The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1920-03-05
THREATS WON'T
PUT JOPLIN OUT
OF the WESTERN
Manager Hamilton Told Ne
Has Fight on Hands,

JOPLIN. Mo. March Tt,y are
going ~ nAk" if ioush tor Jo.iir ih
tho Nsstrtn i.esTIr ihis Jest TITO
made no b1nrs nnuu' telling Ir.s.d'it
loasnhorI and Msmgor hamilton 'u
At ths lshfpe llee'lhg In th.casp e
couple 90 weeks HFo. and repeated ~
Of thc special m.tilry ht KlHans cats.
where I'rrsId"nt insrnb-rg refused ~
stand for Joplin b.ius 'fnllrpHicd' uIt
~ tho lsasI. IN favor ~ brutsr iiI'
mo threats Of vnfl0us club in.gnstHs
IN the league have only mad. Tho
Joplin n1bas 'iu'Ht ell o." p1fs ds.
'rrnincd ifrf dent liur.nhsfg rh'itd
Joplin business men to The support ~
ila club financially md now Ainhscr
HAMILTON IL gong 10 fdly his players
hhd lct them knos they sfe up BsainH'
hsht lie stp"tT they slil feri
about y ~ he do'H. when he k,ys.
They tel us tbcy bfe gpinI ~ mrlt
II hstd fof us 80 win Wil bll have
10 nay T. ihht I'm glad uey upp' d
m" OIL >" mat ! know shat the '.Ibs
~ aHtihrt. The fuyi ~ u j. w ~ ~,
how That we've l~en warned aud 1
il.nk M team can hand. ~, nd
Manager Hamilton arrived herr early
m ~" Nifk. from his siut,t home 10
f'ofn. accompanied hy his vile. their
coming having been Delayed yesrr.i
dala hrcu-r NJ Mrs ilpiplliDn's iIncfs
shh The nv Ttr mrnBg,r g1t rlsht
down 10 business and ihc first 'hnE
IN 'i" rfogf1'u Wls conference wHl
W"hin.nt hprkers u' the club tt|
when Hamilton reported on vh.i iga
'ria! h' has IN sight Tor hl. club
Almost ertirtiy New Team
Hamilton means 20 have an almost
"nilf'ly n.S team. Iio presented y liAt
~ players b, has sent contracts 10
ana an rofit"us afn taken care of .t-
e'W one IN the outn.ld several a.
We t'Ht.fr listed slr.ady have tiyn.d
contracts Some ~ ,ht others may d.
tit stubborn about signing. Lut "
~ Nnng'r eIpcCis no real iioIbl. oy,f
stay trrgs.
This ~ mo way Hamlllons team
N,.'s up ni he presented II 10 ths dub
t.rt Bl~ Brown.
second Ease n ruegsr or Yoetsy.
shof lNur-lsInb or sheridan.
Thlfd lias. Hamilton.
bight fi,li Wagner.
Caster Yield Mutt.
tairh"rs -Gomsr. murphy and yNlps
Iiirhrfs- h0ehlef. MARKS 80 .l,c.
Nhh'fs"n. johnson. Berger. Nan
Ia"ins Them down tho line iirow n
an hftt tasc was purchased from III.
~ Louis Nationals iS,si year be
made rcod fecotd with NobiI, ari
81 Lodts recsilcd him. hut when /,
s1t FOlThisr could not uss him
hrusgef comes frUm ib. Thrr.
Leasar IN q trade. Western League
ihns KNOW hin. however. Tor he fin
ish.d Tho 1913 season with Wichita
ana hung NJ n batting record Of .Iv7
~ " gamer lOcaey. his rival Tor
ttcohd. was obtained from, st PAU.
iio IA knnuu h.rcabouis for good work
he did ~ ,he Western Association ,n
inI After that he went into tho
Army.
Lamb for short. is a popular favor
ite but bo distlnctionA xiu he made
and he Viii have 10 hustle to hsSt out
nh.fidun. Who Wss purchased from
brooAl,n, That club had him iransd
out In the in,erns ;ionhi League last
year and he vent seod m the cis,s
Manager win Play vhkd.
Al third base 10 Manager hAm,ion
himself and his record shows h. =
some ball player Al III. position lie
10 no youngs'.r. but NJ the axe whrts
. s0cd clean liver shouid bs at his
best, and that Ia What iismllicn ".
Wasnsr In right field is Thrce-l
Lessu. p@syer Who Vas 30 good that
Hamilton hsd TO hsh' 10 get him, The
port to the Miners. Nut, N riwh, Is
a hoidover ffsm last year. lie has
speed and hat,ed .3s:. II viii take a |
good upe 10 put him on the bench
Comes 10 a catcher purchased from
a club In the Weston Canada Lessua
and Murphy IN recruit backstop |
turned over by tho Detroit Club, Bliss