The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-10
WAS BATTLE
OF PITCHERS
Paramount and Cooper Bat
teries Were the Whole Show.
C0OPERITES WON GAME
And VIII Try Conclusions
With Quakers Today.
C0OPERlTES WON GAME

In warm battle yesterday afternoon
the Cooper college baseball team from
Sterling won the game from Paramount
college by score OF : 10 .. Il was
pitchers battle. and. in fact. the batter
les were the whole team. The pitchers
were given poor support by both teams,
except the left Seller Of the CccreTit's.
Softer. the Faireount siortstor. was NJ
ways on hand wien needed. au1 LOWS,
at second, also put - =; pretty 1air game.
but the other infe.3 players muifed the
ball and threw viii and the i've sc1:es
marked up on the Cooper SIDE OF the
board in the secasG inning was due TO
errors by the local IniicllaTs.
When the teams ran out on the dia
mOnd il vas even money IS to Eich
would win, and un.n the second inning
there was all kinds Of excitement. as
FairmounU had worked IN one man on
base on balls. an error and a strike cJt.
II the Cooper half OF the second TAR
mount went into the air and played in
hard luck throughout the inning. letting
the visitors pile up five scores, and this
lead was too big to overcome.
In the fatal inning Carter worked a
base on balls off Tanning. Casey sent
q grounder down the first base line and
Went out c. Guthrie got a life by being
hit by a pitched bah and Ramsey sent
a red-hOt grounder between first and
second and Carter scored. S. Guthrie
famed and Allen smashed the bah into
the left field. and Guthrie scored. Brown
knocked a pop-up fly that should have
been handled by Lockwood. but the third
baseman dropped il and then got ratified
and in throwing it 10 second sent it sail
ing past the baseman and. before the ball
was returned to the diamond. Ramsey,
Allen and Brown had crossed the plate.
In the fifth inning Paramount scored
three runs. Brown was hit by pitched
ball Tanning got base on balls and
Softer stepped up and landed on the
hcrsehide for a nice single. Brown was
caught mapping on first. Burton walked
and Tompkins Knocked an easy grOunder
tc the third baseman. who made a few
passes at the ball and then threw it 10
first. 1t went wild and landed over among
the buggies. and before the ball could
be recovered, two men trottsd and Bur
ton slipped in on a bad throw by the
catcher TO second trying TO catch base
runner.
flaming made himself popular in the
third inning by striking out the three
men who faced him. flaming was not
in his usual form yesterday. He pitched
as well as he has at any time this season
but he did not play his position with his
usual snap and 60. He struck out four
teen men. while Carter could make but
six FairmOunters lay down the willow.
Put the visitors pounded out five safe
hits. one a twO-bagger, eff Tanning while
Carter limited the home team 10 three
safe ones. and these were so badly scat
tered that they did little good. All but
one Of the scores by the locals were made
on errors. while two Of the Cooper team
scores We're earned runs. Six of the Coo
perites made errors. while five Fair
Ipounters had the little black marks put
up opposite their names. Lockwood made
the rankest error of the game in making
such a wild throw in the second inning
Allen of the Cooper team carried of the
batting hOnors, getting a nice clean sin
sic and fine two-bagger that might
have been stretched into a three-base hit
l. the little catcher had a little more
steam in his legs. Softer. Tanning and
were the only Fairmount
men who could untanglc Carriers twisteTs
luick enough 10 smash the ball into safe
territory.
Tanning and Lockwood had two errors
marked Up against each OF them. and
Ramsey and H. Chase each contributed
.wo rank plays for their team The