The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-27
WAS A PUZZLER.
Mr.. Percy Bates Taught Wash
burn q Lesson.
He and Paramount Players Ad-
minister Crushing Defeat.
HAD THE GAME WON.
Score Stood to 2 in Wash
burns Favor.
Wearers of Blue Lost Heart
Later and Lost.


A big. lengthy. healthy, specimen Of
the genus man. labelled Bates. went
into the box for Paramount Tuesday
afternoon, after Washburn had CLEAN
ed seven runs off Davis delivery IN
the first two innings. The fusillade
not only quoted down, but it stopped
point blank Not another Blue crossed
the coveted home-plate in the seven
remaining innings of the game. A
few hits were made. but they were oc-
casionaL Mr.. Percy Bates was very
chary about the way he handed out
Transportation, and never let the
Missionaries travel in punches.
But the worst part of the story re-
mains to be told. When the wearers
of the Blue found that they could not
connect with Bates curves, they bat
ted like a lot of mummies-simply
swinging the willows through the air.
On the other hand the big husky fell
lows from Paramount, clad in black
and old gold, unable to land on Hon
ska's benders for five innings, kept
on trying. Their efforts proved fruit
full With a score of to ? against
them at the close of the fifth inning
they began to see light and solve the
delivery of the tall Washburn pitcher.
In their half Of the sixth they gathered
in two runs, in their half of the
seventh 3 more. and put on q grand
finale in the ighth by getting men
across the home plate. And while they
were doing this the Washburnites We're
slowly giving up the ghost, because
they could not find" Bates.
The first box artist put up by Fair
mount, a big 200 pound man named
Davis, was easy for the Washburn BAT
tiers. Right in the first inning he got
his Quietus. He let Mehl walk. Pull
lam sacrificed. Griggs singled through
third. Dadisman hit to second base
man who made a bad tumble. Mehl
marched home. Anderson was hit.
Coldren hunted to the pitcher safely
and filled the bases, forcing in Griggs,
who used football tactics on Brown
the Fairmount catcher, whom he bowl
ed over into the dust because he stood
on the plate. Pressey grounded out
to second, but Dadisman came in.
Mohler grounded out to the pitcher.
Three runs.
In their half of the second the Wash
burnttes again made trouble for Fair
mount, bringing in a total of four
runs. HOnska grounded out to second.
Mehl hit for one base. Pullman sacri-
ficed Mehl to second. Griggs singled,
AIehl coming home. Dadisnan was
hit. Anderson dropped a pretty single
over the shortstop's head, bringing III
Pulliam and Dadisman. Then Coldren
nailed three Dagger against the south
fence bringing home Anderson. Pressy
With that the scoring for the Blue
stopped. Davis was taken out of the
box by Paramount and sent to third
base. James was shifted to short, ana
Bates, who had been playing the mid
die position of the left wing, went on
the rubber He proved too much al
together, for Washburn, and the local
collegians travelled the long, weary, |
route of the remaining seven innings, |
without being even able to see home
plate with spy glass. Bates did not
strike out so very many, although nine
IN seven innings is enough, but he
made his work effective by ability to
keep the hits scattered. His team
mates came right up behind him, and
gave good support.
Paramount began it's scoring in the
second inning. Finger grounded 10 !
third where the ball was muffed. SOIt-
er singled. Brown singled, letting in |
Finger. Burton bounted safely and |
sent Softer across the plate but was
himself caught stealing second. Bates |
hunted safely, but killed Brown at !
home. Davis also tried the hunt
game, but was nipped.
Not until the sixth inning were the
visitors again able to score. Honska |
pitched well up to this point, but some |
thing went wrong. Smith grounded |
out to third. Finger was hit. Softer
singled. Brown struck out. Burton |
singled through second bringing in Sol
ter and Finger. Bates missed three
In the seventh three more came in
David grounded out to third. James
struck out. McCluggage grounded 10
third, where the ball was fumBied.
Smith singled. Finger knocked one
over the east fence past the cedar
tree, three runs coming in. Softer
grounded out to first.
But the eighth was the limit. A to-
tai of five runs was registered. Brown
hunted to Honska who fell all over the
ball. Burton singled nicely into the
right field, but Pressey threw him ont
at first. Davis singled, bringing in
Brown. James and McCluggage both
walked to first. Smith hit the ball
which bounced back against himself
and he was declared out. Finger hit
for three bases bringing In the three
men on bases, and by the time he got
TO third, an overthrow to the catcher
also let him come home. Softer cork
ed one into the center field and the
agony was over, no tallies being made
in the ninth.
The Paramount aggregation looks
more like a football team than any
thing else. The majority would make
the six foot rule feel sick, and I'll