The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-04-13
BASEBALL GENIUS
TRACED TO TOWNS.
Lists Show Villages Produce
Most Of the SCintlIlating
Diamond Talent.
CITY BOYS BAG X W AR D
Why Sticks" Nurture Better
Players Is an Unanswered
Mystery.
CITY BOYS BAG X W AR D
b. FRANK c. mENkE

NEW YORK Aprl - Tho small
towns produce most o' diamond smis
Look over the list of the baseball lum.
,ratios TODAY and YOU will find that ~
lenr ~ percent " them come from va.
3. lDges and ciiics 80 small and 80 unlm.
@pHitant that their only claim To fame lf
th. PLAYERS they have produced
This very fact ronTiitutos one NJ tho
m, stofic, of the diamond game Thcr"
ate twice or tire" times us many bows
ria INK ban on the sand lots In the hig
o'iIcs ~ there sr. 100 nll the small towns
Tho ,ib boys ulNn'f have m, odNari.
Nr ~ s"olnr thn hig l"nEuor- In action
nrd erug h'r .r,', the country
lo uuI go ~ rlon. Nrt II s tho
,nuuir ho, pbo ,,orrualt unIs hl.
vr, into tho malort
Nn be- ~
iu5t 10 shnV iou tho rrepoud"fnrce ~
trfu town hoys % the his leagues. W"
t'ckcd ont the leading hitter NJ each Of
The sixteen major league clubs aud the
l'ndlng pitcher from rNDb. ~ shown lN
tho l'ii ro.ords Here Is the result
American L.aau. eau.u
rls,ors Birthplace
Cobb Detroit. Nofston. 90
collins. chicago. Mill"tton. y
Speaker Hostou. Hubbard CIV. Tera'
Noluri7 Philadelphia. Gloucester, Mas
lack'uu cleveland and chicago. Hrrn-
der Ml. g -
Pratt - Louis Wplhnlln g a.
r,ursnn Sew York indianapolis
Mnu. Washington. Linden Tenn
American League Pitchers,
Joe Mood B"-'on Kansas CITY. Mo
" Johnson Washington. Humboldt
han
iim Srotr rrI 'Fo. Uo1dvood e y
In' Fishor Sew York Nddlcbup. Ni
Gut Morton. cleveland Hctnon. Nln
T. Woiiuau et LouI. Hamilton o
II 'n,rlyhr chicago Slomnkn Pa
" Woe Philadelphia Williams.
ppt I1
National L,aou, ea,t.rA
Uo,c Sow York Gaze, willie. IIl
iud'rus. Philadelphia Milwaukee
Gutrth Cincinnati. Prospect Ohio
Hin hman. riltshurs rhlbdolpha
GHul'rt UfodkNn. ShomHkin. pa
rms der - l.oui. San Antonio rsrn-
Conuol, Ho.ton. Noonsockct n T.
Fisher chicago. Nashville Tenn
National League Pitchers
tl',iud"r Philadelphia. Elh. Sch
Ton',. cincinnati. Ntanta. Gu
NHunn ri'tshufFh. Pittsburgh "a
r''N'r BROOKLYN. Champaign m
T. r"ru Sew York iforton No
lluErrs bosioR.
HuUiphrirs. chicago. California. IA
l,uhnsou ~ LOUIS. ti0,d. Nrk
That lisi Include fuftl nrurs ~ IN.
fNfiN mon In that group. ONLY min. cain.
from ilG cities indianapolis. ksnsa.
'fN Milwaukee" Philadelphia. San Nr.
'Uiic. Noonsockst Nashville. Atlantis
Fri ritshurrh each produced y major
league The other thirty IN tho nbo,,
lot ,nm' from M. small towns SONS
'n obsruf, that tho, osnnot he found
't,tpi IN the most complete Tinted
s''tc census ll9s
t.'fs So hn further to prove tho ara
ui''nt BELOW are tho names NJ M,
nisjUt le'gu' plh,ru Practical, ever,
top notrl.r NOT mentioned In tho above
N.' .H in the ono below Nnd look lt
tn towns thrN .rmc from
Aui'n. - i.0u'' Americana, swan
sen wales
Baker Ncv Work Americans rnppc
Nd
'o,rlgsn nosor Nmcu.,u. lewiston
N.
chapman Cleveland Owcnsboru. ~.
'f'V'ofd. Detroit WHhon. Ncb
CutshaV HtpokNu. Wilmington. IN
iirrs Boston Nationals Tfo, y
luufnicr Chicago Americans. Ausahls
N,h
U1rin'r no''un Americans. Enoshu-.
lrliE ~
hitiS'll NrN York Americans. Golden
,1
iioor'r nc''on Americans. s,rr
tIffH. tHl
klter Philadelphia Nationals. IA.
lou. Wilh
l'Ioi' rhiad.lphs Americans woor
socket. "