The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-25

Grandstand When Whitney Put It Owe
mailed himself three hits. one a dou-
BILE, and counted the only run from
this double by a clever bit of base
running.
There never was so much excitement
at the park as that which broke out
when Whitney's homer passed over
the fence with 10 feet to spare. 1t as
nearly broke up the game in fact as
the hit had in baseball parlance.
McGraw, Despain's new catcher,
worked and looked good. Thomas is
showing fine at first.
Manager Bob Unglaub has a way
about running his club which begets
confidence.
It will not be long now before Man
ageF Moore and Crompton will both
be in the game and the thing will look
like regular ball club. Breitensteln,
however, is playing a lightning out
field and shows speed ION the base
lines.
Kerns and Hawkins each got a hit
yesterday. Tommy Hawkins seems to
have a backstopping head and looks
likely to show the other stuff.
Before the game moore SalO the ldih
of getting some more players was out
of order. He complained that the fans
had not given the team chance. the
great crowd at the game proved that
they had confidence in the bunch. The
team proved it had the stuff to stage a
fine exhibition of ball. The team won
and everybody was happy. It's the
losing which tests the fans gameness.
Mccormick was off his beat. Fugate
whitfield him three times and hit him
'once Paul Cobb also failed to con-
meet. Unglaub could not locate one
either. The whole bunch was biting
at them in pretty swings and some day
perhaps they'll all biff one on the
nose.
We were afraid Des Moines would
win yesterday, too, and then the KaM s
would be ahead of no one. NO haro
luck to Des Moines but it seems fine TO
be ahead of somebody. .
Would you pipe that thing at Sioux
City Monday? The Drummers slapped
the InG;ans in the face in st. joseph
but - Oh, my! see what the Packers
did to Omaha as soon as they got in
the pill box. Only q hits and 20 runs.
Can YOU believe it? Fentress, Hall and
Lott were the Omahogs to stand the
humping At that, Omaha got IL hits
and nine runs themselves.
St. Joseph won their game in the
sixth inning yesterday, too. They ran
in six in that inning. Des Moines used
| three pitchers.
Hopke showed some to the class ne
| has in his noodle when he held a rum
ner at third and still got his man at
| first. This shortstop is given credit OF
being one of the headiest in the league.
Announcement was received in To-
peka last night that Tip" O'Netll,
president of the Western league, and
the officials of the Western Union Tele-
graph company have patched up their
differences and hereafter the telegraph
company will handle the wire reports of
the games all over the circuit.
Hafford counted the first run and
won a s. hat; Whitney, hitting the
homer which brought in three runs,
collected cake, a suit of clothes, $40 in
money and lot of affection.
Thomson counted the first hit and
the first sacrifice. Rickert drew the
first walk and stole the first base.
Fugate made the first assist and Whit
ney the first putout.
The Spell Was Off.--So your daughter
Tilted the schoolmaster?' Eyes. He cor
rected her simplified spellings. ''-Meggen-
dorfer Blaetter.