San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07
Brilliant Quarterback
Rings Around Heavie
Il Texas Team.
HIGH FIGHTS HARD
Colegians- Barely Pl1
Over Doubtful Tout
down After Man Tries.


the opening of its football seaqQu
Schwab Field Saturday aftetnS
with the annual ceremony OF hand
the University of Texas varsity Ill
bles. the "Shorthorns," a sound ID
bling. The score this time was ~
G. three touchdowns and an ex
point after the last one, against
doubtful touchdown for the h>a!
collegians. Texas scored on 4
which landed inches from the q
chalk mark on fourth down and, 81
being ruled short, was allowed . tuu
down. following a conference Of
ficials, on the grounds that 1t n
across when the whistle was bio3|
and was showed back by the Brack<|
ridge defense. -. 3
Captain "Pinkey" whitney. h5'|
school quarterback, led scrapp3|
combination 10 a remarkable eaEI|
season victory before crowd II
filled the side stands and totalled abo|
$50 people.
Whitney. with a hard-tackling Oh
ii to help him. made the Texas Dol
look rather bad. Several times
carrying the ball he ran away fro|
men who should have tackled hill
sidestepping them, shaking them q
or outrunning them. And his decej
ton plays worked perfectly. The ID
ers were easily 5efuddled and th1
lacked a guiding spirit on the Offend
The result was inevitable.
No Scores i'm First.
The first quarter was scoreless an
fought largely in midfield. Near Il
end of the second period. Whitn<
took a Texas punt and slipped pa
several tacklers for eight yards to n
own 45-yard line. Breckenridge th<
demonstrated its punch by a sustai11
drive that carried them 90 yards~witI
out the loss of the ball to touchaoul
Four first downs and the goaf- WEI
made in this brilliant march ths
Whitney conducted and dominated Z
all times. Whitney himself cerrle
the ball over on an end run. Ro1r
was missed when Texas blocked Will
ney's dropkick. II
Early in the third quarter, Stanie'
Jacobs, snappy youngster substitu'
ing for Whitney-not possibility z
Whitney's successor next year, how
ever, for he is a senior at Bracket
ridge-fired a 30-yard pass that liked
Davis took out of crowd and car
ried 0 few yards to the goal-life TO
the second touchdown. Goal va
missed.
Fight Inside Ten-yard Line.
Breckenridge was pushed back afte
Texas recovered fumbled punt i
the last minutes of the third quartz
but got the ball on downs tweiv
yards from their goal. They wer
forced to punt and Renfro's boot wen
out of bounds at the 30-yard mari
Texas made first down on the 20yar
line N three plays in which the team
piled high as they banged tosethel
Two short gains and an offside pc
atty against high school gave the Wis
tors another first down on the ter
yard line.
The line was bucked three times
two yards. two yards and no. gair
Breckenridge held on their one-yar
line and took the ball.
The pass from center was bad an
Whitney was prevented from puntinz
but he outran the Shorthorn team an
prevented safety by reaching his oul
two-yard mark before he was tackles
Then he punted out of bounds at tn
twenty-yard line.
Pratt tore off Texas longest singl
gain, sixteen yards around tn
Breckenridge left end. for first dow
four yards from goal. Renfre 80
the ball-carrier for a slight loss o
the next play. Two yards wer
picked up on the second down. Nasse
stopped the third one with a yar
advance.
Then Avery blindly chucked shor
pass into mass OF struggling hu
mainly and it happened TO land II
Harris arms. Breckenridge dcwne'
him but he fell inches across the goa
for a touchdown. Hart foozled tn
attempted drop-kick, making the scor
l. to 6.
Worcester q Star.
Coach Kilgore uncovered ne'
backfield star moment later 4
George Worcester. The Texas. kick
off was fumbled and the Shorohorn
recovered on the locals 32-yard mari
A line buck and a pass failed "a gain
Then Worcester intercepted an aeria
aud fought his way twelve yaris u
the sideline. Brackenridge punsed bu
both teams were offside. Wbitne
changed his tune when the bah wa
brought back and galloped around en-
for eleven yards and first down. Tex
as finally took the bali on downs a
the J0-yard line. Three passes ~er
grounded and an end run got tw'
wards so that the ball went to Bracken
ridge again.
Nerceter slammed the line for /
couple Of material, gains bat Hlel
School was forced TO punt sgaip sits
losing ten yards when Texas cOTere'
everybody anc whitney found 10 pass
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