The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-24

First in Many Lines.
IN baseball. football, golf, bowl
tog field trial and many other
tra1ehps Of athletic competition the
,,ior. of the oil capital fly on the
Championship flagstaffs.
i Nof only did 1922 witness brilliant
s,rcess for the many Tulsa entrants
IN the various lists, but 1t also saw
mort in general amateur and pro-
fssslonai alike, in high favor. Great
crowds turned out for baseball, foot
ban boxing and other sportive
evsnte. Greater numbers OF athletes
,risa for the different high school
srd college teams. More and more
lmnortant became the role of sport
!. u the general order of things.
n oilers Head the List.
" The most notable sport success
of tulsa in the last year was the
Tuisa baseball club of the Western
isagJe. Jim Crawford's valiant
oilers ably led by Jack Lelivelt,
won the Western league pennant
sfts- great uphill battle that was
NOT decided until late in the cam
nsign Then they crushed the Mo-
i1c Resrs, champions of the South
srn league and conquerors OF the
orstwhile invincible Fort Worth
panthers. and thereby won the
r5amplonship of Dixie and also of
lass A baseball. Probably it will
Inc long time before another group
~ athletes brings as much fame to
|. The city as did the oilers or lszz'
The Golden Hurricane.
Next iu line comes the Golden
hurricane the invincible football
.sam developed on short notice at
ruisa university last fail hy Or. H
NJ Acher who succeeded Francis
schmidt as coach. The Hurricane
hawled over every opponent, emerg-
jn4 all-viCtorious from hard cam
r4igp. The Texas Aggies, who won
rational repute by defeating the
famous Center college team headed
Inv "Ro" McMillin last winter, were
among Tulsa university's victims,
The Golden Hurricane was ranked
as the best team in the southwest
hy leading football experts, and its
fame was nationwide. Coach
Aehers squad was considered for
one Of the east-west games on the
coast New Years day. but West
Virginia finally received the call.
Red ana white Triumph.
bringing Just as much satisfaction
10 Tulsans generally. though not
such far flung prominence, was the
great feat of Tulsa high schooIs
tgh,ing football eleven Coach Fl.
W Rau's lads, after a dismal start,
won az good a claim as any to the
Little Ten conference grid cham
pionshlp by n wonderful finish.
Going through almost solely on
sheer pluck and nerve, the Red and
White eleven beat Enid, oklahoma
City and Sapulpa, Tulsa's three
principal Little Ten rivals. the only
conference defeat OF the year being
at the hands of Blackwell early in
the season. Notwithstanding de-
feats out OF the conference which
we're not few by any means, the rec
ord Of the 1929 T. II. S. squad is
one Of which Tulsa is justly proud.
These were the three major Tulsa
triumphs OF the year. There are
many others of note, though not so
Tell remembered az these most re-
rent and outstanding victories.
Kennedy Wins Again.
In golf Tulsa stands at the top.
jim Kennedy, the city's premier
s5lier, annexed the state amateur
title a oklahoma City early IN the
year for the second consecutive time.
Later the open title also was brought
10 Tulsa, Phil Hessler, assistant pro-
fessional Mt the Tulsa Country club
winning IL at Oklahoma City.
A sport that does not attract so
much general interest, but at the
same time has a tremendous fol-
lowing, is the competition for SUI
premacv Of bird dogs. Here rs else
where Tulsa leads. Tracy Browns
hig's Ace won the Southwestern
derby at Vinita, the Continental
derby at Hurtsboro, Ala, and sew
eal derbies in the north. He also
c.eaned up at the Manitoba chicken
fials. He was the outstanding derby
Jog OF the year In the whole United
States.
THE hlooded horses Of II. n. Greis
and W l., Lewis gave the usual good
account OF themselves at the big
horse shows over the country. Nor
! yen. Man O'War and Spark Plug
N the racing world have nothing on
Tulsa entrants IN the show world.
other ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
Iulsa bowlers swept every state
match they took part in Ira Pill
ener and Kent Spellman, a Tulsa
doubles entry in the A r c tourna-
ment 20 Toledo. finished third in
competition with more than five
housand teams.
Tulsa greyhounds copped high
rro1nors at meetings IN ST. Louis,
Florida and elsewhere.
y In boxing Tulsa did not fare 50
poorly. frankie Osner OF this city
y the recognized bantam champ OF
me state; Warnie Smith, "discov-
gIed and developed here though he
uYes in Bartlesville, Is supreme
among the welterweights OF the
sSale Tulsa continued to be the
AlNF center OF the state, with most
the big matches being held here.
one could go on recounting Tulsa
exploits an length. Those listed are
yust some that come TO mind IN
'aSual mental review of the year.
TClsa does as we'll I'm 1923
"eFybody will be sportively happy.