The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-23

State university game is the only really
fered.
Washburn's victory over the Des
Moines aggregation is due to two things;
good batting by the home team and
poor work by the Highland Park catch
err Mr.. Cotton, who is substituting for
the regular catcher, Rice who is at
home sick. This Cotton would rank as
very inferior article on the New Or
leans market.
Cotton scored four passed balls, and
the Washburn team burgled nine large
and handsome bases. Washburn work
ed one double steal. and Dlehl. as a eli
max to an afternoon Of brilliant base
running, stole home in the seventh in
ming. and was called safe on very close
decision.
johnson pitched for Washburn and
showed himself to be about the most
steady and reliable twirler in the Wash
burn pitching department. He struck
out six men: gave only four hits, and
nobody walked
One of the freak baseball incidents of
the game is the fact that Highland gor
all its four hits in the fourth inning
and the four hits only netted one run
Talk about punching hits This was one
of the times when the minimum results
were obtained from a bunch of as nice
4 clean one-base drives as were ever
/ knocked.
The way it happened was this: Sulli-
van hit safely over snortstop. Springer
followed with a clean drive between
third and short, which advanced Suili-
van to second. Then Hesser lined the
ball to Gill, who caught it, and manag-
ed TO touch Sullivan who was playing
too far off second, completing a double
I play unassisted. This left only Springer
{ alive, on first base. Williams then rap
ped single into right field, advancing
Springer to third. St. German scored
Springer with single to left. Williams
! tried to make third on the hit, but Mehl
returned the ball to MQhler so quickly
that Williams was caught five feet from
the base Springer was the only man to
score, and his was an earned run.
This was the only time in the whole
game when a Highland man got past
second base.
washburn played good. lively ball
I from start to finish. In the first inning,
Gill and Anderson reached third and
second, but none of the following bat
ters could bring them in
IN tie second. Presscy reached third
on a hit passed ball and Packinstoce's
sacrifice. but could not find a way to
| come home.
Gin scored in the third on his hit
two passed balls, and hit by Bessie"
Coldren.
Presley scored in the fourth on a hit
a stolen base and Johnson's two-base
hit. This was an earned run for Wash
burn
Washburn's third run was scored by
J
on balls. stole second. took third on P.
Anderson's hit. and stole home when
half Of the Iowa team were mapping
The feature Of the game was Nehls
base running and Pressey's hitting
Mehl was filed with the spirit OF lar
cenys and while he only succeeded in
getting on the bases twice, he stole two
bags each time. Pressey, the Canoss
City. Colo. boy at whom everybody has
been laughing because he bats ike A
windmill went TO bat four times. get
three safe hits all in exactly the same
place. and went to first the fourth time
on an error by the second baseman il
handling hard drive. Perhaps the
secret Of Pressey's success is that he
was batting a swift pitcher, and his
style Of swinging usually wins in that
sort of game Usually Pressey swings
before the ball gets within reach Of
hi,n
Lewis, the Highlander pitcher
handles himself well. and seems to
throw a scientific ball. He has large
! chunks Of speed in his arm. but he was
the easiest man the Washburn team