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Show OKLAHOMA SOONERS COT SWATH Remarkable "Comeback" of Star Halfback Who Fizzled Years Ago Adds Steamroller Power to Eleven N. K. . staff Special. NORMAN. Okla.. Nov. 1 J The wide swath the Oklahoma University Sooners arc cutting on their way to the Missouri Valley conference football championship in their first year as members of that group Is shocking, gridiron followers of Nebraska, Iowa Missouri and Kansas The Sooners of 10 2 0 are one of tho b. st football aggregations the middle I west has ever seen It Is big fast, and Well coached, with a line that aver-, 'ages above 100 pounds Its backs are fast and carrv plenty Of w eight. IDEAL PASSER, Oklahoma's success in defeating Washington University, of St LoulS 24 to 14. and one of the best teams the University of Missouri ever boasted to the tune of 2S to 7, was due largely lo the return of the pre-skool freshV man Phil White White Is one of the country's three or four best 'triple threat ' men. Hr s 0 feet 1 UV h hltfh, weighs 194 pounds, can do the i 100 In' football togs In 11 1-2 seconds, punted an average of 4i. 2-3 yards In i ". tries against M-lssour; and is nearly the Ideal at forward passing and I", breaking up his opponent's plays of the same nature. FAILED IN 1019. Blessed with an Ideal build and 'ability 'abil-ity to do everything that a Bupervplay er should do, White was a miserable failure in ism. His blow-up was the! myster anil exasperation of tho cam-pus cam-pus last year All is different with White this year. He has exhibited all his mechanical skill and more Important still, has displayed dis-played a full QUOta Of football spirit The result Is that he has supplied In larjre degree the motive power need-' ed to set the powerful Sooner machine to steamrolllng all opponents HlTs HARD, Protected by the biggest and best line in the southwest, the playing of! hlte at halfback has been a revelation. revela-tion. He has shown himself without a peer as a punter, passer and runner, , and has hit the line as hard and of-' fectlvely as the best In the conference. Hid U hlte displayed the sa'iie form ' j S- PH L WHIT . j ..- ..4' lX' WTr5"-l"U SlrtJi HE'S A HEAOV PUAYdFt - UJIIMC HIS LEFT ARM JUST WONT STAY IN PLACET HIS DOME TO HIT THE LINE . ! : 1 last year, there Is no question but that ' klahoma would hav. decisively defeated de-feated the powerful Nebraska team' more decisively than anv other team did, Instead of merely tlemg the Corn-huskGrs. Corn-huskGrs. worm u stu. Roy Smoot Is mglclng the southwest, forget Tolbert, the giant Harvard guard, who was considered the 1 st player ever produced here at the time he vvent to Harvard. Smoot plays right tackle He Is j feet 1 0 Inches tall and weighs 2 l.'i pounds He Is aggres-, s've ;.n.j In addition to snu'shlng rlv offense of all opponents, he gets down the field almost as fast ns the fleet ends. For nearly two years he has outplayed every opponent, and eastern coiiepc players who have se n him, say he d be a star on anv big eleven sizu m spued: White and Smoot are th outstanding outstand-ing stars who by virtue of their size ami speed and natural gift for football, foot-ball, would be able to hold their OWh with the best talent in the east But they are playing on a well set up anil well rounded team that Is showing in- dreased power with Ctich succeeding I game, and bids fair to win handily thei championship of the Missouri Valley ! )WI i STEM- I Hack of the sensational showing of the Sooners is the coaching of Ben O. I Owen, an old Yost pupil, who has been, football mentor at Oklahoma for 16 1 .years in succession, turning down offers of-fers from Wisconsin, Nebraska ana' other big schools. I r Williams Is the; only coach west of the Ml. sls-slppl who has been at one school longer than wen has been at Oklahoma, I So Sooner success is attributed to! ' (wen system. |