Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-19
STEERS HAVE
INSIDE TRACK
MSOUTKWEST
May Be Nosed Out By
Arkansas If Aggies
Win Annual Thanks
giving Scramble
(By The Associated Press.)

Texas University's gridiron Jug
sernaut has swept past the strag-
elers in the Southwest conference
race and apparently is headed for
the first championship the Orange
and White has achieved in almost 10
years.
From the first day Of training
conference critics have insisted the
~LonghoEns had the material to win a
title. Coach Littlefield found the
assemblage of talent ~unwieldy at
first, but he finally nodded into a
nsmooth working unit that has over
powered the field.
Only a decided reversal Of form
could sidetrack the Texas machine
from an undisputed hold on the 1929
Southwest crown. IL has become a
proverb that no one can foreteh what
Will happen when the Longhorns and
Aggies clash in their annual Thanks
giving Day spectacle. but the odds
will be on the side Of the Orange
when they meet 10 days hence at
Austin.
Arkansas Can Win
The Arkansas Razorbacks, who
completed their conference schedule
three weeks ago and have been
marking time since, are the only ones
with an outside chance of beating
out the L%onghorns. Should the Ag-
gies accomplish the miracle and wa
Thanksgiving Day the Porkers would
finish in front with three victories
and one loss.
Southern Methodist University.
Texas Christian University. Baylor
University, Rice Institute and the
Aggies are out Of IL. The Methodists
could finish second If they conquered
the Christians in their turkey day
fray at Dallas and the Aggies beat
Texas. but their high hopes for the
championship departed when they
were beaten . TO 0, BY the Baylor
Bears, Saturday at Waco.
To complete the Thanksgiving Day
program, the Baylor Bears and Rice
Owls will bang together at Houston.
Their tussle will be devoid OF the
championship atmosphere. Baylor
conceivably could finish third on the
conference ladder By winning. and IL
will give the Owls their fifth and
last chance % get an entry on the
winning side Of the ledger. In view
Of the Owls 10 20 o trouncing by the
AgRies last week they scarcely will
be expected to hold the Golden
Bears even.
Pony Game Best
OF tie two decisive games the
past weekend. that between the
a Bears and Mustangs Oh the Cotton
Y Palace gridiron at Waco was the
most spectacular. The crippled Pc
MES, bereft OF the power and polish
that marked their play with Hume
IN the backfield, fought doggedly
and carried the battle to the Baptists
all the way. only TO slip up and lose
Just before the games end.
Reed. Mustang quarterback. tried
20 pass from behind his own goal
ne and was p%ounccd upon by three
1arging Baylor linesmen. AS the
IN left his hand il was battcd down
d recovered by Choc Sanders, Mus
.lg guard. With that play went the
'~,thodists' chances at the title.
Erom the spectators point Of view
Il, L~onghorns' hard earned q 10 o
ctory over the Texas Christian
formed Frogs az Fort Worth appar-
atty was pretty drcary after the
.rst quarter.
Texas put across the winning
suchdown IN the second period aft
r a sustained march from their own
erritory. Captain Rufus King lung
ed over from the one foot-line on
fourth down.