The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-26
fR|EL, LELIVELT
NOT WORRYING
OVER PROSPECTS
With Another Real Out
? fielder and a Pitcher
Oilers Will Be Ready
Py Il. A. BRIDGEwATER.

Announcement that Outfielder
Jimmy Burke had been sold outright
+, Memphis for cash, the amount not
,slng made known, was made by Bill
rrel. business manager of the Tulsa
h,aeball club, shortly before he
A,arded a train for Denver satur-
hy night. While Friel did not say
shat Memphis gave for Burke It is
believed the popular gardener
brought a good price. as "Rhino"
williams, the Memphis slugger who
vas 10 come here in an even trade
M Burke, was sold to Mobile for
$500 after Mobile had refused TO
paiye on him and let him be shipped
ont OF the Southern league to Tulsa.
The money secured for Burke will
bs used to purchase bang-up
GARDENER 10 take his place. accord
ng % Friel, but Bill does not ex-
sect that he will be able to find the
nan no wants at the Western league
Meeting in Denver Monday. OF
curse no will have his eye open
and his ear to the ground and IL the
opportunity comes to buy suitable
oltfielder he will not pass II up.
What no really expects. however, is
that the outfield position vacated
BIZ Burke will not be filled until
after the major league clubs have
had a few weeks in training camps
and have looked over their new ma
eral. lie hopes to get man good
enough TO have commanded the, at
enton OF the big leaguers, but not
uite heavy enough to beat any Of
| Ne big league regulars out of their
tbs
Must Be Real Star.
we figure on taking the money
we got for Burke-with a little more
l added to it--and getting really
'ahigh class man." said Friel. HE
must be a real ballplayer, n fellow
who Will be q real star in the West
ern league. l don't expect 10 be
able TO get him right now, for as
you know ball clubs are not turning
anything loose Just at present and
won't until they've looked the boys
over in camp"
In the meantime Friel and Man
ager Jack Leliveit are not at all
worried over the Oilers prospects
for the coming. season. Confident
that they will be able to get a good
man 10 take Burke's place in plenty
Of time, they feel that with another
good pitcher or so the Oilers will be
ready to start the season-and
strong enough to hold their own
with any club in the league.
with another pitcher and a first
class outflelder l don't think we'll
have a week club at ALL" said Leli-
yelt
McGinnls and Others Sign.
Several signed contracts came in
during the last week, the most i'm
portant Of which was the document
that binds diminuitive George Me-.
Ginnis to the Oiler crew for the 1929
season. Bob Trentman, the picher
purchased from an American asso-
clation club, and Patty Bauman,
lhlrd baseman bought from Toledo,
also signed. A few more young
Sers have been added to the roster,
none Of any particular note.
n With McGinnis' and Bauman's
contracts In, the only regulars re-
Unalning unsigned are Yank Davis,
Luke Stewart and Tom Lukanovic.
stewart has not yet had time to send
70 his contract, the paper having
been mailed to him only a few days
ago. Lukanovic and Davis have ap-
peared very hesitant, Luke wanting
10 be transferred to the Coast league
and Davis demanding more money
nan was offered him. but no real
duieulty is anticipated with either
D.; them.
Manager Lellvelt, who has been
IN town since Thursday, is busy get
ung his bearings and establishing
himself and Mrs. Lelivelt for the
year. Jack has secured an apart
ment on East Eighth.
\ saturday afternoon Lelivelt went
~ to McNulty park and gave the
nounds the 90. He will supervise
ne work Of putting the playing
ueld In condition. and made several
'usgestions to the groundkeeper.
short on Exhibition Games.
Lelvelt will have but little to do
~ baseball way until March 12
Nnen his pitchers and catchers are
report for weeks warming up
gtlore the rest OF the squad arrives.
'om then on, however. he will be
~ mighty busy man. He will have
Whlp his squad into shape in very
q, ogOtt ~ order to be ready for the first.
" tne spring games. which will be
On March 20 with Indianapolis.
me Oilers to date are rather
mort mort on scheduled exhibition games.
ine Cincinnati Reds are the only
Ss ieaguers on the list, the Indian
spohs and Kansas City AA teams
Ie the only others. An effort is
Eps.hg made. however, to get the
. tsSDursh Pirates to stop off here.
I Plrates had a game scheduled
In Joplin, and now that Joplin Is
NJ there Is a good chance that
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