The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-02
BUGS TOO LIBERAL
After Winning Mondays Game,
He Gave 1t Away.
The Final Score of the Contest
Was 8 to z.

Manager baltimore has bunch of
clever, big hearted men on his team
this season, but when it comes to free
handed hberality and open hearted
generosity, Bugs Grover, of the
Buckeye commonwealth, stands head
and shoulders above any other mem
Der
Inc distinction of being known as
the most generous of all the Savages
was won by Bugs Monday afternoon
When, with a one run lead and two
men out in the first half of the ninth
INNING ne threw away everything but
ms glove and uniform and allowed the
tail END Drummers to stage a grand
rally that Melted them three runs and
gave them their second victory of the
season by the final score of 9 to 7.
For tree handed philanthropy and
reckless generosity the performance
or His Bugship" probably never was
.equaled on local diamond. And TO
make 1t all the more unusual. Grover
gave the game away after it had been
won by MS own efforts. He went into
the game in the first of the seventh
inning with the score tied 6 to In
the last of the eighth he was first nm
at bat and smashed out a clean ,
Dagger, scoring the leading run a few
fly.
49,. Lead Looked Good.
And after the first two batters had
--Deen retired in the first half of the
ninth the one run lead looked as good
as million dollars drawing 10 per
cent interest But an unexpected
Iiaw suddenly appeared in the security
stitle and victory was turned into de-
teat before a new pitcher could he
rushed to the rescue.
AS was stated above, there were two
out, and Pitcher Patterson was the
ger sullivan sent Helmer in to hat
Tor Patterson, and he was given free
transportation to the first bag. Then
heating was called upon to bat for
MGGape and drove a single to left
sullivan himself was next up, but in
as much as his supply of pinch hit
ters was running low he went
through with his own part and won
tne game by knocking a triple to the
right field fence that scored both Hell
1ner and Heating. Jourdan then sin
gied scoring Sullivan, and the Drum
mers mad 2-run lead that proved
amply sufficient. Kirkham was given a
walk, and it appeared as though Grow
er was trying to choke the bases. SO
ne was relieved by Hall and the side
was retired on the next batter
Last Effort Failed.
1.-The Savages had one more time at
Bat, but c. Graham, who was sent in
to finish the game set down Kruger,
A@dlblilIOIS anu cochran IN snort order.
from start to finish the contest was
reakiSh and full of the unusual The
DrummerS started out bv making a
score in the first inning on twin err
.rors by Cochran and a double steal by
sullivan and kirkham. A walk and
single gave them another in the
second and in the first of the fourth
two singles, a sacrifice, a double and
a. walk gave them four more
The Savages counted for the first
time in the last of the fourth when
Tydeman walked and scored on Coch-
rams single after two were down.
Then, in the the last of the fifth, a big
rally was staged that gave Lattimore's
battlers five runs and tied the count.
Kruger started the machinery in the
fifth with single to left. baltimore
followed with one to center and Coch-
ran placed one in right that scored
Kruger. Monroe forced Cochran at
second while baltimore was scoring
and Wiestng, sent in to pinch hit for
pashner doubled. Agler singled, scor-
ing Monroe, but Wiesing was caught at
the plate by Sullivan's perfect peg
-Goodwin singled. scoring Ag1er and
then Sommers was removed from the
firing line and Patterson went in and
checked the onslaught.
Last Game Today
= How Grover scored the leading run
in the eighth and how he then gave
been related above and the details are
too sordid to be repeated.
This afternoons performance ends
the present stand in Topeka and to-
planning the attack they will make on
the Wolves at Wichita Thursday.
WESTERN ASSOCIATION.
Muskogee, 2; Fort Smith, l.
Oklahoma City, 8; Sherman T.