The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-21
BROWNS ARE
ROASTED BY
OWN WRITER
], B, Sheridan Says They Are
a ShiftIesS Crowd; Stat-
o egy of Jones BeIittled,

the ball licld is all very well 70 talk
about, but what We need here III ST
Louis is some .ggrcS,lon The Browns.
given the best treatment ever accord
ed club in this town, arc ,p,ritleSs.
Shii,lcSs organization President lml
DcC Ball. who has been 4 generous
magnatc when dealing with his players.
aS well as, with the public. deserve,
more than he Is getting from his club
Take for example game played a
few days ago, Just after the members
OF the club had been presented with
new suits OF clothes and new hat, by
Mr.. Ball. They not onl, lost. but they
showed an utter lack of fighting pep
that wins games
No Spirit Left
Not a bit Of IT, They walked to the
bat and TO their positions a # they
were gong 70 their own funerals Fer
hapS they we're You can't win with a
down. headed, down hearted horde like
that Oh for a RrcSnahan, a DonIr a
Tebeau. a Kelly, McGraw, any sort
OF a fighting man that can keep his
head up when his team Is not hitting
the pitcher II has been proven tim,
and again that as IS proper, SlSlcr and
Pratt the cleanup men, must mt N
the Browns runs SlSlcr and lrait
have not hit m ,hc last few game,
PLAYED So the Browns have lost Ni>lcr
has not been hitting IN many run, He
is batting 800 but Slslcr', ~0 IS not
as effective in driving N run, aN 200
for Rogers NoInsby When one third
OF Sisters hits are lnficld taps, Horns
hy's hits arc long drives TO the out
field that drive III runs. Pratt IS real
" the only man ON the Brown, that
can hit IN runs The other, do not hit
balls long enough to cuablc a runner
to score from second ON a single or
from third ON an outicld II, Pratt j.,
hitting about 2ls, 0lO hchlud hi, prop.
er speed He hd, not been hitting even
long ily balls recently Fielder Jones
skill tactics. strategy and endurance
do not amount TO much when Pratt is
not hitting
plNN ~ INV dbuV'
Ono good wallop with men on second
and third is worth a world of bench
managing What game, wc have seen
the Browns win thl, season have been
won hy hitting, mostly by Pratt Miller.
Sho,ton. SiSlcr and SEVERED What the
others have hit has not hurt or helped
anyone We have NOT seen strategy win
i, lose about ten What strategy lies
behind Davenport. who has won ten
straight games for Jones, Dave can,
think, either, bu, he can hit a long
ball now and then That wins There
is less strategy displayed by Detroit
than by any other team The Tigers
Just bang ont their games Today
these honc-hcadcd, fence busters, pitch
erlcSs and brainlcSs. are iavorltc> to
win the American league race Hugh
Jennings and Jimmie Burke arc fight.
ers, not Strategis'S. The three great
SttategisiS OF the league, Jones, crit
filth and Mack have been sixth. seventh
and eighth most Of the season and
promise TO stay there
fine Gentiemen; IhatS All.
We wish the Browns well for the
sake of Mr Ball and OF Mr.. Stiiel and
Secretary Johnson and Treasurer Ma
O son, and we like the boys they are
nice chaps and perfect gentlemen, fine
athletes, but no ball PLAYERS. |, is al
tho same to them win or lose. They ca,
Just as heartily and draw pay Just a,
ohcerfully. One thing more, don't lei
the Browns, or anyone else tell you
that the umpires beat them. They go
the best OF the umpiring in Philadel.
phia. Washington, New York and Bos
ton.
In Philadelphia and Washington IN,
opposing players seemed to be pulling
for the Browns to win Clark Crit.
fifth gave them every chance to wiz
two games in the rain one afternoon
Tried to push the games on them. IN,
Browns would not take two. rrett,
much the same thing happened in Phil
adelphia. They had four-run leaC
in New York and lost. Think il over
We have the Browns beaten this year
They won something like twenty tive
games by catching Washington, III,
Athletics and New York and Clevclanc
when these teams, the weakest in III,
league, were crippled. We like TN
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