The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-29
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TURN ON BEARS
Savages Take Last Game OF
Series From Denver.
Goodwin Drives In Winning
Run in Tenth Inning.

Manager baltimore and his SaVages
nut aside their pussyfoOting tactics
Friday afternoon and won the last en-
gaeement Of the series with Denver in
the tenth inning by the score of to D.
All OF Topeka's pessimistic popu-
latiou that has been lying awake
nights wondering why the SaNaSeS
were not coming up to forecasts and
expectations should have been out 10
witness the game. They could have
been accommodated in either the grand
stand or bleachers without crowdlng
and the uphill fight the local players
maintained until victory was won
would have been good for their sour
The game was filled chuck full of
all kinds Of diversions ellts
and accidents. errors and elegant per-
formances, and apple busting from
start 10 finish
\ Few of Accidents.
SPACE forbids going into the details
Of all the happenings of the afternoon,
but among the accidents may be mem
toned the knocking Of the wind from
Schweitzer as he tried 10 slide into
home plate in the third inning, the
doubling up OF Butcher with a batted
hall in the seventh. the driving Of a
ball into an automobile by Monroe and
last but not least the busting OF one OF
Umpire Andersou's toes with a foul
ball in the middle of the game
Next to the victory. the accident that
happened Henderson probably gave the
fans more enjoyment than anything
else that happened during the after
noon. 1t seems that when Anderson
worked in this league once before he
got hit on the toe with foul ball and
was forced to dance all over the in
field to relieve the pain, and TO guard
against Just such an accident he has
been wearing leather toe protectors OF
late But in spite of these. he could
not suppress a howl when he got hit
Friday afternoon and his howl only
brought peals Of laughter from the
spectators. one of whom suggested
that he might get along better if he
would pun his feet in his pockets While
umpiring.
Individual Stars
Amonsy the elegant performances
that stand out as more prominent than
an the rest were the fielding of
Schweftzer. the batting of Hanson and
Goodwin and the pitching of High
pockets" Hall.
Schweftzer accepted five fielding
chances without an error, two OF
which were circus catches; Hanson nit
"a home run in the seventh inning with
ssrhvveitzer on the bases ahead of him,
rving up the score; Goodwin got three
hits our of six times at bat and drove
in the winning run in the tenth IN
ming. and Pitcher Hall saved the day
ing the Bears to two hits and no runs
during the five and two-thirds innings
he worked.
The Savages started the game with
the determination that finally won for
them After holding the Bears count
less in the first frame they took
two run lead in their turn at bat
AgIer drew a walk and Goodwin sin
eled Schweitzer grounded out and
Hanson bounced a hard drive off the
shins Of Kelleher and scored both
Agler and Goodwin.
Grizzlies in Lead.
In the second inning Grover walked
Over. permitted Cakes TO single and
hit Shields with a pitched ball, filling
the bases. Stevens then drove a high
fly to right field that Hanson lost in
the sun and both Dyer and Cakes
scored. Nanser famed, but Miller hit
a sacrifice fly to Schweitzer that
scored Shields and gave the Grizzlies
a one run lead
The Savages tied it up in the last
OF the third when Agler singled and
stole second and scored on Goodwin s
drive to center field
In the first of the fourth a single
by Shields and a triple by Stevens
again put the DenveriteS one run to
the good, and in the first Of the fifth
Bugs" Grover was batted from the
rubber after he had allowed three hits.
a walk and two scores Hall relieved
him and retired the side and from
then on, he held the Cakes tribe
scoreless.
The Savages went into the last of
the sixth with the score 8 to against
them. but they kept pounding away
stronger and Steadier as the battle
progressed 1t was in the last of the
sixth that Howard who had relieved
Manser in the fourth. began to weak
en- Kruger, first up, got a single, and
after baltimore and Cochran had