Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-17
johnson Bests Cy Young in
Brilliant Shine Ball Duel
McAlester Beats Producers by
Score of 2 to 0; Sparkling
Fielding Plays Tighten the
Shock of Defeat.

1t was too bad Eyes, two runs bad)
that failure of the home guard to
retake yesterday one of the trenches
occupied by the Miners in their pre-
Vious two days of battle at Associa-
ton park. Determined to regain by
spirited counter attack some OF the
ground lost in Sundays double as
sault, Gen. Cy Young in person led
his forces into the fray, but was
thrown back with loss.
Brilliant Plays Lessen Sting.
Yesterdays was another one of
those kinds of defeats that do not
carry "A very bad sting. Except for
one or two little spots it was a splen-
did exhibition Of baseball and one
from which even 2 to 0 contrary
score cannot take all of the pleasure.
For each misplay there were half a
dozen meritorious performances
some of which sparkled with unusual
brilliance. For instance, there were
those dazzling line snatches by Fair
child out in right field two OF which
was turned into double plays. Iris
Speaker and Harry Hooper are
credited with being great outer
gardeners. but neither could have
played these any better than did the
erstwhilo thirdsacker, who recently
was discovered to be an expert fly
chaser. Then there were those three
irfield stops, one by Balenti retiring
bailey in the fourth. one by Brewer
cutting off Thompson In the seventh
and one by Brady in the sixth, which
would have cheated O'Neil out of a
hit but for the fact that Cy, consid-
ering the sizzling grounder a certain
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Offensive Breaks.
It was the Producers offensive,
broken down after week of unpre-
cedented triumphs, that could not be
reconstructed in the face of the fu-
rious flinging OF Roy Johnson. The
speedy McAlester artillerist tipped
them by the charging home guard at
a dazzling, whitening pace. a delivery
with which the locals connected but
thrice.
1t was by a slip on the part of
First Lieutenant Brewer at the open
ing volley that the enemy scored its
triumph and then in the third assault
n shoit, sharp bombardment made
victory sure. all before Cyrus could
get his shine ball to working. After
that both sides were retired repeated
lS without gain.
ones, Bailey drove 1t out for two
baser. He advanced while the inner
circle was busy slaughtering Captain
Humphries and he dashed into his
objective on Brewers mistake. II
was another double smash. this time
by Thompson, that opened the war
for the second. Herriott's singing
crash to the right sent him over.
Defenders Disappointed.
Yesterdays defeat was real dis
appointment to the home boys After
having come home with a record of
six victories to the lone defeat of the
week, three of the winnings having
been achieved In Fort Smith where
the Twins are reputed to be practi-
call indefeatable, and after having
developed an offensive that had
proved better than any other in the
circuit, they were smarting from
three reverses at the hands OF the
leaders. Therefore they went into
Mondays affair eager to administer
q crushing defeat to their traducers.
1'ut they happened to run up against
johnson on one of his very best days
and their hopes were dashed.
Today In another day and they are
going hack this afternoon more in