The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-22
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION STANDING
BEATEN BY FARMERS.
Agricultural College walks on With
Washburn's Scalp.

So far as college baseball goes, the
defeat of Washburn on Friday after
noon at Washburn park by the Man
haitian Agricultural college by a score
Of to 4, was good contest. It was
not so much, however, to the superior
playing of the Farmers that the Blue
legs can attribute their defeat. as to
their own insufferable chiIdIilxe and
Co., Ltd, actually performed stunts of
which the Polk Street Invincible
Eagles, all under 10 years of age
would not be guilty.
Careless base throwing; trying to
steal second with two men out; men
who were on bases running to the next
station upon the lifting of a pop-up by
the batter; no coaching from the side
hnes-these, and number more, were
just why Washburn lost the game to
the Farmers. A listlessness that a
street sprinkler would even be
ashamed of pervaded entirely through
the playing of the Boys in Blue. Out
land and his rollicking band might
just as well make up their minds right
now that Kansas university will carry
home lovely bunch of scalps to deco
rate the Wigwam out on Mount Dread
unless a wonderful brace is taken.
And while pointers are being dished
out, mention might be made of the
tact that the game was not started
unL1l nall past four, due to the fact
that the WaShburn team was not on
the field. Manhattan appeared at lust
$3.50, and 1t was almost three-auarteFs
of an hour later before Captain Dadis-
man led his bunch onto the diamond
Topeka is being educated to baseball
and the Washburn management ought
to take cognizance of the fact.
For two innings the score board
registered a goose-egg for both teams
though men were on the bases all
the time. In the third inning the
trouble commenced. The farm toilers
| amassed three runs off three hits, two
errors, a base on balls, and a man hit
by the pitcher. Washburn came back
and made two in its half out of a hit
a base on balls, stolen base and a
brace of juicy errors.
In the fifth the Farmers got one
more off a base on balls a stolen
sack, an error and a hit. The eighth
the visitors again sent cold chills into
the vertebrae of the Washburn root
ers. Cunningham got to first on
Whites error, and stole second. Miller
soaked the ball over the second base
mans head. 1t struck just in front
of Center Fielder Stahl, who had a
notion that he must fall on the sphere
to stop it. He fell all right-but when
he got up, McCampbell, the right
fielder, was picking the ball out of the
center field corner. That netted two
runs.
The handful of rooters in the grand
stand started to yOwl and yell, in the
hope of making a final winning. The
blue-legs tried to respond, and did
but it was not their fault was to the
discredit of the Farmers, who did some
awful playing. Mohler got to first on
an error by the second baseman. He
stole second. Then Dadisman hit to
center field. The gardener in that
territory whizzed the pill to third base
and threw it over the keepers head.
/ Mohler ran in. The third baseman. got
the sphere and threw it to second to
catch Dadisman. Again the pellet
went high, and Dad" went to third.
/ The second basemau took his turn at
throwing wild and fired the bullet over
the third baseman's head for another
error, and in came Dadisman. A
couple of pop-ups, however, put an
end to the noise which the rooters
were making. and which could doubt
less be heard in North Topeka.
Gaitha Page did the umpfring. and
lost but little peace of mind. No rag
chewing was INDUCED in by either
I team.
The score: