The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-18
TIMELY HITTING
GIVES OMAHA ACE
INITIAL VERDICT
Lelivelts Lads Fail to
Solve Triple and Drop
First on Road
By II. \. BRIDCEwATIR


OMAHA, Aug. f7.-Gcorgs Boch-
Ter went out after his thirty-first
victory of tho season today but
bad breaks IN tho Oilcr defense and
inability OF the Oiler wrockers to do
anything with Dan Tipples' speed,
prevented him from gathering n IN.
Omaha took advantage ot cnrlv
breaks mud then hli BoChlcr hard
in tho later Innings and grabbed
tho opcnor Of the series 3 10 4.
Triple permitted the Tulsn bats
mon but five hits only two coming
nftcr the second nning.
Perfect Alibl.
Tho weather had no small part
iu tho Ollcr reverse IN the first
place. u was the hottest day
omaha has experienced In years.
nothing iko the fino weather the
oilers have had AZ home tho last
three weeks Moro important still.
however WINS the bad sky' which
rendered tho catching OF nv balls
extremely difficult Three omaha
runs were directly the result Of
felders losing fly balls In the sun,
and there's no telling how much
this had TO do with other develop
ments.
After all. however, Il was lnnbil-
fly 10 hit Triple in the pinchcs that
cost Tulsa The game. Many times
runners were on base with one out
but tho pinch binglcs were not
forthcoming Bennett, Thompson,
Davis, Bnuman and Stuart all went
hltless during tho afternoon. and
Stunrt famed three timnH.
oilers Start First.
After both teams had gone run
leHs In the first the oilers started
in tho second like they would make
tlpple hard TO catch. Lamb opened
with n hot single to left ana Loli-
welt duplicated to center. Bauman
moved them along with sacrifice.
Then Stuart famed for the first
time. Tex Crosby dropped a Texas
Lacquer IN right that went for two
bases. scoring Lamb and Lellvolt.
Omaha registered one IN the same
round when pug" Griffin cloutcd
one Of Boohlers fast ones over the
deep left field fence.
In the fourth, the Butfs tied the
score on lcgitimate hitting and then
took lead OF two with the assist %
ancc OF the breaks. Grantham opened
with double to center and Griffin
scored him with n single to left
Manush followed with an easy fly
20 right field that Yank Davis
quickly got under. Hut as Yank put
up his hands to catch the hall he
lost II In tho sun and had TO dodge
10 keep from being hit and II went
for double, Griffin stopping Mt
third. This pulled the inficld In
and Apperson's pot ordinarily an.
easy out, went for a Texas Lacquer.
scoring Griffin and Manush.
Count ON Breaks.
Omaha counted another run In the
noxt on almost the same sort OF n
break. Tlpplc led off with n high
infIeld pop that stuart got under only
30 loso I'm the sun and II, too, went
third on an infield out ana scored
on sacrifice fly. A base on balls
10 Griffin and Apperson's double
gave Ohaha another In the sixth,
The oilers started n futile rally In
the seventh, Bauman and stuart
walking as an opener. Crosby popped
10 wilcox but Boehler doubled TO
center. scoring Bauman and sending
Crosby 10 third. Apperson played I'm
close and hardly had to move To
take Ucnnett's short fly that looked
like "A perfect Texas leaguor and
Thompson famed for the third out,
Omaha cinched the outcome In
the seventh when Triple got n hit
though Thompson ana Whitley
Glslason surprised everybody in the
park, including himself. by knock
ing the bOll over tho right field
fence. A base on balls to Davis,
Appcsons error on I.elivelt's drive
and Bauman's long sacrifice Fly gave
the oilers their last run I'm tho
eighth, In tho ninth Tlpple tossed
'em over easy aud the boys hit three
long high easy files,
The oilers were no whit discour-
aged by today's loss.
Everybody was olatcd at the news
that Danforth has been secured and
will Join the team Friday. The addi-
tion OF the speedy sOuthpaw VIII
cinch the pennant for Tulsa. the
members OF the team believe. Dan
forth is expected TO pitch for Tulsa
Friday,