SMU Rotunda 1916
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In the next game S. M. U. got a chance to use some of her ineligibles and<br />
four were injected into the game with Dallas University, who incidentally<br />
had one of the strongest teams in the State. Minus the services of Oecil<br />
Griggs, they put up a masterful game, but they were finally defeated 7 to 0,<br />
Williamson plunging over for a touchdown in the third quarter. Big Jess<br />
Thompson, Red Maxwell, Williamson, Glenn and Barton all played good<br />
ball. The sporting editors are still wondering how it happened.<br />
On November 12th, fourteen unfortunates, engineered by Ooach Morrison,<br />
chaperoned by Manager Kennedy, attended by Garrett, and minus the services<br />
of Oaptain Barton and Mike Oole, who were detained by the faculty for edueational<br />
reasons, left for Brownwood. On this excursion Single-Barrel May<br />
mastered the intricacies of a bcrth and several more (we are mentioning no<br />
names) discovered the most logical way to put out lights. Lack of words prevents<br />
us from adequately describing the game. Visiting cards were produced<br />
and handed over before tackles were made. The only way in which a Daniel<br />
Baker player could be stopped was by running him out of bounds. Garrett<br />
lost eighty-five yards on two plays.<br />
Before the largest crowd of the year, including a delegation from our sister<br />
(?) institution, S. M. U. went down in defeat 21 to 0. But it was an honorable<br />
defeat, and Rix's warriors realized they had met a worthy foe. Time<br />
and time again would S. M. U. advance the ball into Southwestern's territory<br />
only to lose it on do\yns. Glenn fumbled once on the one-yard line, and<br />
Cole fumbled on the eight-yard line. This game was characterized by the allround<br />
defensive work of the S. M. U. eleven.<br />
On Turkey Day, in two feet of mud, and a gale averaging in the vicinity<br />
of forty miles an hour, Trinity and S. 11. U. engaged in a "punting bee,"<br />
Trinity annexing the long end of a 14-0 game. The condition of the field<br />
l'endered end-runs or lIne-bucks almost impossible. The great defensive work<br />
of Thomas featured the game.<br />
On the whole, the team made a creditable showing. Handicapped in every<br />
respect, they developed wonderfully and with the addition of the ineligibles<br />
for the fall of '16 they should make a more creditable showing.<br />
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