The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-04
WHEWy IT'S BAD
Topeka Drops Final Game to
Webb City.
Each Team Secures Just Four
Hits.
LUCK BROKE WRONG.
Olson's Error Contributed to
Only Score of Game.
Porkoney's Bad Umpiring
Feature.

iHuSt De relateQ In connection With the
history of the first Sunday game of the
season in Topeka. Webb City nosed
out victory in a game which was
closely fought all the way through and
nosed out by slight turn of the wheel
OF fortune in their favor with the score
to 0. The question of the hour among
the Topeka fans is. ''How long will
the hard luck last Not fan of the
true blood can be found who will not
maintain that the Topeka team is not
just about as good team as there is
in the league. But the locals are hav-
ing more than their usual allotment
of hard luck.
Take yesterdays game as an exam
pie. Both teams made the same num-
Der of hits and both have the same
number OF errors recorded against
them. Neither team could bunch Its
hits with any telling effect but as luck
would have it one Of the Tripletts' hits
came at very opportune time right
following upon the heels Of an error
which has to be given to Olson as no
once every decade that Olson misses
the ball and yesterday Of all days 1t
had to count as the loss Of the game.
Another feature which entered
strongly into the bad luck Of the 10
Gals was the work of Umpire Pokorney.
Pokorney called balls and strikes yes
terday and certainly gave Hagerman
the worst of it. Everytime a ball cut
the corner of the plate on Trfplett
batter it was a ball, and when Roach
general vicinity of the plate 1t was
strike. But this was not the worst
feature of Pokorney's umpiring. In the
second inning with one down Olson
drew a walk and circled the bases
only to be declared out at the plate
on a raw decision. Olson went to sec
ond on Ragan's infield out. Boles
cracked one down to White who boot
ed the ball and then threw to first In
vain effort to tag Boles Olson com,
throw to first but the jumps called him
out when Wright threw to Cheek: Oh
son slid under the ball and Cheek
hasn't tagged him yet.
All the damage happened in the sew
enth inning with Webb City at the bat.
Everhart opened up with little popup
back of second base. Everybody start
ed for the ball as it was in easy reach
of all. Then all of a sudden every one
halted fearing a collision might take
Started for the BALI all the way from
third and although he grabbed the
ball was unable to hold it. Then
Cuthbert with the proyerbial luck OF
a CASTOR, tripled to left center and EV-
erhart trotted home with the only run
of noble efforts to score but their at
tempts were all frustrated and they
were forced to submit to their first
whitewash of the season.
Old Man Roach, who pitched baseball
15 years almost before the birth OF one
Richard Cooley, again took the firing
line for the locals and proved hard
err proposition than he did on the OPP
ening day. He did not seem to have
thing on his offerings for the local
a1th0nRh
lambasted hard and often the Spald-
ing invariably found its way into the
hands of some waiting fielder.
Young Hagerman also pitched
superb game and with errorless sup.
mort the fans could have waited until
another presidential election. He has
all the ear marks of conner. In the
curve line he has everything pltcner
needs, a good head for a youngster
and pretty good control. His work was
fully UP to the standard OF tnat OF
his opponent OUTSIDE OF the iucA phase
of the game.
In the sixth inning the locals look
ed pretty dangerous. Lige Wooley LED
off with a single and went to second
on Iandreth's sacrifice. Davis drew
walk and Kahl landed on the ball with
one mighty heave. The ball scared out
into right field and looked fair to go
over the cuDola of Cuthbert put an
inrushing current of air took the ball
at second before he could return. In
the eighth Boles led off with single
and reached second on an inf1eid out
game yesterday.
DR.. Shively was spectator at the
but persisted there
The Springfield team opens this af-
ternoon for three games. Jophn
trimmed the Midgets with regularity
and Topeka ought to repeat the does
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