The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-21
OILERS PLAY 90
OF THEIR NEXT "A
GAMESAT HOME
Return to McNulty Park
Today on Crest of a
Winning Wave

Returning TO McNulty park on the
crest OF wave OF success that has
swept them TO victory In six of their
seven games on the road, the oilers
open a home stand Sunday that their
followers hope will establish them
well in the pennant hunt. II they
beat wichita In the opener today
they Will be champions for third
place.
Except for a four-game series at
st. Joe Jure I, 2, 3 and four. the
Oilers are at home from now until
July 2, playing 40 OF the next a.
games at the local lot. In this long
stand at home they meet every club
in the league, being host to Wichita.
st. Joe and Oklahoma City twice.
Here's how the oiler schedule
runs until Jolly 8:
with Wichita here May cf, -.
%, 20.
st. Joe, May 25, 28, 81. rs.
Oklahoma City. May 20, 80. 81
double header Decoration day..
Then. four with st. Joe at st.
joe.
With Omaha here June @, rs.
Denver, June o. 10. II, IL.
Des Moines, June 13. II, is. 10.
Sioux City, June II, fS, 10, 90.
Oklahoma City, June 81, -, 23,
-.
Sc. Joe, June IS, 90. 81, rs.
Wichita, June 20, 30, July 1, 2.
The oilers success on the road
was due to the medley OF base hits
the boys drove out In almost every
game. Without attempting TO ana
| lyze the long road trip, suffice 1t to
say that Lelivelt's clan won II and
lost nine principally by hard and
timely hitting. They scored 152 runs,
or an average of more than seven a
game, while their opponents regis
tered 1924.
Lelivelts road triumph came in
the late stages of the foreign inva-
sion. At the opening of the jaunt
around the circuit the team could
not get started. and met defeat at
the hands of Sioux City in two
games out of three. the scores being
4-2 and 6-4 in the games lost, while
| the oilers grabbed the closer, SD
| Reverse also met the boys at Des
| Moines where they lost three out
| of four the Boosters winning 3-2
9-6. and 1914. and again taking
the closer, 12-1. IL was this lop-
sided victory over the -Des Moiners
that seemed to get the gang started
They went on to Omaha ard dropped
the first game. l0-11. In 10 innings
but then grabbed a doubleheader, s
to and to 4. At Denver the Oil
ers got away TO a good start, win
ming the opener. 11-3. but bad breaxs
and unfavorable weather cost them
the next two games. Denver winning
1911 and I1-7.
Finishing in the north Jack Leli.
welt brought his brigade TO the
southern circuit, and 1t was in thi,
last lap of the invasion that they hit
their real stride. At Wichita the,
won the first two games. ia and
So. and then Boehler lost a hare
battle, GIT. Then came the CLOSING
series with the old rivals at Okla.
homa City. the Oilers sweeping the
series, 9-S, 6-3. 1914 and 17-1i.
The pitching of George Boehlei
and Earl Black, the southpaw pur.
chased from Des Moines, has been the
brightest delivered by any of the
boxmen. Boehler has been going re.
Gently. He didn't start in the Okla.
homa City series. but went in to I'm.
ish up and hold a winping lead ir
the last two encounters. Black
has turned In three victories since
joining the Oilers, beating wichits
and Oklahoma City. His last two
games were especially commendable