The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-29
M'GRATH GOES UP
But Game Precedes Him So
WiIdness Doesn't Count.
Pueblo Picks Easy Victory From
KaWs, 8 to L.
ONE SCORE IN NINTH.
Whitney Doubles and Scores on
FieIder's Choice.
Leaders Show Why in First
Game Of Series.
ONE SCORE In NINTH

While the band played an occasional
measure from a funeral dirge, the
Homecoming Kaws dropped the opener
Of the Pueblo series In two very bad
innings by a score Of 8 to 1. Jimmy
Durham was the man on the box for
the visiting tribe and went past with
hve hits which accounts for the search
~ OF KaW runs.
Jack Fugate whirled most Of the
game for the Kaws and IL IZzy had
not been next to his fatal weakness,
ne probably would have cleaned up on
the PuebIos. But Jack met his inning
and that Was enough to close the melee.
Il was in the third round that they
began to run hog wild while every
sticker punched one somewhere, mostly
allow ones around Fugate or the base
lines. There were five Of the limp
ones, good for safe hits and five run
ners came across.
Schmidt started It when he slowed one
20 Hamord, who was laying back and
heat the heave. The infelders drew in
and Shaw drove one to left for two
sacks but Schmidt could not score.
Then with the inhelders still up, Bull
Durham popped one over Krep's head
for a safety while the two came in
Middleton followed the carnage with
another peeWee down the first line and
while whitney gathered it up Kreps
covered The throw was quick and
Ereps rnuffed it, The Kaws were about
ready to try the parachute leap when
Berger added another bunt and the bal
loon shot up another hundred feet He
would have beaten it to the sack but
Hafford hit him with the ball, letting in
two more scores while Whitney ran for
the fire department. Berger himself got
around to third on the deal and waited
only a moment for Belden to sting one
through the infield, bringing in the fifth
counter The next three were easy
outs.
Before the next slaughter Of the in
nocsnt and helpless redskins, the home
tribe injected a couple OF double plays
into their record and gave promise OF
future greatness. Moore caught a mile
a minute liner and heaved to Whitney,
cutting down the second runner and Ia
ter Kreps tossed him one which he
slapped into Mertie like a 16-pOunder.
Moore started a fast one to kreps but
the Concordia lad got q finger crossed
under II so could not throw
Fine Show OF Wildness.
The ninth was one Of the finest ex-
hibitions OF wild pitching ever recorded
in any league. Beecher had replaced
Fugate to hit in the eighth and Barney
McCrath, who has not pitched game
in form this year, was sent to the rub
Der. Why he was sent Is a mystery
unless the management wanted the
fans to see what kind Of pitcher he
was. Anyhow barney threw ~ De1AAS Ait
succession which walked Davis ana
Schmidt and the eleventh ball hit Shaw,
filing the bases. Two more balls fol
lowed and the next was not only
ball but a wild pitch on which one
came in. The fourth ball walked Dur
ham and was another wild pitch which
scored the second counter. Then Dur
ham got caught at second on f1elders
choice Of BIiddleton's. Roxy and Perry
who was running for Shaw, then start
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safe with Perry scoring, except that
Roxy got stabbed at second and Clair
was sent in to run for him. Berger
whitfield for the second out and Belden
followed with the fourth walk. Koerner
followed him with another hit-by- pitch
er-for McGrath. The bases were full
again but they died for McGrath slid
three OF them over the pan, striking
Hughes out. There were no hits and no
errors, Barney simply forced three runs
onto the innocent bystanders.
Topeka's one run came in the last Of
the ninth. Big Merit sIashed beauty
into the left garden for two sacks and
advanced on the putout Of Moore.
CrOmpton then drove a fast grounder
20 Hughes and while he was securing
q grip on it, Whitney scored but Cromp-
ton went out at first. That was the
only good chance to count. On anoth-
er occasion the sacks were full with
two gone and Fugate up but that is
not a good chance to score with Dur
ham on the hill At another time, it
looked like something would open up.
Moore got a walk when one was down.
Crompton was at bat and much was
expected of him. He hit the bean
well enough but that was only an in
centive for the Pueblos to pull off the
fastest double play seen on the local
ground to date.
Hughes flew into it and giving him
self over to the spirit Of victory which
seems to prevade the tribe Of Il snap
ped It carelessly, albeit with vigor, to
Berger and he, just as confident that
nothing in the Western could stop
them, yanked It around to Koerner and
the double was made. Both Hughes
and Berger were in the air at the time
the play was made except that Berger
lightly tapped the second sack as ne
few over 1t for his throw. Angels
couldn't do that stunt twice.
The score: