The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-06
There IN PINCHES
kaws Show Fans They Are
Extra Inning Winners.
Nee's Noodle Work Annexed
Another Victory in Tenth.


that can master their fate in critical
situations rarely fail in their objec-
tives. The individual and the organ
ization that turn emergencies into op-
portunities usually get there. Johnnie
Nee and his clan of Kaws demonstrat-
ed again Sunday that they are capa-
BILE of doing these things, and. as
result, they took the second game of
the series from Hutchinson to in
the tenth inning. Saturday, with Sal
isbury on the mound, they won with
out working by the score of to 0,
Salisbury holding Hollands battlers to
three scattered hits. This contest was
too one-sided to be moderately inter-
esting. :,
But Sundays game GAGE the fans all
the amusement they paid for. The con-
test began under threatening weath-
err, was interrupted by the weeping OF
the skies and was finished in a steady
drizzle none of the 1,4O0 spectators
seemed to mind the moisture. In fact.
when the bleacheriteS were permitted
to seek shelter in the grandstand the
dense mobilization seemed to bring
more enthusiasm.
Both Scored Early.
There were no prel:minaries to the
performance. In the first inning Ce-
ell Huggins, a local twirler. allowed
the Salt packers to bunch a double,
triple and a single all in row and
they counted twice. Topeka then
came back with her first counter at
tack and captured four runs. Wuffi
was first to go over the top with a
single and Nee sacrificed and was safe
on Conroy's bad throw to first Brad
ley beat out an infield hit filling the
bases. and Meyer hit sacrifice fly
that scored Wuffli. Cleveland couldn't
get on, but Hanger bombarded the
right field fence with double and
Nee and Bradley romped home. Roche
then drove a liner to left, scoring
Hanger.
Hollands Hutches came back in
fresh assault in the second and tied
the count, a walk, an error by Meyer
and singles by Pitts and Conroy scor-
ing Banner and Conroy. In the fifth
Hutchinson took the lead when DiltZ
doubled and scored on Falk's one base
blow. They made their sixth run in
the first of the seventh when Nolt
DIES drive to center. Thereafter
they found it impossible to penetrate
the Kaw defensive.
Lucky Seventh Lucky.
1t was in the last of the lucky sew
enth that Topeka began to come from
behind. Nee singled and after Brad |
ley and Meyer had grounded out
Cleveland scored with double. The
tying score was made in the eighth
when the kaws demonstrated some of
their pinch ability. Block singled and
went to second on a wild pitch. Man
ion was then sent in to bat for Higgins
and registered a two-bagger that
scored Block. He should have pre-
vented the extra inning by scoring on
a bad pitch that Banner let get away
from him. but was afraid to take the
chance
In the ninth Hutchinson got a man
on third and one on second but Jaynes >,
refused to worry and retired the side
by tanning Pitts. a batter who had al
ready gotten two hits during the game.
1t was largely Johnnie Nee's head
work that produced the winning run
in the tenth. There were two out
when George Block singled thru short.
Jaynes was safe on Diltz's error and
Block pulled up at third. With two
strikes on Wuffli Nee told Jaynes to
go to second. figuring that Banner
might ball things up in trying to catch
him. And Banner did just what Nee
had figured. He threw to second and
there was nobody there to take the
throw. Block scored and for the sec
ond time in three days Topeka won an
extra inning game result of the
opposition blowing up and making two
errors at a critical and disastrous time
Features Were Few.
There were few features to the per-
Torrance. In the eighth inning when
Topeka had the tying run on second
on account of rain and a number of
fans panned him for doing it. But
the Hutchinson players also PANIED
him for starting it again so the dis
satisfaction was not one-sided and
Mullen was probably content to know
that he had done what he thought
right and to see that he had enemies
in both parties.
Holland used three pitchers during
the contest. Corzine started but was
relieved in the first inning when he
had allowed five hits and four runs.
Graham succeeded him and lasted un-
til the eighth, when Davis was called
into service.
Higgins and Jaynes both pitched
very good ball for Topeka, Jaynes
looking much better than he did when
Joplin beat him 10 to in the second
game of the season. Block had his
old batting eye back for the first time
since he reported and got four hits
out of five times at bat Wuffli, Cleve-
land and Roche each got two hits.