The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-11-09
TRINITY TEAM WAS OUTCLAssEO
Texas Christian University Eleven
Piles Up Score Of % Points.

L. two weeks ago to a II to 10
score. were drubbed numerically on
the T. G. L. gridiron Saturday after
noon, the result being % to 0. Only
in the last five minutes of play We're
the visitors in striking distance of
the T. c. u goal, when McCollum.
the big left half for Trinity, advanc-
ed the pigskin to T. G. Us five yard
line, to be held for downs.
The day was too hot for football,
and owing to the counter attractions
the crowd was not so large as usual,
but the exhibition was splendid
from start to finish and the locals
showed lots of ability in the great
college sport. Work in the open
field gave opportunity for the stars
! to do stunts, and sensational runs
and forward passes with results that
counted abounded in the program OF
the contest The eTrinity-sbo boys had
far the heaviest line. Deartngs In
right tackle being c1assed as a full
heavy weight.
T. c. U. kicked off in the first half
and after eight minutes of play
Massie covered the pigskin on Per-
kins' punt on Trinity's two yard line.
Billingsley crossed on the next down
for a touchdown. Massie kicked goal.
There was no more scoring the first
half, the ball being in the middle OF
the field in Trinitys possession when
the whistle blew The visitors had
tried line .,plunging as their chief
weapon and were held time and
again by the T. c. u. linesmen, who
suffered by the disparity III weight,
but who seemed to overcome it.
In the second half Perkins re-
ceived Trinity's punt and advanced
forty yeards behind splendid inter-
ference, conducted chiefly, by Wake
field. Trinity made the first down
once and were held then for downs.
A trick play enabled Perkins to make
a good gain and he added more than
thirty yeards by quarterback run,
reaching Trinity's seven yard hne.
There T. C. y. lost the ball Trinity
was forced to kick and lost the ball
on the same spot. Wright went
through four yards for the second
touchdown. Massie kicked goal.
!. .Score,al2 too. MAssia's next boDtine
| feat was a place kick from the
twenty-five yard line, increasing the
score to 16. Baldwin's eighty yard
! run on the forward pass from Per-
kins for touchdown was the most
sensational stunt of the afternoon
and the college enthusiasm swelled
to demonstration when he drew up
/ behind Trinity goal posts.
At the end of the second half six
substitutes were playing in T. c. U.
dMniform and Captain Thomas was
Iout of the game to start with.
| For the visitors McCollum easily
held honors as the chief ground
4 gamer, and had he not been so ex-
lhausted Fby constant play, the Trini-
| ty boys might have broken their
| goOse-egg on the occasion referred
to in the beginning, when the visitors
| were in close proximity to T. c. U. 8
| goal Glenn, right end. and Berry
captain and center, were among their
star performers.
/ Perkins, who started out in bad
form and who throughout the game
was handicapped by weak ankle.
pulled of stunts in the last half that
made the plucky little quarter q
gridiron hero. Billinesley's . all
round work was probably the. best
individual work Of the game, knight
was at the tackle every time and ad
Ivanced on the forward pass for good
gains. Fuzzy Baldwin featured ii
his eighty yard run for touchdown
after replacing Wakefield. The latter
deserves part of the glory OF the vic
tory for splendid Interference ane
tackles. Waco Times-Herald.