The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-07
OILERS PLAYING (
GOOD BALL, BUT
HURLERS FIZzLE.
First in Fielding, Home
Runs, Total Bases, But
Down in Standing

BY r. A. BRIDGEwATER. '
First in fielding.
First in batting.
First in home runs.
First in total bases.
Second In two-base hits.
All reads good, but
Tied for seventh place with Des
Moines In the standing OF the ciubs
That's the sad predicament OF the
Tulsa Oilers at this writing, said
predicament being revealed by the
official Western league averages
which will be found elsewhere on
these pages.
No Mystery at All
Just TO solve a mystery right quick
and avoid lot of juggling OF figures,
speSulating, guessing, etc. Wen tell
you where the trouble IL. It's In
the pitching-end that's no new
story by any means. Just take a
slant at the pitching records to he
found somewhere in this vicinity
also. You'll observe that none OF our
boxmen IS near the top. Haughland,
the leader. had amassed a record OF
three won and one lost when the
Wednesdays game, and he has since
won and lost. making his record
four and two. He is our only win
ming pitcher. Lukanovic has won a
pair and lost the same number.
Boehler has won two and lost three.
Trentman and Richmond have won
none and lost q pair each and AL
banese. no longer with the team,
lost one without winning.
Not only have our pitchers man.
aged to lose. but they've lost despite
the making OF Wholesale numbers Of
runs for them. They've been ham
mered. Since these records were COM
piled. for instance. Omaha slaugh-
tered us Friday. IL to 10.
A Merry Batting Race.
Standing fifth In batting with
team average of .2S2, the Oilers lead
Sioux City. Denver and Des Moines.
In fielding the Oilers and Sioux City
each are rated .962. but Tulsa Is
placed on top because of having had
more chances.
Wichita, oklahoma City and 81.
Joseph are having a merry race Of
1t for the batting leadership. The
witches are setting the pace with
$40, principally through the ter
rifle slugging OF Carl East who has
laced out 32 hits in 67 times at bat
for a percentage of AIS. The regu-
lars pressing him closest are Manush
OF Omaha and Elsh of Sioux City
with APT each. Oklahoma City is
only a point behind Wichita in team
batting with .309 and the pace max
ing Saints are close up with 1907.
Then there is a big drop to Omaha
with .291 and Tulsa with .2s2. Sioux
City with .273, Des Moines .254 and
Denver .2t9 make up the rest.
Yank Our Best Sticker.
The veteran Iank\Davis Is doing
the best stick work for the Oilers.
betting the apple at n $50 CHIP.
and Herschel Bennett come next and
| are close up among the league lead
ers with 1866 and 1851.
Aside from the fine hitting OF our
big three" however, there is little
TO boast about in the Oiler hitting,
as the next regular. in the list is
Paddy Bauman with an average OF
,271. then Frank Thompson with
1858. All other members of the Tulsa
squad are below the $50 mark save
Haugland. who. in seven games. is
| hitting .375.
Davis is still showing the way TO
the home run bitters OF the league,
having increased the number of his
circuit smashes by one to a total OF
seven since the averages were last
compiled. His teammate Bennett
Is tied for runner-up with Washburn
OF Wichita with five, and Thompson
OF Tulsa is next with four. East Of
wichita. Manush of omaha. Wagner
or Des Moines and Wilder of Omaha
have three each.
! Allen OF Oklahoma City continues
to rank the pitchers. with five won
ana none lost. Several other hurlers
are yet to taste defeat, including
games of last Wednesday. Hovlik of
81. Joseph being the closest win
four victories.