Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-03
COTTON BOWL

he was thrown for losses several
times while attempting to pass.
He also punted for an average
of 42.7 yards.
However. Day didn't dim the
luster of the great Jim Swink.
Texas Christians All-American
halfback. Swink was Just as good
as painted. He led the ball car
riers with lot yards and scored
both of the TCU touchdowns.
He made the first on a l-yard
plunge and the second on a So
yard dash.
A penalty on a try for extra
point lost the game for TCU just
as much as Cothren's accuracy
in putting the ball between the
goal posts won for Mississippi
1t was after the second TCU
touchdown that Harold Pollard.
Horned Frog fullback. kicked the
extra point. only to see it taken
away because the Horned Frogs
were in an illegal formation.
After the penalty Pollard tried
again and this time his kick was
wide.
Day spanked two 66-yard
touchdown drives. He passed for
AZ yards with shots of 20 to Earl
Blair and IA to Billy Kinard in
the first march that saw Cothren
racing Il yards to the TCU three
to set up the score. Cothren
hammered left guard for the
touchdown and kicked the extra
point as the halftine intermis-
sion neared.
TCU was leading 1877 at the
time, however, and there didn't
seem to be too much to worry
about. The Frogs threatened
repeatedly in the third period
and the Rebels were getting no.
where. But midway of the final
quarter Cothren and Day pulled
the Rebels together for the other
magnificent 66-yard surge. How
ever. it was that 25-yard run by
Day when Mississippi seemed
stopped that got the job done.
A crowd of 75,504 watched the
game played in Indian summary
weather.
TCU's luck ran out in its last
game. All season long Horned
Frog hackers had dreaded the
thought of Curtis ever being in
jured. TCU just didn't have an
other quarterback. Curtis went
through 10 grueling Southwest
Conference games without a
scratch-and then, boom! On
the first play of the big one, Cur
tbs suffered two fractured ribs
and a shoulder separation.
Dick Finney. who never had
played with the first team. was
sent in. Who, me?" Finney
asked when Coach Martin told
him to take over. Finney did a
creditable Job but he couldn't
bring to the team the great
ballhandling. the timing and
the adept passing Of Curtis.
Break for TCU
TCU started out by getting
a break on the field right after
Curtis got his broken ribs. The
Frogs couldn't move the first
time they had the ball and had
to kick. Blair. Mississippi safety
man, fumbled Ray Taylor's boot
and O'Day Williams, lanky TCU
wingman, recovered on the Mis-
sisSippi "a. But on the first play.
Swink fumbled and Center Gene
Dubuisson shot back out of the
Rebel line to fall on the ball on
the Mississippi 20.
A penalty robbed TCU of a
probable touchdown the next
time the Horned Frogs had the
ball. Finney ripped through for
38 yards to the Mississippi 8 but
the Frogs were set back for
clipping. Then Day intercepted
Finney's pass and ran the ball
out to the Mississippi 81
But the next time the Frogs
got the bail they surged 70
yards to a touchdown A 81
yard run by Swink and a "a
yard dash by Taylor figured
most prominently In the push to
the Rebel 1-yard line. Finney
and Taylor couldn't bulge the
Mississippi line but Swink
darted over left tackle for the
score.
A 39-yard sprint by Swink
brought the next TCU touch
down midway of the second pc
rlod. A Mississippi holding pen
atty had KEEP a TCU drive alive,
and from the Mississippi 80
Swink swung through right tao
kle. cut back. got blocks by two
TCU linemen, then eluded three
would-be Rebel tacklers on the
10-yard line. Pollard converted
again but TCU was penalized
Tor illegal formation and on the
next try Pollard's attempt was
wide. And that turned out to
be the ball game.
Mississippi ~ 0 Z o ia
Mississippi scoring Touchdowns:
Cothren g. plunge: Lott Is. end rum
Conversions: Cothern, ..
Texas Christian scoring-Touchdovns
Hwink n, plunge. 40. rum, Con-