The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-07
OILER SLUGGERS
SLAM BALL HARD,
B0XMEN IN FORM
Bochlcr and Young Luke
Hold Drillers Down TO
Pair Of Hits
~ D. - nnInEGATEn.

Bang sNp plltulng ana crashing
hitting marked Thursdays 7-to-i
victory of the oilers over Johnny
Wu'fIIH Okmulgco Western assoCia-
liou aggregation. ~ was the first
NJ pair Of games with tho DrlllorH,
the second ~ which will be played
Friday afternoon.
George Bochlcr. nee of Jack Lcll.
vrlIa pitching staff. went into the
hilltop for the oilers at the opening
and continued his suporb work.
Blinking the visitors for the five
innings ho pitched and holding
them TO lone scratch hit Young
tDu IuknuuNIr, Toms sUufhpaW
brother then took up tho burden
ana permitted but "a single blow IN
the remaining four Cantug. a re-
sounding double ut rurpuru's bat
100 the ninth The lone run of the
Dr.llora came in tho slvih, the ro-
FuIt of q pair ~ bases ON balls by
Young Luke and. had throw TO
second by Tex crosby
one scratch Hit orr 'Bochlcr.
Buchlcr was working IN mid
season form. Not only did he have
the opposing batsmen eating out Of
his hand, but ne displayed perfect
control ana had his curves break
Ing al around the stiCkers. Tho
lone hit recorded against Boehler
came on what would have been an
easy out hut for Georges anxiety
90 cover first on a grounder fielded
by Lclivclt or Cass Todrs bat In
the second. Boehler collided with
Lcliyclt and prevented Jack from
tagging the runner. CasH Tod by
tho way. Is an elder brother Of Phil
who was hcre last year.
Good pitching was not entirely
confined to the Oilcr slnbstcrs.
MHrklcy, a youthful Foutnpaw IN
sorted In the game by Wunli In the
fifth inning, held the oilers score
less and was so sliugy with hits that
Luke Stunts single was the only
sato blow by tho Western loaguCrs
In the last four innings.
Sample of Slugging.
Tho Tulsa vI,,kiug crew utterly
routed Wuffli'a first mound sclcc-
tiou, a HEAVIER who contributes II.
Williams 90 the box scores. Luke
stuart, Nank Davis Paddy Bauman.
Jack Loliyelt and Frank Thompson
were the wrockcrs in chief Luke
deep left, Davis riflcd three straight
singles. Baumnn connected for "A
pair of two baEgers and Lonvclt and
Thompson hit doubles with men on
base--all OF this swatting coming In
the first four innings. Stuarts two
two -bascrs were powerful blows.
| Luke craking the bali right on the
nose. At present stuart Is filling in
| M shortHtop In the place Of MClnnis,
| who ia out with a spiked les, hut N
! his present hitting Is a criterion Il
will be impossible to keep him cut OF
tho regular lineup later on. More
over, he IL still playing with the
handicap OF "A tender ankle, carried
over from the basketball season.
HcNing Makes Fine Catch.
Young Joe Heying who was out I'm
left field, Roy Parker getting an
afternoon on tho coaching line also
gave a good account OF himself. His
one hit. a single, came with men on
second and third and accounted
Tor pair Of runs. II was his field
ing, however, that brought him
sharply into the public eye. In
the second inning he made the
most spectacular catch ot the
season at the local lot, a one-hauded
hlNh OF tommy w NIlIlh nflNt
against the embaukment. He
/ sprawlod to tho ground after clutch
/ ing the BAH iu "a backward leap up
| the muddy bank. but held 20 the
sphere. lie also made a nice rum
| Ming catch OF a short fly behind
/ third base later on.
Frank Thompson did some nice
fielding az third base. His haudlne
of ground balls and his throwing
were perfect
Drillcrs Not had Team.
While the Drillers were never any.
whore near beating tho oilers, they
put up much better front against
| tho Western lcagueus than did the
Sapulpa Southwestern entry the daS
before, Mufflfs team has had bul
little practice 50 far. hut appeared
pretty strong defensivcly A coupl,
OF errors both cNcusahle ant
neither figuring I'm tho scoring, wer,
! charged 90 tho Okmulgceans. Wuf,
ths catcher, Arcnsman, who was IL
the league last year, handled him,
self well, appearing unusually re,
liable on hard fouls 10 was AZ
interesting game to watch at al
stages IL was played In the fas
time of 1870.
Tom lukarcvic and Bob Trent,
man probably will ho called on foi
pitching duty In Fridays game with