The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-09-26

Declaring that the Chicks without
support. play flEhilns hall. Ernest
A. Phillips. sports writer Cor the
". Smith Tlmes.ileoord takes D
rap Al chlekaaha and comments a.
follows on the baseball situation
here;
AFTER watching the chlckaaha base
ball chb perform yesterday against
the Twins IN the opening hattie Of
the post season series 4 ip remark
able that the Chicks could dlspla,
10 such fighting ability after Chick
naha followers practically dlaowned
them daring the latter part of The
Western association race.
@Dmp Hayes and Ray wlndcr had
the chicks on their toes, In there
hnsillug every minute. They dis
played more pep and iasz than ~
any previous time aorc. Even prap.
ual Hayes. always quiet sort o
chap was fighting had every nom
.nt of tho day The players them
selves had the old spirit that wins
ball games.
Contract ls Turned Down.
In refusing TO honor Ray Wind
or's contract TO furnish chlckaaha
with baseball during the summer
Il seems as though someone at that
end of the play Is pulling genuine
Fred Mcrkle. How town. with a
pcnnant winning team. would re-
fuse 10 support Il n hard TO under
stand.
Perhaps Il Is that the clilxeni
and business men of Chickasha d.
not thoroughly understand just What
baseball club. especially pen
nant winner. means 10 them. 4
pennant winner brings TO any town
more advcrtisig than anything else
Newspapers throughout the country
publish reports on their games
fpread the fact far and wide that
such and such a town has o pennanl
winner.
"plalnly. Il IL worth loss oi
$1,000 every summer TO any city tt
have a baseball club. whether Il
wins or not. Papers throughout the
southwest have published materla
on the Western association. Chick
asha. by winning the first half en-,
and by meeting the Twins In th,
playoff. has received foa more pub
lcity than ii otherwise would re
ceive from a sporting crew.
THAT Chickasha had a good clul
IL evident from the brand OF base
ball the Chicks played Tuesday
against Fort Smith. Regardless o
the fact that the citizens of Chick
asha have declined to support them
the players were out there to VIII
for Chlckasha In short words the!
are doing their best to bring Chick
asha a championship; trying to ge
flag for town that would no
psuport it's club.
May Drop Out of League
"From the reorganization plani
now underway it seems as thougl
Chickasha will lose out and not bt
in the Western association next sum
mer unless the Baseball association
of Chickasia which is recognized BY
the w. A. officials as the Chick
asha representative straightens on
its contract with Ray Winder, wht
has given them championship club
1--WE sincerely hope the business
men of Chickasaa see to it that thi!
tangle is untangled and that thu
baseball situation there is placed
on good footing before the plans fo
1922 are drawn up. for at this tint
il looks as though Chickasha viii
be minus place in organized base
ball-and once city drops out o
league,-drops out for failing tt
support pennant winner, it is cur
tains and forgotten memories for
ever for that town So crank up the
alarm clock, Chickasha, and get il
the game.
From the way the Chicks battlet
against the Twins Tuesday they con
stitute one of the strongest clubs il
: the league-a club that will cause
lots of trouble for other teams mex
summer-providing Chickasha il
still in the Western association"
Chile ROrrnyDe Orr