The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-27
Administers a Shut Out to Old
Team Mates.
Three Hits All That Railroad.
ers Able to Get.
DAVIS OUT OF GAME.
His Advice to Umpire Setley
Wasn't Appreciated.
Barber Pitches a NO-Hit Game
for Hutchinson.

Rhody Hendrix made his initial ap-
pearance in local uniform Wednes-
day afternoon in the second encounter
with the Enid team. And he will do
He showed that he had the goods with
him, and did it in a manner that elimi-
mated every shadow of doubt. And to
make 1t all the more remarkable, Hen
dirk was forced to debut" against his
old team mates, the Enid cellar cham
pions.
The game was a shutout affair, the
second time in two days that the cell
lar champions have failed to score on
the local team. Hendrix had the hostiles
at his mercy all through the contest
and never was there the slightest
chance of the tailenders causing trou-
BILE. Three hits was the allotment of
the visitors for the day and never did
more than one occur in an inning.
Big John Ashley. alias Scissors"
was on the slab for the visitors and
considering the fact that he has been
with a losing team all season and IS
used to lambastings did pretty good
piece of work. He was touched up for
seven hits and was effective in all but
two innings.
The clouds were threatening all af-
ternoon and the crowd was accordingly
small Towards the latter end of the
threatening and 1t was almost impossi-
BILE TO play by the time the game reach
ed it's terminus. -
In the first inning Red Davis was
banished from the game for talking
back. This brought the Big Chief into
the game again for the first time in
weeks. He took his old position at first
while Abbott went to right field. The
Big Chief hasn't deteriorated bit, but
he was out of the game for so long
that his batting lamps" were rather
dusty and he failed to connect for a
single hit.
The locals started after the game in
the second inning, and 1t all happened
after two were out The inning start
ed by Abbott dropping an easy one
down to first base. Then DR.. Andrews
hit safe but tried to go to second and
was thrown out by country block.
But it wasn't too late, for Emory Olson
cracked out a two base hit and Broth
er Sylvester to help out singled and
Emory scored.
Again in the seventh inning the local
aggregation counted. Abbott who has
been slumping recently, got back into
the favor of the fans by TRIPPING to
deep right center and scored when DR..
Andrews sent a long sacrifice fly to
right field. E. Olson was an easy out.
and again with two men out and the
bases clear the Cooleysox waded in and
sent a third run across just for good
looks. S. Olson reached first when Will
hite dropped a throw and then scored
when Eddie Brennan doubled to left
fiald.
The feature of the game was pulled
off in the last half of the ninth in
ming. Parson Frantz in a final attempt
to score sent in Sheldon, the home run
hitter to bat for Allen. Sheldon was
first up and sent a liner over short
stop. S. Olson ran backwards and
jumped into the air, grasping the
Spalding with his bare hand. 1t was
a difficult and almost impossible catch.
Today is the last battle of the sea-
son with the Enid team. Tomorrow the
Nets will open up with a double header
and there will be some carnage on this
occasion.
The score: