Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-09-02
BASEBALL STARS
70 Be IN TULSA
TY COBB, RUBE MARQVARD,
LARRY DOYLE AND OTHERS
WILL PLAY HERE.
WILL STAGE WORLD TOUR
Giants ard VIII q SOX Scheduled for
IAhibltiOn Game in Tulsa
Next October.

Two Of the worlds greatest base
bail clubs win play an exhibition
game In Tulsa some time the latter
part of October, After numerous
letters had been written and tele-
Grams had been sent, William Setlcy,
the local umpire and promoter, yes
tCrdav succeeded in securing IRON
Charles Cor isley of Chicago the as
surance that the Chicago American
league white SoX" and the New
ork National league Giants WIZ
include Tulsa in the itinerary OF their
trip around the world, which Is 10
start Immediately after the worlus
Sc. les.
This eventful trip win mark an
epoch in baseball history and Tulsa
VIII DE the smallest city In when
The Clubs will play on the entire trip
scuyy had to deposit a cash guar
eutcc Of 1000 for the one game be-
Fur, the management OF the loul
MD..d consent to give him a date.
ln effort Is being made TO nave
tho game played on either October
o or 2G, each Of which is SUNDAY
date. Comiskey wired, however, that
some week day, between the two sun
days mentioned, would have TO pc
arranged for. This VIII make tle
e.me occur during the international
Dry Farming congress, when thou-
sands Of strangers are in the city
ana an Immense crowd for the game
Is assured. 1t will prove great
amusement feature for the delegates
10 the congress many Of whom Will
nn,,,o from fprpipn nations
The game probably will be played
at the South Main street baseball
park in all probability. The teams
will come TO Tulsa from Kansas city,
at which latter place they have a,
game arranged for.
The White sox" team will be
composed OF not only the regular
players on the teeam, but the picK
Of the American league stars as Well
They will he in charge Of President
Charles Comiskey, who, with hls
Family, is to accompany the teams
on the entire slObe-c!rcling tour
"Mugs ~" McGraw will be with the
Giants IN managerial capacity.
On the Tulsa diamond will b.,
seen in action suCn well known celes =
brltles as Ty Cobb ed Walsh, Jod
jackson, Hal Chase, Christy Mathewn
son, Rube Marquard, Larry Doyle
Mugesy McGraw, Chief Meyers, e,
Merlle and others.
Ted Sullivan will be business man.
ager If the tour d
The teams will travel in speciar
train,
There is every indication now thao
the Giants win win the Nationao
league pcnnant face, in which event
l. tn, lnn NrAW ~
series and If they should happen 70.
be victorious in that great conteso
the teams appearance In Tulsa Wiz
be all the more interesting.
Following the worlds series tn,
Giants and White Sox will play sin
gle game in Chicago October II, aft
er which they will play in several 0
the larger cities Of the west, the las
game being scheduled for Novom
Der 10 In Vancouver, r. c. Thei
foreign tour Will not end until Marcl
G, 1914.
From Vancouver the itinerary !
as follows
Sail on Empress Russia, c. p, r
linC, from Vancouver, November 2t
Play Yokohama. December 2, Koht
December 4: Nagasaki. December Z.
Shanghai, December 8 Hongkona
December II and 12 at sea Deccm
Der 13; Manila, December IA and u
at sea December JIG to 81; Brisbane
Australia, January / January ? an
O. at sea; sydney. January 4. s an
&; Melbourne, January and S
Adelaide. January and 10: az SCI
January II and y; Fremantle Janu
erv u and "A; January IS to %,
sea: Colombo. January 23; Ceylor
January "a. January 25 to 81, at sea :;
February / aud 2, Cairo Febru-
ary !. Alexandria; February T. Nn-
pics: February and 3 Rome; Feb
ruary 10, Florence: February II,
Milan: February I2, Monte Carlo;
February IL, l6 and Il, Paris; Feb
ruary ls and 19. Rerlin; February
20. Amsterdam; February q, p and
%. London, February "a and %,
Tdlnbmah: February 26, Glasgow
February p, Dublin: February 2S,
Queenstown leave Queenstown,
March I land New York, March g.