The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-16
Cellar Champs Drub Redskins
Twice in a Day by 7-3 Count
Lukanovic Holds 'em in
First and Richmond
in the Second
BEST WORK OF YEAR
First Double Victory Achieved
by Champs This Season; to
Play a Pair Today
by b. a. BRIDGEwATER.

The lowly cellar champion oilers
forgot all about being tho western
league football yesterday ana dealt
Oklahoma City's pennant aspirations
fearful jolt by wailoping JACK
Hollands Indians fore and aft IN
the first OF two double --hosdcrs 20
bo played in their two-day engage
ment here. The score in each game
was TO 3.
II was u real gala day for Tulsa,
this opening OF the last home stand,
witnessing the Oilers rompiug to
victory IN both scctiuns OF a double
bin for tho firDt time this year.
Moreover, neither success was at all
fluky, the 1920 champions outplay-
ing the pcnnant-chasing redskins In
every department pitching. batting
and fielding. Never in either game
did Breen's hopefuls hold even a
one-run margin over the Clymers.
Luke and Rich In Form.
Tom LulSanovlc and Ray Rich
moad pitched splondidly for Tulsa,
Luke holding the visitors to sevcn
scattered bingles In the first game
and Rich letting them down win a
half dozen In the sevon-lnning after
show. Manager Breen was unabb
20 trot out hurler who could stand
up undcr the Oiler bombardment,
Lefty" Mitchell. who was yestsr-
day reported sold TO Cincinnati. Civ
ing way TO Stoncr, after couple OF
innings In the opener, and Love, who
ossayed TO puzzle the locals In the
second yielding to Perrymau nftor
allowing four runs I'm five innings
This afternoon, popped up by Their
double success OF yesterday, the on
urs will make their last stand OF the
season against their ancient Indian
rivals In another double header
with tho capital city Hmarting un-
der the sting OF the unexpected set
back Thursday, couple OF haru
fought battles probably will result.
The first game will start at $3.50.
Oilers Attack In the First
The Oilers uncovered their win !
ming attack in tho first inning Of
the first game, which was inaugural.
ed with singles by Burke and
Thompson. Burke scored when
Stewart grounded into double play
and Eddie Spellman ros" to the aa'
caslon by crashing a drive over ths
oenterfield wall.
McGinnis Increased the Oilor mar
gin to three by polling n homer In
the second with the hassocks unoc-
cupled, and the advantage grew to
four IN the third when Thompson's
single and Spellman's double ac-
counted for another.
The Indians, who had been COM
pletely bamboozled by Lukanovic's
dipping fast bali and sharp breaking
curves up to this time, tried to start
something In the fourth, With two
down Graham smashed a double to
left and Heatley sent him home with
/ "A single 10 right.
Stoncr Famed Nine Men.
Although Stoner had n world OF
stuff and famed nine mon In the
six innings he pitched, the oilers
continued TO find him for timely
hits right along. Singles by Spal-
man and Todt I'm the fifth, following
base on balls TO Thompson, IN, de
another run. Spellman's one-haser
was a terrific drive that hit the
scoreboard on n line. Connellys
double and Burke's single in the
sixth manufactured another and
Brannons single, Harper's bad
throw and wild pitch gave them
their final counter In the eighth.
The Indians other two ruus came
in the sixth and seventh. Tho first
resulted from Puts one-basc bingie,
Harpcr's infield hit and Brannon'a
error and the second On a base on
balls to Runser. McMunln's single
and Stoner's long double. McMullin
who also tried to count on Stouer's
hit was nipped at the plate
Get Quick Lead In Second.
In tho second affrny the Oiler,
piled up n four-run lead before thciI
opponents could touch Richmond
Rannon's single through Runser
Slewart's triple TO the same Locality
and McGinnis' single in the seconC
accounted for the first pair, Will,
Loves error and Todt's homer iI
the sixth brought in two moro.
A ferocious rally with two dowI
in the sixth brought the Indians I,
within one run OF the Oilers. Wrigh
singled and George Harper put Z
whole days energy into n drive tina
cleared the rightfield fence on "A line
Dawson Graham followed this witt
a terrific homerun smash over tn,
leftfield wall, the ball hitting OF
top of n house outside the park and
bounding back into the lot.
Not TO be outdone In the way oi
thrilling finishes, the oilers counted
three in the sixth with two down
With Heving and McGinnis on base
Tommy Connolly drove one over the
fence at almost the same spot where
IIarper's hit cleared tho wall.
Richmond, who had seemed weak
ening in the sixth tightened up In
the seventh and held the Indians