The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-14

At the present rate the fans OF okla
homa CITY will soon cease to even look
nj tho box scores. Eight games played
on tho road trip 80 far and the boosters
nave chalked up only two Victories.
Due to win today's game as the Boost
era have habit OF winning only tho
first game OF the series. They play DENT
son today.
Wright was bumped" In the eighth
Inning when a hit batter. n base on balls.
three hits and an error accounted for
four runs. Up to that time Ardmore had
scored but one run
A semi-pro, Henry by name, pitched for
Ardmore, and held the Boosters to three
lone singles, one each by McCabe, Muir
ray and Latina.
Tulsa has kept McAlester I'm first place
Fort Smith. while McAlester was losing
on the same days to Muskogee.
Not an Oklahoma city player reached
first after the sixth In the last game OF
the Ardmore series.
Lipps covered himself with glory when
he dropped Payne's fly ball. after get
ting his hands all over IT," For some
reason the official scorer gave Payne
a hit and therefore did not charge Lipps
with an error.
Bennie karr held McAlester to three
hits, while Muskogee batters hit Phil
lips hard In the sixth inning and won 4
to o. Muskogee won three OF tho four
games from McAester.
Fort Smith found Richter and Young
for nine hits while Tulsa made but six
of Hornsby and Sewell. but Tulsa won s
to 4.
One game above tho 500 mark. And
Just think month ago the Boosters
wero leading the league.
New York stopped Cincinnati. winning
| tho third game OF the series, 4 to g. Zim-
merman's home run with two on In the
first inning gave the Giants the victory.
Philadelphia shut out Chicago In the
first game OF a doubleheader when Doug
las weakened In the eighth and tho Phil
lies scored six runs Alexander worked
for tho Phlllies.
The Cubs won the second, to o In
ten innings. II was n pitchers battle be-
tween Wxcy and Demaree.
| Brooklyn won two from the Pirates,
to In the first game and to l. ten
featured the first encounter, while tho
batting OF Olson. Cutshaw and Mowrey
gave the Dodgers tho second.
| The Cardinals staged n batting rally
In the seventh inning which put them in
the running tied the score In the eighth
and won out In tho ninth. The Braves
used five pitchers and the Cards four.
| The final score was 7 to 6. Paulette and
Gonzales featured with tho stick.
James held the Red sox to one hit. n
single by Lewis, while tho Tigers solved
Leonard for only four.
Schalk sat on Peckinpaugh about a
foot from the plate. holding the New
Yorker of the rubber until he picked up
| the ball, which he had dropped, and then
touched him with H. Umpire Evans
ruled Peck safe, however. saying tina,
Schak held the runner. and the score
thus allowed defeated the white sox In
the eleventh inning.
Pipp, with n single, q double and n
triple out OF six times up; Baker with
two singles and Y double out Of five times
up and Felsch. with n home run and q
single out Of four times up. featured.
SISTERS hitting gave the Brownies a .
also did some batting. getting three hit,
out OF as many lines at bat. Slsler',
two hits were doubles, ono scoring Austir
and the other scoring Sloan.
Mig Hall. former Ardmore outfielder
was released by that club yesterday ant
signed for the Boosters by Manager Muir.
ray. few more csstoffs and the Boost
ers viii be below Ardmore In the leagu,
standing