The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-10-30
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Owens Men Splashing
Through Hard Drill.

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NORMAN, Okla, Oct. SO.-The
Sooners this week are splashing
through the wettest practice in
years, fighting perhaps the hardest
this season in preparation for the
coming of Missouri Tigers Saturday.
Confidence in the Oklahoma camp
few to a new notch last week when
Owens men tackled the heavy Corn
huskers in the cold at Omaha and
kept the score to TT tie.
The passing work of the Sooner
machine dropped in the Husker bat
tie when Nebraska fans expected the
Husker squad to be worried with an
anti alright throughout the tilt. But
what Owen lacks in his old passing
game has been made up in the line.
204-POund Average
Between the Tackles.
From tackle to tackle, the Okla
homa line averages 2O4 pounds. New
er before in the history of University
of Oklahoma football has Owen pro-
duced such a beefy defense. From
end to end, the line averages 1913
pounds with no man falling under
165 pounds. These averages assume
that C. Tyler, 225-peund guard, will
be in the lineup.
Statistics just compiled on the Ok
lahoma team surprised even Okla
.homa fans who until now did not
realize that Sooner mentors have a
machine that outweighs the average
Missouri Valley aggregation. The to-
tai Oklahoma team weight is 1871
pounds and the weight of the line
that probably will go in against Mis-
souri, is 1916 pounds. The average
weight of the Sooner regulars is
1SS, and even the Nebraska average
fell 2 pounds under this record.
In the backfield, where Bennie
Owen has his passing ammunition
mobilized, the weight is somewhat
under the Valley schedule. The av-
erage weight of the regular backfield
tnlS season is 161.
Cornhusker mentors believed they
would be able to tear up Owens bull
warks by line drives. In the first
quarter of the Husker-Sooner game
they gave up the hope and in the
last two quarters even resorted to the
defensive. Oklahoma gained almost
third more through the line than
the Cornhuskers did.
SOOners Expected
To Use Passing Game.
In their own camp, Sooners will
be able to turn loose a passing bar
rage against Missouri that probably
will surprise the Tiger defense. Cold
at Omaha handicapped the southern
ers and Oklahoma was forced to 20
back to line plunging to score. If
Saturday is warmer, however, Sooner
tactics doubtless will be different.
Ii Owen starts passing game
Saturday, he probably will feel the
loss of Haskell on left end. Haskell
has been out of training several
weeks on account of strained neck
that probably will keep him on the
hospital list the rest of the season.
Swatek, star passing fullback, is
convalescing from an attack of the
Influenza and may not be in a suit.
1t is doubtful if C. Tyler, 225-pound
guard and heaviest man on the team,
will be in the game because of a bad
ankle.
Marsh, end, will be disqualified by
Missouri Valley rules on freshmen
playing.
Several thousand old students and
alumni of the university will be in
Norman for the game. Plans for the
most elaborate pep demonstrations
are being made. ALI Norman will be
gala for the Missouri invaders.
Sooner Will Outweigh
Tigers About 10 Pounds.
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