Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-24
.Mangan's S Musings

Idle Talk. alias The Town Critic
alas expert burc artist. is eettinr
lots OF Tree publicity these days. His
| campaign for the poor kiddies ~
| Iulsa ~ the cause of it all W. are
| slad that the writer of this column
mas last struck upon some plan to do
some good and at the same time gain
IN" notoriety he has been seeking in
ccSsantly for the last several months.
we are Tor the poor Children, too. and
We hope the movement is a huge sue
cess.
Batter Up" will be heard for the
first time in Tulsa today. The game
with the st. Louis Browns should be
one OF the biggest drawing cards of
the preseason games. Although ad-
vance agents OF the Rrowns Yesterday
would not say definitely. they were OF
the opinion that the famous Eddie
lank would hurl several innings to.
day.
The Willard-M tight will be an
Houhced ny the rounds at The World
once. Ihe bout starts in New York
at $3.50 o'clock, eastern time. This
ill be $50 o'clock here. If Won want
t. follow the champion by ROUNDS be
IN front of The World building on
Fourth street
And now President Hill thinks that
iars Will not be able to start tho
western association season. J. S. Pat
TICK, president of the club. wired
PRESIDENT Hin yesterday that the club
would go through the season without
a mitch The head OF the W. A. bali
II making still hunt for another
town to complete the circuit. Joplin
Hhu Arumore are both seeking the
peith' joplin should be a good base
nan town TINS year since the price of
Jack has greatly enlivened the Mis-
souri, city.
Inc University of oklahoma basket
pall team has been given the cham
llonship honors for the state. The
university 1--WE won 10 games and lost
=. with total of l,l34 points scored
as against Sy3 counted by opuonents
By virtue of this record Coach Rem
ne owens team holds the undisputed
title, 1t was asserted. The only Okla
hoiila team to defeat university quin-
let was Chilocco Indian team, Which
succeeded in winning one of n two
game series by margin or one point
Kansas and Oklahoma will bave
their share of small baseball leagues
inns season II the activities of pro-
moters in the two states are success
tul. Joe Foster is planning "A south
west Kansas league to be composed of
SIN teams. an Oklahoma Kansas
league OF four towns is now formed.
uocordins to announcements; railroad {
employees have organized league |
known as the KATY" league which il
comprised of eight towns IN Kansas
and oklahoma: and a south |
ern Oklahoma league is being organ |
i1ed These leagues in addition to |
the western association and the
,aines played by Kansas and Okla
homa colleges and Missouri Valley |
teams will give the followers of base
hall plenty to watch this season.
\ large gray eagle will be Indiana
lhlN crsltNs athletic mascot and from,
an especially built perch on Jordan
lloId VIII scream in its own language
Beat Purdue" or whoever happens
20 be lndianas opponent The cngir
was captured few days ago on the
'ite OF lndiana's new athletic field
which II is expected will be ready for
lse at the beginning of the football
'eason next fall. The eagle was
Wounded with a'rifle, but, ii is said.
I VIII recover and suffer no i'll ef-
ects. Baseball Coach Fred Peebe as
'sted in the capture of the bird A
arge cage is being built on the cam
'us, in which the eagle will be ken,
!, hen its presence is not required on
he athletic field
II he carries out his original inten-
ion, H. Il. Fenner of Burwell. Neb..
golf enthusiast. probably will have
he most valuable golf bag in the
'orld. In Florida this winter he shot
n alligator and brought home the
kin. Recently he sent it TO a local
porting goods house with the re-
uest that il be made into a golf bag.
was turned over to a tanner who
feated some surprise with the state
rent that the skin In its present state
worth from sT00 to $1,000. II is
nat of pearl alligator which lives
salt water and is rarely found. The
>'n Is white with beautiful markings
nd Is said. when tanned and
olished. 10 resemble mother OF pearl
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