The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-27
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COOleyites Defeat Gus Alberts'
Boomers.
Visitors Outhit the Sex, But
Couldn't Win.
CHENEY THE TWIRLER'
FILTERED Pitcher Did Well Ex.-
cept in One Inning.
CHENEY THE TWIRLER
Wind and Dust Made Good Play.
ing Impossible.

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score of to 5. And despite the wind
and dust surging down over the battle
ground throughout the entire two
hours of the game, and the cold ozone
| coming from the north making winter
apparel none too warm. 1t was a good
game. and especially so in the earlier
i stages. 1t was not a pitchers battle
and the fielding was not perfect by any
means, but there was just enough of
the uncertain element in it to make the
game interesting.
Cooleys proteges went into the
game with new front. Cyrus Lam
dreth, who claims his real name is
George, covered the initial territory
and did well considering the fact that
he was a novice at the business. He
seems to be good man any place. and
ne always proves the center of attrac-
limelight by allowing a slow grounder
to dribble through his underpinnfng for
safe hit and incidentally to allow a
run to cross the plate. But he shows
1 up pres,y go goo Tor novice and the
to watch the wizard from western
Kansas cut capers around this corner
| of the diamond.
Gus A1berts worked Cheney, the tall
blonde twirler who was foraged from
Topeka couple of seasons ago. Che
ney started out good and for the
| greater part of the game his work was
creditable, but in the fifth inning the
| locals got next to him for five hits and
these together with a conglomeration
| of errors annexed six runs to the local
| tabulation and cinched the game.
| Hagerman opposed him and although
scattered with little better effect and
was given much better support at
| critical stages.
| For the first two rounds neither side
scored. although in the second Topeka
/ had the sacks full The Boosters were
the first to break the ice. In the third
act with one down, Redmond popped
up little fly which the wind blew out
of the reach of Boles and into fair ter
J ritory. Bradbury poled one to right
field which looked like two sacker.
but fast fielding held McCullum on
| second. Long laced out beauty over
the shortstop and McCullum spiked
the plate with the first run Of the
| game. E
In this same inning Topeka took
| turn at the scoring business. Wooley
sent screamer over the infield to left
field for one base4o Kennedy retired
course of the ball. Elijah. unlike. the
Biblical godfather stole a base and
| when Davis hit a grass cutter over
| second base scampered home with the
| first tally for the locals.
The tribe of Gus Alberts forged to
! the front in the fourth. With one
down Cheney drew a pass and went
| to third when Maggie hit safe for
single. Maggie started for second and
| Boles threw to Raglan who threw back
| to BoIes to nip Cheney at the plate but
Walter dropped the spheriod and the
run counted.
Thus the game progressed until the
second scene of the fifth act, when Mr..
Wooley again started the f1elders to
work with a single of the same order
as his first and again stole second.
Davis connected for his third straight
Dingle and "Lige" scored. Davis stole
second and went to third on Brad
bury's overthrow and then scored
| when Bobby Kahl stripled to the right
| field fence. Landreth reached first on
| Hutchinson's poor throw and Kahl
trotted home. Raglan singled and
| Funk's single scored both Landreth
and Ragan, Funk going to second on
| the throw to the plate. Boles famed
| but in the meantime Funk stole third
and scored while Hutchinson was Jug
| Cling the ball.
This was enough for Cooley's hope
| fuls but Bartlesville added three in the
seventh. With one down Bradbury
| walked and scored on successive
| bingles by Long and Roth. Long
scored on an infie1d out and Roth tai
| lied on Hicks single.
The Bartlesville bunch shows us.
| better than any team of it's class which
has been in Topeka this season. Gus
Alberts ought to make trouble for the
other teams in the. o. A. K. league and
it would occasion no little surprise to
see the Boosters walk off with Shive-
t1y's other rag.
/ The score: