The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-20
Manager Observation-Disclosures
ing Workers Beat Des MOines.
Weakening of Sammy Houston
in Eighth Responsible.
GARDENERS HIT HELPS
Walks Only One and Hits
in Score.
Mattick's Great Throws Home
Stop Two Scores.

BY a splendid rally round the ash
pole in the eighth inning, the haws
took the second game of the series
away from Sammie Houston and MS
assistants by a margin to i. AS noted
several times before. the tailenders al
ways have a bona fide battle every
time they get at one another. and this
was no exception.
The weakening of Sammie came late
enough in the game to prevent MS coa-
stituents recovering the lead ana Kick
ert's willing Workers stayed the battle
through without an error
Jack Fugate was the slant pusher LOT
the home heroes. He kept their SIX
bingles we'll scattered except IN one
fatefuI session when they put TWO two
baReers into the same sack and marked
M a score He walked Only one Oatter
and that is something OF perform
ance for a left handed boy Win q
tendency to curves.
Ped Gardner celebrated his debut
into the Topeka fold with the cleanup
hit which brought home the firss run
and knotted the score. Three more hts
put the balance out Ct reach OF the
Dryers.
spoil Chance to score.
The first healthy chance to count tell
TO the Kavys and the way they butch
behold Beecher opened the fourth
with a Texarkana double half way
down the left field foul line. 1t was
quite apparent that the club Wnlch 5ot
one run would have something mat
ought to figure in the close final
Therefore Gardner attempted to sac
rifice and hunted toward Bill Dwyer
That made the guardian of the Orphans
rise to his old time splendoT. Speeding
in on the bean, Dryer raked It IN with
his right hand and jabbed 1t to thlrd IN
time to catch Beecher. To further the
disaster Gardner tried to steal one
from the Russian and got stabbed in
the neck bv this Countess Ulie- Then
to rub the misplays in hard, whitney
tripled to the right center fence with
no one to ride in He was forced to
die at the last corner.
The seventh was the lucky number
for the Wanderers. Manager Bill him
self doubled to start the trouble Goat
Anderson doubled to the right field foul
line a few moments later and the run
was in That was the only time they
ever seemed to be in any proximity IF
Fugate's bent assortment.
A bad throw by Graham in tho fifth
allowed Emory to travel around to sec
ond and Fugate walked but there was
no one who could find Houston for the
desired bingle. Gardner wallcped one
down the third base line in the sixth,
and was followed with a clean che by
Whitney but once more two flyOuts
ended the chance.
MatticIz Makes Great Heaye.
Fugate was on by a poor throw of
Colligan's in the seventh and after 60
ing to second on a putout was caught
at home trying to drift over on King s
single Mattick had swung onto the
pin ard made a great heave to the
plate.
With the score to 0 against the
Willing Workers and the possibilities
seemingly small in the eighth frame
Beecher got life on an erratic throw by
COlligan. Gardner then inserted a clean
clout over second for Beecher's score
Whitney popped out but Chapman hit
through the short side of second. EN-
DRY followed with a single through the
short to third territory, scoring Gard
ner- Edmiston sacrificed himself for
the helping of Whitney and Chapman.
Fugate then drove the third single
through the short field and Chapman
scored but Emory was caught al tho
pan on throw by Mattick
The score: