The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-27
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SIOUX CITY. Aug. 2G.-Umpiro
ollie Anderson was accused of
blindness FOR missing several I'm the
first game between the oilers and
Packers Friday, but somebody sug-
gested that he Is not blind but sim
ply like the mule that figured in a
trade between two negroes.
Dat mule you sold me last week
Is blind" said George Washington
Smith to Abraham Lincoln Brown.
How you know he's blind?"
Cause when turned him loose
In de pasture he Jess butted his head
light into a big tree"
"lIuh," said Abraham Lincoln
| Brown. dat mule amt blind; he
Jess don't give a damn"
In addition to being the kittens
collar as an outfielder 10 say nothing
~ mis- prowoss as a clean up hitter,
Lyman f.amh also is the undisputed
pool champion OF the oilers. lie
slings what you might call criminal
cue, and has made a dcyout Chris
ton out OF yours truly
As a pin-ochlc player. Tex Crosby
is n darn clever catcher. In the
road trip, Tex is deeper in the cellar
| than the oilers were at any time
| last season. IT'S in the pinochle ses-
sious that oscar Haugland gets re-
venge on Tex for the merciless rid
| ings he endures while in the box.
Texas Crosby, Georgian Boehler and
| Jasper County Lamb enjoyed several
I hunting parties while the oilers were
| in Denver. oh, they made life
miserable for the festive pheas--but
wait n minute, the season is not yet
open on pheasants, so we had better
mot tell about their success.
Dave Dauforth is dentist and
| hen doctor your molars on the least
provocatlon, but ne says it's all rub
bish about him doctorlng the ball as
charged by the American league
lumpiros. one thing the base-run-
nrrs on teams the OIlers nave played
with Dave In tho box have learned,
/ Is that It isn't safe to take any
/ lead at all of first on the young
southpaw. Any time n runner gets
! five feet from first base he's more
likely to bo picked off than other
wise.
Every time Boehler wins n ball
game Tex Crosby sets a new mark
| for him 10 shoot at. "You ought
to win 80 this year" Tex said today
| TO George, who already has ~ to his
credit. And after Boehler beats the
Packers tomorrow afternoon Tex will
| tell him he seems 20 have pretty
Igood chance OF anneNing 33 before
/ the campaign ends. Always one
more. is the goal Tex sets.
Having passed St. Joseph and now
/ enjoying a pretty healthy lead over
! the early pacemakers. the Oilers
/ don't have any serious fears OF being
caught by Wally Smiths gang. They
/ are confident OF trimming the Saints
/ handily In the big series opening at
! Tulsa next Saturday. But the boys
have "A wholesome respect for that
/ Wichita outfit. now travelling along
| Ike a forest fire, and are glad that
/ their margin over the rejuyenated
| Witches Is as big as II ia.
Carl Black has Just rejolned the
| oilers after a trip to his home I'm
! Ohio where he went 60 attend tho
| funeral OF his brother. Carts good
left arm Is just itching TO get into
action again.
| The Oilers are Just about as
sociable and easy to get along with
as pack OF hungry wolves. after
losing ball game. There's nothing
cheerful or philosophical ahnnt their
acceptance Of defeat. The next
day after they drop one it's sure
tough on their opponents. That
grim fighting spirit probably ac-
counts for the fact that the Oilers
have not had losing streak all year
Never have they lost more than three
games In row, and never have they
dropped an entire series. They sim
ply refused TO do Il, that's all
Chick" Mattick, manager and
chief owner OF the Sioux City team,
Is sure dIsgusted with his lot here.