Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-08
Jayhawkers Have Slight Edge
in Dope Via Comparative
Score Route.

Special to The Word
NORMAN. Okla. Nov. 7.-Gy the
"dCpc sheet" route. the University OF
Kansas football eleven will have the
edge on the University OF Okiahom'l
team, when :he two clash or BOYD
field net saturday in their fifteenth
annual struggle for gridiron honors.
The game will I've the most important
to be PLAYED within the state this sea
son.
THE first comparison IS direct MI
nCis defeated Kansnf % to 0 and on"
u.eck later trounced oklahoma A to 0.
That gives Kansas a m0rgii' of 2!
loints over the SoonerS and looks rs II
Eennie Owens tribe would not have
much chance against the Jawnawkers.
But road further.
Via Indirect Route.
Ame5 defeated Missouri Is to 0 and
Kansas defeated Ames I to D. giving
Kansas a MARGIN of II points over
Missouri on comparative scores. Okla
hCma last Saturday won from MIS-
souri, II to !. which would give the
SoOners a mnrpiu of seven points over
Missouri Such comparison would
make the JayhawkerS appear 10
Points stronger than oklahoma.
Another method of comparison is
by selecting Missouri and the Kansas
Aggies as the other teams. kanSas AZ
Sies defeated Missouri to G Kansas
defeated Kansas AgGies Q to whicn
would give Kansas a margin Of l.
points over Missouri, oklahoma :
margin Of seven points would leave
Tie Sooners three points under kan
sas by this comparison.
There are certain features Of this
done. however. which tend to lessen its
reliability In attempting to predict
how tho SATURDAY. struggle VIII turn
out The first Is the difference in timo
when these various games were play
cd, and tho fact that most teams be-
come stronger as the season advances
Tigers Veal, for Amcs
Missouri opepcd its season Octobcr
! defeating William Jewel college 4
to &. One week later failure tC kick
n goal after touchdown cost the Tigers
the game with the Kansas AGgies \
number of Missouri mon however
were injured in that contest ana wer.
out of the Ames game. They had re-.
covered and played in the Oklahom1
game indicating that Missouri was
much stronger in this game than /:
that with Amos
The Kansa Illinois game was tn
first clash of the year for both teams
Neither h"d developed much of an of
fehsVe. Kansas never threatened the
Illinois goal but held the northerncr
to % points. One week later. Coac,
ZuDplIc. uncovered n powerftll attacl
and Illinois Swamped the Sooners Il
to 0. In this game however, Okla
homa lost the ball by a tumble on The
Illinois 1C yard line after sweepin,
down the field and at n time when q
touchdown seemed certainty. Later
in the game an oklahoma man los
the ball lust as he was cross,ng ths
Illinois goai fer a touchdown.
Oklahoma Offence Good
Reports from this game would indi.
cate that Oklahomas offensive agains
Illinois was much better than that dis
played hv Kansas but that her defense
was weaker. This Is not regarded
here, then, as anything like fan
comparison of the strength of the two
teams.
The margin of three points. thcu
which Kansas has by com pairing thu
teams thru Missouri and Kansas Az
Gics. appears the best in rating then
! for their next battle sooner support
ers belicyc that this margin will b,
entirely wiped out because the GENT
IS being played on the home field c,
the Sooners and that they will enter
the game on even terms.
The team that gets the jump. there
! fore and is fortunate enough 20 &c
the breaks Of the game, probabl will
! set away with the long end of thC
score.
Should the weather be warm. how
ever, the advantage undoubtedlN
would swing to the Oklahomans
Lawrence. Kan. is nearly four hun
dred miles north Of Norman. Th,
Jayhawkers have been working ou
for the most part in cold weather
while the Oklahoma team has sweatet
under hot sun thruout the season ey
cept for two short periods of colo
weather
In 1915, the last time that Kansa.
played on Bovd field, the school sen
a big, powerful team here. orc tha
was expected to eat the Sooners alive
It was n hot day. however, and tht
Kansans Called for the water buckle
so often they almost exhausted Nor
mans water supply. The score wa!
| 90 to II in favor Of oklahoma.