The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-18
Won the Opening Game of the
Joplin Series.
Drove Olson Ahead of Him
Across the Plate.
HALLA'S GREAT WORK
Pitched His Seventeenth Shut
Out Game of Season.
Dick Cooley Will Play in TOday's
Double Header.

Arthur Abbott in me first inning IF
the opening game yesterday afterf
noon won the game for Topeka. Dak
Wis went out and Olson singled. Boles'
lifted a lofty one to Persch and Abb
bott faced the situation with two men
out and Olson on first. He picked out
a beauty off Pitcher Welch and sent
the ball on line to left field. The
ball took a peculiar bounce when it
hit the ground which turned the course
of the ball in a direction opposite to
the one which Armstrong was looking
for and then after hitting the ground
again it bounded over the fence. the
hit won the game and Abbott received
the glad hand of the crowd, but be-
yoEd that, their Hberality is not worth
mentioning
The fans were disappointed in not
finding Cooley in the lineup DICK
was on the bench, however, and THIS
probably accounted in a large degree
for the ginger which was displayed
throughout the entire game DICK
had been on a train for twelve hours
before the game and was not in shape
to play. He is playing in the double
header this afternoon, however
Along with the home run hit OF
Abbott another factor which contrib
uted to widening the gap between
and effective pitching Of Jack Halla-
The big German was practically IN
vincible and only two hits were MADE
off his offerings. And this too not
withstanding the fact that Joplin mas mas
season. It is Joplin that has gwen
Halla his worst bumpings. But right
at the stage of the game When IeW
bumpings would give the I MlLterS
fourth place, Halla gets even. Hester-
days game by the way, is the seven
tenth game this season in which Hal
las opponents have failed to score.
The nearest that Joplin came to
scoring was in the first and elghtn
inning, a runner being pushed around
to third in each inning. In the hrst
inning Fil1man opened the meeIhg
with a safe one over second pase- Feck
Harrington emitted a sacr1nce ana
FTllman reached second. Rom mt
one right at Halla and was thrown
out at first, but Fillman in the mean
time reached third. Armstrong hit
liner ut HaIla and the Joplinites were
@aded for this inning. In the eighth
inning with two men out, Fleming mt
a Texas Lacquer over first base wn1cn
Davis could not reach on account OF
LAYING over into center field Tor the
bif The ball rolled away from Davis
and Fleming reached third. Welch
made a great effort to bring MIN IN
and was almost successful, put water
BoIes intercepted a liner 10 center center
Vas a pretty one coming at the time
when it did and Walter was warmly
applauded- .,,,,.
He was hit pretty freely throughout
the afternoons engagement, but man.
eyed TO keep his hits we'll scattered
fhroughout the different innings so
that no damage was done outslue Oh
the first inning.
The game all the way through was
the kind the fans like to see. Botn
teams were full of "Pepp" and played
anappv ball all the time. Not an error
was credited to any of the players
which could mar the perfect fielding
of the afternoon. A pretty douple
play was made as the grand hnale or
the game With Fillman on nrst ana
one out, Rohn hit a hard one 10 Ia
gan. but Stevie caught Fillman at sec
ond and Olson relayed the ball TO AD-
bott with a big margin or time 70
catch Big Dick. The game was played
IN fine fast time of an hour and
quarter Umpire Shuster worked as
umpire and gave a good exhibition. II
Shfyelv had umpires all season whlch
eoualIed the standard of Shuster the
games would have been better atteho-
ed and the standing OF the league pet
ter in baseball.
This afternoon the two teams are
playing a double header. the game
toTorrow afternoon VIII be the last
one of the season on the nome
grounds. The team with Cooley VIII
nut up a good game so the fans pet
ter come out in large numbers 1or
their last look at the locals
The score: