Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-02

AHA& 49, 49, 7
horns over the Red and Blue trick
sters since 1920. 1t was scored.
moreover, over a Mustang eleven
that had been mighty we'll thought
Of.
steers Pass
Beaten at their own passing game
and their running attack Squelched
from the start. the Ponies never had
a chance against the Steers batter
ing oftenSe. Shelley. Koy. Stafford.
Perkins and Elkins carried the ball
through and past Southern Metho-
dist's shakey defense all afternoon.
and when their running attack was
slowed Up the LOnghorrS turned TO
the air to gain almost as they pleas
cd. What a team the state school
had today.
The victory amounted almost TO
a personal triumph for Shelley. the
helabored leader Of the L~onghorns.
After having been only a very ordi-
nary football player since midsea-
son of 1929. Shelley was transform
Cd today into a star of the first
magnitude. displaying all the abil-
itv that at one time ranked him
as one Of the conferences outstand-
ing backs.
Two Of the winners passes result
ed from his accurate passes TO Har-
rison Stafford, sophomore halfback.
and he plunged across six yards for
a third. In addition he carried the
ball as of old and played a whale of
a defensive game. Only Ernie Koy,
his sophomore running mate. was
able TO match his brilliance today.
While the L0nghorn offensive de-
/ partment. directed by shrewd little
"Posey' Elktns, was wrecking the
Mustang defense, its forwards play
&c as an almost matchless unit.
From end to end and through the
middle, the Steer forwards simply
fought their opponents off their feet.
They opened gaping holes for their
heavy secondary to charge through
and tackled viciously. They tackled
with such force that not once during
the game did a Pony back get loose
cnce he had been hit.
tumble Recovered
Texas took charge Of the melee al
most from the opening kickoff.
Twice recovering Mustang fumbles
deep IN the invaders territory, they
tried for two field goals before the
opening period was well under way.
but OK" Blanton missed both by a
healthy margin. The Ponies final
" collected themselves and kicked
out to midfield. but the Longhorns
were not TO be denied.
Standing on the 50-yard line Shell
ley whipped a pass across the line
Of scrimmage TO Stafford. who
knocked off both Mason and Long
and ronped over the goal line.
Blanton missed the point and there
the count remained, 6 70 0, until
late in the second quarter, when
the Steers suddenly struck twice
again. Again it was Shelley to
Stafford. this time the Longhorn
captain passing from the 30-yard
mark and his receiver getting 1t on
his fingertips Just over the goal
line. This time Shelley booted the
point. Another score followed al
most Immediately when Elkins tag
ged a wild heave by Gilbert and
ran 50 yards over the Methodist
goal without being touched.
Punt Blocked
Peterson, Orange end. made the
fourth and las. touchdown possible
past midway of the third quarter,
when he broke through to block Gil
berts kick and recover on the Pom
les 6-vard stripe. II took Shelley
only n try TO crash off tackle and
over Trailing IS TO O and with
only a few minutes TO play, the
Mustangs opened up a long range
aerial attack that saved them the
ienominy OF a whitewashing. They
started from their own 20-yard mark
and. with Gilbert passing TO Hamiter
ard Koontz. paraded down into their
opponents territory. Finally. after
attaining a first down on Texas
33-yard line. Gilbert dropped back
and Topped a perfect throw to
Koontz who shared ii over the line.
Nicely added the point.
Outside of their final flourish,
the nearest the Mustangs came TO
scoring vas in the second quarter
when they reached the Longhorns'
6l-yard line. Mostly they were