The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-03
Oilers Win Ninth Straight; Last
Home Game Today Until Maya
Ray Richmond Pitches
Effectively-Wins
Fourth Straight
UMP'S QUEER DECISION
Tierney Hits Fair Ball Over
Fence But Jacobs Didn't
See 1t Go Over
BY LARRY DALEY.

After staying within one-half
game OF the league leading Wichita
Witches for seven days, the Tulsa
oilers yesterday went into first
place by defeating Sioux city at Nc
Nulty park, while tho lzzies were
taking A beating at the hands Of the
Omaha Rourkes. Tho score OF the
game here was To >. 1t was the
Oilers ninth straight victory and
Richmond's fourth straight
Richmond and Lyons. right hand
pitchers OF the oilers and sioux re-
spectively pitched good ball Lyons
permitted only six hits. nut four OF
them were doubles and they came
at opportunc moments. Lyons sup
port was good but his own faulty
fielding aided the oilers in win
ming. his two two errors contributing
TO the scoring.
Ray Tight In Pinchcs.
Richmond kept Sioux City's eight
hits scattered over eight innings, the
Sioux being unable to make more
than hit an inning. He was given
!. splendid support only one OF Gra-
RNam's two errors resulting in runs.
/Richmond three times retired the
opposition with man resting on
second base, once with none out and
two times with one gone. All Of his
six strikeouts were made when the
visitors threatened to score. RAY
turned back the Sioux in the third
inning after Reichlo had doubled
10 center tanning the dangerous
Robinson for the third out. In the
fourth after the Sioux had counted
one run and two were out he re-
tired tho next two batters. one VIA
the strikeout route. In the sixth he
set them down scoreless with Alter
matt on second base ellis was a
strikeout victim in that inning. The
same runner was on second In the
eighth with one ont. Ray sent them
back without Aftermath advancing.
ellis again being Strikeout vic
tim. One man was on second with
one out in the ninth. Richmond let
ting them down without the runner
advancing.
One on Jacobs.
Here's a play that even Bll Pho-
lon has probably never seen: Got
ton" Tierney hit a fair bah over the
left field wall and only got to second
base on the drive. II was in the
second inning and two were out. The
ball hit wagon in left field and
bounded back over the fence into
the playing field where Rcichlc re-
covered Il and held Tierney on sec
ond. Umpire Jacobs did not see the
ball 20 over the fence and despite
the protest of Tulsa players and
Manager Abbotts declaration that
he would protest the game, tho in
dicator holder was obdurato and so
a two-basc hit Il goes in the records
Sioux CITY scored one in the first.
Reichle walked with one out. Crouch
forced Rcichlc at second. Debates
double scored Crouch.
The oilers made one in the second.
Tierney hit over the fence for two
bases" and scored on Dobbins'
double. One was added in the third
and fourth by the homolings. era
ham walked with ono gone in the
third. Connolly doubled and era
ham scored when Lyons allowed De-
fate's peg on the throw-in 20 get
past him. Tierncv. first up, was
passed in the fourth and stole Soc
ond. Dobbins and Richmond's In
field outs scored Tierney
Sioux Score I'm Fourth.
Sioux City made thoir second
score in the fourth Eiffort. first
M beat out a Rrounder to Rich
mond, He went to second on pass
ed ball. Altermatt walked Gra-
ham dropped Richmonds throw tc
catch ellis at first on the lattcr's
sacrifice hunt and the bases were
full. Eiffert counted on Lyons sac
rifice fly.
The Oilers final markers were
madh in the seventh. pobhins firs
l. up singled. Lyons fumbled Rioh
~mond's sacrifice raller. RGrke anC
Garmore were passed, forcing II
- Dobbins. Richmond scored or
Davis out. Eiffert to Gillis.