The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-10

career as manager. In fact, so good
| is the Tulsa club as II liz now CON
stituted that 1t looks like the class
/ OF the Western wheel The round
Ijng into form of Carl Adams. with
the brilliantly pitched game by
Smithson Sunday at Wichita gives
the Abbotts the most formidable
| pitching staff in the league. In ad-
dition TO the above two mentioned
hurlers, Richmond, Cowan and
Morris are consistent winners.
I Omaha has, In the writer's opin-
Ion, the best staff of moundmen In
the league aside from the Oilers
tuhr is going great and he, with
Palmero, are two extremely hard
| pitchers to beat. Schatzman and
kopp have hurled the Rourkes to
a place in the pennant fight Aside
from their pitching, omaha Is not
in the class with the Oilers. They
have a fast inficld and fair outfield,
but their attack will not measure
up that Of the oilers.
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Tho defensive and offensive play
OF the Oilers In their last five series
league and IL Il that play that has
L
l.. and kept them there.
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st. Joseph carries n great punch
and is a club to always be reckoned
with. But the Saints defense Is not
as effective as that OF the Oilers.
which includes their fielding and
pitching. =
Joplin has, like Omaha. a crack
pitching staff. But also like the
Rourkes, and every club in the
league, for that matter. the all
around play of the Miners Is in
ferior to that OF the. oilers. Their
attack is good, but they are as in
different fielding team and several
games have been lost by the Miners
by poor base running and will be
lost by slow work on the paths.
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Frank Isbell is desperately
seeking strength for his slipping
Witches and the injection of new
blood may help. Griffin, former
Oklahoma City outfielder, was
without a peer as fly chaser
while in this league and should
he be able to hit while In new
livery will make Isbell a valuable g.
man. Johnny Conlan has fallen
off in his hitting, and unless there
is improvement the former Oiler
will be succeeded by a new out
fielder. The Witches aren't in
the class with the Oilers, on the
mound, in the field and in the at
tack.
oklahoma City. with a really bet
ter club than their standing indi-
Gates, and under the management of
Dick Breen should make trouble
for other clubs--but they haven't
the strength Of the Oilers.
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Jack Coffey's clubs arc always 10
be considered as there isn't more
capable manager In the minors for
going after playing talent and maxi
ing use of that talent than the Dcs
Moincs leader, The Boosters have
played much better since the acqui-
sition of Outficldcrs O'Connor and
Metz and Il Is n really formidable
club with which the Oilers open
their long northern stand here to-
day.
Sioux City Is the weakest club
In the league, lacking offensive and
defensive strength and the Pack
ers are doomed to a cellar berth un-
less they are strengthened. How
ever, the Sioux are n hard club to
figure and are liable to smite any
club--for a game or two. But as for
figuring in the pennant hunt. they
are the only club in the league with
no chance to even make a respect
able showing in the standing.
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II isn't patural partisa nship or
the desire to see a Tulsa club bring
home the pennant, that prompts us
to say that the oilers are the best
looking club in the circuit. It's the
cold facts.