The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-01
EASY FOR BUGS"
Grover Shut Out Lincoln in a
2-Hit Game.
Also, He Led Savages in Slug
ging Bee.

If Bugs Grover ever took candy
from an innocent, helpless, sleeping
baby-it is safe bet that he had
more trouble doing it than he had in
shutting out the Lincoln Tigers Tues
day afternoon and defeating them by
the score of Is to 0.
Bugs pitched his best game of the
season, holding the ''Tigs" to two
skinny singles, and he hit the ball
like a Home Run Maker and ran
the bases like Ty Cobb, Jr., may run
them some of these days. In addition
to his twirling feat, he hit a single,
a double and a home run out OF four
times up, stole two bases, made two
scores unassisted and played first base
long enough to make three put outs
and one error.
Last week when His Royal Bugs
pitched a 4-hit, 1-run game against
St. Joe he claimed to be feeling
"puny'' and this column suggested
that Jackson ought to feed him sick
ening food before working him. But
q better method of getting results has
been. discovered. Evidently, Bugs is a
descendant of Samson and like his
prodigious progenitor husbands his
strength in his hair. This conclusion
Is arrived at because it is an eStab-
lished fact that he had not looked a
razor in the face for four days when
he hung up hl~ seasons record Tues
day and now it is suggested that
Jackson orders him to let his whisk-
ers grow all winter so he will be in
condition to start the season in his
best form neZt spring.
Some SIug-Fest.
Next to Growers twinkling per-
formances, the big feature of the
game was the smuggling of Jackson's
warriors. In all, the Topekans cribbed
sixteen hits-two home runs, one
triple, five doubles Ind eight singles.
Grover led the field with his single,
twin and quadruple productions, but
baltimore ran him a close second with
three doubles in a row and Tydeman
and Fisher tied for third place honors
with two singles each.
Hoffman, who pitched a full nine
inning contest at Lincoln Monday
started the gene for the Tigers. but
after he had allowed three singles a
double and a sacrifice fly in the sec
ond inning, was replaced by Cox in
the beginning of the third. And Cox
deserves a great deal of praise for
the manner in which he faced the
hardest punishment a pitcher can en-
dure In his first inning he was
batted for three hits and three runs.
in the next for four and in the next
for three and three. But he managed
pitched shut out ball during the sixth
and seventh frames and went through
the final ordeal unscathed save for
a double by Cochran and a home run
fluke Dy
Began Scoring in Second.
The Savages began to get theirs in
the second frame Vincent Tydemar
started the proceedings with a single
baltimore followed with a double tC
center and Tydeman scored all the
Ivay from first base. jackson heat
ont an infield hit and Fisher hit d
sacrifice fly that scored baltimore
Monroe flew out. Grover singled and
Grover and jackson pulled a double
steal. but Bostick retired the side or
a fly to Smith
In the third Cochran was hit with
"a pitched ball. Brown singled and
niaced his second double in center
and cochran and Brown completed
+beir circuits around the bags. Jack
son grounded out but Fisher singled
scoring baltimore.
In the fourth Grover was first III
and scored run unassisted He
drove one to the fen for two bases
eto1e third and walked home on 6
baIk. Bostick famed and Cochran
1ew to center, but Brown tripled
T1vdeman scored him on a single and
Iaftimore poled out his third double
that scored Tydeman-
FISHER and Monroe singled in the
fiffh and Grover hit his homer ovel
ieft field fence scoring them ahead Of
him. No counts were registered il
the sixth and seventh.
Closed With Homer.
ant the Savages closed their board
:, +he eighth in a spectacular manner
Rostfck flew to left and Cochran dou