The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-02
Took Last Game of Series From
Monte Cross Team.
Was q Slow, Uninteresting Al
fair-ScOre 8 to s.
THOMASON'S HOME RUN
With One Man on Bases He De-
cided the Result.
Hitting of Outfielder Long Was
Feature of Contest.

Kansas City, Mo-. April Monte
Cross's aggregation of Blue Legs
tasted the bitter dose of defeat for the
first time at Association park and
Dick Cooley's gang of ball players
defeated the Blues. The score was 8
TO 8 and a run in the eighth inning
turned the trick.
1t was a mixed UP mess of twelve
errors. twenty hits and a good supply
of dumb plays, stirred up we'll and
shaken out that gave this Topeka club
a victory. But it is the same old story.
Dick won a game from the Blues last
year and he wanted to keep up the
good record. Only one battle was
three in the two seasons for Cooley.
This morning is the first time the
knockers will have chance to- say
"of course the Blues lost" but 1T Will
not be the last tirne for they are GER
tain to swallow the same kind of pills
many times during the battle of su-
premacy in the American association
championship race this year.
If there ever was T,s ara fe stue less
ts was a See b %fere inside mdde the the
park. Both times the pill went in the
same place. between center and left
fields and each time it was hot
liner that rambled to the boards.
tators and Manager Cross is satisfied
that his gang viii be able to clout
some this season, If they can't DO
anything else. But that is all that
can be said favorable about the class
of ball played yesterday. The Blues
made a lot of errors and dumb plays
and Topeka made twice as many.
When a player made good stop ne
threw the ball to the grandstand or
the first sacker INJURED It. The colo
-f--I.A =, Io6
TO do with it. but if so let's hope II
gets warm so we can see what the
fielders can do under favorable con-
1t Was a Quiet Game.
The bulb of the thermometer
farm that even old Dick Cooley hardly
had time to say anything, the weather
keeping him busy avoiding suterlng
from chills Jake Beckley was the
pepper and the 100 fans in the grand
stand and bleachers acted like dumb
nnutes One of this number yarned
in the middle of the game and every
body looked around to see where the
noise came from.
Thomson Won the Game.
r Pitcher Thomson, a southpaw with
considerable ability, practically won
the game for Topeka in the eighth
inning with homer Kern slngIeo
and was on first when Thomason
punched the pill to the boards ana
and in the next inning some remark
ably dumb playing gave the Cooley
crowd another run. With one OUT
Long singled to right and Kahl went
out at first Cullen popped 70 tne IN
field, and after several ran for II,
Joe Crisp failed to get the ball and
Long scored. That settled it. Pre-
vious to that time both teams seemed
TO make hits and runs almost at Will:
Carlis1e's home run in the secono
brought in Brown ahead of him.
Billy Mailman did not seem TO pc
playing in his usual form yesterday.
he did not get hit and pulled on
dumb play in the ninth that may nave
cost the Blues the game. Crisp and
Carlisle were on the bags and Hallman
was sisnaled to hit and run. He bunt-
ed and started for first, but stopped
after going a few feet. Kern threw TO
first and Green juggled the ball. but he
got II to the sack after a fashion. IT
Mailman had run 1t out he would have
been safe a mile, three men would have
been on bases with only one out, and
Neighbors and Brashear up. That looks
as If at least one and possibly three
runs would have ben driven in. Billy
was called down. but not fined, because
At is not in the championship season.
Long Did Some Hitting.
Cooley has one hitter who doomed UP
good yesterday and II the way ne pat
ted is his usual form he will be in the
big league ahead Of a lot of his COM
rades. This player Is Long. eutf1elder.
Tie fields nicely and got four hits out
of FIVE trials. These included double
and a triple. None of his bingles are
scratches. He pounds the ball right on
the nose and is a natural hitter. He
looks like a sure regular with Topeka.
The only thing against him is his size
but he is husky chap and fast.
The score:
KANSAS CITY ---,
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