The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-07
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As the pitching contingent IN a Clohd
Of dust passed the Fourth OF July post
YOU are permitted one guess as to tho
name Of tho delegate who had bngRed
the greatest number Of victories
Unless you have examined the records
recently YOU couldn't make II In three
guesses
For II wasn't Alexander, Ruth, Schupp
Johnson. Shore or CicOttc. Tho dele
gates name was none other than Fred
TOney. thr Tennessee torpedo. who. de-
spite the fact that he was working with
a second division club. passed the Fourth n
with fourteen victories salted away He
WAS out beyond Alexander, Ruth and Ci-
cote, next IN order all working with flag
fighting clubs up around the crest,
Mr. Toney Is also known as tho San
dow Of the Game, being tho stoutest
athlete now eKtnnl-stout here meaning
powerful rather than rotund.
II a Young earthquake would only turn
the American league race upside down
We wuuN have one OF the most stupen-
dous struggles In history. The death
grRppls now on among Philadelphia,
Washington and -. Louis for last place
has reached tho hectic stage Tho Mack
men had II Cinched for n while, but
came lnpon heavy slump, winning three
OF four games In n row
The battle for the Western golf cham
pIonship now lies among those four en-
urprising western cities-Chicago, III.
Atlanta, Ga, Boston, Mass and London.
England No entries are reported from
those famous western towns, Peuograd
and Constantinople.
II the populacs and tho ball players
don't like tho umpirlnf, why is It that
tho populace and tho ball players com
binrd can't produce any better umpires
when they try7 Ever try TO render n calm
nor. partisan, we'll balanced, judicial de
cision with seven enrsged ethlotes i'm
| pcaching your ancestry with shricks o'
hate and 10000 In the stands demanding
! your gore
Colonel Hugh s Fullerton SAYS the
White So1 have the pennnnt already
nailed up But tho Red SoS may lose an,
other star st any moment. and who viii
/ Nop them them The best ball they
played was nflry losing Speaker, Barr>
aud Ruth. through intervals varying
from five weeks to two years.
Limerick, of the Links
| There WIS IL fat golfer named Prly,
who had a prutuhCrtnt stomach;
when he missed a short putt,
/ pid he muttrr Tut -Iut2'
/ LIKELY, likely lkelly'
There was young golfer named Jsnsil
Whose grip and whose stance was pre-
hensils,
lie turned In each seore
| Around seventy four
But his fayorto club was n pencil
Rocks on How 80 Drive How 10 PLAY pl
Iron and How TO Putt have no value 90
all compared TO book on How 20 PA.
out of Bunker This IN where the aver
aEh duffer lives. bresthes and hNs hi
home,
The Nerves OF Youth,
Young contestants are frequentl
praised for mot being nervous Thi
II a Joke.
Youth has no nerves to got nsrvou
about
At the recent Father and Son gol
tournament At Sleepy Hollow We Ha'
thia exempltled
At putting, tho men, knowing fro'
careful and pcsslmistic experience tina
ANY sort " n putt can he missed, Ner
careful deliberate and Inclined 10 be ner
vOus
whereas the Kids merely stepped up an
,hunp.d the put,s toward the hole as
they we're aiming at wAtstbuckets
A case " nerves rarely arrives unit
one has been stuug several times In
highly Vulnerable spot
II Hans Wpgnpr can bat $40 when he
a Years old, how much can he bat who
hs il ss years uld7 Tho answer Ia morol
matter of simple elementary arithmeii
You recall tho story ~ the trlshmo
| ,,ho tried to cover too much trrtitot'
That luko ought tn hc a Terrific mt
Gr'uuIu. about row
Winning tho War from the An" mn
IA, Ali YER, we'll enough But We I'm,
Observed number ~ w'rh,rs adopt th
wH,,n with painful aud depressing -
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