The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-15
Topeka Grabbed First Game
with Wichita-Score s to 2.
But Dropped the SecOnd-a
Pitchers Battles to /.
MIG SHANER WON GAME
For the First Time in Worlds
History He Did Lit.
ReiIly's Home Run Saved Cooley
sOx From ShutOut.

Honors were even at the double PHI
at the Topeka baseball park yeseei ICY
afternoon when the Wichita lzzles anu
the Topeka Cooleysox lined up IN .ne
anal home series between the Two
clubs The local contingent got away
with the first by a score or . TO z, anu
the Izzies ran home with the last IN
counter by a score OF TO i, 6ot"
were brilliant affairs. Although play
ed on a wet ground not single pop-
HE vas registered against either team
during the entire eighteen innings;
can YOU beat it. the way they play pan
- The first game should have been
ahufout for the Izzies. But the klndh-
ness of heart on the part or warner
Boles decided that 1t shouid not pe
such walter thought of the Izzles'
avav from home and in hostile coun-
trv. Maybe some of them had frlenos
and loved ones at home. All tnesS
things accommodating IN wa hi ~
snd ana permit the witches to cash IN
The GOAT for the Topeka hitters in
the first contest was Aoonlran P ren
nan. 1t is only fair to this Cinc1nnau
nerson. to say that he has been SICK TOT
three weeks and only Joined the team
here Yesterday. Brennan was ndtuI a.
" out of condition Thlrteen mus AoI
eight runs was his paltry allowance 70
the home talent yesterday. Brell ID II
has a generous soul anyhow, and the
game was never in DOUBT
In the first inning the e emec,s on IN
the control of this scintillatlng SOUTH
nav. Wooley walked and Ihohlas
Reilly sacrificed. Geier hit not one
to right and Wooley talIled, GeleL ran
Thomason's single was enough 10
score the rotund sunfielder
Three more happened in the thlro;
Geier singled with one Gown hh ant
likewise doubled and Honus scored
Kahl hit hard enough to send Abootr
home. ,..4z o,e
80, Wbite,s head and scored on
+vvo-sac ker by Sir Robert KAN. kerns
singled and Robert mutilated the plate
with his spikes. Two runs. Inc 4r uitIl
one came in the seventh lhnlhs e1Id
and soon stole third. Kahl walked ana
the two pulled off a double steaI. Ihal
Abbott kid is certainly steahHs tlle
bases. If he keeps II up nucn Io lssIIa
Sandy Grfswo1d will be keeping aWaks
nights irving to devise some metn0o
bv which Red Fisher can keep at ehe
head of the league
Wichita's only scoring was trans
acted in the eighth Brennan hit safe
hut was forced by Hughes. Snaner
nroved fruit but BoleS walked Petll-
grew and Westerzil filing the oases;
Pennell was equal to the occasion anu
The game was devoid of fielding fea-
lures with the exception OF lass
double play incubated by kahi ana
furthered along by Reilly with Aoootr
applying the finishing touches.
The Second Game.
AS long as Mig Shaner lives he viii
remember the second game OF yesteF
dav afternoon for at this time ne
furnished the one real big surprise of
~.
" had it on the Topeka batters. Ever
since baseball has been known in To-
peka Shaner has made few visits TO
topeka every season and has always
had tbe same luck. He was always
wild and ineffective. Once a few years
ago he manager to secure tie game,
hut that is the nearest he ever came
10 winning. Yesterdays performance
was such a marked contrast to his
revious record in Topeka that words
can not describe it, Anyhow, 1t was
so unusual that the most conservative
political dopeSters will not hesitate 10
saw that Kansas may soon turn Demo-
cratic.
combat Fortune smiled brightly on
the Jobbers. A single turn or two OF
luck decided it. Kaufman pitched a
brilliant game all the way through. so
did Shaner. This astute gentleman
from the Beerless Princess had smoke,
curves and a great downward shoot on
his spit ball. He kept Topeka's hits
scattered. And had it not been for
beautiful home run drive over the left
field fence bv Reilly in the ninth in
ming he would have scored a shutout.
This was the real hit of the game.
Luck can sometimes accomplish
lrore than brains. This accounts for
wichita's first run. In the fourth in
ming Roxy Middleton reeled off sin
gle to right field and annexed second.
Kaufman famed both Pettigrew and
Westerzil, when the demon Pennell
stepped to the plate. A conference in
the center of the diamond resulted n
a plan to walk this Texan. Pennell
was forced to take the dose. Then
with Whitley White batting it look
ed like a cinch. This blonde lifted a
high one just back of second. 1t was
high enough to get under on an ordi-
nary field, but Kahl couldn't get his
spikes to catch in the terra infirma
and the ball fell safe. Middleton
ccored.
With this status prevailing the game