The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-25


own stomping grounds some =
Set for Saints.
with the redskins thug disposed
OF In such suappy style the oilers
arc an got for the crucial series
opening at McNulty park Sunday
afternoon with ST. Joseph. II the
teams confidence was shaken In the
least by The setback at tho hands ni
tho Sioux city packcrs---the only
rrNoren sustained thus flr In the
present home stand--lt has been
well braced by the success against
Hollands tribe, and tho boys enter
the test with the league paccmakcrs
certain OF their ability to take care
OF themselves and determined 10 re-
duce the gap between first and soc
oud place In the next four days.
George Boehler. who has won II
games this soason and IL showing
the way In number of victories To
all pitchers OF the league. Is prlmod
10 release his repertoire OF puZzlcrs
against the Missourians In tho OPEN
er while Lefty Bird, who was van
quishcd by BOohler ia recently at
st. Joseph looks like the most prob
able selection for the visitors.
rally In seventh.
Despite the uneven score at tho
finish, Saturdays contest was any
thing but a walkover FOR the oilers.
For seven and two-thirds innings II
was an alright box duel between
Carl Black of Tulsa and George
Payne OF Oklahoma city. The OIL
ers were leading by tho narrow
margin OF 2 runs to l until n ter
rifle batting rally was uncorked with
two down in the eighth and five
more tallies were ahooed over as n
medley OF baBchits dotted the land
Bcape in all sections OF the lot.
The eighth inning onslaught
seemed intended for the especial
benefit of Herschel Bennett, Oiler
lcftfielder. who up to Saturday had
hit safely In 22 consecutive games
but though II brought him to the
plate II second time IN the same
chapter It didn't enable Benny to
deliver the twonty-third atraight.
Smnshcs CobbIcd.
Before the eighth. Bennle had
been up three times and had
hands of waiting Indian fielders.
Dame Fortune. It seemed, was
frownlng on him for the day. In
the first inning Bennett drove n hot
grounder to Mcdaniel. In the third,
after hitting n two-base foul down
the rightfield line that missed being
fair only by inches, he grounded to
Kruger who accepted difficult
chance to retire him, In the nth
he hit sizzling line drive to left
that the wind looped about until
Middleton was able TO field Il.
In the eighth Bennett led off and
as tho Oilers were ahead IL looked
like his last chance at bat. He
popped to Mann. Thompson ground
ed TO Kruger for the second out.
A break then gave Tulsa a start
Davis grounded In Kreuger's direc-
tion and It seemed certain tho side
would be retired. but tho ball took
an unexpected bound and went over
Kruegers shoulder, going for two
base hit. The Oilers then greeted
Payne like a long lost brother
Stuart smashed single to center
scoring Davis. Luke going to second
on the throw-in. Lamb singled scor-
ing stuart and Baumnn doubled
counting Lamb. BY this time the
crowd was taking the rally seriously
and fans and players alike were
pulling for enough hits to bring
Bennett up again. Lellvelt kept
things going by singing to center,
counting Bauman. and Crosby, after
foullng several, smacked one
baser TO right, scoring his skipper
who had stolen second. Black
brought the spectators TO their feet
when he made the seventh straight
hit, II being a single to center, and
Bennett was given an ovation as he
went to tho plato for the second
time in the inning.
Failed 10 Land.
All during the series Ginglardi, an
outfielder filling in at third, had ex-
perienced difficulty In fielding
bunts, and Bennett twice tried 10
lay one down the third base line,
but fouled. Then he had to hit 1t
out. Everybody thought he had de-
livered when he crashed a drive
toward first, but n groan went up az
the ball passed the bag foul by q
foot or two. This seemed to take the
life out Bennett. too. Payne's
next offering was over the plate and
Bennett went for It, the result being
weak inrield fly that Mcdaniel
took, Thus was the young gardeners +
long hitting streak broken. To the
spectators it seemed the irony of
fate that bennett should bc the
only man I'm the Tulsa lineup not
to hit safely. IL also was recalled
that BENEFITS other streak OF con-
Bccutive hitting was broken IN a
game his teammates won, the occa
SION utlIk lllf hlN AT 0AH LNE'pli
whenBoehler triumphed over Bird
10 0. I'm a mound battle.
The steady pitching OF Black, who
won his second game OF the series
and was robbed OF shut-out by
Jimmy Longs homer in the eighth
and the hitting of several oilers
were features. Black was touched
rather freely IN the early innings
but was tight with men on base, and
IL was In the eighth with two down
that Long smote the ball far over
the fence for oklahoma City's lone
run. While It did no damage this
homer made the fans recall that II
was a home run by the same mar
that beat Black In l0-inninp
game on Oklahoma City's last ap.
pcarance here before the series Just
closed.
Smuggling Stars.
Frank Thompson, Luxe Stuart
Lyman Lamb aud Paddy Bnumar
were the star clouters for the Oilers
Thompson got a pair of singles or
his first two attempts and his homt
run In the seventh proved the win
ming run, stuart hit for three out O
four including double, Lamb go
two hits and pair OF sacrifices ant
both of Bauman's hits figured In IN
scoring.