The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-27
DANF0RTH WINS
HIS End START
FOR TULSA CLAN
Double-header on Deck
with Sioux Trip This
Afternoon
by Il. \. BRIDGEwATER

(sporting Editor Of The Wor!d)
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Aug 26.-
Dave Danforth, the willy sOuthpaw,
Knocked Dan Triple off the throne
as western league strike-out king
this afternoon when he famed 10
Packers. Dawes deceptive shoots
md slants had the Mattick crew
completely bamboozled. In three
different innings he whitfield three
batsmen, the first, fourth and sew
enth.
In the meantime the oilers were
lambasting Jack Tesar all over the
lot. getting no less than 10 safe
. swats of mis- delivery and winning
the game with ease, II TO 4.
Dcthroncs Tipple.
Before today Triple had the best
strlke-out record of the present
Western league campaign with Il
for q nine inning game. George
Boehler of the oilers had famed l2
and 13 several times. Danforth ac-
complished today's feat in the face
OF what seems to be great odds. for
with eight righ-hand hitters in the
lineup the Packers presented an ap-
pearance indeed formidable TO n
southpaw pitcher. Only Ostergard
Of the nine Packers in the field
swung from the port side OF the
plate. Right-hand hitters are sup
posed to be tough plckings for the
southpaw hurlers, but Dave appar-
entity knew nothing about this.
Big Frank Metz, the Packer clean
UP man and Pug" Shangling, back
stop. were the only Packers not to
. Whit the ozone at least once, Eleh
star hitter of the Sioux, famed three
1.ss11
and swinging for every strike. Jack
Tesar fell victim the same number
OF times. Hemingway who pro-
duced Sioux City's first two runs
with a pair of homers over the left
field fence, became easy prey for
Danforth in the later innings. fan
ming twice. Hamilton, Palmer and
Ostergard also struck out twice
while manager Chick" Mattick
managed to scrape with q single
strike-out charged TO him.
Danforth looked better in the box
than at any time since he Joined the
oilers His fast ball had a battling
hop on It and his hooks were break
ing sharply. His control was excel
lent. Tex Crosby remarked before
the game as Dave was warming up
that he certainly had a world of
stuff.
Won II Early.
The Oilers won the game in the
early innings when they hammered
Tesar numerically. They started it
in the first when Davis walked with
two down and singles by Lamb and
Lelyelt sent him home. But It was
In the second that they slaughtered
the Packers and salted the game
down. McGinnis led off with n base
on balls, and after Crosby had sent
long fly to Mattick, Danforth, Ben
nett, Thompson and Davis singled
IN order. This produced two runs
and left the bases full, Bennett
then scored az Lamb was being
thrown out, Tesar then uncorked
bit of strategy as two men were out
walking skipper Lelivelt 20 get n
shot at Paddy Bauman. The wis
dom OF this move was Immediately
justified. for the best Bauman could
do was TO tear off a double tosdeep
center that cleaned the bases. Nc
Ginnis. batting for the second time
in the inning, singled, scoring Bau-
man with the seventh run. Crosby
ended the egony by sending Il fly
10 right,
Continued Rampage.
The Oilers continued TO bat freely
throughout the game and before the
end of the fourth inning every man
in the lineup including the battery,
had connected safely. They prob
ably could have made plenty more
runs had they been needed. But
took many chances on the bases with
the game on ice. Bennett, Davis,
Lamb and Bauman were tied for hit
ting honors with three apiece.
Bennett, who was in a slight bat
Ming slump Just before the team left
home, has been hitting like fiend
the last few days.
He got five hits In five times VI
the last day at Denver, three out OF
four yesterday here, and three out
OF five today. Lellvelt and Baumar
also are hitting the horsehide on the
well-known nose. Davis has beer
off his stride the last few days, but
looked better today.