The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-01
MANAGER NIEH0FF
CONFIDENT TEAM
WILL GET GOING
Bear Skipper Says His
Boys VIII Win; Must
3 Cop Today or Fail

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Tho oilers outclnfs their Dixie
rivals from Mobile!
Al least that be- Tho Impression
gained from tho first Two games ct
the class a champlansnlp tilt
In fielding. hitting, pitching In
everything in f1Ct--tho Western
League champions seem 'n huvo the
edge ON tho doughty N'nunmons.
on course team always looks
good whom ~ ie winning and the
other team generally looks bad when
So ST. losing
But the general makeup of the
Ollorg appears upcrlOr 90 that ~
their rivals. such wnR the verdict ~
nearly everybody you could hear dis
cusslng the teams ara the games
after saturday. slaughter ~ Mobile
oilers Confident
WIN two rauou under th0lr hHits
with the whole team on frcnzicd
hitting sprce. with ponforth and
Bnehler resting after winning their
games, ana with practically the en-
tire Mobile pitching staff nlguRh
tered. the Oilers arc confident or
defeating the Bears four straight ARA
ending the series before Niohoffa
men recover from tho shock OF Fri
days and Saturdays roverscs.
Every Oiler from Manager I."iivelt
down to bat boy will 10 out to Me
Nulty park this afternoon deter
mined TO make Il three In n row.
Tho boys believe that either Lefty
John Russell or Hollis Mclaughlin.
one OF whom IN expected 20 pitch for
Tulsa can deliver the goods. And
then Danforth Monday Rt Dallas.
The way they look at Il tho series
uiready ir iu.
But there's ono angle that can't
ho overlooked. That IN that Fort
worth hnd Mobile IN tho samo hole
the OilVs now have them. And
Mobile pgillcd out and finally won.
THAT shows the Bears must he
rcckonca w!th un.n fear games are
won. They are not qultters.
Manager Bert Nlehoff did not an
pear discouraged last night. lie
Thought the breaks were against the
Bears Friday whom they lost, al
though outhittlng the Oilers. Sat
urdny no knew. Il was simply a
ease OF his pitchers being iambasted
while his hittcrs wero helpless
against Boehler.
l"We'li como back Just like we ala
against Fort Worth" said Nlehoff.
See II am not right. This series
IS anything but over. Tho Bears all
year have been n ball club that could
come from behind. They play best
whom II looks like they are beaten.
Remember. we came from 10 games
behind Memphis to win the pennant
and our record against Fort
Worth II more recent. Wait tn the
series is over before you name the
winner"
Thare was one thing about Satur-
days game that was noticeable. That
was the absence OF tho continual ex-
aiming OF the ball on request OF
tho Mobile players. Not once did n
Mobile batsman kick on goehier's
delivery or request that tho ball be
inspected. once or twice Umpire
Hlll brennan OF the Southern nsso-
oiation who was behind the plnte
did take tho bail and look IL over.
but each tlmo he threw the same
ono back 20 Boehler. Big George
didn't try TO do anything Illegal TO
tho ball. He doesn't need to.
The fact that tho ball was not un-
der suspicion did q whole lot to
speed up the game. Saturdays com
test, despite the free-hitting VI tho
oilers. was played I'm one hour and
90 minutes which IN pretty fast for
a post season contest where all tho
players go about their work DELHI
cca'elS. BOchlor 10 a fast working
pitcher Mt all times. and Saturday
was no exception.
Bennett leads the Tulsa players in
numDer or hits for the series BEN
ME has made seven safe one. in nine
trials In two games, He In cloaely
pressed for honors by Manager Leli-
volt who has made ak and Frank
Thompson with five.
Indications are that A rerord
crowd will see sundays game. There
was n great demand for reservations
Saturday, most OF tho reserved seats
aud boxes being gone before Salur-
day night, Tho chances are tho larg-
&c crowd that ever saw n ball game
lT'Tulsa viii DO out.
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