The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-26
Majority of Honors Are
Won by Oil City
Athletes
NOTEWORTHY FIGURES
Kendall and O. u. Gridsters,
Tulsa Ball Club, Tulsa
Highly Notable
by LARRY DALEY.


y.nrs TO come. Attendance records
In ali athletic events wero shHt
tered. interest over sports was
greater than the class OF sport, both
In team and individual play was
higher than ever before.
Winning uf the Western league !
remnant by the Tulsa CLUB, Winning
of the Missouri valley football chain-
piouship by tho University OF oh'h
homn. the brIliianco of Everett
Bradley, Cherokee. boy In the olyu /
pic games: breaking OF the wato
iwo.mile record by Dickinson "t ne
Aggios, were the most noteworthy
athletic achievements OF ohIaho-
mans during the ychr.
Tulsuns won majority or sport
ing hopors In oklahoma during th'
vear athlotes Of Tulsa probably
Achieving moro Victories than INC
others combined. Tulsa won the
Western league baseball pcnnaht'
Kendall college the collegiate ioot
hall title: Tulsa high school scholns-
Tie basket bail and track champion
shin. Ivan II. Grove. oil-arouhd cor
lcgiate track championships James
Kennedy. the state amateur kolt
title Billy Melhorn IN" st"tc OPP"
golf title. Travis, collegiate tennis.
Malone collegiate tennis doubles
championship. Helen Wooden, sifIs
scholastic tennis singles title.
Greatest Baseball Year.
This year In regarded as one OF
the greatest In organized bascbail
and the widespread popularity or
the diamond sport was reflected III
oklahoma. There were eight cities
represented In organized baseball
Tulsa and oklahoma CITY OF IN"
Western league and Enid. OkmuI-
gee. IIenryetta, Drumright. Chickh-
sha and Pawhuska OF the Western
association. Tulsa and Oklahoma
City were among tho leaders In at
tendance In the Wcstcr league. Tul-
30. In it's second season In tho league
won the pennant avd Oklahoma city
finished third. Okmulgee ana Enid
won the first and second spit sea-
sons respectively In the Western as-
sociation. the playoff resulting In II
disagreement and In no champion-
ship being awarded. The western
association, rcorganizcd after three
years OF inactivity enjoyed great
popularity for small circuit, uuo III
no small measure to the able direc-
ton OF two Oklahomans, President
Jack I.etchcr. OF Trlsa and Secretary
Charles J. Brill, OF Oklahoma city.
Organization OF the Southwestern
league this fall gives oklahoma h'
third league. At least three cities
of the new baseball circuit VIII be
In this state. giving oklahoma IL
cities in organized baseball.
Great Football Battles.
Greatest football battles In the
history of the sport In the state
were staged this year, The Univcr-
att nf nL Llnhnrnn nluNinR itk first
season In the Missouri valley swept
aside all opposition, went through
the season without defeat and wor
the valley championship.
Kendall college. Of Tulsa ugair
had an undofeatcd season and sew
cral national records were estah
lishcd by tho prcshytrians Follow
Ing were records broken by the Ken
dali eleven: greatest number q
points-622; greatest number o
touchdowns. SIS; greatest number u
goals kicked after touchdown
Martin, so; longest run of season
Brian, 10 yards: greatest number O
touChdowns on kickoff hy team
five; greatest number of touchdown
on kickoff by individual-Bria
four.
Kendall, Phillips university q
Enid. Northwestern normal OF Al
VA. Central normal OF Edmond an
the Agglcs OF saltwater were close
ly punched In team play and ther
was little To choose among those fiv
In the state championship rae
though they are ranked In order n
above. Rise of Northwestern an
Central to n place OF power, hith
erto dominated by the other thrc
resulted in more sensational an
hard fought grid battles than In pre-
vious seasons and In n greater mum
ber of individual stars being devel
oped.
over 200 high schools played foot
ball In the state, more than ever hC
fore and the class OF play both |
team and individual play was IN
best In history. Four teams stoo
out as championship contcnders al
ter Thank sgivinE, Muskogcc. Law
ton, Cherokee and Sapulpa, MuskC
gee was suspended from the stat
scholastic athletic association, fu
rules violations thereby being elin
mated from consideration and So
pulpa was beaten by Cherokee In
post-season game. Then 1awto
won the undisputod ChSmpionsh.
by trimming Cherokee.
Tulsans Caging Champions.
Kendall college and Tulsa hir
lastic championships, but both uuii
tets met with great opposition b.
fore they were finally acclaimC
champions,
Chilocco, Argies and PhIlips ba
tied Kendall hard while Northw,s
ern, Central, Southwestern and Ea
Central were represented by form
dable teams in normal school plp
Tulsa won It's championship hy d
feating the seven other district wi
ners. though the OIL city basket,
were given hard battle by El Ror
runnersup.
Tulsans Golf Champions.
James Kennedy and Billy Me
horn, both OF Tulsa captured
amateur and open Eolf champi,
ships respectively In the state to-
nament held AT Tulsa in the &
Harry Gwinnup, also of Tulsa ,
runner-up In the amateur tour