The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-27
Burke's Single Sends Win
ming Run Over in 9Th;
Score 9 to 7
STEWARDS BAT BUSY
Luke Gets Two More Homers ;
Oilers and Bluffs Close the
Season With Pair Today
by %. A. nRrDGEwArEu

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ing q timely cinFlo back 90 third
bana In tho eighth inning that sent
McGinnis scampurInE homo with the
run that enabled tho oiiora 90 CON
tlnuc their winning rampage. Tho
tallcnd Oilcra apoUcd tho second
place CmahoRs a lead OF six runs
early in tho game ana then noscd
them out. . 20 T. after "A thrilling
uphill battle. Taking the opener
Of tho DIAL series OF tho Western
league season from the BuffalocsI
stretched tho Tulsa winning streak
90 eight games ana made their
twelfth victory in tho last fourteen
played.
Today the curtain will be- rung
down on baseball here for another
seasOn. the oilers and Bluffs meeting
In a doubloheadcr TO furnish tho
farewell offering TO the fans. In
addition to being bargain day" Il
also win be ladies day and the fair
fans are expected out In forco TO
bid the boys goodbye.
Stewart Hits Two TIomcrs
while Jimmy Rurkea hit pro-
ducod what proved the winning run,
the bamblno whose heavy mace
really battered down the Omaha de-
fonae was none other than Luke
Stewart. guardian OF the Keystone
sack. Luke who played tho rolo OF
hero when his homer won Sunday'a|
pitchers battle between AlbanAie|
and Adams, smashcd out pair oil
exceedingly timely four bnEgcrg. His
homer in thc~fourth, scoring Bran
non also, broke the leo for Tulsa
after the Vlsltors had registered a
half dozen. and his second circuit
elout coming In the sixth. started
the rally that resulted In the ely
mcrs knottinR the count. Frank
Thompson also hit q four bnRRer
that helped the lacol clan In their
assault.
A nice crowd. easily the best
Monday gathering OF the year
turned out 10 i,eip make Jimmy
Burke's wedding present ana incl
dentally cheer the Oilera on to an
other victory. Tho faithful assem-
bly, was rewarded by seeing q game
: repiote with thrills and also marked
by continual kicking by Omaha
players on decisions OF Umpire
Buckley.
became 40 infur!atod In the sixth
Inning at Buckley's rulings on balls
and s!rlke.. that Captain; !.e!iveit
had 10 yank him. Talsa and omaha
players then had 10 hold Smith 20
keep him from attacking the ar
bitter.
"Smlling Jacis" Pccvcd Too.
Jack Lellvelt also put on n high
iclass frothing exhibition for Buck
ley's benefit. Smiling Jack" boiled
completely over In the eighth when
Buckley called Burke's tap bnck Of
third "fair" and the winning run
scamo In. From the press box 4. did
look very uiuse, but ovon II the oil
ers did get a share the best ~ the
decision they certainly deserve Il
taner some Of the umpiriuF they
encountered on the road. ANYWAY
Thompson followed Burke with a
clean hlngie 10 right that sent an
other run I'm ana us only ono was
out nt the time the result would
have been UNCHANGED even had
Hu-ko not reached first.
Ruffs lIh Richmond tInrd.
The Euffs secured their Ax-run
lead IN tho second and third through
"a murderyis assault ou Ray Rich.
mond. Mter wasting a couple OF
hits I'm the first thcy made 'cm count
IN the second, Pug Griffin who was
the Omaha batting star with a per
feet record OF four hits i'm four trials
.oponod with n whistlluE single to
.center ard O brien followed with a
terrible Clout over the Centcrtield
Fence Richmond frightened ana re-
tired the next three mon In "A row,
sonly TO run into another slaughter
in the third when ne was driven
from the box, Gislason took one In
tho back 20 open the round and
sHanoy attempted TO sacrifice, hut
Spellman seized his hunt and threw
- Il 80 first aud Gisissuu scored aud
Haney went 20 third when the bal
hit Haney In the back Lee then
trapped out double and Griffin
Eretirod. O'Brien singled and Rish-
gmond retrcated from the box. four
&runs having come I'm. Haugland re-
Stirred tho side without further dam
age.
Tho Bluffs filled the bases In the
ffth and sixth, but could get only
one run OFF Haugland, double plays
twice coming when the bases were
loaded And this was all for them,
sf0r Dutch" Kemner, the Muskogee
sroeruit held them safe in the last
tnrvc sessions.
How We Won.
The oilers started out 20 hcw
down the big Omaha lead IN the
fourth, Stowart's homer with one on
counting for a pair. Thompson's
homer in the fifth brought one more
and in the sixth they tied the count
by punching hits with bases on halls,
Stewards homer, bases on balls TO
Burke and Pinch Hitter Connolly
and singles by Spenman, McGinnis
and Davis turned the trick
II was lucky hit by McGinnis that
paved the way for the winning
runs in the eighth, Little Mac
3 dropped n high Texas Lacquer in a
safe spot back OF first and Il Went
for n double. Then came the
singles by Burke and Thompson that
settled tho fray
Nice Nest egg for Burke.
IL was announced last night b.
rpusiness Manager Frlel OF the Tuls
cimb that the wedding present fror
t,nanv Burke--the Tulsa share q
Ssnnaay's gate receipts woul
smount TO about 5000 Tho turr
a,ises showed 78s fans went throug
ihe gates, but quite a number wh
bought tickets downtown did not a