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THE BAT TALION
voort, Murrah and Wilson. Drake
and Carruthers could have stopped
the reputation of Dotson and Dot-
son’s reputation was a whole lot
“worse’r’n” his plunging. The Bay
lor halfbacks were supposed to circle
ends with ease and rapidity. Per
haps they would have, had they ever
gotten to the line, but Scotty Alex
ander and “Mule” Davis rarely let
them get far. Figures tell how the
line played: Baylor tried twenty-
six running plays, gained on seven
for twenty-eight yards, on twelve
was held for no gain, and on seven
was thrown for losses totaling twenty
yards. Baylor speed and plunging
power in sixty minutes of play, net
ted eight yards. One time did a Bay
lor half run for twelve yards. With
that exception, all runing plays were
stopped by the Aggie line before they
reached the secondary defense. And
the tackles and ends so hurried Dot
son’s passes that he never had a
chance to shoot long ones, even had
the muddy ball permited him. Texas
might as well leave the Aggie line
alone.
The A. and M. offense was greatly
hampered by the mud. Mahan was
unable to obtain traction in the slop
—it was slop—and gain as in pre
vious games, although he shared
honors with Higginbotham as the
best ground gainer. “Higgie” did
some wonderful all-around work,
considering the heavy and slippery
ball. His punts were never blocked
and went for an average of near 1 y
fifty yards. His field goal from
placement from the thirty-yard line
was a difficult piece of work, the
wather-soaked ball clearing the bar
only by a few feet. Hig got in the
way of two Baylor passes and was
only stopped because of the sea of
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id along the ^lUe. lines. Martin
was sure on his feet and only one
time did he fail to advance the ball.
Knickerbocker played his first fall
game since hurting his shoulder. His
return of punts was always good and
his head-work put him in the class of
men known as field-marshals. Alex
ander was good on the receiving end
of passes and handled the ball in the
two that resulted in the only touch
down of the game.
Davis and Drake went down the
field under punts well, showing great
improvement since the Oklahoma
game. The entire line, and espec
ially the flanks, was dangerous and
frequently upset the Bear’s play be
fore it got under way. The mud
made sure handling of the ball im
possible and both teams suffered
losses from fumbles.
Baylor offense was not what it was
reputed to be and only in the last
quarter did their ground plays gain
at all. Dotson’s passing was good in
view of the slippery ball. Had the
field been dry, some sensational
playing would probably have resulted
in the last quarter. Baylor defense,
if not brilliant, was at least steady;
Dotson proved to be their main-stay.
The Bears played good football—to
say less would be disparaging the
playing of A. and M.
A. and M. fumbled the kick-off on
her own thirty-yard line, Baylor re
covering. The Bears lost five yards
in three tries and kicked to Martin
who returned to the forty-yard line.
Martin made first down, but Hig was
forced to kick the next round, punt
ing for fifty-five yards over the Bay
lor goal line. On her own twenty-
yard mark, Baylor lost five and then
punted to midfield; Mahan and Hig
ginbotham made it first down on
Baylor’s forty. Vandervoort passed
over Hig’s head on the fourth down.
Baylor received the ball on the A.
and M. forty-yard mark but was held
for downs. The Aggie line was pil
ing them high. Hig punted to Bay
lor twenty-yard line and Davis
downed the ball where it hit. The
Bears lost two yards on two plays ;
due to Alexander and kicked to Ma
han who returned five to the enemy
forty-yard mark. The Baylor quart
er jumped on Mahan’s head after the
ball was down. It was a plain at
tempt to knock the Aggie fullback
and drew a fifty-yard penalty. A.
and M. had the ball on the Baylor
twenty-five yard line as the quarter
ended.
“Hig” went five, Mahan one an_d a_
Ipass taVieci. mgg^botha-An dropped
back to the thirty-yara 'Tine and
kicked goal from placement. Baylor
kicked off, A. and M. fumbled for
loss, “Hig” punted fifty-five and
Drake held the ball on the spot. Bay
lor punted, Knickerbocker returning
for fifteen yards. An exchange of
punts gave A. and M. the ball in mid-
field. Mahan went four and Hig
ginbotham made it first down. The
Bears then held and A. and M. punt
ed. Baylor was vainly trying the
line as the half ended. The first half
Baylor had advanced the ball in all
styles of play ten yards and had been
thrown for losses amounting to
twelve yards.
A. and M. received the kick-off
and punted on first down. Baylor
gained seven on a pass but three
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