University Missourian., 1914-10-06
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fnere are few things worth re-
memoering about the recent Tiger de-
1eat by the Miners. One of these is
tnat Missouri was lacking a great
zeal In teamwork because of the lin
ited practice. The Rolla game was
the first of the season for the Tigers.
Also the Rolla team was exceptional.
The work OF Imaly, the former South
dakota star. was second to none in
speed, with the exception possibly of
the Oklahoma backs last season, ever
displayed here by backfield man. It
must be remembered that Imaly was
on the South Dakota team of 1912
which defeated Minnesota and which
played Michigan close game losing
z to 6.
NOR was Imaly the only man ON the
Miner team who had seen service on
other football teams. But this is
simply an example of what the Tiger
squad for the first contest of the sea-
SON was "up against" Is it any won
der then that the Miners could score
nothing but field goals? It was SO
three and only three field goals.
Tiger Prospects
Look Some Better.
The mere fact that the Tiger squad
showed many weak points against the
Rolla Miners Saturday is naturally
discouraging. When you consider
that these defects are brought out
clearly in the first game of the sea-
son. you can readily presume that
these will be remedied before the next
hard game.
Yesterday one of the workouts in
practice was that of tackling the
dummy And the men had to tackle
it hard and low. The coaches held
a stick by the dummy so that the
men who were in habit of tackling
too high would hit below the stick
and dive under with the stuffed dunn
my in their arms.
The defeat at Illinois last year had
4 the same effect that the defeat by Roll
la will have. It will mean a change
or two to bolster up the line, thor
Nough coaching of the individuals on
their weak points.
Look over the record of Missouri
and Kansas in the football season Of
1912. Missouri with defeats by Ames
and Nebraska, two unusually strong
teams that year, invaded Lawrence
for the first time and was scheduled
to win. The Jayhawkers had been the
prey of many teams that year. The
Kansas defeats at that time were
credited to Washburn, a small col
iege in Topeka; to Drake who had
later been defeated by Missouri, to
Oklahoma who had a week before
their trip to Kansas been outplayed
by the Tigers and to Nebraska who
had been able to send over only one
touchdown against Missouri and that
in the last few minutes of play.
But this Kansas team-a disgraced
aggregation because of the loss OF
the game to the Washburn College
eleven-won the game from the IT,
gers.
The Missouri team will meet Will
liam Jewell on Rollins Field Saturday.
And the Tigers will not be over con-
fident since the recent game. The
william Jewell team last week met
the Kansas team on McCook Field
and came back losers by the score OF
48 to 0.
William Jewell
Game Saturday.
Just a week from the William
Jewell game is the trip to Oklahoma.
lust the strength of the Sooner team
Is somewhat uncertain. There is no
doubt but that they had one of the
hest and fastest backfelds in the mid
die west last season. The game
which Missouri won was anybody's
game until the whistle blew because
of the many sensational runs. The
word is that Oklahoma has stronger
backfleld than last year although one
Of the stars is lost. This improve
nan. seems hardly possible.