Show OKLAHOMA S CUT SWATH f. f 1 f. f Remarkable Comeback of Halfback H Who Fizzled Year Ago Adds Steamroller Power to Eleven OIlMAN OR Okla Nov 13 The The N wide swath the Oklahoma university unIversIty university uni unI- are cutting on their way to the Missouri Missouri Missouri Mis Mis- valley conference football championship In their first year as members of that group is shocking gridiron followers of Nebraska Iowa Missouri I and Kansas The of ot 1920 are one of the heat best tf f football b aggregations g li the fiddle l et I West t line Has ever r seen I It Is big fast and well coached with a line that averages averages aver er ages above pounds Its backs are ue fast and carry plenty of weight IDEAL Oklahoma's success in defeating Washington university of St St. Louis 24 to 14 and nd one of tre tro best teams the he University of Missouri ever boasted to the tune tone of 28 to 7 was due largely toS to S the return of the preschool and freshman freshman fresh fresh- man form of Phil White White is one of 01 the the- country's three or four best threat men Hes He's six feet fees one inch high weighs pounds can cando cando do 30 the he In football togs in Hi punted an average of 46 3 3 2 yards in fifteen tries against Missouri and is nearly the tho Ideal at forward passing and in up his S opponents opponent's plays ra fu the oF-the 1 same n nature IX IS 1819 1919 Blessed d with an ideal build and abil abil- rItto ity tb do ao everything that a is White was a miserable fail- fail 1919 His blowup was the mys- mys t ery r and exasperation of the campus J list st year S I A H IB different with White this year 5 exhibited all his mechanical ia skill has hua dis uis- pJ t o ot of football spirit Vie t tT that he be has ha supplied In In g t tho pO power r needed S to ro ll i ts 10 lr M and Ad test est line tI w IJ t r j il r vf iT J J L 1 1 at halfback has been jeen a revelation lie He has shown himself without a peer as asa asa asa I a punter passer and end runner rubner and has hit the line as hard and effectively effective effective- ly 11 as the best in the conference Had White the same form last year ear there is no question bu Oklahoma would have defeated the powerful Nebraska team more decisively decisIvely ively than tIan any other team did instead ad I of merely tying the a STAR nO Roy Boy Smoot is making the Southwest forget TOlbert the giant Harvard guard who was considered the best player ever produced here at the time he re went to Harvard Smoot plays right tackle He is 5 feet 10 inches talland tall talland talland and weighs pounds lie He is aggressive sive and in addition to smashing the offense of all opponents re gets gets down down the field almost as fast as the fleet ends For nearly nearly- two years he has outplayed every opponent and Eastern college players who have seen him says hed he'd be a star on any big eleven cleven White und and nd Smoot are the outstandIng ing Sooner stars who by virtue of their size and speed and natural gift for football would bo he able to hol hold hokl 1 their own with the best talent in the East But Bu t trey are playing on a well well- set us u-s usand and well velI rounded team that is showing increased power with each succeeding game and bids fair fall to win handily the tIle championship of the Missouri valley alley OWEN mu WI SYSTEM Back of the sensational showing of or the is the coaching of Ben O U. Owen an old i Yost O P pupil wl who o I his has been h football n mentor t at Oklahoma for sixteen six six- teen years In succession turning down otters oItes from m. m Wisconsin Nebraska and anti Other big 15 schools Dr Williams is the Coach V w s 8 C of th o-th thi Mississippi 1 who has bus been bee F at than longer than O Ow- Ow Own Owen n h has s teen 1 soon i tr b t t. t t i ii t 1 i 7 i t 1 r J f t r S I t q I IS S SAP ct S. S A l jt 1 S H HE BLEW UP LAST SEASON t HES A BIG STAR STAI THIS VEAR I ii It t 5 t s-a s PHIL i a I Ia HES HE'S A 4 HIS LEFT ARM JUST WONT WON'T STAY IN PLACE l HIS DOMe TO lO HIT Th THE LINE LINEt t 0 S j jS |