The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-16
Shine Martin Defensive
Work Is Brightest Feature
RenfrO Knocked Out arly
Orange and Black Handicapped by Absence of Tom
Williams, His Punting Being Missed; Visitors Not
So Formidable as Touted, Lacking Smart Plays and
Variety of Attack.

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eleven of the Tulsa university
showed the amount of class
the occasion demanded yes
terday and emerged victor
ious in its first hard grldiron
battle of the year, scoring II
points to the 7 made by the
Rangers from Northwestern
Normal Of Alva.
While it was "A game al
most devoid of the spectac-
ular, the closeness Of the
score and the hard battling
of the lines made the contest
highly interesting through
out. The stands at Lee Stad-
ium were comfortably filled
for the game.
Neither Team shows Dash.
Neither team was powerful on tho
attack. The success of tho Rangers
In holding of tho |ousluuEhts Of tho
Tigers was a surpriac. however.
From Il Tulsa standpoint probably
tho brightest feature OF the game
was the great defensive work OF
'Shino" Martin shine "a down
on all punts with amazing speed.
He seemed almost too fast. fire.
queutly "overrunning his
Tulsa u. was handicapped to a
great extent by the absence of Tom
Williams. STAR puntcr, and by an in
jury to Rgnfro, their brilliant quar-
terback. Williams, who has "a so-
we're charley horse. was practically
useless. lie was Ia the game only
for a few minutes. RontrU was
knocked out carly In the second
period, being hurled 10 the ground
with terrific force after aniZlng n
punt and st! ms up the field with
It. He stuck It out for a time after
the fall. but II was apparent he was
out IN his feet, and "A change In the
lineup was nccessitated
Rangers "A Disappointment.
While the visiting Rangers put up
a game battle and held hard and
AhnA wa iAAANs Nv t'A AAfAh 'AANAAlA~
plons OF 1920 did not come up to
expectations. The Rangers aid not
show anything In the way OF smart
football. Their plays almost could
he called with certainty In advance
from the sidelincs.
Neither does Coach Schmidt's
squad seem to be Improving as fast
as II should. The necessary fire APP
peared lacking In Offensive plays,
though this might be accounted for
In a measu by the weather which
was entirely too warm to put foot
ball players ycally on their toes.
With its weight it would seem the
T. u. squad should he more sue
cessful In It's attacks against a line
Of the Caliber OF the Rangers.
Grove and Wantland See Game.
Tho game was secuted" by
Charlie Wantland. head coach Of the
Central Normal eleven at Edmond,
and Ivan Grove, former Kendall
star, who is coaching the oklahoma
Baptist team OF Shawnee, Both Of
these teams later In the season win
face the orange and BLACK, the
Central Normalites being the next
opponent to be met on the home
field. The Central-Tulsa e.. game
Us scheduled for armisticc day, No
Vembcr II, the r l.. team being
away from home for the next three
weeks, The Baptists Will be OPP
posed still later I'm tho season.
Tulsa Y. Scores First
Tulsa L. got or In the lead 10y
scoring "a touchdown IN the first
quarter lust two minutes before tho
end OF the period. 4 strong south
wind helped Tulsa Keep the ball "a
Alva's territory all during the pc
riod, but It looked ike "a scorcloss
fifteen minutes until Kcck and Rem
fro negotiated a successful forward
paEs and Renfro went over Tor IN,
first score. Martin kicked goal
Just before this succeeded Martin
had missed a couple OF attempts a
field goals, the wind being re.
sponsible for one failude while tn,
other was quite n bit wide,
with the wind In their favor Alv'
kept the pigskin In tho r. Il. terri
tory during most OF tho second pc
riod, and once It appeared certain
the visitors would register n touch
down, hut the Tulsa line held solidll
and the half ended with Tulsa lead.
Ing, Z to o.
Hangers Count In Third Quarter.
The Tulsa lead was increased e
10 to o when Martin clicked n field
goal early in the third period, but
u lhe margin was u rev mo-
ments later when Brown Of the
Rangers went across for the only
Ranger touchdown after a four-woy
pass. Hamburg Kicked the bah al
most TO the Alya goal, and Keck
went through confer. Martin
Kicked goal making the final
scaTc - &c ?.
Thomas, flovL and heavy guard,
stool out from the rest of the Alya
team
Lineup and summary.
Tulsa L. 90 y os, % Ava
Balloon ......,le, .,. Argcnbright
Martin ..,.,.. lt......,., Deutur
HerndOn ,.,..lE...,...,, Davis