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THE NORMAN DEMOCRAT TOPIC, NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1913.
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Automobile gloves. Fur
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n forty-three yard line. Oklahoma . was downed without return. Martin
lost fifteen yards on a penalty. | gained five, Detwiler four and Stuewe
A long spiral punt by Reeds went! two for first down. Russell gained
fifty yards before Wilson caught it J one, then left the game. Wilson re-
and Lowry was there to down the! turning.
fety man in his tracks, the ball go-1
ing to Kansas on her thirty-five yard
line. Wter Greenlees gained eight,
W ilson failed to advance, but Russell
gained five for first down. Russell and
V\ ilson gained two each, then Wil-
son punted thirty-five yards to Court-
right. who returned five yards and the
half was over with the ball in posses-
sion of the Sooners on their twenty
yard line. Score, Oklahoma 14, Kan-
sas 7.
Weidlein for Kansas kicked off
thirty yards to Hott, who returned
seven, Capshaw gained seven and
then eleven yards for first down;
Courtright four and Reeds two and
j eight, for first down, Courtright fail-
! ed to gain and a forward pass, Cap-
I shaw to Lowry, failed.
I Martin replaced Greenlees at right
! half for the Jayhawkers.
Reeds failed to gain, but Capshaw
j followed with a spectacular run
Detwiler gained two yards, Stuewe
failed and Oklahoma was offside, be-
ing penalized five yards. Somtners re-
placed Detwiler Martin failed to
gain. Sonimers gained two and Wil-
son lost five, lie kicked thirty yards
to Reeds, and it was Oklahoma's ball
on her own forty-three yard line.
("ourtright and Johnson gained one
each, ("lark followed with five and
Reeds kicked thirty yards out of
bounds, the ball going to Kansas on
her twenty yard line. Reeds blocked
two forward passes and Clark one,
Wilson then kicking thirty yards to
Courtright, who returned ten.
Rogers failed to gain. Capshaw
made one, a forward pass failed and
Courtright kicked twenty-five yards
to Wilson, who made a fair catch on
the Kansas ten yard line. Summers
gained three yards, ( ourtright block
ed a forward pass, Sonimers failed
to gain and Wilson kicked thirty
around the end for thirty yards, plac-1 yards to Reeds, who returned seven,
ing the pigskin on the Kansas three-1 It was Oklahoma's ball on the Kan-
yard line. But the Jayhawkers pre- sas forty-eight yard line.
OKLAHOMA SPEED AND DEFENSE PROVES
100 MUCH FOR THE MINNESOTA SHIFT
Sooners Win Thrilling Game From Jayhawkers by Decisive Score
of 21 to 7.—Making Third Successive Victory Over
Kansas.—Worst Defeat in Years for K. U.
DAY PROVES ONE OK SUKPRISKS TO ALL PARTIES.
Breaking Up of Minnesota Shift and Brilliant Work of the Sooner
Backfield Spells Defeat for Heavier Opponents.—Run-
ning of Reeds and Capshaw Feature Game.
AFTER THE GAME.
A. St. Ledger Mosse, Kansas coach "The best team won. Oklahoma
had the best kicker. We couldn't kick. That is all "
Bennie Owen, Oklahoma coach "That was the best football game
I ever saw. Every man on the team was a star."
FACTS OF THE GAME.
Number of players used: Oklahoma, II; Kai
First down: Oklahoma, J1; Kansas, II
Yards gained on straight football: Oklahoma,
145 in 58 plays.
Forward passes successful: Oklahoma out
of 41 yards; Kansas 2 out of 14, for gains of .<5 \
Punts average Oklahoma, 36 yards; Kansas
15.
432 in 09 plays; Kansas.
• I 1" attempts, for gain
mis.
, 31
vard>
From University Oklahoman: I punt formation with splendid inter
In the best game of football seen ference by Johnson, ( ourtright and
upon Boyd field for years, the speeu Capshaw, and excellent dodging,
and fighting spirit of the SoonMs made a twenty-eight yard run for tlx
prevailed and Oklahoma won a bril first touchdown of the game. Court
liant victory over the heavier Kan- right kicking an easy goal.
sans Friday by the score of 21 to 7 j
Failure of the Minnesota shift ami
the ureat running of the Oklahoma
backs, particularly Reeds and
shaw, were the words which spelled
lor the Kansans the first defeat of
the season and the third successive
defeat at the hands of ail Oklahoma
uant.
The Sooner back field raced around
the ends or through the heavy Kan
sas line for long gains l ast play,
splendid interference running, and a
lighting spirit, n ade up an offensive
game that carried most of the play
into Kansas territorv Oklahoma
made first downs twenty-one times
to eleven for Kansa> and > arricd the
o\al on straight football three time-
as tar as their heavier opponents
Perhaps the gratest surprise of tin
game was the breaking up of the
famous Minnesota shift by Bennie
Owen's in-;., i lie Oklahoma line had
been considered weak but displayed
stonewall tendencies that turned the
dreaded shift in( • a Failure Che Ja\
hawkers mad' a givai !'• lit but with
few exceptions could not get oft with
the speed necessary to match that of
the Sooners.
minutes later alter several in
terchanges because of fumbles, a
twenty yard forward pass. Capshaw
alv to Clark, took the ball to the ten
yard line and Reeds in two attempts,
went through the line for the second
Sooner touchdown. I ourtright kick
ed another easy goal.
The Jayhawkers took a brace after
this second touchdown, getting pos-
ition of the ball on an intercepted
forward pas-, and placing it on the
Oklahoma three yard line by a
twent\ seven yard pass. W ilson to
Stuewe. Sonimers went over for the
touchdown and Y\ eidlcin kicked goal
I'he next chance for a scory came
late in the first halt when a spectacu-
run around
ried the ball
teet from flu-
he end by
to the Kai
the Jayha
apshaw
as three
ker line
When at .< o > i
nearly twenty poi
man. lined up a^
opponents, there
anxiety on the pa
however with the
game when the
shift, which had
c inference teams
failed to make au
Sooner line and
team
amst their
Miside
the
i apsh
had h
the ta
the cc
The la
in the fi
taking ti
field triad
tackier a
goal poi
goal \ft
defense and
only a few
In tin- run
• >al line but
I bounds by
'ore reaching
eted p«
what was probably the best run ever
made upon an Oklahoma gridiron.
Taking the ball in tlx center of^tlie
Held, he slipped through an opening
in the K. U, defense shoof off both
halfbacks, sidestepped another, twist-
; t il free several times when it seemed
he would be stopped, and went
through the whole Kansas team to
the goal line near the corner of the
| field. Dragging the safety tackier
j«'ver the goal line he tore loose from
I him and evaded two others that he
might place the ball between the goal
posts.
But Reeds and Capshaw were not
the only members of the Oklahoma
scoring machine. Courtright's gains
around the ends were a feature of
the fast game played l>y the Sooners
Johnson at quarter, was probably the 1
best tackier of either team, often ;
getting through the line and catching i
the runner back of the line. Spears, i
at center, played a game at defense 1
which very likely has never been sur-
passed by an < )klahoma center. But 1
the work of every man on the team j
for that matter, may best be describ- |
ed in the words ■
the game: "I-'very man was a star
l or Kansas. Wilson, the fast little
quarter, and Stuewe, the big fullback,
proved the most consistent players.
But the Kansas team was not one of
star- but a team • f good, evenly bal
a need players
The Game in Detail.
Reeds for Oklahoma kicked off 55
> ai ds to Creetilees w ho returned the
ball 30 yards. Greenlees gained one
yard, then repeated and Stuewe gain-
ed two yards. W ilson punted 30 yards
out of bounds and it was Oklahoma's
ball on its 35 yard line.
Courtright, for the Sooners. gained
seven yards on an end run: Capshaw
gained four, making first down;
i ourtright 11. first down: Heeds four.
< apshaw none; Capshaw 10 on a criss
cross play, first down; Courtright
fumbled and lost 10; ( apshaw made
eight ( ourtright fumbled and lost
eight, but recovered the ball; forward
l ass. Courtright to Capshaw failed
and the ball went to Kansas on downs
• 'ti the Kansas 35 yard line.
Stuewe gained nine through cen-
ter. then failed to gain; Greenlees
tailed to gain: Stuewe gained 11
yards. fir>t down. Greenlees fumbled
and Cowry for Oklahoma, secured
the ball "ti the Oklahoma 48 yard
line.
(ourtright gained 12 on a long end
run. lirst down, a forward pass fail-
ed t apshaw gained four. Reeds two
and then Johnson kicked 15 yards to
\V ilson who returned 15. giving the
Clark made three and then Wilson
intercepted a forward pass, giving
Kansas the ball on her own twenty
fi\e yard line. Greenlees failed t<
gain, Sonimers lost two yards, and
W ilson kicked twenty-five yards out
of bounds, the ball going to Oklaho-
ma on the Kansas forty-five yard line
( ourtright gained fourteen and
first down and time was called for
the quarter with tile ball in posses
sioti of the Sooners on the Kansa;
thirty yard line.
( hanging goals, the Sooners start
ed with a forward pass behind the
line from Reeds to ( ourtright, which
gained only two yards. Reeds then
circled the ends on a fake punt for-
mation, stayed with the splendid in-
terference put up by Johnson, ( ourt-
right and Capshaw, shook off three
Kansas tacklers and went over the
line after a twenty-eight yard run
for the first touchdown of the game
Score, Oklahoma 7, Kansas 0.
Reeds kicked off forty-five yards
to Greenlees, who fumbled, then re
covered the ball and returned tweh
. , . . yards. Sonimers gained two and
h (Jwen atter I . , , .. ., .
.. lureenlees two yards. Wilson foil
id with a fumble and Meacham
(Oklahoma fell on the ball. Starting
from the Kansas twenty-five yard line
( ourtright gained three, two attempts
at forward passes failed and a fake
placckick formation from which
Courtright passed to Johnson gainet
only two yards, the ball going t<
Kansas on her own twenty yard line
Sonimers gained three yards and
a fumble by Wilson gave Bell of Ok
lahoma the ball on the Kansas twen-
ty yard line. Oklahoma was penaliz-
ed fifteen yards for holding. Reeds
again being the offender, johnson
gained four yards on a crisscross play.
A forward pass. Courtright to Lowry
failed. Creetilees intercepting the ball
but fumbling it. A second attempt.
< apshaw to \\ (. lark, gained twenty
yards, placing the Sooners within ten
yards of the Kansas goal and Reeds
in two attempts scored a second
touchdown. Courtright kicked goal
after five minutes of play in the sec
nd quarter.
Weidlein for Kansas kicked off 30
yards to Hott. without return. Cap-
shaw gained two and Courtright two,
atter which Stuewe for Kansas inter-
cepted a forward pass giving Kansas
the ball on the Oklahoma thirty yar
lin. Reeds blocked a forward pass,
Greenlees gained one yard, and a for-
ward pass. Wilson to Stuewe, gained
twenty seven yards Sonimers went
over for the score and Weidlein kick
ed goal. SJore, Oklahoma 14, Kan
sented a stonewall defense, Reeds
gaining only one yard in two downs,
Capshaw failing to gain bucking the
line and Courtright being thrown
back for a loss of four yards wheu he
attempted a long end run.
The ball was given to Kansas on
her seven-yard line. Stuewe gained
three, then failed and Bishop added
three. Wilson kicked thirty yards out
of bounds giving oklahoma the ball
on the Kansas forty yard line.
Reeds gained eleven from a fake
punt formation, first down. Capshaw
failed to gain but Kansas was penal-
ized five yards for being offside, and
it was first down again. Reeds car-
ried the ball twenty-five yards to the
Kansas ten yard line but the Oklaho-
ma team was penalized fifteen yards
for holding. Capshow lost eight yards
in two attempts and from the thirty-
three yard line Courtright missed an
attempt at a place kick.
The ball was put into play on the
Kansas twenty yard line and Stuewe
lost one on the first play. Martin
gained two and Wilson kicked thirty
yards to Courtright, who returned
six. Oklahoma suffered a fifth fifteen
yard penalty for holding, Capshaw
being the offender. This placed the
ball on the Oklahoma thirty-five yard
line from which Courtright gained
nine and Reeds kicked thirty-five
yards to Wilson. Lowry again down-
ed the Jayliawker man in his tracks.
Starting from the twenty yard line.
Kansas made first down when Mar-
tin gained ten yards in three attempts
He followed these with five, Stuewe
gained four and repeated with two,
making first down.
Reeds intercepted a forward pass
and carried the ball to the Kansas
twenty-five yard line. Courtright
gained two and Capshaw one yard.
Detwiler for Kansas replaced Wilson
going to right half and Russell to
quarter. A forward pass attempted by
Oklahoma failed, and Courtright
missed a place kick from the thirty-
yard line, the ball following the same
course as in the first attempt.
Detwiler failed to gain on the first
play when the ball was brought out
to the twenty yard line, Martin lost
a yard and Bishop kicked forty-five
yards to Courtright, no return. Cap-
shaw gained one, Courtright three and
Reeds eight yards for first down;
Courtright gained seven, and the
quarter was over with the ball in
Following a two yard gain by
Courtright. Capshaw tnarfe a long
end run around the end and shaking
off tackier after tackier of the Kan-
sas team, crossed the goal line near
the outside boundary. Courtright
kicked goal.
With five and one-half minutes left
to play, Weidlein kicked thirty yards
to Clark, who ran out of bounds
Reeds gained three. Capshaw six and
Reeds three more for first down; Wil-
son intercepted a forward pass, giv-
ing Kansas the ball on her thirty-
three yard line.
In a desperate rally, a march down
the field was started. Stuewe gaining Electrical Engineers Finish the Elec-
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DENT ENGINEERS COM
PLETE BIG JOB.
eight and Bishop two for first down:
Stuewe four, Sommers five and Wil-
son three for first down, after a for-
ward pass failed: Sommers seven and
then three for first down. But here
trical Work on New Law
School Building.
From University Oklahoman:
Student electrical engineers, under
>f ( >k 1 ah•
the fifty
possession
yard line.
Reber replaced Capps at end for
Kansas. Courtright gained eight
yards for first down. Capshaw lost
two and a forward pass failed. Reeds
lost four more, then kicked thirty
yards to Russell, who caught the ball
on the Kansas twelve yard line and
the Sooners braced and Stuewe and direction of Prof.Bozell, have just
Martin ccAild gain only two each. Two '"omplcted the electrical work on the
forward passes were failures and the ,,cw l«*w school building, said to be
ball went to Oklahoma on its thirty- "ne °f l'K' ,,tsl pieces of work in the
yard line. state. Charles Carey and Dave Ren-
rime was called a minute later shaw, seniors iu the School of Elec-
after Capshaw had gained seven yards ,r>cal engineering, did most of the
Courtright and Reeds one each and vv"rk and made a good share of the
Reeds had kicked forty yards to Wil- fixtures for the big $3,500 job, out-
son. side of school hours and during the
The lineup: summer vacation.
Oklahoma: Lowry, left end; Clark, The cost of the electrical work, in-
left tackle; Meacham. left guard; finding fixtures was something over
Spears (captain), center; Bell, right $3,.>00. I he wooden fixtures alone,
guard; Hott, right tackle; Rog- which were made in the engineering
ers. right end: Johnson, quarterback; shops by C arey and Renshaw, amount-
Courtright, left halfback; Capshaw, <'1 to seven or eight hundred dollars,
right halfback: Reeds, fullback. These wooden fixtures are in keep-
Kansas: Bishop, left end; Weidlein 1'"g with the finishing of the library
(captain), left tackle: James, left room on the third flood of the build-
guard; Keeling, center; Tudor, right ;'"g said to be one of the best finish-
guard; Burton, right tackle; Reber. <d interiors in the state. In the long
Som-
right
right end; Wilson, quarterback
mers, left halfback; Greenlees
halfback; Stuewe, fullback.
Substitutes: Kansas—Capps for
Reber, Reber for Capps. Russell for
Sommers, Sommers for Russell, Mar-
tin for Greenlees. Detwiler for Wil-
son, Wilson for Detwiler.
Oklahoma: None
Summary: Touchdowns, Reeds 2;
Capshaw, Sommers; goals, Courtright
3. W-eidlein.
Officials: Grover (K
referee; McBride (K < \. (
pire: ( loudman (I'owdoin)
linesman.
the
Photographs
( ounty exhibit can be seen at Bar-
bour's and Lindsay's drug stores.
The picture shows up fine and shows
the splendid ability of F. Levy and
H. C. Stow as artists and decorators.
The candidacy of Judge Robinson
McMillan for a place on the supreme
bench of the state is receiving a very
flattering reception at the hands of
all throughout the nineteenth district.
— Purcell Register.
library room are nine chandeliers
with sixteen lamps on the lower side
and four on the upper. The plans of
the architects did not show any lights
above, but were glad of the change
when the mistake was pointed out by
Prof. Bo/ell.
There are three wooden lamp
brackets to each table and each lamp
has a green shade and a pull chain
socket. Besides these fixtures the
local engineers made the switchboard
and much of the other fixtures for
the job.
The architects, who were well pleas-
ed with the work of the student engi-
neers. said that "this was the only
( leveland (jnu. w|,en electrical engineers knew
what they were going to do before
starting to do it."
A.
uni-
head
Walter \\. Pettit, au employee of
the National Play Grounds and Re-
creation Association of America ar-
rived last week and is working
earnestly to have the system install-
ed here. He met with the Norman
Board of F.ducation Monday night
and made an interesting talk
I ' 1
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of Our Shoes
'3Pi amend
'fj'Mncl
only ti:
kla'iorua
:>egan to disappear
first plays of ti
already sent !> ce
down to defca .
impression on il •
Kansas was fr« ted
to punt on the fourth down. Oklaho
ma's whirlwind attack which follow
ed carrying the ball well into K.
territory completed a surprise h
was general.
Although the Sooners made seven
first downs compared to three for
Kansas and gained over t w i
many yards in the first quarter, the
first score of the game did not eoine
until the lecond quarter. Just thirt) i
eight seconds after play was resun, j,, |j,
ate
er line
isteiit gains througl
but after makiuj
the
liner of either
i the Jay hawk
aim
ed, Reeds, circling the end on a fak< I remained for Miner < apshaw t
three ti
stopped
Reeds
conspict:
the moh
team II
running interference or iu carrying
the ball. HC superb interference
work and long dashing gains around
tin ends*caused maliy critics t • rank
rk above that ot any fullback
Missouri Valley However, >t
nake
Jayha>
line.
Reb.
tb
all
their 45
il R,
• Stm \
ight
.haw g,
failed
fake punt Re
I wo attempt
ed and Reed
Wilson, who
Kansas the
kicked off forty yards to
Stuewe. who returned seven. Stuewe
nice- tailed to gain. Greenlees made five
iking and Wilson kicked thirty yards to
yard (ourtright. He picked it up on
the Oklahoma twenty-eight yard line
and was downed in his tracks. Reeds
kicked forty yards to Wilson, who re
turned ten, giving Kansas the ball on
her forty yard line.
Russell replaced Sommers of Kan
Ms at left half Greenlees failed t«
l \ard-. ( ourt gain. Reeds intercepted a forward
ind Oklahoma pass and it was Oklahoma's ball on [f)
aids for hold the Kansas forty-seven yard line. |j
iftcnder. On a Reeds gained nine yards from a fake (fj
s gained fifteen yards j punt formation. < apsha\v lost one and §0
■ it i rward passes fail Courtright gained two for ln-t down ||]
kicked forty yards to | (,'apps replaced Reber at left end f'
eturned
r gained four \ ards, (
ind repeated for four
\\ ii Sonimers gained
orward pass, W i 1 s. n t<
""I for tight. Greenlees gain-
inakiug first down, and Wil-
e \ftcr Somiiiers failed to
eli intercepted a forward pass
>k la h • i
rd lin
lined s
ball
the
> all .
d tin.
• giving !
the Oklahoma
Sonimers gain
man) attempts.
apps
Causa*
ed two yards
Kil ei t ided to gain and Wilson made
* r< on a take kick, the ball going to
Oklahoma on downs on her forty-five
yard line.
\ forward pass from ( ourtright to
Lowry gained nineteen yards and first
down ( apshaw failed to gam. W.
Johnson j|j
for- i
Reeds gained two.
fumbled and lost eight After
ward pass failed, Reeds punted fifty
yards over the line The ball was put
in play on the Kansas Jwenty yard
line and Russell gained tliri < , then
b.st two Greenlees gained five, then
Wilson punted thirty-five yards to
Courtright, who returned five yards
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