The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-31
I ooking EN- Over
With
JACK KKENI

You no doubt have lamped that the
Cinci Reds are plunginE along the Ma
tionsl league highway Al a Ina gait.
This. In itself. 10 rot unusual for thr
Redlegs carly In tho season. Terrific
batting spurts, a spell Of effective hnrl.
inE. and the Reds were OF to burn NJ
tho circuit for few weeks In years
gone by. Then thsy fell away 10 their
real gait and . iowly berth
hut the situation Ia different this
spring. True. the team 10 hitting we'll
ana the pitchers are holding up the A.,
Tense nobly but the main factor IN the
glowing deeds Of the team 10 the old
John ], Pep the new leader. Pat Moran.
has put inlo tho outfit
Everybody who knows Pat 10 aware
OF the fact that he Eets the most out Of
up when Pat bobbed into Cinciviile was
whether he could get the maximum pep
and fire Into a hoodooed and poohooed
team
ireland In ns fisht for freedom may
well point to Pat as one OF the leaders
who has shown his ability to govern
men. Hs has the Reds going great guns,
II isn't . slave driving systsm he
has. either. There isnt a oalInet; more
snows he cspsbiiiii.s Of every pisy.r
snd ssta the most out Of him. Moran .
ability 10 handle pitchers has helped
him. He knows absolutely what shape
4 pitcher 10 In before no sends him into
The bon. On the offensive hs knows the
tdiocysrasies Of hls own battsrs and
the oppoaink hurlsrr,
There 10 MOI one sinFis atom Of kuess-
work In his work. lie has made his men
realise this Thi, has given them oonh-
it's . long ana rocky tran from now
10 nsxt fall, but the chances arc ten 10
one that Moran has the Cinci team set
to give its best down thu. rocky road
Officials Of the coming lawn tennis
tournAm Aments havs already begun TO de-
viss ways and means 10 attract Capt.
n. Norris Williams. II, the former ma
tionai champion IN the sinSles 70 com
peta In the events In which they are
Interested. This should not be difficult.
Williams has always been one OF the
most Industrious Of cAfnpaiEners on the
American courts. Ever since the rners1or-
Abls season OF 1917 when he first ap-
pearsd 10 show hia rnsttls on the turf
Of the Crescent Athletic club. at Bay
Ridge, In the historic New York State
championship. Williams has bssn one
o. the. most interesting haurss at the
game In this country.
Rrsatness - q player Of the actively
brisk American who leaped into fame
In 1874 by lowering the coiors Of Maurice
y. Mclaughlin In the championship
match at Newport. the last Of the M /.
tIonai sertss ever decided On the field
of the picturesque Casino, II In certain
that hs 10 able and near the top OF
ihinrp connected with the game VIII
liama last plsysd in this country, ana
then much against his will, In the pa
triotic tourna ment that rsplAced the ma
tlonai chm m plonsnlp at Forest Hills, IN
August. 1917. That was shortly before
he sailed for France and he IVES beaten
In one Of the DArly rounds.
siAcs that time Williams has fought
and played lawn tennis on the various
courta Of France. italy A4d England:
NspertA Of his work are Indicative OF
gocd torn, This will make Me perform:
ln6es oil the more Interesting He viii
have HE chance 10 dsmorstrsls wAsthSr
Of not the honovs rightly bsionq 10 T.
Hn6tey Murray. Thsn there 10 the
Ntsard lchiya kumagae, shG the eenea-
tion Of last season. william r, fiidsn
III