The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-25

First off. Kari Black and Paul
Musssr locked horns In an exciting
pitching duel, with runs few and
far between for both teams Then
these sterling hutlers were relieved
IN what ordinarily would he the
closing stages Of n game. The ro-
suit was a bombsrdment OF seliars
by Tulsa and Lukanovic by Wichita.
and at the enc Of nine innings the
Berger and Lellvolt clans found
themselves tied at 10-all, with
ANDY Gump" Mcdonald hurting
for the witches and George Boeh-
ler on the firing line for the oilers.
Ensued a sensational box duel be-
tween these two stars, which was
broken up in the sixteenth when
Boehier weakened and his support
cracked all at once and three Izzios
chased across the pan. McDowel's
double, singles by Mcdonald and
Smith, an error by Lclivelt and an
tnfield safety by Washburn account
ed for the three markers that broke
up the historic engagement. DUSK
was rapidly settling over the field
when the oilers went 10 bat for the
last time, and, discouraged by the
InTte~IuH sthu wv hee''"
anassed they were powerless In the
final frame.
Real Blow 20 the Oilers.
The victory gave Wichita two out
OF three games In tho series. IL was
n disastrous occasion FOR the Ollers
.n more ways than one. IL put
them two fun games behind Wichi-
"a for third place, and the sacrifice
OF Black and Boehler means Lel-
volts boys enter the tour-game
reries with the league-leading Saints
Thursday afternoon with serious
shortage OF dependable pitching IN
the old gripsaok.
with the l6-inning Victory hang
inE to their belts, the warriors OF
Berger and 1sbell left Tulsa In
much happier mood than they ar
rived four dayA ago. They had
revenge for the two.out-of-three the
O,lers had grabbed from them at
Wichita, and they departed Tor
mlncemeat out OF the slumplng
Indians.
Oilers Outbat the Champs.
Although thcy couldn't win It ths
Oilers outhIt the champions. 20 tt
"a, but while Black. Lukanovic ant
Boehler were giving nine bases OF
balls the threc Wichita pitchers al
lowed only five. Boehler famed
seven men and Black four TO two FOL
Musscr and the same number foi
Mcdonald. East. Davis. Baumar
and washburn all were hit b,
pitched balls. Tex Crosby led both
teams in the number OF hits, gettins
five safe ones in eight attempts.
six double plays were made durinf
the battle, three by ench team
Lamb and Bauman negotiated on'
Of Tulsa's, while the Thompson-to
Bauman-to Lelivelt combination nc
counted for the other two. Eas
and Mcdowell turned In one 10,
wichita, and Berger. washburn ant
Mcdowell the other two.
The game lasted three hours an'
10 minutes. being the longes
struggle at the local lot in more thai
year.
Lambs Work the Feature.
While whole newspaper pag'
would hardly afford enough space
10 describe the myriad plays and sit
nations tina. came up In the memor
able battle, and therefore II Is hes
not to attempt to enumerate all IN
star performances or designate IN
stellar performers in toto, the wori
OF one member OF the Oiler faml
In particular was so brilliant that
can't be passed up. That man
Lyman Lamb who cavorts in center
field
Think OF an outfielder In as sma
a field as she center range at Nc
Nulty park accumulatinS an eve
dozen putouts in game, to ga
nothing OF one assist. That's who
Lamb did. Twelve blows pulled OF
of the air In single game. Som
s.E \ u "a MIA =
were positively marvellous. one {
these was In the third Inning. MC
Dowell opened this round for Wicf
tia with a double to center. MENU
lin then drove fly to Lamb. Mui
ser. the Wichita pitcher, whange
out a terrific line drive TO center ths
had a two-base ticket on IL II eve
wallop carried one. mcdowell
confident that IL was a hit, spe
toward third. Lamb started with IN
crack OF the bat and tore at .he spt
where he hoped TO connect with th
liner. Within a few feet Of the ba
he dived forward ana speared II 4
and rolling JSer twice. i. was
cinch 10 double Mcdowell after tn
catch, for the haserunner was we
past third by this time, having la
not the slightest idea that Lam
way, flied TO Lamb three time
Smith, Blakesly and Mcdowell gay
him two each, while Berger. Hale
and McMullin drove one each to q
same vicinity.
Lamb didn't call it days VOL
with 10 chances accepted in Il
field. He walked the first time 1
and scored, singled the second tin
and registered. reached first on d
error the fourth trip and crasht
out a home run with two mates {
ahead OF him on his fifth attemr
Certainly IL was not his fault u
team couldn't win.
Game a See-Saw Affair.
II was a see-saw game, marked I
frequent hitting and bits OF zoo
pitching in the early innings whi
Black and Musser were hurln
washburn's single and Mcdowell
double gave the Izzies one In Il
first. Then Lellyelts hoys forg,
one ahead in the second on a ha
on balls TO Lamb, singles by Ba
man and Crosby and an infield o,
The Oilers increased their adva
tage In the fourth. when hits