The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-21
CONDUCTORS WIN
They Defeated MOtOrmen i'm
Baseball at Gage Park.
Street Railway Employees Pic.
mic Was a Nice Success.

With the temperature of 40 (est.'
mated) on the baseball diamond n
Gage park yesterday afternoon the
conductors and motormen of the To
peka Railway company engaged in q
deadly combat in a game. The hon
Crs went to the conductors, not thai
they hit much harder than the motor
men, but being slim for the most part
and many of the motormen are fleshy
were able to move around faster. and
did better job of fielding.
Despite frequent errors it was I
pretty good game of ball. Pitcher
Graham for the conductors stood the
gaff for six innings, allowing IL safe
drives and giving only one base on
balls. One motorman who faced him
Upchurch. was "beaned' in the third
inning. The motormen used three
pitchers, off of whom the conductors
score stood Ii to 9 in favor of the con-
OGctorS, the advantage being due, for
the most part, to the loose manner in
which the motormen threw the bail
away in trying to catch unwary
money changers off bases.
Melvin and Richard for the conduc-
tors were the hitting fiends of the day.
The former registered three safe
drives in four times up, one of which
went so far beyond the outfieId thai
and another going for a triple. Rich
ard also got three safe ones out of
four times up, one of which was i
triple. Hensel, for the conductors,
bases, getting credit for four during
the game, one of which was home.
For the motermen WyKert, catcher,
vas the only member of the team hit
ting above 800. He got three safe
ones in four times up, and scored
three of the nine runs of his side.
The fielding features of the game
were catches by Altman for the con-
ductors and Wykert and Oyler for the
motormen, a neat double being pulled
off by Altman, Richard and Graham.
Oyler started the game for the
motormen on the mound. In the sec
ond inning. however, five hits and a
long list of errors resulted in seven
runs and Oyler retired in favor of
Lane. In the two succeeding innings
Lane, who weighs away over 200 and
found the life of a pitcher rather
strenuous allowed three hits which
resulted in three runs in each. He re-
tired in favor of White who let the
raging cons down without hit in the
Score: RH.E.
II IA 5
The fun at Gage park yesterday,
which was the fifth annual outing of
the Topeka railway employees, was
IaSt ana furious 1TODl the lliIS tiAt
spit trick and extra men and their
families reached the grounds about 10
o'clock in the morning until the last
truck load of day and night men and
their families left the park about 10
o'clock last night. Games, contests OF
various kinds. two bali games and two
big picnic dinners marked the day.
Patten, city superintendent
spent nearly the whole day at the park
for the sole purpose of seeing that ev
cry one had good time. And last
night the tired employees voted the
outing the best ever.
Yesterday morning the conductors
trounced the motormen to the tune of
9 to II in the ball game. Last night
forty men at a time for awhile invaded
the swimming pool and enjoyed the dip
into the waters OF the Gage lake. At
noon about 200 sat down to the picnic
dinner. Last night there was a bigger
crowd, estimated at more than 300,
who sat down to supper
And such a supper, Fried chicken.
salads, pies and cakes galore, and on
top of that q truck load of watermel-
ons, the gift of A. NJ. and Howard Pat
ten, that had been in cold storage for
two days, and then ice cream. After
the exercise everybody was hungry,
md the crowd did ample justice to the
excellent supper.
Il never was so tired in my life one
ean hear among the street car men this
But I wouldn't have missed
t for anything"
And best of all spirit of friendly
'ivalry marked the contests that was
not marred by any noticeable ill-feel-
ng, and everybody came home feeling
amply repaid for the trip.
The winner of the potato race in the
morning was Conductor Croner. Mrs. !
Ham won the nail driving contest At
night darkness prevented a number of
sports planned. Mrs. Hubbard won the
oal1 throwing contest among the wo-
men.
When the crowd had gathered for the
Inner a Telegram from H. E. Club |
buck, general manager of The Illinois
fraction company. sent from Peoria |
H.. in which he wished the employees |
IN enjoyable day and thanked them for /
heir loyalty. was read. The telegram
vas as follows:
ON behalf of myself and manage
nent l desire upon the occasion of your !
annual picnic to express apprecia ton !
or your loyalty to TIE interests of our
company and to sincerely wish you and |
Tour families most enjoyable day and |
outing. H E. CHUBBUCK"
Her I'irSf Chanco IN Gio