The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-24
Topeka and Lincoln Clubs
Stage Listless Contest.
Bramble's Poor judgment ana
Error Let in Both Runs.
KOERNER HURT IN PRACTICE
Grover and Dawson Allow Only
Four Hits Each.
Both Clubs Slump in Batting
Two Games Today.

The Cooleyites lost an uninterest1ne
and listless game to the Lincoln ciun
Wednesday afternoon. Grover for To-
peka and Dawson for Lincoln pitched
good baseball and there was some
flashy fielding but no pep" The
Cooleyites are suffering with ter
rifle batting slump and their inability
to hit safe robbed them Of number
Of excellent chances to score. Inc
final score was to 1.
The pitchers did not appear 10 ne
putting much on the ball ana II Is eVl-
dent that the Lincoln CLUB is IN
slump If their showing in the two
days they have been here can be taken
as a criterion, the club is just about
the poorest on the circuit. WIN al
their poor showing, the Tigers did, NOT
look any worse than the topeka clup'
The Cooleyites started Off In the
lead in the second inning by scoring
their only run of the game. With two
out, TaIlion and baltimore singled in
succession, Tonneman drew a pass.
McGaffigan muffed Growers grounoer
with the bases filled and had beauti-
full chance to put the game on ice but
the best he could do was to hit a
grounder to Dawson who threw him
out at first.
The Tigers went out in order for
three innings and then broke over in
the fourth. McGaffigan led off and
hit a fly to center field which Bran
BILE misjudged and it went for three
bases 1t should have been an easy
putout. LLOYD went out from Grover
to Rapps and Williams was safe when
Bramble dropped his easy fly to GEN.
terrified. McGaffigan scored on the
error but this was an easy chance and
no enc can explain why Bramble miss
ed the catch. 1t landed square in his
hands and flipped out
The Tigers scored their second and
what proved to be the final run Of the
game in the fifth inning. Collins was
safe on Tallion's error, but Altman
forced him at second, Oriet went out.
Grover to Rapps and Rehor singled to
center, scoring Altman.
Phil Koerner, the big first baseman
of the Topeka club. was out Of the
initial station. Koerner was hit in the
head with q bat thrown by Tallion
while the team was taking their bat
ting practice. Rapps performed ad-
mirably.
The Lincoln club does not look any
thing like it did on its former visits
in Topeka. Williams, who supplanted
Mullen at first when the latter Joined
the New York Americans, looks like a
good performer. Davy Lloyd at Sec
ond and McGaffigan in the short field
are the same fast pair. Oriet at third
has not been given a chance to demon
strate his ability but 1t must be admit
ted that he is not to be compared with
Lee CULLEN. He has not been hitting
here and it must be admitted that
CULLEN is some pinch hitter.
Altman in left field appears to be q
real outfielder. He has been hitting
as well as any man on the club since
coming here and is mighty fast in the
outfie1d and on the bases. 1t appears
that Hugh Jones picked up a good
man when he found him.
The Topeka club has been battine
near zero ever since they played the
four games in Omaha and at the pres.
ent rate they are going, a bunch OF
school kids could beat them.
The teams will advance Friday:
game on the schedule and play a dou
bleheader today beginning at 2 O'Clock
The score: