The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-12
BAND LEADS BIG
PARADE OF FANS
AND GRID TEAM
Big Schools Want Games
With Tulsans After
Defeat of Aggies

home rarIf NpdurIhlg morning
after doiont.na fua -r"li TrA"s Aggir
cam SO 900 800 800 what is admitted
nt football critics to bH tho greatest
yam. ever unyei ou o TcMn foot
oI1l 0,d lmmclIHt'l / upon receipt
of tno rtWr that Coach ~ NJ ADhgrt
..HteptfIon ia1 met and defeated
Jhe AURioH champions ~ the south
last ypbr md the lone oonqurrnrF OF
-Bo' Mcmillan aud hla hmky crew
from centre college by 22-l4 score
President y. NJ. Gordon called clnH
SEES of ana more than fiVr hundred
students aud football faut. headed by
hrnfa hand. greeted the Tulsa lads
when they swung down from the
Frisco early this morning
NA- No I1ukc.
Tulfu'r victory was no luke. The
Texans. faced with defeat. tried every
lusc tu upset tho fighting cold and
Black but they could not punch
over the winning points The climax
uf great hattlc-thc greatest ever
played before a Texas flir crowd
came Boo The inHt few minutes ~ play
when the AEglor lurt three points
behind the TulHan5 rushed the bail
down to their thrce-yard liuo. Then
Coach Riblo one 81 the leading foot
bah authorities I'm Texas and second
10 mono ~ directing teams in battles.
string that was worn out IN The
hours gruolling play But the fresh
men could not move the ball an inch
and Tulsa took the bah on downs
aud puntod out OF danger.
n w1s thrilling game. marked by
flashes Of hrilllauco and grave blum
dcrs Tulsa completely played rings
around the Farmers. but costlY
fumbles Of Judgment and faults cut
down the Texans chance TO score.
Both teams played flnshy football
from the word so, aud the huge
crowd uf 10000 people applnudod
he Tulsans IN the last fow minutes
of play SO greatly that tho game was
halted until the stands would quiet
down enough to allow the players
TO hear the signals,
Hundreds OF kilograms from
chamber OF commerce, Civic clube,
Tulsa fans and football enthusiasts
from nll over tho state poured In on
Coach Achcr after his Victory that
upset all dopo sheets
Many schools Want Games.
Tulsa university took q leading po-
sition In tho football world here this
year by virtue OF the Black aud Gold
victory. Coach Achor. In his first
year bt the local school has placed
his athletes ftyay out In front and
put tho school In with the foremost
athletic coutendors, The University
OF Arizona. several California coll
iegos ma numerous other schools IN
this section have wired Coach Achcr
for post-scason games and regularly
scheduled games Tor next year.
The Texas Aggles gave the Pray
Ing Colonies from Centre college
he same team that defeated llar-
ward last seasor--a drubbing by the
score OF 20 TO II. on the Aggie
team that Tulsa faced Tuesday were
eight veterans Of the samn team
that defeated "Bo" Mcmillan and
his playmates. The Aggies picked
one OF the strongest teams In the
south last year. we're doped TO repeat
their brilliant record again this year.
As far as dope goes Tulsa Ia riding
high. The Aggles are picked TO beat
Texas. Texas is supposed TO he
stronger this season than Benny
owens Sooners--and there you are,
First Loss at Stadium.
n tradition had anything 10 do
with tho Texas A. 4 NJ. game,
Achers Golden Hurricane would
have been out Of the running from
the start, There was ~ sort OF
legend that the farmers could not be
beaten on the Dallas Fair park
stadium For the seven years that
the Aggies have been playing at the
Texas state fair. the Aggies have
never lost a game on the field. Not
only Centre. but Texas, Vanderbilt,
Mississippi, Arizona and other fa-
NOUS aggregations have met their
Waterloo. Tulsa broke up a part OF
the a. q. NJ. gridiron lore when they
went over for "A 1910 victory.
Acher men all played brilliant
games. When II comes To picking
out stars. the task begins. Every
man played as champions ana sew.
cral times players, who should have
been In hospitals from injuries
fought gamely In the face OF the
heavier farmers 90 check drive for
touchdown. Rex Thomas, VINO wac
selected last year as all-state high
erh0ol quarter on the Sapulpa high
school team played an outstanding
game, His two 3b-yard passes, one
TO Jack wight on right end and the
other to stewart. for Tulsa's two
touchdowns were great pieces Of
work. In the second half Thomas
received q kick-otf and returned u
10 yards, Price. a defensive half, Is
credited with playing the greatest
defensive game ever shown In the
south. lie was everywhere ~ tho
critical moments and his ability 20
shoot through tho line TO nail run-
ner or scoop up tumble saved
Achers lads time aud again. Jack
Wight was "WhiX' iu drawing
down passes and his pretty 3O-yard
run after receiving Thomas pass
put Tulsa iu the lead In the second
quarter His end wac air tight ana
hggie gains i'm that section were fnW
and far between. stuart played
Well--thev an PLAYED welt
Sentiment Flops over
when Tulsa took the field o. the
opening OF the game. thrir was just
a scattering of Wells, but when Tulsa
trotted out onto the rridrou az the
beginning of the second half. leading
the Texans q 90 3, the stands gave
them AN uyaIouF which over
shadowed any demonstration offered
the Farmers Then the great stand
made by Tulsa in The laet few min
uies uf play ou their own l-yard
line, when irysh string OF Texans
were sent IN 90 put the bah over at
any price, when tho Black and Gold
lighters held like a stone wall and
practically Clnched the game, the
stands went Wild ana pandomonium
rcisnod IN the glgantic bowl,
Tulsa viii rest this week ana start
building up another attack 10 launch
against the Baptist university team