The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-21


The first game. as thrilling a bat
te as was ever fought in a Western
league park, marked the thirty-first
victory OF the season for George
Boehler, the leagues premier hurl-
or More than that. Il witnessed
the first triumph of the year Of the
oilers over speedy Dan Tipple, who
up to today had vanquisied the
oilers four times and on no less
than three occasions had taken the
measure OF Boehler who has lost
but 10 games all year In the Sec
ond game a debonair young chap.
by the name of Hollis Mclaughlin.
fed the Buffalo herd from the palm
of his good right hand all the way.
turning them back from the plate in
every session while his teammates
romped on Joe Daley and Clarence
Darrough for sextet OF markers.
Won I'm the Ninth.
The Oilers won the first game
IN the ninth inning after trailing
from the third, scoring the tieing
and winning runs after two were out
on n pair of slashtng hits and n
gorgeous error by whitley" Gisla
SON They won Il after terrible
mental lapse by George McGinnis.
coaching at third, almost had
spoiled the day,
Entering the ninth n run behind
and with Triple hurting in mag
nificeHt fashion. II looked like Lell
vet's merry lads we're due for an
other trimming at the hands Of the
veteran. Yank Davis. who. hasn't
made a hit off Tipple all year, led
of with a weak fly to left which
Apperson gathered. Yank had
famed the other two times he faced
Triple. Lyman Lamb, who also had
been soft pickings for Crafty Tlpple,
gritted his teeth and determined 10
shake off the ink. He tore of a
ripping single between second and
third and the fast vanishing Tulsa
hopes revived little. Skipper
Lelivelt. who had hit viclously all
day, failed this once. falling a
strick-out victim. and again Tulsa s
chances seemed about wiped out.
But good old Paddy Bauman re-
fused to take the count from Triple
or anybody else. He met one OF
Dams smoking fast ones right on the
nose, driving the ball between the
center and right fielders for as
pretty n two-base hit as ever was
made on n ball field. with the fleet
Lamb off at the crack of the bat,
II was n doubie-leaded clnch he
would score from first and tie the
count.
McGinnis Pulls Boncr.
II was at this critical stage that
McGlnnis made his colossal blunder
that almost cost the Oilers a bril-
liant victory. MAC" II must be re-
membered was coaching at third. As
Lamb came tearing around the hot
corner headed for home and under
full steam, McGlnnis for some unac-
countable reason held up both hands
and stopped him at third.
A groan OF despair won. up from
the Oiler bench and a howl OF de-
light from the Jammed grandstand.
Two out, and the tying run on third
base when IL should have been over
the plate and safely chalked up on
the score books.
Only n miracle could save the OIL
ers. for all the life had been taken
out OF them by the coaching Mer-
kle. But as a miracle was needed,
so one transpired stuart dumped
drooper toward Gislason the ball
striking the dirt and "Whitey's"
glove almost at the same time. Gis-
lason failed 10 hold the elusive
horsehide. and as he iuggled It Lamb
raced over the plate and Bauman
tore around third. Gislason finally
recovered the ball and threw Ia
tirst, just an instant too late to catch
Stuart, and in the meantime Bau-
man dashed over with the run that
put Tulsa in the lead.
with defeat thus turned into VIC
tory at the last moment. BoehleI
heaved his fast one by the Buff
handily In the last OF the ninth. and
he battle was over.
Opened spectaculariy.
The first few innings OF the frs
game were almost as exciting as tht
ninth, filled with sparkling fielding
plays ard smashing base hits. The
Buffaloes hit Boehler hard in tht
'irst and third innings when they
!cored all their runs. three in each
only gilt-edged support prevented
hem from getting more But afte1
The third Boehler settled down an(
pitched invincible ball. The only
{ame the Bluffs came near counting
itter the third was in the eight
when Apperson opened with a triple
But Boehler caused Wilcox to POI
20 Thompson and then famed Spen
Ger and Triple.
Okrie started for Omaha and wa
greeted with a round of applaus
oy the oilers who took to his south
paw offerings like a brood of bah
9ucklings to pool Of clear water
IN the first two innings they hit
Eolley Of line drives at the variou
Omaha fielders, only Leiivelt an
Bennett getting hits when a hal
9o2en others should have had blowl
bot In the third they started goin
saie. and almost before Tipple coul
0e warmed up, driving singles b
boehler, Bennett and Thompson an
long double by Davis had tied tn
score al three-all with Davis on sec
a ohd and mono out. Tipple went
ana Davis scored on Lambs sacrl
nee and Lelivelt's single. Bauma
,t sso singled but Stuart famed 10
me third out
Pitchers Battle
AS the Bluffs scored their secon
t,lo OF runs In the third, the gam
ppecame pitchers battle betwee
hoehler and Tipple. and II move
ohB without any more scoring b
amer side with the score to
S0naha, until the sixth when III
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