The Oklahoma Weekly (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1921 Page: 4 of 4
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THE OKLAHOMA WEEKLY, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1921.
NEBRASKANS BURY SOONERS, 44-0, IN MUD AND DEFEAT
PhcnomenalJiBroken Field Runs on Kicks Defeat
Oklahoma flridsters; JJne Honors Are Even
HEAVIEST LOSS SINCE ILLINOIS
Preston and Lewellen Outgeneral Sooners; Morrison*# Booting Makes Game
Showing But One Fumble Costs Touchdown; Sooner Passes
Occasionally Successful; Linemen Hold Aeainst Straight
I'ootball but are Bewildered in Open Play: Field
Soaked by Cold Rain
Dazzled and disorganized by the brilliance of Nebraska's broken field
generalship, and lost in a cold and stormy sea of mud, Oklahoma's football
eleven went down lo its first defeat and its worst defeat since the Illinois game
of I >17. when they took the count of 44 to 0 at the hands of the Cornhuskers
it the University of Nebraska. Lincoln, Nebr.. Saturday.
I he Huskers tore the Owen machine wide open whenever the teams scat-
tered for punts or kickoffs. Prston threw the first knife into Oklahoma's Mis-
-oun Valley championship hopes when he scooted 65 yards down the field
with one of Morrison's punts and counted the first touchdown within a few
minutes afler play started. Thereafter, time after time, Oklahoma's kicks
were returned half or all or more than the distance of the kick.
Morrison outpointed Lewellyn slightly in punts, but he had to be relieved
liter the third quarter, and his kicking was always against hopeless odds. The
Sooners were fairly successful in the air, completing six passes while the
Huskers completed none.
1 lie gridiron was swept by a rain so drenching that before the game was
over players stopped to wash their hands in pools on the field.
Preston Score Quickly * —
Noble drove off tackle for 9 yards and
the seventh touchdown. Russell missed
goal. Nebraska 44, Oklahoma 0.
There was only time enough for an-
other kickoff. Play ended with the
score 44 to 0 in favor of Nebraska.
The line-ups and summaries follow:
NEBRASKA
Swanson (c)
Lyman
Pucelik
Triplett
Eerquist
Weller
Sherer
Preston
Hartley
Wright
Lewellyn
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KUNNERS MEET
AT NEBRASKA
Valley Cross Country Event to Be
Held at Lincoln; Huskers Have
ISO Out
University of Nebraska.—The annual
Missouri Valley intercollegiate cross-
country meet will be held u he I'tii-
OKLAHOMA versity of Nebraska, Lincoln, Novem-
Marsh ber 12. Invitations have bc.-r. sent to
Edmondson, Missouri Valley institutions to send
McKinleyj teams to the meet.
Hamtn The University of Nebraska has a
Cullen^ squad of more than ISO mer working out
Bowles! each night for place on the Huskcr
cross-country team. The number is in-
Haskell (c)
Hendricks
Hill
Tyler
Morrison
Bowles kicked off 40 yards and the
ball was returned 11 yards to the 31
yard line. Lewellyn soon punted for
Nebraska, making SO yards, and Ok-
lahoma began a series of short gains,
which with the aid of a penalty
brought the ball to the 30-yard line
.nid from there Morrison punted 35
yards into the wind.
Preston received the punt and re-
turning it broke through the entire
Sooner team for a 65-yard run and a
ouciuluwn, the Huskers' first score.
Swanson missed goal. Score Nebraska
b, Oklahoma 0.
Bowies made 50 yards ou his second
kickoff, and Scherer returned it to the
-'I-yard mark. Oklahoma took the ball
ou her 27-yard line when Lewelln
punted out ol bounds. On the first
, I , , •••••—> ">C NU.I Ol
-..v. ..... tuuiuled the wet and slippery | whc„ Morrison's punt went
a 2-yard drive by Hill made another first
down ni spite of 2 yards' loss by a fum-
ble.
Hill passed 6 yards to Hendricks and
P aced the ball on Nebraska's 14-yard
line, the farthest the Sooners had pen-
etrated into Husker territory; hut an-
other attempt resulted in a touchba«k
is the ba.l fell hack of the goal. Ne-
braska hall on her 20-yard line. Ne-
braska fumbled but n«covered. The
whistle blew before Oklahoma got an-
other chance.
\\ ith a heavier and colder downpour
of ra ti the field grew still more slip-
pery. lhe players came back on the
iiehl in new uniforms.
Hill returned the ball 7 yards to the!
22 yard line on Weller's kickoff. Ne-
Nebraska, Russell for
Wright, Noble for Lewellyn, I -ewellyn
for Preston, Layton for Lewe!!yn, Mc-
Glasson for Weller, H. McGlasson for
Russell. Oklahoma, James for Morri-
son.
First downs: Nebraska 13: Oklahoma
6.
Forward passes: Nebraska tried 6,
none completed; Oklahoma tried 13,
completed 6 for 73 yards, 2 intercepted.
Score by quarters :
Nebraska 12 6 6 13—44
Oklahoma 0 0 0
SOONER TENNIS TEAM
TAKES DEFEAT AFTER
WINNING OPENING DAY
Washington Victory Over Parks and
\ O'Conn ell Is Decisive Point .
in Seven Matches
BROWN PLAYS STAR GAMB
Result Practically make Pikers Cham-
pions for the Season; Play
Again In Spring
The Washington University tennis
team reversed the tables Thursday af-
creasing each night and it is believed . ■-
more than two hundred candidates will ternoon the second day of their play
be in suit by the time of the first dual W'th t,le ^-Tnivcrs'ty of Oklahoma and
meet in which the University of Nebras-1 WO*? thre<: of ,our malch*s, gaining
a >|« , , fl m t !■ . A - ', 1 /
ka will particqiate.
Walter Williams, '22 is captain of the
University of Nebraska team this year;
J. Lloyd McMasters, law '16, former
Nebraska cross-country runner, is act-
ing as coach.
FACULTY MEMBERS GIVE
CONCERT AT ARDMORE
IOWA HAS RADIO PHONE
University of Iowa.—A new wireless
telephone costing $1,000 is being installed
here in the department of electrical en-
gineering. It will be used in part to
! send out university news via the wire-
ess telephone.
Professor Herbert Wall and Joseph
Noll, of the school of fine arts, who
^^ gave a joint concert at Ardmore Octo-
0_0il,cr have becn en8aSed to return
J there during the last week in November
for a benefit concert, according to Pro-
fessor Wall. This concert will be giv-
en under the auspices of the Philhar-
monic club for the boy's work program.
JOSH TO TALK IN TULSA
Professor Josh l.re, head of the public
speaking department, will go to Tulsa
Friday, November 4. to speak at the
fa'l meeting of the Northeastern Okia-
homa Educational association.
pigskin and Nebraska recovered. Ok-
lanoma however broke up a pass and
icid the Huskers for dow ns 011 her 20-
vard line.
Ball Slimy; Fumbles Begin
I'.very player was so slimy with mtid
hat it was impossible to hold the ball.
Morri>on punted 40 yards, Preston
returned 23. and a punt by Lewellyn
out of bounds put the ball on Oklaho-
ma > 5-yard line. Morrison fumbled a
pass and was tackled only six inches
nside the goal. Next play, attempting
FINES AID ORCHESTRA
University of Kansas.—In order
nsure presence of university orchestra
got the ball on Sooner ground I me,n!>ers at weekl>' . rehearsals, each' University of lowa.-A class for the
dorrison's m.ni out of i deposits $2.50 from which 25 purpose of correcting flat feet is bein
a victory in the tourney with four out
of seven contests. The doubles be-
tween Parks and O'Connell, Oklahoma,
and Brown and Kamman, Washington,'
were the deciding match of the meet
The playing of Wray Brown, the
Washington star, was the feature of
both days' play.
After winning two of three matches*
the first day Oklahoma seemed to have
the edge on the Washington players
but their failure to produce at the crit-
ical moments turned the tide against
them.
Kamman defeated Harrington in
straight sets, 6-2, 6-2, and Brown won
from O'Conncll 6-3, 6-1. Parks took
the only match for Oklahoma by win-
ning in three sets from Barnes 6-3, 44.
0-2. Washington won the doubles
match 6-2, 7-5.
Sooners' First Defeat
Play was made difficult for l>oth
teams by a high wind from the south
but all players displayed brilliant ten-"
nis at times.
, •' I'"". out 01 1 , , . , , —
bounds. Huskers made two first downs I" .,'5 cvery e the mcmber organized by the physical education di-
then punted across the line. Preston's I
17-yard return of Morrison's punt!
brought the ball to Oklahoma's 38-yard
line.
Wright made 6 yards thru tackle and 1
next got away lor 32 yards and went
over for the fourth touchdown. Swan- j
son kicked goal. Nebraska 25, Okla- j
homa 0.
Preston Gets Away Again
I'owle.s kicked off 50 yards. Hartley i
returned 24. A pass, Hill to Hendricks,
cuts rehearsa:
\\ eek ent
3eta house
md Louise
guests at the Gamma Phi
were Mrs. Agnes Tuyinon
i uymon, Henrietta. "
punt, he dropped the ball and Scher-,mad, ls " r. ' / "
-r ,_J,uadc 18 ^rds. but another from lyler
er pounced on it behind the line fo
Nebraska s sccond touchdown. Score.
Neb aska 12, Oklahoma 0.
The quarter ended after a third kick- 1
off by Bowles on which Prucelik re- '
turned to the Husker 42-yard mark. ;
Nebraska lost a 15-yard penaly for!
""Ming, and Lewellen kicked to the
Sooner 20-yard line, whence it was re-
'urned 3 yards. Morrison immediately
was intercepted 011 Nebraska's 48-yard
mark and Lewellyn made 12 yards. An
out-of-bounds punt put the ball 011 Ok-
lahoma's 7-yard line ;Morrison punted
out the middle of the field; but Preston
s.ipped through the Sooner line and
was off for another touchdown run.
Swanson missed goal. Nebraska 31,
Oklahoma 0.
Husker line plays penetrated to the!
,.limed 40 yards. I,, the kicking duel Sooner 10-yard line before the quarter
that followed, Morrison bested Lewellyn j ended. Nebraska 31, Oklahoma 0.
several yards to the punt, having the j James went into the Sooner back-
wind now behind him. The Sooners j field for Morrison. He lost the ball
a,so improved in returning the boots, |0n an attempt to punt after an incom-
l>ler scored gain for 10 yards, and pleted pass over the goal had given Ok-
H end ricks another for 11 yards. From j lahoma the ball on her 20-yard mark,
their 31-yard mark the Sooners com-' Noble fumbled after Nebraska had
pleted their first attempt to pass, Tyler ! the Sooner 5-yard mark and Oklahoma
o as eli, 5 yards. recovered. After a series of semi-suc-
Morrison immediately kicked to the, cessftil line bucks, off-tackles and criss-
Ntbraska 40-yard line, but Preston! crosses, Nebraska repeated her touch-
again tore otf one of his broken field j |,ack by pa^;ng unsuccessfully over the
EVOLUTION
OF
A
KICK
C1ADENCE "CAM." AOEBISON
1921 SOONER FULLBACK
rims, returning the ball 40 yards to the
20-yard line, 10 yards back of where
it was kicked.
ilanun's tackle of the runner only
goal.
Intercepted Pass Is Costly
Hill punted 20 yards, Nebraska fum-
. , bled and Oklahoma recovered. Hill
delayed the touchdown, for Preston! aRain punted> th,s timc out of bounds
raced down the sidelines from a fake on Nebraska's 42-yard line. Layton
off-tackle and scored the third mark- was thrown for U >.ards- ]oss on an at.
er. Swanson again missed goal. Score, tempt to pas?. Ru5Sen punted
Nebraska 18, Oklahoma 0. ; Nebraska's sixth touchdown resulted
Sooners Try Aerial Rally , when Noble pulled down James' pass,
Oklahoma received and tried to open made from the Sooner 47-yard line, and
up her aerial machine, but her passes j sloshed through the whole field, 55
went incomplete and the liall hovered, yards.
in Sooner territory till Tyler shot thru j Swanson carried Bowles' 35-yard kick-
the line for 10 yards, and following off back to the Husker 40-yard line,
this Hendricks whipped him a pass that. Russell punted to the Oklahoma 20-yard
was good for 11 yards. "Tubby" con- j line, Oklahoma making no return,
tinued the attack with 2 yards off tackle j James' punt went only 10 yards to
,ind a 12-yard gain around right end. Noble who returned it 8 yards. Noble
Another pass, Hill to Hendricks, and made 3 yards, Layton made 10 and
C.larence E. "Ram" Morrison, Univers-
ity of Oklahoma fullback and punter,
is now playing in his second year of
Sooner football. Morrison made his
first letter with the Missouri Valley
conference champions in 1920 by alter-
nating at the charging position with the
veteran fullback who made all-Missouri
Valley mythical eleven, "Sol" Swatck.
The series of pictures above is a vis-
ual discription of Morrison's tecnique
as a kicker. They are probably the
highest speed pictures yet taken of a
Sooner athlete in action. Th
6
but tlm is illustrated in the third photo- in punting and aided greatly in the de-
grapli^and that is one secret of distance
punts as the "follow through" is in golf
drives.
Averages 47 1-2 Yards
Because of injuries to Swatek early
in the season, the younger back has
home the brunt of the fullback position
this year, and done all the punting for
the Sooners He has averaged 47 1-2
yards to the punt out of 31 boots in
three games this season.
Morrison is 6 feet tall, rangy, and
weighs 178 pounds. He is a good in-
defense
aCtion' The notabIe I tcrference runner, powerful
r- ro"v;d r-" -
y ® 15 i accurate palter and his linesmashing
of
thrown far hack of the pivot foot so! « t i • t
that -ill that wfinUt -n 1 u • ' I earned for him the name of
*•*. sur&ritr s:r-" *,ir" wi,h w
K.trrsr*" 'inkin8i
feat of the Ohio State eleven last New
^ ear s day. Morrison's oldest brother
is fullhack on the San Francisco Olym-
pic club eleven and his youngest broth-
er is the only one of the four brothers
that is not playing football this season.
1 he youngest Morrison is now a stud-
ent at the University of Oklahoma.
Northwestern University.—The first
commerce smoker, which was given by
the Gamma Sigma, the honorary fra-
ternity for commerce was a great suc-
cess. Dean Heilman made an address
which was followed by music and re-
freshments.
Kansas State Agricultural College.—
Three extra coaches were attached to
the Union Pacific train going to law-
rence for the K. U.-Aggie game Sat-
Probably few persons realize that Jf brother o the famous Cab- urday, for the convenience of bums. Th
punter's L goes l iXr htn is head^ , ""177 P r W WOrr P'-ple and white
a" h'S hCad'iS°n Wh° led thc Pac,f,c coast ^rs around their left arms as insignia.
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