Evening star., 1935-12-02
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Christian had its attack under way
an attack that had never failed. Just
a trifle later on, three or four OF
Baugh's passes struck the receiver and
bounded of. In my opinion, this up
set T. C. U. and gave us renewed spirit.
For these passes had been working all
year. If these earlier passes had been
completed I hate to think what might
have happened.
I'VE mixed up our running and
passing game to much better effect.
The play of Wilson and Spain was
phenomenal in every crucial point. T.
C. U. had one Of the finest attacks I
have ever seen, but it gambled too
much around Baugh's passing. 1t
overlooked the fact that. in Lawrence,
Kline and Manton, it had bah car
riers who were hard to stop"
I talked with Ray Morrison, former
S. M. U. coach, now at Vanderbilt,
and Bo McMillin, a Texan now coach
ing at Indiana.
They both agreed that S. M.
U. won more by smart foot ball
than anything elSe-by mixing
up its running and passing
game in place Of whipping the
foot ball on every other play.
Both McMillin and Morrison agreed
that either team would be an even
match against the pick Of the country.
Southwest Teams Gamble.
THERE Is general feeling around
the foot ball map that about all
they do in this section is throw foot
ball. Yet I doubt that any one has
seen double set Of finer running
backs than Wilson. Finley and Burt
of S. M. U. and Lawrence, Manton,
Kline and Baugh o. T. c. c., who
start and hit with slashing speed and
power and who fight for every foot
Of SOIL You might think that a foot
Of ground meant an oil well. They
have legs in this section, and they
know how to use them.
The blocking is high grade, and it
means business. The tackling is as
hard as any coach could ask for.
You oont have to see it. You can
hear it. Heads hit the hard ground
and bounce at least once.
Down here they give you so
minutes of actual play. There
are no Ioafing spots.
They figure that z or IA points are
not enough. They keep gambling
and shooting for the winning margin,
even when ahead. They take nothing
for granted. They have no interest
in the "safety-f1rst" play of the East,
the Midwest and the West Coast They
are out 20 get every point they can
make. They have found that 2 or
even IA points are not enough to
ride with against attacking forces
that can eat up ground.
No section can offer a running back
to compare with Wilson of S. M. U, or
show better Inemen than Spain and
Wetsel the two giant forwards at
tackle and guard. Down here they
not only grow big, but fast and active
Spain and Wetsel are around 6 feet
4, weighing around 200 pounds, but
they move around like lightweights
Against this you have Bobby Wilson,
weighing lat pounds, who not only
is blessed with amazing speed, but who
in addition, is as hard to drag down
as some 200-pounder.
The main feature Of Texas
foot ball is the wild. dizzy pace
of the ball up and down the
field.
1t swings back and forth like some
cock-eyed pendulum. Conservatism i;
an unknown entity. No one knows
what it means.
T. c. U. overdid this gambling pass
ing mania-Southern Methodist die
not. And that is why Southern
Methodist will represent the South
west in the Rose Bowl for the first
time in foot ball history.
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