The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-06-04

Oklahoma City Is only two and a half
games behind them.
No kick on the penison series; Things
are breaking rather nicely when tho
home club takes four out OF five-G game
series.
For the first time during the Denison
series. the pitcher. In the two ssmes
Sunday were not forced 10 call for re-
lief, Smith was In several bad holes
due to his wildness. but he managed TO
pull through after a mixed up play In
the opening inning resulted In two runs
for the visitors. They we're unable to
score after that
For seventeen innings Sunday afternoon
the Denison team did not score.
Latina,s arrp cut Campbell off at soc
ond IN the second game when tho visit
on a clean drive 20 Latina. Fast fisld-
Ing and a perfect peg TO Payne did the
work II was pretty play.
Price played a wonderful game Sunday.
He started q lightning double play In the
result OF Payne's tumble. Yockey hit
z fast bouncer TO Price who threw to
Blue, forcing Storey. and Blue returned
the ball to Price ahead OF Yockey.
Price had n good day At the bat also
In the first game he drove out q double
and single and In the last Game no OBJ
tAined = single.
Lips also had a good day At the bat
In the last game he solved Sparks for
two singles and triple In four times up.
Oklahoma City players seemed much
surprised when Umpire Roth ANNOUNCED
Sparks a. the pitcher for tho Denison
team. aiter Sparks had proven no pus-
Ile to the Boosters In tho first encoun-
ter
Sparks pitched good ball and had ha
received any kind OF support, the game
would have ended 2 to o. instead OF 4
TO 0.
storey was having such a hard time
picking up ground balls. that Yockey took
thA short field and Storey went TO third
Immediately after the change. each made
an error.
Eams the Boosters scored five runs on
three hits. ono OF which was 4 triple by
shinault with the bases full The bases
wers filled this inning BY errors. yockey
making one. Storey making one and even
Darcy had to Kick In the error column
when he dropped an easy ny from Lin.
damores bat.
Blue had n busy day. handling sIghtser
chances In the two games. The offca
scorer gave him an error In tho firsl
inning OF the. first game when shinaul
threw Harper's bunt to second In an ef
for, TO head of Darcy. The throw wal
bad, and It looked like shinaulrs bobble
Blue robbed Yockey Of clean hit II
the nth inning Of the first game wheI
hs went hack OF second base. knocks,
down a line drive and then picked up IN,
ball IN time 10 throw Yockey out. HI
was forced 10 lift his cap when ne cam
OF th field atths end Of the inning.
Manager Murray was In the iimsligh
every time Merritt csms 10 bat. The bi
catcher skied TO Murray three times dur
Ing the afternoon.
Kinney famed for Harper in IN
ninth inning OF the second zane. He ws
sent In as . pinch hitter for the vIsItori
secondbasemsn, who. like the other bat
iers was having trouble In soivin
Wright.
A little roofing behind the Booster
and they will be leading the league sfte
tho game Thursday afternoon But II 4
going to take roofing. and lots Of II.
st. Louis Nationals defeated the fas
travelling Giants yesterday afternoon.
to Old Red Amer. former CLAN
worked against Slim Sallee. former Car
dinal
.m. Gs'ro ,4oI IN. .on Braves. r'sfsd VA. nnn" ~,
Gins match. tho Braves getting thirtee