The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-24
Struggle Starts Well But Turns in'o
Swatfest and Error Carnival;
Big League Ball for
Five Frames
TYPOS TUMBLE TO
SECOND PLACE
Seaton Pitches Good Game; Lindsay
Has But a Bad Inning; Moody's
Off Day; The Score
is 10 to 9

If you had watched the Typo-Oilers
game yesterday for five full innings at
University park, and then, had you
been called away, and later had some
one told you that in the last four in
nings the error column of both teams
bubbled over and they made, during
that time, a total of 19 runs, you
would certainly, judging from what
you had seen, Immediately have called
your informant one of those things
that would have elected him to front
seat in the Ananias club.
For five innings the game was as
good as the most exacting could ex-
pect. being a succession of blanks, ex-
cept for one run by the Typos in the
fifth, but as things rocked along to-
ward the latter innings. the balloon
of both organizations ascended and
when it was all over the Oilers we're
In the possession of the long end of
10-9 score, by grace of timely hitting
and a succession of errors.
Nor did the Typos alone figure in
the error column. for also the Oilers
were fairly expert at the art of kick
ing the pill, which was responsible for
many Typo run. The fatal blow to
Defenders followers was dealt in the
eighth when the Oilers came from be-
hand. wiped out two run lead and
laid up two more for hard times.
From the general aspect oA the
landscape, 1t was a shutout for the
Oilers up through the fifth inning. For
the first four frames, not an Oiler ar
rived at the first station safely In
the fifth, they got two on, both o,
whom died horrible death where they
landed. Meanwhile the Typos had
forced Rogers around in the fifth, up
to which time they had been altogeth-
er unsuccessful In approaching the
platter with the desired result, to-wit:
A run.
With one across, the Typos added
three more good ones in the sixth on
a lone hit, brace of stolen bases, an
error and a battery bobble. The Oil
ers came back in their half of this
frame with four on three errors and
two hits, but trailed in the dust again
when in the seventh the Typos added
two more.
In the eighth, however, the Oilers
so acquired the habit of hitting that
they could pole one with their eyes
shut, whether the pill was cast across
The platter, outside by several feet,
over their heads or in the dust. 1t was
rumored In the stands that their sue
cession of hits in this inning were
cleaned by swinging at balls and not
strikes. but it would not be good base
ball ethics to aver as much. Anyhow
they. hit and hitting, continued the cir
cult until six perfectly good and suf-
ficient runs had crossed the pan, ali
OF which lowered the standing of the
Typos to second place with percent
age of 500.
Though Seaton, the much touted
twirler OF the Ooilers. was touched
safely seven times, he delivered the
goods according to advertising He
has something on the pill that is de-
cidcdly deceptive. Seaton sails them
up there and they look as big as dol
lar to a starving man. but when the
batter sets himself and takes good
healthy wallop, he more often than
otherswise hits where they aint,"
Except for the eighth inning Lind
say, the short and stout twirler of the
Typo crew, pitched winning ball. In
that fatal round, he was touched for
four singles and double. which, cou-
pied with two errors at critical stages,
lost the game. Moody, third sacker
for the Typos, had an exceptionally
bad day. He booted five. each and
every bobble of which was costly.
The game was played in the fast
time of one hour and thirty minutes
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