The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-23
THRILLING BALL GAME.
The Capital and Journal Forces
Contest.
Large Crowd Witness a SeriO-
Comic Game.
Some Good Plays But More Errors
No One Hurt Seriously-Cap-
ital Wins.
rAs sEEN BYT. A. McNEAL.1

las SEEN BY T. A. NTcNEAL.1
Probably the most thrilling game of
ball ever played in Topeka up to that
date, was the game played two years
ago between the array of intellectual
and mechanical genius that dishes up
the stuff that fills the Journal and the
corresponding and contending aggrega-
ton that puts up the stuff that fills the
morning Capital But thrilling as that
contest was, the contest of yesterday
was, in the language of Artemus Ward,
"a blamed sight thrillinger.'
The reporter labors under more or
less difficulty in this matter, for the
reason that it is his desire to exclude
all cabalistic signs, such as A. B., B. c.,
G.. B. and the like, which are used in
unintelligible stock reports of the great
American game, and write a report
which will convey some intelligence to
the anxious and long suffering plain
common people. The reporter is fur
Their hampered by the fact that the
crowd frequently rushed between him
and the diamond, completely cutting off
his view of the play, and by the fur
Their fact that the greater part of his
notes, taken during the game, he was I'M
a bic to read after arriving al home.
The following story, however, will be
found to be absolutely correct, or, if it
is not correct in any or all particulars,
1t is the fault of the players and not in
any respect the Ia Ull Oh the reporter.
He gives it as it seems to him it
should have been, in the plain, simple
language of the poor, not even embel-
Hshed by those touches of graceful and
picturesque romance so often observed
in the writing of the representatives of
the two papers who met in hot and no
BILE sport yesterday.
The following is the list of contend
ing forces:
Journal Capital
Kiene .catcher..... ...--. Bass
Carr .........-.. pitcher. Chamberlain
Ellis .ShOrtStOp. Clark
Barnes LIST baSe........ Brooks
Wolf ..--........2d base........ Majors
Brady ...........3 Sd base. 1900. Hughes
Lyon ............left field. Trainer
Phares -........-cen. field. Shellabarger
Jones right field........ Long
Time was called for the first round at
four minutes and thirty-tWO seconds
past four The Journal having won the
choice of corners, took the bat.
Charles t McCabe, with a reckless
confidence in the permanent character
of his popularity had agreed to act as
umpire. 1t is but fair to say that there
was no serious and organized move
ment to take his life until near the end
of the sixth inning.
Carr of the Journal first took his
place by the home plate, expectOrated
carefully upon his right and left dukes,
tapped the plate lightly three times
with the bat and indicated that he was
ready for the procession to perambu-
late Chamberlain, who acted as pitch
er for the Capital forces, seized the
sphere firmly, looked up at the sky,
back toward the center field, sQuinted
toward the grand stand, danced up and
down on left foot, threw his right limb
in a para bOlic curve in the atmosphere
and let go. No professional could have
done ii better. The ball executed a left
curve; Carr smOte the atmosphere.
The ball was received by Mr.. Bass,
on the part of the Capital Mr.. Bass
descends from royal ancestry, his fore
parents having at one time dressed dec
GILLETTE and ruled in one of the outlying
districts in TimbuctOO.
The ball was again returned to Mr.
Chamberlain, who again tetered on his
left leg, described a segment of a circle
with his right and sent in the ball with
a vicious uppercut movement. This was
hunted out into the diamond by Carr
and deftly picked out of the atmOs-
phere by Mr.. Clark If Clark did not
catch the ball he should have done So
and we will assume for the purpose of
this occasion that he did.
Mr. Carr was followed at the bat by
Mr.. Charles Barnes. Mr.. Barnes in
base ball costume resembles an ApOl-
10 Belvidere. Belvidere it might be in
cidentally mentioned is located in the
southern part of KiOWa county. While
Mr.. Barnes later covered himself with
glory, he was temporarily unacquaint-
ed with the leg movement and artistic
curves of Mr. Chamberlain and failed
to collide with the ball, going out on
first. Mr.. Ellis followed with alacrity
in the foot steps of Mr.. Barnes and
struck out This left the Journal a the
end of the first half without a score and
the Capital crowd advanced to bat with
eXultant shorts.
Carr, who pitched for the Journal,
has not the artistic movement of his
opponent, but pitches quite a warm
ball nevertheless. Kiene, as catcher
deserved much praise. but in order to
show up with a sylph-like form he will
be obliged to train off at least fifty
pounds. There is a prOfusion of alb
domen which interferes with light and
airy action.
In the second half Chamberlain
started with a three base hit. Clark
followed with a bunt that let him get
to first. Hughes famed out. Brooks
sent hot one to right field. Jones
tagged it as it passed by, but it failed
to stop. The inning ended with two
scores for the Capital None for the
Journal
When time was called for the sec
ond round the Journals proceeded to
bat with the determined look of a, res
taurant boarder attacking a restaurant
pie. Lyon started by getting a base
on balls. Kiene knocked three holes in
the atmosphere and retired. Brady
who is built after the similitude of a
mullen stalk, knocked the kali with
great force and effect into the sur
rounding ether and made second base.
Brady had the advantage of his con-
tempOraries in that his form encoun-
tiers no resistance from the atmosphere.
Both Lyon and Brady got home this in
ming.
During the last half of the inning
Billie Trainer of the Capitals started
with a one base hit and would have
fitted swiftly on to second Ind he not
wrenched his pastern joint as he step
ped around the first baseman. Ma
jors made a beautiful hit to center, but
the feeders were looking for airships
and did not observe the ball rs it passed
by. Trainer and Majors managed to
get home before the side was out. The
score now stood 4 to in favor of the
Capital.
In the third inning Barnes made a
hit which sent the ball over the dead
line, and came home. Carr, Barnes
and Ellis scored this heat, making the
score 5 to in favor of the Journal.