New Britain herald., 1930-10-22

Fort Worth, Tex. Oct. 22.-Win- ming the Southwest Conference foot ball championship two years in a row has been one of the things not Icing done in all the 15 seasons the major athletic organization for colleges in this section of the na- tion has functioned.
 The Texas Christian Univer- sity eleven the Horned Frogs" of Fort Worth--is the outfit striv- ing 10 crack the so-called mon repeat jlnX.. and set a prccc- cent this fall.
 Francis A. Schmidt carle here from the University of. Arkansas at the start of the 1929 season to suc- Ceed Madison Bell. old Centre Col lege star, who had gone to Texas A. X M. College.
 Among the backfield candidat es when Schmidt assumed the reins il. 1929 was a blond headed youth ramed Cy Leland, who had been fairly successful on the cinder paths as a dash artist the spring before. Coach Bell had used Le- land in one game in the 1928 sea- son, when Cy was rushed into the Rice Institute fray at Houston to snatch Q pass that beat the enemy. But the Horned Frog tutor who preceded Schmidt saw particularly outstanding about Cy that is, other than the boys natural speed.
 It is still q mystery to even his best friends, but Cy did something between the close of the 1928 sea- son and the opening of tha 1880 title campaign that stamped him as the most improved football player ever seen in these parts.
 He became the phantom of the Southwest Conference opera in fact, he made it a tragedy as far as the opposition was concerned. He chilled Texas University at Austin last season when, after the Longhorns had scored on the Chris tians in the first few minutes. he took the kickoff after the foes touchdown and carried it back 30 yards to knot the count.
 At Waco, against Baylor. he ran the length of the field after receiv- ing a punt and dashed 60 odd yards OH statue of Liberty play, d stunt in which he runs behind the and takes tho ball as the signal barker draws back his arm in a fake passing move.
 Aginst his old coach's Texas A. & M. warriors he had his center feign an injury with the bali about to be snapped and as the opposition was caught off guard a second he received the pass bacl, from q guard and sped 47 yards to q touchdown.
 He learned to ;tjff-arm, dodge, vhirl, sidestep. fcint had every thing the greatest ball carriers beast, with his remarkable speed to make him impossible to catch once he got even" with the v'ould-be tacklers in broken field.
 Then he mastered the art Of tackling. He became almost cs valu- able as safety man on offense for nQ enemy ball carrier has much chance to clude Leland even if he gets in front of the other 10 Chris ti&nc.
 All this brings the reader to the fact that Leland has returned and the Blond Blizzard has a formidable club around him.
 Texas Christian is explained this year by the 1880 An-South.. west Conference center, Noble Atkins of Crystal Falls, Tex. He has the distinction of being the first T. (. |. athlete 10 be elected captain of two sports in the same school year. He also will lead the Christian basketball squad during tho coming winter,
 The Frogs play every team in the Southweat Conference this season - six tituar struggles. If they cln cop the crown. it will be earned, and not one of those championships like some colleges have achieved down here won 7, lost 0, percentage 1000.
 Ark2nsas provided the first con- ference competition here Oct. II in inc contest dcdicating the new foot hall stadium of Texas Christian University, It is now only half-com- plcte and seats 30.O0O. When fin- iShed, the stadium will be con- crete horseshoe Of C0.0OO capacit-. lt will cost more than s5OO,OOO about $250, GOO already having been spent
 Other championship games for T. C. |. are those with Texas A. 6 M.. Oct. IS; Rice Institute, Nov. &; Texas University, Nov. 15; Baylor, Nov. p, and Southern Methodist, Nov. 9.
 
 DUMMY SCRIMNIAGT.
 Hanover, N. H., Oct 22 (UP) -