The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-09
Topeka Team Had No Trouble In
Trimming Kansans.
The Game Was One-Sided All
the Way Through.
USED THREEPITCHERS
Harlan Only One of Trio to Make
Good Showing.
Slapnicka and Scott Worked for
the Cooleysox.

Manager Cooley and his sturdy ath
letes toyed with the Jayhawkers from
| Kansas university Friday afternoon,
and easily won the. game, which on
| account of its stameness was hardly
| worth the name. The locals were call
| ed upon. at no time to play. any kind
of ball at all and the K. U. boys SEEM
ed as though they couldn't.
| The Kansas university seems to have
about the poorest college team played
| by the Topeka bunch this season.. The
| team plays a 1istless game, and but
! for 'SWede" Carlson's voice on the
whisper audible to the faithful contin-
( gent who We're on hand to witness the
contest.
| The Jayhawkers are woefully weak
In many places, especially at shortstop.
Haller-not Heller" forgot to bring a
new arm with him and in the second
inning he allowed the bases to be filed
! on three consecutive errors made on
easy chances. The main trouble with
the team is a lack of life. Probably
however, the team was stage struck at
the thought of playing professionals.
| The Kansans tried three pitchers.
Harlan, who has had considerable ex-
perience around through the bush
leagues started the game and worked
two innings. Only one hit was secured
off him, and then he was taken out.
Coach Ebright, who managed the team
was anxious to try out his talent and
at the end of the second round of the
battle he put his o. K. Harlan.
Then a youngster who was somewhat
iheavyset, by the name of Burdick,
worked for three innings. Mr.. Burdick
Iailowed six hits in three innings, be-
fore he was sent to the cool shade of
the bench. Then Locke was brought in
and the locals obligingly allowed him
to go three innings with only five hits.
| Harlan really looked pretty good. In
the second inning, after Halter had
pulled off three punk fielding stunts, he
TANNED two of the locals and caused
the third to pop out to Halter, who, by
the way, caught the ball and held it
securely clasped with both hands. Some
spectators surmised that Manager
lLansdon had changed shortstps I'M
tobserved.
When Burdick took up the job of
pitching to the local hitters the frolic
for the locals commenced. Long Went
out on an infield grounder, but Ge1er
lsingled and Fenlon was safe when Carl
son dropped his long fly. Blacker made
q poor throw on Cooley's grounder and
the bases were loaded with Western
iLeaguers. KahT singled and drove in
1.-TWO runs. and went to second on the
Throw in. Cullen single scored both
4 Cooley and KahE s.
| The remaining runs of the locals
came distributed through the fifth.
sixth and seventh innings. FenlOn
started the fifth with a single. Cooley
flew out to center and Kahl singled.
Fenlon went to third on Culien's field
er's choice and while Cullen was be-
ling chased between second and first
Fenlon stole home. In the next inning
| with two men out Long singled. stole
second and scored on Geier's slashing
single to right field. The last run came
in the seventh. Cooley doubled and
scored on Kahfs single.
The Kansans could do nothing with
Slapnicka, who worked six innings
Scott eased UP a little in the eighth
when the lone pair of Kansas runs were
scored. With one out Gibbs singled
and scored on Haller's double. Haller
had previously hit one to Cooley which
was a foot outside. but Burnum who
was working against his pals as much
las possible in order to make the game
interesting called him safe, and then
1.-THE double followed. Halter scored on
a single by Carlson
A few of the fair X. U. co-eds and
those who We're obliged to spend the
money on them attended the game. The
weather was decidedly frigid.
| The score: