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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-27
BURNS TOPS BATTERS
OF NATIONAL LEAGUE
Clouting at .381 Clip; Alex
ander Has Most Victories
to His Credit.

In the National league Burns of
New York, with an average of .3S1,
has displaced Jack Smith, St. Louis
as the leading hitter among the reg
ulars". Wilhoit, Boston, is point
ahead of Burns, but he has partici-
pated in only 10 games as against %
for the New Yorker.
Burns also leads in runs scored with
u and is tied with Baird, Pittsburgh
for stolen base honors. each having
seven. Whitted, philadelphia, and
Doyle, Chicago, are tied in sacrifice
hits, with ~ each CraVath Philadel-
phia, is IN possession of homerun
honors with five.
Philadelphia has batted its way to
a tie with New York for team hitting.
The clubs have an average on .273.
The averages include games of last
Wednesday. Three hundred" batters
who have participated in l. or more
games are: Wilhoit, Boston, .3S2;
Burns, New York, .3S1; Roush, Gin
Clnnau, 800; Fischer, Pittsburgh,
$50: Jack smith. st. Louis .353; Rue
ther, Chicago, .3i5: Griffith, Cincin-
natl, .342; CraVath, Philadelphia, 1897;
llauff. New York. 1888; Killifer, Phil
adelphia, .326. McCarty, New York,
1924; Cruise, St. Louis, .311: Zimmer-
man, Nof York, 80: Wheat, Brook
lyn, .3O5. Whitted, Philadelphia 1902
Miller. brooklyn. 500.
The ten leading pitchers who have
appeared in eight or more games,
rated according to earned runs per
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-27
Jones Against spring Series.

ST LOUIS. May 26.-Fielder Jones,
manager OF the St Louis Americans,
is opposed to playing another spring
series with the st. Louis club of the
National league. Jones blames the
series for the present poor physical
condition of his players. Shotton who
contracted severce case Of tonsilitis
while playing in the series, has not
been playing his usual game and sew
eral other members of the team are
in similar situation.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-27
OMAHA BEST OFFENSIVE
AGGREGATION IN w. L..

Omaha players lead the Western
league in every aspect OF the offensive
part OF the game. according to figures
published today and which include
games OF last Tuesday. The team 10
batting .2S9. twelve points ahead Of
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-27
CBy J.. A. ERMATINGER)

MILWAUKEE, Wis, 26TwO of greatest little fighting men
OF finishing
their class
be
Oft
America
twill be II
a
ficule do note out o
be
n
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-27

Matchmaker Al Venn believes he
has in the Roman Smith match the
hardest ring battle ever fought in
Tulsa. Smiths reputation as a mixer
and the remarkable hard fights put
up by Roman with Mullin here and
also in Joplin encourages such
belief
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-27
Oklahoma High Sci tool Track Records
BY CHARLES y. BRILL

high school athletics of Oklahoma have been competing IN track
established the
the University
o Oklahoma he
placed
university meet there mas
their records a state marks wen
they excel those Of any other why their claim
10 he
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-27
New Lightweight Champion May Come of Welsh Leonard Mill
CORDS WITH THOSE CONDUCTED BY OTHER INSTITUTIONS
Not All State Marks Are
Set on University Track

Four High School Records Established During A. NJ Col
ege Competitions Southeastern Normal Claims 22O-Yard
Dash Mark and Shares Century Laurels; Oklahoma
Achievements Compare Favorably With Best in United
States.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-27
Alexander Shooting for That Bonus.


the fourth consecutive time the 900 bonus offered him by the management
be hard to beat Teate with his having played but Of It's
allotted 1nphed
he
he
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-27

In cHpilng the accompanying ta-
bic Of .,ctual Oklahoma high school
track and field records, the official
records OF the University OF Oklahoma
meet at Norman. the oklahoma Ag-
ricultural & Mechanical college meet
of saltwater, the Southeastern normal
meet Of Durant. the Southwestern
normal meet of Weatherford and the
East Central normal meet OF Ada
nave been carefully compared. In all
of these meets the tracks have been
carefully measured and the times
were caught by three or more stop
watches. All records for distances
have been measured according to the
rules by competent college officials.
University Loses Five Records.
The compilation shows that the uni
vorsity meet of Norman must surren-
der claim to five records and share
one other: and the best state records
compare most favorably with the in
terscholastic records Of the United
States. the 1OO-yard dash mark Of
Q 40 made first by Ira Davenport OF
the 4. t. $. and later tied by c. Nell
son Of Ardmore tieing the American
intcrscholastic record established by
r.. Nelson OF the Volkman school,
Cambridge, Mass, in 1908. The Okla-
homa champion, it will be remcm-
bered later was member OF the ia
nous American Olympic team which
invaded Stockholm in 1912 carrying
off majority Of the honors.
GIpA. Tho "a TINA for tla
century ever made by an Oklahoma
high school athlete was In the 1917
meet Of the oklahoma Agricultural
Mechanical school at saltwater when
Abbott OF Norman stepped the dis
taucc i'm 10 seconds flat.
In addition to sharing honors in the
! 1O0-yard dash Nelson has been
cl edited with the 220-yard dash rec
ord o. % 3-5 seconds which was tied
/ by Abbott of Norman I'm the Kendall
meet OF this year, but as a matter or
| fact Nelson stands alone with a mark
| Of % seconds flat made In the South
eastern meet at Durant in 1912.
Bridal of Marshall has been credit
el with the state record in the mile
run with a mark of minutes i6 sec
onds at Norman i'm 1915, but Petit
grew OF Oklahoma city in the same
season registered minutes AZ seconds
! In the SOllWater meet.
Wilson Hurdle Champion.
Wilson of Medford was supposed 10
have established new state marks
whom he cleared the g0-yards high
/ hurdles at Norman in 16 2-5 seconds
and the 220-yard low barriers in
| 26 % seconds, but as a matter OF fact
this same lad several days previously
had set the record in the Saltwater
meet when he made the high ones in
i1G r ard the .ow ones In 26 Is, one
/ fifih Of a second faster In each event
Bradley Of Cherokee also was sup
posed to have set n new state mark
for the shot put at Norman this spring
when he heaved the 12-pound ball n
distance of 45 feet G y inches. How
ever, ia 1915, Higgins. now football
and weight star at the University OF
Chicago. established the present rec
ord OF i6 feet in 1915 at the saltwater
games.
Even after deductlng these records
the University OF Oklahoma still can
boast Of more state records for its
Iinterscholastic meet than all the
others combined.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-27

American LightweightKing
Rated Equal of Englishman

Packs Dangerous Punch in Addition Being Clever Each Has
Popular Win Other; Tituar Battle Expected to Fol
low NoDecision Affair in New York Two Offers for Dis
tance Fight.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-27
LEONARD WOULD BE POPULAR CROWN WEARER

Growing List Knockouts Indicate Development Of Batter
Like Those of Old When Champions Fought Instead of
Danced Welsh Might Follow Predecessors Into Slumber
land.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-27
BOUTS THIS WEEK.
Monday, Nav 2S.


Roy Moore vs.. Nate Jackson,
10 rounds az oklahoma city.
Benny Leonard vs. Freddie
Welsh 10 rounds, at New York
City.
Ever Hammer VS.. Johnny
Wolgast, 10 rounds. at Iowa city
Iowa.
Willie Jackson VS.. Johnny
Mealey, rounds. at Philadel-
phia.
Charley Metric VS. Neal Ali
son, 10 rounds, at Waterloo,
Iowa.
Tuesday. May 20.
Al Reich VS.. Charley Weinert,
10 rounds, at New York city
Joe Cox VS.. BARLEY Madden,
10 rounds. at New York city,
Jack Dillon VS.. George chip,
10 rounds, at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Benny Kaufman VS.. Battling
Lain, 10 rounds, at Reading,
Pennsylvania.
Gunboat Smith VS.. Bob Meal
lister, rounds. at Philadelphia.
Friday. June 1.
Arlos Tanning VS.. Red Dolan,
10 rounds, at New Orleans.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-27


of old White who cleaned while delivering
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being the them
remarkable thing
altho the Twins trailing the league
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-27

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only
Evening star., 1917-10-14

7T didn't promise to be dull sum-
mer. at that. But when the Mer-
ritys blew in from Bedelia. Col.
q leased the Mott place for the sea-
son. and sprung their plans about Jean
on us-well, 1t did speed things up a
bit. even with the war and all
II think it's perfectly absurd Of them,
Shorty" says Sadie.
Yes; they're that kind. bless en-"
says /. chucklin' easy.
Maybe you don't remember my men
tionin' the Merritys before. L don't
wonder. 1t was a long time back. the
first year 1 ran the Physical Culture
Studio. and that's almost gettin into
ancient hist'ry. amt it? Anyway. it
seems so to me.
But my meetin' up with Hank and
Reney dated further back than that, to
the old ring days when l had trainln
camp just out of Bedelia and not far
from Merrity's ranch. We got to be
quite chummy that summer. me and
Hank. what with havin' our pictures
printed together on the sportin' pages
and Hank winnin' nice little wad
on me when the match come off.
Then there was that time, n few
years later, when they showed up IN
New York, after Hanks grub-stake in
turned out such winner; and. instead
of fndin' him wearin 1eather-trim-
med hat and his pants tucked into his
boot-tops. l discovers that hes hau
himself tailored like collar ad. youth
and was takin' a course at a skinolo-
gist's Also. Eeney had been up
against the beauty doctors until you
could hardly tell her from movie
star and she could look at you through
a gold lorgnette as calm as IL shed
never juggled crockery behind rail
road lunch counter.
But after a couple of months in Pea
cock alley they suddenly quit the game
They'd made the grade all right, and
as far as looks went they was the real
thing But they was lonesome.
.sNeyer again" Hank had told me.
then. Yet here he is once more. with
new crop of freckles, his carroty hair a
little thin in front. and his belt let out
few notches. He's raised another set
of blond lip-whiskers, and has gone
hack to wearin' one of them biscuit
colored felt hats with high crown and
n six-:nch brim So there's no mis-
takin' him for anything but an alfalfa
delegate.
And Renev she's given up the struggle
to keen under hundred and eighty. or
have her hair done like Mrs. Vernon
Castles. Substantial and motherly,
Mrs Merrity looks. with no frills about
her whatever. SO I'm little puzzled at
this splurge of theirs in takin house
down on the Point among lot of
swells
At thought you'd gone back to the
simple life for good says j. You're
goin' to find II quite change from Be
della. you know.
'.Oh, yes-some." saws Hank. But,
then. Bedelia's lot different from what
II was when you We're out there,
Shorty"
Don't tell me YOU got bank and
trolley line saws I.
Hanks nresident of both," puts in
Mrs Merrity Hes had a term in con-
greSs. too. and could have
Now. Reney" protests Hank. Let's
stick TO public improvements. VIII t do
you think has become of the old r. Nch.
Shorty
Turned il into a truck garden?
They smiles at each other.
ITS Ward Five" says Hank. "ann has
fourteen.miles of paved streets. CO arse,
Evening star., 1917-10-14

They've asked Jean for luncheon. She
will meet Courtney"
Then tell her to take along some
crochet work" says I, 80 she can have
a real sociable time with him."
Now. shorty" protests Sadie. Il
wouldn't be so mean"
Maybe Courtney don't do crochetin
but he looks it. He's most as tall and
slim and sallow as his mother. and Just
as ladylike. Course. he was sickly as
a boy, and always had nurses and
tutors around, which may account for
his Lizzie ways. Then. bein' brought
up by them two women. with no man
around-Mrs. Watrous bein' widow
no wonder he wears wrist watch and
takes his most violent exercise when
he's playin' the violin.
If Jean had looked slant-eyed at the
ladies Watrous, what would she do
when she saw Courtney? Or what
would happen to them slim fingers of
his after Jean had given him one of
her Rocky mountain grips? If the
young hicks out in Bedelia was leery
of her, I could see where Courtney
would take one glance and dive behind
sofa.
Takes me to frame 'em up, eh? The
Evening star., 1917-10-14

Merritys would tow Jean around few
years more, with her gettin' huskier
and huskier and the men CROWN shyer
and shyer. until Hank and Reney would
finally give up all hope of ever marryin'
her off. and she'd go back to Colorado
and settle down to runnin' mine sr
get herself elected to the legislature.
Well, it seems the luncheon party
was a success, though Sadie couldn't
get anything but a sketchy report from
Jean. Yes, she did meet Courtney. He
hadn't made any window exit. either.
He'd said some very clever things. Jean
thought. and afterward he'd played
the violin for her. Yes, she did think
him rather an odd person, but some
what interesting. He had asked if he
might call. AS for the Watrous ladies'
Jean would only shrug her shoulders.
Now. 1 wonder what she meant by
that?" demands Sadie
"By ne" says I. Perhaps she was
tryin' to scratch a mosquito bite
When Sadie gets curious. though.
she don't take it out in guessin'. So I
amt surprised when she announces this
garden party in honor of Miss Jean
Merrity saw the scheme. She meant
to get 'em together where she could
Evening star., 1917-10-14

we don't live there any longer. We
bought the Judge Dickens house. on
Colorado avenue"
But we had 1t all done over" adds
Reney. "and put on the sunroom and
pergolas. and built the double garage.
and laid out our Italian garden. Hank,
YOU must show him those pictures. We
think it quite a nice place-for Bede-
liza"
Listens like it might be Newport
says l. What / don't get. though, is
why you should leave all that, and your
good friends and all your interestin'
camp down among as frosty a set of
near-plutes as you could find anywhere
along the sound. You amt never
meanin' to take another crack at the
social game, are you?
Not u.s.. says Hank, prompt. DO we
look that simpler"
Then what's the big idea?' ] insists.
IT'S for JEAN" says Mrs. Merrity.
sighin' bit. You know, she is almost
twenty-five now"
oh" SAYS I.
Course / hadn't seen Jean then; but
that smothered sigh and the item about
her age told the whole story.
Whats the matter with the local Eo-
meos out there" says /.
Cash. groans Hank. There was
candidates enough. only none of 'em
seemed to last long"
Somehow says Mrs. Merrity, they
seemed afraid of Jean
I got the picture. She'd been sent
east to a flossy boarding school, l re-
member hearin' when ma and pa was
maxim their big splurge here. And the
fact that she comes from Bedelia don't
throw me of at all. I'd known of cases
like that before-young lady high
brows bloomin' in little tank stations
where young gents of the first families
still had their hair cut round in the
back and the general idea was that a
demi-tasse was some kind of a mixed
drink.
You know how it is out in the mail
order zone. You can have two banks
and maybe branch bucket shop. and
a Bohemian grill in the basement of
the Plaza Hotel. and still fail to qualify
with a dame fresh from University
Heights or Copley Square-specially
ward those clever things of Lord Dun
sany's. or asks what you think of Amy
Lowell.
Yes. / could see 'em shyin' off after
the first call or so. and then huntin' up
some congenial young thing who'd
quit botherin' her intellect about the
third year of high school. but had
learned how to wear her hair over her
ears and could tickle the ukelele some
thing grand.
Still if the Merritys couldn't see that
for themselves who was l. to advise a
strange young lady to ditch the deep
stuff? I thought 1 might hint as much
later on, if 1 saw it was goin to do
any good. But now I only shakes my
head
with most of the young college
hicks off trainin' to be colonels and
major generals" says I. Its apt to be
poor season for midsummer ro-
mances"
I'm afraid you don't understand
what We mean about Jean" says Mrs.
Merrity.
Course. bein' SO sure I did. I smiles
and lets it go at that And then, a
couple of days later. l met Jean. She
hadn't any more'n given me the up
and-down in that calm, steady way of
hers than l saw my dope sheet was
about as accurate as left-handed
DRAWN of pig made blindfolded.
Hello. professor" says she, stepping
up brisk and givin' me a dve-f1ngered
Evening star., 1917-10-14

see for herself I was a bit staggered.
though, when hears Courtney is
comm too. for I never knew of his
goin' much of anywhere before.
AS rule I plan to duck affairs like
that: but this bein' set for Saturday
afternoon. and me gettin' sick OF stick
in around town with the mercury
climbin' toward ninety, does land out
home in time to make myself useful.
I'd lugged out chairs, and set up ia
bles. and squeezed lemons for the fruit
punch. and tried to keep little Sully
from snitchin' enough cake to feed his
whole base ball team.
Sadie hadn't asked a mob this time
only fifteen or twenty hand-picked
guests. The Watrouses were the first
to arrive. all draped in black and jet,
limousine shut tight.
At $3.50 Jean hadn't shown up, al
though we was lookin' for her to boom
in any minute in her gray roadster with
the cut-out wide open.
Trust Jean. though. At 4:35 some
thing rolls in through the driveway
gates. It's the two-wheeled basket
bodied cart that the Motifs governess
used to use. And between the shafts is
a buckskin- -colored mustang, with Jean
drivin.
II couldn't resist" says she. when I
saw that cart stored in the old car
riage house. I always did want to ride
in one. So I sent back to Bedelia for
Ginger. It's an experience for him,
too"
Ginger looked it. Seemed sort Of
dazed over the whole business, and the
way he'd twist his neck around to gaze
a t that contraption behind him was Gu
rious.
Then. too, everybody has to swarm
around and inspect the outfit. Even the
ladies Watrous peered through their
shell k-glasses at it from a safe dis
tance while they made Jean tell all
about how she came to be driving
around in such a queer rig.
What an original idea" says Mrs.
Watrous.
Yes. quite unusual" echoes Miss Cor
nelia.
They're that kind, you know. Why,
most likely they'd been brought up in
such carts: but. now they've gone out of
style. they has to let on they don't
know anything about EN-. Minds like
rubber stamps, they have. And 1 caught
an odd flicker in jeans eyes as she lis
tens to 'em purr or
About then. though, I'm chased off to
the back of the house on some errand,
and when I gets around front again
lean is continuin' the exhibition by
giv.n' little Sully a ride out to the
gates and back.
Next she picks up some of the older
folks: and the first thing / know, she's
stopped in front of where the Wat
rouses are sittin' prim and stately. and
seems to be invitin' them to take a
trip.
why they should ever do it 1 can't
imagine. Maybe they'd gone tempora-
rily nutty, or perhaps Jean could be
more enticin' than I'd ever given her
credit for. Anyway, while I'm GRIMM
at the nerve of her. in they climbs.
Up to that minute both Ginger and
Miss Jean had behaved as meek and re-
spectacle as if they'd come from West
Newton. Mass. And I don't know but
Jean would have kept right on if the
mustang hadn't broken the spell I
wouldn't want to say he knew what
hind him. or that he didn't. Anyway.
Mrs. Watrous and Miss Cornelia had no
sooner settled themselves on the cush-
ions than he lays his ear fiat and
promptly proceeds to back.
Whoa now, Ginger" says Jean, gen.
tie. but firm.
Evening star., 1917-10-14

ing Short of marvellous, as is the sys-
ten of accounting for every ingredient
that comes out of the storeroom.
On Sunday. June g.. the bakers and
cocks mess had the following meals:
BREAKFAST.
Creamed beef toast. French toast. butter.
fried potatoes, strawberries and cream, coffee
with milk, bread.
DINNER.
Chicken soup with noodles. chicken fricassee.
cucumbers young lettuce white radishes, fruit
salad with mayonnaise. strawberry shortcake,
lemonade. sliced bread, butter cheese.
SUPPER
Beef loaf. brown gravy creamed potatoes.
plain mullins and sirup lima beans. iced tea.
Now the actual cost of those three
meals for 100 men was S50.29. And
every gram of every material. as well
as every cent of every dollar. is &C
counted for. Part of the training of
a student cook is the preparation OF a
days menu. and the listing Of the eX-
act amounts and exact cost of every
article used.
And if there is any anxious mother
who. after reading these lines. still
thinks that her boy is going to France
to be starved or i'll nouriShed by the
government that sent him. let her TAX e
these favorite recipes home and try
them on her gas range:
BEEF TURKISH (FoR 60 MEM.
Eighteen pounds beef 5 pounds rice, l pound
fat tbutter preferred). l pound flour Drowned In
fat. . pounds onions tbrownedl, 3 gallons stock
Make batter Of -four and fat. adding the
stock and onions to make u gravy. 'nt the meht
in 0ne-inch cubes: season with cayenne pepper
salt and little garlic; roll in -four and fry
in deep lard. After the meat is fried put I'M
nediately in the gravy and allow 10 simmer Tor
two hours. While cooking 1t may be necessary
I" add little more stock Meanwhile boii me
rice land fry. if desredb and place around the
platter. making u nest in the center into which
the stew is poured
STEW Ell RANCHO tFoR 90 MEM.
Twelve pounds meat fresl without bone and
but little fat cut in about u inch cubes.
Ten pounds potatoes. cans tomatoes or u
pounds fresh tomatoes, 3 pounds carroes' quar-
tered lengthwise.
-Four pounds turnips sliced across grain.
Four pounds cabbage, with core In cabbage
Cut from top to bottom in quarters or efghths.
depending on size of head
Three pounds onions, small preferred. Whoie
Place the meat and such vegetanies us turhips
carrots and tomatoes In large pan OF coid
water and bring slowly to boil. Let simmer
manning vegetables. season with salt, chill colo
RADIO. comma and oregano and COOK until done
All ingredients should be thoroughly cooked Dat
not broken into pieces in the cooking. Inc
liquid should all the solids ny about Rn
inch. 1t should not be pasty, but OF tiie nature
of broth gravy, and have a reddish nue. from the
chill. pepper and tomatoes. The stew Is impro'-
ed by bunch of parsley chopped nhe ana added
Just before serving and u few sprigs Of parsley
may be used for garnshing- serve hot WIN
vegetables. whole far possible. ANY lresh
meat and any vegetable may De used IN thls
stew.
Old mess sergeants declare that the charac-
teristic taste impaired to delicacies out OF the
Book" varies with the climate. In the words
OF the commissariat, Fort hhey eo9An I'm In
Monterey cookin'-you can tell em at the hrst
mouthful."