The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-12
BEAT THE LEADERS
Topeka Won IO-Inning Contest
With COffeyViIle Yesterday.
Backed by Sensational support,
Cooley Pitched Great Game.

Dick CooIey's Topeka SOlons gave
the league leading Coffeyvilie aggre-
CATION an awful jolt yesterday AFTER
noon by taking the first game of the
series between the two clubs, to ),
in ten innings
After playing in sensational style
Tor nine innings. the teams went into
the tenth frame with the score in a
knot The visitors were unable 10
score in their half but Strohm, the
first Solon up. was safe when Dorland
the COffeyville second sacker, booted
his grounder.
his hunt went for a hit when the Coz
feyville infield held a conference
around the ball and no one covered
the bag. It was then that Dutch
Peterson, a Topeka lad. completed a
perfect day breaking into the league
bv advancing both runners with
neat sacrifice
Benn Broke 1t Up.
With two noble sons of Sir Richard
on the path anxiOusly awaiting trans
portation. one down and a lonesome
tally needed to break up the game,
one might safely venture the opinion
that once again the psycnoloSlcal
moment had arrived 1t had and
Benn after hitting one doWp the tlrst
base line that went foul by inches.
delivered the poke that won the game.
The drive from Benn's bat was tsO
hot for Buscha, the opposing pltcher,
to handle and before the ball could
he recovered Strohm was over the
plate with the winning run. Benn
getting credit for a single 1t was the
first extra inning game played mere
so far this season
Superior hitting. Cooley's fine pitch-
ing and the excellent support given
him by the entire outfield and Wis
keno and Peterson on the 1ntleld. won
the game for Topeka Despite the
closeness Of the score. the Solons had
the edge in all departments and tins
is saving a lot inasmuch as the COZ
fevviIle club is the best looking outtlt
that has visited Topeka so FAR TINS
year. ..
Cooley held the heavy hitting visit
ors to seven hits in the ten innings
walked only three and struck out 1lNe-
His support was sensational tnruouI'
the outfield being credited with nine
71rrt04rrs and WiskeuO and peterson
handled a total of thirteen chances
without an error The work of Hahn
and Peterson was especially brlIlaht,
and the latter, who was playing ms
first game at third base. drove in two
runs in the fourth inning with
timely single. Two Of Hahn's catches
were of the circus nature ana ne
also made a perfect throw 20 thlrd'
retiring a runner. Bockskopt also
made up for pair OF errors py orlN-
ing out three hits.
Hit Hard in One Frame.
ONLY once did the visitors seem TO
have solved Cooley's delivery NJ
was in the fourth inning, when they
1,rrnched three of their seven hits with
an error for their first two runs Inc
big fellow moved the opposition down
in the first and second innings, ana
NViskeno's quick throw 70 the Plate
,,ravented a run in the third. After
the fourth Cooley held the visitors 70
two hits. althO a double, sacrl1lce
and an infield out allowed the score |
to become tied in the eighth- IN
both the ninth and tenth innings Coz
feyville managed to get a runner C. on a.
the start but in each instance CooleS
pitched his way out of the mole Will
out a run being made -.
with one gone in the fourth, Will
p-rod tripled 70 deep centerfield ana
Scored on a double by Ennis. Weiss /
Flew out to Wiskeno. Strohm then
booted Dorland's grounder, but Wheh
George singled DOrland was thrown
out at third base and the rally was
mined In the eighth kahdOt led Off
x1-irb a double. went to third on a
sacrifice, and scored on Jeans 1ntleld
ONT That was all for the visitors, but
Kahdot had tied the score
Topeka Made Eleven Hits.
In the meantime, things were not
going very smoothly for one MI
Buscha, the Coffeyville hurier. He
MANAGED to cut the Solons down in the
first three innings, but they hit him
hard enough i'll the fourth to tie the
score. and then poked out a MT IN !
every inning except the ninth In the
last seven innings the SOlOns landed !
on Buscha for a total of eleven hits ]
altho only one of them was for an eN-
ira base
Bockskopf started the fourth with
a single and Strohm doubled Yendes
struck out, but Peterson dumped a
single past George at third base, and !
the two runners scored. Benn was re-
tired on an infield out. and after
Cooley had drawn a pass, Wiskeno
flew to Jeans for the third out.
With the score tied, Hahn beat out
a hunt to start the fifth, was advanced
on Z. sacrifice by Rose, and scored on
Rockskopf's single Strohm also
singled to right field, but Becky was
thrown out at third on a perfect peg
nv Weiss. and Strohm expired when
Yendes " ent out on a grounder to the
infield. That was all until the tenth.
when Benn broke up the game. The
COFFEYVILLE-