The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-26
JOE JACKSON HAS
CHANCE TO SHINE
"Shoe|eSS" SIugger Gets Into
Classic for First Time,
HE'S NOT A PINCH HITTER
Murphy Cuts in on Extra Coin
for Third Time,

Considerable interest attaches to what
Joe Jackson may do in the coming
worlds series.
Joe liz one Of the few big batting stars
OF the game that never haS ilguren IN
one OF the big post season Affhlrs inns
season he got poor start IN hittlhg Du,
Ne has been climbing steadily htely ana
probably viii wind w IN the ;5ou ciass
though his mark viii be- far below his
average for the whole stretch OF MS ma
for league experience.
In spite OF his falling off this year, no
deserves to be ranked with the leading
ash wielders that the American league
ever has developed and II he plays NJ
top form he ought 10 show the ians
- something In the big series.
Resembles Frank Baker.
jackson 4. OF n phlogmatic tempera-
ment, something like Frank BAKER, ana
n he comes up TO the scratch as well az
J Franklin did In his worlds series
games. there win be nothing lacking 20
place him among the stars. zoe ousnt s, ~. 70
do well In an engagement OF TINS sort pc
cause he hasn't sufficient Imagination TO
|, get stage fright Instead Of being all
keyed up by the importance oi ,he ming.
no 10 likely TO regard world series
game just like any other and to hit EN-
which they are over as has been his Gus
tom In the course OF an ordinary sea
sons play. H.
Southpaws May Bother HIM
The fact that New York will use most
ly left hand pitchers may hurt Joe's av-
4 erage In the series. de Is not exactly n
Fish" against the southpaws. but he
doesn't like them any too well ercep,
i when they are wild enough to have TO
lay the ball over to avoid issuing passes.
Then they are just as easy ab right
handlers
The Shoeless Slugger never has been
esteemed very highly as pinch liter.
, and. for n man of his ability. has driven
IN comparatively few runs In the course
\ OF his career In the league Perhaps his
lucky star will shine In the approaching
series and he viii manage 10 get Few
Of his long wsllops with men on the
bases.
Eddie Murphy. the White soI pinch
hitter. whose special object In life Is 10
beat the Tigers. will be cutting into the
worlds series coin for the third time this
fall lie was with the Athletics In 1919
and 1874 and took part In the series
both those years, receiving the winner
end the first time he horned In and the
losers the second.
VIII Get Tidy Sum.
Even though Eddie may not take part
In single game this fan, he may re-
oeive more money than ne did In either
1912 or 1914 The reason for this Is that
the games are to he played in two cnor
nous parks, while the Athletics field
only accommodated some 1000 fans al
capacity this autumn will more than off
set the popular" prices that are to pre-
val In Chicago. Murphy got 1925 y
M hi, share in 1913. II he gets the win
ners end this time, the sum probably
will run close to 1000 Eddie. by tn,
way did not do very much batting In th'
two worlds series with the Athletics
hitting .227 In 1918 and 1888 In 1914
One department In which the White
SoN certainly have the Giants outclasseC
is catching. Ray Schnlk IL a better mar
behind the bat than any OF McGraw's re
ceivers In fact. he is better than any
body else that wears n big league uni
form. In the opinion Of most Judges o
baseball form II anything should hap
pen to this clever backstop. the SO,
would be badly crippled
Has the Pepper.
He is not only a wonderful mechanicn
player. but one OF the pepperiest men lr
the game, keeping the whole club on it'
toes by his example and his oral en-.
couragement. Rowland has n fairly com.
petent catcher in Lynn and third
string man In jenkins, but neither o
these players can approach Schalk In nj
around efficiency. Ray does not con
fine himself to starring on the defense
either, but Is very timely hitter, al
well as n good man on the bases In fac
taking him all around. he is about a
Valuable piece Of baseball property al
the game has produced I'm recent wears