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About The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1927)
2 4 ES — HORNED FROGS HOLD AGGIES TO SCORELESS TIF Sterling Frog Defense Baffles Crip- led Farmers even on one-yard Line as Cadet Corps Looks on in Fort Worth. Upsetting all dope and maintain- ing the jinx of three years standing that they have held over the Aggies the T. C, U. Horned Frogs, with Ft. Worth’s greatest football crowd look- ing on, held the Aggies to a scoreless tie in a bitter defensive battle. There were no alibis for the Farmer failure, although one might be claimed in the fact that Burgess, Conover and Var- nell, three starting backs were out of the game with injuries. The Aggies made more first downs than the Frogs, they gained more, and they usually had the ball in T. C. U. territory, The Frogs, however, fighting as hard as a team ever fought, held when their goal line was in danger. Once with the ball on their one yard line and first down they threw back the Aggie onslaught to avoid a touchdown. The tie was a bitter pill for the Aggies. They met a team, which on that day, played an inspired game, played one of the best defensive games the conference has ever seen. The Farmer line smeared their at- tempts at an offense but that same Farmer line was unable to push them back when inches meant a score. If you are looking for individuals on whom to pin the laurel wreaths, you can look over the Purple group and select Rags Matthews, that smashing, driving defensive end. Take his name and link it with that of Mer- lin Toler, the Frogs’ greatest ground gainer of the day, and also attach the name of Melton, unheralded and un- sung, but who today was in almost every play making tackles all over the field. That from a T. C. U. stand- point. Hunt Stars for Aggies For the Aggies it was Hunt, Hunt, Hunt on the offensive, for he did al- most all that was done. He made practically all the gains on the run- ning and plunging plays. He did all the passing and most of the kicking. Incidentally the Aggies passed 25 25 times. On the defense Sprott, giant tackle, was always bruising through to make tackles, but then the entire Aggie line played a dazzling defensive game. From tip to tip this line was as strgng as the Rock of Gibralter. The Togs made only one or two first downs in the second half. Late in the game when T, C. U. obtained the ball in Aggie territory, Captain Blackie Williams was rushed in and he helped make a first down, but just when the Christians became dangerous, the ev- erpresent Joel Hunt intercepted a pass to end the drive. The Aggies, also desperate, rushed in the injured Bur- gess in the last stages when the Far- mers had the ball deep in T. C. U. territory. He was given the ball, im- mediately, and as it was shoved into his fractured rib, he fumbled with Melton pounecing upon it to carry the Frogs out of danger once more. Injuries Ignored Williams limped out after the Frog drive had been stopped and late in the game Hunt was limping on a game leg, but nevertheless as the game closed in the gathering dark- ness, he was leading his team in characteristic style on a sensational drive up the field, the final shot end- ing another agonizing moment for the loyal Frog admirers, At the very start of the game, the Frogs got a break, which might have proven disastrous to a team not so strong defensively as Texas A. & M. The Christians kicked to the Aggies, a poor kick, one Farmer thinking the other was going to get it and as the boys staged their Alphonse and Gas- ton act Morgan of the locals fell on the Farmers’ 19-yard line. Two plays netted exactly nothing and then Toler tried left end for nine yards, running to the Aggies’ 10-yard line. Thompson failed to make the yard needed for a first down and the ball went over, the Frogs thereby losing their most brilliant scoring opportunity of the game. Hunt kicked 50 yards, but To- ler returned 25. The Frogs were forced to punt and the Aggies got the ball on their 17-yard line, i 65-Yard Punt On the first down Hunt took the ball and surprised-the Frogs by punt- ing 65 yards over Toler’s head. That placed the ball far out of danger for the first time. Toler punted out of == hounds—on the Aggies’ 45-yard line. =< Hunt broke through for an eight-yard gain but the ball was brought back and the Aggies penalized 15 yards. Following an exchange of punts, Clark fumbled and Lister of the Aggies re- covered on the Frogs’ 25-yard line. The drive was stopped before it start- ed, Toler intercepting a pass on his 12-yard line. Near the close of the quarter, a beautiful pass from Hunt to Sikes, who then passed laterally to Mills, netted 25 yards, placing the ball on the Frogs’ 16-yard line. The Frogs staged one of their great back-to-the- wall stands and Hunt missed a field goal. The quarter ended after Toler had punted out of danger, the ball being on the Frogs’ 18-yard line in the Ag- gies’ possession. Hunt Again in Action The second quarter opened with Hunt smashing off the right side for 11 yards and a first down, but again the Farmers were penalized 15 yards, the penalty stopping this drive, being the most costly of the game. There came an exchange of punts and then T. C, U. put on exhibition a beautiful triple lateral pass similar to the one displayed by the Aggies in the first quarter. It was Clark to Matthews to Toler and netted 25 yards. Toler arrived at the safety man with one man in front running interference, and no one close enough behind to worry him, but Captain Hunt spilled the interference in brilliant fashion and then made a sensational tackle. Morgan then dropped a perfect pass. Two plays failed and Matthews miss- ed a field goal from the 25-yard line, the Aggies blocking it, Now the Farmers launched a pass offense. Hunt to Davis netted 10 and then it was Hunt to Sikes for 9. The drive was stopped and there came an- other exchange of punts, Hunt pass- ing to Sikes for 15 yards on the Frog 45-yard line as the half closed. Its Hunt Once More Hunt opened the third quarter by kicking the ball over the Frog goal, Toler receiving the ball three yards back of his goal and returning to the 18-yard line. Toler then punted out of bounds on his own 40-yard line. Hunt picked up 5 yards but the Frogs held again and Hunt’s drop kick went out of bounds on the 19-yard line. Another exchange of kicks and then Hunt passed to Davis for a gain of 30 yards. The Frogs stopped this drive within the shadow of their goal, and it was then that Toler made his poor kick out of bounds, which paved the way for the crucial point of the game as outlined earlier. It was on the second down when Hunt ran to the one-yard line. After holding the Farmers Toler punted to his 35-yard line. A pass and a plunge failed and then Toler intercepted a long pass. Toler punt- ed to Davis who returned to the Frog 30-yard line and then plunged for an- other yard as the quarter ended. The Final Scenes The Farmers opened the final quar- ter with a pass to Deffebach for a first down on the Frog 30-yard line. A plunge by Alsabrook failed and an- other long pass was intercepted by Toler on his 15-yard line. Davis returned a kick to the Frog 35-yard line to make the Aggies dan- gerous again but here Burgess fum- bled on the first down and the T. C. U. team recovered on the 34-yard line. An exchange of punts again, then Thompson intercepted an Aggie pass and returned about 25 yards to the Farmers’ 35-yard line. Two passes failed and a third was intercepted by Burgess. Hunt, forced to punt, booted the ball to midfield: Williams, on a nifty cutback play, went through cen- ter for 9 yards and Thompson made it a first down. A pass to Matthews netted 5 yards, putting the ball on the Aggies’ 35-yard line, and after two more plays Toler, on a cutback play, made it a first down on the Aggie 25- yard line. Again the purple stands were in an uproar but on the next play Hunt intercepted a pass and was downed on his 14-yard line. Hunt then decided to lead an eleventh-hour at- tack. He smashed through right end and stumbled along for an advance of 21 yards. Alsabrook, on a reverse play, got 8 yards. Then a pass, Hunt to Petty, netted 15 yards. Hunt ob- tained two. The Farmers were march- ing forward in the closing minute of this fine drama, but now a long pass shot to Petty. Grant leaped high on his 12-yard line to snatch the ball away from the maroon-jersied star and just two plays later the game was over with the ball in the local’s pos- session on their own 18-yard line. A, & M. Pos. T.C. UU. Ll A Me Pa i Matthews L..E. LASier. .o.ov vai dine -~J. Williams HOIMeS, , ol Aw sat svn Brumbelow Wed = ng Bartlett RE i vi Melton Figari, ..............Fain Reynolds JAR R. G. : Sprott ......o .....:gFelix Reynolds a Re T.~ Petty. .... & Tires Steadman RR Hunt he de s 3 oT sninive vaees Clark Q. B Mills... oie ii sod i didi vend Toler L. H. BISHIrOOK. cc v votes Morgan R. H. Jefferies... ou. di suans Thompson F. B. Score by periods: Te CFU ein iis esis 0 0 0 0—0 Aggies utr odin 5 0 0 0 0—0 Substitutions: T. C. U., B. Williams for Clark, Grant for B. Williams. A. & M., Davis for Alsabrook, Richter for Holmes, Deffeback for Sikes, Brown for Bartlett, Alsabrook for Mills, Burgess for Jefferies, T. Hol- leron for Brown. Z. W. BARTLETT S. J. “RED” PETTY The two lads above are two reasons for the failure of the Mustangs and other conference backs to gain much ground via the running route against the Aggies. Bartlett has come into his own this year and the big Marlin lad is about the best center in the conference. His work in backing up the line and on pass de- fense has been one of the strong points in the Aggie defense this year. “Red” Petty, from Decatur, paired with Siki Sikes of Leon- ard at the Farmer Wings, is another sterling defensive player and a pass snatcher of no mean ability. Both the above men are two-letter men, Bartlett being a star weight man in Track and “Red” being a star basketball forward. They are Juniors and will be back next year. TECH MATADORS FAIL TO HALT DRIVING AGGIES First Half Close but Aerial Attack Spells Overwhelminlg Defeat to West Texans at Lubbock. Playing before West Texas’ largest football crowd and as the first Con- ference eleven ever to play in Lub- bock, the Aggies took the Tech Mata- dors to an unmerciful trimming by the score of 47 to 6. The heme boys played nice football in the first half, that session ending with the score 8 to 6 in favor of the Farmers. In that half the Tech line wmothered Aggie running attack. A high wind made punting next to impossible and the Matadors scored their touchdown when they got the ball close to the Aggie goal line and carried it over, largely thru the line crashing ability of Nichlaus. Before the half was over the Aggies had scored a safety and a touchdown for themselves. Bible had a few words to say in the rest period, and when play was re- sumed the storm broke. It was Hunt to Sikes, Hunt to Petty, Hunt to Alsabrook, over and over again until the Matadors were so bewildered they thought the West Texas sand storm then raging was blowing footballs instead of the usual sand and dust. Every man on the Aggie squad saw service in this last half with the second string men run- ning over a pair of tallies on the jad- ed Matadors. “Pinky” Alsabrook, for the first time came into his own and played a game of real football. His pass receiving was deadly and his running hard and fast. Dorsey and Ish, replacing Captain Hunt, both looked good and Conover showed a return to form, The Aggie line, after some ragged play in the initial quarter settled down to stop cold any attempts at an offensive by the Tech Warriors. The work of Bartlett and Sprott in this last half was particularly good. The Aggies played without the ser- vices of Burgess, regular half, and Holmes and Figari, regular guards, who were left at home because of in- juries. rs + The Line-ups Tech— —A. &M White > ou ivived snes shes nis Sikes : L. E.- #33: Carpenter ............ <7. += Lister Ad Lp. Readi(C) ovis visi saese Richter ; L. G. Corley! ... coconniennsvansss Bartlett C. DEWRLL '. cvs vives dian ss tonne Rogers R. G. Vermilion” oo. ea. Sprott R.T. JENNINGS Joc oivsdernsne omnes Petty R. E. Woolridge ccc .0 cia dvas Hunt (C) Q. R, Walker. .\cos nes vi'vaie Alsabrook L. H. Hamilton “ev devils oo ae 3 svete Conover R. H. NICHIBUS is vet de vasin vases Varnell F. B. Officials Ramp (Springfield College) ref- eree; Hart (Texas University) um- pire; Boynton (Williams), head lines- man; McMillian (A. & M.), field judge. ge ole ok oe ole ode fe fe fe ole fe of of of fe ok LS 4 * D. H. Schuenneman, ’24, + % holds the record so far this % year for coming the most dis- % tance to a football game. He * % arrived at College in time for * the S. M. U. tilt from Ha- *% % vana, Cuba, where he has been *% for the past several years, do- % ing engineering work. Schu- % % enneman will be in the States % for a few weeks and said we % certainly gave him a welcome % with such a football game as % he never dreamed of seeing. ** 5 ate de ode ode ode ole ode fe ode de ode de de de fe fe Re Horace Boyett, ’12, well known highway engineer of the State is now living in Corpus Christi. * kk "Cecil Boyce, 26, is back in school this year finishing up his work and doing some graduate work in engin- eering. kd Soest oe Gerald Fahey, ’22, that handsome robust lad from Navasota is still in that city and one of its leading and most successful planters. Gerald says he only made a fair crop this year but he still looks mighty pros- perous and comes up to most of the football games at Kyle Field. He’s still single but says he’s not thru trying. % kk G. H. Pape, ’04, is senior partner of the firm of Pape, Williams & Co., large cotton exporters. Their cen- tral office is in New Orleans, altho they have other offices at Waco and various places. Pape will be on hand at the Thanksgiving Day game at College and is still an enthusiastic supporter of the College and the As- sociation. * * xX George J. Kempen Jr., "21, sends _i his check for membership in the Association from La Grange, box 474, where he is with the State Highway Department. . George. has been engi- neering over most of the State since he left A. & M. He will be on hand to see many of the ’21 gang here that day, 4s gp *_ kk Jack H. Hayes, ’25, is one of Purina Milling Co’s. star representatives and has a territory ‘at Drumright, Okla., where he can be wxitten at box 67. He has ‘made a big=Stccess with his company. ~ ete oo a * kx ok faculty of the North Texas Agricul- tural College at Arlington. He is a horticulturist specialist. * kk Theron W. Ragsdale, ’21, has changed his address from Jackson- ville to P. O. Box 801, Brownsville, Texas. He didn’t tell us what he was doing down there on the border. * * * John S. Coleman, ’27, better known as “Shorty,” is keeping books and buying cotton for the Dozier Gin Co., at Dozier, Texas. Shorty says he’s still single but has hopes some day. * kx * Texas Christian University at Ft. Worth takes one of the 27 Grads in the person of Louis W. Ramsey, who is in the mathematics department up there. Ramsey says he likes it fine and is doing well in spite of the fact that T. C. U. is a co-ed school and has many distractions from Math. $l on and on of “our college.” at Thanksgiving and says he hopes |} T. E. Hagan, ’18, is a member of the |’ (By Mrs. Albert Buchanan) Oldest in line of continuous service at the Agricultural and Mechanical Colege of Texas, and also oldest in years of life, being “80 last fall,” ac- cording to his own statement is “Uncle” Dan Jackson, colored janitor at A. and M. College since 1873 and who is still in active service. This, the last week of preparation at the college for the incoming of more than 2,000 students for the 1927- 28 term, finds no official or teacher in the institution more deeply concerned that everything shall be “spic and span” for the reception of the stu- dent body, than this faithful old negro who has served his lifetime there as a janitor. Uncle Dan Jackson owns a little cab- in home in Bryan and for the past 50 yeare has been a familiar figure on the streets as he has gone early each morning to his work, returning late at night, “I have lived wid de fust president, Mr. Gathwright at de college de fust four years I worked dar,” explained Uncle Dan, when questioned as to his years of service. “Worse’'n dat,” he continued. “I hep to haul the rock by ox wagon from de quarry on de Brazos ribber to put in de foundation of de fust main buildin’ and de hall dey named for Mr. Gathwright. Den, when we need- ed some bricks to make up de walls wid, we burned us some bricks in a 3 kiln, right dar on de ground where we wuz, and den we built dem fust two houses at de College, we did.” Uncle Dan leaves with his hearers the impression that much of the suc- "| cess of A, and M. College is due to his work, and a visible pride glows in his almost sightless eyes, as he talks All who know Uncle Dan believe that surely he will receive the reward of the promise “Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life.” Feebleness of age has lessened his ability, but he is still at his post of duty and receives his monthly pay check along with the younger and stronger workers. Born a slave in Newton county, Georgia, in 1874, Dan Jackson was sold by his master, Billy Newton, when he was 17 years old, to Solomon Jordan, also of Newton county, for $560.00. Later, a negro “speculator” came from Atlanta, Ga., buying “nig- gers, mules, and horses,” and Dan and his brother, John Jackson, were bought and carried to Atlanta, where the two brought $1,500 on the “block.” Just a few months later he was brought to Texas. “I wus some workin’ nigger in dem days,” declared Uncle Dan, as his quick mind, linked up with a most un- usual memory seemed to revert proud- UNCLE’ DAN JACKSON, COLORED JANITOR AT A. & M. COLLEGE, HAS BEEN AT THE JOB FOR FIFTY YEARS ly to the long ago. “Have the white folks much since that time, Uncle Dan?” we asked, to lead the old man to talk. “Dey sho is,” he promptly answered, “and none of ’em now ain’t whut dey daddys and gran’-daddys wus, neither; ’twant no bootleggin’ den, an’ ’twant none of dis fool flyin’ in de air goin’ on neither; folks had sense den, and dey was wuth som’thin’. I ain’t seen no shu nuf man, like my ole masser was, in a long time.” “And your young missus; did she smoke cigarettes?” we ventured to ask. “Nossir—my young missis was a gentle lady and she thought too much o’ her pretty self to put nasty terbaccer in her mouf. Some of de ole ladies smoked a pipe sometimes, when dey had a ‘toof ake.’ Dat was al” Realizing that we felt a sincere in- terest now in the old negro we asked, “Do you live alone, Uncle Dan?” “Yes boss, I lives by my self now; I did had a good wife and I had ten boys and two gals, but dey all done gone. I'm all what’s lef in dis world.” “Aint it gettin’ late mister?” the old man asked as he shaded his eyes and guaged the hour by the sun. “I got to hurry to de college; I ain’t been late to my work in fifty years, and I mustn’t start in now.” The old man shuffled on down the street, bent with age, humble, ig- norant, but withal an inspiration be- cause of his life of faithful, honest service, lived to the best of his ability. In the great Book we are not required to be famous, victorious, or success- ful, we are only commanded to “be faithful.” changed = -— Dick Faulkner, ’22, dropped in the office the other day for a little chat. He is located in Port Arthur and says all the gang there are doing well. x Xx % Edward Blevins, ’25, sends in his dues from way down in Porto Rico, to be exact Box 731, Ponce, Porto Rico. He didn’t say what he was doing but asked to be remembered to all the boys. a — STROMAN BREEDING FARM DERBY, FRIO CO., TEXAS G. N. STROMAN, ’17, Plant Breeder. SOUTHERN TILE COMPANY 503 Construction Industries Bldg. Phone 2-68379 FLOOR, WALL AND DECORATIVE TILE —TERRAZZO— THOS. C. BORN, ’05 V-Pres. and Manager Dallas, Texas WII =" WAREHOUSES "oh WIG); - SHIPPERS COMPRESS Al \J 2 << NVNGNGING/IT/\Y; RH. MCASHAN& C0. HOUSTON, TEXAS LIBERAL <X ADVANCES = ©) 5 ; ~ ry og 2 _.- COTTON FACTORS OFFICE: 307 WESTHEIMER BLDG. 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