The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-01
By Scattering Hits He Scores a
Shut Out Game.
WEIGHTS BAD INNING
Three Singles and Three Walks
Made Omaha's Runs.
Lame Back Prevented Thomson
From Finishing 1t.

Tor two big reasons. In the first
place the team couldn't hit Mr.. Lower
of Omaha sequential1y. In the next
place Rasty Wright had one bad in
ming. Had either of these causes been
removed the result would have been
different. AS it was Omaha won by
a score of to get some, getting ev-
cry run in the seventh inning.
The Lower person who worked for
Omaha was some pitcher. He did by
far the smoothest job of scattering
hits seen in Topeka in many a day
and despite the fact that Topeka hit
safe in every inning but two, and
then didn't score is worthy of more
than passing notice.
Cooley started Thomson and this
little broad shouldered southpaw
worked beautifully for five innings,
allowing in this time but two hits
ming and which produced no i'll eff
fects- Thomson while on the last trip
to Colorado contracted a lame back
and from the effects of this attack
he hasn't recovered. A week ago
Sunday when he went in that weird
game with Lincoln, he experienced
some trouble in making his delivery
and at the end of the fifth inning
yesterday it was evident that his back
was becoming fatigued under the
strain. But he made a great impress
sion on the fans who will look for
ward to his future appearance in the
box with great expectancy of seeing
a great pitching exhibition.
Wright relieved Thomason, but
Rasty wasn't consistent with his name
in one inning of the remainder of the
game. In the seventh he weakened
and allowed three singles besides
walking three Omahogs. With WEIGH
out of the way Pendry who is hard
to pitch to, because he is SO small,
drew four wide ones. Potts followed
with a hit and Cadman's single scor-
ed the midget Pendry. Lower walked,
filling the bases. Fisher, generally
some demon hitter famed. and it
looked a little easier, but Rasty got
in the hole on Fox. With the judg-
ment on balls and strikes standing
three and two Potts started for home.
Rasty threw wide to Kerns who
caught Potts. But Clark ruled that
the throw was the fourth ball and
allowed the run to score being forced
home on Fox's walk. Wright insisted
that he had stepped out of the box
but Clark didn't see it that way. Then
King just to swell the total singled
and chased two runs over the plate,
Cadman and Lower scoring. In the
ninth after giving two hits Wright
gave way to Darrah. This was about
the only chance the Omahogs had
of scoring. Topeka had one good
chance in the third inning but the
one nit winch WOuIQ nave uOnS IL
didn't come. With one down Woo1ey
walked, and took second on q wild
pitch. Reilly was hit with pitched
ball, and woo1ey beat it to third on
the throw of WEIGH after nabbing
Qeier's long fly. Kunkel looked
dangerous and drew four wide ones
filling the bases. The best Cyrus
could do was singing liner right
into Fox's hands A deviation of
ward either way would have changed
the aspect of the game.
Both sides played an errorless game
in the field with the exception of one
easy chance which Kahl missed, a
high easy foul fly just over the right
field line. But Bobby redeemed him
self by starting a double play which
cut off chance for the Omahogs to
score.
The final effort Of the series will be
staged this afternoon. Boles may pitch
for Topeka while Manager Fox will
likely stick in one of the southpaw
victims of Sundays double dose. To-
night the locals leave for Sioux City
where five games are billed for three
days. The team will be home Sunday
for one game with Lincoln. This will
be the last appearance of the Links
and after that but three series remain
on the local calendar, so you had bet
ter be there.
The official scores.