The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-14
GAME SLIPS AWAY
Topeka Fails on Three Chances
to beat Drummers.
HOllanders Fall on KaWs and
Add Another Scalp.
kERNS HELPS Do 1T
Former BackstOp Very Much in
Game for Visitors.
Rickert Gets Seven PutOuts in
Left Field.

Cook laid down for a nap and let MS
game burn up in the sixth inning yes
terday. the Drummers running III
four or enough to win. They adoed q
pair in the eighth to make 1t soma
and won 6 to 3. The Kaws played
errorless ball in celebration of Haf-
ford's return to the game
Crutcher was effective and pulled
himself out of several PAD holes oue
stumbled into one bad inning wnen
the Kaws got five hits and walk ana
their three runs. Three OF these nlts
were successive three baggers, winch
perhaps is a record stunt. 49, r1r,,ro-
Up to the sixth inning the Drm I,In-
rners had but one hit off Cook. That
was a triple by Kelly which tommy
rnfstudEed in center field. Two were
gone and the third was an easy OUT
SO the triple went for naught.
Fritter Away Chances.
Meanwhile the Kaws had Got 70
going in the second only TO 1lzzle
ont Crompton singled and Frambes
beat out a slow one to Borton. COOK
staid with Crutcher for three anu
two and the runners took long lead;
Cook whitfield on the next one anu
Rnfch Kerns, who was given chance
To show Topeka his value, peggeo 70
second catching t ION end Butch
Frambes tried TO Steal theH anu
Tn the fifth the Kaws had a well
established scoring proclivity with tne
bases full and one down. eI 3Ia;{y
were unable to shove one across. w NJ
nev walked. Hopke hit to Crutches
ia he slammed the ball into second
g. hard Meinke dropped it: Stelny
hit to Crutcher and Whltney wa, Vas
nanceIIed at third. Then Crompton
S,eaiIyed and the sacks were bulged.
Cr,,tcher here displayed cons1derapls
nerve and by worrying along te9 use.
Frambes into a str1keout. Co u,,N,,+ Nv
ont to Kelly and the chance went ny
'nT The Tos visitors did the first scoring IN
41,a sixth. Kelly slapped a ran
onouah single through second M, Anu
powell walked up behind MIN. Ia
Tones rolled it out toward snort. S I';Ser
Sorgot his bearings and was looktIis
aro1nd for his Esquimaux when 80.
6aIl rolled by him. 1t was too slow lo os
Hopke to handle properISS, ,.s SHU while
Whitney charged up so NOBODY We
working second where the only c llt1 t,7
could have been. WITH CIIe 1I,o,1t
This intoxicated condition, Cook ~
S,,r@her and allowed Zwilling to slap
arood one through the short Iielo;
scoring a pair Borton was OUT pul
TSutch Kerns singled over into cen 1Is1
and the other two came IN On Il ~
nee nv Tommy to the plate Butcn az
te55nted to reach second and Hawkins
cut him down. Meinke struck OUT
and II was over for the time being.
Three Doubles in a Row.
Coming back in the same round,
Rickert, the unlucky, sWaIteo AtS
to Meinke and then things began to
hanpeu. Hafford singled but was
forced by Thomson and TWO were
out. Right there something trans
pired which may or may not ndVe
been duplicated but more likely not.
Tbree two-baggers chased each other
around the lot. Whitney got the tlrst
and Tommy scored. Hopke got the
second and Whitney scored. Brett
got the third and Hopke scored. II
Sas as a fine way to get in but
Crompton couldn't get near a ball ana
was walked. Beecher was sent IN TO
hit for Frambes. He smashed one
down to Borton, showing MN Tar
enough back to come safe but Brett
took flyer and tried to score from
second. He couldn't negotiate the
slide up hill at home and was the
third out, leaving two on bases
1t was one. two, three again In me
eighth for both teams and then the
Drummers opened up with an at
tempted replica of the Kaw sixth.
Powell and Jones doubled in success
sion. Zwilling Crumbined one a mile
10 center and Tommy spurned the
sod in the chase of it. He made
connections, too, but Jones counted
on the relay to Breitenstetn. The
two runs were in for superfluity and
the two next were easy outs.
home run or two successive hits
of some other variety would have fin
ished things in quick order with the
Kaws winning in the ninth, but those
things were not forthcoming. Cromp-
ton and Hawkins, who had replaced
Trambes walked. Cook took a healthy
swat but raised it only to Powell.
Rickert followed in his i'll luck and
biffed one out to the we'll in center
being operated by Zwilling. The
count was doubled on the Kaws and
they had failed on three chances to
even it.
The score;
TOPEKA
Players ABB. r. H. p. A. z.
Rickert, II ..........
Hafford, 80 ..........