The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-28
Dashner Pitched a One-7it Game
BEAT DES MONIES
SavageS Took Booster Day
Game by 4 to l Score.
Biggest Week Day Crowd OF
Season Saw 1t.

Topeka ever turned out, there to see
him, and with his June bride looking
on from a box, Animal Dashner broke
two records at the ball park Tuesday
afternoon and incidentally, for the
edification of the Booster Day fans,
trimmed the Des Moines League Lead
ers to 1.
One of the records Dashner made
and it is placed first because the
Animal probably values it the most
was the getting of two hits out OF
four times at bat. Never before TINS
season has he approached anything
like it and some of the fans VINO nave
been calling him the Hitless Wonder
will probably tell you he never die
anything like it since he first saw the
face of Sol amid the scrub pines OF
West Virginia.
The other record was the pitching
of the first 1-hit game that has been
seen in Topeka this season. That II
should have been a no-lit game and
probably would barring one error is
best appreciated by those who saw 1t.
Control Perfect.
With control SO perfect that he
could have knocked the nose off
gnat's face without ever touching an
eyebrow, Dashner was faced by only
fifteen men in the first five innings.
In addition to his control, he had
everything pitcher needs to go to the
big show and set it on fire, and TO
say that he made Mogridge and Vance
look like 80 cents in bank pile is
putting it mildly when his work yes
terday is compared with that of Mo
gidge Monday and that of Vance last
week.
If baseball verdicts can be rendered
on circumStantial evidence-and they
usually are-then it is only fair to
Dashner to say that most likely he
would have hung up a no-hit victory
but for the error Cochran made in
the sixth inning on an easy chance
Cochran played brilliantly three sep
arate and distinct times during the
game; but, as has been observed in
these columns before, he seems to
have the unhappy faculty of pulling
a boner at critical times and in con-
spicuous places, notwithstanding the
fact that he works eonscientiously and
is always in the game.
The Hit and Run.
Here is the circumstantial evidence.
Dashner had been impregnable for
five innings and had allowed nothing
to reach first. In the first of the
sixth the weak end of the Des MOines
batting order was up. Peaches Ora
ham. one of the slOweSt men ISbell
has on his team, hit an easy grOunder
to Cochran with one down. George
received the ball nicely. saw that he
had ample time, took Il firm set and
then made a throw to Fisher that
took the dirt several feet in front of
first and that Fisher couldn't get his
hands on.
Musser, the next batter up, had
been easy picking for Dashner prev
iously and ought to have been again.
But, with man on the bases and
a chance for a sacrifice. baltimore
couldn't play in his regular position
and DaShner had his attention di-
vided between the batter and Graham.
AS a result. Musser hit one over the
right side of second base and it went
safe, scoring Graham.
Again in the seventh inning TalliOn
made an error that permitted Sawyer
to camp at first, but with the excep-
ton of these two times the bases
were kept as clean as German ship
deck when British prisoners are
aboard.
Musser Out of Form.
Compared with Dashner's superb
work, Musser's pitching exhibition
was mediocrity degenerated. In all,
ten hits and six walks were presented
to the Savages by Mr.. Musser, and he
had to work like a river rousta bout to
get off that well.
The Savages started their scoring in
the first frame. they have been
wont to do lately Cochran led off
with clean single to left. Dell
grounded out, advancing Honus to
second. Then Cochran stole third and
scored or Manager Jacksons single
through short.
In the second inning baltimore
pullSO bIle LlTSl StUSdllOil O1 the d1lSl-
noon by hitting a home run over the
left field fence in approximately the
same place he drove one in the open
ing game of the season.
The third score came in the fourth
and was driven in by Dashner- FISH
er led off with a single and was ad-
Vanced to second by Lattimore's drive
to left center. Tallion flew out to
Hunter and Monroe forced baltimore
at second, baltimore taking third.
Dashner then hit on into the shins of
MuSser and brought baltimore across
the plate.
The Last Run.
The last run of the game was scor-
ed in the seventh inning by Monroe,
who started the frame with a single
to left. DaShner hit through the
Il