Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-24
STEERS climb
TO TITLE Was
HARD BATTLE
Despite Up and Down
Trend of Fortune,
Season Was Most
Successful of u.
By MALyIN MONTGOMERY

and Overwhelming discouragcmchts
to come through ID all and take the
championship. . In spite Of two ce-
feated, the season was prominently |
a successful one, and the closing
game drew the greatest crowd ever
TO see a game IN Dixie.
The University Of Texas Steers IN
the n~on-cDnfereHce schedule won two
games and lost one, while their con |
ference record shows five victories
and one defeat, for the best record
in the conference. Total scores for
the season show that Texas marked
up l23 points, while her opponents
we're making 81.
ID was a great team even as Texas
teams 70, and not a few names we're
added to the list in the Longhorn hall
Of fame. King left his name bril-
Iiantly illuminated, as did Hughes,
Baldwin, Ford. Sewell and others car
rying the colors OF the Orange and
White for the last time. New names
came into prominence-Shelley. Beu-
lar, Perkins and n score Of others.
Open on -. Edwards
The st. Edwards Saints from
across the river opened the season
for the Longhorns. They kept the
steers guessing in the first quarter
with fake line plays and surprise at
tacks but never made a serious
Unrest Of scoring. King started the
fireworks for the season when he
dived across the goal line in the sec
ond quarter. Wilbanks made one
counter, while Shelley contributed
three, the high scoring record for the
season on the LonghOrn squad. Inc
final score was 800.
The Texas Tech Matadors sprang
a surprise by holding the Longhorns
scorelcss in the first half, but King
BaldWin-Shelley, me-, we're not TO be
denied, and two ~touchdownS IN the
third quarter closed operations at
1910 for Texas.
When the Steers met the Wander
Bit Commodores IN Dallas on October
rs. they went down by a margin Of
one point before the %plunging and
passing Of tho Nandy backs. The
Dommodores scored twice IN the FIRST
quarter and made one Of the extra
points, the point which decided the
contest, for Texas came back with
two markers in the second period but
failed to kick either goal. Both
teams went scorcless III the last nall.
Mac Burnett Shines
Too much Mac Burnett IN the way.
with quite n quantity or King and
Beular, accounted for the POI score
handed the Arkassas Razorbacks IN
the Steers first conference game for
the season. The Hogs led ut the half
Z TO 4, but the Longhorns pulled out
IN the third quarter with touchdowns
by Hughes and King.
II was a very greatly surprised
herd Of Steers that found itself on
the small end Of a Go tabulation a
few minutes before the end OF the
TeNas-Rice clash in Houston. The
Owls had swept the ~Longhorns off
their feet with a brilliant triple-pass
attack which accounted for their coun-
ter. However. Big Leo Baldwin rose
10 the occasion with a series Of line
plunges and the ssore az the first gun
favored the Steers by one point. Wild
Bill Ford and Eddie Beular got to
-ether IN the third quarter and the
score became 1876 hv the time the
gun in.erfered and put en- end 70 the
game.
Bitter (. ". L. Battle
A bunch Of wild Mustangs and
herd Of raging mad Steers form >
dangerous combination anywhere. es-
reciallv when etsch r. bent uron the
immediate and absolute sXtermins-
ton az the other. Hair. bovine and
canine flew couiously in tho Mem
orial Stadium on November s, when
the s. NJ. II. Mustangs Kicked the
Texas Longhorns from the choice po-
sition or the championship pasture
III -. ~ n1nanm WtnnncI
the Herd with n first down inside
the four-yard line after they had
scored a touchdown or a long pass N
the lrst few minutes of the first half.
A Texas score seemed inevitable, Just
before the final gun, but the re fierce
decided that King was not over 2
couple OF times. Hopper OF $. NJ. u.
allowed a safety rather than risk q
tumble, and the fracas ended o..
PAP Perkins, substituting for Shell
lev, furnished the sort ot stuff fans
nay their money for. when he ran
away with most Of the glory and All
Of tho scoring honors IN the clash
with the Baylor Bears ~ the Cotton
Palace Stadium. The Bruins showed
unexpected power, both in DEFENSE
and offense, seriously threatening
the Steer goal line on more than orc
occasion and stopping the mighty
L~onrhorns with a single marker.
Climb Over II. &. u.
The Texas Steers went back to the
ton Of the ladder when they trampled
tie r. c. u. Frogs while Baylor was
winning the gratitude Of the Long
horn supporters BY overthrowing the
lofty Ponies in the biggest upset Of
the season. II was Ramrin' Rufus
King who turned the trick and
crossed the Frog line Is . climax 20
a smashing drive in the second quar-
ter.
II was inspired football the Steers
played in the Thanksgiving clash, n
insnired football was required 10 con
quer the fighting Farmers from Col
lcge Station. Brightest of the shin
ing lights IN the Longhorn lineup was
Dexter Shelley. the eurly-haired
sophomore who did everything foot
ball demands, while Wild Bill Ford
grew wilder and demonstrated the
sort or PLAYING that gets names In
cludei in all conference selections.
A desperate Maroon and White
eleven managed to stop the Longhorn
offensive in the firs4 half. but the
Herd was not 10 be stopped short OF
victory. The second half saw a de-
termined Orange and White maohine
steadily gather power. They crashed
across for one touchdown in the third
quarter and rose 10 heights in TIE
fourth period when a sensational
passing attack Melted thera two
tcuchdowns and victory BY the 1srg-
est margin that a Steer eleven has
scored against an Aczis team since
1908. With the season having passed
into history and plessan tremories