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Published Weekly by the Students of the Ag ricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
NOVEMBER 20, 1920.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS NOVEMBER 27, 1920.
NUMBER 10
THANKSGIVING
HOP BRILLIANT
SOCIAL AFFAIR
Many Visitors From Over the State
Present To Participate in
Festivities
A. AND M. CHESS
TEAM LOST TO
UNIVERSITY
Other Games To Be Played and Rice
May Come In Forming a Tri
angular Meet
At 9:00 p. m. Friday, the line of the
grand march of the 1920 Thanksgiving
Hop began to form about Sbisa Hall
and more than two hundred couples
participated. Immediately afterwards
the Louisiana Five crashed out with
the first dance and the joy began. All
the bitterness of the Thanksgiving de
feat was forgotten in the pleasures at
hand. Maroon and white lights and
streamers decorated the hall and goal
posts were erected at the ends. The
brown oval of the pigskin was the pro
gram design. The musicians were
provided a rostrum but were not con
fined and their renderings would have
put the joy, joy, joy, in an undertaker’s
reunion! The Hop was given in hon
or of the football men and the ma
jority of the squad were present. Many
old timers returned to familiar haunts
for the great event. More than two
hundred of the most beautiful girls
ever gathered together at College Sta
tion or any other station, were assem
bled for the evening. From far and
wide they came, even State being
strongly represented. At ten-thirty
Benny Garrity, yell leader led forth a
shirt-tail parade of three hundred
stags and “sack-holders” in single
file, headed by the band playing
“There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old
Town Tonight,” “Hail, Hail,” and the
other songs that form incentives to the
A. and M. pep and morale. In pa
jamas, “nighties,” and less than that
with brooms as arms, they streamed
into the east entrance, down and
around the hall and congregating at
the center, gave an exhibition of yell
ing that was heard a mile away. With
the strains of grand old ‘“Wildcat”
crashing through the night cheers
went up that shook the building and
it is reported that the - -mdows in
Despite the I'ather one-sided score,
the A. & M. Chess Club is not the
least bit discouraged in the showing
made by the team at the match play
ed with the University last Thurs
day. This is the first time A. & M.
ever put out a chess team, and since
its members only had two weeks
practice, the result is not surprising.
The fact that our men only so much
as put up a hard fight against the
veteran Texas team was gratifying.
A return match has been arrang
ed, and will probably take place at
the time of the basketball games;
furthermore Rice Institute has been
challenged for a tournament, and a
triangular meet between Texas, Rice
and A. & M. is being planned.
Following are the i-esults of the
match:
A. & M. Board Texas
Warndof, C. R._ 1-Sutheidand, M. M.
Robinson, B. B._2 Harvey, J. C.
Wheelock, J. H._3 McKee, H. T.
Swain, M :S 4 Davis, R. H.
Noster, C. W. __5 Pozil, P. F.
Billingsley, B. C.—Sub.
POINTS
Board A. & M. Texas
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lieved that even
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was proud of them and the des-
/erate fight they made and that the
pep and pride of the Aggies was just
as great as on Clark Field thirty hours
before. Until the streaks of dawn
pierced the eastern skies the merry
making continued and with the final
soft encore of “Home Sweet Home,”
the Thanksgiving Hop came to a close
midst the crowing of cocks and honk
ing of horns and purring of motors
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Carl made his fix'st letter in the
days of the S. A. T. C. and saw Uni
versity beat us for the only defeat
of the season. He got revenge in
the following season but this year
they did it again and we feel with
Carl when he will have to sit with
the Alumni next year when we have
them down in our own backyai'd
where we can chase them for an
other victory as in ’19. Carl has al
ways been a hard worker and has
been a pillar of strength in the line.
He was in the Thanksgiving game
but a short time but made things
mighty interesting and dog-gone hot
for the man opposite him. It will
not be a simple matter to fill his
shoes and the man that does do that
next year will have to be a good man
at the game.
Total 2 8
Each game counts one point; ties
1-2 for each.
Umpire: Dr. V. I. Cob, (Texas),
and Mr. R. C. Stevenson, (Allen).
A. & M. coach: Dr. E. P. Humbert,
Manager, Captain A. L. Tuttle.
Texas coach: Dr. V. I. Cob; Man
ager, Mr. P. F. Pozil.
Captain of team, A. & M C. it.
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Captain of team Texas: H. T. Me
Kee.
Time: Two hours.
AMPLE REASON
“Why don’t you keep out of bad
company?” asked the physician after
he had dressed the wounds of a new
lywed.
“I surely would like to, Doc, but
I ain’t got ’nuff money to get a di
vorce.”
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A. & M. Loses Championship
in Last Period of Game
to University Longhorns
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PLAYING CIRCLES AROUND THE LONGHORNS DURING THE FIRST HALF,
FARMERS WEAKEN ALLOWING LONE TOUCHDOWN WHICH LOST
CHAMPIONSHIP BY 7-3. FIRST SCORING ON AGGIES IN TWO SEA
SONS; BITTER STRUGGLE; PIERCE OUT IN FIRST FEW MINUTES;
FARMERS BATTLE DESPERATELY IN LAST QUARTER.
MAHAN
Captain football star of the 1920
Farmers. Eddie made his debut in
to college football on the freshman
team of ’16. He starred w/ith the
fish and the next year he ope ned the
eyes of the State by his world at the
fullback position. In ’18 he did not
return to college but went into the
service, and did not return ro play
football until ’19. He won an unani
mous all-State and all-Southwestern
pick. At the end of the seas< >n was
elected to lead this year’s Agg ie ma
chine. Eddie has behind him a rec
ord that has never befor' been
equalled in the southwest. Ie has
never been knocked ci- *;n sin
In a game that was hard fought
and before the largest crowd that
ever witnessed a football struggle in
the Southwest, the Texas Aggies met
defeat at the hands of the Texas
Longhorns by the score of 7 to 3.
The field was in perfect condition
and the weather just cold enough to
give the necessary pep to the oppos
ing teams. Long before the game
commenced the crowd began io
geather at the field. Every avail
able seat was taken and people were
forced to stand up. Before the bat
tle began, the Farmer yelling was
the feature of the game, and during
the later moments of play when de
feat stared the Aggie rooters in the
face, they were still behind the team
giving it what mox - al support they
could and always with the team with
all that they had in them. It is
consolation indeed to the old A. and
M. Alumnus to know that under the
old blouses of khaki, beats the tiniest
hearts ever known and this should
be a matter of pride to every Aggie
supporter to know that he is con
nected with a ginxup of men like
these. The entire Aggie team fought
for evex - y inch of ground that was
made and when the final whistle blew
were giving everything that was in
them to stop the onslaught of the
Texas backs.
Mahan and Higginbotham were the
stars of the Aggie backfield—while
Wilson, Anglin, Drake and Gouger
played a star game in the line. Higs
punts averaged well above fifty
yards and the way he i'an around
the Texas right end was a feature
of the game. The game opened with
Texas kicking off to the Aggies. The
Farmers kicked on first down. The
Longhorns were forced to punt.
Then followed three breaks in the
game, Texas gettinng the advantage
of all of them. The Longhorns were
within the Farmers territox-y dui’ing
the first part of the game, but when
was unable to do anything against
the Aggie defense and the half ended
with the ball in about midfield. The
second half opened in a rush with
the Aggies again using their offense
with success on the Texas line. They
carried the ball to within fifteen
yards of the Longhoims goal line but
lost it on downs. The tide of the
game than changed in favor of the
Longhorns and a x’ecovered fumbled
punt by Varsity gave her the ball
on the Aggies 30 yard line. A
couple of passes were completed and
two line bucks gave them the bad
on A. & M. 8-yard line with fii'.st
down and goal to go. Texas made
four through the line and had three!
more chances to take it over but
when their last down was spent the
the Aggies got the ball and stai’ted I ball was still one yard from the Ag-
their offensive they carried the ball
down to within striking distance of
the Texas goal and had the ball on
the Longhox-ns fifteen yard line when
the quarter ended. On the second play
of the second quarter Moiois kicked a
perfect goal from placement and the
score remain thx-u out the rest of the | down
half A. & M. 3 Texas 0. The first j Here
half belonged to the Aggies, Texas I
gie goal line. The quarter ended
before the Aggies had time to punt.
The fourth quai’ter opened with Hig
punting from behind his own goal
line to the middle of the field the
ball going out of bounds. Tlie Long
horns took the ball and walked it
to the Aggies 15 yard line,
the Longhorns completed a
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George is another Aggie who is
playing his last season but he has
made his last season one of huge suc
cess. George is one of the best de
fensive football players in the State.
He has knocked down mox-e op
ponents passes than any other Aggie
and when given the chance to ad
vance with the ball always delivers
the goods. There is not a player on
the Aggie team more consistent in
his playing both in the games that
he has played and in the scrimmages
on Kyle field. George is a good
punter and a sure passer.
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never nas he stoou unuer
goal and seen thxxt seventh poi
ed. As an athlete and student
no equal. He has put fear
heai’t of the athletes of the th
west and the slogan of many : l an
was get Mahan, but he has m '*• f .-e )
GOT. The cadets are px-oud tr ( u bon&l
of such as Mahan. No doubt ,n v ievv
of his football record, Jack w<.’ u U
an all-American pick, if he could
have come to the attention of the
proper officiaJs.
PS
DRAKE
A member of that famed Fish
football team of ’16. A tackle that
has no equal in the southwest. Ruby
.s playing his last season with the
Aggies and he is making for himself
a reputation in college football thi.t
is to be envied by any follower of
the game. Ray has been a terror to
the opponents’ line and the reason
that he has not received as much
credit as has been due him is because
of the fact that a majority of the
spectators who watch a football
game never see any one but those
in the backfield. We ai'e picking
Dx-ake for an all-Southwestei’n tackle
for we know he has no superior and
as an aggressive player he has r. o
equal.
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There is not in Texas football a
more vex'satile player than Johnnie.
He has held down thi-ee positions on
the Farmer machine in one season.
He has played end, quaiderback and
center and at these positions he has
always played a fighting game. He
is good at intex-cepting opponents
passes and when he is playing center
he gets more tackles than any other
man on the team. When playing-
quarterback he is among the best.
Johnnie has played his last season
with the Aggies and his absence from
the game Thux-sday was one of th?
strongest factors pointing towax’d our
defeat.
Bryan is another of the men from
the famous Fx-eshman team of ’16.
He is one that up until this Thanks
giving had never played in a Vax’sicy
game in which we have been defeat
ed. He is the lightest man that has
played on an A. & M. team in yeaxs.
Regardless of this disadvantage in
weight he has played the devil with
the men that have attempted to go
around his end. He has been the
surest tackier of our teams. The in
juries received in former years have
showed up on Bryan but in the last
game of foottrll that he will ever
play for this college, Bryan covered
himself with glory, thx’owing the
backfield men fx-om Texas from be
hind their line for losses every time
they came his way, and going out of
his way to make them bite the dust.
He outplayed the famous all A. E. F.
end who was one of the Texas team
last Thursday. This is Bryan’s last
year and we surely hate to lose this
nex-vy little Napoleon.
A team mate of Mahan’s who has
played along beside him thru out his
college career. He is another Aggie
that had never seen the Aggie goal
line crossed until Thanksgiving and
it is because of his remai’kable punt
ing ability that this has been made
possible. There is no better halfback
in the Southwest than Hig. He is
fast, aggressive and one of the best
passex-s in the State and as a punter
we acknowledge no supex-iox- in col
lege football today. Hig gave up his
desire to pux-sue a medical course and
returned to A. & M. this fall after
the injustice had been done knick-
erbocker. He has the old A. & M.
spirit down deep in his heart and th>s
is why evex-y man in the cadet corps
would fight to the last ditch for
him. A. & M. is pround to say that
Hig belongs to her and we are sure
that he will have the same old beifih
that he has held down so well before
as an all-Southwesteim half.