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1927 SUNDAY MORNING DEFEAT S. M. U. GRID WARRIORS Louisiana Tigers Hold Alabama Crimson Tide to Even Terms In Hard Contested Game uo v. u.

st ic.2t.3i. at at st ft t- WHEN CENTENARY SURPRISED THE SOUTHWEST GRID COLONY 1 i' -J ir A. nU. 11 1 mmmmmmmmmmmmml 'J 8 i DONOHUE'S MEN CELEBRATE GRID FEAT; NEITHER TEAM ABLE TO CROSS GOAL UM Purdue Crushes Harvard9 Hopes With 19 to 0 Win Western Teams Coming to Life, Display Class SHREVEPORT COLLEGE ELEVEN FURNISHES BIG SURPRISE BY VICTORY By JOE R. CiRTER.

ASA CROWD of approximately fans looked on the Centenary Gentlemen Saturday afternoon vpset football dope by romping to a 21 to 12 victory over the Sotitheri' Methodist university Mustangs in a contest played on the local colltge gridiron. It was the biggest surprise furnished Shreveport gridirrtj circles in years, as the Ponijs from Dallas were picked by close critfs of the game to win by a mar-' gin of at least three touchdowns. Springing a well balanced sweeD- mam, DIRMINGHAM, Oct. 8 was one of celebration in the lair of the Tiger of Louisiana State university, for Coach Donohue's men today accomplished what had been impossible for DV jOC CARTER vjrthree seasons the successful checking of the Crimson Tide of Ala-iama, three-time champions of the Southern conference. The game lifted in a scoreless tie.

AlV. Conceded slight chance for victory against the powerful Crimson KVB'en, the Tiger nevertheless roared out a challenge that defied all rts 01 Alabama to 'art its tourth straight victorious season with In in the initial coherence struggle. 'en two breaks of the game, L. By FRED VAN PEVENDER (T'nlversal 8wYiei Stnff orrcsixmdcnt.) Chicago, Oct. 8.

It took Just this one past week for the Big Ten conference elevens to snap out of it and Instead of being mediocre teams, chow some class. They did Just that today, and whereas last Saturday on the surface of things, there was nothing to bra about In the way the Collegians played their football, tonight there Is considerable cheer. Of course there were upsets. Indiana was beaten, 13 to 0, by Father Stagg's Maroons out at the University of Chicago, but the Hoosler state In general is quite satisfied, Inasmuch as Indiana wasn't counted on very much and Mr. George Ade'e beloved Purdue came through as expected and whipped "Dean Old Hahvahd," 19 to 0.

And what tickles the Hoosler people so much is that Purdue did all that without the services of tow- aturday night would have had dded honor of a victory over the Demons Outplay Eleven of Rusk 'tin 8 BM lme 01 Manama, -mose ffffi breaks came in the first period 1 13 both wlth llttIe added luck Ior IvB men of Louisiana, would have Jvnted as touchdowns. Brilliant Runs Feature Battle, Louisiana Wins CENTS IN TRAVELING TOCS. 'PHIS is going to be traveling week for Coach Homer H. Norton 1 and his band of Maroon and White gridders of Centenary College. Having finished their all-important task with the Southern Methodist University Mustangs the Gents now point their noses to the south and either Tuesday or Wednesday will strike out for Lakeland, where they will tackle the Southern College eleven next It will be the first road trip of the year.

The journey to Florida is a new venture for Centenary and opens up new fields of advertisement for the college and for Shreveport. Severt.l years ago the Gents, under "Bo" McMillan, crossed the United States to Boston, and won fame. Now they go to the farthest point south with Norton in charge. It's a nice trip for the boys but they say they will mix business with pleasure and bring home the scalp of the Florida representatives. The game at Centenary field Saturday was the last for the Gents thm-e in almost a month.

Returning from Florida, they go to Waco for a game, October 22, with Baylor. A week after that they play for State Fait fans at the fair grounds. LA Shortly after the opening whistle, at Natchitoches Natchitoches, Oct. 8 (Special) Outplaying their opponents through headed Chester Wilcox, all-American back. If they can do that without him, what can they do with him? Walt till the Ademen, coached by Jimmy Phelan, come to Chicago next out the contest, but not finding their stride until the beginning of the second half, when they opened up with iig attack, Intermingled with a good pslng game, the Gents scored their vfitory by outplaying the Texans Jn errry branch of pluy.

In gaining g-pund through the tine of scrim-nr rre or around ends, In overhead at-titks and In punting the Gents were ctarly superior to the visitors. Their performances were so sensational and surprising the biggest crowd to witness a game here this year was sit homeward bound staggering fipm the maze of the brilliant spec-ttfcle. The Mustantrs and their fol-liters left for Dalla Saturday nlgJt sliglng the praise of the Maroon aid White color bearcri. fhree touchdowns and three goal touchdowns gave the Gents lr 21 points. Touchdowns were rjnred by Clarence Hamel, Joke Ijnna and A.

Marsallis. Goals after tiuchdowns all came off the educated toe of Hanna. The 12 points of tie visitors were made on touch-wns by Hume and Lynch. The after touchdowns tried for by Mustangs failed. One was blocked Captain Dutch Binlon.

who spread gle before the kick of Hume, while ft-? other missed tho goal posts jln all of the blaza of victory stood jut Jake Hanna, lormer Shreveport Brasfleld. back, dropped bbck oi bis own goal posts to punt. Instead, he fumbled and as several L. S. U.

players closed In to seize the opportunity, he recovered and punted out of danger. Again In the first period. Taylor, Alabama backfleld substitute, fumbled the ball, which rolled behind his own goal posts. Again a speedy re-covery and Taylor carried the ball to Ms own 20-yard line before he was downed. Except for these two occasions the Ifeama resolved Itself into a punting (Contlnurd on Tare Ten.) 0 a series of forward passes thafr com-pletely puzzled the visitors, the Lou Saturday.

isiana State Normal college Demons The highly touted Butler team of Indianapolis showed that they are still very much a small school by losing vary decisively to Illinois at Urbana, 58 to 0, all of which makes Mr. Bob Zuppke's charges look very Rood insofar as this race for confer By JOSEPH GORDON (rnUfrsol Nme StHff f'nrrctitiomlont.) Cambridge, Oct. 8. One of those celebrated middle western cyclones struck Soldiers field here this afternoon and swept everything In Its path, including Harvard's newly-lifted hopes, modest ambitions and the Crimson football machine. Purdue, from Lnliyette, if you plea3e, crushed and crashed and played proverbial rings around the eastern aristocrats until the Harvard boya were more than happy that the thing was over.

The score was 19 to 0 which, to the minds of Crimson rooters, is nothing les than a disgrace. To have Yale beat them Is all right, and they can even tolerate Dartmouth, but these lads from the Hoosler state Is another matter. And yet, as the heavy New England dusk Is settling over the stadium, and as the 35,000 people are marching slowly out, oh, ever so slowly, as If to a funeral dirge, there Is not one among them who but carries away with him secret admiration and respect for this perfectly coached team from Purdue, and more particularly for the playing of young Ralph Welch. A sophomore playing his first varsity game, this boy they will never forget. Picture this: Here Is a lad who never before appeared in a big game, being Bhoved in not only against Harvard, but In place of the great Cotton Wilcox, who Is sitting there on the side lines, accompanied by crutches, watching the game.

It Is strange how these boys, members of a school which Is the alma mater of George Ade, are lacking In the sense of humor. What a serious lot, how seriously they went about boating Harvard and holding them scoreless and never cracking a smile, and all the while George Ade Is sitting In the stands looking on but that was what happened. The Big Ten conference team went on the Job and played like fiends. Their line was perfect and impenetrable, Their backs 1 What backs! And playing behind this great linn young Welch proceeded to tear through the famous Crimsons, One first down followed another. The Harvard team went Into one huddle after another In an effort to determine what would stop this Welch boy from Texas.

Echo answered, "Nothing." And it was even eo. Nothing did. He rounded ends, sliced through tacgle and passed perfect forward passes and punted great punts. He was tho hero of the day and hour. Cotton Wilcox said between halves that he hoped, when he got his llmba well, to at hi lob back.

enco honors Is concerned. Previous to the game today, Butler had scored 104 points aeatnst two opponents, Quite a let. down, eh what? Mr. Herb Joestlng, that plunging individual who plays his football for Minnesota led that aggregation to a ovuuui yrm Eiar. who YANKS SAVE LEAGUE.

fpHE Yankees have saved the reputation of the American League by their attack on Donie Bush's Pirates. Representatives of the veteran major leagues were certain to use facts and figures on the World Scries games to prove the junior major circuit a weak organization had the Yanks slumped in their attack against Kremer, Ald-ridge, Meadows and company. Now the National Leaguers have nothing to ballyhoo over. In the American League this season the Yanks made a runaway race, winning "pulled up," as they say on the race track. Their margin was so decisive as to make the pennant chase ridiculous.

National Leaguers were saying that it was not so much the strength of Miller Huggins' men as it was the weakness of their opponents. They pointed out that the Pirates, with the same combined batting and fielding averaKes, were only able to stagger to the pennant. The victories of the Yankees in the big classic is a triumph for every team in the American League. It lifts the prestige of seven other teams, for it proves that the Nationals are no better off when they face such bombarders as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Tony Lazzeri, Combs and others. The success of the Yanks proves it's always best to stick with the best club.

Many fans were lined up with Pittsburgh because they wanted to enjoy the thrill of seeing such a great combination as the Yanks beaten. It's going to be a long time before anyone corrals such a bunch of dynamite as Hupgins has at his command. ran, to 0 victory over the agriculturists of Oklahoma, and that was expected. iiMied and kicked the Mustangs into ffeot. He was ably assisted In the f-ound galnlnr; by Franklin "Bear" No more need be said.

Doc Wilce took his Ohio 6tate ex Alexandria, Oct. 8 (Special). Brilliant runs by Adkins, Fletcher, Parker and Mlxon, featured the victory of the Louisiana college Wildcats over the College of Marshall Tigers in Plnevllle this afternoon, 39 t-- 0. Adkins scored three of the touchdowns, Fletcher two and Mlxon one on a 50-yard broken field run. Parker Intercepted a Marshall pass In the third quarter and returned it 50 yards to their 15-yard line.

Conker, Ratcllff, Rougcou and Phillips ulso reeled off big gains, while passes to Downs and Durham paved the way for several of the touchdowns. Parker made a 30-yarrl return on a punt In the flrat quarter and Adkins carried ot over on a plunge off tackle. Two long passes to Durham put the ball In scoring position and Adkins went over again in the second quarter. Mlxon broke loose on his long hike ncross the poal line and Fletcher carried over the fourth one on three runs for almosi, 60 yards. Passes to Downs, Flowers and Roitgeou gained 60 yards and had the ball In a scoring position when tho first halt ended.

Parker caught a Marshall pais in the third quarter and put tho ball near the Texans' goal after running It back 50 yards. Fletcher went over on two trials. Recovering a Marshall fumble a little later Downs and Durham took a pair of posses, Fletcher made sir snd Adkins went off tackle for the final touchdown. Downs took two passes for extra points and Mlxon went through the line for the other. Marshall also threatened with passes and made four or five first downs but crossed mid-field only (Continued no The Ten.) perts In the collegiate art of amash lng domes to Towa City and proceed unay Denind clever Interference by hurtle Smith and Ted Jeffcries, who iayed the major portion of ths me, substitutions being fsw, od to trim Mr.

Burt Jngwcrson's charges, 13 to and thereby go Into a tie" for first place with fhlcago in opened their season on the Natchitoches Parish Fair Grounds Saturday afternoon by downing Rusk college of Rusk, Texas, 19 to 7. Rusk college got their touchdown after five minutes' play In the first quarter on a long forward pass, Bc-vlna to Domesnette, but afterwards were unable to make themselves dangerous to the Demons. Finding that the Rusk line Was like a veritable stone wall with only one man, Mc-Kellfir, able to go through for yardage and that rather small, the Demons opened up In the second half with the overhead route, which the Texana were at a loss to stop. The first touchdown for Coach Prather's squad came In the first three minute of play In the thtrd quarter when, after a series of passes, Aaron to Sims and McKellar, the ball was placed on Rusk's two-yard line and McKellur, after two attempts, carried it over. Normal failed for the extra point, pass, Aaron to McKellar.

The Demons' second touchdown Came after the first 10 mlnute of play in the third frame when Hamilton scooped up a fumble on Rusk's 47-yard line and for a count of six. Again Normal failed for the extra point, drop-kick by Aaron. The third touchdown for Normal also came In the last few minutes of play In the third quarter after Aaron had passed a beautiful one to Sims, which was good for 30 yards and placed the ball on Rusk's three-yard line and again McKellar counted. This time the irntfnoi An Pm Tb.) Hanna strong right arm as well as did his legs. When the ustangs formed a aood defrm.

the Big Ten race. Two Fast Grid Games in Y. M. C. A.

League Georgia Tech's "GoMen Tornado" nd the Yale "Bulldogs" me tied for first place In the Y. M. C. A. Football league at the end of the second week of play.

Both teams enter the third week of the 30-game season unde-leated and with championship aspirations. Both teams won their games In Saturday's double grid menu In the league at Betty Virginia park by crushing the Navy and Alabama teams. The "Golden Tornado" tquad sprang a surprise In the league Saturday when they out-umarted and outplayed the heavy tfavy team and came out of the game en the upper side of an 18 to 7 score. The opening game of Saturday's prld menu between Yale and Alabama was cne of the best games seen In the league this season. Both tunn were evenly matched and so close wa the game that It required the last minute of play for the Yale qued to push over the only touch-fio-vn of the game and win from the Alabama team.

6 to 0. A swift pass from "Eptc" Hill to Denny resulted In a gain of 15 yards and a touch-clown. The tackling of Roy Alexan-vtt a feature of the game and Was a big reason why the Yale squad bot able to run up a blgr score ne ploys Hanna dropped back tin fit's the oval. One nf hi. te "to the aim.

n. j.u,uB.uii inoi was turned Into touchdown. Earlier in the game spnt a 30-yard Dass into t.h. WACO WON HONORS. PARL WILLIAMS' SPUDDERS proved beyond any doubt that they Hamel, who raced to the sevsn-ard where a series of play, suited in a touchdown.

The first -ore enme when Hamel of the Gents formed the best team in the Texas league in 1927, but it fell to Northwestern tackled Utah at Evanston and won, 13 to 6. Utah, If you remember, has quite a string of victories to her credit, but they have been against western opponents, not middle western, so their flr6t eastern invasion was not so good. Michigan had a fairly easy time over at Ann Arbor, whipping Michigan State, 21 to 0. But even so Tad Welman's men are not what they have been In previous years. Wisconsin sprung quite a surprise by defeating Kansas at Lawrence.

26 to 6. Wisconsin hasn't been counted on vety much in the play this year, but things may change quite a bit after today's game. Notre Dame of course beat Detroit, 20 to 0, at Detroit. mraoie DacK of the line scrimmage in the first auartor ihe Mustangs lived uo to n. ance notices.

They flashed a brll-lant backfleld nuart.t the players on the Waco Cub payroll to gather the most first places for individual honors. Headed by that grand old veteran, Derrill Pratt, members of the Cubs' staff, carried off honors in 11 events, while the team as a whole led in six. In the latter mark they were tied by Wichita Falls. Waco set a new high record batting average for the league with led in total hits with total bases with extra bases (Contlnnril an Follnnlnr Tars.) feL0Ve Cral- but ey hid iu mo center posl- on of the front wall that multwj Continofd (in.