The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-28
BEARS LOST BOTH
kaws Won First Game, Score
to 3 and Second 2 to 1.
REYNOLDS and COcreham AL
lowed More Hits.
GEAR AND M'LARRY FEATURED
E1stOn, New Outfielder, Report
ed to Denver Club.
Topeka Got but One Hit in the
Second Contest.


double header from the Grizzlies
Sunday. The first resulted in a score
Of 4 to 3 and the second was a i've
inning affair and resulted in score
of to l. In both games the Bears
started out in front but the kaws took
UP the slack and finished ahead
The Kaws outpIayed the Bears in
the first game and the locals had
some luck in the last one The Bears
got more hits than did the kaws, nut
the latter were more successful in
getting them at the right time
Reynolds was better than Wolfgang IN
pinches.
The Bears got eight safe blows off
REYNOLDS in the first game but at that
he had them standing on their heads
much of the time and frightened up
with men on bases The same can be
said of Cocreham in the second game
The Bears took the lead in the first
game by showing a run over the pan
in the second inning Elston doubled
and scored when Block followed suit
The kaws scored one in the last half
of the same inning when Gear beat
out scratch hit to Butcher. Price
sacrificed. and Gear scored from sec
Ond on Rapps' scratch hit TO Butcher
The ball rolled behind the Denver
man on the Keystone sack and the
score was easy.
Reynolds held the Bears at his
mercy from then until the seventh in
ming. when Elston led off and hit for
three bases, Block struck out. Coftey
walked. Fisher forced COffey a sec
ond allowing Elston to score, and
Fisher was whipped at home base, after
Wolfgang had doubled to right. The
Bears got their last run in the eighth
inning, when CULLEN led off and beat
out an infield hit. Cassidy sacrificed,
Channel beat out an infield hit.
Butcher hit a grOunder to French and
the latter get Channel at second.
French made a wild throw to third
i
was thrown out This ended a bat
ting rally for the visitors which looked
like it would give them a victory.
After tying the score in the second
inning. the kawS started the fireworks
in the third when Cochran was safe
on Butchers error, French struck out. /
Forsythe flew out to Elston. McLarly
hit for three bases. scoring Cochran. !
Gear singled, scoring McLarry-
The Kaws showed the winning run I
over the pan in the eighth inning !
when McLarry led off and polled his |
second three-b base hit of the game and !
Gear followed suit The Grizzlies
went out one. two three in the first |
part of the ninth inning.
The second game was marked by
the same kind of fast playing as in
the first. The Grizzlies took the lead
by scoring their only run in the sec
pass, Spahr sacrificed and Fishers hit
to left field went for two bases. Ell
ston scored on the drive.
The kaws were helpless until the
fourth inning of the second game and
finally won with series of walks,
error and one lonely single which :
should have been fielded. Forsythe
led off and went out. Butcher to Fish
er. McLarry walked. Gear was safe
when Block, playing at short, dropped
Butchers throw in an effort to force
Price hinged to left center.
This was the lucky part of the game.
Elston and Channel pulled an NJ
Castor stunt and allowed the
ball to drop untouched. 1t rolled to
the side and Price went to second,
scored. The Kaws were ,
lucky again when Cassidy dropped
Itapps' drive to right field and Gear
scored. McAllister walked and filled
the bases but Cochran followed and
ended the misery for the Bears by hit
ting into a double play
With two out in the ninth inning, |
Pitcher King singled to right field but
CULLEN ended the game when he flew
out to Gear. The score: