The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-11-03
WASHBURN LOST
BEFORE SOONERS
Topeka College Team Went on Field
With Odds Even But From Kick
OFF Were Outclassed.
From Saturdays Daily

From saturday DAILY
Norman, Okla, Oct 2S.-Outguess-
ing their opponents in every depart
ment of the game, the University OF
Oklahoma football team defeated
Washburn college of Topeka, Kans.,
here Friday, the final score standing
81 to in favor of the Sooners. The
contest was of the varied class, at
times spectacular to an unusual ex-
tent, and then very commonplace,
neither team for a period exhibiting
brilliant football tactics.
The Congregationalists went on the
field an even choice among the un-
prejudiced football enthusiasts to win
but it was apparent soon after the
first kickoff that OklaE una had the
better team, especially on offense.
Both teams fumbled frequently and
neither line was exceptionally strong
except at intervals. The Oklahoma line
was exceptionally strong except at in
tervals, however, because on several
occasions when the Sons of Ichabod
were within striking distance of the
Sooner goal it held like stone wall
and prevented touchdown.
The weather was tFifie unpleasant,
but not too cold to Interfere with the
playing except to benumb fingers and
cause fumbles. A brisk wind from the
northwest caused discomfort to the
spectators, but served only to make
the players work the harder to stave
off refeat or win glory for their
school.
The contest was played on Boyd field
before a crowd numbering 1900 per-
sons, of whom 500 were out-oftown
visitors. The bleachers were we'll fill
ed and on the east side of the field a
long line of automobiles stood, which
with the buildings and hedge fences
on the north and south, completely
banked in the gridiron. The Sooner
rooters occupied a section of the
bleachers divided off with ropes and
bunting in the university colors and
gave one of the greatest demonstra-
tions of roofing ever seen on the field.
Their cheering appeared to have a
stimulating effect upon the Sooner
players and was of some help in piling
up the score on the Congregationalists.
The contest was a strange battle of
two teams, one of which combined the
old time line bucks from tandem and
right and left formations, with forward
passes and the other using end runs,
forward passes, short kicks and direct
line plunges usually without interfer-
ence The Washburn eleven used all
the formations so popular before the
forward pass and open play came into
so great use, yet it adapted this to
modern methods by breaking up and
passing the ball until it was difficult to
discern the player carrying it.
Both teams gained almost at will
through each others line except that
Oklahoma held when near its own
goal. Then the forward pass was
used continually and was successful
about one in four ettempts by Wash
burn and one in three for Oklahoma
vantage on several occasions and often
made long gains of from fifteen to
twenty-five yards on long end runs and
delayed passes. Courtright was the
individual star for the Sooners.
Oklahoma scored two touchdowns
and kicked one goal in the first quar-
ter, one touchdown and goal in the
second; two touchdowns and two goals
in the third quarter. Then one touch
down and a field goal IN the fourth
quarter completed the scoring for the
Sooners.
The Washburnites had two splendid
chances to score after they wolked the
ball to within six yards of the Sooner
goal, once on tumble by Oklahoma
and once on forward pass, but they
could not cross the line. They had but
six feet to go at one time with three
chances but each proved a failure and
Oklahoma punted to safety from be-
hind the goal each time
The lineup:
Oklahoma Position Washburn
Rogers, ....,...l left end Lowe
Marin. ...... left tackle. Mcintosh
Berry. ..... left guard. 49,. Johnson
Spears. ....... center ...... Palmer
Moss. ... right guard. e.. Rogers
Hott. ....... right tackle -. Bishop
Clark. .....-. right end. .,. Rankin
Ambrister -. quarter ..... Smiley
Courtright. -, s., left half - Tomlinson
Capshaw CO. right half CO.. Burkhart
Reeds ... fuIIback McIntyre