalaberlatn out
fit that broke ih wlnnlr etreak, and they
certainly did It to the Queen'e. taste, too.
' It waa hard enough to lose th game
Liehhardupltched, but Marry Maupln waa
on his mettle that day and 'wouldn't be
aliened with anything but a ihutout, and
he got It. Maupln la the flret pitcher to
appear in Omaha thla aeaaon who refuses
to truet Omaha hitter With a straight
ball. He curved everything he aent up,
and curved 'cm for keepa, too. But If
that game waa hard to lose, what waa it
to lose the same Companion pitched m
Thursday? That waa about the toughest
luck that has happened to an Omaha
pitcher In a montlt of blue moons, fitlll.
we hive to put up., with that sort of thing
once In . while, and, aa the Saints won
, both games entirely on their, merits, they
are entitled to all o red It. Only one thing
might be used aa a H1 for a- kick, and
that was the only hit Sample made while
'.. In town. He was at the bat fifteen times
' and 'got one hit, .and that one gave St.
' "Joseph two runs. It was a little the
i luckiest three-bagger eVer knocked on the
1 ' local grounds. He started It to go Over
) the fenoe, but it didn't quite earry, and
i , hit the boards just Inside the foul lines
and too high up for Carter to get. Carter,
by the way. robbed Hartmau of a hat la
that game, by atandlng with his back
against the hat man's slgqand catching
a fly that would have hit It square. Bobby
ought to have some credit for that from
the hat man.
One ot the really pleasant eurprlsea of
the season waa sprung on , the
local publlo by. the Denref team.
A nicer, quieter set Of ball player never
visited this city, and while they played
fast, snappy ball all the time, and were
outplay! by the locals, the) games were
free from the Wrangling 4hat haa hitherto
marked tha presence of the Qrlsslies at
Vinton park, ytinager Hallman ha hU
men under good control, and whll they
are aggressive and earnest In their work,
' they are mftnagln to get along without
. , the umpire baltlr.g that used to be a strong
featur of the Denver play. For that, mat
ter. Umpire Keefe ha had but little
troublo with the players here. Only one
or two have felt called upon to deliver a
lecture on his ability as an adjudicator
of plays, ar.d these have kindly kept them
selves within reasonable ground.
President Sexton has again proved that
he will not stand for rowdy ball. Mc
Neeley was on the train and away from
the diamond, whin he made his assault
on President Chamberlain of the St. Joseph
team, but he waa suspended five days for
It. Josh Clarke couldn't be stopped by
Umpire Cusaok, who fined him IS a orack
for four cracks, and so Mr. Sexton Just
tacked $30 more on Mr. Clarke' assess
ment and notified him to remit the JW at
once or stand suspended until the fine
. Is paid. , Mr., Hurlburt of the Sioux City
team felt Impelled to take a hand In the
gabfest started by Mf. Clarke, and at
tho suggestion of Mr. Sexton-he will pay
11 for allowing his Impulse to get the bet
ter of his judgment. A the offenses
were committed on Sunday andkthe punish
ment was given out on Wednesday, Mr.
Sexton can not be accused of being dila
tory. It Is just as well to let the tough
young person understand that It I ur
to cost them, something to get gay with
the umpire, and they will begin to be good
without being urged. Mr. Sexton' positron
Is one that afl who are really Interested
In the game will endorse. .
Tor some unaccountable reason, the
-slump in both batting and fielding I the
notlceablo feature of the statistics of the
team's performance for the week. The
fact that OmPiha was up against the very
bent pitchers In the league, Kenna, Eyler,
Maupln and chlnn, during four of the
games, accounts for the drop In hitting to
some extent, and a series of misfortune
by the pitchers gives besl for the two
point loss In team fielding. The figures:
BatUagr AvswaiaTaa.
easdn. hs msoV but seven errors, and this
season In twenty-two games he has made
six. Just why this Is so he can not ex
plain .even to himself, and to say that he
Is feeling sore doesn't boffin to express It.
He ha not , lost hi heart, but 'keeps dig
ging away with his honest efforts, and will
surely be able to deliver the goods In the
old fashioned way before long. Harry
Welch Is doing the star work In the out
field Just now. Some Of us wise ones thottarttf
he -was too slow for the middle garden,
and be ha proceeded te show us whre a
wise guy oan be mistaken in Judging a
playsr. We have never had an outfielder
In Omaha who covered more ground, or
was any surer than Welch has shown him
self to be. His work has won him a high
place among the star of the Western
league. Just now he Is suffering with other
in a little slump at the bat, but this will
com again. Miller .Is playing the earn
old steady - game for which he I nbted,
and keep himself well .up in the batting
list.: He j stirely a reliable man If Omaha
ever had one. Howard had a little fusl
wltA the ball a couple of, times during
the week,but It was the result of snxlety
rather thna carelessness, for msfle
some of the1 greatest stops ever witnessed
on the diamond, and Is surely coming fast
at the second comer. Jost a soon as
Papa Bill can get the pitching problem
solved Omaha will have a team that '
make the other fellow step lively to keep
out of their way.
In the good old days of base ball It was
not an uncommon thing for the right fielder
to stop a grounder and throw the runner
put at fl rut, but the play Is very seldom
seen aby more. During the game on
Wednesday Uolden of, 8t. Joe showed Lieb-
hardt that a safe hit to renter isn't alway
afo. Beldcn nailed Liebhardt's drive and
relayed It to first with a snsp that came
very near catching the big pitcher. It was
a play that arobsbly wouldn't win once
in a thousand times, but It was well worth
trying for, and gives a good line on the
kind of ball that the Saints are putting up.
If the game they played here Is a sample
of their general work. It Is eapy to believe
that Percy Chamberlain was not Idly
boasting when he said his team would be
in first place before 'another month. The j
Saints certainly put up the fastest ball
that has been seen in Omaha this year.
DES MOINES, May Zt.-(Specla1.)-T!;e
god of luck seems to ha provoked with J j
Moines. Des Moines has had good, bad and
Indifferent teams during the last few years, I
but never has there been one which was
subjected to the misfortune that the Poli
ticians have undergone since the season
commenced. First, It wss with the catch
ers. Out of a possible four, three were In
jured and sent to the bench. Just when
everything aeetned to be on the trck again
Shugart had to leave the game on account
of a sore arm. Towne, a catcher, was put
it at second. A game or two later Hoff
man, absolutely the star of the teem,
slipped In the mud, wrenching his foot' so
badly that a number of tendon were put
out of business for a week or ten day.
Ills leaving the game cost Des Moines a
victory from Denver. The following day
another combination waa. tried on the In
field and good fortune alone brought vic
tory. Fiske, a collfge man, Is now doing
the work at short, and Shugart. with his
arm still In very bad shape, on second.
What will happen next Is awaited for with
anxiety. Another man to the hospital Is
regarded simply as a matter ol time.
Denver also had a piece of had luck when
Eyler' finger was smsshed In the last
game of the series. The veteran pitcher
nervlly stood up In front of a hard line
drive. He caught It all right, hnt It cost
heavily. The nsll of th fourth finger on
his throwing hand hsd to be removed and
he will not be back In th game for some
time. Denver will rrobaMy complete the
remainder of the trip with three pltrtiCrs
Kenna, Vollrndorf ard Hosletter. The lat
ter seems to be a "dark day" pitcher. Tn
the first game with Des Molnea, when It
was quite cloudy, he held the locals with
ease, but when he replaced Eyler In the
last game, when It was bright and cheery,
he was about as easy a any pitcher who
haa worked here thna far thla aeaaon. tvr
ver played a groat fielding game the fir
three games of th erl. waking but l
single error In the tWt-nty-seven Innings.
Des Moines seems to have struck a Bn
In George Clark, a catcher picked up li
Omaha. He has made a decided Impressiot
with the local fans and he will probablj
stick for the season unless Des Moines cat
get a big leaguer.
If Des Moines Isn't a base ball town
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Dolan 83 ll M . ,391
tVhafstall II ,87f
Freese 21 2 7 . 833
Wilch t M U 25 ,M
Miller 09. 1? 28 .293
Howard T It 5 .26
Bhinke 93" 12 23 .250
McCarthy 'M. ' . i . 6 .ibo
Llebhardt 21 1 5 .?.
Carter M 14 21 .214
Thomas 94 II 10 .213
Uomllng 67 6 13
Companion .... 1 I 1 .(63
I'fuuiter S 0 0
Total 81? li 21
Field lag Averages,
267
Last
week.
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.120
.278
.167
.257
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h-feiater 0
Thomas 2M
Uomllng bS
TUcCarihy 1
Welch 60
Mlllor S3
bhlpk 14
Dolan to
Howard 38
farter 17
Frneso 14
Companion 0
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"-w - Dolan continue hi marvelous work at
ahort, his play In th seventeen Inning
turns on Thursday being almost a record
for that position. One scorer gave him
seventeen and another eighteen chances
without a bobble. Jf that Isn't going some,
then plea show us what 1? Jack Thomas
Is doing all that was expected of htm at
first base, .playing the corner In a fashion
uch a ha never been seen In Omaha
before. He hasn't any favorite In th way'
of balls, for they all look alike to him, on
the ground or in the air. He will handle
ny kind ot a throw, can go oft th bag
to get the ball and got buck In time, and
doesn't waste time In oration or discourse
after the play Is made. When Jack gets
his batting eye on th ball right, ha will
be the pride of the Weatsrn league. Bobby
Carter Is busy all his spar moment with
the dream book, trying to figure out whore
hi hoodoo is located. In 106 gante last
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