The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-26

Clinch Championship
when Enid defeated oklahoma
city Friday and Tulsa took sapuIpa
over tho Goals yesterday they rec
maInod the only teams I'm the Cen
tran conference with but ouo dcfont
registered against them. Both Tulsa
and Enid have played five confer
eu,c games, winning four ana drop
utnp one. and are technically tied
Tor FIRST place with percrning" at
500 but Tulsa mas victory over
the Enid clan and pre champions or
the state. oklahoma city mas won
five and lost two conference battles
for "a pcrccntage Of 1856 and ranks
third In the conference,
Conch ". ". Ruu's mon started
of fighting and mnde ana to"t
breaks which more than ne!iilaIl1ed
Sapulpa's superiority IN line pluhH-
inc rulsa took the lead In the tliSi
few minutes of play ana were hrg''
headed. although Virgil Jones Sn-
puIpana scored toucndowi shoitl 4
aftcr the fourth quarter opened ana I
then launched "A rhnuc attempt 20
score on barrhge OF passes 10 '1l'
corners. of the line, but Tulsa had
great defense perfected Tor the over
head game and cut the eifeCtlNeh'ss
Snpulpa line Solid
AEhough Sapulpa's limo stood IKE
"A wall before the ATTACKS OF Iuish
hark field line piungers, Tulsa took
advantage OF two or three fumbles
uud philo Grimes was tho oWstand-
ing star Of tho game when no illtI-
cepted four Supulpa passes hnb
lodged. sldestrpped his way through
the entire SapVlpo line for Iu'Sa =
only touchdown. Tulsa tried SIX
masses one OF ID yards. tor gain
of q Yards. and the second, Q 20
Ward toss for II gain of 30 yards'
which nut the locals in position Tor
a placcment. SapulPa's plungins
pnys them eight first downs to TWO
for Tulsa. Tulsa gained 10 yards on
every exchange OF punts, Ledtord
spiral boots averaged ~ yards ana
many OF them went well over mo eo-
yard mark, Tulsa was called uhoh
to punt out of danger II times dur-
ing the game.
Fumt,ie. nnd intercepted passes
came nt critical times for Jones
men and the Tulsaus fought for the
breaks every minute or the game.
Large Crowd out
The weather was made 10 ofueI
for football and moro than IlVe
thousand football fans crowded the
concrete stands and lined the east
side of the field long before the
tenms took tho fold. An airpihhe
flew over the field and dropped
football, which missed the STADIUM
by about two blocks, Just before the
game. Both Tulsa and Sapulpa hlsh
school bands furnished music lo'
the game - 4. .
vTnlsa's hall on the 25-yard line.
Tulsa failed 90 gain on three downs
a Ledford punted to tho Shpulpa
2b-yard line. Sapulpa hit the line
for one yard and then tumbled ana
Tulsa recovered, .
saw both teams holding on every
plny and II was two downs ana punt
evorv time. with neither side gam
ing a mnterial advantage.
score In Second Period.
In the second quarter Tulsa reg
istered. Tulsa had the hal' on @ @tne
Award line. Bedford gained llNe
,,ords through the line. but a pass
fnned and Tulsa punted to Sapulpa
on their l6-yard line. Sapulpa re-
turned the compliment ana II wa
Tulss's hall in the middle of the
field. Then started the procession
Robinson took the BAN and tosseI
It rs yards 10 Ledtotu lot INV ''''
down OF the game. ,.-
WIN the ball on the 6N-yard llhe
Robinson passed long rainbow
hpaya TO Markovitz ana II va
1uiss's ball on the l0-yard line. ol
the first down, Sapulpa was on
side Two line plunges failed an'
IIordie was called back for n place
meut. lie booted the baH oNeF u"
. uprights for three points
Register Right OFF Reel'
SanuIna Kicked off 10 Tulsa on IN
25-yard line. Tulsa punted, Sapulp
aha likewise and Tulsa booted hSaH
and IL was Sapulpa's ban on the 'p
ward line two line plunges nette'
one yard and thcn McCready pityne
a long spiral which Grimes Nnuk
on his knees, The speedy quarts
brushed Off two tdcklers ana pl'Ke
,fr some Interference ana theh s'u'
stepnod. reversed his field and start
"a down the sidoltne, with Two -
auulpn runners on his heels TuisA III
terfereuce clipped both runners O
no Sapulpa l0-Nard line ana GrlIue
droup,d over the line tor a lou'n
down The Try for point Ir'' s""'
Score. Tulsa ., Sdpulpa w. -,
The third quuriCr WH- a l'Ha VI
c.1rIrn bepan TO use the forWar
mas. I'm a frantic cudeaNor 10 ger
ir.sk and score. but ihe team
r,lgbf mn and down tho cente
or the lidirou and the quarter cnd'
with tho ball iu SiPu'ua. p'77''s''
on the Tulsa 32-yard line
SnuuIpn Counts On Pass.
s,pulba hit the Line for yard
,ts,,readv -tepped back and passe
a rainbow heavc to Caywood, "l
-, ,ver for touchdown. Tuls
broke through the sapuipH hne "n
lI,rled the -tcT-volnl. "'"'
Tulsa @ Sapulpa e.
Then Jones boys opened W. ,u,
b. ]. d