The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-11

BY winning the final game of the S-
rios with Tulsa, the Boosters held on 10
fifth place Had the home team lost they
would have been In seventh place today.
Wnlkup turned In his second victory for
the Boosters since he Joined the club re-
Gently. He gave up ten hits yesterday,
but kept them well scattered.
Murray is trying 10 make a second
sacker out OF Shinnult The big boy plays
a nice game In the field. lie win go
back Of the bat az" soon as the new
ipnolder reports
Mcneil and ogle were released yester-
day, The signing OF three new pitchers
put the Boosters over the player limit ana
two had to be cut off
Mcneil 10 a great little fielder and az
soon as he starts hitting the ball he can
get . place on any team
Pethgrew Is playing a great game for
the boosters lie II hitting hard and
timely and fielding In great style. He has
proven OF much value to the local team.
wano and Pettigrew each made two
hits out OF three times up yesterday One
OF Pettlgrew's was a double which scored
Totten In tho seventh.
sherman fnhOe IL tnIt' tIhkHN llNlh
Nuskosee winning yesterday to ,.
McAlester closed a home stay yesterday
during which twenty-one games we're
played. Tho Miners won only nineteen OF
these Is there any wonder that they are
holding a commanding lead In this league.
The leaders are here today. tomorrow
and Monday a doubleheHder will I've
played tomorrow, according to announce
ment Of President Duncan OF the local
team.
D~nison punched hits of McCloskey
yesterday and again defeated Fort Smith
to g. Two Of the Twins runs were
made on Bars homerun with Williams
on second
Tho Boston Americans won both games
Of a doubleheader from Detroit yeSetda
and sained a game and half on tho Chi
esGo White SoI who lost To Washington
Babe Ruth won his own game when h'
hit homerun In the ninth. Tho hal
was knocked into the centerneld bleach
ers for the first time In the history NJ
Fenway park II Is said 10 have beer
the longest hit ever made In Boston.
Walter johnson besides holding th'
white Sox to one hit. n single by Sthalk
and allowing no runs, made three hlts ou
Of as many times at bat. two OF then
being for two bases He drove In tw,
= runs and scored two himself
Elmer Smith. Indians rlghtficldcr, HI
4 homerun In the fourteenth inning an
Cleveland defeated New YORK, y to Z, Tn
Yankees scored ak runs of Klcpfer II
the first inning but at the end of tn
seventh inning the score wns tie.
remained that way until Smith hit III
homerin off Shawkcy IN the fourteenth
Twice last year. Smith, as n pinch hitter
hit homeruns OF Shawkey, defeating hin
In both games.
Mnrssns, who was recently traded b
IT Louis to the Yankees In exchange 10
Masee, broke his leg sliding Into home
Another accident yesterday was that q
Washington when Weaver the Wh't
goSs thirdsecker, broke a finger He wi
be out Of the game for At least hre
weeks
Moves was effective against tho Brown
and tho Athletics shut them out Roger
was hit hard In the seventh when th
Athletics scored six runs.
New York Giants were presented wit
sir runs through the erratic fielding ,
the Cards and they won the third straigl
game from the Cardinals only ono
tho Giants seven runs were earned.
Brock, former Western associatio
catcher, broke into the box score yestc'
day lie was sent In 10 bat for May
the ninth lie singled
stensol made three hits out OF ~
times up In the Brooklyn Chicago gam
one being n double and one triple. hl
VOTERS triple In the eleventh gave q
Cubs tho game, TO 4
Nltche,l's hitting and pitching fcntur,
the game which the Reds won from n
Braves Rudolph was hit hard and ofte
pugty's error, followed hv n ancrN
hit and n single by Ward scored XII
with the ono run OF tho game
Rirey allowed the Pirates only four Mt,
ell singles. but tho rhllleH lost / 20
Cooper kert the nine hits made by q
phllliss we'll scattered.