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I I cpAGEOUR SUNDAY OCTOBER 17 1937 Jlh STATISTICS 6 82 su played Law Read al) the advertisement! Officials: Carlos Pruett of Bax $1995 lag 9 The War Dogs protected 80n 7 A Neb THE Bl'S: Caddies Aren't Alldwed i Read the advertising tool llllllll III Hill I II Illi II llllllllllll iiiiiiillhiiiiiiiii 111111111 azhNL 90 SfCONPf "tam 6 1 6 8 3 57 5 2 3 35 0 1 2 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 6t 8 1 7 1 1 6 31 0 1 55 Archbishop' chonology puts the date of the creation of the world at 4004 Defeat of Grove Leaves Gorillas Out ront as Eagles and Bears Tie but Harold Van Every who re placed h'm stared in his own right He scored one touchdown passed for another and intercepted no fewer than three Michigan passes Smith and Cooper Back in ront at 0 Ky and Partner Threaten Game at Lincoln Mostly Punting Duel 0 Placckick Threat ails Bowling League Is Organized With Six Teams Ready to Go PICKER AT PEAK IN LUCKY SEVEN 35 2 LAOON METZ LOSE GOL LEAD Safety Cost ft Loss to Mich State Runyan of New York to a stand still in the fifth round but their fourth round setback left them in seventh place with a minus 10 score Ralph Guldahl National Open champion from Chicago and Billy Burke of White Sulphur Springs Va helped the Cooper Smith team by downing Laffoon and Metz 1 up in the fifth round That left Laffoon and Metz in second place with seven points on the plus side and put Guldahl and Burke even with the board Johnny Revolts of Chicago and Ray Mangrum of Dayton Ohio stopped Dudley and Hines 1 up in the fifth round after beating Eat on and Scheider by the same score on me morning rouno ana enaea the day in third place with five plus points Little and Runyan are in fourth place with three points on the plus side Dudley and Hines are three points in the red and Eaton and Scheider are in last place with minus 13 Laffoon and Metz came from be hind and plucked birdies out of the air in their lop sided fourth round victory over Armour and Thompson NORSE OUTPLAY OES BUT LOSE SOONERS IGHT HUSKERSTOTIE ON MUDDY GRID Miami Juniors Are Defeated 12 to 0 on Grid at Muskogee 3 39 26 1 25 TUI SA AND RICE GO SCORELESS Miamians Are Puzzled by 33 to 0 Defeat in Rus sellville Game A band of Miami ninth and tenth grades football players lost to the Muskogee junior high school team 12 to 0 at Muskogee Saturday morning Muskogee registered scores in the second and third periods Mi ami made five first downs to one for the victors The Muskogee juniors blocked three Miami punts which figured in one of the Muskogee scores Coach Runt Ramsey started the following team against the down staters: Lawrence and Stover ends Newman and Jorns tackles Poe and Helton guards Masters center Wolf quarterback Oliver and Walker halfbacks and McKibben fullback 34 Cali ANN ARBOR Mich Oct 16 Golden Gophers displaying belatedly the irresistible power tbnt won for them the myth ical national football title last year crushed Michigan 39 to 6 today to enter a thunderous bid as a con tender In the Western conference campaign The Gophers their hopes of na tional recognition apparently ex ploded by the Nebraska defeat two weeks ago surged over the Wolver ine goal line twice In each of the last three periods to become the first Western conference team to defeat Michigan four times lit suc cessive years Tonight Minnesota took the tle Brown hack to Minneapo lis nnd with it went Michigan hopes of returning tn the football parade this year for it was the third de feat thia season for the Wolverines The victory cost the Gophers the sen ices of Andy Uram brilliant helfbnck who suffered a broken left wrist in one of the second peri od touchdown marches Uram hadstarred in all of games Jayhawkers Upset Iowa State 14 6 COLUMBIA Mo Oct (71 third quarter safety gave Michigan State a 2 0 victory over Missouri here today The Spar tans decisively outplayed the Ti gers offensively hut were unable to eak up brilliant goal line stands AUSTIN Tex Oct 16 University of Arkansas gridders worked a potent formula of pass run fake lateral predominantly aerial to bewilder an inconsistent University ot Texas eleven into 21 10 defeat here today The victory ruined a hoped for triumphant return of the Longhorn coach Dena Bible to league warfare A crowd of 15000 saw Texas draw first blood when a drive fiz zling Hugh Wolfe dynamic Long horn ramrod booted a field goal from the 18 The Arkansans came back in the second a drive from midfield mix ing aerials with deceptive ground play resulted in Dwight (Paddle foot) galloping around left end for six yards to score A Owens kicked point The third period went scoreless but in the final Arkansas whipped out after rank Mosley recovered fumble on the Texas 16 Eakin hurled one to Ralph Rawlings behind the goal and Owens again converted the try for point Then the Texans came to life One sustained drive the length of the field scored their sole touch down MIAMI NEWS RECORD MIAMI OKLAHOMA An alert Miami War Dog erid machine seized two scoring oppor tunities against the Red and Green of Jop'in high school here riday night capitalized on both chancer and sc nt the Missourians away from College field on the short eno of a 12 0 score S' 'ce 2000 spectators there wc more than 1000 paid admis sions not counting Miami high schc 1 students saw one of the most unusual games played at Col lege field in many years The War Dogs put over two touchdowns in Rice 9 91 13 3 Wildcats Vanquish Marquette 13 to 0 Miami Marksmen In Monett Shoot 14000 ans Sit in Rain at Houston to See Score less Deadlock The Miami City Bowling league has elected officers and drawn pre liminary plans for the opening ot a 25 week season Iewis Bushner was named presi dent Wilbur Worley vice president nnd Grisham treasurer Otto riendly will serve as temporary secretary The local bowling unit will join the American Bowling congress it war decided at a recent meeting Individual players will pay a def inite sum each week which will swell a prize list and create more interest among lower teams finish ing out the schedule The league will play on a two thirds handicap baris Teams entered in the league in clude Coca Cola Oklahoma Tire Rainbow Inn Berry Wilbert and Independents inal plans will be mapped out at meeting Monday night The lift costs club members 10 cents each feminine golfers ride freeT So jlo visitors Caddies hoofit Members Aver the rile improves their game It takes two or three holos to get one's breath after hiking up the steep grassy canyon wall they contend least 95 percent of the golf ers use the says Club Presi dent A Carter SALT LAKE CITY Oct (Al in folks Members have your dimes ready and take a short ride on the Sale Mke coun try fourteenth hole bus line reputedly the only one of its kind in the United States The bus a welcome sight to GAMES LAST WEEK Afton 6 Grove 0 Picher 12 Grove 0 Afton 0 Wyandotte 0 Commerce 12 Quapaw 0 GAMES THIS WEEK Commerce at Picher Afton at Vinita" airland at Orove A delegation of eight Miami Rifle A Pistol club members is in Monett Mo blasting away at tar gets in the Southwest Missouri out door championships Shooting events began Saturday and were to end Sunday Rifle exerts from a half dozen states were1 entered in the two day competition Miami id represented by Tom nrran Warren Wilbur Paul Brady Smithley Sam oust rank Cox Art Mnyhall and Mnckey LAWRENCE Kas Oct 16 tB The University of Kansas Jayhawkers led by the brilliant running of Milton Sullivant and the crashing thrusts of Clarence Douglass defeated the Iowa State Cyclones 14 to 6 in a Big Six conference game It was the first confernece victory in two seasons Douglass scored the Kan sas counters in the first and sec ond periods Hugh Vickerstaff took a lateral from Waite in the fourth period to run 63 yards for the only Cyclone touchdown and Jimmy Thomson on the Delaware in round 8 up Armour Thompson son Little of Chicago and Paul his team the total matching that compiled by the Sooner Call i Kan" rough On several occasions Callihan spun his way into gaping holes in the line to gallop for substantial yardage Aside from these forays usually followed by an offense notable for its futility the game was a duir both from the players' and specta standoint and the approxi mately 15000 saturated fans early realized that only a break wouldbring other than a draw Huddleston and Merrell doubling in punting and running back kicks were the major factors In keeping the Huskers back on their heels 3 heir high kicks enabled the Soon er linemen to get down to either snare the receiver or make it too dangerous for him to try to re trieve the ball 1 In thesecond period one of Hud dleston's kicks which Marvin Plock Husker safety expected to tumble over the goal died on the one foot line Plock frantically picked it up and the Huskers nearly were caught for a safety which would have won the game as a diving Sooner barely missed carrying lock into the end zone 1 As an evidence of Oklahoma kicking superiority and the Soon ers fine defense Nebraska never was closer than 14 yards to the Oklahoma goal The game however offered no hint as to what might have been the result on a dry field Both de fenses were armor plated and both offenses stymied by the mire Statistics of the game: Okla game: Tulsa 6 80 21 3 attempted completed gained by passes 24 37 intercepted OKLAHOMA CITY Oct (Al Twoall Chicago teams provided the big noise in Oklahoma $5000 four ball golf tournament today but when the pros came in at the end of the fifth round Hor ton Smith and Harry Cooper were back in the lead they relinquished temporarily to Ky Laffoon and Dick Metz With only two 18 hole rounds left to play officials tonight ex tended the tournament an extra day because of the weather The 16 crack professionals seen the sun since they teed off on the opening round Thursday and they have been hampered continually by a strong cold wind Under the revised schedule 18 holes will be played tomorrow af ternoon with the final 18 holes Monday afternoon Smith and Cooper put together a pair of lowball eight under par today for the lowest 18 hole combination score of the tourna ment and forged back into the lead with 11 points on the plus side of the scoreboard They picked up five points on the fifth round when they defeated Oklahoma team of Zell Eaton and rancis Scheider 5 up They won their fourth round match from Ed Dud ley of Philadelphia and Jimmy Hines of New York 2 up but were pushed out of the lead for a short time by Laffoon and Metz who scored the most overwhelming vic tory of the tournament by whip ping Tommy Armour of Chicago i of Shawnee the fourth 1000833750500500333000000 HOUSTON Tex Oct ourteen thousand fans sat in the rain today to see the Tulsa uni versity Hurricanes and the Rice Institute Owls battle to a scoreless tie Evenly matched in every depart ment the two teams fought mostly between the 20 yard stripes with Morris White elusive Tulsa back getting away on a couple of flice runs and one punt return Big Ollie Cord ill Rice sophomore was superior in punting and Red Vestal Rice back piled up yard age for the Owls through a quick opening line play Both teams blocked to perfection giving the backs better than an even break on the slippery field Rice made nine first downs to Tulsa's six and outgained the co champinhs of the Missouri Valley conference 128 yards to 104 The Oklahomans and Texans had hoped to do a lot of passing but the slippery ball held them to the ground Rice gained 37 yards and Tulsa 24 in the aerials attempted The game was largely a battle be tween two capable lines and pun ters Tommy Thompson ace passer failed to find his marks and left the game shortly after the half his pass snatching ends Hays and Baze seem to get in the open Rice intercepted three of the Tulsa heaves After the game Coach Jimmy Kitts of Rice lament ed the lack of punch shown by the Owls "There Is nothing worse than a scoreless he said Coach Vic Hurt: of Tulsa said he wasn't kicking that he wished the day had been dry so his fast backs could have gotten loose fans might have seen something if it had not Hurt commented Statistics of the Arkansas Is Victor Over Texas 21 10 Mainly by Aerials Picher commanded football premacy in the Lucky Seven con ference this week although Wyan Bears and Eagles trailed closely both undefeated but tied once Tie games are scored a half for and a half against the conference team Wyondotte and Afton bat tled to a scoreless tie at Wyan dotte riday afternoon and both elevens therefore dropped from the 1000 class Long Rups Win for Picher Picher continued its march to ward the conference title by de feating the Grove Ridgerunners 12 to 0 at Grove riday Don Thompson Gorilla back shook himself loose in the opening quar ter on an off tackle play and dash ed 35 yards for the first Picher score In the third quarter Eugene Long fullback and captain turned in a sparking 50 yard run for the second touchdown Grove threat ened twice but lacked the punch to go over The Ridgerunners are coming along fast however under Dumas reeman's direction and may yet throw a bombshell into the conference race There was little to choose be tween the7 Afton Eagles and the Wyandotte Bears in their scoreless battle Both teams made long ad vances but their offense bogged down at crucial moments Harold (Muscles) Brown star Commerce Tiger halfback gave his mates a 12 to 0 4riumph over the Quapaw Wildcats at Commerce by getting off on two touchdown plays Brown scored the first six points in the opening quarter tak ing a pass from George Hill full back to cross the last white line Brown knifed through tackle in the closing period to score the other Both attempts to convert the extra point failed This week's program will' be featured by Commerce's invasion of Picher next riday If the Gor illas escape this game undefeated they have a fine chance of going on through the schedule without a loss LUCKY SEVEN STANDINGS Team Pct Picher 3 0 0 Wyandotte 2 0 1 Afton Jay 1 Commerce 1 Quapaw 1 Grove 0 airland 0 irst downs Yards gained from scrimmage 197 Yards lost from scrimmage Passes attempted Passes completed Yards from passes Penalties Yanis lost by penalties umbles Own fumbles recovered Punts Punting average Intercepted passes Tulsa 0 Rice 0 WEST Texas School of Mines 7 New Mexico 7 (tie) Colorado 14 Brigham Young 0 Colorado College 7 Denver 4 Utah 7 Greeley State 6 Washington 7 Washington 7 A 7 Oregon State 7 Wyoming 7 Colorado State 0 Utah State 0 Idaho 0 New Mexico Aggies 7 Arizona State Teachers College of staff 0 Oregon 14 Southern Cal College of Pacific 0 fornia 20 Utah 7 Greeley State 6 TEE TO GREEN BUS LINE IMPROVES SCORES GAME Miami Joplin 12 irst downs Yards gined rushing Pssses Passes Yards Passes Punting average 385 T'l yards kicks returned 123 Onnonents fumbles Yds lost by penalties MANHATTAN Kas Oct (11 The Kansas State Wildcats took advantage of two breaks and defeated Marquette university 13 0 in an intersectional football game here this afternoon' Rain fell thmnirhniif mnt nt I hr rnnlol tl and numerous fumbles marred the older golfers transports shotmak Harvard 0 Navy 0 Pennsylvania 6 Columbia 26 Laf ayettef Georgetown 0 INALS Lehigh 7 Penn State 14 Syracuse 14 Cornell 6 Hobart 0 Trinity 7 Bates 7 Tufts 20 Carolina 28 Wake orest 0 Amherst 41 Rochester 0 Heidelberg 6 Ohio Northern 6 Villanova 20 Manhattan 0 Dartmouth 7 14 Brown 0 0 Georgia 6 Holy Cross 7 City College New York 8 Sus quehanna 6 Miami 0 Ohio 19 Pittsburgh 0 ordham 0 Army 7 Yale 15 Harvard 0 Navy 0 Illinois 6 Indiana 13 Princeton 16 Chicago 7 Purdue 7 Northwestern 14 Cornell College 7 Coe 6 Omaha 28 Haskell Indians 0 Minnesota 39 Michigan 6 Emporia Teachers 20 Edmond Olua Teachers 20 (tie) Marquette 0 Kansas State 13 Iowa 6 Wisconsin 13 Iowa State 6 Kansas 14 Michigan State 2 Missouri 0 Notre Dame 7 Carnegie Tech SOUTH Alabama 14 Tennessee 7 Dickinson 7 Washington Jeffer ers from the canyon bottom tee up two tenths of a mile of winding re cement roadway to a plateau on which ths green is located Crushes Michigan 39 to 6 the ball ripped off first downs for his team bn straight line plays but the attack hogged down when the War Dog i looked at the white stripes to if the threat was get ting Joplin used numerous substitu tions but Coach Ramsey made but two Brown at tackle and Walk er in the backfield The game was the fourth of the season for the War Dogs who have kept their goal line unstained by scores Next week the Miamians will rest and on Oct 29 will enter tain Collinsville note in an after No more shivering while your motor warms up! This uffizing Stewart Werner South Wind Car Heater heals in 90 seconds at a cost of only of a cent an hour! Utterly fully easilv instilled without hose or thermostats DISTRIBUTED BY STANDARD AUTO PARTS CO 130 South Main Miami Kentucky 41 6 Tulane 7 Colgate 6 Arkansas 21 Texas 10 Baylor 20 Centenary 0 Christian 7 Texas 7 Vanderbilt 6 Southern Metho dist 0 Duke 20 Georgia Tech 19 Mississippi State 7 Auburn 33 arfX natmtod gallKUIIIIV eaalod metal chamber! mage it was the Sooners' ball on the Nebraska 20 Placckick Try Is Short Three slashing skidding drives into the line brought only two yards Then Raphael Boudreau Oklahoma placekick specialist was riieVtArl intn tramo trv irom the Acoraska 21 was short )llaPd in tbp startinc Kneun to and the first an) last threat of the ki off defending the game vanished 'j saw ball go out of It lory for bounds on the 35 Red and Gteen linemen rorwards fairly ganged jlp oopoeing backs and one tw6 and pass pllmIed three jard gains were the rule A ge Beck left halfback furit few passes were atempted some hlp(( thp first pas from Centpr successfully but not for substantial ard Burrell vet I Minnti right end pounced on With the teams irtually butting hounding pigskin on their heads together on offense ow 2l It was the scoring the game developed into a dreary pb(cenf tie anu( toming after punting duel Nineteen times 39 seconds of plav Lraska kicked and the Sooner 17 On bp times but was the Oklahoma wn n)g qunteibnck sliced 'off! ter Springs referee Dumas ree punting department 011 tackle for three yards Then Del man of Grove umpire and John Huddleston and ebber Merrell whosp I Pace of Vinita headlinesman I AI 4k 4Ia 1 a 1111 uuioi 1 uu ng 1 spectators all night dashed uv through tackle for a first as responsible for kccpjng the )lf)vn on the J() Nebraskans back in their own territory most of the afternoon Picked up four more Bill Callihan burlv Nebraska l' and then on fullback personalis accounted for double yeverae end around the five first downs Registered by I Pny as popularly terinei 1 I 1 LJ 1 AW A A I rt Wilt I A 4 A I Joplin left end Tor six hnrf ntouchdown attempt tn convert the extra potat from Incement was blocked by Rerri'ln Joplin halfback Miami Score Again Miami scored its second and ehdown in the second ouarter possession of the ball on the Joplin 43 as the pcridd opened the result of a punt return hy ley and a dazzling 21 yard end run by Doh Wolf the War Dogs lost little i'me in clinching the game D'Wlf nicked up five yards and then Charles Trussler left half back off tackle for nine yards and a first down on the Ion litb 2t Uapshaw Wolf fullhack plunged for seven yards to Joplin's 22 An offsides penalty put the ball btitk to the Joplin 27 On fourth down after a running play had Keithlev faded back 5 yards and hit Deb Wolf with a perfect pass on the Joplin 12 Wolf wide open on the play raced over the goel line and the ball gamp was al! over Trussler tried to kick the extra point again but this time the pigskin went wide of the up rights Second Half Tame The second half was devoid of thri Is their lead carefully and did not open any of their heralded trick plays On the other hand Joplin made a couple of nice running plays click hut never could get inside 38 yard line Twice big red Robinson a 204 pound tackle who Coach Bill Col lins thought might be able to lug The Northeastern Junior college Norsemen ati'l baffled by a defeat they could not exactly explain re turned here Saturday from Rus sellville Ark wheie they suffered a 33 to setback riday night at the hands of Arkamas Tech Strange as it may seem the Norse actual' ouipiyed the Tech boys if first downs mean any thing The Miamians rolled up 11 rst downs to 9 tor the victors yet they got trimmed by 33 points Accepted followers of the clan that believes anything can happen in football the disgruntled Norse tried to forget the sad Story and turned their attenion toward their game here next riday with the Connor Aggizs ot Warner Arkansans S'ore Early Arkansas Tech made the game look like a scoring bee in the first and second quarters The Arkansas eleven pushed over two touchdowns in each period to lead the None at the half by a 26 to 0 count After that the scoring bombard ment eased up and the None re covered to hold the victon to a lone touchdown in the second half The final shore came in the third per iod ullback Hickey hard running Tech fullback made two of his touchdowns Othen were made by Left Halfback Hager and by Beaver and Bridges sub backs Long Runs eatured Long runs featured the attack The Tech eleven tried 12 passes and completed only two Clinton White sent 21 forwards through the air for the Miamians and turned five of them into com pletions for gains aggregating 35 yards Arkansas Tech unhindered with such nasty things as eligibility rules put a big team on the field It was experienced of course with years of previous seasoning on high school or possibly some col lege gridirons Otto Smith Norse halfback made several find kicks and played an aggressive role in the running attack White stood out with his pass ing despite the fact that Tech had a strong defense against aer ials Herman Degner reserve Norse back also looked good gains of nearly 10 yards each Starting lineups: Norsemen Pos Ark Tech Golding le Zuber Carey 1 Crowne I Grubbs 1 lg Pearce Crosby Gattin Burnett Laur Corbin rt Bynum Butler re Burns I Pritchett qb Tolliver Smith lh Hager 1 VaT aaJ Rolmnn White fb Hickey War Dogs Take Advantage of Two Scoring Chances Beat Joplin 12 0 umble by Missouri ullback Leads to Touchdown Early In Game and Miamians Bepeat in Second Quarter With 21 Yard Run and 15 Yard Pass LINCOLN Neb Oct 16 Water and the stubborn opposition of a determined Oklahoma eleven quenched today the flaming hopes of Cornhuskcrs of continuing in the ranks of the na tian's Hnltaatr4 and tinfinri fnnt 1 ball teams After four quarters of sloshing mud bound play the Big Six encounter ended in a scoreless deadlock the first half then rested on their As slate gray skies wept drear 1 lailrps jn the Repon() ily the Huskers conquerors of wa concP()ed by Joplill at the Minnesota and victors over lowa start W0Uld win and the Sooners making But lhe Red and Green thrcw Up their first conference start shunt better defen tban advance rp ed each other about in a grim i port5 indicated and except for the tug of war that pqcked its I two ming plavs the Missourian tension in a few fleeting moments i pprf(1rred creditably agninst a late in the fourth quarter om th 'vorking eleven that" rates On that ocasion the Oklahomans amrjr (he Bit () of Oklaboma had swarmed through to partially hipl bOol football this vear block William Andreson's punt jrt n)Wns deep Nebraska terntory The! The "Ground Coach Ram Huskers recovered as he ball h3 kfiel(1 rollpd had gone ond the hue of sen fist d(wng to ve fnr jn and motra if was fna Nmincrc nnll nn 1 general supplied the all around polish that kept the visitors with the'r backs to the wall Joplin was nervous at the out set cf tne battle it was proven a few seconds later after the open ing kick off Glonr Phelps substitute tackle game News Record "Want At' get tulte cheaply and quickly! I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 rVafrfMMjM Ill Ri 1 1 nnrnp jaoi Wf lai Nuiiiiiiiiiiiuiimiiiimz Miiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinfei IIPEftJJIIIIIIIIIHIIIII yiwetwonts I I i 4 Metal Blends the newest mixtures by STETSON Modern masculine and as new as tomorrow Ask to see these dramatic colors that are sweeping the country in your favorite styles $5 $6 $750 $10 $15 noon game Collinsville is a mem ber of th Verdigris Valley con ference Starting lineups: MIAMI POS JOPLIN Hedges le Guinee Phelps It Robinson Helton (C) lg Legg Weir Johnson Gibson rg Reynolds Rick rt Calhoun McGraw re' Smith (C) Keithley qb i Reniker Trussleb Ih Beck Wolf rh Hood Wolf fb Jlemillard irst downs 5 5 Yds gained rushing net 58 59 Passes attempted 9 6 Pastes completed 5 1 I ds gained by passes 27 5 Ygrds lost attempted passes 15 13 Passes intercepted 1 2 Punting average 36 34 Total yards kicks returned 112 64 Yards lost by penalties 25 20 llillllllllllllllllllllll llini lllllllll an I llliiiminiiiniillllll.

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