The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-06-20
TULSA'S CHANCES
EXPIRE ON BASES
ST. Joseph EvrrYs Series by
Winning i-2 Session at
McNultY Park.
THOMSON FAILS TO APPEAR

ny CIIANLEs i nnML-

ny CHARLES + Hru.L
one more game gone down tho
sam, old sewer hole buo more game
Hrhrcnfy won in tho early going
lost IN the stretch drive. lu the Huwr
old fatal oiEhth once more failure"
20 produC" hits nt me right time lctl
Tulans hanging ON all the corners.
thor" TO die Fifteen mon l'O
stranded on bases Ihls 't,lH ih"
story ~ Tift,s 80 dofct' - iNn
hands ot 81 Joseph Yesterday an.
crnoon at McNul'y park
tn" pcIcry attack nf tho how'
lings which The day before htd olc,
ir,hod Tulsa f,ndum ana Carried
the oilers through To their most I'm
pr"ssN" victory of IN" season wtH
.,uuapiruouH lv It's absouso NoHi,I
day II showed Tor flash In 10"
opening ruuud bat quickly niod hc
bore the sweeping curves Of lnnT,
lean, hnly Williams II wnH the
same old story from the thrd when
after Dilts had walkoi. stolen second
and made third on "a bad throw.
Cleveland. SlHttcry ana Davis struck
uuS In succession
BrcnkSaa nfn,ornblc,
There rs a certain amount ~ con
ISOLATION however. IN tho fact thnl
IN three vial occasions the "bronkS'
were anti-Tulsa.
The first piece Of mig-luck broke
in the fourth Goodwin opened up
with long drive 10 center which
looked good for three bases Good
win had turned second by the time
PITTS had reached the ball and an
absolutely perfect relay by kellehcr
cauRht Pep az he slip into third The
IL d
tho play that prccipitatcd 81,
Jurcphs winnig rally IN the 'Clghth |
when Umpire Holmes ruled that
Burke had trapped Puts Texas
leagues >lt also was contrary 10
Tulsa fortunes when Wuffli was call |
ed out on u very close force play AZ
second In tho last Of the eighth stop |
ping on Oilcr COunter-rally. These !
last two plays are mentioned not IN
criticize Umpire Holmes who has
been giving eminent satisfaction. but |
to call attention to tho fnct that the
fate OF the game would have been |
different had tho benefit OF doubts
been tilted Tulnward The time has
passed, however. when Tulsa fhndom |
Is going to he satisfied with "what |
might have been" Results are going |
10 be taken into consideration and |
the teams popularity Is TO h" gov
erned strictly according to the num- |
Der of games won and lost.
Lsala or In Lead.
The locals were first TO make the
circuit Thomson, the new out
fielder secured from SIOUX city In
exchange for Hal Rroknw, hnviuk
failed to put In an appearance II be-
came necessary to send Burke into
center. crippled though he II Jimmy
opened up nuspiCiously' by smash
ing one over PITTS head for two
bases. Wuffli boosted him to third |
with sacrifice aud then he ram |
bled home on Dilts' drive to tho
rightfield barrier. Neither tleVe-
land nor Slatterv could produce,
Butcher knotted the count In tho !
second by lifting one into the Mi
land Valley right-of- way,
Four Tulsans became base run |
ncrs in the second hut not one could |
complete the circuit In the fourth |
II looked Ike cinch for further |
scoring when I4lts walked, stole soc
ond and went to third on llrcnni- ,
ganR had hcRNe To second. Looks !
proved drCeiving tor cleveland, |
Slaitcrv ana Davis were all strike. |
out victims
Tulsa went into Tho lead In the
fourih. GOODWIN opened win
long smash into center, cinch Tor
two bases and good enough fut
three ..hut Manion then doubled andt
after Salisbury had famed, BurkN
chased Manion home with sing,-.
Three reached FIRST In the fif,nst
and three In the sixth. yet they never
got far enough 10 count
Lost In Eighth.
An usual the tide turned IN the
eighth Puts lifted Texas lcaEucr
into center II would have been n
clnch for Rurkq had he not been
crippled. but ~ was a hard play
under the circumstances and he Got
the bail at the ground TO home
fans IL looked as II the ball had been
caught. but Umpire Holmes hold thdl
II had touched the ground ant the
runner was declared safe There
advanced him by "A sacrifice. There
were two down when Goodwin tossci
out kellchcr. The former muior
Lacquer having already secured al
homorun and three haggcr. Hutcn-
er WIS given frer transportation
To first He stole second and then
scored close behind Puts when Ron
owit1 singled io right BlNh1kci