The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-08
WALLOP WICHITA
Kaws Polish OF Brother
Kansans.
Most Approved Style Used In
Performance.
SCORE ENDED TWENTY TO TWO
The Final Outcome of the Wtch.
tia WindstOrm.
No Witches Injured In the
Disaster.

1t was finally Topeka VINO sat Oh TIC
dizzy summit of one Of those top-heavy
scores that have gained fame around
the Kaw ball park in the past few days.
They started out yesterday afternoon
to have ball game and had one until
the second division Of the performances
when Jones, the Wichita backstop de-
cidcd that a ball game was not what
the fans wanted but that an exhibition
of aerial feats would be much more
appreciated. With that thought In
mind the aforesaid party assembled
gracefully into the ethereal blue wnere
he remained throughout the afternoons
performance. Upon seeing their youth
ful companion thus. suspended in the
atmosphere the entire delegation OF
Witches Joined him there and proceed
ed to put on some stunts In space that
cannot be chronicled in the space al
lotted to a description of the incident
Just why they chose to thus aviate
heavenward with Robert Clemens deal
ing his crooked slants across the plat
ter is hard to understand but they dfo
that, leaving Bob alone to make a
stand against the heavy artillery OF the
1 caa'ns And wb1is Colonel cooie9s
forces were taking the aggressive in
the battle the division commanded by
Captain Reisigl was binding the enc
my with a terrific cross-fire from the
hill near the center of the battle
ground.
complished the feat Of piling up TWEEN
ty runs in one short nine inning ses.
sion against Clemens, one OF the real
stars of the league. would fill more
space than a speech by q county can
didate. At any rate runs were thicker
than office seekers in Democratic
year and when the young man who
keeps those present informed OF the
proceedings had hung up his last
numeral which made the total twenty
the Kaws remembered that the COT
fee pot was burning and hastily
brought the afternoons farce to
close.
The Kaws started out in the second
stanza to put the game In the family
refrigerator and succeeded in chasing
four pals across the plate before the
Witches awoke to the fact that the
Koerner was the opening card follow
ed by a single by Rapps and q two
Dagger by Tallion which scored Koer-
ner and a three base hit by Whalen
scoring Rapps and Tallton. Jones.
(the wichita version) let one slip
through his big mitt and Jimmie
whelen outsprinted Goldie Rapp and
added another to the total. That was
enough to win for the Cooley clan, but
Just to see If they could and to make
I'D for the recent TeVerSe9 III the naAuo
Of Sioux CITY, they added sixteen more
before the grand finale which was fur
nished by nine members Of the chorus
CARRIED as Witches.
The Kaws made five in the fifth.
three in the sixth and five in the sew
enth which completed one of the most
complete massacres of the present
pennant war.
The wichita delegation made their
two counters in the eighth inning.
Nicholson started off with single and
O'Rourke swiped thrice without re-
suits. Then Fitzsimmons of the pugfl-
istic appellation swung In style be.
fitting his name. and sent low hot
liner to centerfield. Nicholson going to
third from where he scored q minute
later when Joe Bills hit to left. Fitz-
simmons scored and Bills went to
third when the ball got past LaFIam-
bois. Rapp struck leaving Mr.. State
ments, or rather Bills. encamped on
third which did not tend to increase
his vinegar like disposition.
That was all the scoring for Wichita
and the locals most notable accom-
rlishments have been told in previous
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