The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22
Topeka Downs Des MOines in
Brilliant Contest.
The Final Score Is Just Two
to One.
HAD BETTER OF SERIES
KaWs Grabbed Two From the
LOwly IOWans.
Both of the Teams Play in Ex-
cellent Form.

The Kaws won from the Des Moines
aggregation again Sunday in a tight
game, to 1. The three games between
the two clubs of which the Kaws took
two seem to show the teams in class
Of their own. Each day the score was
decided by one run and that one came
mighty hard. The record, 9 to 8, 4 to 8
in IL innings, and to 1, came from
close playing by teams evenly matched.
The Carbondale lad, Barney McGrath,
got to going Sunday for the first time
this season and pitched a great game of
ball. So did Mckee, who has not seen
much OF the Western. The two battled
along with honors about even and suf-
fered scores only on mishaps.
Six innings went past in a one, two
three, sort of way, interesting never
theless. Des Mofnes had runners on
the bases in every inning and the Kaws
looked warlike in the second. There
Hopke hit and Crompton walked. But
Breitenstein and Frambes both hit
easy to the pitcher.
Des Moines scored first. 1t happened
IN the seventh and all because McGrath
hit Bugs" Hersche. the milk chocolate
kid, with a pitched ball. This fat
phenorn, rated the circus solly of the
circuit, and expected to prove himself
a pitcher, was playing second for Need
ham who has an injured wrist. He was
lifted over to second when Mckee sing
led and then stretched it home when
Curtis, who had walked twice, drove
out a safe one through the third field.
The Kaws painted up for sortie and
slipped out in rush. Hopke bounded
one to Colligan who fought it hand to
hand until Hopke hove up on first.
Then Eddie Crompton, who is diligently
looking for his stride, clouted one in
the nose, driving it through second.
Hoplze went to third on the play and
scored a moment later when the milk
chocolate boy let Breitenstein on to
take a peg at the plate. Crompton,
who was safe on steal of second by
the grace of Shoemaker, scored also,
Frambes slammGng one to left for the
counter.
The scoring was completed in that
seventh inning. The Boosters came
back determined in the eighth but
could not get on. Crompton, working
in a reversed form from the day be-
fore, pulled a high one out of the sun
for Mattick Breitenstein, got the next
from Dwyer. Hafford cut Kores down
on his third base ball.
Topeka caused Mckee lot of trouble
in the last of the eighth. Hafford
swatted fly to center left and tried to
take second ON 1t. He came within the
prostration zone for Mckee but Curtis
pegged to Hersche and cut him down.
Then Whitney drove one through sec
Ono territory ana f1Opke swung OIllO d
lively one, pumping it back to left. To-
peka seemed to have a new start but
Curtis flew UP into the atmo and
pulled 1t out.
In the ninth, Dwyer sent his Irish in
to hold a wake on the Kaw contingent
and De Camp lit a candle by ramming
the horsefIide the bean. He got
away safe and stole the second sack.
There he waited for his pals. Three Of
them came up with their sticks but the
rotund Hersche missed three in a row,
Bachant, the only Frenchman with
permit in the Irish camp, popped to
Hopl1e, and Mckee gave Breitenstein a
chance to retrieve himself Sor one day
last week. The pitcher lifted a high
and long one to center which looked
good for three bases and the tying run.
Breitenstein ran as far as he had time
and then jumped. The actual distance
on the run was not taken nor was his
actual flight through the ambient atmo
REGISTERED, but somewhere in the ex-
panse of space Brett met the ball and
brought It down. No one waited to see
If he was hurt when he fell. the game
YVES over-a real ball game.