The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-11-03
Footballs Psalms Of strife,

Footballs Psalus of SuNe,
Tell me not In idle numbers
Football Is plker's game.
Where the left guard often slumbers
with dozen on his frame.
Lives OF halfbacks oft remind us
How to leave some bloke a wreck.
And. departing, leave behind us
Footprints on rivals neck
What has become OF the old-fash.
ioncd football player who used to wear
long hs,r" queries Y, J. II. lie was
.boil shed by the coaches. Those old
fashioned tresses encouraged high tack
ling entirely too much
Tennis Regulations
Some time ago We stated that serta,n
football coaches we're allowed 10 compete
ia tennis tournaments This statement
was made I'm error.
The tennis association IN not on'y eN-
tremely careful In guarding It's rules. bu.
N has met the amateur propiem aoou, 10
well As any sporting BODY IN the Mhu'
n not Just a little better
Speedy Rush discovered last year that
IL isn't how you look In Octoher, nut
how YOU finish In November. For this
reason he has brought his Iigcr sQuao
along az "A much slower pabe, WIN tne
hig iunp reserved for Harvard and isie.
~ which dates Princeton ~ very nkey
20 he quite another proposition from the
Dartmouth game
These dispatches are in n position TO-
( dav 10 scoop the sporting realm on one
/ Of the greatest records ever eNabiiehed.
You may have heard OF the golf drive
Horne, tho Englishman, once mede' IL
was something like 1876 yards
4 You may have heard Of a brassie Shot
Jimmy Rraid made. where the carry
was over 200 yards and the total distance
I made about $50 .l
These marks. after the forthcoming
. Monday, viii no longer stRnd as fecoruS
| for long distance drives.
They will be beaten 10 TAR both IN
/ carry and In roll, that thsy viii haIdly
he considered more than puts or short
Clin shots.
The Proof
On the Monday ahead, an able bodied
and extremely virile citizen of our &C.
qua niance rs going to drive got nn
that viii carry over 900 yards snd tnst
Wiu travel over 600 Yards before II I'M
nlly ceases to spin along its way.
This may sound 90 he an incredible
distance. but We happen 10 have the
proof--viL
on the Mordsy anead NJ : p. m,
| Charles 4, Van Loan, the eminent itn-
| ptesnrio. Ia yoing to tee up bah on
| pima Point. AT The Grand canyon, and
| after a Wild swing let Nature DO the
| rest - ,.,.
D plpg, is A tri0s over hall mile. Ana
down erndr. which extends some over
coo yards further on. -,
ii may be advanced that some golf
\ er once drove a oai over % nms 'Sv'
| Van Loan viii offer tho carry of MS
.hnt. 900 Yards. and insist that only the
carry shafl count There may bs slip.
OF course. lie may top the shot IN which
| rnsc the carry will be only 500 or 709
Int before he II through Van Intends
| tu soak one on the besk, W II taxes
| up AN entire afternoon aud all the
| golf balls he can carry IN b'B uAs'
| Postscript
| Publishers Note Immediately sNas
| the record Ia made Mr Van Loan viii
seud = complete Rccoun, of the achieve.
mrnt exclusively to this column. Ho vii
picture OF the rcd ipcked white -
II soaring out into the depths of the
Il Cash lie viii also describe tho feeitHqi
II ot a golfer facing curry across Nhl
point witch I. only thltteen miles iron
II The other side lie will unless he tea
the hnll up too close To the edge, over
awnings and topples over the rim In tha
case vha, happened viii remain o.
eternal mystery, 90 far as any d'rec
III testimony IL eoncernedD
II In the GRAND olS Winter League.
III when Greek meets Greek
III Ot war there comes the tug ,
III Rut war Ia less than .piH
ii When bus meats bug
II We are making no bets on the ~
pending election, and In the same ca4Sl
.pirl, w are ssSf ssS.v,nf less sh:n rs:3. 9S:3
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II irrlaI may be ibis or that MT "
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