The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-24
Topeka WON IT.
Took Sunday Game From Lin
coin by Close Score.
Stopped by Rain in the Eighth
Inning.
KERNS SAVED THE DAY
Big Catcher Delivered Pinch
Hit When Needed.
Nagle Could Not Stand the Pace
and Retired.
KERNS SAVED THE DAY

Those going kids, the Topeka Cooley
sox, celebrated their brief stay at home
yesterday by bombarding Pitcher
Maggie in the fifth inning for four runs,
and a few hits and walks. This was
the only inning in which the Prohibs
were scored upon. but what was the
use, ii was enough. The game was
abbreviated in the eighth session by
some copious work on the part of j.
Pluvius. The rain was falling at a
pretty lively rate for at least two in
nings before it had saturated the thick
blue shirt of imp. Wheeler. By the
time the water was trickling down his
chest he was ready to call the game.
After the legal intermission of thirty
minutes he declared the game called,
much to the disgruntlement of Man
ager W. Fox, who made a beautiful
stall to get the game re-started
A few days previous Nagle and
Kaufman had been engaged in
pitching duel which went for fourteen
Innings, In favor of B. r. Kaufman. So
the crafty manager decided to pit the
two against each other for Sunday
contest and the theory was a beautlful
one. Each pitcher though lasted but
five innings. Kaufman was yanked in
the fifth to allow Kerns to bat. What
Kerns did will come later. And Maggie,
well Just as soon as the crowd started
in with a little repartee and whooping,
he took to the clouds for relief
Hendrix went in to save the game for
the home talent. Rhoddy certainly
gave the fans a glorious exhibition OF
how to pitch. His first inning was
featured with two walks, but after ne
had got warmed up and located the
plate IT was all off with the Lincoln
citrate his fade-awaY for a safe one.
Likewise Mr. Karsten who was sent
in after Maggie had been taken out
was a tightwad and a slow infield nit
by Downey was the only thing that
made it possible to register hit
against him.
The foreigners started out like win
rers In the second inning a chance
to sew the game up was thrown away
by some careless baserunning (bush
would phrase it,. Thomas led off with
a single. Davidson hunted to Cooley
and the Boss in an effort to head
Thomas of at second threw the ball too
wide for Downey with the result that
each man took an extra base. Gagnier
poked one to Downey, the latter heaved
the Victor to the plate to head Thomas
Thomas turned backed and Cooley took
some chips in the gap1eEs OF eaten,
finally applying the bail to both
Thomas and Davidson with disastrous
results Gagnier had reached second
however and when Sullivan .poled one
to left field. the Frenchman scored.
Two. more came across in the fifth.
G1agnier opened with a single. kahl
made a beautiful stop but could not re-
cover his equilibrium in time to make
a throw Gag went to second on Sulh-
vans sacrifice, went to third on
Pritchett's fielder's choice and scored
when Maggie pumped the ball over the
Topeka infield. Maggie went to second
on the return and scored on Old Man
Waldron's bingle.
The glory for the home hitters was
all amassed in the fifth, although Fen
ion had tripled in the second and was
caught at the plate when Maggie threw
wide to prevent an attempted squeeze.
In this fateful fifth the veteran DR..
Jason started the trouble by lining
single to center field Kahl was ready
to break up the game but was forced
ito accept four wide ones. Then
,Downey singled right over third base,
and the big physish scampered home.
"a conference between Sully and Maggie
resulted in a walk for McManuS and
the bases were all ba1lasted. Kauf-
mann went to the plate and took one
strike, and Cooley sent in Kerns. Kerns
with the handicap of one strike, did not
wait but picked out the first one and
sent it scorching the grass along the
s1eft field foul line for two bases and
sboth Kahl and Downey scored. At this
iJuncture Karsten took up the burden
land with McManus on third Wooley
h1ifted a long sacrifice fly to Davidson
iscoring the winning run.
After this the game was never in
kdoubt. In the last of the eighth the
rain stopped the contest after Wooley
had drawn four of a kind and Geier
was ready to clout against the right
field fence.
The team left last night to continue
the successes on foreign battlefield
after having won exactly half of the
games thus far on the present trip No
more baseball until June 8, when the
heroes return to meet the Denver
Mountaineers.
The score:
TOPEKA