The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-12
ONE SIDED GAME.
Topeka SmOthered BArtlesyille
in Windy Contest.
Local Team Scored Nine Runs in
Fifth Inning.
NEW PITCHER WORKED
NEW PITCHER WORKED
KillingswOrth in First Appear.
ance Made Good Impression.
Long Distance Hitting of the
COOIeysOx Feature.

With gentle Kansas zephyr of "
miles an hour blowing over Associa-
ton park, Sunday afternoon, the Cool
eysox toyed with the Bartlesville
Boosters and by liberal application
of the willow, trimmed the athletes
from the Sooner state by the lopsided
score of IT to Z. There wasn't much
to the game-only wind and long dis
lance hits.
The game was played before a
crowd of loyal fans which numbered
seventy-five. Had the day been a good
one there would have been five hun
dred. 1t was poor Easter crowd. No
spring suits or fancy bonnets were in
the audience. But at that it was about
the cleanest place in town for the dust
was not half as bad at the park as it
was in town.
But to return to the game proper.
There was never any doubt of the out
come from the time the first inning
was ended until Wooley caught the
last flv ball in centerfield.
Bartlesville used three pitchers
Daniels. McClintock and Vital
three of whom were easy picking. Witt
was a little above the trios average,
but it was so late in the day that the
locals were thinking of warm supper
and other features of home. Daniels
WOFkeU three innings, ana with
seven runs allotted to the local talent.
McClintock started in the fourth and
retired the side without hit or run
in this one inning. In the fifth screw
worked loose in his f1inging machin-
cry, and in few minutes the whole
mechanism was ready for the repair
shop. In the fifth he emitted eight hits
for nine runs. oh Mabel, it was aw-
full! Witt escaped with three hits and
only one run-but what was the use?
And while the awful carnage was
being conducted, the local slabsters
werS doing pretty effective work.
Rhoddy Hendrix started the game and
worked for five innings. In this time
he showed more than he has ever
shown before since he has been with
the locals. During the first two inn
ings he was invincible and his deliv
cry was unsolved. His curves were
breaking fine and his speed balls had
a nice jump. After the second inning
was over, he let down little and for
the remainder of his career worked
easy and allowed five hits. one or two
of which, however, were scratchy.
<illingsworth took up the burden of
appearing before Topeka audience
for the first time, and worked four
innings. He Yas not hit hard, but
showed a littA lack of control He
had not worked in. any previous affair
this season, and his work was good
when this is considered. >
1t was not the pest KIND or a day 1Or
the pitchers. High hit balls would be
carried beyond the reach of the field
ers, by the wind. and many times the
infielders especially misjudged balls.
The way it all happened is a long
story. In the first inning Topeka scor-
ed one when Wooley hit for three
bases down the left field line and went
to the plate on Geier's felder's. choice.
In the second Cullen Started off
with a walk. McManus was safe when
Williams dropped the ball Hendrix
famed and Long .sl<ied out to left But
Wooley was given a. pass, and the
bases were filed waiting for Geier.
The little German hit a triple to deep
right and cleared up the bases. Fen
Ion hit a long one to the left field fence
which bounded back in and allowed
him to complete the circuit, making in
all five runs. The rest of the damage
TO Mr.. Daniels came in the third inn
ing, when a single by Kahl and a dou-
BILE by Hendrix added one run.
In the fifth the athletes from Okla
homa took little brace and scored a
pair OF runs. Isaacs singled and went
TO second when Hendrix, in an effort
TO catch him mapping. overthrow first.
Two men famed, but Powell doubled
scoring Isaacs and a moment later
scored from second on Cullen's error.
But Topeka more than made the
runs back in the last of the same
round. Cooley started with a single
ana kahl lived on McClintock's error.
Cullen doubled; Kern tripled. Killings
worth singled; Long walked; Wooley
got on through McChntock's second
boot. Geier singled, Fenlon sacrificed;
Cooley hit again, but was caught loaf
ing on the way to second; KahI dou-
bled; Cullen singled; and Kern ended
the business with an easy grounder to
McClintock. Result eight hits, and
nine runs.
This took all the interest from the
game, but the fans still stayed hoping
there would be another avalanche.
Bartlesville took advantage of Tope-
ka's easing up little and added a few
runs. Two walks to Hamlin and Witt
in the seventh, followed Sby Reddick's
single and McCullum's triple added
three runs. Another came in the
eighth on Williams single and Isaac's
double. Reddick walked in the ninth
and scored on McCullum's double.
The locals only added one more. and
that in the eighth. Cooley singled and
went to second on wild pitch. Kahl
secured his second double to left field,
and Cooley scored.
There were few interesting features.
wooley was robbed of a hit by Pow
eIl's one hand catch with a jump
thrown in. Isacs in left made a circus
catch robbing Cullen of a safe one.
The score: