The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-07
Topeka WON IT.
Second Game With St. Paul,
Victory for White SOx.
Game Was Characterized by
Stupid Playing.
WAS MUCH
What Lost the Contest to st.
Paul Team.
Dammann Shows Up Well in
Box for Topeka.
MUCH WILDNESS.
SUNDAY.


Most Of US remember Jake Bene's
bunch of insists which won the cellar
championship in the Missouri Valley
eague for Fort Scott several years ago.
Well, thai isn't a bad comparison 10
make in trying to give the fellow who
didn't see the game. an idea of the
town bah which St. Paul put UP yes
terday afternoon at Association park.
CooIey's squad won of course. They
couldn't help it. The agony record
was to s..
UP to the sixth inning the visitors
were hopelessly defeated by the Won
derful pitching of one Bill Dammann,
formerly a Cincinnati Red. The score
was to 2, when George Blackburn
was sent on the firing line. They got
after the big fellow right in the eighth
II ninth innings, although some of
the damage in the eighth was properly
aided and abetted by errors. But the
ninth was the slaughter of the limo
cents. Four big hits were corraled
or Blackburn's rapidly weakening
b~enderinos and the pill was being lam
basted over the lot.
With the score tei4, St. Paul came
to the bat in the ninth. Perkins, who
q succeeded Ferguson on the slab
nailed one to the fence for two sacks.
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doubles, plastered "a another single.
Padden did likewise and Perkins
scored. Pennington 1nterfered with
his own fair bunt and was called out.
A bin pow-wow was the result. KEN
mer singled and Wheeler scored. That
made the score Z to 6 and h crowd
was hanging over the tan-ratl, yelling
a la football: Hold 'emi Hold 'emt"
Sugden pushed a little g%rounder to
Abbott who threw the ball home. Pad
den was caught betwen third and the
plate and after a great circus stunt on
his part, little Steve Ragan ran him
down. walked over his anatomy and
tapped him on the head with the ball.
Dick rubbed his coco" and grinned
foolishly. Stovall lifted a high fly to
Murray and the game was over.
The Congressional Record for a
heavy day IN railroad or statehood leg
tslation wouldn't be a circumstance to
q complete inventory of all the play
ing in the game. More things happen
ed Of a foolish and stupid order than
viii probably be put on at Association
park during the whole Season. Fergu-
sons Wilduess was to the greatest
measure responsible for Topeka's vic
tory. He omciated v innings. Dur
ing that time he dfshed out six bases
on balls. hit a batsman, and played
some stupid BAH that won't show up
in the error column Only four nits
were corraled of his sla1ts but most
Of them came as the clIma& to his
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It was Dammann's first appearance
before Topeka fandom, and he showed
up strong. He is quick, nervous and
active and knows the game from cover
to cover. He keeps up a jabbering
while he is pitching that recalls the
days of Lee Gramley and Stoner of
Sedalia and their noise. Dammann
has a mixture of assorted curves up
his sleeve that dance about the batter
as If they were spooks. Blackburn
showed wei yesterday, except in the
last inning. Then he seemed to weak
en-. That was his failing last year.
Yesterday, however, was his hrst work
out. II he can pitch the way he did
iD the sixth and seventh innings, for a
full set, he oughtn't to have any trou-
bic in hooking up most anywhere.
George Graves made mis- first appear
ance before the far yesterday ara played
IN right field. He got a hit and a run
and one put-out. They don't make EN-
better than Piano Legs" Cooley was
on the bench yesterday recuperating
from grip. Abbott played first.