The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-10
Oilers Hitting Slump Gives
Runners-up Jump in Series
Burke's Double and Davis
Single in First Pre-
vents Shutout
MORE POP BOTTLES
Umpire Guthrie Ignores
Showers Of Missiles; DOu-
bleheader Today
BY u. a. BRIDEwATER

Tho Tulsa Oilers. champions OF the
Wostern league IN 1920. continued
under the spell OF their distressing
batting slump yesterday and j.
Pagan Burchs cOCky Omaha climb
ers annexed the first game OF tho
serirs with tho greatest eart by =
score OF to /.
pug" Grlffin's booming homer In
tho first. which cleared the right
center field wall with yarda to spare
despite "A contrary wind. accounted
Tor three OmahuE runs. plenty to
win. A base on halls ana an error
had preceded the circuit smash. hut
Just TO show their superiority, the
visitors slaughtered Karl Adams In
the sixth with four solid hits
punched with two bases on balls.
registering another quartet of taliios.
Oilers Get Run In FIRST
The Oilers put over their ono
tally In the first round, Jimmy
Burke's two-baRger and Yank Davis
single being the combination that
prevented the cellar occupants from
beng shutout II was tho third
straight day that the homelings have
counted but n single marker.
Todays defeat marked tho ninth
straight reverse for tho champions
and their 2Sth defeat In the last 81
games played.
More Pop Kettles.
Unable to cheer their Representa-
tiyes ON to victory tho crowd and
II was regulation sized Saturday
throng despite tho teams slump
again turned on Umpire Bin Gu;hne.
Following n close play at third base
In the NTH when Guthrie called
Adams out aa he tried to make third
from first on Burke's single, the
bloodthirsty faGs heaved veryablo
shower of pop bottles and few
cushions at the big arbiter. Though
bottles rained about him for a few
moments al he walked from third
back 10 the plate whore he was call
Ing balls ana strikes. Guthrie didn't
let on that no ovon knew what was
going on. Never once did no accord
the hooting stands 30 much as
glance, but walked sodately through
the shower OF misslcs without being
winged and ordered the game to
proceed. II WAS very close de-
cision at third. and with the crowd
IN the mood it was any quostionalbo
ruling was certain to cause demon
otraton.
Old Hidden Ball Trick Pulled.
While the Oilcrs lost the game,
George Boehlcr at first achieved diD-
tinction by getting away with trick
play on Massey that wnn old in 1860.
Massey singled with two out in the
fourth and took II small lead OFT.
Adams whipped the ball To Boehler
but Massey easily beat 1t back.
Boehler motioned as II To return the
ball TO Adams. but Instead kept II
IN his glove and as Massey stepped
off George tagged him out.
Here's how the damage came In
Aba firat inpiuns lalSllSnn walked
Burkss bobble on Haney's sacrifice
put both runners on cafe. Leo
tapped In front OF the plate and was
out, both runners advancing. Lelt-
Welt hit to Adams and when Gisla-
son tried to acoro Karl threw to
Query, catching Gislason by such "a
wide margin that he turned and
started back to third and the catch
or had to run him down. Griffin
then connected for his long homer
and-though nobody knew Il for
certain but many had a large hunch
the game was lost to Tulsa. The
Bluffs thus scored "a trio of runs on
q single hit.
Finished Us or In Sixth.
The inning when the BurCh gang
got busy right with tho willow was
the sixth when they scored tho rest
OF their runs. the overflow as II
were, with one down Lee hnBlcu
but was thrown out stealing. Leli-
welt then worked Adams for baso
on balls and 1t proved the big pitch
er's undOing. Griffin followed with
n screaming double to center, and
with two out Adams Intentionally
passed O'Brien to get at Massey
Massey took this to hoart. so he SIN
gled sharply To center and sent lcn-
Welt and Griffin in. Liugls followed
with another long double to center
scoring OBrien and Massey Gla-
zicr ended tho misery by striking
out.
Pruitt who finished the game for
Tulsa was q puzzle the Omahogs
decided not to attempt to solve un'
Ill they catch him In at the first
of some game.
GlaZier, for omaha, was very cf'
fective with men on bases permit.
ting nothing in the order OF "A pinch
hit after the first inning.
The same two teams play dou-
bic header Sunday afternoon, the
first game starting u, $50.
I'LL. nSh. DTI