Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-11
10000 FANS
SEEFARMERS
UPSET S. N. u.
Z~arafonetis' Try For
Winning Point In
Closing Play Goes
Wide By Inches

DALLAS. Nov. lO.-(P-Twenty-
one thousand persons. the greatest
sports assemblage in Dallas history,
saw The fighting Texas Aggies come
IRON behind in the fleeing minutes
81 play today and put across the
touchdown that gave them n 10 TO 10
tfNith the Southern Methodist Uni
terity Mustangs. undefeated rulers
o. the Southwest Conference.
slightly less than ten minutes of
pay remained when the break came
,,nat enabled the gridsters from Col
seee station to Il the tying tally.
cammy Reed. substitute Mustang
quarterback, took too much time in
getting off a punt deep in his own
territory. and Cuthrell, husky sub
ttltute Aggie tackle, blocked the
boot. Ross Love recovered on Che
Mustangs seven-yard strip but the
oval went 10 the farmers as the kicE
vas on fourth down.
Misses Winning Kick
inree running plays picked up
only as many yards and the maroon
Jerseys still had four PAGES to make
on last down. As the stands, in a
state bordering on hysteria. held
Their collective breath Mills dropped
back and flipped a pass over the line
TO Z~srafonetis.
That tied IL. With victory depend
ing on the accuracy of his toe, lara
fonetis' try for point from place
nent barely went wide of the up
rights. Thus the Ponies. doped to
min hy ~ pno~. - 49,. 1..Ll,,,-
were downright lucky to salvage a
tie from the encounter.
With Redman Hume. its quarter
back and ace. scorik threat on the
sideline with an injured ankle. 5. NJ.
u. lacked the spark that carried
them TO previous victories and they
were fought to a FRAGILE BY a set Of
Aggies that didn't know when they
we're beaten.
Mustangs Fail to Click
From the opening minute Of play
until the final "a sounded to let
200 Aggie rooters swarm upon the
field to celebrate their "moral vic
tory the Mustangs appeared strong
er more versatile than their deter
mined opponents. but they simply
didn't click when clicking meant
touchdowns. They compiled % first
downs TO seven for the Aggies and
gained 2S7 yards from ScTimmage
against ~ for the Biblemen. but IN
the final analysis they score just as
many t~ouchdowns and kicked just As
many goals.
The AEEies were primed for the
conference leaders, no doubt of that.
With Davis on the passing end. they
employed rs aerial attack that ap-
parently took the Ponies by surprise
and il vas by this route. supposed
10 be the chief forte of the Mus
tsngs. that they pulled the game gu
Of the fire.
Almost before the surprised Ponies
knew what il was all about their adj
versaries had rushed across a touch
down. Dorsey, taking the kickoff
Enabled through the Mustang ranks
10 the Methodists' 3S-yard line be-
fore he was dragged yards and on
the next play Davis shot n beautiful
pass 20 Alsabrook almost on the goal
line. Not a Mustang touched him.
Zarafonetis booted goal from place
ment.
1913 at Half
The Ponies came back before the
ouarter ended 10 march from their
own 45-yard line straight down the
field and across the Aggies' goal on
straight football. Only one short
PASS was completed IN their march.
Love finally went over from the two
yard line. His try for point went
awry.
A tremendous 40-yard pass from
Reed TO Trigg ave the Mustangs
another touchdown in the middle Of
the second period and they made i
n 10 Z when Love kicked goal. An
other heave. Reed TO Love. had gain
Cd II yards just pre- .ously.
Then the Aggies. yet %undaunte6
turned to the air again to score just
before the half. After a pretty
srArt by Dorsey and a l4-yard pass.
nsTis 10 Petty. had placed the oval
on the Mustang 20-yard line. Davis
sho. another one over the goal line
and Conover plucked 10 out Of the
Ar amid a cluster or Ponies. Try
Sor point was blocked and the half
ended 1913.
Long Dash by Sub
Louie Long, a substitute PonS
..S scored his teams third and final
I~buchdown in the third period on one
% the prettiest plays of the game.
Standing on the 50-yard marker Reed
,n.sed a short pass to long over near
.hs sideline. Starting with tacklers
IN around him. long twisted and
~ruirmed his way through n mae