Baylor at TCU

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  Evening star, October 30, 1938, page 34

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  BIC 7. c. j. DRIVE SWAMPS BAYLOR Gaining 500 Yards, Horned Frogs Keep Record Clear With 39–⁠7 Victory. FORT WORTH, Tex, Oct. 2S.- Mighty Texas Christian rustled up 500 yards by ground and air to rumble on undefeated with q 39–⁠7 victory over hitherto unbeaten Baylor before $4,000 fans here today. The Christians. perhaps the greatest OF all Southwest teams, stabbed the Baylor wall with runs that netted 28s yards and added 22l more with Dead eye Davey OBrien’s passing arm. Unsteady the first half. when they led by 1877 after . woody second period, the Christians blew Oh the top in the final two periods with incredible power and finesse Never, in their six touch down drives, did the Christians relinquish the ball. Sophomore Connie Sparks packed across three touchdowns, Halfback Earl CLARK. = wigsling broken-field marvel. two, and Halfback Pat Cliff ford, one. ‘s r. c.. u. Gets Lead Early. From their own 70 the Christians showed on on the first score. Johnny Hall, Connie Sparks and O’Brien slicing the tackles on 76-yard drive Sparks ended by going over from the l.. 1t took only seven plays from midfield, featuring = 9-yard squirt by O’Brien ! and . magic lateral to Sparks, to rack up the second score. Sparks went over from the on his first try. Baylor stormed back with IS yard forward-lateral play to score. Bill Patterson rifiing to Sherman Barnes, who lateraled to Malcolm Lider. The rabbit romped 10 yards down the sidelines,

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Officially, TCU leads 60–⁠54–⁠7; as played, 61–⁠50–⁠5 in the 116 games on file; the official count covers all 121 meetings, counting the 74 since this game.