Evening star., 1938-11-03
0'Brien, $50 Pounds,
Is Pepper Pot, but
So Are His Pals
Love of Football One
Of Big Reasons Why
Team Is Greet
BY FELIX r. MCKNIGHT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

ASSOClAteQ tIeSS Sp0rtS writer.
, FORT WORTH, Tex, Nov. g.
Wee Davey O'Brien and his un-
bridled Texas Christians, strange
combination of f1nesse and power,
rumble on toward what amounts to
madman's dream down here in the
Southwestern unbeaten season.
None of the opponents left ap-
pears too steep for versatile 300
pound average team the critics
agree is the best in this regions his
tory.
The reasons for this power house?
One reason is l50-pound O'Brien,
Nth his passing magic and flaWless
uarterbacking; another is a mag
nificent. 2l2-pound-average line
with two distinct all-America can
didates; another is battering
ground game that blends with the
aerial antics to keep enemy defenses
constantly muddled. Another rea-
son still is stream of capable re-
serves that amounts to a unit sys-
tenn.
But, more likely, the main answer
is-they like it,
Coach Needs No Whip.
Hustle is the byword at Texas
Christian. No driver is Coach Leo
Dutch Meyer He doesna have
to crack the whip. His boys are out
there because they like football.
No stormier footballer ever trod
a gridiron than Center XII Aldrich,
perhaps the finest lineman in
Southwest Conference history
Greater, coaches agree, than his
predecessor. Darrell Lester, who
landed on the Associated Press first
all-America team in 1884 and 1885
as one of the few repeaters.
Aldrich symboliZes T. G. U. spirit.
His shrill voice and catlike body
bob up in every play, He's no diff
ferent from his line mates. Never
STILL they charge up and down the
line between plays. kicking pants
seats. slapping backs. The Chris
tians like football.
. Just as they did when Slingin
Sam Baugh was there. they now lean
heavily on passes-O'Brien's O'Brien
probably has no peer in collegiate
football today In six straight vic
tories he threw 103 passes 2,,d COM
pleted 50 for l,O18 yards Add rug
gedness. signal-calling ability, kick
ing and dangerous running to the
little fellows makeup and you've got
T. c. US leader,
Clark Is Silent Hero.
Eurlv Sophomore Connie Sparks.
202-pound fullback, tucks the ball
deep to his chest, ducks his head and
batters through holes he knows will
be there to pace the Christian power
attack. Fleet Johnny Hall, 1875, runs
the reverses and spinners and Earl
Clark, 1872, is the silent hero-a great
blocker
Over the ground in triumphs over
Centenary, Arkansas, Temple, Texas
A. and NJ, Marquette and Baylor,
the Christians gained almost 1000
yards. Which. it is agreed dispened
the rumor that Southwest football is
all razzle-dazzle,
Back of that first string, which,
incidentally, never suffers anything
worse than a chest cold, a bruised
leg or perhaps a scratch or two is a
second team some coaches would like
to have as starters. The "B" team
line averages past 200; the backs
are fleet and have their own OBrien
in Sophomore Jack Odle, who will
carry on the long line of passers at
T. c. U.
Coach Meyer doesn't let Rose,
Sugar or Cotton Bowl gossip take
up much time around the Christian
camp.
Sure we'd be interested in a bowl
game-if the boys want it," He
Winked. But we've found that you
can't beat this old Saturday-to-
Saturday schedule-just taking 'em
as they come. It's tough enough that
way"
Twice Meyer has had teams in New
Year day games. His Christians,
with Baugh pitching, beat Louisiana
State, 80 in the 1885 Sugar Bowl
game and smothered undefeated
Marquette, 1876, in the 1886 Cotton
Bowl classic.