The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-28
Baseball Curtain Rung Down
In Tulsa for Another Year
Clymers Almost Win lst,'
Losing, 1913, Then
Win 2nd, 6-l
SEASON UNFORTUNATE
But With Tailend Club, Tulsa
Third in Attendance, With
More Than 100000
~ h. A. uHlDGEwArEn

By B. a. uRtDGEWATEH
Tho curtain ns mo dramatic odI-
Tor would say was rung down ON
tho 1874 Western league baseball
season yesterday tho final so,uc iu
Tulsa witnessing tho Omaha Buf-
faloos and the 1920 champion oilers
in an entertaining little HkIt entitled
EVEN stephen" Tho Nobraskans
needed one victory on the closing
day 90 give thcm a duuhlo-load
Clnch on second place. $50 they raced
into a long lead iu the early innings
and barely lasted 90 win, l3 to l2, as
Bill ClymcrH boys came with a Hpvu-
tacular rush that was started littlc
700 late, In tho Abbreviated seven
inning aftermath Tom LukanoviC
celebrated his last appearance OF the
season by hurling the oilers to a
6 20 / victory his tCdmmntcs hitting
tho cx-Oilcr Andy Iclsma, hard and
often.
Not BAD Year ~ That.
While the championship HcuHon
tlat concluded was the most dis
Astroua q Tulsa cntrhnt I'm organized
baseball ever encountered, N viewed
from the percentage table stand
point. stu II demonstrated tho City's
town. For. despite tho Tulsa clubs
poor showing all summer It was an
nounccd by Bil Fricl. business man
alrer. after the final game that the
ATTENDANCE this year had exceeded /
the 100. poo mark FriCl said he ho-
lcvod tho final checking up would
show Tulsa third iu attendance. with
onlt wichita and Omaha ahead.
Moreover, the team after a dlH
hoartening slump from May until
ScItembor. suddenly came to lifc IN
tho final home stand aud wound up
tho tcRSon IN a blaze OF success, Up
to the closing doublobcadcr the oil
ers had won eight I'm "A row and the
iiunl split with the Buffs gave ely
ler's clan thirteen victories out OF
ths last sixteen gamrs--quitc "A
streak for tailond club
Almost Won the First
Wi,h Just fair pitching, the oilers
yesterday would have continued
their winning stroaS ana made It
ton ,y "A row. But the box work In
the iirst game twas lamcntahly weak
and despite the fact that tho tall
snders rallied Ramcly after Omaha
had taken n commanding lead inc
margin was too great to be wiped
I out. Lefty" Albanesc who hlnnkcd
st Joseph Sunday to 0 came back
and essaycd 10 pitch and promptly
was knocked out by the visitors who
scored seven in the first two innings
oscar Haugland was the next sac
rifice. yielding two I'm the third,
like number in the fourth and one I'm
the sixth after which Phil Todt,
homerun hitter and outfieldcr, went
in and turned In the best pitching OF
the game.
A Game OF Long Hts.
In the meantime the oilers stead
ily battered away at the offerings
OF Bert Glasier increasing the force
OF their attack ns tho game pro-
gresscd They finally bnttod him
from the box in the eighth. "Sllm"
Davenport going TO the rescue. Their
onslaught failed. being one run
short OF tie In the ninth.
Long hits featured the game,
There we're seven homcruns, Ie-
llvelt, GlaIer, Hauey and Griffin
parking the bah for omaha, whilo
Davis Spcllmau and HuuRhland
Knocked It out ~ the lot FOR TulFa.
Griffin Massey aud Loliyclt Poled
doubles for tho visitors. Smiling
Jack" getting a pnir. McGinucs gut
double and a triple and Luke
Stewart secured "a pair OF doubles.
Rcnt JclSmN Easily
The oilers started off Andy Jels.
ma In the first inning or the scconu
n homer and after Thompson had
been retired Davis doubled and
Burke singled, accounting for a
coupic Doubles hy McGinnis.
ThompBon and Davis and Connolly's
single made two moro In the utth.
and Brannon's double and singles by
Spollman and Connolly accounted
FOR the last two in the sixth
Jelsma's homer i'm the second pro-
duced tho only Buffalo run, though
I,ukanovic was frequently In trouble
and was saved by spectacular sup
port.
non In the sixth was the most re-
maraable seen at McNulty park TINS
year. with Lclivelt who had
singled on first Griffin hit n terrific
bounding liner down the first haze
line. prannon lcaped over and
speared the bali with his bare hand
without an instant's hesitation he
dived to- first base. touching the bag,
and then threw to second forcing
I,cllvcu II was one ~ those plays
YOU read about, one that ian secs
few times IN lifetime A double
play I'm the third saved another run
when Burke caught fly I'm deep
loft and with "a perfect throw cut
Off Gislason, the BUFF leadoft man,
al the plate,
Ry ana large. tho last day of the
season witnessed every kind Of hasC-
bah a fan could ask from long
range hitting to the most brilliant
defensive work--and the crowd filed
out for tho last time In 1921 I'm
cheerful mood.
Now tor the world series and tho
"hot stove league" ana thCn the
looking forward to next April
sapulpn Plays Wagner Friday.
gueciai to Tho world
q. A y u - IL.