The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-10-27
GREAT TEAMS ARE
READY FOR FRAY
Practice Preliminary to Big Oklahoma
Missouri Game at an End
sooners Hope to Win.


Norman, Okla, Oct. 27.-The Okla
homa-Missouri football game, to be
played at Joplin, Mo, tomorrow, con
tinues to arouse intense interest and
is easily the most talked of athletic
event in all quarters of the two states
With but one day remaining before
the referees whistle calls play on
two of the greatest teams that ever
wore the moleskins for their respective
universities excitement grows apace
among the students and partisans OF
the two schools, and speculation is
rife as to the outcome of what prom
ises to be one of the most evenly and
fiercely contested gridiron struggles
of the season.
At the university of Oklahoma the
chief topic of conversation is the ap
preaching game. On the campus, in
the clubs and frat" houses, the down
town amusement places-everywhere
that students congregate, garralous
fans may be heard holding forth on
teams and players of former days
while deeply interested crowds gather
about the dopists as they figure the
relative chances Of the Sooners and
Tigers in Fridays contest. Among
the students confidence is strong de
spite the fact that the veteran Nairn
is on the shelf with dislocated shoul
der. They say that the hard battles
with Iowa and Ames which have en-.
gagged the Columbians during the past
two weeks have left several of Hollen-
bach's stalwarts hors de combat and
think that luck as regards the condi.
tion of the players will at least give
the Sooners an even break, since
Woods and Capshaw are convalescing
nicely and only Nairn will be out Of
the game because of hurts.
Snappier and with less of fumbling
than before the 'Aggies' game, Var
sity is doing the final practice stunts
It is the speed of a well drilled ma
chine, taught to execute its formstions
with celebrity and precision, on which
Oklahoma will pin her hope of victory.
Secret practice begun and was
continued until the Owenites left
for the hike into Missouri. Once in
the past Oklahoma faced another big
school hoping for victory, only to learn
that all her plays we're at the finger
ends of the opposing gladiators. To
prevent the possibility Of this happen
ing again, final practice for all the big
imhroglios will be exclusive and secre-
tive this season.
Rumor has it that the knights of the
pigskin at the university of Missouri
are down to eleventh hour training in
anticipation of the hardest contest
they have yet engaged in. Though de-
claring that they expect victory, the
coach and trainers are by no means
over-confdent. The Tigers succumbed
to Ames, an ancient enemy, in a
gruelling battle only last Friday. TAX
ing that game as criterion, the team
has need to develop it's offense if it
is to trounce the Oklahoma aggrega-
tion.
Never before have such extensive
preparations been made by a manage
ment in anticipation Of a football
game in the southwest. Those hay-
ing the arrangements in charge are
working night and day. to prepare for
the monstrous crowd that is expected.
The schools of Joplin will dismiss in
honor of the occasion and, it is said,
the people of the big Missouri city
will take a holiday to witness the
game. A prominent feature of the
event will be the gathering of fratern-
ity men from the national Greek letter
organizations having chapters in Kan
sis, Missouri and Oklahoma. Frat
reunions, banquets and theater parties
viii revive memories Of undergraduate
days.
A special two-cent rate has been Sc
cured from parts, of Oklahoma while