The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-27
VALLEY ELEVENS
READY FOR PLAY
Missouri is the Favorite,,-
Others Expected to
Make Bids

KANSAS CITY, Mo, sept. &c
with every indication that sport Is to
equal, II not surpass its pre-war
standard this year. the 1920 football
season In the Missouri Valley confer
ence gets under way next week, with
every team In acNon.
Although the University Of Mis-
souri, Tigers, champions OF the con-
ference last year, apparently have an
edge on the other teams, tiSrc is
scarcely team in the conference
that will not kako a strong bid for
| the title this yearA
Nebraska returning after her split
with the conference, will be busy witt
| "A schedule negotiated before she wa'
readmitted TO Valley circles ana viii
playsonly one Valley school--kansas
The Huskers can hardly hope to
1atm championship on one game
even IL they should beat the Jay
hawlters. Grinnell alone Of the
schools i'm the conference, however,
seems too weak to enter the lists TOR
the title.
Veterans at Missouri. -
Missouri is opening the season
with practically the same team that
took the pen1ant last year In tiW
line are all Of the men who met and
held the enemy last year with the
poss Bile exception of Brick Travis,
Valley IaclxJo. Travis, however,
is in Columbia, and viii probably re-
entor school.
In the backficld the Tigers lost
last year through graduation several
Of their strongest mcn-Staf'k
Viner, Edwards and Collins. hut
Chuck Lewis, wonder of+the confer
ence, is back. bringing with him a
brother who sAems certain to win a
berth among the Missouri ball car
riers, and from the last years fresh
man squad como men like Lincoln,
Novinger and Fullbright who are
practically certain OF Varsity places
even before the practice starts.
Coach John F., Miller and his as
sociate. James NJ. Rhelan, have been
hoIding conferencN daily on football
strategy since %hclan's return
Sunday from a summer in Europe,
during which time he attended the
Olympic games at Antwerp, and the
Tiger offenso and defense for season
was almost entirely mapped out
when practice began today.
tNiDlltbn tD fAtluih'
The only likely candidate for a
place on the Missouri team who was
absent as practice started today was
Brutus Hamilton, who showed well
| at the end OF last year and is under
! stood TO be slated for tho backfield
this year. Hamilton has not yet re-
turned from the olympic games but
| is expected back within week or
| two. According TO Phclan, however
he has lost weight while In Europe
this summer and will probably not
be in football condition until well
along In the season.
Little apprehension Is felt at Col
umbia over the opening tilt with 81
Louis University at ST. Louis October
3. The concensus Of opinion II that
| the game with the Billiksus Will be
| little more han "A practice affair. But
| when the conference season opens a
| week later the Tigers Will be I'm FOL
| "A long grind Of real football
Stars Back at Am"s.
| Ames will have practically thf
same team which showed near-cham'
| pionship class late In the season last
year, and the Drake eleven, which
held the Tigers TO a 10 0 score las
year, viii again be formidable.
I Washington. despite the possible
loss OF Councilman, viii have an of'
Elective team, and Kansas has a stronl
crew OF letter men back TO pick from
The Aggies. under Mike Ahcarn. als'
are slated for a good SHOWING, whil'
the Oklahoma Sooncrs, playing theiI
first game as members OF the Mis-
souri, Valley Conference this year
will be as much feared by the Vallcy
teams as they have been in past year
playing independently,