The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-02

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N.jA - kf{Hf&l In that circuit
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*<< IA JkI.*<f<{44 dor hom man
y kkf . &d<{t1 Dickcreon's
standing could
pun such n boner. In the
August 80 edition ~ Rocky Noun.
tain News Of Denver. uiokerson
writes that L.c Western league will
not DO "a class a circuit until IL
admits Denver into tho fold. llo
further says that the oklahoma
cll'F. Tuba Dnd oklahoma CITY be-
long On league with other south
western ClticH. naming Wichita, Hut
Crimson, Muskogco and Fort Smith.
Omaha, Dcs MoineA, Sioux CITY.
Lincoln. st. Joseph. pueblo. Denver,
ana the eighth city selected from
several who would be glad to break
In tho league would make II a much
better circuit than the present one"
writes DiCky AND HE FURTHER
OflNES THAT TULSA AND OKLA
HDMA CITY WE'RE ALL RIGHT
~ THE WAR EMERGENCY, BUT
NOT CAPABLE OF SUPpORTIN
CLASS 4 BASEBALL NOWi
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Get thnt In your noodle, rough
reader. Not cnpnAL of support
ing lass 4 ball! lie wants Mich-
TIA, Tulsa, oklahoma city. and
Joplin out Of the league because
they dctrnct from iis ",inse,." lie
would hnNc Denver and Pueblo IN
brcnusc uhcy are larger cities.
Following In n part OF DickcSon's
story taken from the above named
paper;
The Western league mover will be
the classy organization without Den
YER that II ia with Denver In tho
circuit. What New York is to the
two major leagues Denver was to tho
Western league Omaha IN the only
city In the circuit TO be compared to
H. The writer knows whereof he
speaks In saying that with favorable
conditions In Denver the Colorado
city will turn out an average week
day attendance as great as the aver
age sunday turnoutH In all but about
two cities OF the circuit aH 1t IL now
constituted. There Ia absolutely
nothing IN common between the
oklahoma cities OF the present cir
cut aud the northern division cities,
not any more than there would be
between Kalamazoo, Mich, and
Springfield, Mass. which are of
about the same population as Tulsa
and Oklahoma city.
Tho two Oklahoma towns are live
ones In every sense OF the word and
Will no doubt give their representa-
two teams fair support year after
year. They belong In another league,
however, along with Joplin. Wichita,
Hutchinson, Muskogee. Fort smith
and some OF tile other live towns in
the oil country, They would be q
lot better off In league OF their
own down there with towns In the
circuit nil possessing mutual inter
ests There would bo some chance
OF every team In the league making
money As the league now stands IL
takes exceptional receipts for any OF
the clubs to do better than break
oven when the mileage is as great
ms In the two majoy leagues
omaha, Des Moihcs, Sioux City,
Lincoln. st. Joseph. Pueblo and Den
yer, with the eighth city selected
from several that would be glad to
break into the league, would make Il
"A much better circuit than tho pres
ont one, although the league Is doing
well because every line OF amusc-
mcnts that Is at all appealing is
doing "A land office business this year.
Lincoln is, In the writer's opinion, a
better baseball supporter than any
OF tho southern division cities OF the
present circuit They may turn out
larger crowds on the big days, but
mono OF them, with the exception OF
Wichita, will do nearly as well as
Lincoln for general average. when
Lincoln was dropped from the West
ern lCagu" reports sent out OF there
made IL appear that the writer, as
president OF tho league, was respun
sible for the transfer from lincoln to
Sioux city. Ducky Holmes decided
to make the change and since he was
a resident OF Lincoln had to have
some goat lie made profitab bic
deal In tho sale OF his franchise. but
would no doubt have Jared even
better had ne remained In Lincoln
The breaks seemed all against him
at Sioux city
let us Iool, at some actual figurcs
tO rcfutC DiCkcHon's story. and "a
show how Illogical Il l.. Last season
the first Ncnr Tulsa and Oklahoma
CITY were members, though the In.
dams were In In the final month IN
1913, and Wichita, three of the citic,
which DiCkcrson says are not fit e
hold franchises In the Western lea.
que, with ST, Joseph, pcnuant win,
ncrs, led the circuit In attcndancc
The first half Of this year Joplin
! led In attendance with Oklahum,
| city, Tulsa and Wichita following Il
order. The attendance In these foui
cities has bc-n even greater the see
Ond half than the first, with the cN,
Crption OF Jopliu, The four northern
cities which niCkcrsnn would use IA,
the nucleus of "A rCorganihcd league
Omaha, DCs MninCs. Sioux city, an,
81. Joseph. have not supported thciI
clubs aS the southern cities.
pickcrson says the mileage now &
too great for tho Western league
land ho talks ~ Denver being grcn
city, and how Il supports othe
IamusCmcnts Vet. when Denver w,
I'm he Western league II was unahl,
10 support two consecutive cham
,piouship teams AND TT VA,
DROPPED FROM THE LEAGUI
IBECAUSE or TOO MUCH MILE
AGE.
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nilsa was not member Of the
league when piCkCrSOn was de-
pOecd aS president ana the writer
| knows nothing of him. We'll