Evening star., 1927-11-30
MANN NOW HAILED
AS GREAT QUARTER
S. NJ. U. Star Considered OF
AH-America CaIiber.
Teams Strong.
BY w. w, ROPER.
Inious Foot Ball Authority and Princeton
Coach

% HE growth of foot ball and the
excellence of teams in all
parts of the country are
Il shown in a report one of my
scouts sends me from the
Southwest.
AS we have heard little of this Sec
tion. 1 believe publication of the facts
will do much to open the eyes Of those
in regions where foot ball is older.
This is the report as it comes to me:
Fans and officials of the South
western Conference are rejoicing over
the most successful season in the
loops history, and the opinion is
unanimous that the section has one
star who deserves serious considera-
tion for the first all-America eleven.
He came into prominence a year
ago when at least half a dozen ma
tionally prominent authorities placed
him at quarterback on their third all
America. He is Gerald Mann, captain
of the Southern Methodist University
Mustangs" of Dallas. His 1927 per-
formance completely eclipsed his work
of the previous year. He has proved
at least 80 per cent better all.
round player than he did in his second
year on the varsity. All who have
seen him regard him as player who
deserves a real chance for the first
all.America team.
"As a field general his work has
been uncanny. His coach was Ray
Morrison, who himself still is talked
about as the greatest quarterback
ever turned out of the South. Nor
rison played at Vanderbilt.
"Greatest Player i'm Southwest"
"Joe Utay, head of the Southwest
ern board of officials, refers to Mann
as the greatest foot ball player ever
to don a moleskin in the Southwest.
Ctay has seen every team in the
Southwestern Conference play at
least two games this year. He has
seen Vanderbilt, Missouri, Millsaps,
Southern Birmingham and several
other outside eleyens, and declares
that of all the players he has
watched in action this season Mann is
his first choice for the all-America.
aside from the development of
this star, the outstanding feature of
the Fall in the Southwestern terri
tory was the excellent showing of
Southwestern Conference teams
against outside opposition. They had
a clean slate in engagements against
ence opponents. And the Missouri
Valley held the Big Ten on even
terms.
1.-The first 70 the intersectional COM
bats saw Texas A. and M. turn in an
1S-to-0 triumph over Sewanee. A
week later University of Texas thrust
the Southwestern standard higher by
an impressive 13-to-6 win over Wander
bilt. Then came Missouri, the team
which had beaten the Nebraska Corn
huskers, and which two weeks later
took the measure of Northwestern.
Outweighing the Southern Methodists
many pounds. and touted as the great
est eleven Missouri ever produced, the
Tigers bowed to the Southern Metho-
diSts by the score of 32 to 9. Mann
was the big show
More glory came for the South
western Conference when the Uni
versity of Texas scored its second in
tersectional triumph by routing the
Kansas Aggies IL to Z, and Arkansas
took care of the Oklahoma Aggies,
33 to TO-
Attendance marks have been en-
couraging in the Southwest All
games have drawn well. S. NJ U. has
had its new stadium. seating $4,000,
filled twice. A and Ms new bowl was
dedicated and filled. T. C. u. had to
increase it's seating capacity to ac.
commodate the crowds, and Texas
Memorial Stadium, at Austin, has had
comparatively few vacant seats. It
holds 10000 persons.
Conference Well Balanced.
''The conference is well balanced.
This is shown by the fact that no team
was able to advance to it's last game
without at least a tie.
The Standard of foot ball in the
Southwest is generally conceded to be
better than in any previous year.
Each team has its stars A close Sec
ond to Mann at S. M. u. is Redman
Hume, halfback. He will be back
next year, and If he continues to inn.
prove he promises to be the South.
vests ranking star Of 1928.
"A. and M. boasts fine players in
Joel Hunt. quarterback: Skies. end:
Bartlett, center, and Lister and Sprott,
tackles.
Texas best are Ok Higgins, tackle:
Leo Baldwin, end, and Eddie Buelar,
quarterback.
In Rags Matthews, T. G. U. boasts
the greatest offensive and defensive
end the Southwest has seen in years.
Arkansas pride is Cole, shifty half.
back. Weir Washam, quarterback. is
Baylor's mainstay, while Rice offers
Comstock, center.
Down at Shreveport, Centenary. an
ut-of-the-conference crew, boasts two
stars. One is f1rst-year man.
Hanna, halfback. who has starred
in every game. The other is a 220.
pound Indian. Jennings, who plays
end
"The Southwestern Conference is
rapidly coming into national recogni.
tion. This is shown by the fact that
the Southern Methodists appear on
Army's schedule at West Point ne xt
Fall"
tCopyright 1877