The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-07
Pruett and Haugland Bumped;
Salisbury JinX Is on the Job
Runser Gets Two Homcrs,
Todt, Davis and Burke
Pole One Each
A GREAT PLAY BY T0DT
Makes Spectacular Catch Of
Harper's Drive; Double
header on Tap Today
ry r. A. uRmGEwATEH

Hy n. A. UBiDGEWATE
The Ollrs returned 10 tho AoW,
lot ycs'ordoy nf'cr l5-lav In.
vaslon of tho north. ana received ot
the hands of the Oklahoma Cuy ln-l
dans a worse dribri1, hlu they
met UP with iu tn whole northern
half of the circuit Nhu" both
teams mot the hull u'tcu aud hard.
tho fndiuV blows Wor' the moro
frequent and the more timely a.l
the count after nine long. 'voutful
innings. stood. oklahoma cry l6,
Tulan &
1t was a game I'm which long
crashing hita marked n'I.ty every
inning, with hlt' ~ brilliant fielding
in the gardens featuring
Todt- catch u Feature.
Outstanding among th, ter nslyc
plays wls a spectacular, l"np'nH one
handed catch by Ihll Tolt iu l"ft
center when ne spcarcd drive OF
George Harpcr'a bat In tho "lRhth
inning and robbed the gluFsiny In
dian OF what looked Tx" his fiftA
hit Of the game. only 4 ltti' l,H'|
sensational was catch by Ralph
Hcatly IN left field for the Indians
when he climbed hair way mp tho
cmhankmcnt by the icucc 10 trap
McGinnia long fly In the sixth.
LonE-dlstancc hitting gave tho
fans many thrills. NuuqC' of okla
homa city polod a couple Of home
runs In consecutive innings. the
sixth and seventh Il0mcrs by Todr,
Davis and Burke OF the oilers
brought tho total OF circuit Clouia
for the game 10 five.
Phil TCdt'S homer, n tCr~'tic drive
that cleared the right field fence
while still on tho rise. brought his
total for the season up to ~ ana
gave him tie with Book OF NlChi-
IA for home run honors tor the West
etn league IN addition tp his homo
run, Davis also cole ted n double
and two singles and now has hit sntc-
" In l6 com ccutiVr games George
lIarEer was the batting altar OF the
Nisi,cra, tn Iugh he didn't connect for
homer. ho polcd threo doubles
ana single and would have made
four two ma gScrs but To- Todts sen.
sational catch in the eighth.
TOdt Also Tries it In the BoS.
The game also Witnessed the first
appearance In the box for Tulsa of
Todt, who had quito "A reputation aA
left-handcd boSman In the st
Louis Muny league. Going to the
hilltop In the ninth. after Oklahoma
City had scored In every srsslof
save one, Todt turned tho Indian,
back scoreless. lie had some trou'
bic locating the plate, AID the bases
were filled with one ou' and Harper
at bat. But Phil forced :he indian
cleanup hitter to foul TO Heving
and STANLEY grounded 10 Brannon
for the third out.
Pratt and iiaugiaDd Pounded.
Smarting under the sting OF lop-
sided defeats at the hands OF Wich-
ita the last two days. the Indians
went out for blood In the very first
al, nd aTf n y
Pruitt by solid hitting mixed with a
couple OF bases on balls when they
continued to find him easy In tho
second, scoring another pair, he was
yanked and oscar Iiaugland sent to
the mound.
Oscar appeared TO be getting along
nicely for a few innings, blankinS
the Indians In the third and holding
them to a run in the fourth, mn
and sixth. But in the seventh they
cut loose with n heavy harrage, five
punched hits and base on balls
giving them n quintet Of counters
and they kept up the slaughter In
the eighth when four more hiuglcs
netted three more runs and made the
total 10. 1t seemed shame thcN
couldn't score Off Tudt I'm the ninth
and thus make every pitcher "a vic
tin.
Salisbury iIoodoo Works.
In the meantime Roy salisbury
had his usual hQodoo working on
the Oilers 1t ls a well known fact
that n Tulsa team cannot beat Sails
bury. and Manager Broen alway'
shoots his veteran Highlander al
the oilers in the first game Of se'
rics. knowing no will thereby get
the jump,
Always with comfortable mar.
gin, Sol" took things easy, permit
ting lots Of hits and run or tive
here and there. lie tiEhtvucd when
ever rally threatened, however
and allowed no big bunChcs Of hits
or runs The chances are II the In
dians hadn't made plenty of runs
the Oilers would have made fewer
for Salisbury invariably triuwphs
be II pitchers battle or batting bee
The same teams play "A double
header this, Sunday afternoon. the
first game starting at $50, and con
Clude tho series Monday
10 Raise Flag ON 18th.
The games Sunday and Mouda,
also will mark tho end NJ the OIL
crs brief home stand, the team leav
ing for Wichita Tuesday for "a three
game engagement, after which I'M
boys viii return 70 tho homo lot 10
four with Wichita, including "a gam
next Monday whom the 1890 cham
pionship banner Is 70 be hulsted b
the Oilers.
In connection with tho pruuaut
raising occasion, letter was r,ccN
ed yesterday from Judge kcuysa1
Mountain Lands supreme hdsoba
commissioner. in which the iudE
said he regretted II hut hv yUu|Lu
come TO Tulsa for the event hDyuus
OF prior engagements. luaInr
Manager Bill tricI of the oilers ali
he wouldn't take mo for an an
swer from Judge Lands and tn.
further efforts would Doe made
get the high commissioner here (,
the day.
Rain stops Last OIL League Game
The regular season OF the luls
on league came to a close y'si'i