Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-23
Mcachan. Assistant Coach.


Mcacham. Assistant Coach
Mezcharn. rnernbe- of the 1911
ail-yict0r!ous team. and for two years
assistant coach. is back after a years
work az Harvard While there ne did
not 20 ou. for football but studied
the games played bv the big three
neanharn IS working far more than
union hours IN an effort 20 have the
Oklahoma university in the best shape
possible.
Never has Phillips loomed UP as a
contender against the ,soonerv1ile
squad. Numerous stories Fave drifted
into this camp concerning the prowese
Of the Christian team. Practice
game or no practice game. Pen owen
IS going 20 take no chances Of being
caught mapping during the opening
games. and when Central. Rinrfisher
and Philips teams step off on the
field they will face the regular Sooner
machine.
And then the larger teams are due
TO meet the Oklahoma boys. on Oc-
tober 13. with less than a month in
which 10 work off the superfluous
avOirdupois and 10 work the kinks
out Of old shanks Bennie will take
the team to Urbania. Ill. whore they
vii meet the squadron from the Uni
yersity OF Illinois.
Then from the arctic cline the
Sooners viii take their southw ID
flight and the following week will
loosen their ravage- on their long and
. ayowcd enemies the Texas Long
horns, al Dallas, Texas.
Kendall October %.
Without rest the Oklahoma team
will meet the Kendall college aggre-
cation on the Boyd field on October
p. War has PLAYED havoc with the
,ll-victorious Kendall team Of last
= year and at present they are not
I feared.
Missouri took the bacon in the
game with the Oklahomans last year
but they have been hard hit by Mars
and predictions give the Owen aRgre-
cation an edge over the Columblans
In their contest at the Missouri field
November 10 has been dedicated to
the task Of obtaining the goat from
the Kansas university team In Law
renee. Chances for the Oklahomans
taGeing the game are away above par
as they easily won the contest last
year and have the best prospects for
sacking the Jayh;Nwkers.
After the Razorback TRADE on No
vember II at Fort Smith. Sooner
/ Braves will 90 after the Kansas farm
ers at Manhattan, Kan. Stories
eminating from the haunts OF yokels
give them the edge on the Okla
homnns. but the dominant spirit of
the native sons combined with the
/ personal equation Of Mr.. BENJAMIN
/ Owen make the fans confident that
I the Sooners will return with the scalp
OF the farmers.
And Then Turkey Day.
The bill-Of-fare for Thanksgiving
day is a family quarrel in which the
| Oklahoma Aggies and the Sooners
VIII participate as the principals This
game will climax the season. The
| final show will be staged in Okla
homa City.
At present there are only seven
veterans back IN uniform with which
a nucleus can be formed for the 1917
team. The Older men who reported
are McGlothlin, Wilmoth, Graham.
johnson. Graham, Durant and Nc
| Dermott
With Graham johnson al quarter.
Graham and McDermott at halves and
Scivy Davis at full and a second quar-
tet possibly consisting OF Luster at
quarter, Ross johnson and Spot
Durant at halves and Wilmoth at full,
the proposition OF a first class back
field does not look at all bad.
line Is Weak.
! Much difference Of opinion NAV be
had as to the power Of the line. Few
men have shown UP in the practicing
with exceptional ability Up TO date
McGlothin is in the line, Brown
Cheadle and Deacon are all working
hard and they may be the answer to
Owens prayer for line men.
The pivot position will be n bone
OF contention and will be contested
for by Douglas and Mccall.
! With the present outlook the Soon
erville Is expecting great record from
their present aggregation and with
the squads practicing every morning
and evening things are looking
brighter around the Boyd field.
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