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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 25 192' FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM 1 CHAMPS JEMS MUSTANGS WALLOP HORNED FROGS IN FIRST TCU HOMECOMING Rival Captains Snapped Carrying Ball in Two Plays of TCU-SMU Annual Battle Longhorns i Early Lead Increased by Pony Two action photographs of the U-T game played here Thursday afternoon The top scene shows Gerald Mann cutting through the line in the first quarter one tackier is slipping off but Brombelow (big figure in the center) brought the Mustang captain down At the bottom Capt Blackie Williams of is shown trying a I ci if XT 1 a i 1 1 i i 1 1 i oi DLn tn nreaK arouna me nirni ena: ne was SDiueu oy xvuacn aiicr a snuri gain oir-tiii Battered Before 25500 4 i Attack IJY HARRY MOSES Staff Correspondent COLLEGE STATION Nov Texas University Longhorns were corrnled Thursday on Kyle Field by the Texas Aggies who rolled up a score of 28 points to the 7 of the visitors representing the second touchdown ever made by the Longhorns cn Kyle Field The other was made on a fumble several years ago Hunt the elusive back of the Aggies lived up to expectations and was the outstanding star of the annual Thanksgiving classic of the two state schools Second only to Hunt who played his final game today was Dor-sey the Fort Worth lad playing his first varsity season It was Dorsey who chalked up the first count after seven minutes of play when he caught a perfectly thrown pass from Hunt over his left shoulder and raced 32 yards for a touchdown Alsabrook former Cisco High School star classmate of Dorsey turned in a good game as did Burgess stellar line buster of the Farmers Ford in Drive The lone Texas score came in the fourth quarter after a relentless and at times brilliant drive down the field through Aggie territory that began on the Longhorn 40-yard line It was Ford who broke the Aggie line not once but several times in the advance of CO yards Joe King playing quarter and standing on the passing end of the Longhorn throws stood out best among the backs cf the university Acting in his seasonal capacity of waterboy for his teammates was liufus King captain of the Longhorns who has not played in a single game this season because of a scriru-mage injury that broke his jaw before the initial game On the side lines was another potential star Eddie Beular liey-xiolds end placed in for a short time BY NED RECORD Mustangs of gave a farewell Turkey Day feast to fonr their departing great ones Thursday at I when the last gun wan fired was on the best end of a 2 to score came out last at the the Frogs gnawing disconsolately tl the turkey neck while Jerry Mann Dog Dawson Tatum and Craig th quartet who played their la-- for enjoyed the white The Mustangs lashed to a fn uvr before a crowd of 15000 largest eve to see a football game in Fort AYoni fought hard gained 435 yards to 2T'i by from scrimmage but nor until the closing quarter could they put over touchdowns without the aid of breaks Both scores made by tha enemy in the first round were tho direct result of fumbles The quartet who ended their gridiron careers for the victors played sterling ball but it was Redman Hume who grabbed the hero honors for the afternoon Time and again he darted through holes skirted ends shaking-off Frog tacklers He wasn't the only Methodist back who Bhook off the grabbing hands of the enemy Ray Morrison promised some innovations for the game and one of them must have been a new system of hip swinging because never before this eeason have Frogs looked so poorly on tackle work While the Frog tackles were failing to hold was making their efforts count Two hard tackles caused two fumbles and two touchdowns in the first period Watters Recovers Fumble The first touchdown came in the first 00 seconds of play Morgan took the kickoff and was tackled on his 30-yard line He fumbled Watters fell on the ball On the very first play Mann ordered ona of those trick passes for which the Ponies are famed It went from Craig to Hume to Mann and put the ball on the Frog eight-yard line A couple of plays and Mann was over' Hume's toe added the extra point at it did on the next touchdown The Frogs came right back were moving the ball down the field when the second disastrous fumble occurred Toler had just made 16 Odie Thompson was gone for 10 then John Itoacli hit Toler who was carrying Tha ball was knocked loose by the fierce tackle Watters grabbed it up and dashed 40 yards for a score Capt Blackie Williams whose determined work on the field made him stand out for began firing passes A heave to Toler made a first down Another to Matthews put the ball on the Pony 40-yard line interfered with a 17 receiver on tlie next pass and though Love intercepted kept the ball on the enemy 36-yard mark Toler took another toss for a 30-yard gain Three tries on the line and Toler was over for the only TJ score CISCO STAR UNABLE TO PL A AG A INS! ABILENE Lobo Fans College Grid Results in spite of an injured tendon Jn nis lHee Injuries have dogged the Austin team all Eeason The Aggies were in perfect condition except for Brooks Conover who was unable to get into the game because of a broken hand 27000 Record Crowd The game was played before the largest crowd ever assembled ou Kyle Field The attendance was estimated at close to 27000 many unable to obtain tickets being let in on the side lines It was a colorful crowd and the Texas rooters seemed to get a "kick" out of the end runs and the tackle thrusts of the Aggie Btar Hunt who time after time brought the massed crowds to their feet as he stepped by tacklers in orange sweaters in a seemingly impossible manner The game was fast It was so ipen that practically all the plays tould be seen from beginning to end Once in the final period there was a "Texas fumble just behind the Aggie forward wall and the conglomeration of maroon and orange sweaters lett even those in the press box in doubt as to who recovered Even the side was unknown until the Aggies drew up in a huddle for the next play Three times during the game tne Longhorns made long advances down 'the field once they were stopped on downs on the Aggie 20-yard line once oh the nine-yard line and fourth down Ia pass over the goal line from King with a receiver was slapped Sown by Hunt and Burgess and on the other march they scored The Longhorns VinTm? whil the Aggies made only 10 but The play of the Farmers was supers and the final score of 28 to 7 represented an earned victory that brougnt lo College Station the Southwestern football "Prtn In addition to the passes and returned punts Hunt gained from 73 vards during the game and aVeA-ed 34 vards on his kicks m-Sfudfns two that were placed to out of bounds one of which was perfectly done to place the ball on the visitors' 9-vard line Burgess gained 31 yards rn r( fho hpst runs Randolph Downs Burleson 12-7 Kansas Grid Race Has 4-Way Tie the score "Ox" Higgins kicked goal Lineup A and Position Texas Sikes Rees Left end Lister Higgins Left tackle Holmes Sewell Left guard Bartlett McCullough SOUTHWEST 28 fi Texas A 28 Texas 7 Rite 19 Baylor 12 Wichita 13 Friends 0 Baker 14 Washburn 0 Utah University 9 Utah Agricul tural College 0 (tie) Chattanooga 29 Oglethorpe 0 Plan Pep Rally Center Florida 20 Washington and Lee 7 Penn Military College 13 St Johns 7 Figari Sprott Southwestern of Memphis 19 Mill- Petty Tigner Brown Wray King Rose Right guard Right tackle Right end Quarter Hunt Dorsey saps 6 Georgia 20 Alabama 6 Vanderbilt 26 Sewanee 6 Tennessee 20 Kentucky 0 Marquette 34 Iowa State 0 Emporia Teachers 0 College of Emporia 0 (tie) Pittsburg Teachers 14 Northeast Oklahoma Teachers 0 Wesley 33 Paris Junior 0 Hawaii 20 Occidental 0 Sul Boss 43 St Mary's 13 Trinity 18 Buena Vista 7 Henderson Brown 6 Ouachita 6 (tie) By Associated Press TOPEKA Nov 24 The annual Kansas Conference football race ended today with four undefeated schools Emporia Teachers College of Emporia Baker and Kansas Wesleyan tied for the 11)27 chiim-pionship Each team won six games and tied in a seventh The race in all probability was the last in the conference as it has been organized for a number of year with seven of the schools scheduled to withdraw to form a new athletic organization at the close of the present season The two Emporia schools ended the season today by playing to a scoreless tie Today was the first time in the history of the 35 encounters between the two colleges that one cr the other lias failed to emerge victor Baker closed its season here today by defeating Washburn 14 to 0 and Kansas Wesleyan trounced 5r Mary's on the latter's home fwld 20 to 0 to maintain its record of being the only one of the 17 members of the conference whose goal line was uncrossed this season Earlier in the season Baker and Kansas Wesleysn played to a scoreless tie Left half Alsabrook Boyles Right half Burgess Ford Fullback Substitutes A and Davis Mosher Ewell Varnell Rektorik Deffeback Richter and Wylie Texas Allen Reynolds Rhoads Wray and Beaty Those playing their final srame were Arkansas Tech 28 little Rock Col- Special to The Star-Telegram CISCO Nov Britt Pippen star pass receiver of the Cisco Loboes will not be able to start against the Abilene Eagles in the district championship game ITriday due to an injury to his head received in the game with Eastland it was learned here Friday Coach Chapman had much of his passing attack centered around the stellar player and he will be sorely missed However Coach Chapman continues to drill his men on the acriftl work with Little and Keyes half and quarter receiving the pigskin Practically all of the reserved seats alloted to Cisco have been sold and several hundred tickets for the special train have been disposed of The Lobo fans will hold a mammoth pep rally at Chesley Field here Thursday night It is being sponsored by the Cisco Lions Club Nebraska Beats New York 27-18 A and Sikes Lister Holmes Figari Sprott Hunt Mosher Deffe back Rektorik and Wylie Texas Higgins McCullough Kins It was lega 0 Mississippi College 12 Southern 0 Illinois College 34 Eureka College 0 South Dakota 22 Morningside 7 Knox 6 Monmouth St Thomas 0 St Mary's (Winona) 21 Kentucky Wesleyan 44 Transylvania 6 also the last year of Estes substitute Special to The Star-Telegram CISCO Nov 24 Randolph College Badgers crippled by the loss of Couch from their backfield took advantage of the breaks here Thursday afternoon and put over a 12 to 7 victory against Burleson College from Greenville But in doing' so they allowed their goal line to be crossed for the first time this season when Choate late in the game received a forward pass for 10 yards and then galloped 55 more for a touchdown The Badgers completed their first season under the leadership of Coach Monroe Sweeney undefeated The visitors presented a battling front that was almost wholly unexpected Two of the best ends seen on the local field this year were present in the persons of McGahaey fleet Indian and Campbell Captain Griffin at center was outstanding on both offense and defense Bird was the offensive marvel for the visitors running 20 to 40 yards at a clip and doing all the passing Waide was adept at receiving passes Randolph was able to push over a touchdown in the first few minutes ot play by straight football but from then on it was an even battle The remainder of the first half was a punting duel and the third quarter started out in like manner Finally Phillips recovered a fumble on the liurleso-n 15-yard line and Johnny Walker galloped the reniainiug distance to the goal Hue on the next play It was early in the fourth quarter that Choate made his spectacular run For Randolph Walker and Phillips were the outstanding offensive stars while Captain Mould en Ilia ton and Perdue were the chief pillars of defense Manley had a big day at center and intercepted two passes when Burleson was desperately attempting to put over another touchdown in the last period when a touchdown would have won the game MASONS ARE BEATEN ijongnorn uacK Bearkats Down Stephen Austin NACOGDOCHES Nov Before Matthews missed his attempted place-kick for the extra point Two Periods Scoreless There was no scoring in the second and third periods although several times threatended only to be rolled back ilso made several threats only to fail A pass Mann to Hooks to Roach for 15 started the Ponies on their way for their third marker Then Hume slipped off his left tackle for a first down putting the ball on the Christian six-yard line Love made four then Hume skirted his right flank for the touchdown Love's kick added the point Love intercepted a TJ pass shook off half a dozen tacklers to start the last touchdown on its way Elmo Johnson made five Redd passed to Hooks to put the ball on the six-yard line and from there Hooks took it over after Mann made four Love's toe manufactured tho extra point Two Opposed to Matthews Morrison had planned botli his C-fense 'and offense around Mann and Hume and always with Rags Matthews great TJ end in mind Rags had two men on him most of the afternoon when a play came his way it was headed by plenty of interference but he was in the entire game He kept up his record of not having missed a minute of rlay in a game this season The quartet of athletes playing their last were given great ovations by the east stands packed with TJ students and supporters when replaced by subs during the closing period Mann got the greatest players crowding around to claap his hands slap bis back as the crowded stands roared goodbye to one of the greatest ball players of all time in this conference Not all of the eight departing 0 players got into the fray Williams played all the way and seemed to be the only sure tackier on his team Nasty Clark and Albert Acker did not get in on account of injuries Parrish Melton Steadman gave their best What Rags and Blackie did has already been mentioned Roach Star for The outstanding line worker of the afternoon was John Roach Fort Worth boy whose work at tackle for stamps him one of the best He played a deadly game several times shooting through the Prog tine like a circus clown through a paper hoop to nail ball carriers for l'ng losses Lester Brumbelow played an outstanding game in the Frog line" Palmer who went into the game at center during the second period and Jake Williams also did well One of the most spectacular runs of the game and it was well filled with long dashes was made by Hume in the third He got away for a 53- CONTINUED ON PAGE 12) Kansas Wesleyan 20 St Mary's 0 University of Mississippi 20 Mississippi A 12 Howard 56 Miami 0 Grove City 18 Thiel 0 West Virginia Wesleyan 19 Marshall 0 Wyoming 27 Colorado Teachers fi Regis 14 Des Moines 0 Denver 47 Colorado 0 Catholic 27 George Washington 21 Hobart 33 Rochester 7 of Washington 7 of Oregon 0 Bethany 39 McPherson 0 St Ignatius College 31 Loyola of Los Angeles 7 Whitman CI Williamette 7 Parsons 12 Iowa Wesleyan fi Columbia 19 Luther 0 New Mexico Military Institute 10 New Mexico Aggies 6 Bucknell 46 Dickinson 0 Columbia 14 Syracuse 7 Penn 35 Cornell 0 Haskell Indians 6 St Xavier 6 (tie) University of Detroit 38 South Dakota State Virginia Military Institute 12 Vir-ginw Polytechnic Institute 9 Miami University 17 University of Cincinnati 14 North Carolina 14 Girinia 13 Duke 48 Davidson 7 Pittsburgh 30 Penn State 0 North Carolina State 84 South Carolina f- Johns Hopkins 14 Maryland IS Bucknell 39 Ducktnson Washington and Jefferson 6 West Vireinia 6 (tie) Missouri 20 Oklahoma 7 Oklahoma Aggies 25 Kansas Aggies 18 North Dakota Aggies 21 De Pauw fi Mount Union 37 Baldwin Wallace 6 Hillsboro Juniors 12 Weatherford 2 Trinity 37 North Texas Teachers Sam Houston Teachers 6 Stephen Austin 0 Simmons 3 Howard Payne 0 Canyon Teachers 12 Texas Tech 9 John Tarleton 18 A 7 Abilene Christian 6 Daniel Baker St Edwards 12 San Marcos 7 McMurry 40 East Texas Teachers 0 Centenary 59 Louisville 2 Randolph 12 Burleson 7 Washington 21 St Louis 0 Catholic IT 27 George Washington 21 Mereer 34 Lake Forest William and Mary 0 University cf Richmond (tie) Nebraska 27 New York 18 Furman 28 Clemson 0 Sterling 13 St Benedict 0 Tulane 13 Louisiana State fi Georgia Tech 18 Auburn 0 Davis Elk ins" 12 John Carroll Southwestern 28 St John 3 a crowd of 3000 people Sam Hous ton teachers College beat Stephen Austin College 6 to 0 in hard- i fought contest Thursday it was tbe largest Thanksgiving crowd ever assembled on Birdwell Field from scrimmage i of the game was made by Dorsey who slipped through right tackle in the first quarter and without interference raced like mad for 34 yards before being thrown The Longhorns used the pass fre-ctiently especially in the final period when they made desperate attempts to score again and several were ex-cuted for long and telling gams it beiTi" a combination of passes hurled by King and line smashes that brought their score Dorsey Scores First They intercepted two Aggie passes while the Farmers got five intended for oraDge sweatered receivers One was taken in by Dorsey with his left hand and almost impossibly held Dorsey made the first Aggie score and less than 10 minutes later in the first period Hunt passed to Sikes to the 21-yard line of the visitors and then passed on the next play to Alsabrook who went over for the score iTlie third score which came in the second quarter was easily made on a pass hurled by Hunt to Petty who stepped acrosa the goal line at the corner of the field Hunt and Alsabrook put up a passing exhibition to place the ball within scoring distance in the fourth period and Hunt crossed the line in a right tackle thrust a play that was responsible for many Aggie gains Longhorns Cross Line Here is the way the Longhorns scored beginning on their 40-yard line Ford passed to "Potsy" Allen who made SO yards and then the combination was-repeated for 9 yards Ford Bade first down through center King kit right guard for 8 yards putting the ball on the Aggie 10-yard line after a short Longhorn gain through MINERAL WELLS BOWS TO WEATHERFORD HIGH By Associated Press MEMORIAL STADIUM LINCOLN Neb Nov 24 Using a flashing driving attack interspersed with brilliant aerial jabs the Nebraska Cornhuskers turned back the New York University Violet crew 27 to IS in a savagely fought game before a crowd of 30000 persons here today Presnell and Howell who bore the brunt of Nebraska's aerial attack charged the New York embattlements and skirted its flanks while the aerial thrusts pushed the New York secondary defense back New York fought viciously and came within one point of tying the 6core in the third period but a safety and a flashy touchdown in the final period gave Nebraska a decisive margin in the scoring WEATHER FORD Nov 24 The Weatherford High School Kangaroos wiped the slate for the past fire years HI SCHOOL RESULTS Clyde 33 Baird 0 Gainesville 20 Denton 9 Cleburne 20 Waxahaehie 6 Haskell 12 De Leon 0 Banger 7 Breckenridge 0 Paris 39 Commerce 26 Weatherford 81 Mineral WTells 0 Sherman 97 Masonic Home (Fort Worth) 19 Strawn 14 Seymour 12 Robstown 6 Corpus Christ! 0 Bonham 14 Honey Grove 13 Slafon 14 Floydada Comanche 0 Rising Star 0 (tie) Roby 74 Monday 7' San Angebo 45 Brownwood 0 Midland 12 Pecos 6 Paducah 33 Crowell 0 Athens 20 Marshall 0 Graham 19 Olney 0 Amarillo 22 Wichita Falls 6 Colorado 31 Stamford 0 Greenville 12 Me Kinney 0 Cross Plains 19 Moran 6 Electra 24 Plain view SAINTS GET WIN OVER BOBCATS 12-7 SAN MARCOS Nov The fnints defeated the Bobcats here Thanksgiving 12 to 7 The game was the best seen on the local gridiron this season with the Bobcats holding their own throughout the game until the last five minutes Vance Vest Brannum and Hopper starred for the Bobcats while Stevens Kilday and Dyer played best for the Sainta i clean here Thursday afternoon when McMurry Indians Trample Lions40-9 COMMERCE Nov 24 Flashing one of the fastest brands of football seen here this season the Indians from McMurry College at Abilene won the Turkey Day game over the Lions of East Texas State Taaehers by a 40 to 0 score The Indians rolled up seven points in the first three minutes of the game with Hale fullback carrying the ball over Six touchdowns and 13 first downs and four extra points by kicking over the goal line was McMurry 'a record with Hale Tharp Miller Mitchell Patterson and Pooh' each making a touchdown Hale raced 50 yards for the third touchdown Myrick halfback for the Lions played wonderful ball all through the game which was witnessed by a good crowd Tom Sarcy pep leader for the Lions was carried off the field on a stretcher at the end of the firat half presumably overcome from exertion Sauers Pint Texan LOS ANGELES Nov Pete Sauers Nebraska heavyweight wrestler employed an effective reverse headlock here Wednesday night to throw Paul Jones of Houston in one hour and 37 minutes for the only fall of a two-hour match SHERMAN Nov The Masonic Home team from Fort Worth lost to I HASKELL IS WINNER IN SECTION TITLE FRAY 3 they overwhelmed the Mineral Wells Mountaineers by 31 to 0 It was the first time that the locals have won since 1921 Prior to 1921 the Kangaroos had an unbroken string of 11 victories That year the Mountaineers reversed form and have had the Kangaroos licked to a finish every year until Thursday Two thousand saw the game 500 or more coming from Mineral Wells Tar-brough fullback and Cogburn quarter were the outstanding figures in the game with Duncan halfback a close third In fact Duncan's interception of a forward pass and end run for touchd wn in the last few moments of play was one cf the features of the game the Sherman High School Bearcats here Thursday afternoon 97 to 10 The Bearcats made long gains through the Fort Worth team time and again Gun playing left half for the Masonic Home team was one of the outstanding stars of the game He scored the three touchdowns for his team In the last feV minutes of play Gun received the ball on a kickoff and raced 85 yards for a touchdown The second touchdown for the Masons resulted from a pass Reece to Caven-der for 50 yards and placing the ball on the one-yard line Gun carried the ball over on the third down Coach Smith used every member of the Bearcat team during the game the line King made five through the came Aggie line and then the Maroon DE LEON Nov 24 Tke district football contest between De Leon and Haskell here Thursday afternoon resulted in a 12 to 0 victory for Haskell It gives the district championship to the western nortion of district team called tim and held a huddle conference behind the goal line After holding Ford for a one-yard three class Sweetwater and Haskell will play the chamrdonshm gala and with only one-half yard to go Ford repeated through the line for for district honors I.

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