The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-09
BAUMAN'S GREAT
WORK AT SECOND
FEATURE OF DAY
Crosby and Davis Hit
Two Homers Each in
the Opener
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Jack Lelivelt and his soon
to-be champion Oilers battled
their way two victories nearer
the 1922 pennant Friday by
swatting the desperate
Witches fore and aft in a bar
gain bill. They played
throughout like real cham
pions, taking the second game
only after one of the most
thrilling uphill contests of the
season at McNulty park.
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The oilers won tho first game
. to g. hitting Manager Howard
Gregory uf the lzzies hard and often
while Johnny Nussoits sidcwheel
puzzlers had the visitors bnffled aft
er the first inning,
The second game. however. was
annexed by 10 to Q count through
ninth -inning rally that nettod
three runs after Wichita had broken
TT tie by scoring a pair In the
first half OF the same II was a
bounding single 20 center by none
other than skipper Lelivoit himself
that sent the fleet Lyman scamper-
Ing home from third with the run
that gave victory and sent the big
week day crowd homo happy.
The double killing gave tho Oilers
four out OF the first five games with
Wichlta---four straights, too. as the
visitors grabbed the opener. Today
the two teams will clash In the sixth
and last OF the series, which viii
mark the last appearance OF Wich-
its this year. Then the Oilers go to
Saint Joe for four games, and then
home for four with Oklahoma city
to end the local season. The last
eight games win be Tlayed on tho
road with wichita and Oklahoma
city.
Bauman's Work Spectacular.
While the hard and timely hit
ting OF practically tho entire Oiler
lineup and the splendid pitching of
Lefty Russell In both games had
by far the most spectacular feature
OF the afternoon was the wonderful
defensive work OF the veteran Paddy
Bauman at second base.
No infieider ever put In a busier
day on n ball field than did Paddy
Friday. He had n total OF is chances
In the first game and IL In the sec
ond. rs for the two, and accepted
everyone without the scmblanco OF
an error. Paddy's l5 In the opener
were six put outs ana nins assists.
while In the second he had seven put
outs and four assists.
But II was not the number OF
chances he had and accepted so
much as the ground he covered and
the hits he cut down thV gave tho
spectators such n thrill. Time and
time again Paddy raced behind Dec
ond base to grab hard hit grounders
and throw out the base-runners at
first. and occasionally he grabbed n
line drive TO boot.
Moreover his activity in the field
didn't prevent him from getting
pair OF clean bess hits In each
game.
Paddy's defensive work was so re-
markable that before the end OF the
second game nearly everybody In the
stands was talking Lbout II. lie sim
ply had one of those days that
ali bailplayers look forward to,
day when no batted ball could get
by and all chances no matter how
difficult seemed simple.
Bennett In left also made some
nice catchcs
First Game Walkovcr.
The Witches made their two lone
some scores In the first game In the
first inning on Smiths single.
Thompson on East's roller that hit
Blakosly In the back After that
Russell turned them back for eight
innins5 III a row wsth5u: :. tally,
and In the whole game they could
get but half dozen hits.
After n lightning double play had
stopped an Oiler rally In the first,
when Butler grabbed Thompson's
smoking liner after Bennett had sin
glod, the oilers broke into the run
column when Yank Davis hit his
thlrty-first home run of the season.
In the second inning the Oilers
took a winning lead on singles by
M"Ginnis and Bauman and tho first
of a pair OF hefty home run waliops
by Tex Crosby.
From then on II was easy sailing,
Two more runs were driven In In
the fourth when Baumnn walked
and Tex hit his second homer. An
other came In the nth on Lamb's Q
double and Bauman'S single, and In
the eighth Davis hit his second
homer of the game and his 32nd OF
the season with Thompson who had
doubled on ahead.
The Second Much Different
The second game waa AS hard 10
win as the first had been easy.
TO begin with, the veteran Fred
Beebe started like house aflre by
holding the oilers hitless the first
three innings, not n man reaching
first on him in that period. Blakes-
Is hit homer off Mclaughlin In
the first end that was all for Wich-
tia for the first third OF the game,
the contest looking like a tight
pitchers battle.
But In the fourth Mclaughlin
who had not been at himself from
the first. weakened and the lizzie,
scored four runs on cluster OF hits
by Blakesly. Butler, Berger. Griffin
and Mcdowell.
IeIivclt Puts Oilers In Game,
An error by Berger who threw
wide on Benefits grounder opening