The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-09
1T TOOK 3 HOURS.
But Then the Cooleysox Won
at Last.
Won From Webb City in
Thirteenth Inning.
GAME OF FEATURES.
Co0ley's Batting Bordered on
the Sensational.
Tied the Score and Batted in
Winning Run.

The sun was slowly sinking in the
west; the cows were lowing in the
pastures; chickens were taking to the
roosts; lightning bugs were sparkling
in the meadows and low lands, when
one Richard Cooley terminated three
long hours of baseball at the local
park by getting a timely pinch hit
when the pitcher was doing his best
to give him his base, and scoring the
winning run of the game which was
well along in the thirteenth inning.
The Tripletts and Cooleysox had fought
a long and tedious battle with the
score tied up, 2. to 2. since the eighth
inning.
The joke is on Larry Milton, the
handsome manager of the invading
guests. For several innings he had
been warming Burnum. the far famed
southpaw of the Triplets, for use in an
emergency against the locals. The said
emergency came in the eighth inning
with Walter Boles on second and two
men out. 1t was Cooley's turn to bat
and the visiting manager decided to
slip one over in the form of south
paw pitcher and thereby save the
game. But Dick produced the hit
which scored Roles from second and
in the thirteenth inning again delivered
a. pinch hit which won the game. Any
time they think Dick Cooley can't clout
the leII mana lHey nave all
other guess coming.
And there was something mighty
good looking in the game for the local
fans to talk about. 1t was Jack Root,
the new acquisition, the soldier boy
pitcher. Root got a bad start. He
was touched up for five hits in the first
two innings. But he hadn't got start
ed, for he pitched the remaining eleven
innings with but one hit. In pinches he
displayed rare nerve and was always
equal to the occasion. Several times
leaks in his support would put him in
hot water and with perfect support
would have won the game much more
easily.
The home lads were still crippled.
Cooley was up against it and had TO
resurrect old Dick Brown to play the
third bag for the locals. Dick got away
bad and Brennan had to take his place
even though he had but one eye to
work with. BoleS at short and SelDy
in left had to play again yesterday.
Harry Cheek, the noisy hardwork1ng
catcher of the visitors, started the run
getting of the game by doubling on
Root, and scoring when Pokorny SIN
gled The locals were in hot water sew
cral times in the first inning but fast
plays to the plate robbed the WEBB
Cityans of further scores.
In the last half of the first the locals
evened up with a lone run. Wooley sin
gled, stole second and scored on Cool
ey ; SluSle
In the fourth inning Spec Hurlburt,
the old patriarch. pulled off the hair
raising stunt of stealing home and this
was the deciding run for some time
He had reached first by taking an In
shoot in the shoulder, went to second
on Everharts sacrifice and to third on
Cuthbert's fielder's choice. His steal
home was spectacular.
The tying run came in the eighth az
ter Boles had singled and stolen sec
ond. Milton changed pitchers but Cool
ey singled Boles across the rubber.
Davis. who had walked might have
scored on the play as Pokorny threw
the ball to the grandstand but Davis
was stopped at third and finally thrown
out at the plate.
The winning run came in the thir-
teenth Boles walked and went to sec
ond on Davis sacrifice. Red was also
safe when Cuthburt dropped the throw
on first. Selby's sacrifice helped wal
ter to third and then again Cooley with
his hit past short saved the day.
Cooleys timely batting and Roots
pitching towards the latter end of the
game were the features. Joplin will
be here tomorrow for series of three
games and an additional game which
will be a part of a double header Sun
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