Show I Southern Methodist Boasts Strong Team r 9 Tatum flume et 1 L i Ik iV Sanders ill CY DILLY EVNS 1 i IN IN a y tun football season I probably the most unusual In grid I Iron annals the tise state stale ot of Texas has Isas done more than Its share in upsetting I the dope r When the final roundup of the 1927 I football season Is v made the experts I I must turn In the direction ot of the Lone Star state and ancl tt E give the teams ot of the tue South conference m o 0 r e ethan than passing con con- I The Southwest South em conference Is BILLY tV EVANS AN made up ot of sIx In th tisa state of Texas and one In Arkansas which has b en D. D literal hothouse for great athletes letes particularly In base base- ball OutstandIng among the Texas turns teams Is that ot of SOuthern Methodist universities located at Dallas and hiving a student body of about Three Important Int sectional inter r ga garnes were on the schedule ot of the Southwestern conference at the open open- openIng tag Ing ot of the season All have passed and each has been en a victory for the Texans FIrst came Texas A A. A i Ms M's Is I.'s annual hattie battle with th UnIversity ot of the South team b better lter known rl perhaps simply as Sewanee The Aggles turn turn- turned turned ed In a a. decisive win mn by the score of 18 0 Next on the list was Wu the yearly en- en encounter counter between University ot of Texas and and Vanderbilt Coach Dan Me- Me McGugins McGugin's Gugins Gugin's formIdable team was forced to take the short end of a 6 13 count Third and last ot of the Invaders was Missouri boasting ot of one of the grea great great- t- t test est eat elevens In hi tile the schools school's history Full of confidence ns as the result ot of an Im- Im Impressive impressive victory over Nebraska by a point one one Missouri fully ex- ex peeled to add Southern Methodist uni- uni university to Its us list of Outweighed many p pounds to the theman theman man particularly In the line the Methodists led by their great little quarterback Gerald Mann Maim registered red redan an easy euy victory over the hIghly touted Missouri Tigers by the lopsided d score of 33 30 lOne I One week later the same Missouri leans teun ran roughshod over N Northwest Northwest- ens em university of BIg Ten fame b by the score ot of This is simply as a means of comparison so that you can fully appreciate what a really great team the 5 S. S M M. U. U eleven en Is After Arter Its surprising victory over o Missouri the SOuthern var var- varsity sity alty cause UCle right bark back on ona week later with a win over Texas the ot of Vanderbilt While comparative scores do not always alas tell the true story still It 11 Is Use only source the to rate their teams Working along those thoe lines It it would be a aery very ery easy matter to get the Southern Methodist boys right up among Use first 10 0 leaders From Elom man many sources I 1 get glowing reports relative e to CaptaIn Mann ot of the Southern Methodists Methodist Last st year ear earon on my America AU-America team picked on gained fr from cl Use the coaches ot of the country I 1 gate ga Mann the position ot of quarterback on the tise thIrd eleven I under tand ho he Is 13 a much Improved player this ye e r. r Manns Mann's most recent lY booster os er Is Ernest Quigley National league urn um- umpIre pIre and well known football official who worked the game came between Mis- Mis Missouri and the Texans lie He says there are arc few better quarterbacks It ft the I Ico co country Texas often oHen overlooked by the cx- cx pens has made such a a. remarkable record this fall that to pass over o that section without highly favorable men men- lion Uon would be a fumble lumble of the worst sort |