The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-03
LAST TO TIGERS
Lincoln Made 1t Two Out OF
Three Friday.
Grover and Clunn Pitched
sMiserably" for Savages.

rnI,shv. freakish thing IS prop-
ahlv. passable description OF the
game the Savages lost to Lincoln yes
terlav afternoon before leaving IoI
their long trip aproao-
score was to 4. -
About the only normal thlng no
ticeable in the park was the SIZE OF
fine crowd in the granoSldhe en-
preachers Everything else was Iranz
kensteinly freakish. The Tlgers sco!eu
ming on one slender single I me
made their last two runs on a douDie
and a single. The Savages made tWlce
as many hits as they olo- ~,
SIC Ynmed Buck Ehman all over Inc
rounds and punched their hits IN plies
e 80 ord threes. They choked the
bases and played errorless ball. put
their pitchers were punk anu ti -
base running would have peeh d ui
grace to blind men. zeo+
However, primarily, the 80
should be charged up to Grover anu
C1unn the two most reliable pitchers
on the club Clunn started the game.
he lasted three and a third INNINGS
and then went to the clup mouse VIII
ont having allowed single MT: bul
the reason he didn't allow a NJ We
because he was so wild the batters
coI,Idn,t have reached the ball II they
had been batting with a panel OF the
fence.
He Blew in Fourth.
After he had hit a batter and walked
two in the fourth, Jackson told Clunh
he needed a shower bath and Grover
Vas sent in. Bugs Immediately walked
IN a run Then, after force tnat
scored another, he allowed LLOYD 10
hit a sacrifice fly, walked anolner ihdAi
and donated a single. F1nahy ne reg
istered the third out and after the dust
had cleared, the figures showed that
the Tigers had made four runs from
one hit, a hit batter, four bases on
balls. a. force out and sacrlhce ny.
The Savages counted one in the last
of the same inning. Mayer doubled
with one out, Dell grounded out ano,
baltimore singled to center, bringing
in the run.
In the last of the fifth, opportun-
itv knocked hard and the Savages had
their big chance, but opportunity could
not penetrate the bone and the inning
went barren. Monroe struck ou.:
Grover hit a hot one through Lloyd
and Trainer singled to left. Bostick
walked, filling the bases with only one
ont Jackson, himself, was at the bat
and it looked like certain victory. But
Jimmy hit wild at couple ana theh
on his third strike, with three pail
on him. ordered Grover to come home
from third. Jimmy struck out and
Yantz caught Grover at the plate, re
firing the side with two men still on
bases.
Another Chance.
Again, in the last of the seventh
three hits and a walk gave the Saw
ages three runs and tied the score
Cochran grounded out and Monroe
doubled to left. Grover walked and
Trainer took first on a Texas league
Bostick was safe on a fielder's choice
and Monroe was thrown out at the
plate. pitcher to catcher. Jackson
doubled, cleaning the bases Grover
scored from third, Trainer from sec
ond and Bostick from first. Then
Mayer flew out to Wolf.
However, the score didn't remain
tied for very long. Lincoln put across
two runs and won the game in the
next inning McGaf1gan flew out and
Schneider doubled through Cochran.
Williams famed, but Morse singled
and scored Schneider. Yantz hit to
short and Bostick booted it, allowing
Morse to score. The SaVages got one
man on in the eighth and one in the
ninth, but that was as close as they
ever came to scoring again.
The lineup, score and summary;