The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-23
B0EHLER HURLS
MASTERLY BALL,
TEAM PERKS UP
McGinnis Starts Winning
Rally; Thompson, Le-
livelt Hit Ball Hard
ny u. 4. BRipGEwNTi.R.

part II Ine victory CAME III
the ninth inning when, with
base runners on first and sec
ond and Tulsa a run behind,
he smashed a prodigious dou-
Bile against the center-field
fence. enabling McGinnis and
Stuart to race in with the ty-
ing and winning runs. Boeh-
ler's contribution was nine
innings of brilliant pitching,
during which he famed no
less than ten Boosters. The
score was 6 to 3.
Others DO Their Part.
While Davis and Boehlcr mo-
nopolized the limclight iank or-
cupying the hero role as n result OF
sending the fans homo happy win
his timely wnllop In the ninth. SOW
oraI other Oilers must come In for
"A full share OF houors whilo they're
being passed around. In the first
place there's little George McGin-
mis- who saved his lone base hit Of
the day for the critical ninth,
smashing n single to center TO open
tho winning rally after Eddie
Spcllman, pinch hitting for Boeh-
ler had opened the inning by biting
Mt a third strike. Then there's Luke
Stuart. who, following McGinnis.
worked the crafty "Iube" Mar
shall for the only base on balls he
allowed during the game. thus get
ting the winning run on base
Earlier in the game Frank Thomp-
son had connected for n single, n
double and n triple. playing n large
part In tho scoring OF pair OF
runs, Manager Lelivelt had hit II
one-basef, a two-baser and four
baser, and Tex Crosby had con-
tributcd "A timely run-producinB
double.
Tenn On Its Toes.
Despite the fact that Bennett was
out OF the game with turned
. ankle and Lamb. tho new outfieldcr
had not arrived, the whole team
showed n complete reversal OF form.
They played snappy bali and gave
Boehler nice support. Although the
home team WAS behind until the
last ball of tho game was pitched
and had been smacked on the nose
by Davis, the contest was 30 full OF
life and so warmly fought every
inch of the way that the fans were
In "a good humor even with the score
against Tulsa. However, th!s didn't
dctract any from the Joy of the
bowling throng that filed out OF
the park at the sensational finish.
The game was IL real pitchers
hattie between Boehlcr ana Mar
shall, with both teams going. runlesss
the first three innings. me only
hit in the first third OF the game
was an infield roller that Leliyct
beat out In the second.
The Boosters made their big hid
for the game In the fourth. the only
inning in which they were able to
solve Boehler's puzzlers with any
great success. They scored four
runs on singles by Milan and Grant,
doubles by Koran and Graham and
Wagner's home run over the cen
terfield fence.
The Episode at Third Base.
A distressing decision by Umpire
Brown at third base had fully as
much to do with the Dcs Molncs
rally in this frame as did the bats
men themselves. MIN opened thl
frame with single 90 center and
Grant got hit on n bunt down tht
lllkt DhSt llUt NilANh AfNNi'''
couldn't reach in time to make thf
play. Boehler then heAved over 4
strike on Horan and Crosby whippe,
the ball TO McGinnis. trapping Mllal
prettily off second. Milan dashed
desperately for third and McGin
mis- shot the ball to Thompson
Milan overslld the bag and wa
tagged out by Thompson when a
least a foot off. but Umpire Brow
called him safe and stuck to h.
decision despite the united effort o
everybody else In the park To poin
out the error. while the excite
ment was at It's height Grant spe'
for second. but Thompson, who hel'
the ball, had his eyes wide ope
even while arguing, and threw bael
to McGinnis in time to head him on
1t was Immediately following TN
spectacle that the Boosters rompe
on Boehler. Norman smashed
double to center scoring Milan an
then counted on Graham's double 1
left. Wagoners home run followed
Graham romping In ahead. Boehle
tnsu settled down and retired th
side.
The only other Des Moines rui
came In the eighth when Gran
uOuDltu anu N'hh w
down, smashed scoring single T.
center.
Errors Starts Oilers Off,
"Rube" Marshall, who looks iik
a mighty good pitcher despite tn,
fact that he lost, held the Oiler
away from the plate until the fiftl
inning when Thompson doubled an,
Yuma dropped McGinnis' easy fly
In the sixth the oilers pulled up 4
within one run OF Des Moines' scor,
at that time by registering a pair
Bauman singled with one out an,
Grant mussed up Parker's ground
er. Thompson's single scored Bau
man and Parker was thrown out n
the plate. Tex Crosby then sen
Thompson home with double.
After Des Moines again had in
creased the lead to two by count
ing In the eighth Manager Lelivel
cut down the lead to a single ru
by opening the local half OF tn
same chapter with homo run owe
the right field fence. Thompsu
tripled with two down In tho sam
inning but Crosby couldn't deliv
again.
y Then came the hilarious ninth. q
ready described. which Witness
the departure OF the advantage fro
the Des Moines side. where II h
y rested all afternoon up to h
paint.
Th. Des Moines-Oiler series v