The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-19
Topeka and Joplin Divide the
Purse at a Batfest.
Three Pitchers Were Knocked
Out of the Box.
LAST GAME TODAY.
Season for Home Games VIII
Finish This Afternoon.
Topeka Team Leaves This
E Yening for wichita Wind Up.

Topeka and Joplin broke even in a
double-header at the local park yes
terday afternoon. The first game was
won by Joplin by a score of to 5
while the second game, a seven inning
battle, went to the locals. Both games
tinged highly Of the flavor of smuggling
matches and the hitting on both sides
was pretty lively all through the after
noon.
Joplin won the Grst game by hard
and opportune hitting in the early
stages of the game. Peewee Jones
started the game for the first time
since his recent sickness Jones has just
recovered from an attack of pleurisy
and was In no shape to pitch the game
but he was game and started anyhow.
His control was minus and he walked
two men in the first inning. Arnold
succeeded him during the second
round and with the exception of the
ninth inning held the Miners safe.
George, the southpaw who started
the game for Joplin. Jared but little
better than Jones. In the hrst inning
he had a little something on his de-
livery but when the second inning had
been closed Armstrong yanked him
out and sent in Jack Root. who was
the final seven innings of the game the
ex-soldier allowed but two hits and
the locals failed to score.
The locals went into the game with
a. rearranged lineup. Siekmeyer, who
has a bad case of rheumatism in his
left leg was allowed to play the bench
and Abbott went into left field and
Big Jack Halla covered the initial sta
ton. In the second game Eddie Bren-
nan was spiked in the foot by Cecil
Bankhead and had to quit the game.
His injury was a bad one and Eddie
will not get to play again this season.
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and Siekmeyer had to go to the out
feld.
Umpire Shuster showed about the
worst form he has ever displayed on
the home grounds and was repeatedly
Missed by the fans in the grand stand.
Some of his decisions were absolutely
wrong.
ing Fillman. Harrington attempted
hunt and Jones in trying to throw the
Jap out at second made poor peg and
both men were safe with no outs.
Rohn went out on a grounder. But
old Army was on deck with single to
left field and Fil1man and Harrington
scored. Persch popped up to Raglan.
Bankhead walked and Vanderbilt hit
a hard one which slipped through the
outfield, giving Vanderbilt three bases
and scoring two men ahead of him.
Vanderbilt stretched the hit into
home run through the courtesy of
Shuster, who called him safe after
Brennan tagged him five feet from the
plate.
The locals scored one on the first
inning. Olson was safe on Persch's
muff of his fly and went to second on
Fillman's error. A hit by Abbott
brought him home.
Jones again walked Fillman and
Harrington popped UP one to Halla.
Rohn tripled and Fillman scored.
Arnold replaced Jones and Armstrong
flew out to Davis. but Rohn scored on
the out. After this inning no further
scoring was pulled off until the ninth.
when Joplin scored one on consecutive
doubles by Root and Fillman after two
men were out.
The locals scored four runs in the
second inning. Raglan walked and
scored on singles by HallR and Bren-
nan. Arnold pulled off a sacrifice and
Put men on second and third. Davis
new out to Fleming and Olson walked
filing the bases. Boles cleaned by the
sacks with a three-sacker in the form
OF a liner over third base.
The features Of the game were a
catch of a difficult foul fly by Abbott
and a one-handed stop by Runkel.
Dick Cooley, who was extensively
advertised to play in the games, re-
fused to play. and there was a good
deal of grumbling on the part of the