The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-04
TULSA-MOBILE GO
IL INNINGS FOR
DRAW IN DALLAS
Bears and Oilers Move to
Mobile for Balance
Of Big Series


is none other than manager Jack |
Lelivcit himself who came up IN the |
eighth with two men uut. Thompson |
on third and the oilers run behind |
ana cracked out clean single To |
center that resulted In q tie score.
After Dave Dauforth and Joe |
AcOstn had started the game 1t de- |
vcloped later into a pitchers battle |
between George BOchleT ana Henry. !
Henry who was huttcd from the box |
twice by the oilers In the first two |
games OF the series went In In the |
third after Acosta had been lift hard |
for thToo runs I'm the first two In.
nlnga and held Tulsa TO a lone run !
for tho remaining ton innings Of the |
game. lie pitched well though |
weakening somewhat late ln the
game and was given remarkable
support by hiH teammates. superb
fielding by Mullen, Cucto and Me-
hoff frequently saved Henry from
disaster.
Tho Bears dld not have all the
glory 80 far as the defensive work
was concerned, the oilers also field
ed errorlessly ana Luke Stuart. who
was scnt 10 play shortstop In the
place ot MuGiunis. made some spec
taculnr stops and throws Paddy
Bauman ALSO fieldcd in his usual
Terrible Base Running.
The Oilers would certainly have
won the game once and might have
won II on several occasions but for
terrible base running. In the seventh
they pulled tho almost impossible
feat OF setting double and two
| singles In succession without scoring.
Stuart led off with Il double. but was
caught mapping of second by n snap
I . o.. 4.
out by feet. Then Crosby singled.
McGinnis pinch hitting for Dan
forth singled to deep right center
ana was thrown out at second Try
/ Ing 20 stretch q. lie cnuld have made
II 10 second easily, hut for stopping
for "A moment at first. Then Bennett
grounded out aud three consecutive
hits were thus wasted. After the
oilers had passed up such n brilliant
opportunity To score It looked like
Mobile would surely win. hut II was
not 80 ordained by the gods
II manager Niehoff Of Mobile had
left Joe AcOsta In the box very
long Tulsa would have had such "a
big lead soon that the game would
have been on ice. The oilers Rcorcd
trio runs off the Cuban In the
first two innings hitting him solldly
TO all corners.
In the first Bennett walked and
Thompson sacrificed. Davis then hit
the first ball pitched over the right
field wall. scoring IA pair OF runs. In
the second Stuart singled with one
out and after Crosby had flied to
| right Dantorth doubled to the center
/ field fence, scoring stuart. Dave was
out on a close play trying TO stretch
the blow to n triple.
| Nichuff then sent Henry TO the
| mound and the big southpaw for
| once was right But with Danforth
| pitching IN great form It looked like
Tulsa's three-run lead would be suf-
| ficicnt.
Only ~ mon faced Danforth IN
| the first four innings. HUM. who
| singled in the third being the only
| Mobile player to reach first base in
that period, In the fifth r. Williams
hit one over the right field fence
| for Mobiles first run and second
hit The next three men were out In
| order and II stlll looked like Tulsa's
lead of 81 was ample.
But In the sixth the Bears came
out OF II, aud an unfortunate lapse
by Tex Crosby helped them TO a
three-run rally that put them a run
to the good. Henry. first up. was
thrown out by stuart on brilliant
play, But II, Williams took one in
the ribs and the fireworks were
lighted. Cutie" Cueto then popped a
sky-high foul 10 the right OF the
catcher. Lellvelt came rushing over
Il, but Crosby shouted that he had
10. Tex then proceeded TO let the ball
fall right In front OF him without
getting his hands on Il. II hit In
fair territory but bounded foul
Cueto. overjoyed at this unexpected
second chance. then singled sharply
To center and ~. Williams raced to
third. ON the throw to third Cueto
went 10 second. Dauforth purposely
passed Niehoff, filling the bases. "a
get at Mulvey. a lefthand hitter. 1t
was good strategy. but Il failed. Mul-
yev singled To left scoring II. Will
liams and Cueto, and X. williams
another southpaw hitter, singled "a
center scoring Niehoff and putting
the Bears ahead. II. Williams was
thrown out AZ second. however, try
Ing to advance on the throw-ln
! Lamb to Danforth to Bauman.
This was the last OF the Beai
{ scoring. Buehler went In In the mex
Q inning aud his opponents nevel
= threatened until the twelfth wher
! Lambs great play saved tho day.
I The oilers looked like winners II
s the seventh, but encountered tho sa,
|
}. the inning when they got the three
o straight hits 10 no avail In tn,
n eighth they managed to count tn
= tying run, Thompson led off b,
! being hit ana Davis sacrificed
4 Thompson moved TO third on Lamb
n infleld out and scored on Manage
u Lelivelts single. In the ninth Boeh
q Ter turned the Bears back In order
!. For the oilers Crosby and Boehle
A singled with two gone, but Bennett
c could do nothing better than lift
10 fly 10 u. Williams.
{ Henry singled for Mobile IN IN
L tenth with one gone, after turnlnt
@ the oilers back in order In thei
G half, but u. williams forced him a
second and was out himself trying L
steal.
4 Lellvelt opened tho eleventh 10
: Tulsa with a single but was force,
y by Bauman, and then stuart ground