, 1935-11-24
PONIES HELD
3 QUARTERS
A
Bobby Wilson Finally Gets
Loose To Win For
Methodists
By FELIX r. MCKNIGHT

DALLAS, Nov. %. R-Little Bobby
Wilson desperately pumped magic
from his hands and nimble feet
Saturday. and Southern Metho-
dist's undefeated sky raiders rolled
on with a 100 triumph over Bay
J lor's stubborn Bears.
The cunning. 147-pound halfback,
bottled and sealed for nearly three
periods, suddenly broke away on q
66-yard punt return on the last play
Of the third period and the game
was Southern MethodiSt'S.
His v~iciously blocking mates bowl
ed over Bruins like wooden soldiers
rs he sprinted and twisted to the
eight-yard line where Buchanan, a
hefty guard who had "cut across"
finally hauled him down.
To the rescue once more came
Maurice Orr, 2l5-pOund tackle and
one OF the greatest placement kick
ers in Southwest Conference his
tory. After three line plays failed,
he stepped to the l3-yard line and
hcisted a field goal over the bar.
IL dazed a Baylor team which had
outfought the Mustangs since the
start and five minutes later Wilson
rifled an 18-yard touchdown pass
to "Jackrabbit" Smith, Mustang sig
nal caller. Again Orr's kick was true.
The badly crippled Methodists,
four regulars adjoining the bench
when the game started. pulled their
rally with only a few minutes to
spare end kept their ranking along
with Texas Christian. as preferred
Rose Bowl candidates.
WetseI Injured
But again a victory-their tenth
Straight-cost the Mustangs dear
ly. j. G.. IrOn NAM Wetsel, power
al guard. was carried from the field
in the third period with a sever re-
injury to a bad knee which had Just
healed.
Mustangs coaches we're pessimis-
tic about his playing again this sea
son. He joined Harry Shuford, bril-
liant fullback, and Truman Spain,
All-America tackle candidate, on the
mounting injury list.
Gamely. the Bruins tried TO upset
the Methodists through three periods.
holding a noticeable edge on often
clNE play. AAAC1 ACNNA ~
threatened the Mustang goal line
but stubbornly battered away and
kept the wild bosses" back with coed
kicks.
Lloyd Russell. Baylor's triple
threat signal caller. kicked and ran
his team superbly. but was never
able to shake loose.
The MethOdists piled up IL first
downs and completed six out Of is
passes for 55 yards. but gained only
a net 35 yards on running plays.
Most of this yardage was recorded
by the dazzling "Jackrsbbit" Smith.
who kicked, ran, passed and tackled
viciously to share honors with Will
son.
The "Jackrabbitt," replacing Shu-
ford at the signal chanting post,
finally got his offense steamed Up
after three futile periods.
The crowd gave big Maurice Orr
a mighty cheer as the "back-break-
ing place-kicker came off the field
late In the game. He played far and
away his best defensive game OF the
season besides bOoting unerringly-
as usual.
Sprague Back
Defensive hCnOrs on Baylor's side
went to Reynolds. Parry, Wray. Bra
1ell and Masters-the last young
gentleman also turning in a whale
Ct an offensive game from his hall
back post.
Johnnie Sprague. Mustang kept on
the bench with recent injuries, was
his old blocking self. He took out
the two dangerous men on Wilson'S
sensational sprint and again was
present as Wilson fired the touch
down aerial TO Smith.
Standing out in the Mustang line
was Arthur johnson, center. who
dropped runners and blocked like a
demon.
Only ten yards in penalties were
called-five on each team for of
slders.