The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-14
ANOTHER OFF DAY
DrummerS Defeated SavageS
Sunday by z to ) Score.
But DeS MOineS Was easy
Meat" Saturday Afternoon.

The same old Sunday camel And
Bill Rapps-o-o-oh,
Big Swede Wideman failed the Saw
ages in the fourth inning Sunday af-
ternoon and was removed for incom-
potency after he had allowed Hol-
lands Drummers to start three run
rally, and this added to Cochran s
costly error in the seventh permitted
the Missourians to win by the score
of to 5.
After Wideman and Cochran had
presented the Mule Raiders with the
contest, Jimmy Jackson marshaled his
men in a desperate rally, but the day
had already been lost and game
fight was the best they could do. Even
at that there was good chance if our
own Bill Rapps had only produced.
The game started inauspiciously. To
begin with, it was delayed 10 minutes
waiting for the umpire who had acted
like real umpire and gone to Wich-
tia instead of coming here where ne
was expected to work. Grover and
Vance were pressed into service and
gave very satisfactory service. But
player umpires make game taste
like cake and vinegar
Wideman All Off.
The Josies began to get next to
Wideman early in the afternoon In
the first inning Coldie Rapp touched
him for a single. In the second Will
liams drove out d double and was
scored by Fishers single. And in the
fourth inning the big Swede made
Greedy, Kansas, look like poor pro-
Queer of pitchers.
Rapp again started mussing up
things by drawing a walk. Watson
followed with a single ana Goidle
scored when Trainer fell all over rlgnt
field trying to pick it up. Williams
laid a two-bagger into left, scoring
Watson, and when Tonneman ground
ed out. Wideman was told to 20
q Dashner, the old reliable, was
brought to the mound and after al
lowing walk, a hit and score re-
tired the side. From then on TO the
eighth he pitched good ball allowing
only two hits, but in the last of the
eighth he was relieved to allow Gro
Yer to bat and Lefty Clunn finished
the game in good style.
The Winning Scores.
The Josies scored their fifth run in
the fifth session when two walks and
a fielder's choice that failed permit
ted Page to cross the plate. The last
two Drummer runs were made in the
old seventh. Page and Rapp singled
after Flanagan had struck out. Wat
son flew to Trainer making the sec
ond hand down, and things were look
ing good. But when Williams hit
hot one to Cochran, Honus juggled it
for a minute and then made a wild
heaVe to first that allowed both Page
and Rapp to score.
The Savages counted their first run
in the fourth deal when Mr.. Bostick's
big league base running put one over.
Mr.. Bostick stretched a short single
into a double, went to third on a
strikeout and scored on a close play
when Mayer grounded out at first.
A Game Rally.
In the last of the seventh the Saw
ages made their big rally and showed
the crowd some real baseball battle
against odds Mayer led off with a
walk and Jackson singled. baltimore
and Rapps both flew out, but Coch-
ran took first on four wide ones Jack
son started to send Monroe to the bat
in Dashner's place, but took a bunch,
changed his mind and put in Bugs
Grover. Bugs swung at two without
connecting and then whitfield at
passed ball, getting first while Mayer
scored. Roche followed and demon
strated his pinch hitting ability by
singing to left and scoring Jackson
and Cochran. Bostick ended the hand
by striking out.
In the eighth Mayer was safe at
first on Tonneman's error, took sec
ond when Jackson walked and scored
when Rapp made an error on Latti-
more's grounder. But Rapps famed
miserably for the third time and
Cochran fouled out and the score
board was closed.
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