The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-02
b. THEON WRIGHT

Stanferd, powered on the piston
legs of Boomer Bobby Grayson,
roared back into the national foot
bali spotlight last night with g
TO Rose Bowl victory over the
crimson acrobats of Southern
Methodist University.
Whipped twice running in Rose
Bowl competition by teams from
the south and east, the Indian
pack from Palo Alto struck swift
ly in the first period, scored once
and chung with desperation to the
one-teuchdown margin against all
the force the ball-throwiug Tex
ans could marshal.
1t was a combination of grind
ing power and alertneSS. and one
long pass where it would do the
most good, that sent the western
entry home against the SwlftneSS
of Bobby Wilson, the Texas Pony
Express, and stymied the Must
angs in the first bid of Texas
football to tide the national herd.
And in the dying moments OF
play, it was q ballahawking Stan
ford backfield that splintered the
sharp-shOoting "aerial cir u s
every time the Texans threatened
the Indian goal.
All the dark wizardry of Texas
football was displayed to the So
900 spectators by the trim little
raiding band from Texas, and
while the spark of surprise plays
struck frequently and sometimes
effectively, Stanford always had
enough defensive power TO stave
off the attack when it got critical.
Stanford got the opening kick
off on its "a, but the boys from
the farm were not impressive IN
the getaway. Keith Topping
fumbled q short kick, recovered it
and sat on toe ball.
After Robert (Bones) Hamil-
ton had lugged the. ball six yards,
the boys got messed up in their
signals. Topping broke before
the bali was snapped and GraysOn
missed it. Yves Muller raced
back and spraddled the pork hide
on his IS.
William Paulman kicked out and
in a split second the Mustangs
struck. Wilson rambled back
reversing his field and racing 20
yards before Muller brought him
down.
AfteiS 4 kickout, Stanford be-
gan to dig in. Topping dove over
a blocker to smear cat-fOoted Mr..
Wilson for Vineyard loss.
After an exchange of kicks,
Stanford capitalized on the first
break it had. Paulman sneaked
back for a quick-kic6, drove the
ball 20 yards in the air and Jim
Moscrip downed it on the Metho-
dist 10-yard mark.
The sudden shift in fortunes
numbered the Indian throwing
arms. After pint-sized Jimmy
Coffis raced back with Bob Fin
ley's kickout, Bones Hamilton
faded back and slammed a 20
yard pass into COffis' arms on
the Mustangs 10.
Grayson battered to the II
ward line. An instant later, Ham,
ilton, on q reverse from Boomer
Bobby, struck through the other
side of the line and skidded to the
one yard mark. /
The Mustangs repulsed the next
thrust, and Big Larry Double,
powerful Stanford guard, asked
fof it through his own alley and
got it, Paulman shaking between
Pascal Scottino and Maurice Orr
for the score. MOScriU split the
GOAL posts with his kick.
The Texan aerial circus swlrled
again in the second period. A
mass, Finley to Wilson, planted
the ball in Stanford territory, and
another in which the bali was
shuffled from Wilson to Shufcrd
to Finley, ended on the Indian
five yard mark.
At this point, bulky Mr.. Muller
who had been spelling things
for sthe Texans all day, crashed
into a reverse, spilled most OF
the parties in the play and wound
up. living on the ball on his SIX
ward line to end the threat.
With less than ten minutes to
play in the final period, the Must
anns threw in the book Ihey
threw passes on every down, ana
most bitter of their failures was
a fourth down pass which had
worked and won against Texas
Christian. But Stanford was bail
hawking Yesterday, and when the
final. Gun cracked, the Mustangs
were backed against their goal
and the Indians were driving tor
another score. go
In Stanford's line, Rangy keith |
Topping, ball-hawking w S ley
Muller ponderous Indian center;
Jim Moscrip,- Larry Rouble ana
Woody Adams were the boys VINO
smashed posses, shared runners
and stymied the best strategy OF
the southwest every time 1t be-
came dangerous.
Fhe Mustang 145-pound pack
age of high explosive, Mr. VII
s6r. mayed the full game. he
never quit hammering. But ne
was pitting elusiveness and speed
against towering ends who weren't
nulled out and against tackles
who rammed his interference be-
fore it formed.
Wilson had the honors over
Grayson on the form chart, with
- yards in II tries, against 4O
in 10 tries for Grayson.
The Texans tried 80 passes ana
completed 10. Five were inter-
cepted, all at critical moments;
Stanford tried six and completed
two-one the 20-yard throw from
Hamilton to Coffis which put the
Indians in position to score.
The Indians piled up the most
yardage, but, the Texans showed
e.. ec.-...s.-. .,Inrn with nine