The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-23
WASHBURN LOST 1T.
Costly Errors Gave Saturdays Ball
Game to the State Normal.

For Washburn it was a comedy of
errors with Joe Pulliam on first base
in the chief role. For the Emporfa
State Normal it meant at least a good
claim on the state championship, re-
allied through the CHARITY of the local
collegians and not because they eth
er earned or deserved it. The score
was to in favor Of Nit Whites
pets, and of all those to their credit,
the visitors earned just two, and it
was necessary upon the part of the
scorer to compromise himself to give
them one Of those. Washburn earned
four of its runs and with the exception
of a horrible seventh inning in which
the visitors piled UP four runs off two
errors by Griggs, two by Pulliam. a
batter hit by a pitched ball, and free
transportation to another Not a hit
was made in this inning. nor anything
that had even the semblance of one.
Griggs was wild over the plate, over
threw his bases and Pulliam could not
squeeze onto the hOrsenide long enough
to know that it mad touched his init.
Washburn had a clear claim on the
state championship. and deliberately
gave it away Saturday afternoon
Washburn started the scoring by
making two in the third inning off a
two Dagger by Griggs after two men
got on bases, one by free transporta-
ton and the other by a little single
EmpOria got a straight mark in both
the fifth and six innings and that tied
the score. A pretty game tie was fore
casted wnen Washburn came to the
bench in its half of the sixth. But the
batting fever possessed them and
GriggS and COldren both hit for two
bases, and Presley and Anderson sin
gled. That brought in three, making
the score to 2. It seemed as though
the Washburnites had the victory
safely tucked away but in the very
next inning they went to pieces. Up
to that point the baseball had been
practically gilt-edged, and so far as
the players outside Of Pulliam and
Griggs are concerned was gilt-edged
throughout The first baseman had al
ready made two errors, but in this in
ming he added two more by dropping
straight throws from the left wing OF
the infield on grOunders. Gr1ggS help
ed out by throwing wild to Pulliam and
wild to Mohler at third The latter
made two fast catches Of mean over
throws and earned the plaudits of the
crowd. These four errors however did
the business. For a few minutes they
came with such paralyzing regularity
that the rooters simply groaned in
agony. Nit White scampered All
about the territory back of the catch
er delirious with joy over the misfor-
tune of his enemies and the enemies OF
his embryonic teachers Before the
comedy was over, four runs hao come
in and the game was lost to WASH
Then lust to help out, Emporia added
another one in the ninth from a pass
by C1riggS ana JlliLAllS NIL a. AeAAAA .
single Washburn could do nothing in
her half of the ninth, although there
vas a man on base and Fannie" Mehl
had a chance to bat The little catcher
struck out.
Mehl received quite a vicious blow
over the eve from a foul tip on Los
letters bat in the eighth inning. The
enbara struck the mask and indented
the wire against Mehls face, cutting
deem cash Just above the right eye
AFTER a delay of about ten minutes,
during which time the doctors got IN
their work the damage was tenn
T,crarfIv repaired and Mehl went back
in+o the cage His work, by the way
was practically gilt-edged, allhous1
q hase was stolen on his catching and
he nassed one ball. The latter how
ever might Just as well have Deen
charged M against Griggs as wild
Mitch but then that slab artist had
enough to mis- account, and they won
Fmporia played good ball. The teach
.-e have without doubt team Of
which there is only one equal IN NIle
Missouri valley and that Is Washourn-
These two schools are in the same
class The Normalites have taken two
games from Washburn this year ana
fbat gives them the right to fiaunt the
hattie flag of defeat into the faces OF
the College Hill deniZens. Though there
is little doubt that Washburn can win
from Emporia If they play the kind of
hall thew are equal to, yet errors are
one of the things upon which baseball
men expect to Win- and When maze,
they detract from the creator ana not
from the person benefited IL was
pure gift on WashbErn's part with the
blame almost entirely on Pulliam and
Griges. It seemed that when PuIliam