The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-05

HOWE WAS EASY
Saints Idol Batted All Over the
Field.
Fort Scott Giants Won as They
Pleased.
THE SCORE WAS 5 TO1.
Topeka Unable to Bunch Their.
Hits.
Over 1900 People Watched the
Game.

livery member or the Fort Scott team
hit Bill HOWE at least once on Sunday
afternoon, two twice, and one three
times, and that explains why the Saints
lost by score of to 1. The unlucky
number of IL were sliced off his float
ers, and four of these We're two-bag-
gers and one a triple. Nine fair ones
were made off the retired circus clown
Haney, but two of these We're scratchy.
The Hornadayites strung theirs togeth-
er like Wienerwurst when they frac-
tured the horizon, while the CeIestiaIs
missed out altogether along that line.
The day was ideal and the crowd a
good one Sixteen hundred paid their
shekels for the privilege. There was
something in the ozone to inspire root
ing. and the fans worked on a 12-hour
schedule to help the winged ones corral
the victory. But like obituary notices
1t may be written here: 1.-THE efforts of
the doctors We're unavailing."
1t was a good game of baseball with
no features beyond sensational fielding
by Horath, SINNERS and Hurlburt.
None of these came at critical times,
SO they too lost their flavor.
The cellar champs started right off in
the first session to win the game.
Graves, the first man to toast his feet
on the warming pan, lifted the bulb to
Brown, who got tangled over it's where
abouts and let it roll unmolested into
the weeds. The way Red Downs then
laced the pill, made it act like a COM
pound cathartic on the atmosphere, and
he went three stations before called to
time. Graves of course, went to his re-
ward. Big Fredericks then walloped the
horse-hide safely and Red came across
the rubber. That made a brace. In the
third the stunt was a simple one.
Graves sent himself to second on a
Downs brought n
the fold by doing likewise. In the fifth
Graves again came into public print
He followed his single to the tureen
presided over by Mr.. Abbott, then pill
fered base, and made the curve on a
double by Jones. The seventh inning
brought another chicken home to roost.
Disselkamp lifted her clear to the fence
for two sacks, and Jones sent him
across the chalk box for the fifth and
final run.
Topeka made it's lone run in the third.
It's history is short and sweet. Shin
nerS singled himself to first. Howie'S
grounder sent him one further. Hurl-
burt's grounder to first gave him berth
on third and then Abbott singled him
in. -
The Saints left but eight men on the
bases. and only one of these met his
sad and untfmely end on third. That
finds the leak in the water bottle.
Gus Alberts did the umpiring after
his three days Iayoff The old man
and strikes in one or two instances, but
in the general run he was as good as
ever. The Scotties did little kicking,
and these were abbreviated sore of af-
fairs which look like ants against ele-
plants, in comparison to the amount of
cloth chewing Leavenworth did the day
before versus Eddie McDill.
The crowd was disappointed in one
thing. Armstrong didn't play because
of a bad knee and the fans didn't have
a chance to roast him. This runaway
sat on the bench through the perform
ance and waved the baton from there.
Peck Harrington held sway in the cage,
and seems to be plenty strong enough
to look after it.