The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-12
Terrific Hitting Is Fea-
ture of Hard Fought
Game.
RICHMOND TO RESCUE
Ray Again Saves Day, Win
ming Second Game in
Two Days.
By LARRY DALEY

Tulsa Oilers yesterday won the sec
ond straight game from Dca Moines
In the ninth inning As In Thursdays
opener Frank Brannnn's hit brought
yesterday's triumph to tho Oilers.
Two were out In the final frame and
none on bases when Brannon hit
over the center fold fence for the
winning run. Tho score was 10 to o.
Both clubs bnttod hard and the
1900 fans who passed through the
turn stiles were furnished many
thrills In tho hard hitting and other
thrilling Incidents including some
brilliant fielding Tho game was hard
fought throughout and from the
time Boss Abbott wnA sent to the
showers by Umpire Wilson In the
last half OF the second until tho end
tho players showed their keen desire
TO win by frequent disputes OF de-
cis,ons. while tho crowd also reflect
I'D the fighting spirit OF tho diamond
athletes
Richmond Holds Boosters
Des MoineB bntted Lou Cownn
hard, getting nine runs and ns many
hits OF his delivery In ak innings
Cowan was relieved in the seventh
frame by Ray Richmond and the
rescue hurlor again showed his value
Boosters without n run In the three
innings which he worked. Richmond
gets credit for tho victory as the
oilers tied tho score and won the
game with him In tho box. 1t was
Richmonds second victory In two
days.
Dresser held tho Oilers to five hits
and two runs IN tho first five in
r.ngs. but weakened under the OH
ars' deluge of base drives In the
sixth and seventh. Three hits netted
two runs In the sixth and nm error,
two hits and n base on balls in the
seventh caused Coffey TO send
Adrian Lynch to the mound in place
OF Dresser.
French. first UP for Des Molnes In
the first inning, hit over the center
field wall. Coffeys and O'Connor
singled in the same inning but n
double play turned back the Boost
ers without further scoring In that
frame.
1..c Doubles Score FIRST.
McManus' double with two out
and Tierney's double scored tho for
mer In the first for Tulsa.
Three were made by Des Moincs
In tho second. Long was passed with
one out. Banner singled to left. Long
stopping at second. Dresser struck
out. French walked, filling the bases.
Coffey was passed, forcing In Long.
O'Connor's grounder went through
Tierney and Banner and French
counted.
Davis was hit by n pitched ball
In the second with one out and went
to second on Brannons single to left
Cowan popped to French. Burke's
long single to left scored Davis with
Tulsa's second marker.
Three more were added by the
Boosters In the fourth. one was out
when French walked. Coffey beat
out a hit to McManus. O'Connor flied
To Graham. Metz was passed filling
the bases MCDermott's double to
center scored French and Cofrey,
Metz scoring on Tierney's wild throw
TO Brannon In an effort to catch Cof-
ley on Connelly's relayod throw,
Hasbrook ended tho inning by
grounding TO Cleveland.
Both Clubs Score I'm Sixth.
Frenoh's single through short,
Coffey's sacrifice hit, a passed bali
and O'Connor's squeeze tap scored
tho runner for Des Moines' eight
run in the sixth,
The Oilers made two In their half
OF the same inning, successive dou-
bles by Connolly. Davis and Brannon
scoring the first two.
Des Moines made their last run IN
the seventh. McDermott led off by
getting base on balls. Hasbrook's
single sent McDermott TO second
Richmond relieved Cowan. A fast
double play, McManus To Graham
retired Hasbrook and Long. McDer-
mott going to third. Banner walked
McDermott scored ON Lynch's single
10 center. French forced Lynch ai
second for the third out.
Count Five In Seventh.
One was out In the seventh when
McManus got a life when Ions
dropped his fly. Tierney walked
Cleveland singled to left, filling the
hassocks. Long dropped Connoly's
fly, McManus and Tierney scoring
Connolly going to second and Clsve.
land TO third. Davis single to center
scored Cleveland. Richmond's triple
to center, after Brannon had flied TO
Coffey, counted Connolly and Davis
Richmond was out for not touching
second base.
Two were out In the ninth when
Frank Brannon crashed into one OF
Lynch's shoots, sending the ball over
The center field fence--and sending
the fans and fannies home happy.
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