The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-10
TOPEKA'SFIRST.
Defeats the Wichita Leaders
without Difficulty.
Leaders Get Only Four Hits Off
Halla..
NO ONE PAST SECOND.
Locals Meanwhile Gather in
Three Scores.
Game a Good One Despite the
Cool Weather.

Topeka won the opening game of
the Wichita series this morning by a
score of 3 to 0. The game was a good
one and was characterised by fast and
snappy playing all through the game
which was induced by the chilly at
mosphere prevailing at the local park.
Topeka played a superior game to
that of the leaders in all the depart
ments and Wichita never got man
past second base
The main cause of the defeat of the
Jobbers was the oft repeated phrase,
Inability to hit Halla- . The big
southpaE allowed but four hits which
were widely separated and did not al
transportation route In addition he
fielded his position grandly.
Speer. the curly headed southpaw
of the Wichita team was driven from
the box by the locals. He was also as
wild as they generally become in this
league and his free comps to first base
were frequent occurrences He start
ed out by walking three in the first
inning, but the locals did not score. In
the second inning Siekmeyer started
out with a double along the left field
line. but the Wichita team maintained
that he did not touch first base and
the umpire ruled in favor of the Wis
itors
1t was not until the third inning
that the locals got busy. Abbott
opened with a single and was follow
ed by another from RunkeTs bat.
Raglan hit into a fielder's choice cut
ting off Runkel AT second. Siekmeyer
hit to right field and Abbott scored
Raglan, who had stolen second just
previous also tried to score, but a
throw by Nichols cut him off Bren-
nan walked and Haila hit. Halla's
hit. however. hit Brennan and the
side was retired.
In the next inning Davis started off
with a three base drive and scored
when Weaver dropped a throw from
Holland after Boles had been retired
at first
The final run came in the fifth in
ming after two men were out Seik-
meyer walked and scored on Bren-
mans trip to right center After the
fifth Speer went to first and Clark
went in the box. The young Jobber
struck out the first three men and got
away in good shane. The game was
gone, however. and he was working
But two of the visitors reached sec
ond base. In the first inning Bayless
led off with a double and stayed there.
In the second, RagaH,s error followed
second. Speer hit in the fifth inning
and stole second. That was the ex-
tent of Wichita's work on bases
Walter Boles made his debut in CEN
ter field and did not have a chance to
show what he could do in the outfeld-
He was up three times, famed once
and went out on infieId grounders the
other times. He barely missed hit
however. by the ball falling just out
side fair territory in the southeast cor
ner of the diamond.
The feature Of the game was the
fielding of HalIa. Several times he pull
ed off stunts which deprived the Wich-
tia players of reaching first Raglan
also played great game at short and
was on the firing end of fast double
play. Runkel was hit in the head and
knocked down by Clark in the seventh
inning but got up and trotted to INST
as though nothing had happened
Umpire F'innie made his debut before
the locals and failed TO give any of the
fans an iota of a reason why he should
draw his salary His judgment on balls
and strikes was about the poorest eX-
hfbition ever enacted on the local dla-
mond and there was always some rag
mas 1icating going on. His decisions
were mostly against the locals and at
one time he called RUnkel out at sec
ond when the fielder failed to touch
him with the ball