Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-04
Pitching Staff of Pro-
ducers Thoroly Cleaned
Is Plan.
High School Phenoms and
Sand Lot Finds Among
Candidates for Team.
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Rushing along i'm the wake Of de
| parting winter the baseball season of
| l9l1 year that holds inrumera bic
/ unknown quantities and contectures,
Grives into The spotlight and com
mands the attention of the real fan
despite the break with Germany and
'hc many other matters that are cal
VuIdted To detract the attention from
ne dolnEs In the realm I'm which King
sport rcigns supreme.
The hig league teams are packing
up preparatory to departing for the
spring training camps the big minors
are sounding the bell and within a
leW days will be assembling their
players, despite the protests of the
payers fraternity incarnate i'm ore
Davy lultz.
Here in Tulsa President j. =. Scott
or the Tulsa Baseball association is
showed under with work, the work of
constructing an almost entirely new
haFeball team, a team that will battle
Tor the pennant thru a season of the
best baseball ever exhibited in the
western association. Already he has
the signed contracts Of host Of prom
ising Youngsters and the intention OF
the manager, iiEc WOoley. and the
l.''ffiNt'.lNA ~ W tOlNlTNiI q team OF
youngsters. The veterans have proven
costly on too many occasions and the
sale OF recruits to the leagues OF higher
classification has proven too rcmuncr.
alive to be scoffed at.
Reorganization.
But the manager and president are
not grabbing every lad who applies
for berth. only those whose ability
has pceu brought forccfullv 10 their
attention are receiving trials. And
a classy Lot Of Youngsters will be wear
lng tho Tulsa apparel when the winter
league iisbands and the actual per
formanccs again greet the bugs. All
Of them are highly recommends!
from unquesuonablc sources. some of
them being personally known to Pre"i-
don't Scott and a large number T.
Manager Wooley. \ shortStop, 4
catcher In the event Hank Moore's lib
cral shoes have TO be filled, a third
Esemdn and two outfieldcrs are the
positions the competition will bc keen
est with the possible exception OF the
twirlng staff. This department is 10
hc almost entirely revamped. The vet
Grams with the exception of Clements
having been notified Of their dis
Charge by the simple eXpedient of not
mailing them contracts.
Young Pitchers.
Among the lads who will battle for |
a place on the twirlng staff Of the .
Producers this spring will be found /
youngsters of sufficient physical abil- |
ity to stand the strain of a lorg season !
and sufficient youth to have other /
than "A mercenary interest in the !
game. The pitching staff will be Sc 3
lectcd from tn following prospects
j. Billings who halls from La Junta.
Col, stands over six feet in heigh: .
ard tips the beam at lS5 pounds He
serves from the regular side and is
strictly a scmi-rro, never having made
his entry into the professional game.
Il. Ritcher, n coGnomcn which isn't
so difficult to spell. but hard to pro-
nounce twice in the same way. is a
yoUngStor who has put but 10 sum
mers behind, sleeps in St Louis in the
winter and boasts a whale Of a record
with the Ben Millers crack amateur