The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-19
WENT TO PIECES.
Webb City Wins Sundays Game
on Errors.
AbbOtt,the Old Standby, Started
the Trouble.
SCORES CAME LATE.
Neither Side Able to Register
Till Ninth.
Pitching of Shaner the Feature
of Game.
SCORES CAME LATE.

For eight long innings yesterday
afternoon the Topeka White Sox and
the, Webb city Ducklings struggled
for supremacy upon the local diamond
with neither side seeming to have re-
Quisite ability to push man across
the rubber. And then came the ninth
inning-the fateful ninth as it proved
to be. The Topeka infield, the whirl-
wind fielding com bination of the West
ern association, took a skyward fight
and two rank errors allowed the
enemy from the little village in Mis-
souri, to send four men across the rub
Der and cinch the game.
It was a great pitchers battle with
Jones and Shaner bearing the brunt
OF the battle for their respective base
ball combinations Jones was touched
up a Iivelier rate than was the dark
haired gentleman from Missouri but
he seemed to be able to pull himself
out of some pretty tight places
Twice before the ninth inning the Wis
itors seemed to be pretty close to
score but each time Peewee was there
with the goods. He probably had it in
him to pull out in the ninth but two
errors were too much and the game
was lost. Jones is having rather hard
luck this season in losing games by
defaulting support at critical times.
However, the inf1eld has done great
work this season and Abbott. who
made the costly error-a wild throw
TO the plate-has played in over forty
consecutive games without boobIe'
30 he will be forgiven
/. The pitching of Bert Shaner, COM
monty called Mig, Is something
which cannot be overlooked in the
final reckoning of the game. The lit
tie school teacher allowed but two hits,
one of which was secured by Abbott
and was very scratchy. so much so
that 1t can hardly be counted me
other hit, which was secured by Hurl-
burt, was grass cutter which oozed
through an opening in the Webb City
infield. At other times Mr.. Shaner
was able to make the Champs do his
bidding.
Harry Cheek had famed the thin air
around the home plate. Collins. who
had already biffed Jones for couple,
put a, three sacker out in centerheld.
Olson was walked and Peewee walked
Painter to break up possible squeeze.
This left the bases full with one down
and Handsome Larry Milton, the foxy
gentleman of the Western association.
at the bat. Larry hunted one down to
Abbott Spencerir1o' had but little
time to- catch Collins at the plate and
as a result made a poor throw The
EaU caromed through Erwin'S legs,
letting Collins score and before the
ball was thrown to Raglan, who COW
the rubber. Painter,f with his Meth
odist method of 1ocomotion was head
ed towards third and Ragan throwing
the ball to head him off misjudged the
location of Mr.. Runkel to such an ex-
tent that Painter scored. In the
meantime Milton had reached. second
All this left Mr.. Hurlburt in a greatly
perturbed state of mind Loftin hit
a hard one to the outer gardens and
made two sacks on it, scoring Milton.
Lotion stumbled as he was leaving
second which deprived him of a home
run
The nearest Topeka came to a
score was when Hrulburt hit and stole
second.
In the sixth Shaner started off with
q hit and went to third when Runkel
made a poor throw to Abbott to catch
Clark. He was caught on a f1elder's
choice by Olson. Cheek made third
on the play and as Olson started to
steal second Cheek was caught on the
double throw, Erwin to Olson to
Erwin.
Podge Alloway worked again yes
terday and showed up. well. He had
several close decisions to pass under
but got away with all of them safe
and no kicking to amount to any
thing was registered against him
which is saying a great deal for an
umpire in this strenuous day and age
in the Western association President
Shively viewed the game from the
grand stand and was well pleased
with Alloway's work.
A crowd of about fifteen hundred
watched the game from the grand
stands and bleachers which is a good
crowd for Topeka at the present time
with the baseball enthusiasm of the
fans at a low ebb.
:. The official score of the game: