The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-31

playing and singing Inelr PRAISE
DeFate. who played the flasnlest'
cIassiest game at short ever seen ~
the local diamond, was given the -. IL ~
share of sweet honeyed WORDS a. -
deserved every compliment palo nm IN
f,,, ~ idoI 1vorshippers Not only dld
hs cover his own territory, put nc
went into left field, over secohu 80, 49,
ana beyond the foul lines to get halu
.ehances and he figured in sixteen
plays with only one error
Feature Fielding.
In the seventh inning OF the ~ -
same when Des Moines had men VI
-. "a tbird with no outs and when
..+he score was tied DEBATE saved ny
zane nv going back into left field anu
catching a hard fly. by throwing -,
a runner at the plate on the heAe 80 -.
and nv retiring the side by throw "
TirSt on the next Also, in the laSl
game he batted an even tnousanu,
Getting a triple and two singles ou'
of three times up. =,
-. Next to DEBATE. Monroe snOhe A.
sDIepdor above all the rest Edule WaS
80. into the first game in the sixth
inning after it became apparent ina
Allen and Henning were not WORKING
rs tremendously as they might ~ ~
the injection of Money into the tray
undoubtedly turned the tioe o. f+er
as the team played steadier pan aIter
he nut on the mask and his STICK WORK
be1Psd 10 tie the score and put him in
= nositin from which he counter the
- Hcnning Earned Praise.
q. However. neither DEBATE nor Mon
roe did more to make it TRIUMPHANT
dav than Pete Henning whose stout
heart and iron nerve carried MN
through every kind of disaster in the
first game.
tor two were out Agler made an error
4bat permitted the 1Zzies to cnarge
Through for four counters. Again N
the third inning Henning was couhteo
ON twice. giving the visitors a st<-iun
lead. but even this did not daunt
pete" and from then on ne fousnt
rennarlxable uphill battle. holding MS
onposition scoreless while his team
In the last of the third inning the
-Savagcs started to make up the SIX
runs that were necessary to put Ln"h
on an even footing again. cochran
+, singled and Goodwin camped satcIy az
frsf on Henninger'S error inen
Kruger came through with triple
that counted both and he hi:nselr
scored only Few SECONDS later GA q
wild pitch.
Kruger's score so ruftled Letty
Thomas that he tried to say oirty
things to Umpire Carney and was Or
dered out of the game. Musser re-
Iieved him. and old fails who were ac-
Quafnted with Mussers ablllty We're
fearful that the canning of Thomas
meant disaster to the Savages
But Engle's men were not 10 De
denied In the fifth Devore singled
and counted on Goodwin's single ana
in the sixth Monroe started the rally
that tied the count. Monroe was acc
Annd ND and he hit one to left lleiu SO
hnnnRed
head and went out of the park. hen
ming then singled, Devorc and cochran
walked and Goodwin forced cochran
at second Henning scoring white me
NAV was being made. Devore and
fzoodwin attempted a double steal ana
Deyore was called out at the plate on
a decision so close that he raised
howl and kept it up until ne was or
dered to the club house.
In the eighth inning the game was
won. Monroe first at bat. poled a
double to left field, Henning sacrificed
and Schweitzer. pinch hitting for Bur
well. who went into the game after
-Devore was put out. kissed out sac
rifice fly that brought Monroe home.
Goodwin's Homer.
Goodwin put the second game on
ice for the Savages in the first inning,
when with Devore on ahead OF MIN,
he hit home run inside the walls
The Izzfes scored one run in the last
-rn infield out sending Mclean across
the last station in the second After
this they were held to blanks until
the end of the first half of the sew
enth inning. when the game was called
by agreement.
Although they did not need them,
the Savages made one more in the
second and four in the sixth. De-
sFute.s triple and Monroe's single
counted the one in the second and sim
,-lrs by Kruger, Agler and DEBATE and
n triple by Monroe manufactured the
four in the sixth.
Sundays double victory gave the
Savages three straight from Des
Moincs, Saturdays game having been
won by the wide margin of to l
.Today's game ends the Des Moines
~tay and the Lincoln Ducklings viii
come tomorrow for four battles.
TENNIS UPSETS