University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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I )ivviiiiiiii]iig Team Although the University of Texas swimming team of 1927 was unsuccessful in matching any regular inter-school meets, practice was carried on with regular- ity, and the season culminated on May 6 in a competitive meet among the team members. Featuring the results of the meet, which was held at Deep Eddy, was the remarkable time of 2 minutes 35 seconds made by Pat Frank in the 220-yard distance. Besides Frank ' s feat, several other events were clicked ofif in big- league fashion. Out of the thirty men entered in competition, several stars came to light that would do credit to any college swimming team. Notable among the winners, besides Frank, were Minot Scott in the 100-foot breast stroke, Rupert Harkrider in the 100-foot backstroke, and the relay team of Panama Fields, Sam Loeb, Pat Frank and Ed Cale. Alphonse Ragland, former Longhorn star athlete and swimmer, acted as coach of the team during the season, and was highly pleased with the prospects of developing real talent. With the coming of a new season, the prospects look favorable to line up considerable scheduled competition with schools of the con- ference as well as with others. Possessing the material in the way of water- speedsters that she does, as the meet so well brought out, Texas should give a good account of herself in any collegiate water carnival. CD n S° oc x-o DX xxx A- e- x-x MO DO AX GD B- A° E X9 33 □= ■I i ;■ Page 143

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w r (X r X T TV o. u DX m A- a lu X ' For the first time in the history of varsity athletics, golf was made a conference sport during the spring of 1927. The squad was coached by Butler and Penick, and was captained by Don Price. The other members of the squad were Gibson Payne, Morris Gydeson, a sophomore with much promise, Tom Haynie, Pat Patrick, and Shorty Long. The conference meet was held at the Brook Hollow country club of Dallas. The Longhom team won the meet after a hard-fought struggle with the Aggies. On the first day of the tour- nament, the Aggies managed to tie the Steers in the low medal score, but on the following day the Texas team began to show their superiority, and there was never a doubt as to the outcome from then on. Wilson of T. C. U. proved to be the best individual golfer of them all. He de- feated Bremer, the Aggie star, in an uphill fight, and then defeated the star of the Texas team, Gibson Payne. The meet was a success in every sense of the word, and the sport promises to be one of the most promising of all the minor sports of the University. There was much interest shown, and the meets of 1928 should be even better than the meets of 1927. The first matches of the year were played with the San Antonio Country Club. The Club- men were the superior of the meet, and the Texas team won only one match. The second meet was held with Rice Institute of Houston, with the Texas team winning four matches to two for Rice. These matches merely put the champions in shape for the conference meet. The season of 1928 has gotten under way, and there are a number of prospects out for the team that should do a great deal toward winning the conference meet again. Gibson Payne has been elected captain. The team practices every afternoon on the municipal links. The meets so far arranged will push the Longhorns to the end if they expect to win. Every school in the con- ference has taken up the sport, and it is expected that the competition will be much harder this coming year. The Aggie team will be intact, and the Rice Owls are threatening to put a better team on the field than they did last year. ' i ■ Pag 14 1 jri, ji Jt r l

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IV LfO ini X ± r D XIT OO ?6 B- CX r T n ' oc X-0 DX m A- A e- x-x HO Dil AX OD B- H- i - X9 33 =X W-- Caldwell Roper Guffin Vestal McLean, Coach Sample Benowitz Blanton Goode Cross-Country The 1928 cross-country team, while it was weaker than that of the preceding season, gave a good account of itself in all of its meets during the year. In the first meet of the year with Rice, Blanton finished third. Chitwood of Rice won, leading his teammate Brunson to the tape. The next meet was with S. M. U. Blanton took first place in this, beating Sessions and Dingwall of S. M. U. In the meet with A. . M., Texas placed only one man in the first six, Blanton winning third place. At the conference meet in Dallas, A. M. took first place. Brunson of Rice finished ahead of the field, but Blanton of Texas finished a very close second. Rice had what looked to be the strongest team in the conference, but the Aggies forged ahead and finally won the conference title. Texas developed to a marked extent as the season progressed and finished a not poor third. Texas had no lettermen for the 1927 season, but due to the efforts of Coach McLean the prospects for a winning team in 1928 are quite bright. Blanton was easily the outstanding man for the Longhorns in 1927 and should prove a highly consistent performer Blanton, Captain in 1928. ,m S ! -- Page i44 - ' .-TC iB riT T yAl ,g:j5lg3 j3i 3jig3 gg30:f: ; ,ir5«i 53:w.«: g€3;