The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-28
Denver and Topeka Share
HOnOrs of Final Event.
Both Were Smuggling Contests
of Widest Variety.
COOLEY WENT IN LAST GAME
KOerner Leads Club In Batting
Gets Silver Bat.
Rapps Given Cupp as Most
Valuable Player.

The curtain was dropped on the 1914
baseball season Of the Western League
Sunday with the Topeka and Denver
clubs playing a double header. Each
team won a game, the locals taking the
first and the visitors the second
Neither could be said to be real con-
test but there was plenty or exclte-
ment. The players Of the Denver clup
were not in their regular places in the
first game and the Cooleyites helped
make the second a hippodrome affair.
The score Of the first game was to
and the second was IL to s.
Both games were slugg1ng events. The
pitchers did not attempt to pltcn smut
out baseball, and realizing that this was
their last appearance, they would no.
exert themselves. This is especially
true of Harrington who worked for the
Bear Cats Dashner pitched better base
ball and showed a desire to win his
game. The Denver players accepted
easy chances but would not exert them
selves on hard ones. None OF the play
ers would take chances on the bases.
The first contest was close until the
fifth inning when the Topeka club
showed four runs across the pan, TAX
ing a six run lead. The Bear Cats
scored two runs in the fifth inning and
that was all.
The Cooleyftes began scoring in the
second inning when Phil Koerner dou-
bled and scored on Tallion's single. The
third inning was a shut out and three
raced across the pan in the fourth.
Rapps started the inning and went out,
KOerner was next and got his second
two base drive Of the day. Tallion fol-
lowed and beat out an infield hit but
Koerner was thrown out at the plate,
on Lattimore's fielders choice; Tonne
man singled but was injured in the alb
1OrnaD nd was forced RI retire RofSfRI
went in to run for him and the Aus
trian and baltimore staged double
steal, the latter scoring. Dashner and
Cochran singled scoring Reisigl.
The Cooleyites rushed four across the
pan in the fifth inning and put the
game on ice. Reisigl, replacing For
sythe. flew out, Rapps singled throug n
the infield and Koerner got his third
two base hit of the game with a drive to
left center, Tallion singled to right and
baltimore doubled to center. Gleason
famed and Dashner was safe on Bar
bour's error.
The Second Game.
Both clubs started off in the second
game by scoring in the first inning
Rags" Faircloth started to pitch the
second game and officiated for five in
nings. The Topeka club had a good
lead and Cooley thought the game was
safe so he inserted himself as a pinch
hitter. he nit the first Dali p1tchcC
along the inside of the first base line
Cooley went to second and two more
runs rushed across the pan. Weideman
went in to pitch and worked the sixth
inning and then Reisigl was brought in
from the outfield to pitch the last in
ming. The Bear Cats scored four runs
on him and that gave them the game
Cochran led off in the first with &
double, Bramble singled and Cochran
scored on Rapp's sacrifice fly.
The Bear Cats scored another in the
second on singles by Barbour, Burche1
and Eddie Faye. The Cooleyites scored
two in the last half of the same rount
when Reisigl walked, Gleason forced
him at second, Faircloth singled t.
right, Cochran and Bramble singled ant
Forsythe was safe on Faye's error.
In the last half of the fifth. Forsyth
led off and flew out to Cassidy. Rapp
singled, Koerner was out on a fielder
choice. Tallion doubled. Reisigl ant
Gleason singled, and Cooley batting TO
Faircloth doubled to right. scoring Rel
eigl and Gleason. Cochran drew a pas
and Cooley scored on Bramble's double
Forsythe went out to Burcher. Tha
IS the last scoring for the Cooleyites
Cy Morgan, formerly of the Athletics
who is doing time in the Western leagu