The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-12
Pittsburgers Took First Game
OF the Series.
Saints NewPifcher Lasted Only
Three Innings.
THE AGONY SOON OVER.
An Hour and a Half Was SuE-
ficient Time.
HalIa Took Revenge on Account
of a Former Defeat.

The piratical crew from Pittsburg
| sailed the black flag all over the Tope-
ka baseball park Thursday afternoon.
They found the new celestial slabnan
McCarty and their old side-kicker, Tom
Hughes, like a Captain Kidd treasure
guarded by children. Cherries were ripe
! for Tommy Cope's children and easy
was the picking. Hits few all over
northeastern Kansas off their bats, and
the gutta percha was ruined. The cold
blooded details read, Pittsburg 9, To-
peka 3.
1t was one of those hopeless contests
through which the crowd sat know
ing all they knew" as Roxie Roach
used to hand it out from the coaching
line. Proclamation and predestination
mad life size, crayon portrait of itself
glued onto the prognoSticator of every
fan. sr1
Just what McCarty is, and how good
he is, and what he has, furnished a
good deal of dope" talk for the fans
were boiled down, none of them were
any wiser. Mac" only lasted three in
nings. In the first two he was abso-
lutely invincible. But one ball was
knocked. No hit was made in those two
acts. A little fly was pounded into the
right garden into SINNERS NIT. Fan
dom was joyful and settled back conf
dent of good chance for a victory.
round that new found idols often have
clay feet. After safely disposing of two
batters, MacLear showed a little ground
er towards Freil. 1t was slow and hard
to field, but Jack fumbled it. Johnny
Kane took the swat-Stick in his little
arms and whacked one for two bases
OF course MacLear ran home. Cope
duplicated Kane's trick, and the former
also ambled benchward. For good luck
Sebeaugh whaled out a pretty single
and the Pirate captain whirled the per-
pendicular fume. pop-up ended the
agony.
But that was enouEh for Mac" He
was superseded by TIC m Hughes in the
next inning. For three innings they
didn't touch Tom. Then Abbott became
displeased with Hughes act of hand
ing out two free passes, and shot off his
face about it. Tom went to pieces, gave
two bases on balls, one three Dagger,
single and a home run, netting all in
all, four scores. The four-Sacker was
made by Johnny Kane with three men
on bases. Il was the longest drive of
the year, clear out to center field. john
ny runs like a wild man and before the
sphere could be relayed in, he was mix
Ing, palms with his repnfederatesr "a la
+congratulation. In the eighth two
more were made9I A single by Howell.
a pass to Reid, and a,,three-bagger by
MacLear did the. business.
The Saints never opened their eyes
until the fifth inning. Olson calmly
stood at the plate and received his base
duSAeS- Singled duTlDuFI singled ana
the sacks were full. Abbott struck out,
just when this famous hard hitter
should have cIouted the sphere. Cole
showed little grounder at Howell who
baubled it just enough to be a second
too late in killing Olson at home.
Schrant popped up wicked fly which
Howell captured, but Tom Hughes hur-
ried across the rubber before he could
recover. One more was made in the
seventh. Hughes two-baggered and Abb
bolt came forth and did likewise, send
ing Tommy home. And so endeth the
reading of the scripture.
Halla was ON the firing line for Pitts
burg. He was in great trim. He has n
pretty out curve tangfea up with lots
of speed which Just clips the corner of
the plate. and the way the Celestials
tried to lean up against it and failed
was pathetic. But Halla is like all the
rest. He gets his too. Topeka almost
beat him to death in game here early
in the season.
El,r,