The Topeka state journal., 1905-06-09
Springfield Takes Final Game
Of the Series.
White Sox Shut Out by Score
of 3 to O.
THE FIRST HOME RUN.
Ball Batted by Hood Bounds
Over Fence.
Bankers Make Up Purse for the
Lucky Player.
THE FIRST HOME RUN

It was Springdeld's day. No matter
how you may figure, or how you may
apply the yard stick. the inside pole
stayed right with the Highlanders all
around the track They never lost
their gait, kept themselves under I
double raps, and flashed home under
the wire with three marks to their
credit and the White Sox nothing bet
ter than shutouts.
There was nothing in particular to
give spectators heart disease. The
game was good-at least as good as a
game won by Springfield could be.
The contingent of rooters which the
Kansas State Bankers association sent
out, was the most exciting thing on the
grounds They rooted their lungs clear
through their thrOats for the visitors.
I'VE are sympathi2ing with each 9TH
er, shouted one we'll dressed money
lender when jeered at by Topeka
partisan for boosting Springfield All
through the game they cheered and
Toared and had spasm after spasm of
delight and joy because Shorty Hurl-
Durts Slum berers cOrraled the game.
When Hood Springheld's crack little
right fielder, after playing a brilliant
game In the sun-garden, whaled the
ball way out into the left field in the
eighth inning, and it took a bound and
went over the fence, making a home
run, the bankers fairly fell out of the
grand stand. After being nagged bv
II. G. Larimer for not rewarding mer-
st they passed the hat among them
selves Immediately and collected $3.50
which they presented to Mr.. Hood
with their compliments.
The White Legs had but one real
look-in into the game. That was in
the eighth inning. Cole, the first man
up, smashed the pellet clear out to the
left field for three sacks. But a pop-
up and two little grounders which
ell !
gramme of the next three batters.
Springfield earned but one of its
runs and that was the scratchy home
gun which Hood conjured off Tom
hughes benderinos in the eighth In
the fifth Hunt got to first on a fielder s
choice, advanced on Quigley's error
ana came home on Ellis crack to
right field, In the sixth Hetling was
hit by vicious inshOot, and came all
the way around when Big Porter frac-
double
While the game could not exactly be
termed a pitchers battle, yet it was
such an affair in a sense. On hits the
honors were practically even-the
White Sox getting seven and the
Etghlanders eight. Both men pitched
good ball and kept the hits widely
separated But luck fell with the Wis
1tors, and the day was theirs.
The game was featured with bril-
liant fielding on both sides. For real
high grade work, the six who work i'm
the gardens for both teams distin-
guished themselves, with the excep-
tion of Crums and he had no chances
Hood was the bright particular star
After making a brilliant catch in the
$hird of a wild fly off Coles bat and
doubling it to frst and killing Hughes
who had singled himself to the initia
station, he retired Abbott the next T71ar
UP in manner that set the banker,
crazy. The ex-captain smashed ont ?
nice single to right But Hood. Quick.
er than lightning, gathered it on fbe
first bound and slammed it to first he
fore Abbott had covered the distance
Umpire Werner had all sorts n
trouble. He wasn't so bad. as he wa,
foolish. Whenever he called a baC
ball OF strike on a batter, and a roal
followed. he would invariably give til,
batter the best Of it on the next throw
tG in any way shape or form he coult