The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-19

from Oakland promises 10 give somebody a run
FOR an infcd place on the list.
The outfield lOoma up with Joe H0ran, Art
Wagner and Horace Milan. Dick O'Connor
now gets his mall In care OF tho Shreveport
club. II Horan will behave himself some ot
tho fences Will suffer around tho loague, and
Art Wagner. formerly Of joplin and Cleveland,
will be right on his osulivana Milan was a
Ronstcr last year and they need mono better
otto Morz and Kari Black head tho Fingers
and both are hard-shelled nuts and tough 10
crack when they're In there. Adrian Lynch Is
nrld over and others will make their debut for
tho towans. There In Rube Marshall from
Wichita Fails. who Is quito pitcher when he
Antonio, whose hackers says he will 80 strong.
ts another one 90 figure.
Jack Banner viii he head receiver on the
HtHtf and His partner will be Bob Anderson,
brother Of chin, whom the Boosters sold TO
Beaumont during, tho snowflake season.
Thrown together tho club looks very rospect-
able and should assert itselt The baseball sit
uauon I'm Dcs Moncs looks brighter with a re-
sumptIon OF car service. which was cut OF In
irons in gcttiug 10 and from the park.
All Pull for Smiling Jack.
At The bottom OF last years heap lies the
Tulsa OicrH-how In tho world they ever got
there can be explained only ono way, internal
chatting of some sort Their mon wero players
enough aud they had tho goods, and their mis-.
orablo showing last year was an upset to all
il ia hoped that thnss so better with smii-
ing Jack Lclivclt at the holm, for no deserves
better fate and things are far from gloomy
down In Oliortowu.
Lolivclt will, OF course, cover first and con-
tlnuo 10 shattcr the embitionH OF aspiring pitch-
erH Jack needed a second sackcr and an out
fielder from last reports, and he may already
have them At this writing. lie still has Mo-
Ginns at short and Frank Thompson and Pad
dy Baumnn from Toledo 10 mess II out for third.
Frankie was laid on tho shelf with bum arm
last year, but has determined spirit to 70
back and show the Tulsa fans something they
haven't yet seen. BaumRn won't cover the
ground that Frankie will, but he is likely TO
hit better and It's battle for tho better man to
win.
Yank Davis, who will probably die In tho serv-
| leo out In tho oilers right field. Is young as
| ever and ready TO start. Yank can hit 'em
| mile and II Fred and Crawford will refrain from
moving back that right field fenco-an agitat-
| cd move--Yank will be all right when IL comes
| TO folding. supporting him In the outer works
s Herschel Bennett and the one chaser yet TO
| come.
Bennett IL a youngster with world OF prom
se who didn't quite stick with the oilers last
! season but should make 1t now.
| George Boeher II the ace OF the Tulsa pitch
| ing staff and II they'll give him any support
| hel reverse his poor record OF last year Tom
! Lukanovo can hold his own and Ray Richmond
| can do bit more II ho doesn't retire. There's
! been somo talk OF that. oscar Haughlaud ~
coming back and Lelivct thinks very highly OF
| Bob Trentman, whom he obtained from MIL
| waukee. Then there IL Lefty Harris who Is TO
got another whack at tho staff
Catching ia the least OF Jacks worries. Tex
Crosby. purchased from the MinneapoHs-St
joe combination, and Eddie Spollman Will be
all that is necessary In that line.
Some mighty good men have passed from
Tulsa during the winter but there are still
{ somo good ones left and Jack should be sail
ing along.
Those who have gone include Jimmy Burke
n regular little fellow whom SPENCER Abbott
grabbed for Memphis: Phil Todt, Billy Gleason
John HovinR and Herb Pruett whom tho 81.
Louis Browns called in and Tom Connolly who
| was pcdded TO Rochester.
SO there they stand. ready TO shove off in the
Western league. BY the time this comes off
| tho press, most OF tho crews will be I'm camp.
| When they fire the starting gun on April ~.
according to the tentative schedule the pace Is
| going TO be speedy.