The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-19
MEN
FIGHT D0GGEDLy.
BUT IT'S FUTILE
He Score Three Times.
Fail in Tenth; Score
Is 10 to 8
p, II. a. BRIDGEwATER.

Three times tuesday AFTER
moon Jack Lelivelt's gamely
battling Oilers fought their
way up from behind to a tie
With Omaha, after Burch's
boys had thrice forged into
me lead. But the fourth time
they failed, a tenth-inning
raliy falling one short when
tbe squeeze play missed fire
and the Buffalos annexed
the first extra-inning contest
os the local Western league
Mason by the score Of 10 20 8.
weird. hut Evenly Fought.
u was a weird exhibition, but so
oyenlv fought throughout that spec
tafors we're kept on their toes every
minute. Two errors by McGinnis.
Zach followed by home run, were
respougblc for Omaha's four runs
In the first, while the wildness OF
Ccfflndsffer. who walked four OF
the five men hc pitched to before
Rurch went 70 the rescue, enabled
with the visitors in their half OF
,bs same session. Manush and
Grartham were the two omaha
home.run swatters in this inning.
omaha moved into a two-run lead
In the third on singles by Snedecor.
Griffin aud Wilder and n base on
halls to Grantham, only 20 have
Tulsa step up even I'm the fourth
when Burch hit Davis. walked
Parker and Lelivelt picked upon II
slow one for double against the
center field fence.
oilers Tie IL In the Ninth.
Burch's single, followed by Gis-
lason's four-bagger over the right
field wall, put the visitors In the
van again In the sixth, But Leli-
yelts clan refused to die yet. BEN
nett brought them to within one
run OF the Bluffs by knocking one
over the fence in the eighth. In
the ninth, by perfect baseball the
oilers tied the score for the third
time. Bauman opened with n single,
moved to second on Thompson's
sacrifice and scored when McGinnis
nut himself back in the good graces
OF the fans by driving n clean single
10 left. The crowd had started out
OF the grandstand, but did the right
about-face act mighty quick.
The oilers came very near win
ming II in the ninth. After Mo
Ginns' blow had knotted the count
Tex Crosby sent booming fly to
deep left that Manush managed to
grab after n long run, and Albanese.
who had relieved Lukanovic in the
eighth, singled TO left, but Bennett
was an easy out.
Albancsc Slaughtered: Finis.
Omaha batted Albanese out of the
box In the tenth, opening with a
flock Of hits. Manush singled sharp
ly TO center and Griffin doubled
against the scorsboard, scoring
Manush. Grantham beat out an in
field hit. Trentman went to the
rescue and Wilcox scored Griffin
with a sacrifice fly 10 Bennett.
Then came the final Oiler rally,
ieroclous, but futile. Parker sent a
crashing single To center and after
Davis had been retired Lelivelt
drove a single to right. When Ban
man followed with a double TO the
same locality, scoring Parker and
puttink the tying run on third, Will
son, who had replaced Drugman,
who IN turn had essayed to rescue
Burch was yanked in favor Of tho
veteran Baumgardner, the fifth
Omaha boNman to appear during the
patlnee. IL was at this interesting
Iuncture that Thompson stepped To
the bat and failed TO meet the ball
on the sueeze play. tho result Being
that Lelivelt was trapped between
home and third and run down,
Thompson then walked, but McGln-
MS couldn't deliver second time,
ending the game by popping n weak
ily 10 Shortstop Wilcox.
The victory gave Omaha lead
OF two games to one In the series
The Bluffs and oilers will meet IN
the last game OF the series Wedres-
day afternoon.