The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-01
Sport Splinters

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Perfect control by Kraft ennblsd the
Boosters to win Yesterdays game from
the Nets. Kraft allowed only ak hits.
which were well scattered and did not
Walk batter
Salisbury. pitching for the Nets al
lowed only five hits, but he gave four
helped tho locals score two runs, enough
TO win the game.
Totten made two OF the boosters five
hits, Wano. Hayes and Blue getting ons
each,
The Boosters managed 10 play the game
without more than throo errors. Shi-
nault bootefa couple and PettiErew one,
The game was void OF any spectacular
fielding features
Cy Young was puErle TO Denison
hatsmen and Tulsa won by punching
hits of Kinney, The score was . to l.
The Railroad claimed that Young
was using the emery" bnll Catcher
Coe OF the Nailroadrrs threw away tho
gate receipts when ho threw one OF the
sO-cent balls away.
Fort Smith won n slusging match from
Sherman. TO q. Three OF Fort Smiths
five errors were bunchcd In the fourth
inning and on these sherman scored
three runs
Faber and williams held the Browns
20 eight scattered hits on which they
scored two runs, while tho white Sox
made fourteen off Davenport and Soth-
nrpn 1hn Whita Sox hun.had hits In
the sixth for six runs. Every White
soS player made at least ono hit with
tho exception " Williams. Fesch made
three.
by winning both games OF n double
heGder with Houston yesterday. Dallas
clinChed tho pennant In the Texas
league The season closes Monday,
Chicago and Cincinnati played eleven
innings yesterday. the score being y to
s. The game was peculiar In that at
tho opening Of tho ninth tho score was
tied I TO 4 Tho Cubs scored ono In
the first half of the ninth and this Reds
tied n up In the last half OF tho ninth
In the tenth, the Cubs scored another and
again tho Reds tied II up In the slev-
enth tho Cubs scored two. and the Reds
on double and two triples again tied
tho score, yhe umpire then called tho
game
The Boston Red SoX won two games
| from the Mackmen yesterday while the
White SoS were winning one from St
/ Louis.
Bsbe Ruth pitched the first game for
tho Hed SoS and won TO Mays
pitched the second, winning his eleventh
straight victory
| Stcudy pitching by Stanley CovelsskIe
and brilliant fielding by Chapman and
| Evans gave Cleveland | to o victory
and tho Indians retained third place In
the American league race
The Tigers made only six hits, Wit
and Stanagc each getting two. Cobb
! failed to hit safely In three times at bat
! Speaker scored the one run OF tho game
! lIc made one hit out Of three times up,
as did Slslor
Washington moved into nfh place In
/ the American league race by winning
both ends ~ a douhlchesder from the
Yankees, who went into sixth place
The Senators made ten hits In each
game, while Ayers held the Yanks to
six hits In the first game and Shaw and
pumont gave them eight In the las,
game
For the first time tns season the Pi.
rates yesterday defeated the Cardinals
at Forbes field Jacobs whtcwn sh I'd
tho Cards while the Pirates wer. scorins
two runs oN pock and Packard. Tn,
Cards won the second game, to a. NAlr
stopped thla game AZ the end ~ the mn
Inning
BROOKLYN defeated tho New York Giant,
IN the frs, game " "a doubleheadet, tC
and the second game resulted IN ~
eleven inning | 20 | tie.
IIer,og hurt his back sliding 10 N,
plate ia the first game and had to b,
carried from tho field.