Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19
TULSA EAGLES
WILL FACE II
TEAMS ON TOUR

The Tulsa, Okla, Eagles will face
II cage clubs on their tour of the
Pacific coast, five of these clubs
being state universities, on 23-
day tour, starting with the New
Mexico university quintet at Albu-
querque January 3. The teams that
VII form the opposition for the
Eagles represent the cream of the
west The schedule calls for games
in eight states, as follows: Cali
fornia, 4; Arizona, 3; Colorado, q;
Kansas. 2, and one each in Nevada
Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico.
Powerful clubs opposed includ Il
such noted clubs as the Los Angeles
Athletic club, Hollywood Athletic
club, Olympic club, Pacific Coast
club, Alhambra Athletic club, Pratts:
Rocky Mountain champions, Young
Mems Institute, San Francisco; AM
bler's club. Stockton Calf, and the
Long Beach club.
| This is the third undertaking or
the Tulsa Eagles of this nature, al
though, of course, vastly more in
elusive than previous ones. Kansas
and Missouri were invaded before.
Last year the Eagles went through
Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming
on transforming tour.
The towns in which the Tulsa bas-
ketball club is booked represent
combined population of over SOO0,-
900 people, numbering Albuquerque,
n M Douglas, Tucson, Los Angeles,
Long Beach, Fresno, Auburn, San,
Francisco, Stockton, all of Califor-
MIA; Reno, Nevada; Salt Lake City
Utah. Laramie, Wyo; Denver, Colo;
Colorado Springs, Colo, and Winfield,
Kansas.
ern tour follows:
Monday, January 3, New Mexico
university, Albuquerque.
Tuesday, January 4, Douglas
Wednesday, January 5, University
of Arizona.
Thursday, January 6, Tucson.
Friday, January Z, Hollywood A. c.
Saturday, January 8, Alhambra
A. c.
Monday, January 1O-Los Angeles
A. c.
Tuesday, January II, Fresno Ex>
ides.
Wednesday, January II, Auburn
Cubs.
Thursday, January 49,, Ambler's
club, stockton.
Friday, January IA, Y. M. T., San
Francisco.
Saturday, January. Is, University
of Nevada, Reno : : as &a5s s.
Monday, January II, University of
Utah, Salt Lake City.
Tuesday, January 1S, University OF.
Wyoming, Laramie.
Wednesday, January 1s, Pratts,
Denver.
Thursday, January 20. Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Saturday, January %. southwestern
college; Winfield. Kan.
The best hoop talent in Douglas
will meet Monday at the 'Y" to form
a formidable aggregation to play
these professionals. Stew Carpen
ter, former Wildcat star at the UNI
versity of Arizona, has been ap-1
pointed by J. E. Carlson, Jr., to take
charge of the practices, and all can !,
didates. will report as often as pos
sible for practice. Those who find
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ternoons Will report at p. m. at
the "Y."
Martin and Nelson, two former
high school stars, who work together
like ham and eggs at one-ar1n
lunch counter, will report Monday
for practice. Joyce, Stevens, Hiatt.
Stockham and B. Flores, all alumni
stars, are ready to play if, needed.
Harris, Meloy, Sanders and McRae
all guard material, will also report.
It is possible that many of the boys
home from college will give the
locals several hard scrimmages dur
ing the vacation. Bishop and Kline,
former stars on the high school quin'.
tet, arrived home for the holiday vac
cation yesterday and will don the
uniforms in order to give the local
aggregation scrimmage.
The Tulsa team has some very in
teresting players on its personnel,
"Chief" James, forward, &c feet, 1
incn, weight 10 pounds, 25 years
old, is o full-blooded Indian. Play
ing with the Seneca high school
team he set high scoring record
in state championship tournament
which was only exceeded last season
after six years. He captained the
Springfield Teachers college when it
won the Missouri intercollegiate
championship. After the Eagles un-
defeated tour of Kansas and MIS-
Souri, his name was a by-word in
Missouri basketball. He was sought
by every crack club in the south"
west, including the X. c. A. G.
The game in Douglas will be
| played January 4.