The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-11-10
w. HOtt and
M'Cain Flop
to Bocktie
Giant LIoemau Shows Speed
and Power as FuIIbaCk; less
Fields Back in Old Place at
End Again,

NORMAN. OKLA, No, 90 JSp,,ND
-Four unms of Sooner football men
were going at top speed ont ON BOYD
field last night long after light had faded
from the west and nothing bu' the moon
provided hill chance for thr ends ma
halfhacks 20 gather I'm m" long surhls
shot 80 them hy " Holt and iris'o'
and Wlmoth and the rest uf the p1ss'rs
who were running iu the wrknclds OF
these four different teams.
Plenty OF passing Kept spectators 'n.
torcstcd last night but there was "n.
other Gum' that attracted most ai-
tcntiuu That Wa a new arrangement
ut forccF. with willis Holt thrown into
tho back0od and McNa." brought back
10 right h1l(hn,k.
Wnlls reported for practice night he
fore last, to get into shape for tho cor.
test with the Rt2orhacks and lh' OK
lahoma Argirs two remaining games
for which he will he chrlhl"
Always Backfletd Possibility
Uo,t has always been considered %
possibility for the fullhnCk place, with
moro than enough weight, AS muyh speed
as any man ON the team and long cN-
pericnCe M IN" game lie ran signals
Ike veteran last night with quarter
Graham Johnson giving play after play
that called for the mllhlCk to start tpl-
rails 10 ends on htllhacNs
Willis can throw pIgskin as good ns
the average. and he has peculiar KIND
Of shoot that requires less time iu the
nir than that ct the average pnsscr
Al kinds OF sprculntug followed lh"
sight of that lg0 pound giant playing
I'm the hacku.ld Some declared the line
would need him worse than the back
field Others thought a pluuglnG ram
like willis Holt should b" put whrrc he
could hc % BEADING figure I'm the great
est possible number OF plays Others
believed the SHIFT was merely ono of the
Vagarirs Of Coach owen, by which he
forces every man 10 learn Just what Ia
expect from nu opponent PLAYING any pu-
sitlon on the opposing team
Fields Back at End.
However that may be-. prospects were
decidedly improved as Coach owen ran
his eleven up aud down the field last
night Jesse Fields was out ~ lett end
and he didn't even limp from the injured
leg that has Kept him oui Of m" game
practically Hll season lie was running
with Ross Johnson Bs a irammatc last
night Whll, Mccain was back In hls old
position ut eight halfhnck
TNlor was not I'm the lineup M oll last
night. hl. pu,y hcug taken hy Kramer
the uRht,sl man IN this years inc sam
Noutrum,rl was phying cpu'rr ON m,
nrs' team with Brewer running the SEQ.
ond aud Blr'r and MrGlo'hm were
playing AZ guards
Coach owen did not know at the cu,
of practice last might whom ne mIrb'
start against klugfisher when rh,
preachers lime up ON Huld urld Sat
urdpy. Guess wen give them all q
chance. he said, II haven't thought much
about IL yet
40 one ON Boyd field or the campus
has Thought much about that Kingfshcr
game Interest rs cruirrcd on just thrrr
contests Of course there rs the one %
week from Saturday with the Kansas
AgEics This one is getting rather 20
small share ot interest considering ms
Importance Suuurrs du want 60 win
over Arkansas aud the oklahoma NgTlr4
will have 10 defeat demons on the rrld
iron II they walk from the oklahoma
state Far grounds field ON November IN
carrying with them their FIRST victor,
iu history over .. I.