The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, November 5, 1926 Page: 3 of 6
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THE THRESHER
HOUSTON, TEXAS
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7-6
PIRATE GRID CREW
STAGES FIGHT TO
CHECK RICE TEAM
Muted Point ^ After Touch-
down Gives Rice
Victory
Rice came out of the fray with
Southwestern last Saturday with a
bare one point margin of victory, 7
to 6. But for the mi tied try for point
after touchdown, the game might have
been a repetition of the tie with
Trinity.
To Southwestern goes the credit for
a game and courageous fight. Heavi-
ly outweighted, they played like men
possessed with unbeatable fury, and
during the first half of the game
looked almost like winners.
Their play at end was second only
in fineness and skill to their aerial
attack. Balllew and Hodges held down
the wing positions courageously, and
most successfully, so that Owl gains
around end were very few. A few
end runs netted the Ricemen sub-
stantial gains in midfield, but tries at
this play, were not in favor when the
ball was near the Southwestern goal
line.
Brilliant passing counted for. the
Pirate touchdown, and in fact for a
large portion of the Pirate gains. The
Owl defense against passes has not
shown particularly well this season,
and Southwestern was •> apparently
primed to take the best advantage of
this possible.
Brannon, Pirate half, had unusually
sticky fingers Saturday, and Young
slung them with rare precision.
Southwestern completed 6 of the 11
passes which they attempted for a
total yardage of 98, averaging more
than 16 yards on each successful pass.
Ends Show Well.
The Rice ends, which have; been
picked thoughout this season-!by our
downtown contemporaries as the
weakest spots on the team, came in
for their share of glory last Satur-
day.
Walter Joseph, who for. the first |
time this season played the whole •
route, turned in some fine work. Al-j
though this is Joseph's second game'
of the season, his enforced absencej
from the play seems to have had no
ill effects on his play. '
Blondy Roberts, a newcomer to thej
game of football, showed up excep-
tionally well in last Saturday's game.
Both Roberts and Joseph frequently
cut through the interference andi
threw the Pirate ball-carrier for a |
loss.
Comstock and Herting both had a
good day. Comstock gave the Pirate!
left tackle a bad day, frequently'
tearing through that spot for long
pains. The big, blonde boy from El
Campo was right Saturday, and was
showing some of the new fight with
which he has come back to tfoe game
this year. To, him goes the honor for
putting over the only Rice score;
while Herting gets the glory for the
winning point after touchdown.
Herting, too, was showing more con-1
sistent play than ever before, plowing.
through the lighter Southwestern line j
with pleasing and successful t-egur j
larity. *
Owl Game Creditable. v j
As a whole the game was creditable.
It showed again, as have all the earli-
er games, that the Owls have an un-
doubtedly powerful drive. This was
not working particularly well in the
first half, with the exception of the
sustained and brilliant offensive that
put over the Rice marker. That in
itself accounts for four of the 7 first
downs garnered by the Owls during
the entire first half. 1 -
During the first half the Pirates
got the better of the argument as far
as downs go, for they registered nine
first downs to the Owls' 7. In the sec-
ond half, however, the tables were
reversed. Rice chalked up 9 first
downs to the Pirates 2.
Inconsistency is dogging the Rice
club this year. The writer is firmly
convinced that the Owls were at
least 4 touchdowns stronger than the
Pirates, potentially at least. He is con-
vinced that Coach Heisman has turned
out a team that sonle inexplicable'
psychological quirk has kept from hit-
ting its proper stride. It is probably
greenness; it may be something else;
but the writer is sure that the squad
is capable of flashing into brilliance.
Mihether it will, or whether it will
not, is another question. It is there,
and he believes that that is goln to
be soon, say next Saturday, possibly
not in victory, but at least in glorious,
fightingly courageous defeat by a bet-
ter team.
Prose Box
By Outchle.
At the Texas Memorial Stadium last
Saturday, S. M. U. staged another last
minute drive, scoring two touchdowns,
winning 21 to 17. Gerald Mann, with
the aid of Ross Love, enabled the
Mustangs to capture another confer-
ence game. Rufus King again played
well, his only mistake being to let
Love tackle and cause him to fumble.
The alert Mann scooped it up and easi-
ly scored the winning touchdown.
• ♦ •
In a game, which the result was
never in doubt, the Baylor Bears
smashed a powerful Aggie eleven, 20
to 9. Washam proved again that he
is the fastest backfield man in the
conference. Barlett of A. and M. was
kicking out of bounds to keep Washam
from returning the ball in the last
half. The Bears repeatedly made
gains through the powerful Aggie line.
The Bears face another good team in
the Longhorns this week-end, but with
their steady improvement they should
beat Texas.
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T. C. U., with a badly crippled team,
defeated Texas Tech at Ft. Worth
Saturday, 28 to 16, but jjnly after the
Tech team was leading 1U to 0, did
the Progs rally to score four touch-
downs in third and fourth periods.
This is the second time this season
that T, C. U. has emerged from the
rear to win decisively over an oppo-
nent. The Frogs this Saturday will
euconter a determined Aggie eleven.
It should be a great battle. T. C. -U.
handed the conference champs of last
season their only defeat, 3 to 0.
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Arkansas looms as the potential
champs of the Southwestern confer-
ence as their remaining schedule is in
their favor. The Hogs' hardest game
is with T. C. U. on the latter's home
field, Saturday, November 13. Arkan-
sas played an inter-sectional game the
ftast week with the strong Kansas
A. and M. which the Aggie won 16
to 7.
All eyes this Saturday will Be fo-
BEATS SOOTH PARK
IN ONESIDED TUT
Slimes T r o u n c e Visitors
Easily; Score
27-0
The Slimes had a nice romp Sat-
urday afternoon before the Rice-
Southwestern game when they played
South Park College of Beaumont for
a 27-0 win. The work of Hlghtower
on offense -was splendid, it being ono
of the main features of-lhe game.
But most Important of all, several
new men showed up far better than
at any other time t£ia season, particu-
larly in the back field. Koenig, a
man from Cleveland, Ohio, did some
pretty work on the receiving end of
several long pqqses. . He completed
tosses time after time for big gains.
And Thomas, a solidly-built fullback
from New York, plunged the line
again and again for substantial yard-
age, squirming and twisting his way
through a field heavy with mud and
men.
After stopping the initial rush of the
Beaumont men, who received the ball
on the kick-off. on the Rice 40-yard
line, the Slimes showed their punch
and put over a marker early in the
first quarter. A pass from Braden to
Hlghtower was snagged in the air on
the Slime 40-yard line and Hightower
dodged his way 60 yards down the field
for a touchdown. The Beaumont man
used a stiff-ami to advantage.
In the second quarter Coach Nich-
olas sent in most of a new back field
and then It was that Braden sent his
passes to Koenig, and Thomas made
his line plunges. About the middle
of the period Koenig placed the oval
on the Beaumont 16-yard line and
Thomas bucked through tackle on the
first play for another 6 points. Braden
drop-kicked goal for the extra point,
as he had done after the first.
Neither team had much of an ad-
vantage in the third but in the fourth
the starting back field was sent in
again. Hlghtower caught a pass on
the Beaumont 20-yard line which he
carried over for another score. Bra-
den had tossed the oval from the 40-
yard line. And immediately after the
touchdown he kicked another goal for
point.
Toward the end of the game High-
tower made a slashing run down the
side lines for about 40 yards, being
stopped on the Beaumont 4-yard line.
A pass, Braden to Giles, accounted for
another marker. For the first timo
Braden.failed to kick goal. The game
ended with the ball in South Park
territory.
The line showed a big improvement.
Giles at end, Megarrity at tackle, Nami
and Armstrong at guards, and Vining
at center did remarkably well.
Captain Braden at quarter got away
with some fine line-bucking and some
very good passing. Kattman did re-
markably well on defensive work. He
was stopping them on all sides. Bal-
llew, another of the good back field
men, made several big gains in spite
of a bad heel.
It seems that with every game the
Slime machine is improving. Now it
works with a rhythm and coordination
cussed on the Rice-S. M. U. and Texas-
Baylor games. S. M. U. has played
four hard games in a row and is going
to have another when she meets those
fighting "Owls.
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