The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-05
Kansas City Players Had TrOu'
BILE With Topeka Pitchers.
Both Slapnicka and Thomson
Pitched Great Ball.
LONG HIT A HOME RUN
Feature of Contest and Melted
Three Runs.
COOleysOX Found Brennan for
Five Hits in Eighth.

With a gathering of eleven hundred
delighted fans looking on, the To-
peka lads succeeded in smothering Jake
Beckley's veteran athletes beneath a
lavish smearing of the whitewash.~ in
the Sunday contest, the final tabulation
showing an 8 to array of figures. 1t
was certainly a bitter morsel to mete
out to George Tebeau's hirelings, many
of whom have dreams of roseate ca
reers in the majors. For they were
completely outclassed, so much so that
even Jake Beckley failed to murmur
above a whisper.
1t was the Topeka pitching talent
that turned the trick. Mr.. Cooley sum-
moned two of his half dozen to the box
and both proved puzzles to the Blues
Slapnicka and Thomson were the dis
pensers of the teasers and both worked
in effective and elegant style. Slapnicka
went for six innings, during which time
but two hits We're recorded by the
Blues. One of them should have been
an easy out but Fenlon and Long saved
a great deal of exertion by playing the
old Alphonse-Gaston stunt. The other
one from the twirler with the slapstick
cognomen was a triple by Westerzn
which went just over the first base bag
and bounded off the lumber yard in the
southeast corner of the enclosure.
Slapnicka was never in deep water,
and was threatened only twice. WeSter-
zils triple came after two were out and
Brennan ended the suspense by fouling
to SchisseL The other occasion came
in the last round in which the blonde
twirler officiated. and was due to some
large leaks in his support. With one
down Fenlon dropped Hallman's easy
fly. Hill made the second out to Fen
lon but Geier booted Browns grounder
and two men were on. Slapnicka show
ed some reserve energy with lavish
display of curves and Eagle Eye
Jake Beckley whitfield three times and
walked to the bench.
Thomson had a little trouble in the
seventh inning, his first round. With
one down Ducky Swan dropped one
back at first base but Kahl and Cooley
with wires crossed failed to get it.
WesterziI singled. Brennan tried to
hunt, but Thomson caught Swan at
third. and it looked better for awhile.
Thomason walked Atchison, however,
and the bases were filled. But Thoma-
son showed himself nervy in the pinch
es and curved three over on Mailman,
and the agony passed into history.
Long was the hitting hero of the
game. In the third inning, Schissel
and Slapnicka secured couple of lucky
hits. Long had been batting right
handed but took to the south side of
the plate and hit the first ball thrown
TO deep right center for a home run
and three runs came over the pan.
The next three proved easy victims.
In the fourth inning with two men
out, the locals managed to edge run
across. Funk singled, and stole second
Browns passed ball moved him to
third and when SchiSSel hit safe past
Westerzil, Funk scored.
The hitting carnival was revived in
the eighth at Brennan's expense. Geier
singled to left, but his trolley slipped
on the way to second. Wooley doubled
to right field and scored on Fenlon's
single. Cooley singled and an inshoot
caught Kahl in the solar plexus. The
bases were loaded for Funk, and the
little infielder managed to negotiate
one run with a sacrifice fly to Hallman
Kern made a grand cleaning with a
sIashing double to center field, scor-
ing Cooley and Kahl. Thomasor
famed and this was the end of the
scoring.
The game was fast and snappy, just
the sort that appeals to the fans but
there were no spectacular plays. Dan
berry held the center of the stage g
good deal of the time in attempting
to prevent the loss of Victors.
Kali, Geier and Cooley officiated in q
fast double play that prevented en-
barrassment in the second round. Slap
nfcka in the first inning sprung one or
Mailman, catching him between the
bases, after which no base runners tool
liberties with Slapnicka.
The score: