The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-07
FOOTBALL PLANS
ARE UNDER WAY
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potun to Throne by King
Football Indicated by Nu-
merous Schedules.
BIG THREE" BACK IN FOLD
Attempt to Make Up Ground
Lost by Informal"
Athletics.
BIG THREE" BACK IN FOLD
nv LARRY DALEY.

Ealing eastern and western col
,,rS which abandoned or cut dowr
m their athletic programs durinF
the war have seen the light and In
.ic,i,ons are that they will paruci'
ra,. IN the great sport revival, pre-
s,c,od upon the signing OF tho ormi-
,,i,e and now becoming a reality.
Those bcnlEhted school heads who
animated competitive athletics dur
Irr the war hysterIa are now coming
"a line ono Of tho greatest myster-
,os ~ collegiate athletics is the rea-
~, n, outting sports In war time.
,rhy 4, ever a nation needed To
,.sn rhyslcally NJ and 20 enjoy all
outdoor recreation possible, IT wns
q, that time.
From All parts OF the country
,oc,rg word that schools are plan
| ming ambitious athletic programs for
re,i wear Football. greatest or all
College games, IL coming In for Its
sh,re Of the Imolight From all in.
gir,tlons. King Football will he back
A E'lSnEfY 1Il1l WV l'NNN F'hn'A's
romocuilon for "Big Three" Colleges
The "Dig Three Yale. Harvard
snd Princeton, which played "infor-
mar football during the war. are
making a desperate atempt 10 regain
lost ground. The big Three" ap-
plley only 10 the number OF students
enrolled ~ rs days Of gridiron su-
p~emacy ended several years ago.
Smaller schools have defeated It's
members with regularity the past
five years and It's attitude toward
those schools Is not the heighth or
sportsmanship. The blue, crimson
and orange and black have found
they can no longer dictate to tho
smaller but as powerful colleges and
the recent formation OF an athletic
association composed or Corgen.
Dartmouth. Columbia and 'Pennsyl-
vanla is In retaliation for the snubs
of the past.
Harvard. early advocate OF war
football" Is planning n hig season
next year. Percy Haughton will
probably be back hcrecting the
Harvard gridders and they'll he In
there 10 win the game az usual.
Princeton and Yale games are the
features OF the schedule. The Bull
'og is played November 27 and
Princeton two weeks earlier.
Harvard First Rack In.
Harvard was the first to start
This Informal" stuff and their COM
Ing In line Is one OF the most sig
nIflcant examples OF the big boom
due on the gridIron next fall.
The Western conference wisely
went along IN much the same chan
ne during the war Cf course. the
Zig Ten" schools economical 10
meet war conditions but there was
no useless abandoning OF competitive |
athletics and men were encouraged
70 participate In sport TO prepare for |
me day when they were called 10 |
war, Thus the Western conference
Is In splendid shape and things will |
continue to go along smoothly in the |
mlddle west organization.
oklahoma schools are TO be COM
nhmented for their war attitude
iney contributed hcavilys,to the
colos-every school being repre-
"h'ed by numerous athletes and,
.ome OF them having hundreds OF
FORMER stars In the fight against the
nun But although two or three
MINOR schools dropped athletics. the
majority OF them continued. taking
". same attitude OF the Western
.S"'ershee' that athletics were need
~ oady In war time az in peace.
frospcts Bright nj Uni.
. This leaves all those w,rcb cor
@ unueo IN splendid condition for nex.
."sun' Most notable OF these is the
om'ersity OF Oklahoma. Bennie
,~en WI have, according TO reporta
.u'n norman, "a former letter men
,. .pIl' 10 him next fall. PhilIips uni
ny mas demanded recognition
Nv pnt Two years and tx also nre-
on, ron. ~, lne future The Agy1es put
Isu sVos elevens both In 1917 and
~ ana prospects there are rrport-
w bright for this fall
situation IN the normal
b,"Ss b',Vus Is bit uncertain. Soma wer.
,bIa'Gapped ,b.I. by having most OF
sn,,I men IN the service which "a
a,h,.n u me curta!lmcnt OF thasr
we,,srn sSu,ihs the war. North
Cen,r,I oonthwestern. East Central
man,s ana Southeastern, however
ana sW 70 80 along in some fashIon
n.,, az are planning a oomohach
man, season Northeastern. enroiil
o, wo was composed almost ent,,oI.
to quit forced that school