The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-27
First Division Berth New As
sured the COOleysOx.
Both GaIganO and Swift Hit
Timely by TOpekans.
ASHLEY TANNED MEN
Kaufman Pitched Steady Bal
During First Contest.
Darkness Terminated Second
Affair i'm the Seventh.

Topeka banished the Pueblo Indians
from town for the season with -FOUR
straight defeats, taking both ENDS OF
double header at the western Leagu :.
park Sunday afternoon and fortify1ng
themselves in the first division peyonQ
question. The first game was decideo
by count of to 1, While the second
game resulted in score OF h 10 -'
In neither game was there any danger
Of the locals losing. the home talenl
taking the lead and widening the chasm
between victory and defeat with every
inning.
game in the first affair. and strength
cned his chances for grabbing that nat
by cracking nut one safe blow Gal-
gano was wild and although his de-
iiverv was not punctured with fire.
olency at first, towards the last he gave
IN the ghost and the Topeka clan
ushered in runs at liberty.
Topeka started in the second inning.
T.andreth was donated four wide ones
and Abbott ssung the ball for safe
enc Kahl walked filling the bases.
Henry hit a long one to McChesney VINO
cropped it. but recovered IN tline 10
catch Abbott at third. Landreth gong
home on the play. In the third, RelIly
ambled and took second on Geier's m
field out scoring on kuukels sa1e MT
This was the extent of the taoulatlon
until the sixth round when Galgano
weakened. the remainder of the game
Icing farcical. Geier walked, ana NuE-
KEEL took one in the osmagnum OF the
shoulder Landreth forced Kunkel az
eecond hut CCrhan heaved the ball wild
on an attempt to complete a dounle
and Geier scored. Landreth stole sec
ond and took third when Abbott SIN
pied Specerino also stealing Ram
scored moth with Il hit which had a
Texas League effect Two more came
across IN the eighth, Wooley ana Relliy
both singing. Geier hit lonS ny 10
McChesney and Wooley beat the IhI o,1o-
third base from deep center and Kelly
also scored The last run was started
bv Henry's hit, and developed by Kauf-
mans sacrifice and Wooley.s single.
Pueblo scored one lonesome on sue
cessive doubles by Corhan and Clark
in the sixth inning
The feature of the game was the
brilliant work of Honus Kunkel around
sbird base Honus took care of ten
chances, making several successful one
handed stops and stabs Tor the pan'
and handling the hard chances with the
same gracefuness as the easy ones
Cvrus Lardreth also brought the bugs
to their fqeet in the ninth inning when
he blew backwards against the lett
field fence while catching a long ny
from, Foutz's bat Landreth hit the
fance hard and the report of the col
lision could be heard all over the south
eastern section of the city.
second Game.
The reason Pueblo didn't win the
second game, was because Asnley was
almost invincible and in the brief space
of seven innings which was allowed Dy
daylight struck out eleven men. In the
third and seventh innings Ashiey
struck out three batters. The real rea-
son Topeka. won was because swift was
kit with timely effect. and the Puebs
managed to juggle the pail enough to
lose any game.
Topeka worked one across in the first |
inning, Geier touching the beauty spot /
as a result of a comedy of errors in |
which IViegart, Pritchett and Swift Of
ficiated. and Kunkers safe drive to
right field. Singles by Wooley and
Ceier with Reilly'S sacrifice sandW1ch-
ed in between followed by Geter'S steal, |
scored two runs, one coming in on Kun |
l7ers infeld hit, and Landreths long fly |
to McChesney-an apparently safe blow |
scoring the other. In the fourth Ash
Iey's double and Clark's error scored
still another. The last two were ne
gotiated in the fifth when Geler walk
cd and scored on kunkeFS Sacrlhce |
while Swift threw the ball away. Kun |
keI was pushed to second on Abbott's |
walk and to third when Kahl forced
Abbott at second. and Kerns' scorching
hit through second base.
Pueblo scored twice in the second.
Clark doubled &c left field, and Ashley |
filled the bases by walking Wiegart and |
FcutZ. Pritchett scratched a safe one
through the infield and two runs scored
listless and the ? 500 fans were all glad
when Umpire Clark called the second
game because of the frightening shad- |
Ows of approaching twilight. The sea-
son closes tomorrow with the Denver
team enga ging with Topeka in a dou-
No more baseball until next season as
the team dishaRds tomorrow night
The official figures:
FIRST GAME.