The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-24
KEPT IT GOING.
Topeka Couldn't Stop WASH
ington Batters.
Senetors Hit the Ball Regu-
larly and Hard.
TRY THREE PITCHERS
MerchOn Blew Up in the Fourth
Inning.
Jarrett Fared No Better Than
JarrOtt Fared No Better Than
His Predecessor.

If the Washington Nationals could
hit the ball every day like they did at
the local baseball park yesterday
afternoon, a different story would
have to be told of the position of this
team at the close of every season. The
way the representatives Of the nations
capital got their eyes glued on the ball
yesterday was enough to place any
team on the other end of the percent
age column, instead Of the bottom
where Cantillon's proteges have land
ed since the dawn of the Christian era
All the local pitchers looked alike
yesterday. Not one of the trio of
Cooley's youngsters could stay for
moment the swatfest of the visiting
players. But of course there is an ex-
cuse which it is only just to offer at
this stage of the game. The Washing
ton players have been working out for
nearly a month down in Texas where
the gulf breeZeS blow and where the
SUMS heat radiates in a manner con-
ducive to the working out of the kinks
and charley horses Of the players. And
am the other hand, Cooley's men have
been together for the most part but a
few days and have not yet trained
their eyes on the course Of the ball
nor have they removed all the sore
spots from their anatomy. The pitch
ers especially should not be expected
to do much at this stage of the season.
AS it was, however. the locals hit the
ball nearly as often as the major
leaguers, but they could not bunch
their hits nor make them count for as
many extra bases. The game was too
|, much onesided to be interesting to the
which Cooley has gathered together
shows great promise and 1t won't be
, very long until he will have them 60
ing at full speed.
showing in the game against the
White Sox Sunday, pitched the first
four innings. For three innings he
was unable to be found except for a
, short single by Kahoe in the first in
ming. In the fourth. however. Kahoe
opened with a double which seemed
to take the heart out of the Holton
lad. At least his curves lost all their
mys stifying qualities after that and
before the smoke of the round had
cleared away, he had been touched up
for four hits and five men had Tailed.
Price, the former Topeka player who
is under reserve by the Enid team.
pitched the next two innings. Price
got away to the good in the fifth in
ming, but in the sixth the lombard
, ment of his delivery commenced. Two
singles, g. double and a triple were
enough to send him to the club house
too good a showing Sunday, was called
| in and worked for the remainder of
the game.
Jarrett showed some Improvement
over his form Of Sunday. He appears
| to be an old head at the business and
| one who is not going to exert himself
in cold weather such as the present
He will undoubtedly work harder and
| round into condition with the opening
of the warm weather If the dope on
m fS oh a oh To lrn
with a vengeance by the time the
season opens.
The local aggregation started away
to the good in the very first inning.
| secured a pass to first. Crumrine ana
Cooley were both retired on infield
| hits, which. however, sent Elijah to
| third. Landreth hit over short for a
single and Wooley scored.
| But the short margin which the White
| Sox secured was to be short lived In
| the fourth inning big Mike Kahoe
| started off with a double. Smith popped
up one to Boles but on grounder from
| Hughes, Boles fumbled and Hughes
| reached first. Patten singled and
| Kahoe scored. Meinke, the little in
| fielder, hit a double out past Wooley
| and both Hughes and Patten scored.
Peterson hit safe and Meinke pranced
| down the line with another run. Milan
hit into a fie1der's choice, Peterson be-
l
| ond and scored while Ragan was muff-
ing a fly Of Shipke's. Result of the
round, runs.
| The Nationals were out of breath by
| this time SO did not start in again un-
til the sixth round. Case Patten start
ed off with triple and after Meinke
and Peterson had proved easy outs,
/ Milan came to the rescue with a single
| on which Patten scored Shipke drew a
walk and Warner singled, scoring Milan
and advancing Shipke to third. Shipke
scored on a passed ball and Warner
reached home on Kahoe's second dou-
BILE. Four more runs.
In the seventh a double by Patten
followed by Meinke's triple sent anoth-
er man across the plate. The last run
OF the visitors came in the ninth inning.
Patten started with single but was
forced at second on Meinke's hit to
Kahl. BARLEY made a poor throw to
first and Meinke reached second and
scored on Wilson's single
The locals started the run getting
| again in the eighth inning. Boles sim
gled but was caught at second on
Ragan's felder's choice. Barley forced
Ragan at second. Jarrott walked send
Ing BARLEY to second, from where he
scored on Wooley's single. In the eighth
Iandreth got life on a fielder's choice
and scored On Kahls double.
In the ninth the locals started with
new ginger and annexed three tallies
BARLEY reached second on Shipke's poor
throw to first. Jarrott hit safe but was
caught going to second. Wooley reach