The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-12
Fort Scott Giants Lost to the
Saints.
A Big Crowd Cheers Topeka to
Victory.
HOWE PITCHED WELL
Only Five Hits Made Off the
AdOnig.
Durbin Was Easy in the Second
Game.

Before a crowd of 1928 people, the
Saints twice brought down the lash
upon Fort Scott's back on Sunday af-
ternoon in a Siamese twin double
header. The first time the marks were
to 2, and after the second, the score
board read II to 5.
The Celestials had the Giants Port
Arthured all afternoon. Bunched bat
ting won the first, and errors added
to clustered clouting turned the palm
leaf Topekaward in the sequel. The
crowd got its fill of vengeance on
Army" and his cellar residents. 1t
was Bloody Sunday for Hornaday.
An overcoat and fur renting stand
could have coined fortune. Though
the sun tried little long distance
heating on the crowd from its posi-
ton way off to the south-the shivers
of the fans shook the grandstand.
The field was mass of dough, wet,
heavy, soggy and little short of inn
possible. Yet it did little to contribute
toward the error column. Fort Scott
threw badly. Almost everyone was
eligible to a job in 1.-The Stain of
Guilt
The Saints presented a new face
Bevis was in the right garden, having
been received from Sedalia in ex-
change for John Schrant Brown did
the catching and McDill was on third.
Bevis played good ball. In the first
field to his credit. He got one hit in
each game. Brown worked in the
cage as smoothly as a rubber tire on
an automobile. One bad throw was
registered against him, but they all
have them.
First Game.
After the Scottites had laid eight big
goose-eggs, into Bill .Howie's cap, Olson
made a bad error in the ninth round,
getting men on second and third Jones
had singled his way to first Downs hit
his way to the station, advancing TEX
to the second mile-post. RED" played
wide on first. Brown whipped the ball to
Abbott. Downs could not get back so
he hustled along to the second station.
That made Jones seek third. Abbott
threw to Olson, who tried to run Jones
down. The little Swede lost his head
and threw the ball at Jones, permitting
him to get to third and Downs to sec
ond. Armstrong lifted a high one to
center and Jones beat the throw-in
home. Fredericks singled and Neddy
Downs came in, making Scott's only
runs of the game. Had olson killed
Jones as he should have done, putting
out two men, and Armstrong hit up to
Hurlburt as he did, the side would have
been retired without a score, and HOWE
would have received much deserved
Shut-out.
But then little tow-headed short-stop
did much to win the game. Three of
the runs were practically of his making.
His batting was the feature of the
whole afternoon. He made three hits in
the first game, two two-baggers and
one single. Three put-outs, six assists
and an error was his record in the field
ing department.
The Saints made three runs in the
fourth, off a base on balls to Cole sin
giles by Bevis aud Dunn, and Olson's
two-bagger. In the sixth Olson doubled
himself to second and came home on
single. In the seventh Cole got
his base on balls, stole second and ran
in on Armstrong; bad overthrow of
second base.
THE Human Tapeworm" Groom, as
Haney calls him. was on the firing line
for Scott. He was very wild at critical
stages, giving six bases on balls and
seven hits.
The score: