The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-12
SOLONS WIN 1T
Spectacular Game Was Played
Against SapuIpa Sunday.
Locals Take Game by a Score
of 5 to 4.

of to 4.
II yesterdays little matinee at the
, Ran park between the Solons and
Barney CleveIand's pennant chasing
Yanks failed to impress the Topeka
fans with the fact that the Ensley
Barbour attractions are warranted in
demanding fee of SIX bits. especially
when the club owners are paying the
war tax. then it is time to order
another magazine. drag the chairs out
into the back yard and prepare for a
long. quiet summer. A curfew, per
haps. would not be bad thing.
But judging from the way that
som ewhat magnificent crowd of per-
haps two thousand souls charged and
ravcd when Rollo Yendes. erstwhile
hitless sunfieIder, tied the score in a
knot with a mighty swat over the lett
field fence and went crazy wild a
trine later Just because Shorty Pierce
duplicated the stunt for the run that
eventually won the game, DICK
Cooiey's hired help is due TO linger
longer in Topeka Incidentally the
way IL happened and the fact that II
was two straight from the visitors
should help stimulate plans for booster
day next Thursday. II il doesn't then
the above prescription Is recommended
in large. bitter doses
Game Was Spectacular
There have been ball games and
hall games in Topeka, but few which
were more speCta cular than the home
run combat which the SOiOns grabbed
from Sapulna yesterday Like IN sat
urday's game the Yanks. by a lucky
mixture OF hits including two homers.
@fook the lead, only to have the Solons
@ come back with \ terrible punch, tie
me score and then win out just be-
cause the pitcher poked one over the
fence-zowie. just like that The
crowd saw everything it wanted from
pow erful. timely hitting to excellent
pitching and snappy fielding, and It
liked it all
Dick Cooley was a happy man after
il was over First of all. of course, he
was happy because the team won and
because the receipts were sufficient
10 wipe out a portion of his liabilities
but the big boss was also smiling over
the fact that some OF his hitless Won
der7 had been SmaCking the ball IKE
an aggregation OF Babe Ruths- HaV-
ing found his batting eye the day be
fore. it was Yendes who delivered the
vvallop that tied the score in the sixth.
and PferCe'S homer in the seventh was
n scream Then there was Benn. who
came thru with a double and a single.
and Dutch" Peterson was doing II.
too. Next to winning, nothing pieases
a manager more than to see the lower
visiting pitcher.
SapuIpa's Homer Came First.
Sapulpa's first run came in the third
inning because Willis singled. stole
second and rode home on SCOTS dou-
bic In the fifth Newasha led Off with
Z. double down the third base line and
.-ncu I-pchurCh struck out and Wills
flew to Hahn. hope reiSned that the
big InEan would expire for lack OF
r-.nSportation- But the boost came
--1d in a COB. too. as Scott planted one
Z Gierce's siauts over the left field
f-urc That was three OF them and
I.arlc- Cleveland added another in
tlr sixth by dropping a high fly in the
same spot
The Solous missed an opportunity
To- score in the third when Rose was
retired at first on a dinky roller to the
pitcher with the path jammed with
Topeka runners. and with Upchurch
ending them down in order the rest
OF the time, those four Sapulpa runs
Icomed up like a whole mountain
range Peterson's two singles made
up the entire batting effort on behalf
Of the Solons up until that time but
there was some music stored away in
the Topeka bats which the crowd did
not know was there.
-Four I'm the Sixth.
There was a rattle of feet when
Bockslopf drew four wide ones and |
The racket increased when Rose fol- !
lowed with a single 10 right Rose ]
was forced at second on Strohm's hit
TO Miller, but Benn came thru with |,
double to deep right center and Book /
skopf and Strohm scored. Then it |
was that Y endes redeemed himself for 1
missing all of those Outdrop curves /
back thru the season thus far, and 1
he can do il gain if he wants to. All i
Rollo did was to knock the ball out I
OF the lot and the score was tied That |
was enough for Upchurch, who ought 4
10 know better than to try to pitch |
on Sunday. and Adair who succeeded |
him. disposed of Bross and Peterson in |
quick fashion Adair brought Funk /
into the game with him. replacing /
.Eewasha behind the bat
Pierce Won His Own Game.
There is only one more incident that |
should be dwelt upon before coming /
up with the box score. Pierce fought 4
the Ysnks off during the first of the /
seventh, and strobe 10 the plate him
self to start the Solon half. What |
ever Adair sent floating up to our 1
short southpaw he is probably sorry /
for it because he nor anybody else 4
will ever see the ball again unless some 1
kid digs 1t up out of the hay field /
north of the center OF the baseball /
park. Pierce touched all of the bases
and 4 moment later was picking up /
iron dollars in front of the grandstand-
1t was some wallop and the Yanks
couldn't even up. The official score: /
SAPULPA.
All r H 20 a L
Willis, #. --------.-- OIL