The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-18
Saints Broke Even.

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ing a double-header.
Saints Broke Even.
when the oilers won and the
Saints broke even Sunday. Tulsa 3
lead in the pennant race mounted
to nine and half games. Thus
the championship for the year be-
came a mathematical certainty for
the oilers, for IL Tulsa should lose
all of its eight remaining games and
StA Joe should win the nine left on
It's schedule. Tulsa still would have
margin of one full game.
To George Boehler. premier pitch
er of the Western league for all
time and the man who has pitched
Tulsa to the championship. went the
honor of hurting the gamo that
gave the oil city entrant a cinch on
the title. II was Boehler's thirty
seventh victory Of the season and
one of the best pitched he has turned
in all year. After singles by Moore
and Felber and Ginglardfs terrific
smash over the score board had
given Oklahoma City a three-run
lead in the first inning. Boehler put
on the brakes and blanked the Saw
ages the rest OF the way allowing
but three scattered hits in the eight
remaining innings.
Give Vets q Rest.
Now that the pennant may be con-
sdereG nailed TO the flagpole at
McNulty park, Manager Lelivelt
plans to give some of the veterans
who have come through so brilliant
ly all year a little well-earned rest,
Tex Crosby. Paddy Bauman, frankie
Thompson. Yank Davis, the skipper
himself and others probably will be
in the lineup only every other day
for the next half dozen games. Then.
few days before the big series be-
tween Tulsa and Fort Worth or
Mobile opens, Lelivelt will have the
regular lineup back intact, so that
It may be travelling at top speed
when the supreme test for the class
A championship comes.
Congratulations poured in 10
Manager Jack Lelivelt Sunday night
when the news came that st. Joseph
had split even while Tulsa won and
the pennant race Has ended save for
the formality Of playing out the
schedule. President Crawford OF
the oilers, Business Manager Friel,
newspaper men and others kept the
happy pilots phone buzzing almost
continually for hours. President
Belden of st. Joseph whose team set
TO fall far behind later telegraphed
congratulations.
Came 10 In Third.
The oilers set about winning the
game that gave them the title In a
confident and businesslike manner.
Turned back hitless BY Payne in the
first two innings, they came to life
in the third and began the attack
that soon forced Payne to the show
ers and put the game on ice.
Boehler himself played the major
role in the first Tulsa rally After
McGinnis had walked and Crosby
had famed in the third Boehler
smashed a triple 10 deep right pro-
ducing the first Tulsa run, and
George himself romped in a mo-
ment later on Benefits single 10
center.
Featured at Bat.
A hit by Boehler also inaugurated
the cluster of safeties that accounted
for five Oiler tallies In the fifth and
sent Payne from the hilltop. Crosby
led off with a walk and Boehler
drove a double to left, putting run
ners on second and third with none
passed, filling the bases. Thompson
lifted a short fly to Bristow. but
Yank Davis came through with the
hit that decided the game, a double
10 center that cleaned the bases and
put the oilers in the van with plenty
of runs TO win. Lambs triple. Leli-
velt's single and Baumans two
baser brought the rest OF the five
runs over. Payne left during this
onslaught and Lefty" Pierce fin
ished the game In fairly good form.
though four one-base drives in the
sixth manufactured two more Tulsa
runs.
The oilers have an off day Mon
day before going TO Wichita TO open
the farewell road trip of the season.
The boys plan to take in the Jop-
An-Sapulpa game at McNulty park.