Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-20
.CLAREM0RE GRIDS
EASY FOR LOCALS
Tulsa High School Boys Make
81 to 0 Score Against
Invading Warriors.
VISITING FULLBACK MARVEL
Playing of Captain Hopping
and Frank Woods Features
for Local Athletes.

| Showing a more diversified attack
and greater power in every departmen mt
| of the game than in their former APP
pearances. the Tulsa high school grid
sters, led by Captain Hopping, went
out and crushed the Claremore high
invaders yesterday afternoon at Asso-
citation park under score of 81 toD.
IL was the third consecutive victory for
| the local team this year.
Only one time, in the third quarter.
was Claremore able to get the bali
| close enough to the locals goal line
to have a good chance at scoring.
After getting the ball on Tulsa's forty
yard line, Harold Hall, fmlback and
mainstay OF the visiting team, went
around the right end, stiff-arming
both Roop and Captain Hopping, and
going to the twenty-yard line before
downed. They lost the ball on the
tumble during the next play and a
forward pass to Shurtliff put it back
into safe territory for the locals.
Woods Makes First Touchdown.
Tulsa 81 touchdowns came in the
first, second and fourth periods A
few minutes after the locals had
kicked off for the first time they came
into possession of the ball on the
forty-yard line, holding their oppon-
Chto iOT ooWISs n liHt DUCK ny CnuTt-
lift and a round end run by Captain
Hopping put it on the twenty-yard
line. on the next play Hendrix
passed to Woods, the tall end who
caught 1t and took 1t over the goal for
the first touchdown. Roop failed to
kick the goal. Roop kicked off again
but Claremorc could not work II down
after receiving and once more it went
TO the locals about the middle of the
field. Another long forward pass for
about twenty-five yards was caught
by Woods. Captain Hopping then
smashed thru the Claremore line for
another touchdown. He failed to
punt out and when the quarter ended
1t was Tulsa's ball again on their
own forty-yard line.
Using line bucks In which Shurtliff
and Hopping featured, the Tulsa boys
took the ball straight down the field
In the second quarter until within five
yards of the goal line. Claromore
5erked themselves together and held
them for two downs, but Hopping
smashed thru on the third for another
touchdown. Roop missed his second
attempt at goal which was a hard
one. Tulsa kicked again and took the
ball away from Claremore on their
own forty-yard line on downs. The
most beautiful play of the game was
then made by Captain Hopping in
catching long forward pass by TIP
Hendricks. He went to the ten-yard
line before downed. Claremore here
showed their first real punch by hold |
ing the locals for down and kicked
the ball out after trying their first
forward pass which went bad. The |
half ended with Tulsa in po ossession of |
the ball in the center Of the field.
Visitors Hold locals.
During the third quarter the vis,- :
tors did their best playing OF the
game. They kicked off and held Tulsa |
for downs on the forty yard line. Then |
came the run by Hall which took them
within short distance Of the goal.
but luck broke against them. Both
sides then opened with the forward |
passes, several being made by TL\a.
but they Gould not score against the
Claremore boys, the quarter ending
with the ball on Claremore's thirty
yard line.
Claremore weakened in the final
quarter and the locals made three
on them by using the omen
tactics. Hall received Roop's kickoff
and brought 1t back to the 4O-yard
line only to lose It on a tumble.
" oous ioaSHeu up ana caught nnOther
on Hendrix's pass, taking the ball
within several yards of the goal ana
Hopping went over again on the nexv
play. Roop missed the goal. The sec
ond was a repetition. Woods gainin.
on pass and the captain taking II
over. but failed to punt out. They touh
The ball from the visitors on downs
md worked It within ten yards of the
Inc when another pass to Woods be-
bind the goal made the sixth touch
town. Roop kicked the goal.
Woods and Hopping Best.
For Tulsa Hopping and Woods
played the best game. Shurtliff was
'lso a consistent ground gamer but
had TO retire in the third quarter after
being injured. Jake Roop, the DASH
ng left end Of the locals. played hard
cut had an off day at the Kicking. He
missed three Of his four chances for
goal after touchdowns aitho the ones
missed were all hard. go
Claremore proved 70 be Nnu.,
weaker than was expected. only two OF
est years. men, Harold Hall and Red
ling. being on the team and nearly
N the players we're exceptionally