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Football Season - 1923 

 

THE football season of 1922, while not an all-victorious one was one to be proud 

of. because the Red and Black warriors never gave up fighting. The first of the 

year found Coach Peterson with only four letter men at his disposal. One of the 

early handicaps to the team was the fact that .many of the team quit school after 

the first few games, and caused the football mentor a great deal of worry in 

rebuilding the team. Another feature which greatly increased the burden of the 

coach was the fact that many of the hardest games of the season were played early 

in the season while the team was still rebuilding. Had these same teams been 

played later in the year the scores would have been different. 

 

The Bulldogs began their 1922 season with a win, defeating Morris at Morris and 

succeeded in keeping Morris from making first downs during the entire game. Ada 

crushed early hopes for a championship team by defeating Okmulgee at Ada by a 

score of 14 to O. The next struggle of the year was with Sapulpa, 1921 State 

Champions, who had her 1921 team almost intact. This game re- sulted in an 

overwhelming victory for the Blue and White aggrega- tion, but Okmulgee was not 

discouraged and played Tulsa a good game the following Friday, but lost by a 

close score. McAlester and Guthrie both added Okmulgee to their list of victims, 

but it could be observed that with each game under Coach Peterson's direction the 

Okmulgee team was developing rapidly. Losing a hard game to Oklahoma City at the 

capitol city, the Bulldogs braced and defeated Shawnee's conference entry, 13 to 7. 

The Jenks team, however, proved the old jinx and defeated Okmulgee on a muddy field. 

The Henryetta game is one which will be remembered by all loyal students of O. H. S. 

first, because of the intense rivalry between the two schools, and sec- ond, because 

of the splendid game the Bulldogs played. The score when the game was over was in 

favor of Okmulgee and students and supporters considered the season a success because 

their team won from their time honored rivals from the southern city. The last game 

on Turkey Day resulted in a win over Vinita.



 

Prospects for a winning team next year are bright with the return of seven letter men. 

But though next year's team may not win the conference championship, we are sure of a 

team that will not stain the glory of its Alma Mater.



 

Though too much praise cannot be given the varsity, the substitues and second team 

must be accorded some of the honor due them, for it was the second team that kept 

the varsity fighting for their positions. Some of the men who did their best for 

their school but failed to make letters are: Nelson, Haas, Paul Davis, Robinson, 

Tuepker, McCulloch, White and Burk. Burk was injured in the Sapulpa game and could 

not play the rest of the year. The second team, of which Jack Boone was captain, 

played a number of games and gained valuable experience which will aid them during 

the coming season.