The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-08
TRACK AND FIELD

The lrascible .fates have never yet pei
mittcd any ball club to win three worlu
series In n row, and they apparently nave
no intention OF resrrsnsing the ancient
schedule this waning season The clhsslc
cubs Of 9O6-'i were unequal 10 the rug
gcd assignment, and the equally clhsni~
Mnckmen OF 1904 also Crumpled before
the three year In succession job
The Cubs and Mackmen ench hnin
their great machines together for tve |
years Each won four pennant, In thi'
hyc-year period yet with all their am"h- |
ing skill and speed and power thsy were
not able TO occupy the world series
throne room for three straight years
And then the Red Sox came They /
crushed the philies four games to one
In 1913. In 1916, minus Speaker and with |
Barry injured. they won second pen
nnnt, and thwarted the depressed pods-
hundred and seventeen was then TO =" |
the test The Red Sox had but two OLD
, rivals TO beat on-Whlte SoS and Tigers
They had dispersed both handi,y for two
wears whenever the need came to "oll
out the reserves Three weeks ago. whom
the White Sox suddenly collapsed anu
blew n five-game lead within week, tho
| old story seemed TO be under way again
| But Ms we remarked earlier In this oyt
burst, the fates have never yet permitted
/ any ball club 10 win three world series
championships IN row In place OF
sagging and skldding, AZ they had done
before In other campaigns the White
Sox rallied and fought their way back to
the old margin by september ] WIN
star inficlder wounded and out OF har.
ness. the Cook County Erenadlers had
pltorcd some Of postonH stuff leaving
| tho Red Sox 4 thorny way 10 the peak,
which they had defended no well throug>,
the. September campaigns. Of 1915 and
| 1916. Septembcr's schedule Is oil their
way, but White SoS Improvement over
past year, has upset April calculations
II might be Just as well n the Red
SoH and Giant, didn meet, The left
well. but tho lenhsnder In coplour quen.
titles 10 another affair with the Red
SoH and Giants tossed together into one
arena the atmosphere would be entirely
10, repletc, wi,g southpaw' for any. use,
all tangled up with Babe Ruth and Dutch
Leonard, not even war tax measure
could shift the burden.
No wonder Western fans aro roofing
merrily for the white Soy to come safe-
ny through The siphtreers Of swat have
frolic since 1910. Heven years Of long
and ldusty travel has brought on a keen
deslfe 10 see the west horn In again after
the w dronth. II has been eight years
won flag. and variety Is still said to
be the spice Of HE,
Such n the genisi dope, with Jack
son and Collins batting around a20 or
ai0 the white SoN stagFer along IN tho
rui Then. as Joe and Ndde fade We'll
below 500 their hall club begins 10 make
noises like pennant flapping In an aV-
tumn wind
The Reds are now pointing to the fu-
ture Iast season they put the league
leading batsman In display. This season
they hope to have both the leading bats
man and the leading pitcher In Fh Rousrh
v and Fred Toney ny next season there
be no prize left except the mere detail
> Of winning their first pennsnt In forty
one years,
The Phlllies have discovered n proml
Q nent young pitcher In the person Of y Mr.
: Charles Albert Render, said 10 he
, ChippewS chisi While Mr. Bender is q
a Carlisle graduate. this In his second sea.
| son with the Philles There IL rumor
out that he was given a brief trial bS
Connie Mack before snlisting under Ma.
A tional league coiors.
II McGrsw has only had TO keep his c'ut
on edge for the world series since April
III. or. rather. since September 6, last