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THE BATTALION
Thursday, October 18, 1951
Mai Fowler, T.C.U. Back,
Once Told 6 No Football 9
A tall, shy young man who only
a ytfar ago was given “little
chance” of ever playing football
again, has been the brightest star
in the so-far dim picture at TCU
this fall.
The name is Malvin Fowler. A 6’
2” 195 pounder from Van, Texas,
he is one of those natural athletes.
All members of the Frog coaching
staff 'mo. ootivinr-ed that he could
he played anywhere—from right
gua±u watefbby—and turn in
an outstanding job.
His story is an interesting one.
In Van High, Fowler Was a great
athlete earning three letters and
making all-district and all-state
teams.
As a Frog freshman in 1949, he
led the first year team to its fin
est record in years—four victories
and a one-point defeat.
Regular As A Sophomore
Starting the 1950 season as a
regular Frog halfback, Mai open
ed the first game against the
Kansas Jayhawkers at Lawrence.
He intercepted one of the Hawks’
first passes but a few moments
later, he went down with 'a bad
knee injury.
Subsequent examination revealed
torn cartilage and strained liga
ments. He tried to play again last
year but it was no go. So his first
varsity year resulted in less than
three minutes of competition.
Lately the. SV/C fathers took cog
nizance of this sad situation and
Malvin Fowler
Frog’s Ground Gainer
voted to give Fowler three full
years of eligibility.
During the winter, doctors made
extensive repairs to Mai’s bad knee.
After the operation, they reported
he had only a 40-60 chance of ever
playing again—the 60 that he
wouldn’t.
But the big fellow, who rarely
speaks unless spoken to, had other
ideas. He worked hard to build up
the leg during the summer and
when fall practice started, he had
no trouble winning the left half
spot.
In the 13-27 defeat with Kansas
this year, Fowler opened at half
but soon got his chance to quar
terback the team. He went to
town.
He engineered both of the Frog’s
scoring drives and hurled one
touchdown pass on fourth down. He
carried the ball 14 times for 91
yards and an average of 6.5 per
try.
Re-Injured Knee
He completed 5 out of 11 passes
for 35 yards and one score. He also
played some at defensive safety.
However recently Fowler re-in
jured his bothersome leg and as of
yet it has not been determined
j whether or not he will cee any
| more J3WC action. You can bet
‘ if he starts he will give the Ag-
I gie defenders lots of trouble.
Creator of i Meyer Spread’
Coach ‘Dutch’ Meyer Now In 18th Year
Leo R. (Dutch) Meyer, head
coach and athletic director at TCU,
claims a career that parallels the
school’s “modern era” in the Pur
ple, and White athletics.
The rugged little veteran has
held almost every position on the
Purple staff and the 1951 season
will be his 28th as tutor of the
Frog elevens.
It will also be his 18th year as
head coach, making him dean of
the Southwest Conference active
field commanders. As undergrad
uate and coach, Meyer has been
associated with the school almost
continuously since 1917.
Started as Waterboy
Dutch’s interest in TCU goes
back even further. As a kid in
Waco, he used to walk the few
blocks from his home to watch
Frog teams workout in 1908 and
1909. (TCU was located in Waco
until 1910).
He acted as mascot and water-
boy in several games. When Meyer
Was ready for college, his. natural
choice was TCU. In 1918, he took
time from his studies to serve
with US Army, but oh his dis
charge in December, returned to
Fort Worth and his studies.
He teamed with SMU’s Matty
Bell to guide the Texas Centen
nial Stars to a 7-6 victory over
the Chicago Bears in 1936. This
was the first time that collegiate
group had bested a championship
professional team.
A widower since the spring of
1950, Voach Meyer lives just a few
blocks from the campus. L. D. Mey
er, a nephew who was a Frog star
in 1933-36 and who managed the
Dallas Eagles in baseball last sum
mer, lives with him during the
winter season.
Meyer’s record as an athlete was
outstanding. Despite the fact he
never weighed more than 160
pounds, Dutch earned all varsity
letters in three major sports.
As a basketball guard, he let
tered four years; as a baseball
pitcher he was a four-year letter-
man and in football he earned three
monograms as an end. He grad
uated in 1922.
Promising Baseball Career
So promising was young Meyer
as a pitcher he was signed off the
campus by the Cleveland Indians
of the American League. Howev
er, a shoulder injury halted that
career and he returned to Fort
Worth in the fall of 1922 to coach
at Polytechnic high. Thas was
the only season of his career that
he was not associated with TCU.
In the .fall of 1923, Meyer was
named TCU freshman football
coach. He held the position for 11
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seasons, compiling one of the fin
est won-loss records in football. ]
His teams won 29 games, lost
only four and played two ties. In
1927, he also assumed the duties
Dutch Meyer
TCU Head Coach
as head baseball coach.
Meyer was named skipper of the
Frog varsity teams in 1934. He’s
been on the job ever since and has
filled in as basketball coach and
baseball mentor front time to time.
He assumed the additional duties of
athletic director in 1950.
Good Conference Record
In his 17 years as varsity coach,
his teams have won 99 games, lost
69 and played li ties. In rugged
Conference competition, Meyer
teams have won 50 and lost 43
while playing 7 ties.
Two Meyer-coached teams have
won Sohthwest Conference titles—
in 1938 and 1944. His teams of
1935 and 36 ranked in the first
five nationally and that of 1938,
rated No. 1.
Six times Meyer teams have tak
en part in Bowl games. They have
Avon three losing the same num
ber.
One of the first coaches to make
the forward pass an integral part
of his offense, Meyer has become
famous for his overhead attack.
In the 1930’s he was blessed with
two great tossers in Sammy Baugh
and David O’Brien. While work
ing with them, he did much to de
velop “passing patterns” which are
now standard all over the country.
More recently, Dutch has been
experimenting with a “wide open”
game and the Meyer Spread has
gained national attention. This
setup scatters the offense across
much of the field, makes for fine.,
passing maneuvers and angle
blocking on runs.
In addition to his regular worlt
with TCU teams and in Bowl
games, Meyer has coached in many
All-Star scraps. He also helped’
coach in three Blue-Gray games
and twice worked in the East-West
Shrine game at San FranCisco.
In 1949, Meyer was elected presi
dent of the National Coaches’ As
sociation. He is well known in
coaching circles all over the land.
Meyer’s record at TCU:
W L T Pet
Freshman (1923-33)..29 4 2 .851
Varsity (1934-50) 99 69 11 .58f
Totals 128 73 13 .631
Records against foes of 1951:
Team W L 1
Kansas 6 0 2
Baylor 9 3 (
Texas Tech 7 4 (.
Texas A&M 9 7 1
Texas U 9 8 (
Rice y . 9 7 1
Arkansas 8 7 5.
SMU 6 8 5
Southern California 0 0 (
Nebraska 0 0 (
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