The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-26
Topeka Takes an Exciting Game
on Sunday.
Raglan Brought i'm Winning Run
With Timely Hit. s
BOTH WORKED WE'LL.
Arnold Got Out of Several Bad
80 Holes.
Crowd of Twenty-Five Hundred
* Sees the Contest.

Take OFF your hats to Little Stevie
Raglan. His bat yesterday afternoon
terminated a beautiful exhibition of
baseball and sent Father Abbott home
with the winning run in the ninth in
mag after the two teams had battled for
nine innings without deciding the result.
A little single over Casey's head to right
Geld wound up the game and advanced
Topeka up a few points in the percent
age column
The game was about as nice a game
as the fans wanted to see. After the
first inning both pitchers worked In
great shape and though they We're at
times in perilous positions sharp field
Ing and tight box work kept the soppos-
ing team scorelesS.
Roy Arnold was the slab artist des1g-
mated by Captain Abbott to perform on
the local mound and deceive the Hutch
inson swatters. Hutchinson has the
swatters too, and Dr. jays team viii
probably lead the league in hitting. He
has a big bunch of men and everyone
of them can hit and break up a game at
any time. Arnold was hit for two more
hits than his opponent but was almost
inSoIvable in the tight places. Only
once were the gentlemen from the salty
village able to deliver a pinch hit and
this was in the first inning. After that
Mr.. Arnold had everything at his COM
Tnand and domineered affairs in much
the same style that Admiral Dewey dis
played in Manila Bay
Barbour for Hutchinson also pitched
a great game. He hasn't got as much
up his sleeve as Arnold but has had
enough experience to teach him how to
use t. He had the locals in the hollow
of his hand several times when hit
Of the scratchiest nature would have
brought In a run and settled the out
come of the battle long before the ninth
inning
Hutchinson started out in her usual
fashion of getting run across in the
first round. Pettigrew VINO has always
displayed fondness for AFnold's deliv-
cry started out with a double inside
TO the left field line. Wilson sacrificed
him to third DR.. Jayson Andrews, NJ.
D., tried awfully hard to work him in
on the squeeze play but Jayson was so
anxious to do it that he hunted foul
on the third strike. Then it was up to
Eddie Noyes and the little catcher from
Doniphan county sent single to left
center and Pettigrew pranced down the
home stretch for the only tally of the
visitors.
The Salt Packers had a great chance
to score in the second inning With one
down johnson. Zaelxert and - Barbour
singled in succession, filling the bases
Pettigrew hit hot one down towards
third base. but RIInkel made great
stop. touched the bag and threw Petit
grew out at first It was a fine piece Of
fielding
It looked as though the visitors might
score again in the fifth but they didn't,
With only enc man gone Pettigrew dou-
bled- Wilson went out on an infield hit
but Petty went to third. Andrews walk
ed and stole second and Eddie Moves,
the man who delivered the pinch hit in
a previous emergency. was able to do
nothing more than fan the air.
The, last chance for the invading re-
cruits from the home of Billy Morgan
20 71o in "a IN Zfv,I~ kr
second on Arnold's error in covering
first base and letting the ball get away
Casey walked But Johnson who had
hit twice already hit into an easy field
er's choice. link being caught at third.
Lewis was sent in for Zackert but flew
out on a long fly to Siekmeyer. Then
1t was up to Barbour but the gentleman
who graced the Hutchinson slab during
the game missed three good ones and
the hopes of Jayson vanished
The locals scored their first in the
INST inning. Davis started off with a
single and Olson sacrificed him to sec
oud. Then Landreth justified the ova-
ton of the big crowd by lining out a
double and bringing Davis home.
The best chance after that for the
locals came in the fifth inning With
one man out Arnold drew a walk.
Davis hit and first and second were
occupied. Olson tried for a sacrifice
but beat 1t out and the bases were
field, Barbour. however, made a poor
reached link after Olson had crossed
the bag, link muffied the ball and Ar
mold started for the plate, but the ball
beat him there. Landreth hit in front
of the plate and was retiredsat FIRST.
Not again until the ninth inning did
the locals have much of a chance.
Captain Abbott laced one down to
Johnson which the Swedish shortstop
booted. Runkel delivered a nice sac
rifice- Then Stevie Raglan poked one1
over the infield to right field and the
game was over Captain Abbott COM
ing home with the game in his pocket
Umpire Shuster again worked to. tn e
satisfaction of all concerned. He is
really an umpire He. runs the game
all the time and his judgment is al
most faultless. He announces his de-
ctSfons with a vocal emission which
resembles the lowing of the cattle
down by the creek about twilight right
after milking time. Otherwise he is
the real candy.
Catcher Brennan made his debut be-
fore the local fans and gave a good