The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-27
Agges Have Not Given Up Hope of Victory Over Soones
SOoners and Aggies Getting
Ready for Their Annual
Struggle on GridirOn


NORMAN. Oha Nov. 2j-"II'e Is
series Of ups aud downs wrote the
musical composer. and 80 too, has been
lhc football season at the University OF
Oklahoma, which will reach its climax
Thursday Thanksgiving day, when the
SoOuCrs tangle with the Oklahoma Agri-
cultural aud Mechanical college eleven at
Oklahoma CITY The game VIII be played
Al Fair grounds park
Bcnnic Owens eleven has played spec
tacular football NJ times and then again
the work OF tho team has been mediocre
and even poor The comb lluatlOn has
been carried To the extent that at differ
ent times In the Same Enmc, both oH-
celleut aud POOR work has been done.
Tho team has not shown the ability 20
Away do It's best
Indications are. however that llkc last
year, the climax win Dee SprtuE one
and thnt the SOOnCrs. THANKSGIVING day,
will present the best brand ~ football
Of which they are capable aud uucss tho
Oklahoma AERics play iu the sHmo man
ner, the gnmo VIII bu somewhat one
aidcd.
Opened Season with Rush
OklnhoWu opened the season with n
rush, dcfcHtIug Charles WHnrlnud's Gem
trail Normal team MT the Oklahoma state
fair, ~ to u Tho team was green but up-
pcarod powerful Twenty or more men
Were used and all OF them seemed to
have the m1kins NJ real football play
ers one week later. KWg'ishcr was
swnmrcd l7g 10 O. IN" Sooncrs plNng mp
touchdown after touchdown ua fast rs
they could rush the ball across the field
Aguln the comments on the ENmc Wtrc
that owen was developing n powerful
ETdirOn machine
Tho first check 10 this condition came
October g, the day that Johnny Maui
betsch.s eleven invaded Norman SHOW
ing a burst Of power the Phillips unlNer-
sty team swept the S0Oucrs of their
feet in the frst quarter scoring niuO
points 10 none for OkIahumu Hugh
McDcrmott suffered II d.7loruirl q shoulder
and was ont of the EHWe for six weeks
In the remaining quarters, however,
the Sooucrs found themselves mud piled
up ~ points, hut the loss Of NCprrmutt
1t was recognized, would hc severely felt
Illinois TrounceS Sooners
october 10, the SOOners paid their
first respects 10 a "hir ten" conference
team. but they were Co'lly received and
given n pousc-cgE ms thclr share ot the
days score. Illinois trounced tho Soon
ers, ii 10 q, and the "nmcury Of hope
on the SoonW campus dropped down
many. many degrees.
Instead ot discouIAging the team, that
loss C0ustd n to work the harder IN
preparation for tho Texas game and he
fore crowd of 1000 persons at Dallas,
October 20, oklahoma humhlod the Texas
LonghUus. II to q Sooncrs showed the
ability To mpko gains when gains wcro
needed and they should have had moro
Than two tuarhdowns
a. w 'pN'lu Wv tuaII,puH9uIp " !
Ia ,ar ot Gol,,It ',,, iii
Leforo Mo g,"n," o,,I,i n,,nT ~,
~. That game, however. was disastrous
,srhnc II, o m i w., "a, w @ ,'',,W,u, VII
snftcrod nm iri,roJ ,,r,,, o,,I n ~ -
toyn Ionse B,,'rcjf,,r ~, c,,,o Gr,,,,,a
Johnson Ind dronned on, ~ tnothoW o,d
She ten,,, ,.oe ioC, "v'itLort ~ o,,oorr'p,bo,i'
pavIs poo, gI.IJ csnsr,t
Coach Ovc, stt'r,ntcd :" d,ors,,-,,
"Skivy" Dovis irt, y o,ortor tr ~ ~,
Kans,a pi,no Lrt b,,Is ILIJ 10, ,I' ,in,.,i,, ~
into a field general ana OiInbor,, lost
IN Tho mora noUerfu, TayLa,,t,nrs a., |
@, Field rcrSroIsbin Trd sooncr sn.cd
Tnlrbt bavc tn,nnred dc,n,to ,,,Pro,t