The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30
WENT e INNINGS
Longest Game Ever Played in
the Western Association
Pulled Off Yesterday at Hutch
insOn With Oklahoma.
FIRST RUN 18TH
Contest Started at 4 O'clock and
Was Finished at 7:1O.
Bandy Pitched Clear Through
for Victorious Nine.

Hutchinson, Kan, May 30.-Western
association records were sent skyward
Wednesday when Oklahoma City and
hutchinson battled for twenty-three in
nlngs, the former finally winning by
score or to /. 1t was the longest game
| ever played in the Western association
| and was most brilliant one from start
to finish. The winning of two games
from oklahoma City by the locals, which
team is in second place, brought out
crowd of about 900 persons despite the
threatening weather. All of this crowd
and about as many more were on the
grounds when the last out was made.
Fans watching the score boards down
town were unable to hold in and left all
Things behind to race to the Athletic
park Many arrived after the game
had reached the extra innings, yet in
plenty of time to see more than full
game. Workmen went out after
O'Clock. They were fully rewarded. for
never was there better playing.
All the seven errors came early in the
game and were not costly. After the
phenomenal game. Many hair-raising
catches were pulled off. The outfielders
made practically impossible catches and
the infielders gobbled everything in
sight. Right from the start it was plain
that a pitchers battle was on, for F1e-
harty and Bandy were in great form.
During the first seventeen innings
both sides repeatedly got men on second
and third, but could not score. There
was a period of eleven innings, from the
seventh to the seventeenth inclusive,
that only thirty-four men faced Fle-
harty. In the eighteenth Scoggins walk
ed made second on Lotions sacrifice,
third on Wisser's grounder to short,
and scored on Bandy'S double to center.
Then Hutchinson came to bat. Nc
Luckie and Lewis, the first men up,
both hit safe to left. Pettigrew went in
to bat for Wood and famed. Then Nc
= l.. g. don 10
steal, putting each up base. Dahlquist
went in for Fleharty and walked, fill
ing the bags. McLuckie scored on an
outfield out. Noyes walked, again filling
the bases, but Johnson flew out to CEN
ter.
Horton relieved FIeharty. Horton had
worked the day before. However, he
held the Nets absolutely safe until the
tWenty-third round. In this inning LOT
ton led off with a hit went to second |
winning run on Pendry's double. In
their half the locals came within hairs
breadth of again tying the score, Hor-
ton walked and Wilson hit safe to left.
slow leaving second, was caught at third. !
Johnson then sacrificed. Wilson tried
to make home on the out, but was
caught at the plate, giving Oklahoma
City the game.
The game was started at d o'clock and |
was finished at 7:10 o'clock making a |
total of three hours and ten minutes |
the men were playing.
Three games are recorded as having |
taken longer to play than yesterdays
game at Hutchinson.
The longest baseball game on record is |
a contest played between the Fargo and |
DEVILS Lake teams in July, 1891. The |
game went twenty-five innings and /
neither team was able to score a rum |
the contest being called on account of
darkness.
The second longest game was played |
in 1877 at Boston between the Manches- |
ter, N. H, professional team and the !
Harvard club. The game went twenty |
four innings without run being scored |
The third longest contest ever record |
ed was licked off last September when |
the Philadelphia Athletics of the Ameri- |
can league, with Coonnbs pitching, trim I
med the Boston club, with Harris in the /
box, at Boston. by a score of 4 to 1 in |
twenty-four acts. This game was play |
ed in four hours and forty-seven min |
.utes-just one hour and thfrty-seven |
minutes more than it took Oklahoma |
City to trim Hutchinson yesterday.
Joplin and Webb City played a OTTO 0 |
twenty-inning game at Joplin Septem- |
Der A. last year. The game was called |
on account of darkness Durbin, who J
is now with the Chicago Nationals |
pitched for Joplin and allowed only one |
hit, a scratch single in the last thirteen |
innings. Each team had men on third |
only twice.
The score yesterday:
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