The Topeka state journal., 1916-07-26
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Savages Lost Opener to Sioux
After Doyle Blew Up.
Good Game Died Young and the
End Was Ragged.

Old Wise Owl Harry Gaspar nomi-
mated and elected himself to pitch the
opening game against the Savages here
Tuesday afternoon, and. as is usually
the case when Gaspar works against
them, the Topekans lost, 4 to 2.
From a local standpoint, the game
was very much like a wheat crop that
grows along toward maturity with the
promise of a record acreage yield, and
then suddenly. just before harvest,
gets a bad case of the rust and turns
out not to be worth chicken feed.
During the early innings Engle
men had every advantage with them.
Bernie Doyle had his fast one work
ing and up to the fifth inning it looked
as though he might try to get away
with a no-hit game. But in the fifth
he began to crack under the strain
and the heat, and when he nnally
busted. the whole team went to pieces
and was licked before it could be re-
assembled.
ra Started Out Strong.
The Savagcs started out like they
were going to knock Gaspar out or the
box and batter down the outIleIu
fences in doing it. The first four balls
hit in the first inning were driven
aeainst the outer walls of the park ana
a triple by Devore and doubles by
Cochran and Goodwin counted a palr
of runs But after this Gaspar tight
ened up and allowed only five scat
tered hits. none of which could De
made into run.
. Doyle allowed his first hit in the
fifth inning when he also showed his
first signs of weakening. In the sixth
his former teammates punched three
blows on him and put across their flrst
score. 1t was very evident that his
pace had petcred and that IT Wculo
take a lot of luck to tide him over,
but being shy of mound talent, Ehgle
allowed him to remain and he got
past the seventh when DeFate started
q double play that retired the side
In the eighth the Savage lead was
wiped out before Doyle heard the call
OF the shower. Connolly, the first up,
hit a long high one into centerfjeld
that Engle either misjudged or could
not get under. and it went for a triple.
Cooney whitfield. but RAIDER dropped
short one in right field and the tying
run came in Doyle was then relieved
and the side retired.
On Ice in Ninth.
Gilmore started off the ninth with
a two-bagger and Watson sacrificed
that Goodwin could have handled
easily. but in going after it he took
his eyes off the bail long enough to
Judge the throw to the plate and
would have cut the runner off with
ease had the ball not hit the side of
his hand and bounced out of reach
This gave the Indians a lead of one
but they did not stop with one Metz
singled. Connolly was safe on De
Fate's error and Cooney then hit a
sacrifice fly to Schweitzer, scoring
Metz.
With one down Agler managed to
beat out an infield hit by inches in
the last half of the final frame, but
DEBATE was a little too anxious and
fanned and Allen fculed out, ending
the contest
In the eighth inning Cochran was
-4nturcd when he rarnmed his feet into
Livingston trying to score on n double
steal and he was unable to finish the
-gamc, Kruger going back to his old
place in center and Engle switching
TO third. 1t is reported that Cochran
Injured his back and will he out of the
game for a few days