The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-08
YELLOW JACKETS
R0UT TEACHERS
IN FIRST GAME
J. White, Martin, Thomas,
Beacon and Stuart Are
Stars of the Game

Tulsa university gridiron squad
continued it's victroious march when
t walked roughshod over the
southeastern Teachers normal yes
Iorday afternoon at Lee stadium
and took the first game to be played
on home grounds BY a score OF 25
tos. Coach II. NJ. Acher's lads tore
into the teachers and ripped the IA
10 pieces In the first half, but after
that the Tulsa boys took things easv
and failed TO count In the second
half
Rex Thomas, Jack White, shine"
Martin. Jack Beacon and Vickers
played stellar football during the
afternoon for the Tulsans and en-
sbled them TO pile up a big score
.n the first half.
Scored Right orr Reel.
Tulsa scored With little trouble in
the first few minutes OF play, after
Kicking off and holding the teachers
Tor downs on the 45-yard line. white
sklrted left end for 25 yards Then
an off tackle play carried the
Tulsans to first downs again. Rex
Thomas found hole in the line and
down. shine Martin tried place
ment for the try-for-point but
missed by inches.
The locals kicked off again and
got the ball on n free-for-all tumble.
which Dunlap recovered and trotted
3 wards but was downed on the p
yard line. Dunlap picked up the
ball on the run and was over
balanced and could not regain his
strike in time TO elude the fast clos
ing teachers. Tulsa buckcd the line
for yard but on the next play lost
the ball on tumble. Southeastern
punted out but the ball went out Of
bounds on the 20-yard line and
Vickers went through the line for n
touchdown. Martin kicked goal.
The score was Tulsa 10. Southeast
ern 0.
Two Long Passes.
Tulsa punted to the 25-yard line
and the teachers booted the ball
back TO Tulsa on the 45-yard line.
Then Tulsa tried the first forward
pass and Rex Thomas tossed the
ball 40 yards to Jack White. Then
Thomas shot l5-yard pass TO
Stuart. but Tulsa was penalized on
the next play for holding. Southeast
ern intercepted long pass and
punted TO Tulsa on the 50-yard line
Dunlap went around right-end for
IS yards. but Tulsa was again
penalized.
Rex Thomas took the ball on the
next play and on delayed buck
wormed his way through the oppos-
ing line aud galloped so yards for
touchdown. Thomnss sidestepping
and change OF speed, coupled with
perfect Interference gave Tulsa this
touchdown. Martin kicked and the
score was 20 To 0.
Jack Beacon then went n for
White on the end and scooped up
a free-for-all tumble and lodged Is
yards through the line for TulsaIs
Gina! touchdown of ;ho Afternoon.
Martin missed the placement
South eastern kicked to Tulsa and
the ball was down on the 2O-yard
line but bud snap from center
carried the ball over the goal line
and before Thomas could recover
the ball and dash back into the field
he was downed and Southwestern
scored safety. Then the teachers
took the ball and ruehed 1t down
the field and had the ball on the
2.yard line when the whistle blew
ending the half
second Half Slow.
The second half opened with
practically a new team playing
,- against the teachers, but neither
team was able to make long gains.
Southeastern kicked off and Tulsa
returned the compliment. The
teachers then nursed the ball down
the field and pushed It over for
touchdown. and then kicked goal
Then both teams worked back
and forth across the field but
neither was able to push the ball
over, although Tulsa was moving on
the goal line when the game ended