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p■0score-►pen iii ‘day to ika, 20-;sed .77 late in n . con* lea in-s.ukiurux maae ms urn iry goud: ruined the point try. , only two of the conversions in theand the Eagles were off to the I A 41-yard gallop on an end last half.BURK KNOCKS ’EM DOWNBaylor Defeats SMU;Remains in S WC Raceuid ttwj id andi 'nrdage* it win-; id© the! s twice bin thenagged: of theJtid eap-sir owntuarter i m bled x punt an the to the hr oughensu-cks-got ans on penalty Lewis e, • andI try.■st two third. i sheer second at tlx* si five mpiet-icksgot :niy toa.DALLAS, Nov. 39 — UP) — Tall Adrian Burk. Baylor's man with the slingshot, knocked down Southern Methodist 35-36 Saturday to keep the Southwest Conference football championship race going far another week.The ppjcLion ball-mauipulator on Baylor's glitter mg T formation passed for three touchdowns and set up two more in turning ' back battling Southern Methodfct and its great Doafc Walter.It was Baylor's first victory over SMU since 1036 and puts the conference tttfe and the host spot in the Cotton Bowl up to next Saturday’s game at Houston between . Baylor . and Rlee. Rice remained undefeated In conference play by beating Texas Christian 20-14. Baylor has lost one game but by beating HJce can tie for the title and get the Cotton Bowl bid.A crowd of 63,000 watched Baylor break away for two touchdowns in less than nine minuU*s they hold on easily against a great exhibition by Walker who scored three touchdown.Southevn Methodist- wan in the statistics, which wasn’t much consolation. The Methodists ground and passed for 370 yards to 347 for Baylor but the amazing thing about the garni was the accuracy of Burk, the mighty Bear bomber.i The big quarterback connected on nine of 16 throws for 240 yards.Rote; Leading GainerKyle Rote, powerman of the SMU backfleld, was tl.n leading ground-gainer of the game with-111 yardson 36 runs. Walker was second with60 or. 39 tries and aUo passed 13times, completing raven for 04yards. Walker punted far an average of 43.0 yards.But it was Walker who fumbfed to give Baylor opportunity for its second touchdown and his gamble on fourth down in the second period* that pres era ted Baylor with the ball on the SMU 48 led to the third Bear score.Howeuer, the Doaker more than made up for these lapses by his great all-around play and his everlasting threat to the Bears. It was the Doaker who took a pass for a touchdown with only eight seconds to go to make thi* score- al leastrespectable.Baylor scored on the flrse play of the game. From his 20-yarcJ line Burk passed to Dudley Parker on the SMU 32 and he ran to a touchdown. Recovering Walker's fumble uf a punt on the SMXJ 33, Baylor got another touchdown just eight xn(mites later. It came on a 25-yard pass from -Burk to j. D.Ison in Uie end zone.SMU roared back, with a 73-yard drive with Walker going over fromDame i. outgaint Santa over Q\ fluke b beforeMany such as sy Irani?FarSanfVll fAVlT-l v ... .It was halfway through the second period that Walker, with nine yards to go for a first down, gambled on fourth- down avid his pass was incomplete. Baylor took over ik\ the SMU 46, Burk passed to Stan Williams on the 22 and the big wing man ran to a touchdown.SMU took the third period kick-off and in 12 plays zipped to a touchdown, Walter scoring it on a four-yard run. Gene Hucbner Intercepted a Walker pass on the Baylor 39 to halt another SMU drive and from here Baylor zoomed to a score, Burk’s passes to Williams and Ison uut It up with Jerry Mangum crashing over from the four-yard line.Again SMU stormed back, dashing 66 yards in 11 plays for a touchdown which Rote made from the four.The next Baylor score was on an 11-yard plunge by Art Sweet after Mlt Johnson set it up with a punt lMtum to the SMU 23. Then came SMU's last drive with Fred Benners pitching to Walker 15 yards for a touchdown, Henry Dickerson of Baylor kicked five extra point-5, Walker two.LEWI Tbs Le their re defeat!* in one est fouf On th to the tack wr Not o pass.In ih the Fa points Farmer game, i and F. tion, Gastc quarter climaxscored down f 60-yard got loo?The keyed t made 1* Indians■SPA S TakesrINACC Stephen 5si the : I’all roc Tloustor Quart three tc Parrish Jones. ;
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Denton Record Chronicle
Denton, Texas, US
Sun, Nov 20, 1949
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