The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-12
Topeka Team Scored Six Runs
in First Inning.
Allowed Omaha to Come Within
One Of Tying Score.
WAS POOR EXHIBITION
Both Sides Used Two Pitchers
During the Afternoon.
ParsOn Quit After Walking the
First Three Men.

The Topeka Cooleysox won yester-
days game in the first inning and all
but lost it in the ninth. Between these
two innings one of the loosest and
most featureless games of the season
was pulled off. The home crowd won
the game by a score of 8 to Z. The
day was windy and dust blew across
the ball lot, and all the climatic con-
ditions were conducive to poor play
ing.
The game was won by the locals
partially through the wildness of
Parson, and partially through the in
effectiveness of Lower in the first inn
ing. Parson is the new pitcher Pa
Rourke secured from Cincinnati. Par
son at first refused to come west and
it was only the threats of the National
commission which kept him in line.
Why he had any reason to refuse to
report to a Western league team was
not apparent from his showing yes
terday. By the time he had filled the
bases with walks, it was quite evident
that the Western league was doing
him considerable honor by giving him
a chance to handle the ball in cham
pionship game.
Topeka used two pitchers. With the
team six runs to the good Burnum
ion, that is as easy as possible. At the
end of the fourth inning he had been
clouted for eight hits and three runs
and Cooley sent in Kaufman to save
the game. Lanky Richard pitched
some pretty good ball until the eighth
inning when he allowed two hits. and
then two more came in the ninth. 1t
was in the ninth that the real scare
OF the game came. Kaufman allow
ed but two singles, but with walk
and two rank errors, the visitors piled
up three runs, and reduced the differ
ence of six runs to one run.
There was a big crowd on hand to
witness the game. The Elks were
there in numbers which swelled the
total attendance to two thousand. A
bunch of Elks from Wichita started in
whoopfng it up for the Nebraska me-
tropolis, but when the six runs were
piled up in the first inning, the Wich-
tia delegation made a noise like an
oyster during the remainder of the
game.
Marshall's band played before and
during the game.
near fight was pulled off in the
very first inning. After King had
reached first on a single he was caught
off first by Burnum's deceptive wind
up and run down between the bases.
This naturally made him feel bad.
He ran into Cooley with the hopes of
knocking the ball out of his hand and
Cooley raped him harder than nee
essary with the ball. Then he just
poked our good natured leader one
with his little fist Cooley made an
attempt to hit back, and King deliv-
cred another one. Both men were
elected from the game and ten dol
lar fine goes with it.
This is the way it all happened.
Woo1ey walked and stole second, then
Geier walked and Kunkel who took
Cooley's place walked. Lower was
sent in and Fenlon singled scoring
Wooley and Geier. Andrews singled
and Kunkel scored. Kahl sacrificed
and Downey scored Fenlon with an in
field out. Kerns got life on Pendry's
bad throw which allowed Andrews to
score. Burnum hit safe and Wooley
and Geier singled bringing Kerns
home. Kunkel laid one down to the
pitcher and the game was over.
Omaha came back with one in the
second. WEIGH doubled through
shortstop and scored on Franks sin
gle and Geier's muff of Lowers long
fly.
Topeka took another score in the
second. Fenlon singled, went to second
on Andrews sacrifice and scored on
Kerns' double to left field.
Hits by Belden and Pendry and Ora
hams long sacrifice fly added one run
to Lincoln's score In the third. Fen
lon made a great catch of Graham's
ny Omaha took another in fourth
inning. Lower got a life on a fielder's