The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-27
By Winning Yesterday Topeka
Now First Division.
Rasty Wright's Great Pitching
Was Chiefly Responsible.
NERVE RACKING GAME
Two Freak Hits i'm Pinches De-
cided the Result.
Visitors Threw Big Scare into
Local Camp in the Eighth.

Yesterdays game was one of the
best of the season and yet it was one
of the greatest nerve hackers staged
during the sojourn in the Western
league. But it put US in the first d.
vision anyhow. Topeka won it by
score Of 8 to 3, and although in the
lead right from the start, the victory
was never certain until McGregor bat
ting for LANCE popped up an easy one
70 RunkeI for the last out in the ninth
inning.
Rasty Wright, who has displayed so
many freak exhibitions of pitching
during the past few days, was working
IA great shape. Rasty never had his
~curvUs breaking in better fashion, and
In the early stages of the game the
Boosters were well nigh helpless. Not
untdl ths fourth inning was his de-
livery punctured for q hit. And not
Ee0r the game to get dangerous. But
shat kind of pitching he did yesterday
simply got On the nerves Of the fans.
fRasty was always in the hole with
three balls and two strikes. and how
he managed to pile up eight strikes
souta on this kind OF pitching is hard
80 fathom.
had accumulated but three hits and
ell OF these were scattered through as
F1nany innings. In this inning. Artie
EBadeF, with one down hit to center
away from Wooley or would have been
was held on third: Then to I'LL the
strikes had been called. Colligan
pasted a nice one TO Kunkel who nail
ed Bader at the plate. But Chink Mat
4ick hadn't hit yet and the ball drop
ped between Wooley, Landreth and
Anderson and LANCE and Dalton
scored. Dwyer walked again, filling
the bases. But Niehor famed and
the ninth with a single and took sec
ond on Williams sacrifice, but the
best Bader and McGregor could do
was to popup to the infelders.
Iron Man Lange opposed Sir Rasty
and pitched a good game. Freak
playing by his support contributed to
the Topeka victory: He was hit
harder than Wright but his hits were
effective in the pinches. For example
take Butch Kerns. This smuggling
backstop scored three hits, but the
only time he came up in pinch he
three times and failed to deliver. In
fact the only pinch hits were scratches
by Anderson and Landreth.
The first run was scored in the first
inning. Wooley walked and Anderson
hit one which taking a peculiar hop
dribbled through Dryers underpin-
ming. Williams got over and fielded
the ball. In attempting to cut Wooley
off at third the throw went wild and
Ilijah scored. With none out no one
could bring Anderson to the counting
station.
Two men were on in the fourth with
but one out but KernS famed and
Wright hit a grounder to Williams. In
the NTH Landreth hit foul to Me
hofr with two on and two down.
But the game was stored away in
the eighth. Wooley beat out a bunt
and took second on a passed ball and
third on Anderson's sacrifice. Kunkel
walked and stole second. Landreth's
hit bounced all over Dwyer and
Wooley scored. LANCE threw to catch
lget away, Kunke1 scoring what proved
to be the winning run.
In the second inning Catcher Frank
McManus of the Des Moines team met
with a serious accident which will
keep him out Of the game for several
vices are badly needed in the fight for
the pennant Kah1 hit foul tip
which caught McManus between the
Eeecond and third fingers on his right
I9fand, splitting IL. This Is the second
3njury to McManus' hand in the same
who like McManus for all his faluts,
and for all his many good qualities, |
were sympathetic and greatly regret
ted the accident.
Two more games with the Boosters
and then the big double bill with
today against either Miller or Nc
IGregor. Darrah or Thomson may get
"a chance at the enemy tomorrow
The official score: