The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-30
Opening Game in st. Joseph
Lost by Locals.
Johnson Puts Cy Young Out of
the Game.
WAINWRIGHT HOLDS HOLLANDS
Wagner Loses Game Before
Student Ascends Mound.
KaWs Go Down Fighting for
Additional Runs.

st. Joseph, Mo-, May S0.-About
5000 fans, mostly of the fair per-
suasion, saw the Drummers take the
first game of the initial series here
with the Topeka Kaws yesterday, TO
4. 1t was ladies' day and the stands
were crowded to overlooking.
Little Dick Crutcher, Kentuckian by
birth, and naturally quite debonair
and gallant, was chosen to off1ciate
on the mound for the home boys. The
Kaws used Young, Wagner and Vain
wright. Young was put out of the
game in the fourth inning for vigor-
ously protesting Il decision at first
base by Jumps Johnson. wagner was
a mark for the Drummers and thus
it happened that Manager Dale Gear
sent Wainwright to the hill to finish
the contest. Wainwright pitched GOOD
ball in the last three innings and the
Drummers didn't get any runs off his
delivery.
Sultry weather made the crowd lazy
and the players seemed to be 1aboring
under the same influence for the game
dragged. Crutcher was a bit Wild but
he manag ed to keep enough of the
hits scattered to get away with the
bacon.
batting star of the day, getting four
hits out of as many trips to the plate
Every Drummer on the team got a
hit with the exception of Walloping
man of them all. Gardner did the
heaviest clouting for the kaws, get
ting three cracks out of as many times
at bat.
Start Scoring in Fourth.
The scoring was started by both
sides in the fourth. With one down
Gardner walked and stole second.
Gear singled to right and the man
ahead took third, Gear going to sec
ond on the play. Dulin walked. fill
at second and Gardner counted while
Gear went to third Gear denied the !
dish when Chapman singled to center. |
In the last half of the fourth the
Drummers got two and tied up the
game and il was in this inning that |
the tin was tied to Cy Young |
by Umpire Johnson. There were two |
gone when Zwilling hit Texas
Lacquer over short. Dulin caught the |
ball but fell down and rolled over
with the ball under him and Zwilling, |
who went to second on the play, was
credited with double. Borton fol-
lowed with a hot triple to the fence
in.s center field. scoring ZWilling.
Reilly hit to Emery and was called
safe by Johnson on a close play at
first. Borton scoring. Cy Young pro-
ceeded to unload a few tons of hot
air and finally got canned out of the
YIN
his place but the inning ended when
Reilly was out trying to steal.
Drunmers Chase Wagner.
In the next inning Wagner got
more than he wanted. Bob Meinke |
started the batting rally with a single |
and Bachant beat out an infield hit.
Crutcher laid down a sacrifice. adj
vancing both runners. They scored |
on Kelly's hot single over second
base. Powell poked a triple to left |
center. scoring Kelly and Watson drew
a walk. Zwilling was safe at first on
an error by Walsh and Powell count
ed. Singles by Borton and Reilly
drove Watson and Zwilling all the
way around Meinke, up for the sec
ond time. skied to King and Bachant
lifted a high one to Gear.
The Kaws got their last two runs
in the seventh. King walked and took
second on Lees single. Gardner
a. hot triple to the left field
fence, scoring both runners. He tried
TO stretch his hit into a homer and t
was caught out at the plate. Neither
team could count in the eighth and |
ninth and when Gear grounded to
Borton, unassisted, in the ninth, the
Drummers had packed away one more
victory in their percentage kit.
The tabulated tale: