The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-06
Richmond, Haugland and Todt
Unable to Check the Leaders
Fred Beck Gets Pair Of
Homers Davis Also
ClOuts One
TO PLAY TWO TODAY
Rain Prevents One of Labor
Day Gamcs-Good Crowd
Witness Slaughter
ny ~. A. nuupGEwATEU

Tho league .IoadinE llzca u,oi up
10 their reputation Tor having demon
fen,c buatcrs yesterday iu thr open.
Ing game oC tho series with the cellar
champ oilers From IA" k'ginninE
20 the end ~ the ball game the fans
paw nothing but an almost contiu
unus procession of bnscs on balls ana
hit hHfsmcn. with fow errors
thrown In for good measure. At the
end OF tho celebration careful
check showed the count stood
wichita 22. Tulsn s. tn" Ecor"rr
agreed ON these figures but w"uldn
uunrautr, them 10 be correct, Tor in
the mad rush ~ wichita runners
they easily could hav. missed few
tnllica
only one uf the two games Hch'd -
ulcd FOR yesterday VAS played, q
s,nndy rain SUNDAY and Monday
morning causing postpunoWcnt "'
tho morning fray. douhl" h"hb"r
viii be played this afternoon instead,
with the flrs, stnrting AZ 2t5U. u
viii be ladies day.
iJsv Richmond aud oscar iiaug-
land were the victims ~ the wichita
maulcrS yesterday. while Phil Todt
hcaved 'cm over after tho two r'gu
lar pitchers had h'cn hammered out
Ernio Nnun. who occupied the
mound for the KnnsnnS. pitched 0
steady game.
Ucck GETS Two IIoncr-.
Fred Rrck Increased his homcrun
lead over Todt and other contender.
bv smashing uut cuupl" nf 'lr'ul'
swats during the mcrrymnking, s"nd
Ing his total for 1921 tn q. Ills first
homer. coming I'm the second. nr
courtod for three runs and really
was the blow that decided the bat
tie. Ills other cnmc In tn" sixth. or
Iinuginnd and was lnnE drive over
the right t-centcr wall. Fast hno
Washburn also hit homers FOR the
visitors.
ynnk Davis collected his nine
tcon,h homer In the eighth. hittint
the bali clear to the Midland Nalicl
railroad tracks. 4 spectator walk
ing down the track picked the bal
up and tossed 1t back into the lot
Richmond lasted less than tw" IN
ninps. the IZaicA getting one Off hin
in the first and continuing tn" u,
tack In the Second. when they mnh
six runs before Hauginnd was ser
10 the rescue. Qucstlonhh'c uuhpl'
ing by Umpire Buckley behind IN
Mate aided materially In Richmonn
downfall. Rich kicked like n ma
ste,r on sevcrnl Of fiucklcys doe
sions on balls and strikes, then WEI
to buzying them straight over "
middle This style Of pitching WI
exactly to the liking OF the visitor
who knocked them back M fhHt
Ray tossed them over.
when Yank Davis dropped Nv
drive off East's bat In tn" thith an
L., nl
would have retired the side the lthi'
uromptiy fell upon iinugland an
Registered five. The stopped II
hraath I'm the fourth. but returned
the onslaught In tho fifth and SCI
oscar TO the showers with anoth'
avalanche OF base hits that nct''
five more Homers by WaShbui
and Beck were Included III III
round.
Tcdt Pitches Last Four.
phil Todt allowed five runs In ~
last four Innings, the lzLies ghrn"
A pair In the sixth and trio In u
seventh Then they cnscd up al
called n days work.
The oilers hit Maun rather tre'
In the first couple of INNINGS u
their hits IN the first were vast
and they could get hut three runs
the second llc then hghtcnrd
and allowed no moro runs th I
ci,h,h when bunchcd hits gave
locals three more. Their final 4
came In the ninth on more hinglcS
Luke stewart. Frank Thomrr
aud Yank Davis hit the bali IN
every time up, hut their blows '"
wasted with Wichita running vi
stewart was hit under the eye h'
grounder during inticld rrnctc" =
a knot the size of guinea
promptly appeared, but tn" inj'
didn't seem 10 bother Lukc's play
any,