The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-24


Dreadful Defeat. Trainer Set a Saw
age Record With the Stick, Getting
Two Triples and Single Out OF
Four Times at Bat. He Drove in
Four of the Five Scores and Made
the Other One Himself.
At the end of the eighth inning the
score stood 3 to in favor Of the
Savages and every St. Joe infielder
had costly error to his credit. To
the casual observer it looked like only
a matter of minutes until the Tope-
kans trotted to their showers with
another victory sailed away. and the
casual observers left the park and
were spared the sight of the slaughter.
But the old heads and the 30 degrees
only shifted nervOusly in their seats
and waited
Nick Lakaff, who had pitched a
creditablc game for the Savages en-
tered the ninth behind the fortifica-
tions of a two-run lead, but Nick
knew and a lot of other people knew
he had already gone beyond his limit
and that a lot of luck would be need
ed. In facc. Lakaff reached his limit
!n the middle of the seventh inning.
Old Super All In.
The old super had served him well,
but in the last of the seventh his
control weakened and his hook and
speed began to disappear as was
shown by a touch for a single and a
walk. But the conquerer of Wide
and ambition, and by putting more
action into his windup and gritting his
molars a bit harder he succeeded in
tanning the last man.
In the eighth he came back bene-
fitted little by mis- rest and allowed the
first man up to get to first on his
own error. This was Helmer, who
was forced at second by Grodick. Viii
Hams, the next batSman, walked and
Rapp grounded out. A juicy spit
ball was fed to Grolinger and he
knocked a pOpup that a one armed
man could nave caught in hat, but
Cochran let it slip through his fin
gers and Grodick and Williams
scored. This forced Lakaff TO pitch
to two more men during the inning
and when Val finally flew out to
and when he came back IN the ninth
the stage was set Cor a horrible
slaughter. And the worst part about
it was that the largest lady crowd of
the season was the audience that had
The Awful Ninth:
Watson was first up and walked.
KCehler was hit with a pitched ball
and Helmer filled the bases when he
was safe or Lakaff's error. Grodick
drove a single between third and short
and Brown let it roll through his fin
gers and allowed watson, kOehler and
Helmer to score. Williams then sin
gled to right. scoring Grodick and
Lakat1 was at last W1lnuTaWn from
the firing line.
The blowup seemed 20 hit Mana ger
Jackson like d surprise package, and
having no one warmed up for the
emergency. he was forced to send
Bugs Grover in with a cold arm.
Grover cold was no better than
I4akaff exhausted. and Rapp and Gro
linger singled. filling the bases. Gro
yer then proceeded to walk Bliss.
forcing in Williams, and Val doubled
to left scoring Rapp and Grolinger-
Watson ended up the swat storm with
a single that counted Bliss. but Fish
err threw the ball away and Val and
Watson crossed the plate, cleaning the
bases. After all of this, the remark
able thing was that +he next three
men up went out in order. thanks to
the relia bility OF Tallion and Latti-
more, who alone seemed to keep their
heads during the panic
In addition TO the unpleasant fea-
lures the remarka BILE stick work of
Trainer should be mentioned as the
one bright spot in the blemished aft
ernoon. Trainer was at bat four times
and fattened his batting average by
getting two three base hits and a sin
gle Also, he drove IN four Of the
five runs made and scored the other
run in person and unGssisted save for
Helmer's error
The lineup. score and summary of
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