The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-30
BLUES
RAINB0UND, MAY
TANGLE TODAY
Joe Morris Slated to Hurl
for X. c.; Witte, Young
Catcher, Arrives.
~ r. - BR1DGEwArEn.

ny y. 4. BRtDGEWATER.
Joe Morris and tho rest OF the
Kansas city Blues reached Tulsa on
schedule tlme wednesday. but as
they neglected 10 bring along any
canocR--and hadn't been thorough
| ly trained nt water polo anyw, y--
they wcro unable 10 engage the
oilers 80 any outdoor competition.
/ Blues and Oilcr7 spent n very pleas
ant afternoon iu their respective .
| hotel lDbbieg, probably cheering
| themselves mp by commenting on /
what n snap ballplaycrs have I'm the |
spring while other mere humans
/ have TO go ahead with tho routine .
OF brcadwlnniug rain or shine.
Providing tho weather clears
and thoro was nothing In tho way |
/ Of Indications or favorable fore d
cast Wednesday night 20 cause any
| undue hopes ~ such a broak-the |
| oilers will engage the Blues Thurs |
| day afternoon at McNulty park. The |
/ baseball lot has been 80 worked |
/ over that tho drainage IL fine, and |
n little spirited sunshine would put |
| II In shape for game even after !
| tho dcluge or Tuesday. But as n |
matter OF cold fact tho weather |
man prophesics more unsettled !
weather for Thursday with "prob- !
! ably Ehowers'--and IL might be
added that hero lately when thel
weather man thinks 1T may rain"
| you can just put Il down in your
4 notebook as n double-leadcd CinCh |
| that n downpour is n certainty. SO !
tho baseball men are just hopeful,
no more.
Yep, Joe VIII Fitch.
But IN the event there Is a game
the bugs should turn out In num-
bers II for no other reason than to
SEQ the only Joe Morris in captivity
on the firing lire defending the
enemy colors. Tho fans used tn
tako quite delight I'm Kidding
Josephus even when no wore an
Oilor uniform. SO he ought TO have
a pretty good time out there on
the other side. However, those in
cllncd 10 razz tho eccentric HEAVIER
must not forget one thng-and
that i8 that hc virtually won a
pennnnt for Tulsa a couple OF years
ago when he turned I'm no less than
90 victories in tho course OF the
season.
Tho Blues came TO Tulsa from
Oklahoma City where they took the
scalp Of tho Indians two days In a
row, each time by the margin OF a
single run. II Oklahoma city could
play them that even, Tulsa should
have nt least n chance to wln-and
a chance, you know. Is all the i'm
/ mortal steve Brodie was figured to
= have when he took his famous
: plunge off Brooklyn bridge.
Skclly to he Given Chance.
l
b would like nothing better than to
have his oilers beat the Blooz, he
still puts first and foremost the
matter OF giving his box staff the
90 and in all probability will call
on young Skelly, the Pennsylvania
southpaw, for mound duty during
the game. Skolly In practice has
given the impression that there's a
lot OF stuff concealed in his fling
ing arm and Is anxious TO take a
crack at one OF tho visiting clubs.
Oscar Haugland, who always does
his best work in the cool spring
weather. may be the other man for
box duty. There's n chance that
Tom Lukanovic or Ray Richmond
will get into the fray, but it's more
likely they'll he held In reserve for
Indianapolis, whose ambitious lad
dies will he here on Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday for n three-game
series.
The last member Of the Oiler
squad 20 report. Catcher Witte or
, 1.-THE semi-pro lots Of Chicago, is
now I'm camp. lie comes lauded to
the skica by men who know base
; ball. and as he has been playing
! basketball tho greater part OF the
: winter is I'm good physical trim. lie
stands a good chance CE getting
g into action behind the bat might,
, shortly with Spellmau and Cros-
by. the two flrst-strlng C2tchers
. both out because OF injuries rc-
! ccived during training, tho Sntire
: back-stopplng burden has been
a placed on Ennis, and the arrival OF
: witte Is hailed with pleasure by
4 Manager Lelivolt
v X. G. Has Slugging Grow.
o Bunny Brief, Dodo Paskert and
r others who helped slug the Blues
along In the American association
pcnnant race last year are I'm the
Kansas city lineup. Brief was the
leading homerun hitter OF the "A
u and also one Of the front stickers IN
percentage. The Blue lineup for
tho Oklahoma City game Tuesday,
- which probably will be tho same
j. here save for battery men, was as
f., follows:
q Dowd, 90 Sk'ff
10 Scott, II lutZkC, 81
" Paskort Cf. Wright, IS
Brief. 10 Carter,
x ZwillnE, ,'rf Gross,