The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-24
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O0ANTLAND RICE S

Herewith wc announce the arrival OF
another spring
The landscape may De gray with SNOW
"t hl'ah with l"n5rs4 tr'op that stand
outlined against 70 .pt,. .olurrd s,l
III" WlnJ may lHNr u hop upon i'-
iast one attached to tho STINK OF l >irIr
Young hornet
1t may be showing or no0iue. or notn
These lhings Hay" nothing wmuso,tc OF
10 do with the cns"
For spring has came II arrived with
IN" announcement mat suudrl ball ruhs
were mohiliSing ana pointing in tie gem
'ral direction of tho puk-nn''i south
In Dixie land to take their stand
And slam tho pin to bent the band
TO loosen MP long frosttl wing.
with Unfold pcps nni ownrld Curs
Whore Coming Cohhs" nic nNrr Iuns
Nnd budding stars are thi,k,
Hut whore, h1 Msy they fd" away
70 let the old hoys stick
In Dixie land THEY'RE praised and paurcd.
AUd some tc held aud some uir canned.
Who're NgliC sDrhca evolve new curves
Wth phantom dips and mystic swcrrcs.
Nh"ie ono ana all land on the hall
Ana play lam-up game,
but where by June I'm Sa-katoou
The} vc faded from tho franc
with major league halI clubs bonded
touth. spring can he officially written
across tho face Of the calendar Tl.sn
lines are its official hcralds "Marqunrd
iNk"s II easy. but rays the old arm feels
great 'IiNry expects TO pitch the game
~ his NE 90 Eddie Csllus Frsi cT ihnu ,,.r
around tho old hns Dave Hohep son
isHter than ever before
Advance Done
Advance dope, with ita usual elasticity.
,, - ,rrady beginning 10 swarm across the
borders ~ the sporting rage
I'm tho National lcpguc n ie now a uucs-
tion Of "Wholl beat out tho ,;iarts5'
IN tho American League tho main uucr,
- can III" Rcd SoN get hy Rgniu~' Nc
Praw not only has tho strongest hnIl club
on paper Last fall. in tho i've closiug
weeks, had hy all odds tho strongest ban
club on tho field. Uurl the collapse came
~ the finish he had club nblr 10 rfiu
rough 'shod over all opposition. tho main
answer being twen'' six straight The
man iahgle s that last May the Giant.
won seventeen straight on the road 1r.I
thou nopped from Within game of IN,
peak to sixth place They wCI. tho mo. 2
crrntlc ball club that ever took the acld
In two forced marches they not away
forty three victories without a dcro,t
and than couldn't fiuish any hottcr tina m
fourth. They ought to but there p
bale of temperament attached 10 the
club, rnd tomneramcnt iB ALWAYS beyond
the border OF the dope
IA '''p'l'N'Nl ALSO IlfNnN Ilfnn N
intetk-', rs times. aud tho Giants. win
. ~ iosc. are. gong 10 hc hlmos, as inter
osling machine MS tho old Cubs
Tho Red Sos Outlook
The Rod SON began their campaign ~
fflghtfulncss In lal2 They skiddrd I'm
1918 and 1911, but iu 1913 and 1916 they
returned again With both barrels loaded
Tho one chance for them To be stoppcL
isa physical decay TINT was not nppnrcut
10 the naked orb last year with Sprakcr
sold before tho season opened with loo
Wood missing, with Shore aud Leonard
IN poor early season form with Jack
hnrry horS du second base on through the
stretch they cut their way 10 the peak
and remained there NJ tho finish
What hhvc tho Rcd SOX got Nothing
hut world OF pitching strength. pleuty
~ baseball brains and experience, a good
fielding club with q scattering Of dan
gerous hltters and an undue amount Of
pluck and stamina. That's about all
They have been I'm three world series
within five years ana have won all three
Unless Jack Barry falls down ns u lcndcr