The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-27

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S----sE..--.----s---s-A npo sent many
plnycra 10 the majors and almost
alI or thom made good. Heading
the ust is Rogers Ilurushy, ST. Louis
cardinal star and one ~ huscballs
Etr1t,s' mmiurriDs. l.nnhing sec
rud only to Iorushy aH leading sec
.ud bnpomau iu the National l"agu"
Ia potc Eilduff of Erooklyn. llurnahy
and Kudufr played in the WoHt'fn
for two soaHuns, IVA ana
1913. Hurnphy WINS with Deulson
aud Kllduff with oklahoma city.
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CIin Brady. who played at the
snmc t,uc with the 1ulsa club,
last season made ~ very favorable
impression with the BOSTON Rcd
SoN and though lac VIII hnNC the
brilliant DCrrit Pratt 10 Tight Tor
the SoV keystone position. II con-
sldcrcd "A valuable player. Fred
Nicholson. runucrup last season to
IIornsby ns National league hat
ting leader aud recently traded 90
the Ho-ton BrnVcs by the puts
burrh Pirates In the deal whereby
the Buccaneers acquired "Ithbhit
MurnuNi,Ir, was ~ tcnnnhIr OF
IIornsby NJ DcnisOn Ross Young,
brilliant New York Giant out
fielder, played with sherman at
the same time. inrI Smith. who
wns ~ catcher with the Tulsa club
In those DAYS, made splrndih
debut last season with the tihnts,
working over hnii the games
PLAYED and catching and hitting
wcll.
There are others well known IN
Tulsa md oklahoma, Bill BnNnf
and Elan NnnRildor, Brown pitch
rrs, werc members Of tho Tulsa
Western league hurllng STAFF In 1919
less IiaInps, who was traded In l9ls
hv Tulsa In mld-scason to Kansas
city In tho deal which brought "Cot
ton" Ticrney to tho oilers. was d
winner last year with the Cardinals
Tlcrney was sold last fall to PITTS
burgh and will undoubtedly be re
tanned this season ns utility man j
not n regular. Iurwell, pitcher. and
Pat Collins. catcher or the JopuT
Western league club In 1919, were
with the Browns last season anC
were both retained this year Pal
nero, pitcher last season OF tn
Omaha Western League club, IL als'
"A Brownie. Oscar Fuhr, n tcammat'
OF Palmcro'H at Omaha, In mem
her OF tho Chicago cuba. Joe Nor
ris. pitcher. and Tommy Connolly
outfieldcr Of the pcnnnnt winntnI
Tulsa club last year. are now mem
bera OF tho white SoN and Yankee
respectively. Ray Richmond, ~
Oilcr hurler last year, this sprin
rcjoins tho Browns, from which clu'
he was obtained last summer by IN
oilers,
Everett Nnryan. battling leader
| nnd the Babe Ruth ofthc Western
| league last season, II "a member ot
| u major league club now, Finer
! Ponder, "A University Of Oklahoma
baseball and bask kcthall star sew
craI years ago, and whose home IL
az Shawnee. Il IA Pirate veteran
huriCr. Ncllnwhorsc, u pitcher
purchased Inst season ny PITS
hurgh from the pcnnnnt winning
Little Rock club of the southern
association, " an Oklahoma Indian
aud lives at Ponca city In the win
ter.
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Going bacl, over decade ago
tho days OF the old Western associl
ton, class q circuit then and whic
included such cities as OklahoW
CITY, Wichita and others are severi
players who are major league stai
and who have made baseball hiator
They include Earl Hamilton, PITTS
hurgh; Joe wood, Cleveland, an
Clydo Milan. Washington.
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Two well known PLAYERS WI
achieved their first baseball fame
| oklahoma arc In the America
league. Carl Mays. Yankee pltchc
hurled his first baseball as mon
Der Of the kiugusher, okla hiI
school team and later or tho Kini
| fisher college nine clyde Manic
| who may hc a regular Tiger catch,
| this season, went up from the Tul'
| oilers I'm 1919,