The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-04
HAD NO CHANCE.
lola Ball Team Outclassed by
Topeka.
Pitchers Were Pounded All
Over the Field.
STARTED In THE FIRST
locals Secured Five Runs in
Initial Inning.
Wooley's Batting Feature of
the Game.
GUHDAY.

The Lola Misfits drew the small end
OF q score Of 13 to 3 at Association
park yesterday afternoon. And it
WAS one Of the most 1opsided contests
sver seen on the local ball lot. The
lola team was simply outclassed from
the start to the finish and during
the game, the earlier part especially
Mr.. Cooleys hopefuls were able to
score at almost any time.
The Topeka bunch were not long In
opening their operations on the
Prides OF Allen county. A man by
the name of Grim essayed to twirl the
earlier stages of the game. Mr.. Grim
is the author of a book of Fairy Tales
and he did not seem to have fully re-
covered from this handicap, judging
by his work yesterday: Wooley was
the first man up in the first inning
and "Iige' only made three bases on
his first hit. Farrell and Landreth
both hit safe ones and Kahl reached
first by the error route, Cuthbert
singled, Ragan died before reaching
first and Funk singled. Brennan and
Jarrot obligingly went out. Result
The lola bunch played a very loose
fielding game during the early stages
of the contest. Their overthrows and
boots were frequent occurrences and
they seemed to be laboring under an
have been impossible for Topeka to
have lost the game yesterday. How
ever, towards the latter end of the
game the Allen county bunch seemed
to have acquired some knowledge as
to their bearings and played much
better game. By this afternoon they
will probably have shaken off all their
nervousness and can play their best
game.
Topeka scored four in the third,
one in the fifth and three in the sixth.
So frequent were their scores that
they elected no applause from the
spectators. only a sigh of huge pro-
portions being noticeable every time
pair of white hose pranced across
the rubber. To give an accurate de-
tailed account Of the way Topeka Sc
cured her runs would be as monoton-
GUS as q Quaker campmeeting.
In the seventh inning Laster sue
ceeded Grim on the lola slab and ow-
ing to the lassitude of the Topeka
players he was able to Laster out.
Two hits were secured off him in two
Awnings and though he Is rather min
ute In his makeup. he looks like a
pretty good pitcher. And lola has
few good looking players in the lot.
Gray who plays second base was with
Webb City last season and can play
any position. He is also pretty handy
with the stick. Prather, a Topeka boy
who played short, is showing UP well
and looks to have his position cinch-
ed for the season in the o. A K.
league. Goes, who plays left field,
looks promising. He is a brother of
lBddie Goes Of the Oklahoma City,,
but Is a little chap and does not ap-
pear able to muti1ate an umpire. Roy
Gill, formerly of Washburn college is
with the lola team and may be in
duced to take the captaincy of the
bunch. Tom Hayden, formerly presi-
dent of the Webb City team, is at the
head of the lola team and seems to
be showing his old pecuniary tactics
in his management. The lola team
IS sadly in need of uniforms. There
were eleven players used in the lola.
lineup yesterday and every one of
them had uniforms of divers shades.
They included all the changes be-
tween white and black consisting of
a beautiful cerise, a navy blue, dark
green and one of Brussels carpet de-
sign.
Jarrott and Craig, who worked for
the locals, failed to work up a sweat.
Neither had to extend himself to
make the game safe for the locals.
The two teams are at 1t again this
afternoon. Tomorrow will be the
closing game of the series. Gill will
probably pitch for lola and Roy Ar
mold will make his first appearance in
the box for Topeka.
The feature of the game was Wool