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;the.bb*rd^ V: Tdct ' • *v•: '* .• •*?•?.■*£!”;:^3P®cial:{tneeiin^.!a^5^iu^^^de^^clarcd, it without power;to change* the'*®; score of . the garae',;p!ayc:d;;.the|^tur^^i day be fore; a tSou i hern: M et h odist-Un iversity ® and® I! Texas Agricultural ®aiid ^ IdechamailS* •••..« ', ’ ' * ' .- * * ’ •/• «...lt; , : .«y v ' •**.-■ ■ , . *• m 'i *•.»«. v*College.,; The .'evidence?;was, presented®; byJvBurtonRix,=coaehottheiMus;®‘*• •'•■ - ■. . • i..*.; • 'lt; * ,• • ., - '•■ ••_■. civ-v-,tangs. V- :._• .■■■^/■:%:,lt;?The evidence was hot in tH®form:of®|; a protest of the rulings of ih e~officials y®; as to what Happened' but as td^be;ai£®® plication of the rules-to the points of :.!§ the; game as they occurred.{ Prominent men in football circles, Joe Utayj)'for®® example, declared, upon read trig; the®'; signed statements -held by Mr®Rix;-®; • •' *•• ••/*'•* ,••: • 'V:-.' ■ - • -••*.■ 'AVf.that the playm question was a touch®:;• .\ * * • • t* • *.. . ■ ■ * *• -■'.* i.- - * * •down arid; should have been declared®;:such: ' •:;' ; ’• .-/■;;y:;v;-r'-\® ®®®■ ‘‘We ; have^ no right to 1 pro-';';®® test,” Mr. Rix. said, ”nor do we think of protesting, the decision ; of the officials of the game;;as®'®: to the facts of. what occurred.Our protest is based solely upon the facts set forth itt signed statements of the officials whichV * ■ * ■ . . . - • -. - _ - - . . : • •I have in my hands. When the• * * ■ » J s’ m J I.,' ‘ J » ^rules of national intercollegiate football are^ applied to the facts as set forth in these signed W statements, the; automatic, inclusion is a touchdown. There : is nothing else possible.“Let any football official in the state or; nation take these facts set forth in the signed statements . and ask v him what his decision would be. He would* ? without doubt call the play, a touchdown.”v.'• /r-
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Dallas Campus
Dallas, Texas, US
Wed, Oct 20, 1920
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