The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-04

ST. JOE BEATEN
IN FIRST COMBAT
Oilers Win Out After Letting
Saints Tie in Ninth
Inning.
TODAY'S GAME AT 3 P. N.
Capacity Crowd Expected to
Sec the First Sunday
Exhibition Here.
nv CIIARLES ]. DRILL

Bv CHARLES ], BRILL
Wusg.s long smash over kirk
hams head In the eleventh inning
Yesterday AFTERNOON decided In favor
cs fhc locals "A desperate three hour
diamond battle with st. Joseph at
McNul'y park. II came with the
bases loaded and the score tied TO
A. least two and perhaps three
~ those in front OF him could have
froicd on tho wallop had their runs
been needed, but the game was over
tho instant Davis went galloplns
over the rubber
While moro or less ragged II was
game, houy contested from the
'.mc Brubakor made Davis sprint
to snare his long drive to right Ut
mo opening OF the festivities until
WufNl settled the argument def
rtoIy In the second round and
again in tho third the visitors wero
leading for an instant and they
threw genuine scare into the home
fans In the ninth when they knocked
Hewitt or the slab and tied four
run cad the Oilers had established.
hu' Ahbott's men always came back
fighting hard and soon had Tilted
IN" scale in their direction
Covington Wild.
Wlliness got the veteran Tex Gov
ing on into a peck of trouble, eventu-
ally necessitatinB his Withdrawal
and the Injection OF Hewitt's south
paw mixture. After holding the
enemy absolutely helpless until the
ninth Rob went all TO the bad In The
final inning and assisted by "a most
uutmcly error, he let the visitors
draw up on even terms. forcing the
already lengthy struggle into extra
rounds
Three bases on balls gave 81. Joe
tho first tally OF the game in the
second inning Clark walked Bru-
baker got lifo On Wufflis bobble
and the bases word flicd when kirk
ham drew four wide ones Another
quartet of wide ones crowded Clark
ovnr tho plate.
Locals Get Busy.
Aroused by this misfortune. the
home boys broke out with real
offensive AS soon as they could trade
their gloves for bats. Wano took two
and three and then smashed a sin
SO 10 right. Brokaw poked a single
INTO center. Davis did the Same
Thing. scoring Wano. BrOkaw tried
70 get in on Manion's hard grounder
nu' was cut down by nrubakrr and
Hrenagan, Covington drew base
IN balls which put IL up to Wuffi
ana ne delivered a long sacrifice fly
90 center onswhlch Davis scored
" was In tho third that CoNington
went an to the bad After Con
molly had been retired on foul,
Mueller worked Tex Tor a pass He
~. forced at srcand however. on
lI'N"hnd's tielders choice Of
l"hcr's houNdcr. Just when It
looked like danger was going to he
avoided after ali, Rrenagan came
through with a three base blow
which sent kclleher sCampering
nome. When Clark drew base on
hhass Rruhaker singled and Kirkham
walked Abbott decided It was to
Shad FOR assistance SO he waived
H"witt into the game. That ended
IN" s'boring Of the Saints until tho
ninth.
>, phcr1 tStnbiish Ieah'
,u uhe meant time, Tulsa also got
d. uec1nea'y good hcks during
,nirn' Inc chance came when
s.."r cropped CleVelands long
" center. Meyer dumped
"htch ne beat out Tor MT and
Ch madc Manager Dolhn OF thc
,'.n'7 so peeVed he tried tn tell
.'l,',r l'hF "hat To do and for his
n ,.nS was chased from the enclosure.
- FUSED big Ahlft in the visiting
connolly came IN from right
axe second and Clark sur
','ted the mound 10 Rlueiacket
ne go INTO right. About the
.N' ming connolly did after TAX
'iHrse of INC Keystone bag was
n',S connections with Brnkaw'H
."Nner whlch scored Cleveland
d"uoled sending homo Never
hrokaw ana he himself regis
IA rev seconds later when
'' uonoled
o.. ''NI MT, Wufflts sacrifice
error and Flereland's hit
1'n M another In the eighth,
Is the locals margin Of four
.'".
Score Tied.
mo- ninth was where Hewitt and
ana came near spillng the
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