Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-13
TULSA HIGH ELEVEN
WINS HARD STRUGGLE
Sapulpans Defeated 19 to 0
Before Record Crowd on
Mission Field.

Special TO The World
SAPILPA, oct. 12.--Before one OF
the largest crowds that ever witnessed
a football game In this city the Tulsa
high school football aggregation won
n hard fought game from the Sapulpa
scholastics on the Euchee Mission
field this afternoon by the score OF IL
to o. The game was featured by the
big gains made by Carter and Dickn-
SON the visiting tackles Shurtefrs
great defensive playing and four 40
yard runs by Captain Hopping.
Sapulpa kicked off In the FIRST quar-
ter and Hendricks carried II back to
their 40-yurd line. The crews llned
up and Hopping at once went around
the end for 10 yards Cramer scooted
around the other soon after for eight
Yards and shurtleff went thru the line
for eight more. Sapulpa then held for
downs and took the ball.
An incomplete pass was engineered.
Hendricks missed a Kick and the ball
rolled down to the 20-yard line before
he recovered II. Here Jake Roop
caught 40-yard pass and Shurtlef
went thru the Sapulpa line for eight
yards after Woods got 40yard pass.
Cramer ran the ball across the field TO
the side line. but made nothing.
ON a fake line buck Cramer went
thru the line thirty yards for the first
touchdown. He failed. however. to
Kick goal
Tulsa Kicks.
Tulsa then kicked tn Sapulpa and
their halfback. who took the ball, was
doWned by Roop on the 40-yard line
and then carried IL back twenty yards.
Sapulpa injected some aerial work but
two passes, both incomplete were
broken up by Woods and Dickinson
The next pass went over for twenty
yards.
Recovering the ball on tumble
Tulsa held the home crew for downs
Shurtleff made -four yards on the off
end and Hopping went to the other
side for six Al this point Sapulpa
hraced and after holding the visitors
\tor downs forced them to kick. Tulsa
then reversed the picture and held the
Sapulpans for downs on the l0yard
line ana Hopping Immediately after
tore around the end for "A thirty-yard
run before he was downed The first
half ended with the ball on Sapulpa's
lO-Yard line.
Tulsa kicked off to start the second
half and after the bah had been re-
turned lined mp on their 3O-yard line
Woods caught n fifty yard pass, but
Immediately afterward the visitors
were penalizcd five yards for offside
Shurtleff went around the end, follow
ing the confusion for four yards. but
Sapulpa held the opposition FOR downs
and kicked to them.
Morris and Tricb Getaway.
Morris and Trieb of the Sapulpans
came thru at once with beautiful runs
for fully forty yards each. coolers
recovered the bali finally on "A tumble
and Roop followed with IA iO-yard
pass Tulsa then bucked the bali clear
down the field to the Sapulpa 20-yard
line They messed up matters, how
ever. when they attempted to execute
a fake place kick, Colson came out of
the line to kick but the center passed
the pig-sllin TO the wrong man and the
play was broken up where they stood
They soon evened up tho FOR Shurtleff
got "a lj-yard pass and then went ten
yards thru the line for a touchdown
and koop kicked goal at once
The Tulsa team outweighed the Sa-
pulUans about q 3 pounds 10 the man.
Both teams played In an especially
good spirit and outside ot n few times
in which oyer-anNiouSneSs caused them
10 De off side the playing was good.
clean football Great difficulty was
experienced In Keeping the crowd off
the field and back of the lines Tulsa
Was out in force, having about five
hundred rooters present. while about
one thousand were on hand TO cheer