The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-03
CITY BASKETEERS
SET FOR OPENING
NEXT WEDNESDAY
Commercial Leaguers Are
Ready. Better Matched
Than Last Year

The stage Is all set for the opening
next wednesday night OF the Com
merclal league basketball season,
and with football out of the way. 1t
is expected there will be good
crowd on hand at the for the ini-
tial games. All games will be played
on Wednesday nights.
On the opening night the Pure
Oils will meet Gypsy Oils In the first
game and Mcgee and Snyder-John-
son will clash in the finale.
- Season tickets have. been put on
sale and may be obtained from the
following: Schuman att Gypsy OIL
company; Meister at Pure Oil COM
pany, Johnnie Johnson at Snyder
johnson company, and Harry Miller
at the Mcgee Sporting Goods com
pany.
Competition for Pure Oils.
Pure oil, twice champions of the
| Commercial league, will be hard
| pushed for honors this year as re-
suit OF other winning combinations
that have been gathered. The Me-
| gee team Is looked upon with favor
| by the dopesters who figure that this
| five composed OF stellar men will
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center around Tom Ashby, star play
er OF the American Legion team of
Sapulpa last year. who will hold
! down the tall man position at CEN
! ter. At guards will he Frank Stepp
and Lawhorn, the two guards who
helped put jerks on the basketball
map. These two men form a flaShy
combination and their speed will
furnish plenty of thrill for the gall
lery. Malone, star guahd has been
shifted to the forward position to
serve as running mate for Harold
| Vernon, one OF the outstanding bas-
ketball men that Tulsa high has pro-
duced. Last year Malone was high
point man of all guards playing in
the Commercial league and. no
doubt, he will show up equally as
well at the forward position. Bar
ney Stepp, one of the all-state men
that Tulsa university has had
favored for a state berth on the
all-state team, will no doubt, be in
the Mcgee lineup shortly after the
start Of the season. Harry Bangert,
thigh point man on the Hale hard
ware team last year, will be out of
running for several weeks and his
speed will be missed. Jack Jackson
and Blaisdel will serve as substi-
tutes to fill in the holes.
One Team n Mystery.
Johnnie johnson of the Snyder
johnson firm still retains the secret
as to what their combination will
consist Of. and no doubt. the
strength OF this team will remain a
mystery until they are seen in ao-
tion on the Y court next Wednesday
night.
S. L. Pappan. manager of the
Gypsy aggregation, will have an all
star quintet on the floor, and al
though making no rash statements
says that the GYPSY team viii not be
at the bottom OF the heap when all
Is said and done.
Volumes have been written abouJ
the Pure oil team and IN all proba-
bility much more will yet be reeled
off concerning this fast team that
has come through two seasons with
out a single defeat. The absence of
the Sexton twins will no doubt be
missed in the team play. but Whit
ing at forward and West and Corl-
tor at the guard positions will hold
up their end OF the team an credit
, able fashion.
, No little praise is due Meister in
banding together this winning team
+ that, has blazed a path OF victory
throughout Oklahoma.