Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-12
S0ONERS' SEASON
RECORD IS GOOD
Lose Seven Games Out of
Schedule Including
Twenty-SiX.


special to The World,
NORMAN. Okla. March S.-By de-
feating the Oklahoma APgies in two
more games on their own court, the
Oklahoma Sooners have emerged
from the 1916 basketball season with
an indisputa BILE claim To the state
championship, and with a record that
does credit to the excellent scoring
machine developed by Coach Owen.
The Sooners won 10 of the 2G games
PLAYED. taking defeat from six teams
in Missouri and Kansas during
ten-gam trip north and from one
Oklahoma team. the Chilocco Indians.
However. Chilocco was eliminated
from consideration beside the Soon
ers when they lost one to the uni
versity then lost to other teams whom
the Sooners had already defeated.
They nosed out the locals on the Nor
man court 80 to 3S in one of a pair
of contests
But the Oklahoma record is good
aside from just the number of games
won The Sooners scored a total OF
/ 1.1S4 points to s93 for their oppon-
| ents. taking 4 rather even margin in
/ all games played rather than the long
/ end of a very one sided score in a
, few games with small schools
Disastrous Trip
The trip north this year turned out
/ to he losing proposition for the
| Sooners from the point of view OF
! games taken Oklahoma won -four
| games and lost six OF those OK
lahoma won were contests with KEN
| per Military Institute. University OF
! Missouri Springfield Y. NJ. c. a. ana
Central Normal of Missouri.
! In Oklahoma the Sooners defeated
! l.
! in four games, Southwestern Normal
/ in two. Northwestern Normal in two.
! Central State Normal in two and
| Chilocco in one.
ONLY one extra man made letter
from the 1916 season. The hall
! dozen who will he awarded the Off
| cial basketball 80" following close oil
the season are Ponder and Montgom
crv. forwards. McCasland. captain.
center: and Whisenatt, Fields ana
| Prewer guards McCasland was IN
doubtedlv the seasons star tie
made total Of 400 points for his
team. almost two-fifths of the total
[ rumher Of points scored. He did
wonderful offensive work besides Civ
ing his teammates the advantage in
most every play hy getting the tip OF
from center on his opponent.
Brewer 1917 Captain
Next years captain will be Brewer
, suard. who was almost as much q
| star in his position as was McCaSland
in the offensive department Of the
game McCasland graduates from the
university this year and Ponder vii
be inelirible to play next year on ac-
count of the new Southwestern con-
| ference rules
The record for the season follows
oklahoma 81. Southwestern Nor
nal 81. oklahoma 80. Southwestern
, Normal "a: oklahoma S5. oklahoma
4. & NJ 80: oklahoma 81, Oklahoma
4. & NJ. 40: oklahoma 40, Kendall
college %: Oklahoma 81, Kendall
college %: Oklahoma "a. Chilocco
Indians II: oklahoma IS. Chilocco
Indians 80: oklahoma II. Northwest
ern Normal 26: oklahoma AZ. North
western SO: Oklahoma 80. Central
. state Normal 29; oklahoma SO. Kan
/ sas STATE Normal IS; oklahoma so,
/ Kansas state Normal IS: oklahoma
! 61. Kemper Military Institute 20: Ok
! lahoma 40. Central Normal Missouri
/ %: oklahoma 20. University Of Mis-,
3 souri, so: Oklahoma %. University OF
Missouri 2S: oklahoma 4S. Warrens-
{ burg Normal -. oklahoma II. War
renshurg normal SIS: Oklahoma 60,
Sprinefield Y. NJ. G. \. 46: oklahoma
go. Sprinefield Y. NJ G. A. 81; Ok
/ lahoma IS. Kendall College 3S; Ok
lahoma 42. Kendall College 80: Ok
lahoma IS. Central state Normal 20:
/ oklahoma 50. oklahoma \. 4 NJ. 30
! oklahoma 50. Oklahoma A. x NJ. so.
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