The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-08
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Tulsa baseball club has gone
to st. Louis for the purpose Of
Wrestling from the Browns and
Cardinals, if possible, talent
needed to bolster the Oilers
for the 1922 Western league
pennant race.
May Re Here Next week
word that lelivclt had started
his search FOR new strcngth FOR the
team was received D. business
Manager BIN Fricl of the club yes
tcrday. a message from Lelivclt In
forming him of the step and also
asking him to visit 81. Louis next
week Tor a conference. Friel said
that instead Of going to the Mound
CITY he probably would have Leil-
welt here 80 that he and the mana
ger could 20 over the situation with
President Jim Crawford.
What do the oilers nccdP That
Ia the question that naturally pops
into mind In connection with Leli-
volts pow WOW with the brown and
Cardinal chleftains.
To begin with they must have
another catcher. They have Eddie
Spellman. and Eddie's powerful hit
ting ia "A factor To be rcckoned WITH,
bu; they cant get along without mn
other backstoppcr Just as good or
better The word has gone out from
ST Louis that the Browns intend TO
carry llcvlng along with them In
1929, which would mean that he
oant return To Tulsa But the
Browns have Hank SEVERED. their
first string receiver, Pat Collins
and Josh Rulings They want, TO
keep Scvereid and Collins and they
can't get Billings out OF the league.
So. In order 10 carry Heving, they
Wuet keep four catchers. which In
at least one too many.
Iicving May Come Back.
There's another angle to the
catcher situation at ST. Louis.
Johnny Heving lH n man who Graves
work; he won't slt on the bench N
he can help II. He'd rather he tho
bench warmer In ST. Louis SO,
everything considered. there APP
peara n pretty fair chance that Hev-
ing again may come TO Tulsa. II
he doca hho catching question is set
tied at once and definitely, for Iev-
Ing was the best catcher In the
Western League last year by quite n
margin,
Iellvelt win try to talk the
Browns or Cardlnae out OF at least
two first rate pitchers, II he doesn't
Succeed the Oilers will have to Re,
'em somewhere else. They simply
must be had. George Boehlor. Ray
Richmond and Tom Lukanovic arc
three good men to start with. but
must have some equally good com
panions to help them carry the bur-
lien. What Lcllvclt really would
like 20 get is "A ornck southpaw and
steady rightfieldcr.
Need Pair OF Inficidcrs.
without going into n detailed dis
russlon OF the infield II can he said
that tho oilers must have a pair of
high class inner defense men be-
fore the season opens. Belivelt, OF
nourse. win hold down the first
hasing lob and George McGinnls
will be back ut short That's about
all the dope there is on the infield
az present, cxoept that n has been
definitely settled that Luke Stewart
won't be back Mt second base.
"a Despite the departure of Jimmy
Burke for Memphis and the strong
probability that Phil Todt won't
iweRr the Oiler uniform In the next
campaign the outfield s giving
Tulsa officials mighty little worry.
available at the opening Of the sea-
Apn will be the veteran Ynnk pa
yis. the most consistent hitter ON the
Oilers last year; "Rhino" williams
Southern league Gluggcr. who comes
from Memphis In the deal for
Burke, and lIerschel Bennett, the
sensational youngster who made
such a hit at Muskogee.
= SO. TO sum II all up, the oilers
would like tn lay hands on at least
five good men at once--one catcher
Two pitchers and two lnfielderp
u Youngsters "a cot Trial
A few Youngsters already lave
been rounded un and others will b,
grabbed before the training s"asnr
opens In March, Bin Friel faa II
mind young gardener by the name
of Mackert. hating from r"nrsyl
yanla. who has been highly recon
1nended. John IIeving has recon
mended youthful catcher from
Michigan. Louis Yeakey and als'
speaks for q younger member OF th'
tribe Of Ieving who aspiros TO be ~
outfleldor. Heving's selections vii
get tryout' Lelivelt has signed
Young catcher from Pittsburgh an,
an outiielder from Chicago
Five Exhibitions ArranENsd
with the baseball season loomini
np prominently Ia the offing Rusi
ness Manager Fr!cl is busy nrrang
Ing the annual spring series ot exit
bition games So far the only bill
league club dated Ia Cincinnati, M
Reds being booked for q game her,
on March 81 Tho Kansas Cit,
Blues will meet the oilers here oi
April 1 and ., This makes tota
of five games scheduled, Friel de
Eires about 10 lie Is endcav0rlni
10 bring the Yankees and fiEer
here.
lriel is greatly disappointed Ht
preax In the bad luck that hea
TuIsa out OF chance 70 see IN
Cleveland Indians and Iris Speak
er perform here while on their wa
north after training In Texas, II
had scheduled games with the chi
'cago White SoN for April ! and .
Then he got letter from the Cleve
land management proposing game
on those days After dccllnin
f-leveIand's offer, Fricl received
letter from President Comlskcy Il
the white Sox cancclcd the So
games here because " had been De
cided tc take different rout
north. Friei Immediately wrot
Cleveland officials, but Il was 10
late, the Indians already havin
made other plans. Friel thinks h
was lucky TO get even lndianapol
on the days in question.
oilers Train at Homc,