The Daily Oklahoman from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 13

THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN SUNDAY NOVEMBER 26 1916 A WRTEEN' Victorious and Defeated Gridiron Leaders the game Ml Line INAL SCORE 15 TO 7 and 0 Baum Building Grand and Robinson They 1 RB(1 The but Johnson did not brilliancy but be by his work re end ball West Point Star Sensation Throughout Game Car ries Ball Ninety Yards on Opening Play Owen Machine Smashes Way To Victory Over Razorbacks Touchdown irst Made by Blue Against Crim son in Nine Years Victory irst for Bulldog in Seven Seasons Team Individually and Col lectively Superior Backfield Rips Arkansas Li ne to Pieces When Aerial Attack ails Overhead Game Is Responsible for Both of Touchdowns Hott Proves De mon in ullback Role Goodstein Crosses the Line With Blocked Punt for Oply Annapolis Counter Possibly meet hl not H1 Oaerk Keystone TAILORS CLOTHIERS 131 MAIN 5 i KEEL MUNICIPAL STADIUM ORT SMITH Ark Nov (Special) Bennie Owen's Sooner put an end to their long1 downhill slide on th ort Smith gridiron this afternoon when in a contest that was made brilliant on the one side by forward passing and on the other by smashes against the linej they won from the Arkansas Razorbacks by a score of 14 to 13 Oklahoma won oh straight football The Sooners delivered a terrific line smash throughout the contest With the exception of the third quarter they played the Arknasas team off their feet and deserved to win by a larger score were on their feet Ringing and yelling encouragement to their mon During the play the sun had diRappcaredfiind the spectators sat shivering Thousands of them took advantage of 'tho Intermission to climb down and warm up by walking about "Goat Merritt with Navy mascot paraded up and down before the middles and the antics of the goat seemed to arouse their spirits Navy Makes Score The midshipmen showed A wonderful reversal nt the opening of the third period and kept the Army on the defense Vidal kicked off to Roberts who caught the ball on the 5 ynrcl lino and ran it back 25 yards A series of brilliantly executed forward passes In terspersed with an exchange of punts brought the ball to the 25 yard (Continued on Page ourteen) New Haven Goes Wild When Yale Defeats Harvard 6 3 ICllVl 4JUVU Dufold Union Suits wool outside tor warmtn cotton inside for comfort $300 and $350 a suit Wilson Bros Union Suits close crotch $100 aultless Night Shirts and Pajamas $100 to $600 We'll be Thankful for Your Patronage SERVICE cult and both slipped and fell several me when they were just swinging in to their stride punting was superior to that of Neville and Legore The passing of the two centers was er ratic at times but the play of the Yale line from tackle to tackle as a rule 'was better than that of Harvard Statistics of the play show clearly the extent of superiority Yale gained first down seven times to five In fifty five rushes Yale advanced 13 yards and made additional progress of 23 yards on the fumble that led up to its score besides 10 yards on an Intercepted Harvard forward pass The Harvard rushes averaged les than yards to each trial aggregating on)y 61 yards In forty four attempts against the YalcKUne or ends i Harvard had the better average in running back punts makng 33 yards in eight plays to 44 in twelve The Harvard average punt was B6 yards: that of Yale 31 Penalties requent Penalties were frequent Harvard lost 15 yards and Yale 35 yard for rule in fractions Eleven times Harvard tried to ad vance through a forward pass but onty twice succeeded for a net gain of J6 yards Yale tried five forward passes one gaining 14 yards Harvard men lost heavily in the we gerlng In which they were a 10 to 7 1a vorlte Thev took occas on tonight how ever to point out that had 71 yard run for a touchdown in the second period been allowed the team would have returned home a winner This was the mevd spectacular feature of the game The alert officials however id detected holding by the Harvard for wards and the ball was brought back There was no inclnation to censure the imposition of this penalty on the part of Harvard adherents many of whom said after the game that while they would have liked to see the Cilm pon win again they thought that the Yale vlctorv would have an improving effect on football at Cambridge and New Haven The Gams in Detail Harvard won toss and Dadmun chose the north goal Jdck nff was fumbled by Casey but recovered hv Dadmun on the IStyard line Casey hit lefttackle for 5 was held on the next play and Horween punted La Roche re turning to midfield Yale orced to Punt Yale attacked the tackles for two short gains then tried a forward pass which grounded LeGore punted end Robinson was dropped on the Crimson 5 yard mark return punt went to 25 yard mark and LeGore's next kicked to Harvard's 85 yard mark a gain of 30 yards on the exchange Horween kicked again on the third down La Roche being downed on his 21 yard mark Three yards were gained through Wheeler when LeGore punted out of bounds at his 38 yard line Harvard lost 15 for holding Horween kicked high for 25 yards and Thacher recovered La Roche's fumble A relayed pass gained 5 then Robinson drop kicked a goal from the 28 yard mark" Score: Harvard 3 Yale 0 Casev again furhbled the kickoff but the ball bounded into hands An exchange ot punts marked the of the period Harvard having the on 44 yard line Touchdown Count Neville intercepted a forward nasa held the ball on the 25 yardJine A fumble stopped attack and Lo Gore punted to Harvard's 30 yard line Casey broke through the line and dodged all the way down the field for a second touchdown nut tne play was recalled Harvard penalized 15 for holding resultant punt went only 9 yards (Continued on Page ifteen) Brilliant Playing Enables Army to Beat Navy Baer Hats or Bare Heads Worth Save a $350 4)mDU Dollar and Emery Shirts Notaseme Hosiery Wilson Bros and Cooper Un derwear Silk Neckwear Yale Crosses Goal Line irst Time in Nine Years S' ffi ffi OLIPHANT LEADS ARMY TO VICTORY OVER OHIO TRIMS NORTHWESTERN S3 ft)? 'A ran ju cilU cUU cU cau ksJU i Sooners Stage Whirlwind inish and Nose Out Razorbacks 14 to 13 Top (left to right) Captain Black of Yale Captain McEwan of Army below Captain Dadmun of Harvard and Captain Ward of Navy Why Pay $15 for a Suit or an Overcoat? Why pay $20 or $25 or any price you pay? or the same reason there is more gold in a twenty dollar piece than in a ten More gold why more qual ity in the clothes exchanged for Coach McConnell's men specialized In tha aerial attack The Sooners won on the ability ot Willis Hott and Tommie Graham and Briscoe and McDermott and Tolbert to rip through the opposing line for galna of 5 8 1U and 12 yards at a smash The contest is declared by local fans to have been the most thrilling ever seen on an Arkansas gridiron Sooner Make Bad Start The Sooners got off bad recovered and opened J'P I an attack that suggested a 30 to 0 score Arkansas came back with some brilliant open field work It produced a star in the form of one Davidson whom Sqpn ers could not stop They tied the score when an end connected with a pass good for 13 yards and a touchdown When the game opened Arkansas fans expected to lose When Arkansas slip ped aeros for a touchdown thev began hope for Victors fnd they Uleved thev had the game cinched when in the same quarter and within throe ntlnutas of their first scoring He wl'Ot ncrooR the line by the aerial route for another 6 points Arkansas fans went wild with hopes of a victory mor the wizard tcani from the west Added to this moat of the play In the third quarter was In Oklahoma territory Aerial Attack Thwarted Thon came another thrill Hooners had attempted time after time to up Razorback were expecting It and their nassea Oklahoma oegan plunging the line In four minutes of such team work and such individual playing as Ok lahoma had not shown before this year the Sooners marched nerpsa the flew from the very shadow of their own Real posts without even a pause To their opponents' goal line That march showed what Sooners were capable of doing Ar kansas stock fell In throe minutes Iron) about rive times J(aZOrDCKn UHU But they fought until the very test play Weathr Perfect The game opened with the day perfect for the kind of game Oklahoma was touted to be depending on to win Hnrdly a breath was stirring There wnsn enough chin In the air to make one com fortable wearing an overcoat Owen's Inexperienced men fumbled or committed other bad errors to i crli I cal moments They made eighteen first downs to nine for Arkansas gnlned 364 yards to 276 for their opponents and Oklahoma punters distanced Davidson for tho Razorbacks by a total of 115 Ards It was wonderful work by Davidson ti camo hear winning for Arkansas He plunged the line' time after time for 6 8 or 10 yards started practically all the aerial plays and raved his team time after time from losses when Oklahoma had his ends and halves covered and he could not pass the ball Sooners lret to Score Despite the fact that the Sooners got off wrong they started the scoring Gra ham fumbled on tho s'tond play after kickoff and Arkansas recovered on the Oklahoma 10 ynrd line but they fmmn the Oklihoma line Impregnable and Okla homa took the ball on her own 15 ynrd line on the fourth down The Sooners marched with the bait to the center of the field where the same man fumbled again Wilmoth and Graham carded the ball to 4be 6 ynrd line win Wilmoth was tnkeyciut Injured Wtllls Hott took bls place find plunged across In two downs Tolbert kicked goal The quar ter ended without further scoring The Turkey Will Be Well Dressed This Thanksgiving But How About Yourself? The good things to eat that you put on in side are not nearly as important to the Thanks1 giving spirit as the good clothes you put on the outside Why not enjpythe look of a Witt Badgett suit on the outside while putting the turkey on the inside? and Young Suits and Over coats all the good styles all colors good woolens smart patterns and perfect tailor ing The greatest possible values at $15 $18 $20 $2250 $25 $30 $35 $40 Timely urnishings for Immediate Use' or Gift Buying Splendid collection pf Manhattan Shirts in the newest patterns and materials $175 to $750 Bates Street Shirts $150 to $500 Su perior Lock Crotch Union Suits $100 to $500 Keystone LOTHES emphasize value merit at all prices from $15 to $50 They are to be had ready for service or tailored to your measure Swagger Young or conservatively new as wanted Razorback Count RapJdly The Razorbacks evened the score the next quarter when Davidson made half a dozen brilliant smashes and then shot a pass to Stansberry across the goal line Davidson kicked goal Arkansas made their next touchdown In less than three minutes of play Har din Intercepted a pass carried it to Ok lahoma's 22 ya rd line two trials at the aerial game failed then Stevenson flip ped the ball to Hale lefttackle good for 22 yards and a touchdown Arkansas fluked on the klcftout The game was lost to the Razorbacks when Oklahoma started a terrine line drive In the fourth quarter smashed across the field with Willis Hott the new full back Graham McDermott and Tolbert carrying the Rail Graham went across and Tolbert kicked goal with three mor minutes to play The game ended with Arkansas In pos session of the ball in the center of the field nfter Oklahoma had been slowed up In another smashing drive toward Arkan goal line Turkey Victory Predicted Sooners fool more confident than ever of derenting the Harmers after here tody Willis Hott Is reel fullback some team somewhere can drive Tho llazm hack could interference running was a credit snl his smash was brilliant He has at last attained that goal to which he has been looking forward to for four years He has played fullback on a Sooner team In a big game and it could almost be said that he won a game Hott however was not th only star In the battle Graham made two bad errors he when a fumble mlrht mesnt a defeat but ha played such in gmiiv 'B iv pjfiujn uifn in tinns iuiiix2i ii ui iia in a ir wonderful work Ha out punted bls op' ponent ha plunged tha llnv for govl gains ho ran Interference well Wlhnoth played nn excellent game until he was taken out Injured In the side The full extent of bls Injuries are not known but they may keen h'm from future contests uua year Montrora play with hie former did attract attention turning punts Start In Tolbart and Hnneoek and Oliver Hott were tho stars of the line Razorbacks never could gain persistently with smashes The entire line hold David son and Hardin were the men who would have been heroes In the Razorback enmp had Arkansas won They deserved it Sooners left for Oklahoma at 6:30 after band and fans had staged a cele bration In the lobby of the Sooner hotel headquarters Hen Sooners came on the field at with the Oklahoma band plavln? "Boomer Sooner" and 200 Oklahrmv rooters cheer ng fnr the forty red blapk etnd men They found the day ideal for Oklahoma's passing name with scarcely a breath ot air stirring and the atmos phere Just warm enough not to op pressive Owen stood in tha middle ot the field while bls entire squad spent fifteen minutes pass ng and kicking the ball The Razorbacks joined in cheering the visiting squad ive hundred rooters were here from aylttevllle Their band began playing (Continued are ifteen) NEW HAVEN Conn Nov 25 Rising from the ashes of four years of eonsecutive football defeat Yale triumphed over Harvard here today by a score of 6 to 3 Tonight the entire town is celebrating the first Yale victory over Harvard since 1909 and the first touchdown since 1907 The victory of the Eh eleven was fairly won and clearly or the first time in almost a de cade Yale sent out on the field a team which was individually superior to the Harvard machine and by sheer power and ability defeated the Cambridge con tingent" emerging from the conflict with the honors which Harvard cohorts had come to look upon as their personal heritage possessed of a stronger line and a backfield fully the equal of tha Ell eleven took up the battle otter the Crimson had gone Into the lead with a field goal In the opening period With 1 steady attack aided by a break of a recovered fumble Tale forced the Haughton coached machine back across oWn goal line for a touchdown that proved to be the winning score ot the battled viciously againstvery foot gained by Tale Once In the lend Yale never gave its opponents op portunity to strike again and held the three point margin throughout one of the hardest fought combats of recent vears in this famous football classic 'rAUd Attends The victory was won before the larg eet and most picturesque assemblages nf gridiron enthusiasts that has ever witnessed a football game In this coun irv Close to eighty thousand spectators were massed within the Yale bowl fill ing every available foot of seating and standing space The scenes when the t'me keepers' whistle announced the completion of play and of Tale's victon Burpassed anything ever seen In the celebration of success in this series Thousands of cheering and yelling Yale alumni and students rushed down the steep tiers of the bowl and out upon the field engulfing the fatigued blue heroes as they sprinted for the side lines Winners Carried on Shoulders or abmoment there was a seething mass of young and old men and women that completely hid the players Then out ot the maelstrom emerged the mem bers of the winning team borne upon the shoulders of their class mates and the customary parade around the field and the Illuminated goal posts Led by the band and the captains of the crew track and baseball teams the tide of jovous Yale adherents swept up and down tho gridiron In a snake dance Victims Choer Victors Huge balls of blue fire ready immedi ately after the game was over were attached to the two bars at the extreme ends of the field while squads of under graduates fired volley after volley of Roman candle balls across the grounds as the band blared and the Blue sectiont the standi sang and cheered In'unlson across the bowl the Harvard body stood silence after the Crimson team hadft tho field until the parade reached their position Then tips cheer leaders for a long yell for Tale and the volume of sound which arose carried praise for the Blue eleven and evoked an equally hearty response from Yale ts well as round after round ot applause from the neutral spectators The game was played under trying conditions for both contestants and spec tators The wind carried the kicked ball swirling and erratic circles mak ing both punting and catching difficult and uncertain Sweeping out of the north the gale blew the length of the gridiron giving the team with the their back a decided advantage and one that the quarterbacks were quick to Improve 11 Both the Harvard and Tale scores were made when the respective elevens jccupled this point ot vantage Yale Attack Too Powerful Early in today's contest the Harvard jlpvn ViawpH fh month marblne llkc play for which the recent Crimson teams have been noted hut under the terrific attack of the powerful Yale line the Harvard forwards broke badly and the backfield found it difflclut to get under way with the freedom that has been Its chief Asset In other years The same held true when Yale had the ball for the Harvard line could not hold the ll rushes In check and the secondary de fense was constantly called upon to fill up the holes or to pull down the runner i lisa naaw ar twav iiais TWOOA vnA nvn llant' runs of Casey and Legore dlffi NEW YORK Nov 25 skill tri louetbd maw Vnvu Txlttrtlr tl'hln uiiipnvu uivf yiuvu nhnnt teams from West Point and AnnepoHte tn (he annual battle at the Polo grounds today The cadets' vic torious score was 15 to 7 but the Mid dies fought gallantly and grimly until the final blast of the whistle Some fifty thousand citizens not counting the governor of New YorK cabinet off errs generals admirals an I an array of lesser lights In both branches of the government service saw the combat Only for the absence of President Wilson the game would have provided all the spectacular incidents which go to make Army Navy footba I battles historic Chilly winter winds swept the eld and grandstands Cadets Celebrate When the Cadets "rushed'' the cnlorr at the end of the game they had' elevon victories eto their credit to the Navy's nine and they celebrated this achieve ment In time honored fashion Seven hundred and sixty strong they met In front of their beaten rivals did a ser pentine dance about the field before forming a great oval and then at a sig nal rushed pellmell ahout the colors held aloft by threq of their number The soldiers did most of the eh' erlng early in the game for the Army started off with a rush On the Oli phant caught the ball on his own 5 yard fine and carried tt back through a brok en field past eleven plunging middles to within 6 yards of the Navy's gotl rom that point It was rushed over for a touchdown It also was Oliphant who later kicked a field goal for the Army Goodstein Navy Hero Goodate the young center for the navy was the hero of the Annapolis class tonight He broke through th army line in the third period blocked one of Vidal's punts and raced 15 yards for a touchdown Governor Whitman Mayor Mitchell Secretary of the Navy Daniels and Sec retary cf War Baker were among the officials occupying Loxes during the bat tle Marching Exhibition Given The soldiers paraded In company front dragging a mountain gun as i mascot They started a stormvpf applause as they gave a display of thev machine like marching fof which they aye fa mous Then their band played them up into their bleachers at double me A few moments later the middles about 1200 strong marched In Their perfect marching produced another outburst ot applause which continued until the sail ors reached their seats They brought a goat as their mascot Just before the army team appeared the cadets stand ng with heads uncov ered gave the West Tolnt cheer at the end of which their two inch cannon roared as a salute to the soldier play ers When the navy team came into sight a few second biter their goat mascot greeted them with antics that were ac cepted by tbeJIlddy rooters as betoken ing good luck" Greetings Exchanged Between the second and third per oils ecietary Daniels and Secretary Baker surrounded by officials high In their re spective services walked to the center of the field and greetei' each other In the Hudson river a fleet of extern battleships and lesser fighting craft dropped anchor to give their men and fficers a chance to se the game and it was said that about ten thousand were granted shore leave for this pur pose irst Half All Army It was all Army in the fret half of the game Oliphant's running back of the kickoff almost the entire length of the field mode It look to the spectators as if it would be a runaway race Oil VlIwi worn iha nl'inVM MtarR st VH 4w cnnoni'n I a1 tAr rltory all through the rat two ie ioU A well executed forward pass Ger hardt to Vidal Lhrought the second armv touchdown early In the eecond period Oliphant failed to kick goal for either touchdown With the score 15 to against uijm the Middles returned to the feld after the IntermlsR on between the halve and made a desperate effort to tx in ertii who caught the kickoff on his owp 5 yard line ran back 25 yards before he was tackled The whole Navy team ap pen red to have found new vigor Plava off tackle and well executed forward passes brought the bnyy to tho Army 25 yard line on nn exchange of punts Goodstein then broke through blocked a kirk and made a touchdown Reifel kicking goal Oliphant Saves Goal The goal lino was once again Imptrllkd only to be saved by a 10 yard run by Oliphant The Army Mar was watched more closely by his opponent in the last two period and made no other spectacular runs Von Holmberg who substituted for isher In the final period did the punting for the Navy wh'le he was ki the game and out dls tanced his Army rivals Oliphant caught the klcknff on his own 6 vard line and carried it to the 5 yard line nhefore he wa downed by Ingram Two more plays carried the hall mUsed the goal Score Army 6 Navy 0 Oliphant kicked a goal from tfte field Score: Army 9 Navy 0 Army Adda Six The Army added 6 more points soon after the opening of the second period i when Gerhardt shot a forward to Vidal 15 yards to the goal line Oliphant i again failed to kick the goal The Navy finally got thozball Into th ter ritory whenlliphant fumbled a punt in midfield jckson of the Navy recovered the bnll he long forward pass was in fercepted ny Gerhardt on hi 50 yard line The NavV line braced and a forward passl ffom Ingram to Orr who took Vet chers place at quarter brought the ball to within striking distance of the Armys goal Jackaon failed to connect with an other forward prs on the Armys 15 vard line and Oliphant kicked the ball back to midfield Another executed for ward paas Ingram to Jackson brought the ball back to the 20 ynrd line just before the end of the period Score end second period Army 15 Navy 0 Nolsv Celebration At the end of the second period with the score 15 to 0 in favor of their team the Army rooters held a noisy celebra tion with the old of their cannon But although the tide was running against kAVrt mu IfliffM WIII HUL 14AAU UfHeftwiv mOHEi' fr A 4 WWtT rtumm MMili I AV I a VV A A yj Xi 1 A we rwfcac ffryw if fp 1 II wH rjl 111 jl 'll I i 1 Hi 1 jl 3 'luii :1 I ffl XhV r' ii! 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