The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-17
City League to Be Seen in EIabor-
ate Parade Sunday, Preced-
ing Opening Of the
Season
CHICKASHA BAND
WILL TAKE PART
Typos W.. Rock Islands, Barbers
vs.. Oilers, and Band Con-
cert Feature Of Open
ing Bill

Sunday, June 20. the opening Of the
City League. is going to be date long
remembered in the history Of baseball
in Chickasha, barring unforeseen acci-
dents that may prevent the carrying
out of the scheduled program. Men
are now busy putting the park In
shape, cleaning the diamond and COM
pleting plans for the big event
No show ever staged in the "big
tent" circuit was ever more complete
as to details and that the big double
bill and band concert is a regular mat
ilee event, is not to be argued. The
loud scream will open up about 80
Sunday afternoon when the players
of the four City League teams will as
semble at First and Chickasha, where
sha Concert band will be on the job
and will lead the parade. Immediately
following will be automobiles carrying
Mayor Coffman and other city offic-
ials. Next will be the four baseball
clubs in uniform, the Rock Island,
Typos, BARRIERS and Oilers, and bring
ing up the rear will be as many fans
|, in automobiles, buggies, bicycles,
wheelbarrows or ON foot as desire to
join the parade. Everybody is invited
to take part in the big doin's.
To martial music the baseball war
riors, officials. the faithful" all will
swing up Chickasha avenue to Sixth
street, where street cars win be wait
ing td transfer them to University
park
under the main top with the side
shows thrown in. Two baseball games
and band concert at the bargain
counter price of two bits. "Play BALI
will be called at 2:30 in order to COM
plete the entire double bill at as early
an hour as possible.
The Typos and Rock Island will tam
gle ry in the first game, while the Bar
bers will be sent against the Oilers as
the other half of the bill. Everything
will be handled in true big league
style. There will be no waits, no de-
lays After short practice, the teams
chosen for the opener will take the
field and keep on the hop through
the battle. At the close of the piece.
the players of the second game will
use Is minutes to warm up their 'soup
bones," after which they will get
away in the final lap of the double
show. Meanwhile the Chickasha band
will be doing duty as musical enter
tainers in concert. Hush, Horace. it
has three ring circus slapped to a
whimper No kidding.
The four sets of uniforms. ordered
some days ago. viii, according to
telegram from the makers. arrive In
i Chickasha Saturday morning. They
were ordered under guarantee of de-
livery in Chiekasha not later than Sat
urday.
Every afternoon this week the diff
ferent teams have gone through their
PAGES at University park. The final
practice will be Friday afternoon. sat
urday,, the diamond will be given the
final touches for Sundays big show.
Last night at meeting OF the four
managers the following names wers
turned in as the men who viii open
, the league as members of the various
clubs:
Oilers Scott, Seaton, Wootten, Bur
ton, Siddons, Dennis. Caywood, Miller
! Young, Raspberry, Witherspoon, Geiss
!. Ogan Neb, T. Phillips.
81 Rock Island-Armstrong. Munsen
. Ward, E. Tyrrell, F Tyrrell, G. Goode
y J. Goode, White. Felix Lindsay. F
0 Lindsay. Wilmot. Estes. Heffner. Weir
}. Dunlop.
II BARRIERS Sizemore, Wallace, Gull
hur. Montgomery, Jacobs, Turner, NC
Cauley, Thurlo. Little. shull. Barnes
Y Arthur, McGranahan, Reagan. Jordan
q Typos-Joe Lindsay, Pete Heffnel
|. Moody, Cosgrove. Hall. Granlee. Co
). bert, Fox. LaBoone. Rogers, Erslans