The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-08-09
Indians Win 1st From Oilers
In 18th; Joe Morris Wins End
Darringer's Homer Gives
Indians A Thrilling
Victory
OILERS m FINE FORM
Morris Holds Indians to 5
Hits-Adams Also Is
Effective
BY SPECIAL, cORREspoNDENT.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. Aug 3.
After scoring the tieing run in the
ninth inning with a sacrifice fly to
center, Rolly Darringer brought
victory to Oklahoma City in the first
game OF yesterdays double header
twith Tulsa when he smashed one
TO the right field fence in the twelfth
for a home run. The score was
TO 3. The second game, ragged and
weak compared to the first was a
TO 2 win for the invaders.
With the Indians making a great
spirit in an effort to catch up with
the leaders for the stretch drive and
with the leaders for turnstyles which
showed that $500 comprised the
crowd which completely filled the
Wrandstand and overflowed into the
field making ground rules necessary.
The first game was a bitter strug-
gle from the first, both teams fight
ing desperately for every inch. The
Indians were overhaulcd by the OIL
ers in the seventh and passed in the
eighth. Then 1t was tie in the ninth
and the homelings finally put over
the deciding marker in the twelfth.
Stoner, who won n double header
from Tulsa on July s opened for the
indians but he was not in as good
form as one month previously, his
wildness being responsible for TWO Of
Tulsa's three tallies. lie finally was
taken out in the eighth to permit
Brannigan TO bat for him. Ramsey
finished. Richmond opened un-
steadily for Tulsa, but settled after
the third and seemed to improve as
the game progressed but he was re-
lieved for pinch hitter, Brannon
hitting for HIM In the twelfth, and
then Morris went in just in time to
be bumped for the game. In the
eleven innings he worked Richmond
yielded only four safeties.
Since Darringer Is left field
hitter, the entire Tulsa outfield had
shifted to the left as he came up.
so that when Darringer hooked that
ono on the inside he had a clean
tield down the>fight foul line. BY
the time Davis had reached the ball
at the foot of the fence, Darringer
was almost to third. Never Stacking
his pace, he put everything he had
into "A final sprint for the plate,
sliding to safety Just an instant be-
fore the ball reached Query. Team
mates rushed out to help Darringer
to his feet while the grandstand,
which had come to its feet cheer
continued it's deafening applause for
several minutes.
The first five innings of the Sec
ond won a split for the oilers. Ram
sey was far off his usual steady
form while Morris, bumped just as
hard, tightened in the pinches and
was given better support Tulsa
broke the ice in the second when
Connally tripled and scored on Da-
Wis roller to Hughes. Two moro
were added in the third, when after
two had been retired Wuffli sin
gled, McManus singled and stole
second and both registered on Tier
ney's safe drive to left.
Nip Indian Rally.
Oklahoma City got her first one
in the third on Breen's triple and
Pitts single. A promising rally was
nipped when Pitt was caught off
first for Moore followed with two
bagger. Harper, however. followed
with a popup to Tierney.
The oilers sewed up things in the
fifth. McManus opened with a
double and took third on wild
pitch. Lindimore threw out TiernCy
while holding McManus at third,
y Cleveland walked and Connally
, famed. This made two down and
1t looked like Ramsey would pull
out, but when Cleveland started to
steal second Breen made bad
throw to second and McManus
scored, Cleveland going on to third
when Whence scored on passed
ball.
The only runs scored after this
was by oklahoma City when Pitt
opened the eighth with a three bag