The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-01
Take Free Hitting Contest
Although Outhit BY lOwanS
Packer Rally Falls Short
in Ninth When Morris
Fans Two Batters.
BARNEY SWATS HOMER
Cleveland's Circuit Drive Was
Only Extra-Base Hit
for Oilers.
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Aug al
Tho failure OF Sioux city clean up
hltterr TO deliver a hit NJ tho crit
cal moment cut short a ninth inning
batting rally here this afternoon and
prevented the Packers from ticing
the score. The game was won by
Tulsa. 3 to 0.
with tho count 3 To against
them the Packers entorod the lnst
half of the ninth detcrmined TO
make desperate attempt to save
tho game Mari the first batter,
ptartod tho action when he doubled
10 center field Dcfntc walked and
Motz doubled for his fifth hit OF
day bringing Mari home and send
ing DEBATE 10 third.
Rally Gut Short.
Three runs were needed To Tie tho
score. with men on second and
third, none out and Effert and spell
man next in the batting order, the
chances were bright.
The hopcs OF the Sioux CITY fans,
however wero blasted when Eiffert
took three vicious cuts NJ the bali
and walked back to tho bench.
spellman duplicated his perfor-
nance a few minutes later Coonoy
obtained a lift when Wuffli per
mitte6 his groundcr to roll through
him and Defate scored from third.
Robson who had already pbtained
threo hits, which was more than ms
allotment. was unhbla TO come
through again ane the game ended.
Three errors, coming at times
when they meant runs for the op-
position lost the gamc FOR Sioux
City Only three Of Tulsa's runs
being earned.
weber hit by Bail.
Weber, the Tulsa moundHmnn.
was removed In tho fourth when he
was hit on his pitching arm by a
pitched ball. Umpire t.auzon an
nounced Burke to run for Weber
but the Oiler management changed
it's mind and sent In Morris.
The Packers outhit tho viHisDrs
by one safety and made their
fifteen waliops count for twenty
six bases while the oilers mado only
nineteen bases off OF fourteen hits.
A home-run by Cleveland In tho
third was tho only extra base hit
which the visitors could pole. Mana
ger Metz, of the Packers, made n
getting two singles and three two
baggera In five trips to the plate
uutfielder Robson. who has teen In
prolonged bnt;ipg slump showed
reversal OF form and poled two
doubles and a single In five times nj
bat.
oilers Score First.
Tulsa's first run resulted from
Wuffli's single. Marr's errors and
Tierney's single, In the first inning
The Packers ovcned tho count In
tho last half of the frame with a run
resulting from successive doubles by
Crouch and Metz.
Tho Oilers bounded into the lead
In the second with four runs off OF
three hits and two errors, Spell
mans double and singles by Robin
son and Brown scored another for
Sioux City In the last half
Cleveland'a homer was the only
run registered by either side In the
third. Two singles and a double
steal gave the Southerners two moro
In the fourth. Browns removal In
this inning paved the way for five
rcoreleSs innings for the visitors
under Harrison's regime.
Soos Coun: q: fifth.
SIOUX CITY counted one In the
fifth on Mcntz's single and Eifferts
triple. the third hit OF lta kind I'm a
Western league game here this sea-
son. Doubles by Robson and Har-
rison resulted In another In the
eighth.
II was then that the Packers
made a vain attempt 20 tie the score
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