The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-30

y tW NOlltkth nave IfAull'h h'N'J
crnn football players this fall, and the
few who have VIII hardly care TO boast
about their victories over colleges VINO
have sent most Of their stars into kha-
h. -,
This is no year to chant the glories Of
A winning eleven Certainly not against
colleges who have given thcir best men
to "A grcatert game And football mas
done It's part In such n wonderful way
that there may easily be greater glory
for the losing team.
In looking over tho various lne-ups
OF this fiji, with the endless gaps; IN
noting the long list Of Httrs "..o .". q
gone 10 the front, the collegiate occasion
this drifting autumn 10 summed up best
by W. NJ Let's, In
1.-THE Spires OF oxford"
saw the spires OF oxford
AS was passing by;
The gray spires Of oxford,
Against u peRrl-gray sky;
My heart was with the oxford men
Who went abroad to die
The years go fast In oxford,
The golden years and gay;
The hOary collegcS look down
On careless boys nt play,
But when the bugles Sounded war
They put their games away
They left the peaceful river,
The cricket field, tho quad,
The shaven lawns Of oxford
TO seek n bloody sod;
They gave their merry youth away
For country and for God,
God rest you. happy gentlemen,
Who laid your good lives down,
Who took the khaki and the gun
Instead OF cap and gown;
God bring YOU 10 n fulrer place
Than even oxford town.
III football teams" asks n reader "Rro
not playing for chpmplonships then what
are they playing for?" Well, there is
n matter OF physical recreation and de.
velopment, keen competition, the fun OF
the thing and one or two additional de-
tails that hardly come under cham
pionship headline.
Rival Values.
Sir; II In admitted everywhere that Ty
| Cobb In the greatest offensive player IN
baseball. II Is also as widely admitted
that iris Speaker II the greatest de.
fcnsive outflrldor. Cobb is n hettcl
batsmsn than Speaker and Speaker +,
II not Speaker nearer TO CohN In the Of
fonBive than Cobb Is to Speaker In th'
defensive7 Cobb has never led Speake
ms an outfieder. But only last yea
Speaker led Cobb In attack
S, II. H. Doston)
There Is this additional detail to b,
! entered-offcnslve value In OF create
| worth than defensive value. There ar,
many star outfIelders who are defensive
| ly brilliant, hut only a few who can bal
above 300 and bring In the runs, In tn,
way, OF nll-aronnd value, ms betwe:r
Cobb and Spea ker. that debate ls toe
Intricate to be settled In one or two
phrases. Maybe later on.
Against Left. Handlers.
II has been whispered back and forth
that left-handed hatsmen nre below pai
facing left handed pitching
: There is no physical reason for any
| such deficit. Most Of II Is due to q
| faulty process of thought
In the late series, Eddie Collins Env,
fair enough proof that to Il confident
batsman one type " pitcher ls tho sam,
ns lnv other Eddie faced noting but
left handlers for five. Of the six games
He tackled three of the hest left-hondcri
In the National league Yet he complet
ed his work with an average OF iO9
The Record Depr asIon.
or all apd words the pen can utter
The saddest are these: | am no puttcr.
&C. V. ~ n.
Far saddcr words are these | wot.
II cant play any club I've got"
The Ned Sox and the White Sox hav
never lost world series Out of Nv
starts they have produced five triumph,
They are the Original holcproofs.
l.. @. D.--Eddle Collins mark IA
twenty-six world series games ls Rroun
$40 We recall no average above thl
for an extended number of w. s. engage
ments