Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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NORMAN DAILY
ENDENT.
VOL. 1.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1909.
NO. 4.
AGAIN PRESIDENT OF SWISS REPUBLIC
Takes Epworth University to Servere
Task for Trying to Belittle Oklahoma's
State University.
CANT EVEN BEAT A HIGH SCHOOL
Says That Oklahoma City Wants to Get a
Big Game ont of a Less Than Third
Bate School-Afraid to
Play Us.
''Epworth University and the
state Agricultural and Mechan-
ical college of Stillwater have
contracted to play their annual
foot ball game in Oklahoma
City on Thanksgiving day this
year.
"This means that Oklahoma
University has had the biggest
turn-down in its history. The
state university was after the
Thanksgiving game with Ep-
worth itself. Now A. & M. has
the coveted honor, that of be-
ing the second participant in
the big game of the year in
Oklahoma."
The above was clipped from
Tuesday's Daily Oklahoman.
When shown to Bennie Owens,
the university's coach, he said:
'•'I am perfectly disgusted to
think that anyone would write
such an article. We asked Ep-
worth what sort of a program
she would offer us on Thanks-
giving, and I presume she
thought that it would be a
greater honor to play a school
that can hardly beat a high
school. We can get a game
with Washburn on that day
easy, while Wushburn would
give them the horse-laugh if
they even dared to ask for a
game."
The article went on to state
that the university had always
opposed the state association,
and that Epworth was taking a
stand for clean athletics. Con-
cernfng this, Owens said:
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ADOLF DEUCHER
Adolf Deucher, who again has been elected president of the Swiss Re-
public, has held many imporant positions in the government of his fatherland.
He was born in Steckborn, Thurgovia, In 1831, received a high education and
entered the medical profession. In 1867 he became a member of the na-
tlonal council and In 1888 was elected to the federal council. For several
years he has been chief of the department of commerce, industries and agri-
culture. Previously he had served three terms as president of Switzerland.
"If they want in an association
why don't they join the South-
western, an organization known
outside of Oklahoma City?. Why
don't they play football with
such schools as Texas, Arkan-
sas and Kansas? Because they
know that they would not stand
a ghost of a show, and because
such schools would laugh at
them for asking for a game.
Why don't they play ball with
schools that can beat a high
school? Oklahoma City wants
a big game out of a less than
third rate school. Epworth had
better begin cleaning out crook-
ed athletics from her own
team before she begins to gloat
over clean athletics. Oklahoma
University has never been open-
ly accused of playing profes-
sionals; can Epworth say that?
"I don't know what that re-
porter wrote such stuff for, un-
less it was because he needed
the money. Oklahoma City
need not bother about us being
•turned down.' It's Epworth
that's on the run. They want-
ed to play some team they could
keep in sight of, that's all."
Pipe Organ Concert-
Professor Hogbard Brase, of
Lindsborg, Kansas, will give
the dedication concert of the
new pipe organ recently in-
I stalled in the M. E. Church,
South, Friday evening, Janu-
ary 15tli. He will be assisted
by Mrs. Guerant, reader; Pro-
fessor Frederick Holmberg, vio-
linist, and the University Male
Quartette.
Professor Brase is without
doubt one of the foremost or-
ganists in the Southwest, and a
rare treat is store for those who
hear him. For the last ten
years he has played the great
organ at all the Messiah festi-
vals given at Lindsborg.
Professor Brase received his
musical education abroad, and
was for a time organist in the
King's Chapel, at Stockholm,
Sweeden.
A fine program will be ar-
ranged and published next
week.
k Remarkably Lively Time /mocgthe
Boys While Waiting for Eelated
Trains Yesterday Afternoon.
NO OFFICERS AROUND TO BOTHER
Victor in First Fight Licked in Second;
A Friend of Victor Then Mixes with
Vanished Boy's Boss-
Wednesday afternoon while
the crowd was waiting at the
depot for belated trains three
fights were pulled off. The fistic
battle was started by one boy
spitting on another boy's feet.
The boys were unevenly match-
ed and the actual fighting time
was short compared with the
sparring. This fight served to
favor the large boy with anoth-
er go with a fellow near his size.
This battle lasted only a short
time until the victorious boy in
the previous fight was in full
retreat and pulling a knife as
he ran. His opponent made
haste to get up town and at this
stage Chas. McElhaney, whose
driver the vanished boy was,
began doing some talking and
in a shrot time a friend of the
young man who fled up town be-
gan a grangle with Mr. McEl-
haney and Charley seemed not
to mind matching a scrap for
himseli and the other fellow was
willing but said he had no
money to pay his fine. Charley
pulled out a roll and informed
him that he would pay both
fines. Things began to become
interesting and the fellow as-
sured Charley that he could
whip him in a minutes time.
Charley thought this would be
pretty fast work and off came
the coats and in less than a min-
utes time Charley said that he
had enough and the fellow seiz-
ed his coat and hat and hot
footed it west out of town look-
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Danner, V. E. Norman Daily Independent. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1909, newspaper, January 7, 1909; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc106686/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.