(16) Texas Christian 16 (20) Marquette 6

Shot down by Sammy (The Sniper) Baugh in a hectic action-filled first half that produced all of the scoring, Marquette University's Golden Avalanche from Milwaukee, Wis., vaunted power of Midwestern intercollegiate football, was battered and bombed to a 16-6 defeat by the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs Friday afternoon in the inaugural of what now doubtless will be an annual Cotton Bowl gridiron classic here. Superiority of the Frogs was convincing to every one of the 22,000 spectators, who defied threatening skies to watch J. Curtis Sanford's big show which, however, was played on a good field, as good as the turfless Cotton Bowl gridiron, ruined during the Centennial could be except for a few slick spots where rain had seeped through under the protecting cover, which has been on it for several days.

Dutch Meyer's Christians won easily – going away. They might have doubled their margin but for the fact that the little mentor took occasion to season under fire in this final game of the youngsters who next fall must carry on for Slingin' Sam, Walls, Meyer, Roach, Ellis, Harrison, McCall and other departing heroes. It was only in response to the vociferous demand from the stands late in the last period that the Dutchman rushed his first string back into the fray after letting his reserves nurse along a safe lead the real bombers had compiled earlier.

Marquette was no match to this first string Purple contingent when it wanted to turn on the heat. It proved conclusively that the caliber football played in most other sections is not up to the Southwest standard. At least four Southwest Conference teams could have taken the Golden Avalanche that faced the Fort Worth warriors; yet these Milwaukeeans mopped up in their own section, had an unblemished season record until they encountered Duquesne in their closing engagement, and were rated one of the great elevens of the Nation.

During the first half, when both teams were at full strength, the Frogs showed a net gain from scrimmage of 206 yards to 21 for the enemy and completed five out of twelve passes for 110 yards while Marquette was successfully executing two of five throws for ten yards. The Christians were making twelve first downs to three and finished the day with an advantage of eighteen to ten.