The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-06
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IN THIRD PLACE
The Savages Finish Their Sea-
son This Afternoon.
Pitcher Hall Won DOubIehead-
er From Wolves Sunday.

BY taking both ends of the double
header from Wichita Sunday after
noon, Jimmy Jackson and his sea-
soned veterans placed themselves ir-
ren1ovably IN third place, and even if
every player should break an arm, a
leg or neck in today's twin season
clOserS the new managem6 mt will have
the satisfaction of knowing it has Civ
en- Topeka the best ball team she has
had in years and the record books
will be written showing a Kansas
team in the first division.
Owner Savage led the lean back
from Denver Sunday in what appeared
to be a crippled condition. When
they put in their appea rance on the
field about half an hour behind time
Bostick and baltimore were absent.
Rostiek had been 1aft in Denver, his
home town, and baltimore had been
called to Ohio by the illness of his
little girl. 1t was the first time this
season that Old Faithful LATHE was
no5 covering the second sack for his
team.
Bill Rapps On.
But Bill Rapps, the other "Old
Faithful" was itching for action and
was assigned to second Cochran was
switched to short-and played one of
his best fielding games of the sea SON
and Tydeman was ordered to cover
third.
With this line up, the team played
as good ball as any fans could wish
and the first game was captured by
s to I.
Cactus" Hall injected a little of
the unusual into the afternoons en-
tertainment by pitching both games,
and the manner in which he did it
made many fans predict that he will
some day be a Mathewscn, an AleXan-
der or a Mam;lux.
In the first game Cactus, alias
'sFIigh Pockets" held the Wolves to
seven hits and one skinny run, and
several times pulled himself out of
troublesome holes witt. little effort.
In the second game, which was cur
tailed to seven innings by agreement,
he allowed just two hits, and would
have had a shut out if he had not
walked Gray and allowed ramon TO
triple in the same frame.
Wolves Were Tame.
The Princess Wolves never had a
1ookiE at either game ana most OF the
credit for shutting out the peeps pc
lorgs to Mr.. Hall, but Cochran's fleid-
ing at short and the support OF the
balance of the Savages are entitled to
at least favorable mention:
In the first game the Savages led
in the scoring by making three IN the
second frame Tydeman was safe on
Rrittcn's error, jackson sacrificed
and Trainer camped at first Wheh
Hosp mussed up his grounder- RaPPS
beat out an infleld nat thal sou so
Tvdeman and Monroe tripled to CEN
ter, bringing in Trainer and RapPs;
In the fifth round Pitcher hlley
was touched up for five hltS IN a row
by Cochran, Fisher, Brown, Tydeman
and jackson and total of three runs
were made from them In the elSntn
Rapps tripled and was brought nome
by Monroe's single for the last run or
the game.
The only Wichita score was made
in the fifth. Geist opened the inning
with a two-bagger to center garden
Griffith beat out an 1nfleld mt, out
Riley forced Geist at thlrd, Han TO
Tvdeman. TaIlion then doubled, scor-
ing Griffith
The Wolves took the scoring lead
in the second game in the thlrd IN
ming when GRAY was walked and, with
two down. Taliion again hit for extra
In the next round the Savages
forged to the lead by making two
runs Fisher doubled, went to thiro
on Gray's wild heave and scored when
Brown singled. The big Moose then
stole second went to third on Gray's
second bad peg and was scored by
Trainers sacrifice fly to center
Rapps' comedy Beaned.
Two more were added in the fifth.
Rapps was pulling some OF his circus
comedy at the plate when he was hit
with a pitched ball and given first.
Monroe then came through with an
other double and Hall grounded out,
but Rapps scored while the play was
being made at first Cochran was
safe on Britton's error, and Fisher
poled a sacrifice fly that scored Mon
roe. Brown beat out an infield hit
when Griffith, playing first with a
catcher's NIT, allowed the big glove to
get him down, but Tydeman forced
Brown at second, ending the frame.
Manager Jackson, who was safe on
Brittons rror and advanced to sec
ond on Trainers sacrifice, scored the
last run of the afternoon. RaDDS had