The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-18
Sunday Credited With Ironing Out the
Rough Spots in PiHsburgh,S
Old Baseball Team

The. boys who made up tho old
Pittsburgh team OF 1883, 80 yJlrs
ago don't look much like the outfit
comprising "A present day major
league club.
Billy sunday, then a star outfield-
or and now even a brighter lumi-
nary i'm still brighter circuit who
today Is closing a six weeks revival
in Tulsa. is "A member Of the group
shown above. Blly, II will .bc OBJ
served. was one OF the few who
didn't decorate his upper lip with
mustache
1t must have amused the fans IN
those olden times 10 see star
pitcher pause just before delivering
ball 10 adjust tho dia mond stick
pin in his tie. This probably hap
pened frequently, as the boys all
wore very prominent ncckwcar and
undoubtedly carried few spark
iers in them.
Many of tho men shown in this
old picture, which was loaned The
World hy Mack Schrode OF the O.
p. & II. of Arondalo. Okla, have
passed on TO the Great Beyond, and
all now Of course are out OF base
ball. Some Of them were roal stars
IN their day. Take Jake Bentley,
for instance, the big first baseman
shown in the bottom row. Jake was
active in baseball M TO 10 years
ago. In his late days on the dia-
mond he performed for the Kansas
City Blues.
Brcklcy Some Buntcr.
Bill Ertcl. business manager Of
the Tulsa Baseball club, recalls very
well the days when he played
| against Becklcy IN the American
association.
"Becklcy was the greatest bunter
ever saw," said Bill 'If thero
was one thing in particular that ]
prided myself on when | used Ia
play third base, Il was that / could
field bunts and field them fast. But
Beckley was ono man who tool'd
me every time he tried. l didn't
have any idea whether he would
bunt or hit It out, II I came In eN-
Fpecting a bunt Jake would rap one
down the line mile a minute, and
II | was expecting a drive he would
dribbie one toward third that was
sure safety Jake was one OF the
very few men I'M the history OF base
ball who turned his bat around and
grasped the large end whom he
bunted He was so good that he
could thus take the worst Of It and
bunt better than the r9st'
The BLY, Sunday Story.
But this story Ia supposed to he
about Billy SUNDAY and the part he
played in baseball in Pittsburgh,
Let some old-timer get strung out
on "reminiscences about the men In
the above picture and he'd run an
day SO, we'll ict IA Morris, the
popular old-time southpaw pitcher
Of Pittsburgh. tel il Morris, IN
recent interview. told Of Sunday
debut I'm baseball In P!:;".urgh
how the youngstor even then was an
evangelist in fact II not in mama.
Morris also mentions several OF tho
others in the picture
The Pittsburgh team gained the
name Of being the best behaved
club in baseball" said the veteran
southpaw, "and | will tell you Just
how this reputation was acquired
for ! had the honor to De a member
al the time OF the Transformation.
Every hit Of the credit Is due 10 no.
body else than William A. Sunday.
the famous evangelist.
SUNDAY, as every fan knows,
played with the celebrated Chicago
Colts under the management. of
Adrian G. Anson, Billy Joined the
Pittsburgh team in 1883. At that