Southwestern U at Texas

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  San Antonio light, San Antonio, Tex., October 28, 1923, page 48

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  TEXAS WALKS ON FIGHTING PIRATES, 44–⁠0 Southwestern Grudges Evcry Inch But Longhorns Too Classy. RICE TAKES TRIMMING San Marcos Normal Beats Owls-Centenary Bumps T.C.U. RICE TAKES TRIMMING Austin, Tex, Oct. 27.-The Uni. versity of Texas Longhorns defeated the Southwestern University Pirates. A to 0, Saturday afternoon on Clark Field. Although the Methodists had much the lighter team. they fought Stewards men all the way. grudgingly yielding every foot 0f-around the l-onghorns gained. The Pirates did not offer stiff enough opposition. how ever, to force the Longhorns to u3cork anything special in the way OF new football. Texas easily maintained her record OF being unsecured on this year. Most OF the game was fought out in Southwestern’s territory. Stewart had ample opportunity. to see his whole squad in action. He used all his men in the game. After the game had been won. the first-string men were taken out in an effort to save them for the coming big games. Marley made the first two touch. | downs for Texas and Robertson scored three points from a pace-kick in the first half. leaving the score II to oil at The end of the half. In the second half. Texas came back with more punch. and. with the Giant Joe Ward playing fullback. marched down the field for three more touchdowns, and made another score on spectacular 1O-yard return for punt by Blue Smith. Leroy Gum, the tiny halfback from San Antonio, was pretty much the whole show on the offense for the Pirates. In the second quater, he intercepted pass back of his own goal-line and chased AZ yards before the safety man got him. The lineups: Texas. Southwestern. “ii”i”P ‘‘‘‘‘ 80 ‘...... AIKEN Left end bluesteln ....:......... b. Bachtel Left tackle Dayvault Duna Left guard Bradley ........ Whtehurst Center uorHian .’‘..:... camp Right guard Right tackle NeweH ...... .:........ Skipwortf Right end hopertson ‘..’.... ......... R0ya Quarter Eckhardt Gum Left halfback lshes ‘‘...:...’. Mage Right halfback Marie! ......: ........ Lyon Fulback. Substitutions Texas–Luhn for Gil strap. Smalley for Tynes. Smith fo Smalley, Ward for Burns. Shearer 70

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Texas leads 20–⁠2 in 22 meetings, counting the seven since this game.