The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-10-11

ON THE GRIDIRON

New York city will get its first
| taste OF professional football on a
large scale on Sunday. october IL,
when the crack Massillon. Ohio
! Tigers invade the metropolis for a
game with an eleven recruited by
! owners OF the New York Giants
| baseball club as an experiment with
| the professional brand OF the grid
| iron sport.
Professional football has long been
/ an established institute OF profit In
! ONO. Because OF the rivalry exist
/ ing between number of cities In
| the Buckeye state. professional
teams have from year TO year reaped
rich harvests. and afforded former
star college players a source OF lu-
cratiYe income
In big league baseball circles mag
mates have a number OF times dis
cuHsed the possibility OF profession nal
football as a cans OF utilizing their
ball yards at a time when they owuld
I.ordinRruy be OF little or no use. The
New York contingent this year de-
cided 10 test the practlcability OF the
plan and team OF former college
players was recruited.
LAWRENCE. Kan. oct 10 -
Coach Leon b. Mccarthy Is working
tho Jayhawkcr football squad at top
speed this week In preparation for
the game against Emporia normal
Saturday. The normal team Is not
expected TO offer stiff opposition tor
the Kansas eleven, but McCarty IL
attempting TO knock of n Few rough
spots which were shown In tho Kan
sas play In the Pitts6urg game last
week
The team as whole will be In
better shape for the game this
week. as the men came through the
game last week In good shape with
the exception OF Shurtlift. Several
cPtpples, among them Pringle. the
big hAlfback. and Marxen, a letter
man at tackle. win be able to get
back into the game. Both have been
out with bad legs. Shurtliff. who
was the only Jayhawker to receive
an injury Saturday. a shoulder dislo-
Gated, was able to report To practice
Monday and apparently is all right
With three games won, Coach
Saunders Is priming his Haskell
squad for the contest against the
oklahoma Aggies Saturday at Stlll-
well. Haskell came through tho
Baker game last Friday with IA mum.
her OF Injuries but with Dr. Phog Al.
len. director of athletics at the Unit
versity OF Kansas putting three OF
the Indians back into shape, Saun-
dere will have his full squad In the
game Saturday.
Jim Campbell. who had been una
Bile TO report for practice since early
in the season, has reported and will
probably get into the game at half
back Saturday. Campbell has starred
for the Indians In former years,
University OF Kansas athletes will
have the best care OF any athletes In
the Missouri valley this year with
Or +. c. Allen as director OF athlet-
les. The Kansas football squad has
already had number OF injuries
that under ordinary circumstances
would have kept the men out OF the
game for a long period OF time, but
a few treatments given by Dr. Allen
and they have been able 10 return TO
the game
Prinsle and MarSen. both letter
men at the university, have heen out
OF the game for week with bad
knees but will be able 10 get into the
game this week. Beaides these men.
Shurtlift. n halfback. received dis
location OF his collarbone In the
game against 'fittaburg normal last
Saturday. but was able to be out TO
practice Monday night,