The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-10
BARBEE'S HITTING
WINS FOR TEXAS
He Gets Two Homers; Oil
Leaguers Play Great
Ball in Opener

Great hitting by Barbcc enabled
The Texas nine 10 overcome Cu4f.r
az McNulty park yesterday .u ...
first game OF the OIL league .w..I
scrles' by the score of to g.
It was a real baseball battle That
the coo fans who filed thruueh ..u
turnatil,A saw. and the way OBJ, .,u
city league mines fought thrOugh r.a
contest actually reminded on. uH ,,.
counts Of the annual diamond rl..
sic. Long defiance hitting, pinch
hitting, sharp fielding--n aHutt.
everything that goes to make up am
ideal bas ball fray--camc durlut the
tug OF war for the jump gam, of
the championship series.
They Hit Ball Hard
Those city leaguers actually show
ed up the class \ Western lsa.u,.4
who perform regularly at McNuty
park when It came to crashing
drives. There were four home runs
during the game. one of which sI.'-
ed over the fence near the fldrpol..
while another went over the I.ft
field fence near the foul line, while.
while another cleared the stul.-
board. Another went over the lUf.
the other cleared the wall IN l.t
center.
The oil league championship is
to be decided when either Texas or
Cosdcn wins thEoe games Although
Texas lcapcd into the lead BY grab
bing the opener, Manager Murphy
Of Cosdcn is not discouraged and
| last night predicted that his team
would do comeback and even the
count by winning today.
Weather Man uirkind.
| The weather man tried to put
| damper on the world serica' Inc
augural, and the game was played
on soggy and slow field. But the
| players were on their toes, and "a
| classy brand of ball was exhibited.
! Cosdcn played errorless and only
| one bobble was charged to Texas.
this being a questionable tumble uy
! Fillmore for which the slippery
field was at least partly rcspOusih'.
Barbce actually beat Cosdon sim.
gle-handed by his sensational ht-
ting. His two home runs accounted
for three runs and his other hiugl..
a single, sent in a fourth. Texas
other run came on a homer by Pa
lone Brian was the Cosdcn home
run hitter.
How They Made I'm.
In the first inning Adair singled.
! the next two battcrs were easy outs
but here came, the snag. The
great i1ilu SlNBDfu UP 10 N44f.
plate, and. without any seeming cf-
fort lifted the ball over the score
board for a homer, sending Adair In
| ahead of him.
! Brian, COsdcn first saCkcr. scored
| Cosdens first run in the second
In the third Adair again singled.
! Fillman laid down a neat sacrifice,
and Fisher was out on a groundcr.
Barbee proved his worth again
when he singled scoring Adair.
This ended the run getting until
the sixth. Barbee was first up In
this inning. and as he again sent the
pill over left centerfield fence the
stands fairly trembled with excite
| ment.
Texas other score came in the
second when Palone, not to be out
done by the homerun batting bee,
sent one over the fence at the nag
| pole.
Cosden made n great effort IA
overcome Texas lead in the first OF
the ninth. Johnston singled. Ellis
was out on a fly to center. Hahn
got a scratch single. Becker was AN
easy out. Giltner set Cosden follow
ers wild when he whistlcd line
drive to center, scoring, the two rum
ners. Murphy tried hard, but his
best was tap to second, Giltucr
was out and the game was the first
win for Texas.
This Afternoon the second game
will he played, and an even larger
crowd is anticipated. The game viii
be called at AS. Friday will be-
field day at the park.