The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-23
MAJORS SOON TO
START PRACTISE
1921 Season Looms as the
Grandest Season in
History

NEW YORK. Jan. 22.--ln a few
more weeks the sharp crack of the
bot viii ring out below the Mason
Dixon line.
Al OF which reminds us that ~
viii not hc long until the curtain
risDs on another baseball season,
Ana what season 1921 promises
to produce
Nineteen twenty was good year
for baseball. even though the
"Blnck white Sox" were pSpOs"d
ana tho pastlmc handed one or IN"
hardest blows ~ has ever received.
Eut 1921 viii bc better.
Major ana minor league owners
alike, regardless uf what olso may
happen, are expecting good busi-
~oss - The turustilcs this year And
Iu anticipation of "A prosperous sea
son every club owner is cuubing
the market for players In order 10
put the strongest possible lineup in
the field whom llG pcnnnnt races
start
In The 1921 major leagues tho hot
races Of 1920 VIII be reproduced
only with more heat This is &C.
cordiug to advance prospects
Tho New York Yankees will be In
the American league race from the
very start unless unforeseen happen
ings wreck great BAN club for
Colonies Ruppcrt aud Huston.
Champions Unchanged.
The Cleveland indians. with prac-
ucHlly the same lineup that carried
them to an American league pen
nant ana worlds championship,
viii be I'm there, too, fighting with
the confidence that comes with vic
tory They will 20 out to repeat
with an even chance 20 do so.
Tho White SoN. though wrecked
by the dropping OF eight players.
may manage 10 surprise everyone,
The browns. under Loo Fohl. must
be- counted In the running I'm pre-
reason dope, Fohl has a harmonl-
GUS, not 10 say capable, aggregation
und"r his wing
Detroit. under Ty Cobb, promises
to look up. The Georgia Peach
be ns capable nj handling men as he
has bccn as u player the auto city
Will have a winner. Along with De
troit the Washington Senators are
TO he figured az COntCndcrs for
first division berth.
The Red Sox and Athletics are In
the doubtful class Boston, under
Iiughie Duffy should come forth
with n new show OF life. though the
process Of rebuilding the Sox will be
slow because players are 80 scarce.
Connie Macks announced policy OF
holding To his good players from
now on indicates that Cornelius is
weary OF tagging the rest OF the
league.
Tho National league race promises
to bc "A close and interesting affair
from start TO finish
brooklyn Faces HARD Fight.
The Champion brooklyn Dodgers,
who wcrc bit lucky to win the pcn-
nant last season. have been slightly
strengthened In pitching by the ac-
quisition Of Dutch Rcuthcr. but are
otherwise the Same team. Thcy viii
probably find repeating the hardest
task n Brooklyn team has ever set
out To accomplish, despite the fact
that In Robinson they have ono of
the craftiest and best all-around
managers In the business
The Giants, reinforced nv new
blood, will present an even stronger
array than they did in 1920. and the
manner In which they closed In on
the Robins at the finish Of last sea-
sons marathon indicates that they
will be among the leaders Of the
HANN NIlN h'bNNu. w lln MtAtlhW,
Jennings and Burkctt to handle the
team the Giants win lack nothing
In managerial efficiency,
The Cincinnati Reds. 1919 cham
pions, kept up well until the last
month of the 1920 race and then
went to pieces. Reserve pitchixg
strength IS needed by the Reds and
needed badly. Pat Moran has been
wildly seeking more pitchers and is
out To bolster his team In other re-
spccts. Rcdlnnd fans, with n world
of confidence In Moran, predict that
they viii return To the championship
strata next fall Mcbbe so, but they
will have to lose their 1920 faults II
they finish as good as third,
Pirates Look Strong.
ST. Louis Cardinals ana Pittsburgh
Pirates must be figured as teams
that win count in tho coming PEN
naut race Roth of these teams
showed latent and surprising
strength last season and both will
enter the 1921 race with added
strength In tho way of young blood.
The cubs. under Johnny EVcrs.
should make a bcttcr showing than
they did last season. There was
disscnsiOn I'm the ranks in 1920. Il Is
said, and IN addition the team was
crippled a good part Of the time by
| Injuries tn players, notably the In
! jury 10 lIolluChcr shortstop, and
| Bill ktllifcr star catcher.
The Bostsn Braves and the Phil
| lies, both under new managers, In
tho persons of Fred Mitchell ana Bill