The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-31
Series With DenverVisitOrs Cav,
Two Games Apiece.
Sundays Game a Hard Earned
Victory for AnteIOpes.
GOOD FIELDING HELPS
Rickert Bunch Held Together
Well After Early Innings.
Ragged Pitching at First Gave
Lincoln Disastrous Lead.

Pepper Clark was beaten by the
Antelopes in the Sunday game by a
close run Of 4 to 3. Pepper evidently
had not warmed up soon enough. His
first inning was very bad; his second
inning was mediocre but after that
there was no chance for Ungiaup
pennant contenders.
Levi Knapp tried to whip the Kaws
again without success. He gets the
credit for the game bur big Bun
Gilman. until recently of the Denver
STAFF. had to save Il for him when the
local tribe of Indians got him into an
IT was another Of those uphill fights
and tn Kaws battl ed valiantly but not
70 victory. An up grade always
brings the best out Of the Rickert ag-
EregatiOn and there was no telling the
result until the last out in the ninth
Lincoln simply got it " lille the get
ting was good and then held on tight.
The lifting of Knapp at the beginning
of the seventh inning was a piece of
Judgment which undoubtedly saved
the day for the visitors.
Pepper started the game by walk
ang Cole and Gagnier- Cobb sacrl-
feed them up a notch and Mccormick
hit them home. Thomas was hit and
Dundon singled. Mccormick scored
1T was question of jerking the lamb
Off the altar but Riclxert allowed him
to stay. He steadied while Cockman
rolled one TO Krepps. and stratton
whitfield.
Opening the second Il looked like a
repetition for the Lopes. Knapp
singled clean over second and Cole
sacrificed himself Gagnier went out
on an infeld ball but Cobb delivered
q wallop and the counter was run up
Mccormick also hit but Pepper struck
Thomas out.
THE third also looked bad for the
f1I1 8
rrounder. Cockman drew a walk and
Pepper seemed to be going on up when
Etratton laid one down to him and he
cut Dundon off at third He then
turned Knapp around and Cole flew
out. No runs were made and Pepper
had gained control From there on
he kept It. They found him for three
more hits but did not threaten to
count
Game Steadied Down.
Good fielding by his support saved
Knapp in several instances and he got
as far as the fifth without mishap
Fdmiston opened that frame for To-
peka with a double to left which
bounded against the fence. Kreppi
raped one through the short field as
a fOllow-rp and the score came across
The rosy hue was turned to drab when
Krepps tried to steal and was nipped
by a yard. Clark daTkened the color
some more by whiting out. Rickert
singled to brighten things up a BIZ
but King forced him at second for the
third out. Knapp it was plain to see
however. was losing his grip.
The sixth inning prov ed it. Whit
ney dropped one over INTO the sunny
garden for two sacks to begin the
annexation of Lewis nanny. Gardiner
hit a mile to center but Cole was un-
der It. Emory walloped for a pair Of
bags and Whitney passed the rubber
Chapman slammed one to CockmaI
and died out. but Emory advanced
Ecdmiston stung another to DundoI
who m onkeyed with it until Chick hi
the initial corner and Emory brushed
by the plate. Krepps flew out anC
the Kaws we're just one behind.
Gilman in the Box.
Ehman was sent out on the next oc
casion of the Indians taking UP thei
war clubs and proceeded to show tina
1le was too good a pitcher to be lie
out by the Bruins. He has pitche'
swell ball for Unglaub and did SOM
more of It. refusing to be hit safe fl
the remaining three innings Wit
two down, Beecher was sent in in tn
ninth but struck out.
The score: