The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-03
Won DOUBLE BILL
Omaha Lost Both Games to
Topeka Saturday.
Entire Series Of Five Games
Won by Home Club.
SCORE BOTH CONTESTS 9 TO 4
Faircloth Saved First for
Gr0ver-Tipple Hit Hard.
Grover Saved Second for Dash.
ner-Slagle Ineffective.
SCORE BOTH CONTESTS 9 TO 4

The Topeka club continued its win
ming streak Saturday by taking both
ends Of a double header and making a
clean sweep Of the series OF five games
The Omaha pitchers could not keep
the Cooleyites from punching hits and
the other members OF the club aided
the locals by making many costly err
rors. Both games resulted in a score
Of 9 to 4.
Grover started the first game for
Topeka. against his old club mates, but
was ineffective. After allowing eight
hits which netted three runs In one
and two-thirds innings. he was reliev-
ed by Faircloth. This youngster was
association and lived up to his reputa-
ton as finishing pitcher by stop
ping the Omaha club. He pitched sew
en- and one-third innings and allowed
but one run. In the fifth inning,
Kruger doubled and scored on Schlib-
other two hits were delivered in sep
arate innings.
Triple pitched the first game for
the visitors. His club kicked It away
in the first inning when a walk. an
error and batter hit by a pitched ball
were followed by a three base clout by
Rapps. netting three runs He settled
down and did not allow another until
the fifth when La F1ambois hit q
homo run. He ''blowed" in tho sixth
the Cooleyites punched two singles.
two doubles. two errors and a hit bats
men for five runs.
The Second Won by the Same Score.
The second game went by the same
route by the same score, and in very
much the same manner. Neither club
started with as many runs but the re-
suit at the end was tho same. The
Topeka club started off in the lead by
scoring in the first inning when La
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Pitcher Slagle overthrow first, in try
ing to catch him off the bag. He
scored on Forsythe's sacrifice fly.
Dashner held the visitors without
trouble in the first and second innings.
but wavered slightly in tho third. He
overthrow third base which Melted
three runs.
Slagle also wavered In the same Inn
ing and the Topeka club punched two
singles. two doubles and a three base
hit for four runs. Dashner's double
scored another in the fourth.
Following the third inning. Dashner
frightened up and pitched shut out ball
until the eighth inning. In that round
Thomson started by hitting safe but
Kruger. hit into : double-piay. Schlib-
gle, an error and q pass filled the
bases and Grover relieved Dashner.
Dunlap was tho first man to face him
and ended the inning whom he struck
out.
Willis. who assaulted Umpire Stock
dale Friday. relieved S1agle at the be-
ginning Of the fourth inning. but
the Cooleyites scored one in his first
inning, another In tho seventh and
two more In the eighth. In the seventh
Koerner was safe on Graham's error,
McAllister sacrificed and the former
scored on Tallion's double. In the
eighth, Cochran tripled to right and
scored on Graham's wild throw to
third. La F1ambois followed with q
pass, went to third on Koerner's sin
gle and scored on McAllister's fielders
choice. The scores: