The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-10
TULSA jUMFS ON
SALISBURY FIRST
time SINCE 1919
Ninth-Inning Rally Puts
First Away-Benny
is Hero

BY % \. BEUGEWATER
Friday was Just a'aYg Hs near q
perfect orv for Tulsa baa'nau fans
a. can ho mllncI u
Just z, cop 'be record straight "
must D. recorded THAI the oHerf
won d,.uie-header lrom tho Griz.
ziier. 20 3 nnd II 10 h-bui Tar
more important ana ut vastly great
o. delight 90 the fans WIS the TACT
that M. afternoon witnessed tho
complete e'auKhfer Of a certain
young man by tho nnme Of Sails
bury
After tho oilers had coppcd the
opening section Of the dual progra NJ
as the result Of q hard, uphill fight
ana some splendid pitching by Carl
Black, the Denver managemen,e de-
Cidcd to hang 4 well known Curse
on Tulsa In the aftermath by send j.
In Roy Salisbury 60 tho rubber.
And. be n known, the Bears had
every rlSnt In the world To believe
that with Sol' in tho box they
couldn't lose. For tho records viii
show that since Spencer Abbott the
then manager of the oilers, tfIdcd
salisbury to Oklahoma city In 1919
shortly after Tulse entered the West
ern league, a Tulsa team had never
defeated the elongated hurler on
the field of battle. sol had had
the Ipdisn sign on Tulsa. II he en-
gagged a Tulsa HEAVIER In n pitchers
battle he was invinciblc. while. II n
slugfest was the order of the day. ne
managed to yield a few less runs
and hits than his opponent.
Even the Prayer Faiied
But Friday II was different sol"
evidently didn't have a thing In the
world hut his glove. the old. worn
out Indian sign and fervent prayer.
And the glove and Indian sign
wouldn't work and the prayer was
unanswered by tho good Lord, or
whoever II might have been directed
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Anyway TO make n bloodcurdllng
story short and sweet. the oilers
jumped al Mr.. Salisbury with hob.
nailed boots on all feet and gave
him an unnerciful doubling in the
Two and fraction Innings he
worked. Every Offering he served
UP was promptly Knocked back at
him. Base hits came 80 fast and
furious that the scorers had a hard
time keeping track of them. After
hve resounding hits had been ma d.
or him In the first. three more In
the second and Quart had opened
the third with n terrific double To
the deepest corner OF left center.
Sol was waved TO the showers, and
Herb Hall. who had pitched well
and hard but to no avail in the
first frame, was trotted out 70 as.
sume the heavy burden. The Oiler,
had made their nine hits off Sails
GDlInt 20 All
runs o. good time certainly wa,
enjoyed by all present. 1t was some
tnlng the fans had been waiting or
Tor, almost three years. iWthou
stretohing the truth the least bit Al
may be said that joy reigned un.
confined.
Bennett, Etc, Etc, Etc.
now that the Salisbury load !,
or our mind 1t might he we'll I,
get back to the double header.
Herschel Bennett. who is goinl
10 make Springfield, Mo. fam6u,
by having the privilege of copfinl
from thete, enjoyed one OF tn
greatest days II was ever the pri
vilege OF young athlete. wearin,
Tulsa uniform-or any other uni
Tor, for that matterA-to enjoy. Brief
~, Bennett got seven hits ana SCORED
seven runs out of eight, times a
bat In the double pastime. IL,
reached first base nine times ou
OF 10 trials. getting base on bail
and being hit by the pitcher in ad
dition TO his seven safe wallops. Tn,
only Time during the day that n
falled to cross the initial sack Il
sstety was In the fourth inning o
the first game when he struck oll
after hitting a two-base foul. a mile
a-mlnuto down the right field line
Ows thNt, Pauline, for a lead -of
mans record with the willow 4
one sunshiny afternoon? We won
express any opinion on IL. We sim
ply leave it with you.
Hits Pair OF Homcrs.
Bennetts attack didn't do the mo
rale OF the Denver cub any good
III the Grizzlies had anything sue
as morale in their repertoire. II
didn't do a thing 10 tha first ba
pitched by Herb Hall In the fir,
inning of tho first game, not a thin
except knock 1t out of sight on
line drive over the centerfield fenc,
He saved up his next homo run fc
the first inning of the second gam,
This time he let the first ball q
by. seeing that is was high and out
side. But tho second Offering ,
salisbury he found to his liking, an
ne ala with IL Just what he had don
with Mr.. Halls intended puzzle
lie also got three-bagger in tn
second game.
In addition to his remarkabI
stick work, Bennett ranged in le
E field like an old-time Texas range
covering bit OF the border wher
MeSicans were supposed to be cluI
tering up the landscape. IIe lope
about on the grassybank with reCk
less abandon and paid absolutely n
attention to the foul line. Her
there and yonder IN left field an
vicinity he grabbed total of /
files out of the pure and clean ozon
we could go on indefinitely writin
about Bennett But let's give III
other boys a chance.
FIRST Game ~ Real Rattle.
prank Thompson, whose thr,
sacrifice hits three times move
Bennett nm in a position to scor,
Lyman Lamb, whose two time
singles scored badly needed run
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