The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-25
SENATORS LOSE.
Topeka Ball Players Win Ex-
citing Ten Inning Contest.
Nationals Were Outbatted and
Outplayed From Start.
PATTEN FALLS DOWN.
Pounded All Over the Lot by
the Town Boys.
Pitcher Hagerman Appears to
Be a Find.
PATTEN FALLS DOWN.


ment must have echoed through the
streets and public places Of the nations
capital last night as the terrible It'd
ings of yesterdays game reached that
city. 1t is little wonder indeed that
congress ever does any work, if such
news as that which was sent to Wash
fngton from Topeka last night is fire.
quent. And to make it all the more
humiliating. two of the idols of the
Washington populace were terribly
slaughtered on the block by Captain
Cooley's brush leaguers. When Teddy
hears of the awful drubbing accorded
to Case Patten, in the tenth inning it
is not unlikely that special session of
the cabinet will be held in the White
House.
Topeka had but little trouble in keep
ing an edge over the Nationals in yes
terday's game. The score of to 2,
however, does not tell adequately the
story of the game. The locals won out
in the tenth inning. The earlier stages
of the game were much closer than the
score would indicate. The locals start
ed out in the lead and kept a little in
front until the seventh inning when
the score was tied. From then until
the tenth inning the battle for supre-
The town lads showed q reversal of
form over the performance of the day
before. They played a much tighter
fielding game and the pitchers were
working in better shape The visitors
from the east were unable to connect
with the dispensations from Cooley's
slab artists. Red Craig, who is fresh
from Joplin and who has not appeared
in this association since 1906 posed on
the local mound for the first three in
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the hits cade off him were not suff1-
GENTLY punched to allow the visitors
to score. One run, however, came across
during his tenure of the mound. This
was due to passed ball by Brennan,
however. Craig threw some wide ones
but on the whole he looked pretty IA
vorable to the fans.
Hagerman, however, was the one who
had to bear the brunt of the contest
yesterday. He started in the fourth
inning and stayed through to the end
of the game. For seven innings he
worked and allowed but two hits. One
of these, q two sacker followed pass
to first and resulted in score, but
certainly showed up Well
He famed six men and walked but two.
Several times he showed his ability to
crawl out of some pretty bad holes. 1t
is the general opinion, of the fans that
he is find.
Long Tom Hughes and Patten work.
taking five innings. Hughes started
and was touched up for three hits dur
ing the five innings, two runs result
ing. Patten, the old reliable of the
Washington team had things his own
way until the tenth inning when he
was touched for a single. triple, and
two doubles. Four runs came across
the plate in this inning.
The locals started off winners at the
very start. Wooley singled over sec
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rine's fielder's choice. Cooley sent
Crumrine to second with a hit which
gently wiggled down the first base line
and beat Sir Richard to the bag. Big
Cyrus Landreth saved the day by put
ting the ball over short for two bags,
scoring Elijah.
In the third the town kids added
another Wooley walked and took
second when Crumrine hit safely. Cool
ey's fielders choice caught Wooley at
third Landreth perambulated, but
Crumrine scored on wild pitch while
Kahl was batting.
Our guests scored their first in the
third round. With one down. Peter
son doubled and went to third on
Brennan's passed ball. Milan was
unable to do anything for his burg
and Shipke walked. Warner hit safe
and Peterson tailed. Shipke tried to
score but was nabbed at the plate on |
q pretty throw by Wooley. In the
seventh another run was dOOeO Tying |
the score. Hughes and Patten had |
both famed and Meinke drew walk |
Peterson again doubled and Meinke |
scored.
Neither side could SCORE in the |
eighth or ninth rounds so an extra |
inning was required. Wooley, first |
I'D secured life on Meinke's bobble. |
Farrell, who was playing right, |
doubled and Wooley scored. Farrell |
reached third on the throw to the |
plate, but was caught moment later
irving to steal home. BARLEY sin |
eIed and Ilandreth reached first on |
Smiths boot of his grounder. Kahl
doubled and BARLEY and Landreth
both tailed. Boles went out but
Funk. the little third baseman, did
his share towards securing the game
by TRIPPING to the right field fence.
KahI scored, but Funk was caught at
the plate trying to stretch his hit into
a homer.
In Individual work of Funk, the
little third baseman who drifted into
town a few days ago, starred. His
fielding all the way through was gilt
edged Landreth surprised the ma
tives by standing up and dropping a
fly bali instead of catching 1t and
falling down. There were but few
pieces of fielding pulled
off. "Spec'' Hurlburt again handled
the Indicator and gave fair satisfac-
ton, although his decisions never
hurt the locals.
The score:
WASHINGTON.
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