The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-05
Sullivan and Haskell Talking About a
Decision on a Ball.

1t was the heavy hitting of the home
talent that won the afternoon game.
Seven Of the 13 hits went to the distant
corners of the lot for extra bases, and
two of them went clear over all the
corners of the lot into the adjacent
cornfield on the left for home runs,
Feblon and Kerns being the perpetra-
tors.
Lincoln started off we'll in the after
room. In the first inning Hendrix
= alked Fox who stole second and reach
ed third when DoWnie mOnkeyed too
long with Thomas grounder. Thomas
reached the initial cushion and with
Fox pulled eff a double steal which
lanoed the lanky manager on the home
plate.
After this Mr.. Rhody Hendrix, who
has political aspirations was practically
invincible and but once again during
the entire two hours of struggle did the
Prohibs get near the money; In the
eighth inning Waldron; a dangerous Gus
field, advancing Irving Peazo, the grand
old man. Thomas was put out the
running at second on Monsieur de Gag
1lier's fielder's choice which put /. P.
Nv. on third after which he scored on
David DavidSon's fielder's choice in
which Gagnier was forced at second.
But the TOpekans started after the
game right in the first inning With
HVocley out of the way Geier laced one
10 deep left for three bases and scored
~ hen Fenlon hit a line drive down into
right field with so much velocity that
st bounded over the fence IN the field
&C growing maize.
Hendrix started the third with a dou-
BILE to deep center and took third on
TNooley's sacrifice, after which Farthing
filled the bases with walks to Geier and
KunkeL Fenlon's grou1der forced Kun
keI at second. but Rhody tailed.
Another wiggled across in the fourth
which was incubated by kerns' long
two sacker to right field. and Matched
en- Abbott's aud Downie's inf1eld outs.
Still another lone one came in in the
sixth, This one too being started by
Kerns who tripled just over center Held,
and scored on Fox's error.
Three large juicy ones rambled over
abe plate in the seventh. Geier hit one
(which Farthirg knocked down inTo safe
territory, Ku1kel and Fenlon Followed
with scratch hits which filled the bases,
srd Thomson lifted a long fly to DaV-
Edson, scoring Ceier. Kunkel reached
fhird, but Fenlon stood hitched at first
AN attempted double steal resulted in
catching Kunkel at the plate, but Fen
Ion tailed when Kerns lifted a high
one over the left field fence.
The last run in the eighth came as
the result of singles by Wooley and
Geier and a double steal which was
successfully executed
The Morning Game.
Until the ninth the morning game
was a pretty fair exhibition of the ma
t;onal rastime- Kaufman was hit much
harder than his opponent Mr.. Mickey
McCafferty of Dublin. but kept his hits
we'll scattered and suffered not much
from the numerous connections with
lis slantery. McCafferty allowed but
three hits during his career of eight
innings. but walks and errors commin-
sled together told and Topeka was tol
the good.
In the first inning Wooley was given
the embryo of a run on four wide ones
Kunlxel singled and Lijah went to-
third, scoring when Thomson lifted a
lofty one to Jude.
This lead prevailed until the third
when the visitors forged ahead. Sulli-
van beat out an infield hit and went to
sc cond on a passed ball. and to third
on Butcherino Kerns' peg TO left field
McCafferty flew out TO Wo oley and one
run came in
Lincoln forged to the front in the
next inning. After Fox had been exc
cuted Waldron hit to ,5nusr. Thomas
" hiffed but Gaguier eased one TO righE
field which woozled through Thomson
giving Gagnier three bases and scoring
irving Peazo Waldron. DavidsOn'S sim
gle scored Gegnier, making it 5 to for
the Cornhuskers.
But the Topekans came right hack ia
their half of the fourth and nosed out
q lad Of one run. Kerns was his in