The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-18
Teams Face Barrier Stronger
Than in Last Years Campaign
Five New Managers to
Lead Clubs Five
Manager Play.
STRENGTH IN TRAILERS
Joplin and Omaha, Weakest
Clubs Last Year to BE
in Flag Hunt.

with the start of the Western
league season only two days of a
glimpse at the personnel of the clubs.
who are to represent tho eight uItl'f
IN Al TCurncy o Glass \ circuit con
NinCCs one that tho race this year
will be even closer than irst seasons
hectic chase aud that tho class Ot
baseball played viii be- OF superior
quality
These observations are natural fol.
lowing q pcruail uf the lincups of
last years two weakest clubs the
omaha Houikos and joplin Miners.
Both Of those clubs enter the 1920.
hunt at least 90 per cent stronger
than last season. This being the
case. and a. stands To reason that
the six other clubs viii hold up their
end, the obvious conclusion is that
II VIII bc u merry race from the first
bah pitched
Tho following brief analysis uf
the eight clubs. IN which tho old ana
new players ana the prospects of
each club are set forth ~ not a pre-
dictiuu. Changes of team poraunuol
are too great to warrant u forecast
no matter how closely one has fol
lowed each club. But. as written
above, II does indicate strength
among all eight clubs, uud again let
1t be said that with the class uf toss
crs listed this year in the Western
league. 1t should be- "a glorious race,
Tuisn oilers.
Spencer Abbott, manager Of the
Tulsa Oilers. presents "a team with
the splendid combination OF veterans
and now material. II is composed of
six men of last years team, the bal
anco being players from other
leagues or rockies playing their first
.,E Al
old men are Morris. pitcher. Tier
ncy. second base. Cleveland. third
base. Burke. loft field, Davis, right
field. Following h the way they Will
probably start against omaha here
Tuesday;
Burke. left field. Larmore. short
stop, Davis, right field. Graham,
first base; Connolly. center field.
Ticrncy, second base. Cleveland,
third base. Dobbins. Brannon aud
query. cntchers; Morris. Cowan.
Miller Billman, iIoH liolt1hauscr
and Richmond, pitchers, McManus.
utility infclder. Conlan, utility out
fielder
omaha Rourkcs.
Jack Lelivclt, former major
Lacquer. now manager OF the Omaha
kourkcs has been. drilling n formidn-
bic bunch of tosscrs at Okmulgce
and when they meet the oilers here
Tuesday he will undoubtedly present
a much better team than that of last
season. lAnRlo Hale and Brown,
catchers; Furh Schatzman and Kopp
pitchers. GisiasUn, second uase, Duii-
lea and Lee, outfielders are the vet
Grams.
Tho ROurkos start the season with
the following players. Furh, kopp
Palmcro, Freynick, Skuph and
Schat1mau. pitchers. lIngle. Brown
and Hale. catchers. lelivclt first
base GIslason, second base. Wcidcll
third base. Maullin, shortstop, Don
Ca, Lcc and Mahon, outficldcrs.
Sioux city Packers.
"Rod' Andrcls, sioux city man
ror. "A former Western league star.
~ likely looking squad In train
gat Miami. oklahoma The hold
ers from last year are Rasmussen,
rons and Fletcher, pitchcrs. Elf
ri, catcher ana DEBATE shortstop
sey will start this way.
'RaSmuSs Lyons, Fletcher, ilar-
on, Mccoy Gillls. Miller, pitchers,
iffert and Carroll, cAtchcrs. Bot
miy, first base, joe Evers, second
Use, McCandloss, third base, De
te. shortslop; Labor. Crouch,
ltchley and Robinson, outficldcrs.
81. Joseph Saints.
Nine members of last scason's pen
int winning st Joseph Saints are
saring rcgalia OF that city this soa-
n, They are Williams, Mclaugh-
and Rose, pitchers; Shcstak aud
'osby catchers kelloher, short
op; Bruhakcr third base. Walker
nd Bonow!tz. uutfiolders,
Tho Saints viii start this way
lose, Mclaughlin, Williams, I.us-
ihcn and Allison, pitchers; Shostak
and Crosby, CdtChCrs. BuuuWitI. first
base, Conroy, second huse, Bru-
baker, third base; Kcllohcr, short
stop; kirkham left field, Kirby. cen
ter field, walker right field, Allen,
utlity lnliclder, l<cllohcr, manager,
Joplin Miners.
Jimmy Hamilton, manager Of the
Joplin Miners has only three yctgr-
ans Of last year, Lamb, mira base
and Bochlcr and Marks. pitchers. but
numerous new men promise to add
great strength 20 that club CHIEF
Of these are NuchoS a former star
Western association and American
association shoTtstop, and Frank
snyder, formerly with the ST. Louis
and Brooklyn National league clubs.
The Minors start the schedule with
tho following lnouu. Rotgart right
Al'lNs l'tIl ltlf ttHlfI IlflN. lnul ger.
md base. NuCknE shur,stop. Lamb.
third base; WagOucr right field
Brown, first base, snyder ana Dunn.
catchers. Boehlor Marks, Sphouhyy
ger. Donovan, Burger pitchers.
Hamilton, utility
wichita Witches.
Headed by Manager Joe Berger,
brilliant and always reliable short.
stop, much strength is presented by
the Wichita witches, Other veterans
in addition to Joe are Washburn.
second base, O'Bricn and Naryau.
catchors, Bowman, East, Norman
and Gregory pitchers and Marr ana
Coy, outfieldcrs.
For Tuesday, the following is the
way the Ialies lineup. Mari, left
field; Smith, right field; Washburn,
second base; Beck, first base: Butler,
third base; COY, center field. Naryun
al % A..