The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-19
20 Players Graduate to
Majors or Class AA
Minors
OILERS AN IDEAL TEAM
Combine Hitting With Speed
and Good Defense; Abb
bott Wise Leader
BY LARRY DALEY.

closes today, with the Tulsa club
,keIy winners, and leading by one
ard one-half games to date and de-
c,dod only in the last day ~ play,
,,ucving one OF the closest flag
o,,ses in the history of the circuit
last year was a very successful
one i'm the Western league, but not
ir interest or in the class OF ball
nlaved and its exciting elimination
Ala the 1919 season compare with
this years play.
Five Clubs in Flag Hunt
Five clubs, Tulsa, Wichita, okla
homa City, Omaha and st. Joseph
we're contenders until the last month
while all were in the race the
first half OF the season.
Tulsa owes its championship to a
remarkably we'll balanced club. All
eight regulars and some OF the
nitchers we're dangerous at all times
on the offensive, while the fielding,
cratic on occasions, was brilliant
ana saved numerous games. Mana
Ger Spcncer Abbott gathered to-
9e,her a bunch Of fast tossers, who,
a,parting from the oilers style OF
rky last year, depended greatly
mon their speed rather than heavy
hitting. In fact, there were at least
two clubs with more powerful swat
ters-Wichita and st. Joe. Neither
the runnersup or last years cham
pioners, however, were equal to the
oilers in run getting, despite heavier
attacks and neither displayed a de-
fense equal to that,of the oilers.
II is a tribute to the managerial
skill Of Abbott that he pulled his
club through fast mental and physi-
cal work rather than superior me-
chanical play.
Oilers Send Up Five.
Twenty players graduate to major
or class AA minor leagues, Ia to the
big top. Tulsa leads with five, while
every club graduates az least one.
Following are the players who so
10 faster company:
Tusa--Tierney, infielder, TO Pitts
burEh Nationals; Connolly, outfield-
er. to New York Americans; Nc
Manus. infielder. TO st. Louis Amer
leans: Morris, pitcher. to Chicago
Americans; Richmond, pitcher, to
St. Louis Americans.
Wichita-Yaryan catcher, 10 Chi
cago Americans; East, outnelder, to
Chicago Americans.
Oklahoma City - Lindimore, In
fielder, to Detroit Americans.
Omaha-Fuhr. pitcher, to Chicago
Nationals.
ST. Joseph - Brubaker, infielder,
TO Detroit Americans.
Joplin -- Lamb. outfielder. TO St.
Louis Americans.
Sioux City--Lyons, pitcher, TO st.
Louis Nationals; DEBATE, infielder,
TO Columbus American association.
Des Moines-French, inficlder, to
New York Americans Lynch, pitch
er TO st. Louis Americans; Has
brook, infielder, to San Francisco
Pacific Coast league.
All Clubs Make Money.
Every club in the league will show
profits for the year, four of them
hakdsome margins. Tulsa, Wichita,
Oklahoma City and Omaha were the
biggest money makers. Joplin led
the league in attendance the. first
half of the season and though the
patronage I'm that city fell off nice
sum Is realized there. st, Joseph,
Des MoineS and Sioux City with the'
sale Of players and gate receipts,
more than broke even,
Witches Fight Gamcly,
Wichita fought Eamely through
out the last week of play and main
tained an even pace with the leaders.
Heavy hitting was chiefly RESPONSE
Die for itheir finishing in second
place.
Oklahoma City started poorly
staying in the second division until
mid-scason change in managers
was effected, Dick Brcen succeeding
Jimmy Humphries. The Indians i'm
mediately started playing improved
tall and finished a good third, their
play the last two monhs being equal
10 that Of the two leaders.
Omaha, with much potential
strength the first two months lost
three players by descrtion and never
recovered, slipping from place at
or near the top to the last position
IN the first division.
st. Joseph played Indifferent ball
throughout the season lowering
around third. fourth and fifth, The
hs tahs OF the Missouri city showed
n'ue enthusiasm the last two
months Of play and that lack of in
.he club - a much more powerful
ttn sgatn than one or two which fin
Hhed higher.
Miners Start Strongly.
joplin started strongly, but, Ike
Omaha, suffered by the doscrtion Of
payers and also injuries, falling to
second division berth In mid
~ason and never going higher.
Sioux City, after being poor tail
sguer Tor four months also changed
phots, Frank Metz, like Dick Brcen,
NaVlng the Des Moincs club for
managerial role. Metz succeeded
tnGch better as leader than the
.S'liant but temperamental DEBATE,
hhg the Packers from a cellar
''lh to the eeventh position.
n, with a team torn by Injuries and
ssihess, Jack Coffey was forced to
an si'sh IN last place, but 1t Is splen-
VIZ Illustration of the fighting force
Sau personal qualities OF the Dcs
ssioihes leader that tho Boosters
sOusht hard, even to the final
hes' giving the Tulsans three
,u battles at Tulsa in the next to
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