The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-22
DOUBLE.HEADER
SET FOR TODAY
WITH GRIZZLIES
Lelivelt's Lads ON Slow
Train; Pass Leaders
on the Road
ny D. a. nRDGrWNTIn.

DENVER. Aug 21.--Sklpp,r Loii-
vclt's lads left Omaha early thit
morning IN second place and arrived
mere tonight 40 tho top Of the loasuu.
without ns much as hayiug soUu 1
bah park. The oilers were i0u 'lIu
20 play here this afternoon md a.
dcublo-hcadcr IN scheduled foI iU-
morrow
The oilers hrcczod Into tho mile
high city for thClT last rally Of The
season against the Grizzly Hcor4 IN
the mountain retreat but lazy
Rock Island train prevented tho
scheduled hoetilitlos. Jack Loliyclt
and his bows jouruovcd an night and
oil day from Omaha. arriving hero
barely iu time TO see old Sol go 20
bed behind the snowcoppcd peaks 20
the westward. rho Rocky mountain
limited, prOduest train on all tho
Rock Island lines. was unnbel to got
the gang here nt tho appointed time.
The train leaves omaha At 1880 nt
night and IL not due In Denver until
the following afternoon. Last night
70 oased out of omaha an hour late,
and instead OF making up those lost
minutes II gradually got later all
day finally getting In Denver Just
before 6 o'clock. After their double
header with Omaha sunday after
noon ana their IS hours as guests OF
the Rock Island, the oilers were just
as welI satisfied that they didn't
have to chase balls In the mile high
lot this afternoon.
Doublcbcndcr To-day.
However, today's absence from the
diamond means that they riust play
a doubleheader Tuesday. Ball players
are inclined to be n suporstitlous lot
though, and not one member OF the
Oilers but chocrfuliy recalled tonight
that we have played Denver no less
than six doubleheadera already this
scason--and won every single contest
of the bunch. So tho boys who you
may suppose are rather a cocky and
chestY bunch by now. see no reason
why they shouldn't grab double
header No. tomorrow afternoon.
Despite the fact that Il was rs
hours long and with nothing IN par
ticllar 10 break the monotony. tho
1aunt from omaha TO tho Rocky
mountains vas not half bad. The
boys had nice big airy Pullman all
10 themselves and when they could
find nothing better TO do. Il was no
little fun 20 watch Tho cunning prai-
rie dogs chase each other across the
festive plains. And boys. take II from
one who was making the trip for
the first time, first class army
could be recruited from the ranks
OF tho prairie dogs between Omaha
and Denver.
Won the Old Pcnnant.
The all-day choo-choo party gave
n lot OF opportunity for tanning. and
the old pcnnant bee sure buzzed
Never in all tho history OF baseball
Nafn "A gaN ..f
grabbing any particular pennant
than are the oilers OF coping the
Western League bunting In this
campaign. All summer as they made
their gallant rush to tho top the
merry lads OF Lclivelt have been
convinced OF their ability 10 grab it,
and now that the pitching staff
looks by long odds the best In the
league they look upon success aA
assured. Not that they don't realize
zach game must be fought out, for
they do, There never was scrappier
bunch as the first game OF Sundays
double header at Omaha showed
OFF Goes n Head
Speaking or pitching staffs Mau-
ager Lelivolt viii be confronted
with Il problem of no mean proper
tions when Carl Black rejoins the
team at Sioux City he viii have
seven men ON tho squad. and must
OF course chop one off. Every one
pf the seven looks like a winner at
this writing. and picking one for
The discard Ia n hard task
Dave Danforth, tho stellar south
paw who Joined the team at Omaha
and lost his first game tho Same
day, quickly acclmated himself TO
the Western league. Dave is an eN-
tremely likeablc young chap and
already II popular with the gang.
He's now just as ANXIOUS TO win
bah games for the oilers as any
member OF the staff and It was
through no lack OF effort that he
was trimmed the other day.
II developed today, by the way,
that Hollis McLaughlin's feat in
shutting out the bluffs at Omahu
Sunday was more Of an achievement
than It appeared az first. as It was
the first whitewashlng suffered this
year by the omahogs in their own
wards