The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-11
Pitcher Daniels Homer in
Ninth Decides Mound Duel
Ojler Defense Fails in Last;
Scores Are A to 2 and IL
to 5, Omaha
PATRONAGE HOLDS UP
rilled Stands See the Two
PLY Defeat; Guthrie Makes
Hit With the Fans
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vb. Buffaloes stampedcd ycster-
A. and rompcd hcadlung over the
etripIcss oilers for double victory,
,.L,ns the first game in the ninth
iruius after a hard and exciting bat
III. ly 4 to and wining the second
IN hands down fashion with IL mar
gln OF II runs to 3.
t.ukanovic's failure to cover first
nm O'Bricn's tap to Todt in the last
,,uo1 OF the inaugural was directly
respousible for the loss of the con-
;,s AS Pitcher Lefty" Daniels came
nm A few moments later with Two
ant and Massey on first and drove
,he ball over the fence for the two
winning runs. EiChmond's wIldncss
In the first inning of the second
game gave the visitors "a fiVc-run
lead, and one of the most ragged cX-
hibitions put on by the oilers this
wear permitted Burch's boys to count
A half dozen more in later innings.
davenport also started off wild IN
-he opening chapter of the last fray,
letting the Burkcmen count trio,
but no tightencd up and pitched very
effectively after that and only two
more runs were made off his de-
livery. When he finally got limb
cred up Davenport entertained the
crowd with a battling change OF
pace. in which he worked an over.
hand fast ball and curve, "A sidearm
curve and slow bal and an under
hand submarine bail.
Big Crowd Disappointed.
Despite the seemingly hopelo ~
slump OF the Oilers, the setting for
the sunday doubleheader was ideal.
crowd that filled the stands and
blrachors went out to MCNulty park
hoping to see the teams losing
streak, which today reached ii
games. broken, and went home dis
couragcd, doubling it If will ever b
broken very badly until some HinG
radical is done to the team. Burch' $
Nehraskans looked like real ponnant
aspirants and outClassed the locals
IN every department..
Pruitt's splendid left-handed
pitching after he relieved Richmond
in the first frame with the game
almost cinched by the visitors, was
the only bright spot Of the day for
the loyal home fans. The spunky
young collegian had his fast curves
breaking all around the plate. and
also had good control. such hefty
swatsmiths as Jack LeHvelt and
his delivery for single safe blow.
OiIcr Defense tagged
There were several exceedingly
dark spots in the Tulsa defense.
Johnny Wuffli playing at third
whore he was strange. and Wray
Query were the worst offenders.
Wufri let couple go through him.
bur atOncd in a measure by "A spark
ling stop and throw later on. Query
failed to tag Il runner on Burke
perfect throw to the plate on sin
gle and let a run in. Practically the
|ole team appeared off and the
vsupport he received was enough TO
take the heart out of any pitcher, So
Pruitt's easing up in the late innings
was not surprising.
The crowd was put in a good hui
NOR for the disastrous second game
when Umpire Bill Guthrie condes-
centcd to doff his cap when an
nouncng the batteries. Guthrie
who has been jeered and a target
for pop bottles the last few days
was In high good humor. The big
arbiter grinned good -naturcdly when
he tipped his cap and the fans ap-
plauded loudly.
tlrSt lame battIc
The first game was as good as tho
other was bad save for Lukanovic's 5
mental error in the fatal ninth. The
visitors punched four of their eigh,
hits in the first inning for couple
OF runs. Gislason. Lee. Lelivelt and
Griffin contributing the blows, al
singles. The oilers scored one in
tho third on Davis double and sin
1y1n - Il
tied the count in the fourth on a
base on balls, Gleason's steal of sec
oni and third and Rurkc's inficld
biz, Then Il pitchers battle between
Daniels and Lukanovic followed
which ended in the ninth when the
visiting pitcher hit his homer with
one on
Here's how the damage came in
IN" first inning OF the second: Rich
mond walked Gisason and HanoS
,hnd Lee sacrificed. Lelivelt singled
scoring both. Richmond then walked
Griffin and permitted O'Brien tc
single, scoring Lclivelt. Pruitt went
N and was greeted with singles by
Massey and O'Brien. accounting fOi
u" five runs. then retired the side
lho oilers made II look like a con
toSi when they scored three in thcil
mar of the first on two bases or
nails and singles by Gleason and
NutilL Errors gave the visitors 4
hNi"ss run in the firth and another
IN the seventh, and they bunchcd
ms with bases on balls and bohble'
Tor three in the eighth and one ir
ho ninth. The Oilers scored thei,
o'her two runs in the seventh on Ed
WIN single, Gleason's double and
two infied outs.
The teams play the closing game