The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25
LOST ONE MORE.
Saints Again Fall Before Spring
field Midgsts.
Game Contained Some Rather
Exciting Features.
SCHRANTH HIT THE BALL
Big Catcher Drove In Nearly All
the Runs.
Last Visit of the Midgets to
Topeka.

Springfield will not be with us again
until 1905. The Midgets shook the dust
from Topeka town Wednesday after
noon, but took with them a nice arm
full of laurels as a remembrance. In a
hippodrome performance they kissed
the Saints goodbye eight times, and al
lowed the Celestials but six osculatory
conclusions in return Plain English,
score: Springfield 8; Topeka 6.
1t was an ozone breaker. The Mis-
souri, Ruhes got ii safe ones, while the
wing-clipped fractured the cerulean
blue ten times. There was something
startling about the clouting too. Red
Craig. pitching for the visitors got three
nice ones. But Red deserves the label
of being hitting pitcher to at least
an extent. But miracle of miracles!
Curly Frank Merriweil Speers, devotee
OF the ten-cent brand of hair-raising
novels, hit safely three times and one
OF them was a double. His Midget
brethern rolled over each other in front
OF the bench and almost tainted away.
1t took almost half an hour for Mig
Perrine to fully recover. The Spring
field players themselves declare Speers
to be the worst batter in the league.
The visitors played an errorless game.
While not nearly of the quality which
they have served out to Topeka audi
enceS before, it was 100 per cent pure.
things broke nicely for Shorty Hurl-
burt'S children.
The Saints threatened twice to take
the game away from the visitors. Their
manner was rude to say the least. In
the third inning they fell on Red
Cratg's service and battered holes into
it, Abbott and Dunn singled and
Schrant and Olson doubled. All that
netted a trio. Then in the ninth they
started to make trouble for Mr.. Craig
again. Carter singled. Abbott and Cole
both walked and the sacks were full.
Schrant laced the bulb into the center
field fence and three times did the mer-
ny patter of Celestial feet tattoo on the
rubber.
1t was a great hit, and almost closed
up the gap between the team, leaving
the visitors but two to the good But
one man was out and Dunn came TO the
bat. A little grounder to third was the
best he could do, although it advanced
Schrant to station 3. Olson hammered
a fast grounder to Hetling who booted
the sphere. Schrant hurried home, but
was caught within foot of the plate,
and the Zig was up
Springfield made one in both the first
and the second innings, and both were
the direct result of errors. In the third
inning Brown and Carter both made
baubles and in that way put Zoeilers
and Schmidt on the sacks. They rode
ter Red Craig sent home the little Irish
man. In the seventh the same three
made the rounds again. Zoellers walk
ed. Schmidt advanced him with sim
gle. Wood beat out slow grounder.
Craig and Long both singled, and sent
them all three home.
Carter fielded his position execrably.
Three errors were chalked against him.
His drop of a pop up in the first act let
In a run and his bauble of a grounder
In the third was responsible for one
more. The Midgets beat his slants all
over northeastern Kansas, and did 1t
with apparent ease.
The score: