The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-21

baseball existence. In the new blend
they looked to he difcvcnt people
SO here were three clubs In row
all made up In goodly part from other
cluhs. who IN the new SHIFT Nuuicrcd
/ forth and returned with ucnnRnts
/ The proof was offered hero TINT hall
player. In the ru' with ono club. might
regain his old form under different condi-
tlons. In changed surroundings
The Blended Cubs.
The 1917 cubs are nearly MI Rlends
There Rre Mcrklc and Doyle from tho
Giants and Dodgers. Vaughn and VOL
ter from the Ytnks. Sopton and bcmnrce
from the rhillies Douglas from tho Reds,
and go on down the linz"
The result has been new deal aud new
peopl" In place ~ being Jokes the Cubs
have been rutslug the Wen known dick
Ems Larry Doyle. despite an injured
ankle has hecu ~ his hest Fred Merklo
has been shooting along NJ dizzy clip
playing fine ball around first and batting
heavily and with timely effect The cub
pitching has been good. where Fred
Mitchell has worked wonders with Sea
ton and Douglas
on copy paper no ono would call the
Cubs n great hall club Rut on the bah
surprise The BLEND has apparently
been nm effective one and has produced
results.
The Giant elend
Tho Giants also have th'ir share NJ
the Blend arrnv There nr" kauff Nndcr-
son and Rpriden from the vanished Fods.
McCpfiy FROM the Dodgers. Zimmerman
from the Cubs. perrltt from the Cardi-
nails Renion from the Reds Gibson from
the lirnies, Sallee from the Dodgers,
Iieryog being Giant originally, is not
counted The list Is heavy enough with
out him
Judging from these returns. the no
mhdir Ne ~ tho Eypsirs Is strictly
h"arthsidc affair compared 10 baseball
! Athletes now ~ from one camp 20 an
other Rt dizzy speed and only few
/ ever stick with any one club long
stars likc Cobh. johnson md NlcVr.
der NJ. retained. hu' even 'hls rule
doesn't always work For Speaker moved
nom noston To- Cleveland jackson. n
I 1sn hitter. moved from Cleveland to wi.
cago. and Collins and VaNor shifted
hver to chicago md Nov York from
their rhilndclrhis estates
The pennar,.
~ fnr ihe National league pennRnt
race while tho Giants silll look 10 have
the hest club IN tho circuit. The New
York margin IL nothing IKE NJ wide ns
II once looked tn he
There was vast Nmoun, NJ rnssln
around that McGrNws limo .up should
have tho race well hooked hN tho mid
dle NJ lunc nr tho rtsi of mlv Uu, no
rhllllcs Rte rlaylng hotter holl than ihcy
NffF expected ~ WAY. NillN NNltNW
and s., Louis from the west nre strong
~ than any ono ever figured ihcm back
IN the snow svrpt stretches nf Noune
April n nrookvr and posior reach
last years standard tho league should h.
fairly well balanced with rll clnch bets
removed
The Economy Chamr,
Dear Sir " has hccn suggested that
We economire and cut ou' surrus pnd
ding Now, good many h,ll PLAYERS
have long names IN witch number ol
useless letters are used WHY no, ono
NllAhle lineup IN these dANa ~ rostriva
ton hereby nominate 'he following
Catrhersa Srhsnr md Schalk
Pitchers ruth. shore. Srhurp Smith
/ Ccomhs Rush
Fits' hAsr.Ghasc
Second y.it
] short ctSti
/ Thiri .urrN
ou,n,ld Cobb wheat nurrs
ECONOMIST
on the other psw we have hrer told
not 10 economics Hcnre No submit Our
cluh ~ three nr more syllnhlce
/ Catchsrs- Nunamaker. killfor
| Pitchers Alexander Lavender. Ne
msree scuthoton. Coveleskle
! First base kone,rhv
Second hase-rt,na,rick
! Shnr,s,or- M.ranVille
! THIRD base Zimmerman
/ outneld- Robertson, jacobson. Gu.
/ hnNlev
! which wins