Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-05-31
TULSA wins IN Thirteenth
BIG CROWD SAW CONTEST AT
ATHLETIC PARk-SCORE
MAS OFTEN TIED.
JOHN YOUNG MAKES DEBUT
High school Boy Gets Away With
Good Credit In Conicst-Iirst
Effort In League iall.

In sec-saw contest that lasted
thirteen innings the Tulsa Terrors yes
tcrday afternoon defeated Guthrie, ! 1
to 10. The winning run came In tho
last half OF the session Of the un-
lucky number when Henry tripled ana
scored on ltice's error In handling
Gourley's grounder
one thousand people saw the game.
At least that many more would havo
attended had the street car service
been better. 1t was the largest crowd
that ever saw a league baseball game
IN Tulsa. The entire gate receipts will
80 to the league treasury, as was tho
case will all the state league games
yesterday
Lasted Three and u Half Hours.
The game was called at promptly
2 o'clock and the last inning ended
at $3.50 o'clock II was considered too
late then to play the second game. ac-
cording to schedule. There will be "
double header this afternoon between
the same clubs The first game will
be called at o'clock, Tulsa will to-
morrow begin "A three-game series nc
Guthrie.
Hardly less spectacular than the
game of the previous day, In which
the Tulsa players made four homo
runs, yesterdays contest was thrilling
throughout. John Young the lS-year-
old Tulsa high school twirler, opened
the game for Tulsa. Il was his first
league game and he appeared a bit
nervous Nevertheless he acquitted
himself with much credit, walking
but two players and striking out seven
Of the opposing batsmen In the eight
Innings that he worked A total Of
only six hits we're registered against
him. He was "A big favorite In tho
grandstand Henderson took the box
for Tulsa I'm the ninth. when the score
WAS to .. lie worked four innings
and a part of the fifth and four hits
were made off of him. Gabriel finish
ed the last inning
Clift Sent Home.
Gift. the old reliable mound artist
IN these pdrts,' opened the pitching
end Of the game for Guthrie. He was
hit safely four time Ia as many In
nings As he started toward the box
ln the beginning Of the fifth he said
something to Umpire Setley that peev-
ed the latter, who ordered Gift to
the bench Again the lanky tosser got
back" at His Umps," and Setley i'm
medately ordered Cliff off the
grounds. Reed was sent In to do the
mound act, and worked three and a
half innings. Rice completed the game
for the visitors and outside Of couple
Of costly fielding errors he did very
well.
For such a loose game the contest
was remarkable In that every batter
made crisis and every ball that was
hit forced climax The crowd was
cheering constantly and the rat-a-tat.
tat Of hundreds Of feet moving to tho
gestlculations of Dad" Bennett on
the third base coach line furnished
deafening noise that served to make
the excitement all the more intense.
Visitors Opened Early.
Guthrie started the pyrotechnics IN
the first session when Moneymaker, =
former Tulsa player landed at tho
first deport on Gourley's tumble Of
a grounder and later scored on Stuck
ey's pretty single. There was moth
ing more doing on either side until
the third inning
bic and Leuttke drew a pass Cole
was safe on Norman Prices error and
the bases were filled. Stuckey, the
white hope Of the Guthrie club, slam
med out = two bagger, bringing in tho
three runs. In the fourth Tulsa got
busy and evened up the score when
Price doubled ana later scored on a
fielding error; Gourley went to first
on Leuttkes tumble; Hutchison land
ed on a fielders choice and Brown
slammed out a homer, clearing tho
bases and giving Tulsa total Of four
runs for the session.
Again In Fifth.
In the fifth inning the visitors made
things look glum for the Prlcelets.
TWO passes, single and a double
netted five runs for the Guthrie club
and with the score to 4 against the
locals there seemed to be little chance
for victory.
Not until the eighth did the Ter
rors hit their crazy streak that al
ways overtakes them at the critical
moment But what they did then
was a plenty. N. Price singled, but
Leuttke picked up Gourley's ground
er and caught Norman at second.
was safe on the initial bag.
got one in the ribs and
Brown hit for a base, scoring Hutch
isOn and Gourley. Howard Price.
batting for Young bingled two-base
hit that sent Brown across the plate
and Price himself cantered In on
F'ranklin's hit. The score was again
tied up.
In the twelfth each side got
tally" and the score board said 10
10 10. In Guthrie's half of the thir-