The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-10
Loses Easy Game to Des MOines
by ListIess Playing.
Fatal Seventh Gives Boosters
Seven Wins This Year.
LOCALS TAKE LEAD
Then With Game Put Away
Go to Sleep.
Dwyer's Hopeful s Win Nearly
Half Games From Kaws.

Houston repeated on the Kaws deny
Ing them opportune hits while the haws
again staged one bad inning, lost their
lead and the game to 8.
That was the seventh game DeS
Moines has won already this season and
they looked like they were going fine.
Three of these wins have been at the
discredit of Topeka and the fact must
be admitted that the two clubs seem to
be evenly matched whenever they ap-
pear together.
Pepper Clark was the slab man for
the Kaws and for the most part had
little trouble. He allowed eight nlta,
three in an inning twice and 1t was IN
those sessions that the runs came in.
The Kaws got double and single
together in three different innings ana
each time q run resulted. In another
Inning they got a pair of singles in
succession but there was nothing to
score them.
Tommy Hits in Run.
Topeka got away in the lead When
Rickert in the first instance doubled
was sacrificed by Beecher and scored
on Tommy's hit through second They
added another in the third when Clark
doubled by virtue of Curtis getting his
foot In the way of a short drive. Hous-
ton tried to catch him off and threw
wild, Clark going to third. He scored
on Beecher's single down base line.
With these two and Clark pitching
good ball, the Des Moines Hopefuls did
not look it, But they took courage in
the fifth, their worthy Irish leader Blu
Dwyer, poling a single binder through
Breitenstein. Kores successfully saeri-
feed going out to Whitney unassisted.
Graham negotiated with Hopke for
hit. the latter knocking it down but
losing the grip. Dwyer went to third
and Bachant came to the center OF
Higgins hope eternal to chug one out
over the inheld. scoring his manager.
Both Try to Score.
Both clubs almost but didn't in the
next round. With two out Curtis struck
at a wild pitch of Clark's and went to
first. Then he stole second. Mattick
walked. Dwyer followed with ground
ed to Breitenstein and things were in
motion for a couple # moments, Brett
5uggled the ball Just once and pegged
to first for the third out. Umpire Clark
got the notion somehow that Dwyer
was safe and so called 1t. Meanwhile
Curtis was throwing open his throttle
in an attempt to reach home. Whitney
turned the heave to Hawkins and Cur
tbs threw on the air and started back
to the third station. Hawkins made tho
peg and Curtis came back with Beechef
barking at his heels. When about five
feet from the plate Beecher tackled
and the two rolled over the plate but
it wasn't a touchdown as the rules are
different in baseball.
In the second half Tommy led off with
a neat drive to center and Colligap
erred for Whitney. Hopke then sacri-
fec and things looked soft enough. But
Brett poked one down to Houston who
shot it into third before Tommy could
get back so he started to run home.
The peg beat him furlong or kilo-
meter and there was nothing more for
the time being.
The story of the seventh is one of
tragic theme. Kores bounced one Off
the left field fence right behind Rick
ert's head and arrived with his luggage
at second. Graham bunted for a sac
riflce and then changed his mind and
beat it out for hit Inspired, he dash
ed at second and came safe when Kores
eased off third drawing attention.
Bachant struck with the two waiting
but Houston swung onto the next one.
All he got was english and while Clark
was trying to get the buzz off of 1t
first. Anderson scored Graham with a
clean single over second and Tomray
made such wild return he went to
second. Then to keep up the row of
casualties, Clark missed nicely timed1
toss of Whitney's on Colligan's ground
ball The ball went its way to the
stand and Anderson ran in for the
third run. Hawkins pegged Colligan out
on a steal or they might be going yet.
Those three gave the Higgins crowd a
sure enough lead.
KaSys Try in Ninth.
The Kaws started back up the climb
in the ninth but fell off with one run.
Crompton doubled on a Texas BRAIN
storm back of third base and CLARK
singled, scoring him. There were two
down and Rickert laid some well deep
plans to get this game. He thought ne
would fash 1t past third base and
knock a board of the fence. Clark WAS
TO scamper while he held grand march
around the bases. Luck was against
him though. He hit one hard enough
and 1t was cutting it's way past third
all right when Kores stuck out his
hands to signal it the right of way and
got tangled IN on 1t.
The score: