The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-28

Noeghman "Christmas Pres
entn for Fans Blocked,
NE rHoUGAfiT WAS cINCH
Mas Also After Buck Herzog
Z and Zach Wheat.
sy O. ". Axslsoh.

oN @, w, AxElSoN.
~ CHICAGO, Dec. rs When Branch
r0iekcy Of the Cardinals refused to let
90 u Roger Hornsby he blue. penciled
= perfectly good Christmas greeting OF
enc Charles weeshnsn, The boss Of
~ Cuba he'd large plans for n surprise
etnt to the fans lie was anxious 10
"a the rooters on the North Side
Dietcd lineup for next season, and
ewpAeed " spring II Christmas morn
Aleng came Hickey. aided and
y2ested hy Harry Hampstead Of the
Glsnte and Charley Ebbets OF the Dodg-
80 and refused 10 chime In on the
Here u what the custodian OF tho
uAnk roll wanted TO announce;
larry Doyle, flrssbsss,
4 Duck herxou, sscondbase.
Roger Hornsby, thirdbass.
Zach Wheat, oenterflele.
Thought u Was cinoh.
I !. Last week woeehmau was positive
thss be would be able to tell the fans
tfMt the pennant was theirs He burned
~ the wires east and spent car fare
~ ~ Louis Hc had timed the deals
20 that the fans oould wake up Christ.
mas morning, peruse the papers and give
0ree cheers and a tiger With Alex.
apder hhd kiillfcf already deposited IN
the stoctings. he figured that the boys
would have something TO tstk about
through the holidays
There would also have gone some fig
grcs with the presentation. 1t would
have been shown that the Cub team
represented more actual cash than any
Club IN baseball The Alexander KIM
ssr psir would have fad price tag OF
) v,VW, hornsby AZ much. Wheat Slb.-
-, and HSrxog 10000 This would
4 have made Il total OF sieb, 900 and
tf9roksn All records In violent expenditure
= An added explanation would have gone
With the gift 70. the rooters. u would
|. Necided that profit will not be looked
fOg al the North Side plant for some
fi1pe 70 come, but that instead they
yaBted 10 give Chicago pennant win
4 mr. - q sportinE proposition. Those
! Hho Hsre hack o. this besides President
Mseehmsn himself. were William Wr's;
! !. Qgdsn Armour Thst Ia and was the
eecret of the ess0.0oQ bank roll which
few believed was renlly meant"
Demand Winner.
Ths action ~ outlined was taken at
tAe Chicago Athletic association shortly
After the season closed Two OF the
oeeckhulders demanded pennant win
~ reeardless OF cost President Weegh-
Hah. - The responsible. head Of the
ab. told Tho rest Of the deficit last sea
Z - ana the ore sure to come next year
4 eelses conditions changed radically.
~ Solicwing was credited to Mr.,
whsn sysrybedy !. b.nloAs ia
- ssne e g m. and buy the best
ssT "a N - 9ssses'' S.S ! s.rc,, ,,,. 80. ga
Utto1s change" Il u said was the ex-
xGl% ~. n vwhrRSSs Sssasnsn' .pohs.
Wfa what's the odds7 Lot us do
4qmething that has never been done be-
( 4nes Lst ~ present q pennnnt 20 the
80 il vsS q. n.Is ~ len ~0ns ys.Is g! the money
St 'Msnsy eut In Bank.
N uHsfybody present sEreed, s25o,Ooo
yas put IN the bank and the deed was
IhSA wsegtman began TO show his
1Deed. He tGhdsd Alexander and Kinl-
~ and ten days ago was absolutely
peo9ttve that Hersog and Wheat had
ee9n hooked lie was doubtful about
xxne3y. but figured that the roll would
V6Nt There 10 4 poesibility that he
Ney utin drag Vie shoftstop Into his
-, but the announcement viii not be
ulAde this Christmas. This was the
QfNetest 6isappolntment OF tho year for
re Cub bcss He had set his heart on
plAyinG Banta Claus TO the fans as It
Z hes never bean done before
4 Deep1te the attraction the chief own
~ IN the Cuba have made up their
nind that they arc not likely TO get their
seoney back for q long time. II ever.
Tins attitude. is figured. should silence
4e critics, especially In tho east. about
Wssghman actually buying a pennant
winner. He has admitted that he was
delng %, but few kNsw what was back
n T. Now they probably win stil be
o1ubtftn az TO the sporting proposition"
vhich threatens 70 cause an outlay OF
poegih'y the entire t26o.00o but the
aAese are the facts
n is claimed that J. Ogden Armour.