The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-11-03
S PORT

The arrival of the Jayhawker elev-
The ARRIVAL Of the Jayhawker elev-
8 defeat of the Aggies, stands out as
the most significant feature in Satur-
days Missouri Valley Conference
games. Kansas administered a de-
cisive drubbing to team which Mis-
souri, only tied and Washington de-
feated by only narrow margin, and
the Jayhawkers must now be consid
cred formidable contenders for the |
Valley title.
But right alongside the showing of
Kansas must be placed the games
played by Ames and Missouri with
teams outside the Conference. Ames'
defeat of Schulte's Cornhuskers by
the margin of field goal constituted
one of the greatest upsets in Valley
football in years. And the Tigers
even fight with Bennie Owens much
feared Sooners, together with Schulte's
defeat, is evidence to Missouri root
ers that in the Nebraska game next
Saturday, to which Missourians have
been looking as to an almost certain
defeat, the Tigers have better than a
fighting chance to win.
On comparative scores the Tigers
appear to have shade, but it is we'll
to use such reckoning with caution.
Oklahoma, playing in the Omaha chill,
hn1l u,,cl IN mi
playing at Norman, held the Sooners
to a tie. Nebraska must invade the
Tigers lair for Saturdays game, and
if there is any advantage in playing
at home, the Tigers seem to have the
| edge on the basis of comparative
showings against Oklahoma. But If
| should be remembered that the Husk
ers were able to penetrate the Okla
homa defense for touchdown, while
it was Lewis toe that counted all Mis-
souri's points Saturday.
Ames Was Stronger
at Lincoln Than Here.
Ames lost to Missouri, 10 to 0, but
defeated Nebraska, to 0. The Cy-
clones played both games away from
| home. But the Ames eleven that
faced Schulte's charges was a much
stronger team than that which went
down before the Tigers. Davis, who
booted the field goal that beat the
Huskers, was out of the Missouri game
because of injuries, and White and
Currie, who played star games at Lin
coin, were kept on the sidelines
through much Of the game at Co.
lumbia. Ames has developed rapid
ly since losing to the Tigers, and it
would not be wise to place too much
confidence in the evidence of COM
parative showings against the Cy-
clones.
Nebraska was evidently in a slump
Saturday, stale from the four Cruel
ling games with which Schulte's
schedule started-Iowa, Minnesota
Notre Dame and Oklahoma. Schulte's
men still have their first victory of
the 1919 season to win. They have
lost to Iowa, Notre Dame and Ames
and been tied by Minnesota and Okla
homa. The Huskers will come to
Columbia Saturday to fight desperate
ly to efface some of the stigma OF
such record They will outweigh
the Tigers from ten to fifteen pounds
to the man, but Ames faced a similar
handicap and outfought the Huskers,
and the Tigers can do the same.
Tigers Have Best
Chance Since Nineties.
All in all, it is safe to predict tina
it will be great game of football
staged for the homecoming throng OF
Rollins Field next Saturday. TIL
Tigers have chance to win, no better
than an even chance, but fair, fight
ing chance for victory. The odds IL
next Saturdays game are more IA
vorable to the Tigers than they hav,
been prior to any Nebraska gam
within the memory of the presen
generation. If Johnny Miller cal
humble the proud gridiron warrior
from the North, he will have accom-
plished what no Tiger coach has don
for twenty years and more, not eve
Bill" Roper. Roper's Missouri Val
ley champions of 1909 defeated Kan
sas and Kansas beat Nebraska, bu
the Tigers and Huskers did not NEE
For the last Tiger victory over Ne
braska it is necessary to hark bac
into the nineties.
The walloping administered by Kan
sas to the Aggies showed that Kan
sas, on Thanksgiving Day, will probs
bly, be the strongest team the Tiger
will have to face this year. Coac
McCarty's charges fully justified th
prophecies of Valley critics, who hay
held all along, in spite of the scor,
less ties with Washburn and Anne
that there was the material for
great eleven at Lawrence and that
was only a question of time until tt
Jayhawkers got started. Kansas III
covered a strong attack in Satul
days game, both in straight footba
~, ha D-;v, 4