The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-08-11
NOW
LOOKS LIKE
7u-
A WINNER
WESTERN ASSOCIATION
RACE TO CLOSE WITH
FIVE TEAMS

After sn excit.ug race for most OF
.the season Enid f1s pulled away f.om
the other Western association teams
.f3r enough T. make ii a strong first
.e19ice for he peanant A. least four
cthar teams are s-iH fighting hard
for the hOnors. and il the Enid team
should be crippled up in any way
some Of tie oh, might yer rob I
ot The first position Ii has ha it's
hare OF hard luck along during the
season and now seems likely fin
sh strong.
With one star pitcher. Ashley.
three others that are az leas. as COOL
las The average in the Western asso-
citation. and a tem Of heavy CD tera
throug out the RailrOaders have
played a steady ana consistent game
h-Ough0ur the season Enid VIII
probably come nearer finishing the
-eason with the same lineup with
which il started on az the beginning
than Sny other team in the associa-
ion. The only material changes have
been the switching OF Manager Ted
Price from shor' stop TO the 0utfi-ld
his regular position and bringing
back Tex Jones from first 10 short
stop where he started the season
lie Graves the ST Louis boy secu- -eC
by Enid from The Arkansas stat,
league. who playe two o. hree
ames d shortstop was put ont Of
be game for the 81 son by being hit
n the eye by a foul tip from his own
at in the last series at Guthrie
The Fight for Second place.
The struggle for second position
Gems likely 10 be between Guthrie
MI Muskogee The Senators have
made a remarkable ascent f-om rank
tsilenders TO a front place i'm the fight
for the rag and the only thing which
.s likely to put them back IS the
.crippling Of McGin one of the regu-
ia pitching staff The remaining
pitchers will be worked over ime 10
make up for his absence The cam is
still batting hard AMI has gotten into
the habit of turning apparent defeat
into victory by pounding out enough
runs to sin the final inning
The Musk1gee ~eam t-s been ma
q iallv rengthened since the be-
ginning Of the season by some shifts
% the infied St1l has been shift
cd from third TO short formerly g.
weak place and Dawkins. former
Texas leaguer and an 0I timer at the
game place on The fhird slck Lin
genfelter. a youugs,er picked up from
Q AHl .f fs
strengt ttened De pitching staff Ber,
Graham a harl hitting outfelde-. has
left the Governors and gone 10 Fl
Paso in company with Beltz formerly
of The FL Reno .eam 10 get in on the
tournaments to be held in the South
west this FAN
Springfield. for half Of the season
az the top Of the hist is now Sighting
TO retain a place in firs division. witt
Barlesyille. which held second pl zee
for long time hk ~ 10 beat it Ou'.
TIE Midgets took q bad slump a few
weeks ago. on account OF The weak
eniug OF their pitching staff which
had been the strongest par of the
Ite1m earlier iu he season Tn s. have
gotten back into form again ely b1t
can not seem to regain their lost
ground
Guthrie has SO far an easy lead on
the number of players sent into he
big leagues having sent three men TO
'he National league this year an az
them youngsters who are pl wing air
n year IN league hal Outfiel1er
Claire Patterson has been sold u Gin
cinnati and ri chers FLOYD Willis and
CLYDE Geist 20 the Chicago Nationals
Willis is cousin Of Vic Willis of Pitts
burg and promises 20 BE- just as COOL
after a few seasons. Geist Is moe Ike.
ly TO be used S an outfielder than
as a pitcher. as he is a very hari
hitter, is fas ON his f., and has n
wonderful wing for throwing in from
tha outer gardens
Cincinnati has also secured John
G Ashley the Enid pitcher. who has
one n0ait game 10 mis- credit this year
and also IS abnsning record by
pitching wo shutout games in one day
aeains Springfield. a f-s division
team Pitcher Hamilton of Springf.e,1.
>old to Detroit IS the only other W.