The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-03
KAWS CLEANED UP
Took Entire Series From Hugh
Jones' AntelOpes.
Fullerton Was Alright and
Kaws' Fielding Sensational.

Lincoln. Neb., June 3--Fullertor
pitched for Topeka, but Cochran ano
Smith did the greater part of the field
ing. 1t was some game, that was al
there was to it, and the Kaws emereg-
ed from the hostilities on the long end
of the score. which was , to !. 1t was
a battle from start to finish. the To-
pekans playing ball like fiends, robbine
the Lincoln crew of base hits and max
ing clean sweep of the series.
1t was a battle worth going miles to
see and the stellar work of the Kaws
in the field, coupled with their timely
hits off Harry Smith won the game
for them. Mullen's wobble in the first
round. when McLarry thumped the ball
through the Lincoln first baseman,
gave the Kaws their first run. The Sc :
ond came on a walk, a sacrifice and a
neat single.
Lincoln threatened at times, and
chased one across in the fourth with
a timely double, tying up the score un-
til the Kaws won it in the sixth. Six
hits for the Gears and. five for the An
telopes tells the tightness of the scrap,
with only one error in the fracas, de-
spite the red hot fielding.
Cochran flew out to Collins for the
first put out of the game, but Dale
Gear thumped the ball over second, and
was forced out when '-Toughy'' Lee
grounded to H. Smith. Lee was safe
and pilfered second. Then came McLar-
rvs wallop at Mullen. and Lee scored,
Polly plate to second on the throw to
the plate to catch Lee. Rapps walked
but French flew out to McCormlck-
Mccormick led off in the second with
thump to right, and when Cochran
made a sensational stop of Barbour S
erounder. Mccormick was nabbed at
second. Cobb walked, but Smith SCOOP
ed Collins crack out of the soil and
threw him out at first, and then spear
ed Carney drive that looked like hit
Cochran led off with a two base
cIout in the third, but was stranded
there, when Gear, Lee and McLarry all
flew out Rapps cracked Uut two
base blow in the fourth and went TO
third on F'rench's sacrifice but was lett
there when Crist was grounded out, and
after Smith was walked, Fullerton was
famed.
Bowling was walked in the Lincoln
end of this frame, and retired at sec
ond on McCormick's grounder to Smith
Barbour grounded out, but Cobb hit
for a pair of sacks after Mccormick
had been sent to second, and the lone
Lincoln tally was registered. 1t fell
to the share of Smith to pull off the
feature play of the day. when he spear
ed Mullen's grounder behind second IN
the third round, and retired the Lincoln
second baseman and then plug Mullen
out at first in a neat double.
In the sixth McLarry walked and
went to second on Rapps' sacrifice.
French flew out to Mccormick, but
Crist pocketed a neat single between
third and short and McLarry romped
home with The winning tally. After
that it was one, two, three order for
the rest of the sessions.
The comedy stunts of Rapps on the
initial corner provided amusement for
the Lincoln crowd which found the
"Schafer' antics of the Kaw captain
worth watching when they were not
knocking the local athletes 1t was
the seventh straight defeat for Lincoln,
and the Lopes went into fourth place
when Omaha won.