The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-04
COOleysox Had No Trouble Trim
ming the Blues.
Harris Pitched Good Game and
Had Fast Support.
TWO HOME RUNS.
Visitors Scored Their Tallies by
Drives Over Fence.
Kahl Hit Homer and Kelley and
Kunkle Played Well.

A fair sized Sunday crowd saw Coo
ley's team smother the Mike team OF
played a vastly improved game over
their last Sundays effort with St Paul,
only one error, a muffed fly by Miller,
q recruit outfielder. marrtnE their de-
was responsible for the first two runs
scored by the visitors as the side
should have been retired before Holt
hit 1t oyer the fence and the runner
who was given life by the error pre-
ceded the smuggling catcher home
Harris, the young pitcher or Whon
Cooley Is hoping great things. pitched
the entire game for Topeka and made
troll, passing only one man. and he was
as tight as a miser excepting for two
hits that went over the fence and
scored the only three runs the visit
Ors made. A single in the fourth and
another In the seventh made UP the
sum total OF the hits made Off his de-
livery. Harris had no curves last year,
but ne puts plenty of English on the
and control he showed Sunday he
should round out a strong pitching
staff for Richard.
Thomson had a good day. The
and he handled four flys in nice shape
and batted 500. Reilley-the great
ReiIey-was on the job at short. and
he played a fast, clean game No
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movements this year. Kunkle, too, was
very fast and delded clearly and hit
the ball on the nose.
Cooley has a much stronger team
now than he had at this time last year.
If Young shows up and pitches up to
his reputation, Topeka rooters can pin
their faith to a first division team.
For the visitors the batting of Holt
and Boles, who made home runs. was
about the only feature. Bo1es played
cleverly at short. too, and Holt caught
a nice game. He caught one runner
at second, but Wooley, Thomson and
also played an impressive game for
Topeka He hit a triple, which slow
fielding allowed him to stretch into a
home run, and he also made single
and had six assists without bobble.
Old Eagle Eye Beckley, who played
first for the visitors, has not his eagle
eye with him at this time, as he failed
to hit The old timer still cavorts in
lively fashion around the first bag. The
rest of the Mikes played very ordinary
ball, both at bat and in the field, but
then they are pitchers and catchers
and not f1elders or hitters. The first
team of the Blues entertained the ST.
Louis Browns at home Sunday.
Topeka started out with rush.
Wooley and Kelley singled. Thorn
Ason flew out. Miller walked and
with hard single. Abbott sacrificed
and the third run was registered.
Kansas City scored in the second.
Miller muffed BecE1ey's fly. Stengle
struck out. Kahl threw Frambes out
at first. Then came Holt and he hit
the ball over the left field fence
Topeka scored again the third, max
ing one run on four hits.
Boles hit a home run over the left
field fence for the visitors in the third
and that ended their run getting. Har-
ris got better as the game progressed.
He struck Holt out in the seventh
Kahl's triple in the sixth went for
four bases. In the seventh Wooley,
Thomason and Landreth hit the bali
hard and Topeka scored two more
runs.
on. yes. there was one more detail
worthy of mention, Butch" Kerns. the
smuggling catcher for the locals, could
not hit the BAH at all, at all. Butch"
famed three times out of four efforts
at bat and on the other occasion sent
up nice easy fly to right field.
The score: