Fort Worth Star-Telegram from Fort Worth, Texas • 21

1 9 SMITH'S LONG GALLOP CHILLS SMU 25 20 Aggies Stun Ponies Wiih Land Power 0Wt AT A CLAMS BY LORIN McMlLLEN Irirtna ImtU Writer WACO Nov Bobby Dillon's 84-yard punt return for a touchdown in the last six minutes thwarted game-and-sur-prising Baylor here Saturday and squeezed through University of Texas 13-point favorite to a 27-20 victory CI AT A GUXfL BAYLOR 1A Strat Daaaa IS TarAa Gala Eaahia ICS GalneA raaataf ISS ru nmvlrtf 14 af 77 It was an electrifying turn for 35 000 shivering spectators in the 50-degree weather They had seen Intrrrrptrd ef 1 7A a tor SAA 4 Jar AS Panta Ma- TAcr Pmaltiaa Ma TA 4 far SA With six and one-half minutes to play the Bears wound up for their drive Texas too benefited from some firing up here rushed in offensive specialists Lewis (Bud) McFadin and big Ken Jackson in the hope of slackening that ferocious Bear charge Two Baylor line plays made only a yard and I shell's effort on a screen pass was "smeared Jackson almost intercepting the desperate last second throw That forced Baylor to kick Isbell the Southwest Conference's leading punter and a "coffin-corner" marksman as well appeared to be aiming for a maximum-distance out-of-bounds shot to the left which was the close side Perhaps he made it "too good" For instead of crossing the boundary well in front of the deeply-placed safety man it sailed high and fancy well ahead of Baylor's hurrying linesmen and straight into the arms of Dillon" not more than three or four steps from the sideline That made the conditions ideal: Dillon had running room for his start from the 16 the pack was bearing down toward the side line and the tall 180-pound junior from Temple simply dug in going the other way Running almost laterally toward his left sideline Dillon saw the Bears begin to tumble as Don Menasco Gib Dawson and big Bill Wilson disposed of the early threats Then Dillon "turned the corner" and headed tip field It looked promising in the fisst 10 yards and after he'd traveled 25 paces the touchdown seemed almost certain McFadin removed any doubt about it at the 50 where he blocked in the last man Isbell Dillon trotted the last 25 yards for all the near Bears were down and the "track" behind him all the way down the sideline still was littered Not a hand had touched him for all the 84 yards That won the ball game and stunned the spectators who had sensed the Baylor rise and envisioned the Bears springing their desperately de- sired upset over the conference's powerhouse That would have been no fluke nor an injustice Bavlor ended the day with 18 first downs to Texas' 10 with 325 yards advanced against 171 for the opponents Isbell had been hurried but not punished as he connected for 14 of 26 passes good for 163 yards and two touchdowns Baylor's quick and agile linesmen had done a remarkable job on the Texas forwards who choked Arkansas Rice and SMU Traps aided by Isbell's faking and sudden crisp blocking by Bryca Reid Steve Dowden and Walter Bates wrought havoc a It was one of the few times in recent vearg that Texas had taken a statistical beating Thus a Baylor victory or a tie would have been a perfectly legitimate conclusion Except for that perfectly-executed punt return Baylor wasn't quite through at that With five minutes and 11 seconds left the Bears took the kickoff and marched 27 yards before losing the ball as Texas intercepted an Isbell pass Turn to Ionghorns on Page 4 the teams exchange touchdowns as a result of fumbles in the first quarter and then sat back convinced of the inevitable as Texas rolled to a 20-7 lead early in the second half The confidence was misplaced Or perhaps it was Baylor that was grossly underestimated For those Bears went to work With their quarterback magician Larry Isbell passing accurately and faking superbly while effectively mixing the runs of James Parker Richard Parma and James Jeffrey the green-shirted Baylor forces teed off on drives of 84 and 80 yards for touchdowns late in the third and early in the fourth quarters When Henry Dickerson missed the conversion that would have put the Baptists ahead they still had fire and fight and that upset look in their eyes after the kickoff They smeared three Texas plays and forced Bill Porter to make his 52-yard kick to Parker who returned to the Baylor 37 Star TrieArurn Stuff Photo RET BEBaitATf MR Isbell Baylor's quarterback fights for six yards before running into Texas' Don Me-nasco foreground in second period of Waco game Ml Tata 6um4 ImImi tss St YarAa Oafsa PanlAA aS ft Hmi CiaraAM ii sa 9 a 1 TAaa far AAA 1 fa 1 Am A far BY FLCM BALL Star TrWraa Avar Wrtttr DALLAS Nov Robert Smith an indomitable young man who combine in his 185-pound body the characteristics of a tractor and a hot-rod with overdrive led Texan to a hair-raising- breathtaking 25-20 victory over fabulous SMU here this bright 40-degree Saturday afternoon If you weren't one of the 76000 spectators who shivered on the shelves of the Cotton Bow! you'll nevTr know all that happened never appreciate the drama that waa packed into the final quarter of a football game which could be heard as well as seen Words fail to jrive more than a sketchy outline of the brilliant (and brutal) assaults that see-sawed the lead in the frantic final i minutes A great deal went before and you'll be informed about it in due time but the ball game was actually decided in the last four and half minutes of play The score at that point was AAM 19 Sift 13 SMU had the ball first down following a punt on the Mustang 45 yard line In came Fred Benners The great passer had been in before Repeatedly he had hit some shots but three timea his efforts had been chilled by Aggie interceptions This time he faked a handoff danced away from the only two rushers who came forward and launched a prodigious spiral Ben White cutting across from his right end post took the ball out of the finger tips of an Aggie on the fire-yard line and went acrosa for the touchdown that put SMU ahead There were now less than four minutes to play The Aggies received the kick-off and returned it to the AAM 17 On the very first play Smith who had already heroed all over the plare for two hours took a handoff from Quarterback Del-mar Sikes and started on a run that was destined to make history Rob headed wide to his right cut inside the SMU left end who had been blocked Rob's spring-ateel legs churned and he clapped thumped battered and bulled his way through a bevy of would be tacklers Somewhere around midfield it looked as if Bill Richards of the Mustangs had him locked in a firm grip around the knees but Smith wasn't through As he continued to twist and turn and thrash about he faked a lateral Richards half fooled and half shaken loose slipped off Smith was off and running again But he wasn't clear He had to cut and swerve and change pace but always he moved forward Suddenly he was open Then he turned on the speed and finished the 73-yard gallop on his feet and across the goal line Darrow Hooper missed the con-Turn to Aggies oa Page 6 "itii 3 tv I Fort Worth Star-Telegram1 I HhK '-SelSCV ::1 November 12 1950 Sec 2 PAGE 1 RTW! V- '--v 8tar-Telfram Stuff Phtlo by Al MVZIRA Kiown br rtnrhv riylnr Serrlca Baylor sent seven to defend The player getting in final block for Tompkins is Gib Dawson he caught the ball Note that Texas sent only two other receivers down on the play and that the first quarter of the game at Waco Saturday Levine stepped out of bounds on the Bear 12 as ON TARGET! Ben Tompkins Texas quarterback finds Lew Levine with a 16 yard pass in IP KANSAS 33-1 3 SOOHERS GAMS AT A OUkHCt OKLAHOMA KANSAS IS Fra4 Daaraa SSS TarAa OalnaA aaahiac Ml 1 TarAa GalnaS FaaalaA ISA af 17 Taaaaa CaaaaAaiaS a latrrrratrA At 1 far at Fan to Wa Ar 1A far a rcaalUaa TataJ TAcr IS apparent defeat in the first three quarters and for five min Then the Oklahomans struck viciously to bring themselves a decisive triumph and the longest victory string for a major college team in modern times The Sooners coughed up the ball four Umes and lost it once on a pass interception while on the attack in the first half Kansas led 7-0 after -two quarter Turn to Sooners Win on Page 2 LAWRENCE Kan Nov 11 Butterfingered Oklahoma recovered its poise and blasted Kansas for four fourth-quarter touchdowns Saturday smothering the hawkers 33 13 and running its record victory string to 28 straight football games A crowd of 39000 fans watched in 45-deree weather as the Sooners fumbled themselves into utes of the final period TOP TEN' RESULTS California made the biggest splash Saturday among the teams rated as the "top 10" by Associated Press sports writers at the beginning of the week One of the highly rated elevens Southern Methodist lost and another Miami was tied Ohio State and Oklahoma had difficulty in scoring victories How the "top 10" fared: 1 ARMY coasted past weak New Mexico 51-0 2 OHIO STATE had a narrow squeak against a Western Conference opponent Wisconsin 19-14 3 OKLAHOMA trailed through three quarters before rallying to swamp Kansas with four late touchdowns 33-13 4 TEXAS needed an 84-yard punt return in the fourth quarter to beat Baylor 27 -20 6 ALIFORNIA slaughtered UCLA 354) 7 SOUTHERN METHODIST lost a thrilling scoring duel to Texas 2V20 8 PRINCETON won over Harvard 63 26 8 MIAMI was tied by little Louisville 13-13 in a Friday night game ijf JL mm it gssssi -4 fa'IT- -''p aW jajaa8 is ILLINOIS won over Ic 21-7 lfttllIIII4llll(liIUItltlllltl INSIDE rHP 'r BBaABBkslBBk Hr Ha HhI PSipr jK AWBav aa Hlf On inside pages of today Star-Telegram sports senior yon will find Dressing ro terviews and individual statistics on the Texas Baylor game i Page 4 Dressing room interview with Texas players and coaches and individual statistics on the Aggie-SMU game Page 6 Dressing room interview with the SMU Mustangs and their coaches on Page 7 Complete results or Saturday college geme on Pa 2 ttlIMltllIMIMt lHIHMIttl1Mtt1 atAif Photo AT H0 MASZ10TT4 WHAM! Bob Smath the masked Aggie fullback who rambled for two kmg touchdown nm against SMU Saturday lays a stiff arm on an SMU tackier a he starts a seven-yard second penod jaunt Dick Hightower (51) finally brought him down aaar-Talaai 9tf Risra Ml the first quarter at the Cotton Bowl Pome are Coiiier (72) and BmI Rippejr AGGIE SPEED Glenn Lippman Aggie halfback flashes around end for in 18-yard pickup against Pursuing.