The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-08
By n. A. BRIDuEwATBR,
sportinR Editor Of The World.

MOBILE. Ala, oct. John J.
NcGraw, manager and part owner Of
The New York Giants. II no happier
lonlsht over tho merciloss massacre
NJ the Yankees than !s James X.
Crawford OF tho tulsa oilers. the
brilliant success OF Jack Lelivelt and
tho class A champion oilers.
Crawford, who cets more fun out
Of being president OF tho oilers than
he does In being n millionaire oil
operator In his spare time, was help
Ing his boys celebrate tonight. Mix
Ing with his oonquorors In tho hotel
lobby when they gathered after
making the Dixie champions bite the
duet today. it was enHy 10 see that
Crawford was a happy man. Indeed.
Took n JOY Ride.
Genial Jim's, entertainment OF the
oilers began this morning when he
chartered n steamship ana t"oL tho
whole team for a long cruise I'm
beautiful Mobile bay. Tonight he
still Ia host. Tomorrow the boys will
be his guosta throughout the day In
New Orleans. whore the Tulsa party
will stop from morning III night
while on route homo.
The oilers are tho Ehmest ball
club In tho world and nothing II too
good for them" said President
Crawford. "A man proud OF them2
well, somewhat"
when Tulsa finished In tho cellar
last II hurt. Tulsa's loyal fans de-
served bettor. I made up my mind
II would be different this year. and
II has We were lucky to get real
leader ana great player like Jack
Lelivelt 60 lead the team. and Jack
was fortunate TO be tho skipper OF
such n capable and plucky hand OF
real ball players. I have felt all
season that we could not 10 denied"
Praise for Boys.
"The credit belongs TO tho boys
tho pitchers and tho players" said
Manager Lelivclt. ''They never have
failed to deliver. was certain we
would beat Mobile, though Bert
Niehoff has n mighty good team at
that. / always believed tho Oilers
would win the Western league PEN
nant. They outplayed and out
gained ST. Joseph at every turn In
the road. This was my third year as
q Western league manager. At ono
time or another In both former years
my team reached first place, but
could not siav fhnro. When tho
Oilers finally passed tho Saints this
fall felt We had them licked. l felt
Il was my year 90 win"
President Bob Weinarker OF the
Mobile Bears ia n good sport and n
.gamo loser. lie congratulated frcs-
ident Crawford. Business Manager
Bill Friel and Manager Lellvelt OF
the Oilers tonight.
III II had been somebody else. l
did not like that beat us. ] would
probably have felt mighty bad about
it." said Woinacker. But 20 lose
TO tho toam headed by n man like
Jim Crawford, It's not such bitter
pin at that. In winning the Southern
association pennnnt and then de-
feating Fort Worth in the Dixie
series Mobile won honor plenty for
ono year. or course we would have
liked to have had Tulsa among our
Victims. too. But we are not dis.
couraged by any means"
New Orleans Bound.
The oilers boarded n sleeper for
New Orleans at 10 O'Clock tonight,
though the train was not TO leave
until o'clock Sunday morning.
Stopping over Sunday In the Crescent
city the Tulsa party will leave there
Sunday night at D o'clock and will
bo In Dallas the following evening.
They viii arrive IN Tulsa on the
Frisco early Tuesday morning. ac-
cordlng 90 the schedule.
The team Will not be intact when
II returns 90 Tulsa as several OF the
boys who live in tho cast and north.
who are in a hurry 10 got home.
broke away from the Tulsa party to-
night. Pitchers George Boehler and
Karl Black, and Paddy and Mrs.
Bauman, made up party TO Louis
vile. There they will separate, the
Baumans going TO Indianapolis,
Boehler 10 Lawrenceburg, Ind. and
Black 10 his homo In Ohio. Luke
Stuart lert for Greensboro, N. c.,
where he says the band will be out
for him on his arrival. Dutch Witte
goes TO HIS homo in Bsloit. Wis.
oscar Haugland win leave the party
In Texas, going straight through 10
tho coast. Dave Dnnforth will stop
off at Dallas and Tex Crosby at Gil
more, Texas
Jack and Mrs. Ielivalt, George
McGinnis, Frank Thompson, Yank
Davis, Lyman Lamb, Herschel Rem
nett, Hollis Mclaughlin, John Rus
soil will return 10 Tulsa before going
hOuna for The winter