The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-16
4 JUST AS EASY"
Topeka Takes Last Game of
Joplin Series.
Almost a Shut Out for the
Miners.
M'INNIS' GOOD FORM.
StaIwart Irishman Had Visitors
at His Mercy.
Downs Home Run the Feature
Of Contest.

Tuesdays ball game with Joplin
was something like a prize fight, in
which one man is knocked silly the
first round, but in order. to give the
spectators proper value for their
money the entire number of acts must
be put on.
The tribe of Cooley busted the egg
in the ball. as Jay Andrews says, in
the Initial inning, after Joplin had
not come within sight of q score.
Graves, the first man up, put the ball
into the right suburb for a safe one.
Cole went to first on Dunn's error.
Cooley singled the boys home and
went went to third on Womble's
double, riding in himself a minute
That put three chalk marks on the
Topeka side of the ledger.
For all that happened after that,
the game might have quit after the
first inning Joplin managed to get
a pair OF them in the eighth after To-
peka had seven. The game ended To-
peka Z. Joplin 2.
In the second inning Topeka
,chalked up its fourth run. Graves
walked, and Cole and Cooley singled
him home. But the real piece de re-
Downs was the first man at the wagon
tongue. He got one just behind the
medulla oblongata and sent it over
the left field fence for home run. 1t
was the longest hit ever made on the
Topeka field Mike Grady of st.
Louis, cracked one over probably %
feet west of where the sorrel-top's
wallop took the fence. That was at
the beginning of last season. ''Tex''
Jones slammed one up against the
very top of the fence Just about the
place where Downs hit went over
yesterday, but Jones' drive bounced
back into the field The bases were
empty, so the Topeka second basenan
had a nice little stroll about the sacks
all by himself. A little silver shower
that's for remem brance' was
tossed down to him as he came over
the last chalk mark.
In the seventh, after the crowd was
getting tired from the one-sided effect
of the rumpus. Cooley instructed his
protegees to get a few more runs. So
Womble singled and was driven In on
VOTES triple. Graves hit a clean
single to right; Wolfe came home. but
Baerwald fielded Georges bingle in
time to kill him at the initial sack
It was rank petty larceny for me
Joplin right fielder to do it, but he
performed the act and was given the
glad hand by the fans.
In the eighth inning, UP to which
time Joplin had seen nothing but
ghost of a show to score, Vanderbilt
was given his transportation. Bayless
hit to Ragan, who tried to double by
way of Downs to Cooley. But Downs
dropped the ball and both men were
safe. Baerwald singled and in went
Vanderbilt. Ragan baubled little
grounder, a very puny one at that, and
Rayless went in safely. Then the
team pulled together and closed the
inning without further loss.
McInnis was in stellar form. He
allowed the Miners but five hits. and
was simply in elegant form Though
three errors were made by his sup
port yet in general it was more than
good. On the other hand, Hollings-
worth got This" Though hit but nine
safe times, and still that isn't such an
awful small number. one of the hits
was home run, one triple, one a
double, and the others Just when they
were needed
The game was devoid of interest
after the opening innings. McInnis
was so clearly in shape that Topeka's
advantage in getting five runs in the
first three innings settled the out
come Of the contest.
Mcnamara umpired another good
game. Handsome Mac is the real
thing with the indicator No one but
"Bun' Owens ever gave such satisfac-
ton in Topeka. And he appears to be
a real gentleman in the bargain. He
IS quick on his decisions and uni
formly right. On balls and strikes
he is one Of the best. Mac gives the
CORNERS" to pitchers.