The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-24

Copyright, 1911 hv fhc Tribune Asso-
ciation)
We hnvc never seen or heard Of an Of
fetal test made az TO just how Miss Mollt
Bjurstedt or Miss Browne or Mrs. May
Sutton Bundy might compare with the
leading tennis players OF the country
But unless Jerry Travers can play at a
phenomenal clip next SATURDAY NJ the
Garden city club, II viii he fairly good
proof That no male golfer can give lead J.
ing woman player nine strokes on eigh-
teen holes and got bv with II
HnTold Hilton first made the attempt
N England n few ycnrs ago. lie tackled
Miss Lei'ch and was finally beaten
10
In the first stage Of their encounter
at Englewood. Travers' returned u
but finished 4 down. as Mrs. Gavin, his
opponent. raced Rround In SO, with ~
finish on the last nine holes.
II Trnvers had been playing nj tho
top Of his game. he might have finished
all square lie could hardly have done
better Mrs Gavins net score was IS.
and this included three Ind holes
An exceptional round would, " course.
have beaten her. But we are figuring on
average performances
In the first test Travcrs had fourteen
Of tho eighteen holes In par This Is Ger
tainly good average work, oven for n
star Ye, he was doyp. The rest In
matter of mathematics
TWO Types
There are two wS1d scrlcs types who
promise To add considerable 2cst To the
post season championship.
one is Eddie Cicnttc. the white SoV
star The other Is Ferdinand Schuhp, the
Giant snu'hpaw
Whatever the ingredient or the dcliv-
cry. or what not cIrottc has a battling
allotment that Is thought to be- almost
unhittabe By any club that has ever
faced him.
American lcaRucrs saw that Cicotte's
70 called Shine bnll' viii stand the G-
ants upon their beam ends, leaving them
thwarted and depressed
In the same why. Schupp lS also likely
! 10 h. puLzlcr for any club which has
I never faced him The Giant southriW
has more speed and a sharper curve Than
his size would indicate. and, TO help thls
along, he has a deceptive delivery that
isn't easily gaugcd
II In fairly likely Tint clcotte nnd
Schupp win meet In the first game. Nc
/ Graw may pick Poll perritt. but the nd
vance guess now IL SChupp. win these
two engaged II will be interesting to sec
how the two Mysterious Bsfners come
out-and whether or not they can i've Nv
to their present promise as bewlidctefs
In the, Realm Of Swat
clootte's Record.
NlCnl's mas NJ PnN one If'oIu. nv w
the first major league pitcher In history
| to face twelve years OF campaigning hnd
have his twelfth year stand out @ his
best
As rule. pitchers reach their top after
three or four Years Their hest seasons
aro TO he found within their first eight of
ten years. But HftcN their tenth year
they rarely ever reach the heights again
MnthewSons best year was In leOS, his
| eighth campaign. That was his last spin
above "a thirty game margin.
But CiCotte, after reaching n poln'
| where II wns figured he must hc wen on
the down grade suddenly steps forward
with the hest season he has known ana
| the best pitching In his league.
We have heard any number OF theories
advanced for this one is that the shine
bah In responsible Another is that n
freak delivery has come 10 hts help.
The facts are that, after padding
around for eleven campaigns, the SoN
star has suddenly come upon something
which has a tendency to leave him In A
strictly winning mood
The Case Of torroa
More than trifr, so far as the Giants
ara concerned will depend upon the Oc-
tohcr condition OF Charley Ncr1ug, nn
ideal leader. n great bah player under the