Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-07
LaBate Holds Up Invaders
While Mates Smash Ogle
Tulsa Trims Murray's Men by
p Score of 9 to o; Balenti
Poles Two Homers; Miners
Bow to Muskogee.

Apparently Sundays vacation In
Muskogee was not 80 restful to Jim
mie Murrays athletes as was the same
period of inactivity to the Producers
for after being deprived of chance
to even up for Saturdays double de-
feat by a double win on Sunday Cy
Youngs youthfuls walloped the okla
homa City aggregation at Association
park yesterday afternoon, . to 0.
Joe IaBate shares hopors of the
day with his team mates. While the
little trickster was holding back the
invaders. his hackers were smashing
Ogle often and hard, l6 wallops reg
istered against him including n pair
of home runs by Mike Balenu.
Balcnu Starts Landslide.
The game started off like n friendly
affair, neither side doing any dam
age for the first two innings. In the
third Balenti started messing up okla
homa Citys hopes by connecting with
breaker for "A homerun drive over
the leftfield fence.
Darcy. who was acquired from Den
ison on the last road trip, appeared
I'm n Producer uniform here for the
first time. He acknowledged the in
PRODUCTION to the local fans by IA long
double to left and n single to center.
Jimmie" Stewart cavorted around
the initial sack in the prolonged alb
sence of Brewer. Clifford Brady still
wears "cits" during the game and
nurses the injuries he received in an
automobile accident last week.
LaBate started the whitewash or
deal by slipping three fast ones past
Lipps and Totten and Pettgrew
knocked out easy flies. Balenu bowed
to the same fate that was meted out
to Lipps. lleatly and Stewart were
retired in order.
The second act found that seven
men on each team had faced the up-
posing hurlers without a visible re
suit Wano started the inning with
safety to lleatly but was rctiren n,
second when Whinault hit a grounder
to LalIate. Haynes famed and Nc
Neil retired the side by hitting to Bal
ent who threw him out at first. Tnc
playing was lifted out Of the rut dur
ing the last half of the inning. when
Ohlin singled to the right rural dis
trict and Fairchild walloped the ball
and was caught In a double, Mcneil 10
s'hinault to Wouo.
Baenu went to the plate with blood
in his eye in the third inning With
TWO NtWll ne tItN Nll easy curve ndl
right in the groove and boosted Il
over the left field boundary. with
this exception the game went on with
monotonous precision.
Scwcd Up In Fourth.
That the rubcon had been passed
when Balenti drew his long bingle
was evident during the inning whict
followed During the first half o
the fourth the lads from the capita
swung listlesslS at the ball and to n,
avail.
The locals came into their own dur
ing the latter half of this session
Heaty started the eveutful cpoc'
with n pass. Stewart flied out Il
center Ohlin single to deep right
Darcy picked out a nice spitball an,
waited it gently TO the left garden
scoring lIcatly and Ohlin. Faircnlit
singled TO left and then on a delayed
double steal went to second. Dowi
tried to sacrifice but popped a II,
above him and was caught out 10
Hayes. IaBate came in with his hi
and sent the bali skidding to righ
which scored Fairchid. Balenti thei
furnished the climax for the uuiui
when he collided with the ball an,
dropped II far over the left field wal
making a total of six scores for tn,
session.
Stewart played hero in the fftl
frame aud pushed the ball over tn,
rightfield wall for a pleasure tril
around the bases Ohlin was Wake,
but was caught stealing second.
The sixth round was merely q lul
in hostilities. Neither team coul,
force I'm a run altho Tulsa did its hes
to help the visitors Latina single,
thru Balent and went TO second whci
Stewart missed Balenti's throw. Lipp
arrived on first when he hit a fas
bingle 70 Stewart and then beat II T.
first. The next three men were re
tired in order
Lee crossed the plate with the mint
run Of the game i'm the seventh inning
He started the beginning of the en-
with n safety 10 center. Heaty single,
to center and Lee scored when Stewar
lifted the ball to the leftfield fence
The game came to n close in the frs
half OF the ninth
The game today will be the las
with oklahoma City here this season
Muskogee 10, MoAlestor 8.
Special to The World.
M'ALESTER. Okla. Aug 6.--Stewart an
Paircloth both proved ineffective hcfor
Muskogeo haters today, McAlester losinl
~ 10 3 Stewart whiffed the first fou
men to face him. but walked Wagner wit