The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-28
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The lhto newspapers received hHie do.
ctmber 10 being tie hteul dUplgt base
ball a. being again torn with trouble. and
this time II IL with tho pefplcxity VI what
10 do under me existing national crisis
Being vitally financially interested lD
bspsbAll and ~ myself, son, aud s0n.in.
law are asfyinF In the United states army
IN this war perhaps ! am able and ru.
Titled 60 discuss tho question fairly AMI
frankly from both W"NpUlnts
As | ses irov thIs fsr.of lookout
station, baseball wants 10 40 M duty hy
the nation ana NJ the same rlms n nat
ufally desires 10 avoid tho sacrifice Of its
sntifn invested rights ana property
Should the dfau hit any one club uu-
reasonably hard or should bny stars HE
Ty Cobb. TnB Speaker. Walter Johson.
that an appeal to 6snsfsi Crowdsf. who
10 an emlnoutly fair man, or even 10
President Wilson who seeks not the death
~ ahy American institution. Will bring
about the hame fHir treatment which iH
being constantly accorded other llnes Of
business. Possibly. n ono club IA fIddl'd
badly BY thu draft wofs, than the Othort.
II should he strengthened by some IN
tefnal legitimate means
Must Watch slSh, Closer
hut baseball must watch closer tho
sigma of ne timrs The Alexander kIlli-
br deal. 40 we'll as TINT " Bush. strunk
and SChang. Indicated that ia strangely
opl Of ftcp with national events The
loud publicity given the purchase of play
srs for the large sums Of so y0y to So 900
will be- a harsh. discOfdant note In the
existing world. .Wido atmosphere Of econ
omy, ratfonchment and sacrifice and tend
10 shock the fan public Md make Il pause
and ask, IA baseball silll stark crazy
think the public will realize that In
NNaE safIfN TaNa hi FF.r ID l.
drafted away, there cannot bo the same
former high class article Of ball PLAYED,
but they viii be contcnted with feGsnn-
ably Inferior article NJ bail and 60 see
the gaps filled up with bushers.
But strict bone-dy economy must he
practiced. No one who reads the daily
papers hut can foresee that 1918 will be-
an active one on thu battle fronts over
here IL may be the deciding year NJ tho
war The Inevitable casualty lists are
bound TO have At least at FIRST a bad cf-
feet upon amusemsnts Folks don't even
dance In France.
People will continue to 90 10 see hall
games hut not In such numbers Tho
gate receipts will drop lower than they
did during tho bad year OF the Federal
league fracH Why not' sails must he
trimmed accordingly Nothing could he
simpler But cable news states that tho
Chicago meeting ordered no cut made In
the schedule and no shortening OF the
spring trimming trip. They must he In
tOEicatCd with tho deuSiye success Of
1871. and fail 10 soc the Knockout drop
which may be their portion Of 1918 The
: year 1917 Ia no criterion. II had all tho
good and none Of the had Of war
Beware OF TrIflnu.
The censor restricts n soldiers utter
ance. and quite rtghtfully 30 but ! am
xure he viii not object TO tho following
l9fnssase Everybody buS the men man
A.n q - l..v, luN.
GUS situation TO when America II eK-
posed. II they don't wake up from their
stupOr and put the national game In iis
rightful place in tho front ranks Of all
patriotic movements, events combined
with public opinion will force them out
and put others mora alert In their places.
This Ia no time 70 four flush with tho
public Beware or trifllng with tho war
situation. It's loaded"
What should baseball do as It's 'hlt7"
Tho American League. under Ban John
sons influence, started well but did not
10 far enough II initiated military drill
BY It's players under rr-ular army ser
Teants as one way Of ..,CourAginR pre-
paredness It's owners bought 800 900 Of
war bonds The New York club played n
Sunday benefit game netting large sum
for the New York engineer regiment.
Charles Comlskey donated considerable
amounts 20 the Red Cross from gate rr-
celpts Clark Griffith is doing splendid
service in sending thousands of dollars
IN baseball paraphernRlia to the soldiers
over here Quite A start but only start,
II could have done much more Up 10
August I, when ] left the United States
for France, the National league had done
nothing patriotic. but I hope II fell In
lire subsequently. although the noise
thereof has drowned the roar Of no big
guns over here.
Maonates Fell Down.
The original intention was that after
the ball players had become proficient I'm
military drill they would in time drill n
company OF say l50 fans not subject TO
draft, giving them an annual pass as a
compliment Thus to aid In creating "A
home guard. The magnates fell down on
this feature. II should still be put into
effect
ParenthstlcAlly, a home guard may he
a. important az an army on the firing
line. The American army over here will
90 through, never fear The pnlptating