The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-05
.kAWS GOT REVENGE.
Pound Three lincoln Pitchers-Scorc
Was II to 9.

Lincoln, Neb., May Sit was sweet.
sweet revenge that the Topekans took
out on the Antelopes Monday in the
second game of the series and carried
OFT the long end of a one-sided slug
sing contest by a score Of II to 2.
Seventeen luscious hits were amassed
by the Kaws before the contest was
concluded. and these were all collect
ed at the expense Of the three Ante
lope pitchers, Smith, Ehman and
Tor the ishut-out of Sunday the Kaws
evened up slightly for the many de-
feats handed them by Buff Ehman
and drove him from the box in the
sixth inning, after he had relieved
Harry Smith.
Rapp was the smuggling fiend of the
session. the Kaw backstop fattening
his swatting average to the tune of
four hits in five times to the plate.
one of them being a four-base swat
outside the paling. and another knock
counting for trip to the third sta
ton. In addition to all this he can
tered across the plate four times.
Meanwhile Faircloth was hurting
bang-up article of ball, letting the An
telopes down with a trio of bingles,
and refusing to permit them to collect
anything that looked like a safe blow
or hit after the second round. 1t
was mastery twirling on his part, and
had 1t not been for Rapp's dropping
McGee'S throw in the second after
an attempted double steal. the Lopes
would have registered. no more than
one tally.
The Lincoln crew inaugurated the
contest by chasing a run across in the
first round. Lloyd leading off, dou-
bled. McGaffigan sacrificed him to
third. and Lloyd scored by beating
McGee's throw to the plate after the
latter had fielded Quillins grounder.
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Rapp's error on the attempted double
steal enabled the Lopes to chase the
second run across.
The kaws did not get started until
the second round, when Koerner sim
gled and went to second on Rapp's
safe hit. Tallion's single scored Koer-
ner, and Rapp went to third. from
which point he scored when MCGEE
singled off Ehman, who had relieved
Smith.
In the fourth round the Kaws again
opened fire on the Lopes when Rapps
clouted the ball outside the breast
works for the first home run of the
season on the local grounds. With
one down in the fifth. Dowd cracked
out a double, and went to third when
FOrsythe flew out. Koerner singled,
scoring Dowd, and Rapps pushed
Koerner up peg with another safe
knock. Quillin's error on Rapps' hit
enabled both runners to go up an
other notch. and when Tallion landed
on one Of Ehman's offerings for two
bases, Koerner and Rapps scored.
Cochran's single in the sixth, Fair
cloths sacrifice off Munroe, who had
replaced Ehman, Wakefield's out, and
Collins error gave the Kaws another
tally in the sixth.
Two more were collected in the sew
enth. Koerner led off with a double,
and Rapps scored him on a triple.
Tallion famed, but MCGEE came in
with the necessary hit to register
Rapps.
The eighth was quiet, but Just to
make their revenge good and strong
the Kaws commenced all over again
in the ninth. Koerner beat out an in
field hit, and went to second when
Mullen dropped Munroe's throw after
fielding Rapps' grounder. Mullen
fielded Tallions grounder and forced
Rapps at second, but Koerner reached
third and TalliOn was safe at first
on the play. McGee's double scored
Koerner Cochran walked, filling the
bases. On Faircloth's infield out,
Tallion scored, and Wakefield ended
it by going out on a grounder. The
score: