The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-05
TOOK THEM BOTH.
Springfield Team Was a Great
Joke.
Four Of Them We're Out OF
Lineup.
HOKENS0N A STAR
HOKENSON A STAR
Lanky Recruit Pitched a Great
Game.
Fifteen Errors by the Visitors
in the Two Games.

With a team scarcely fit to be on
sentry duty at an orphans home,
Springfield moved on Topeka on
Labor day. and was completely sub
merged in both sections of a double-
header by the White Sox- First game;
Topeka, 10; Springfield. l. Second
game, Topeka, 5; Springfield. l.
When you and ! were boys we
would have said that the Highlanders.
were "skunked" both times They
didn't have look-in either time.
With three of their regular men out
OF the lineup, and one pitcher off
duty. they put up farcicaI perform
ance that had all the elements of.
slap-stick comedy about it. Nine
errors in the first game and six in The
second is what was ehaixed. against
them on the scorers ledger. And
when the books were balanced twas
readily seen that the fumbIess smears
and baubles were all pulled off by the
substitutes.
McKeIvey went into the squared
circle for the White Legs in the first
contest Everything broke right for
the boy. Five scattered hits is all that
he allowed the proud Missourians. and
these were farther apart than the
children of a big family after they
have all grown up. A young man
by the name of Wakefield carried the
white mans burden for the visitors.
He did we'll enough. considering the
fact that his heart left him right at
the jump of the game. as he began to
feel the heavy impact of athe big
errors which team mates began to roh
up behind him. Ten hits and ten runs
was the result.
The hour was growing late when
he zantf0ya n
Umpire Reagan as the plot. The
supper horns were blowing and the
COW bells tinkling. So a consultation
between the belligerents made them
agree to fight but seven rounds.
For two innings they pitched into
the thing as If they meant business.
Then the third round came, and with
it a look into the finish. Four big
juicy runs were garnered by "our
boys" They jumped all over Ohm
behind him made four errors in this
one. inning. An excursion ticket and
a hit batsman helped things along a
little further. The White Sox batted
around. and the only wonder is that
they didn't use UP all the figures on
the score board.
TIokenson was the presiding. genius
for Topeka. The lanky one from
Usage county has allthe earmarks of
a "comer.is The most tickled man in
performance was Clyde Miller. Be
tide him sat Frank Grimes, and the
Two worked in his behalf as they do
for candidate before a political con-
Sention. But Hickey" deserved all
his honors. Two measley hits is all
that he gave the Missouri aggrega-
ton. These came together. and COM
bined with an error made a run. The
Usage man with q hard workout,
some good coaching. a little more con-
troll and some head work can draw a
pay check regularly in the Western
association next season. He has the
kind of steam that makes the atmos-
phere smoke, and he has some pretty
curves.
Reagan umpired an excellent game.
The crowd was still in the mood of
the past two days to roast him for
everything. This kind of action be-
trays nothing more than an awful de-
sire to win. For this the attendance
at Association park ought not be
blamed. but it is not right to use
Reagan as the peg,
The score: