The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-21
CRISP GETS SORE.
Catcher Who Couldn't Stay Up
PeeVed at ''Red'' Donovan.
Wild Bill's' Namesake Makes
Catching Hard Work.
LOCALS MAKE ERRORS.
Five Bad Ones Amassed by Local
Baseball Attempters.
Held to 3 Hits, Orphans Have No
Trouble Winning.
LOCALS MAKE ERRORS

Indifference on part of Crisp, wiidness
on part of Donovan and cOmely collec-
tion Of errors lost the kaWs the last
game of the Orphan series. 1t was a
back lot exhibition from the sendon
with misfortune amassed by misplay
Being an inconsequential affair between
tailend clubs it really made little dill
ference which side won but there were
a lot Of fans in the grandstand who
favored the home club
Red" Donovan, the Hutchinson
beauty, was sent to the hilltop by Rick
ert to exhibit his line Of foolers. Curtis
got three hits of him for the visitor
total but Red walked four. He also
INDUCED in a couple of wild pitches
and so many wide ones, Catcher Crisp
got peeved. The crowd could not IN
derstand Joe's attitude. He Inquired ne
was getting showed up by a brush
league pitcher and the crowd figured he
wasn't as good a catcher as the brush
league catcher in the fold. They called
for change and Crisp invited any one
out to try TO stop some Of DonoVan's
weird ones. No one offered to try II SO
Joe finished the game.
Crisn Peeved, Plays Poorly.
Things began breaking bad for the 10
cal squad in the first moments of the
game Curtis slammed one over the
infield and started to steal second
Crisp's peg was low and ducked through
to the outield while Curtis came on
with a hit but the rest were easy outs
Mattick got on by Edminston's error
in the third, stole second and went TO
third on a passed ball but he did not
score. Goat Anderson walked IN the
fourth frame, started steal ana went
fe third on another bad peg. Graham
followed him with high fly to Gard
ner and the Kansas City acquisition
dropped it IN his hurry to cut on An
derson- That was another run Ia the
bod
ed COlligan's bunt. Then the two moved
up on a wild pitch Mattick then skled
q sacrifice to Gardner, scoring Curtis
Colligan scored, too on the inheld put
out of DWyer. In the fifth, Anderson
drew another walk, advanced on a put
out went to third on a wild pitch and
then stole home. The limit had been
reached. The Orphans had five runs
with one hit Anderson's steal OF home.
besides marking the climax. furthered
the question as to who was wrong IN
the battery, Crisp or Donovan Red
was taking vacations to wind up.
Crisp Missed the Tag.
Goat ran almost to the plate once be-
fore he actually stole it but still Red
took another Ingersol wind. The Swede
was within ten feet Of the plate when
he yelled to Bachant, who was batting,
to give him the track Bachant step
ped back and Goat hooked for the rub
Der from the diamond side. crisp
missed his tag but had the Dali 100
late for a fat chance.
The Kaws made little Roadway into
Bugs Hersche. the milk chocolate frog,
until the ninth when they staged a lit
tie hitting rally and brought in Bitten
Benz for the final out. The home stay
ers had one measely run in the fifth
by virtue Of Ricketts, walk. He stol9
second to get within hailing distance,
moved UP on the death OF King, and
counted when Beecher singled through
the short field.
Emory opened the rallying ninth by
oingling. Dale, Abb's Outhelder, hit for
IEdmiston and clouted far but fell into
the traps of Mattick Chapman cana
ND to the post for Donovan and sin
sgied through third. Emory couldn't
Toass second. Then Rickert singled
through the infield but Emory couldn't
score and the bases were filed by three
hits. King hit into what looked like
q double and the finish but beat tho
ball to first, forcing Rickert at second
but scoring Emory. Kores erred Tor
Beecher and let another in. Then Gard
ner drew a walk, rehlling the bases.
Two were gone and Dwyer concluded
he had better get Mersche out. He
sent the spit-boy, Berry, in to face big
Merit Whitney who hit a home run on
the first day at home. Whit didn't
Whit by a whole lot but his belt went
only as far as Graham, thence to
Dwver. The game was completed so
Bidd Dryer carefully folded it up and
tucked it in his satchel along with the
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