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About The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1927)
TT — JIM PIRIE, "04 PLAYS GAME NOW OVER HIS RADIO Former Aggie Back Diagrams Big Games — His Visit Recalls Memories of Great Class of 1904 James E. “Baldy” Pirie, 04, County Engineer at Albany, Texas, missed the S. M, U. and Texas games but got them over the radio and made perfect diagrams of the play as it happened. Big “Sunny Jim” looked much like he must have looked in the days when he played full-back on the A. & M. football team. He got his name of “Baldy” of the prevailing fashion in those days for football players to wear their hair long for protection since head helments were almost unknown. In addition to his athletic prowess Pirie was President of his senior class, Asseciate Editor of the Longhorn and a Cadet Captain, He has a son at A. & M. now. The class of 1904 contains many names familiar to the A. & M. Ex- students Association. Aguayo, Alt- gelt, Bauer, Benjamin, Bernay, Blake, Burns, Carter, Clonts, Cobbs, Cochran, Conner, Cruse, Dahme, Davenport, Dunn, Fountain, Glass, Haner, Hill, Hoffer, Houchins, Hull, Japhet, Kaul- bach, Lillard, Maedgen, Maxwell, Mc- Cutcheon, Meek, Moser, Pape, Peden, Pirie, Puckett, Rubenhoenig, Sattler, ‘Simonds, Stallecup, Stapp, Stinson, Tarver, Vick. That’s the role of the class. Many of them have become prominent men of affairs in the State since their A. & M. days. 97 YOUNGSTER TO SEE WORLD AS RADIO OFFICER Sudo R, DeBardeleben of the class of 97 has taken a position as a radio operator on the “S. S. Bessemer City” of the Ismian Line. This vessel is going around the world in six months, leaving New Orleans soon and touch- ; ing all the important ports in Panama, California, Hawaii, Japan, China, OWL JINX FAILS AND AGGIES WIN AT HOUSTON, 14-0 Farmers Experience Off-Day But Eke Out 14-0 Victory With Dorsey And Burgess Starring Playing their poorest game of the year the Aggies managed neverthe- less to get away to a 14 to 0 victory over the Rice Owls on Armistice Day in Houston. The Owls offered a stub- born defense that stopped Hunt and his charges time after time but the offensive efforts of the Feathered Tribe were so weak that they never penetrated nearer than the thirty- five yard line toward the Farmer goal. A rain that started falling in the early part of the game resulted in a slippery field and had its effect upon the speed of Bible’s bucking backs. Hunt was stopped more ef- fectively than he has been this year but while they were concentrating on him Burgess and Dorsey managed to pick up several score of yards and it was a beautiful thirty yard dash by the latter that accounted for the sec- ond Aggie tally. Hunt kicked both goals and scored the first touchdown after a march down the field to start the second quarter. Barring that quarter there was no scoring, The greatest crowd of the season greeted the Aggies at the Rice Field, that is as far as Houston was con- cerned, and perhaps ten thousand spectators braved the elements to watch the Aggies perform. On de- fense the forward wall of “Chuck” Bassett was impregnable but on of- fense it seemed unable to cope with the slippery sod and the powerful de- fense Rothgeb has fashioned at Rice. Bible used practically every man on his squad and the final quarter saw the entire second team in action. A. & M. has long feared Rice, particu- larly in Houston, and altho the score was low, it was satisfactory. Rice has overturned the dope-bucket too often for Aggie fans not to appreci- ate even a closer victory than the 14 to 0 count. i RL — — The many friends of “Hike” Me- Connell, famous old Yell leader of a Philippines, East Indies, India, Af-| few years back, will be glad to hear rica, Mediterranean Sea, Italy, Spain, France, and then back to the U. S. that he is recovering some of the use of his voice, BRONZE TABLET FROM A.&M. MEN HONORS “SULLY” Visitors to the stadium at Kyle Field will come upon the following words inscribed upon a beautiful bronze tablet fastened to the concrete of the stadium: “IN APPRECIATION OF JAMES SUL- LIVAN, AN UNTIRING WORKER FOR THE CAUSE OF AGGIELAND —THIS STADIUM ERECTED IN 1927.” The tablet was placed upon the new stands by popular subsecrip- tion from Former Students of the College as a token of appreciation for the work of Business Manager Sul- livan. It was placed without cere- mony and came as a complete sur- prise to “Sully” and the Athletic authorities. The A. & M. Stadium and other improvements at Kyle Field have been paid for without the usual pleas to Former Students ior financial aid, and much of the credit must go to James Sullivan. K.S. PALMER, 24 HAS LAST LAUGH ON DALLAS NEWS The day before the S. M. U.-Aggie game the Dallas News printed a car- toon which aroused the ire of many followers of the Farmers. The pic- ture showed a big fat hog in a pen labeled “A. & M.” with a figure at a grinding stone, sharpening a huge knife, and labeled “S, M. U.” The caption of the whole was “Hog-Kill- ing Time.” After the game several of the Dallas boys got together and presented the News with a cartoon, drawn by K. S. Palmer, ’24, now with the Texas Power and Light Company in Dallas. The News generously printed this answering cartoon, much to the delight of Dallas A. & M. men and the discomfiture of the Mustang followers. It showed the A, & M. “Hog” triumphant, all that was left of the Mustangs being a pair of Asses ears. Palmer has received many compliments upon his drawing ability. new concrete ee BE This monogram on MAZDA lamps, Wiring Systems, and motors that run household equipment, insures lasting safety and convenience in both house and barn. You will find it also on motors that saw the wood, hoist the hay, run the pumps, or furnish power for milkers and separa- tors. 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GENERAL ELECTRIC 885-5B One of a series of advertisements published in the leading farm papers in the interests of rural electrification LJ 1 brought out the peak of STEERS PROVE NO MATCH FOR JOEL HUNT & CO. (Continued from Page One) gridiron for a touchdown that even the Aggies’ stonewall of defense could not roll back nor halt. This episode Longhorn power. Save for an intermittent flare-up now and then in the last half, Texas appeared weak and wabbly in comparison with the compact scoring machine driven by Joel Hunt. Hunt’s passes were accurately thrown in the main and just as accu- rately pulled from the air by his flying mates. At intercepting passes the Aggies proved veritable falcons. It was on these dazzling plays that A. & M. started drives that resulted in their first two touchdowns. It was on a fumble by Texas that the Aggies took the ball and went for their third touchdown. So many passes were hurled during this colorful combat it seemed more like a glorified game of basket ball than anything in the old-time, smash- ing football line. The Aggies com- pleted nine for 122 yards, Texas com- pleted eight for 93 yards. Fifteen went wrong for Texas and seven for A & M. Big Crowd Present. Every city, town and village in Central Texas came to College Station through representative citizens to cheer their favorite team. Both Long- horns and Aggies had strong parti- sans in each group that poured through Kyle Field gates from noon until the referee’s whistle started the stirring combat. This outpouring of Texas football fans reached its cli- max when a battery of field artillery on the campus boomed its seventeen- gun salute to Governor Dan Moody who journeyed from Austin to add official State dignity and eclat to the annual gridiron clash of two colleges fostered by Texas. Governor Moody and his party oc- cupied a box directly behind the Uni- versity squad’s blanket brigade, but the fluttering gay colors with which the enclosure was festooned was the only emphasis the battle received from the Chief Executive. Governor Dan is impartial in his sentiment to- ward his college wards in athletic combat. When the kickoff came, fully 27,500 spectators jammed the stadium stands. Bright autumn colors in row upon row flashed down on the battle field from four sides of the arena, making a picturesque setting for the arbitra- ment of the keen rivalry between these stalwart aggregations of Lone Star athletes, It was a typical Southwest holiday multitude enjoying its Thanksgiving pastime in characteristic Texas holi- day mood. The challenges of rival student bodies that swept across the gridiron continuously in chorused yells were both wild and wooly. Hunt Goes Across. The combat opened with a swift exchange of punts that left the ball in midfield. Joe King of Texas tried a short pass over the line which fail- ed. Another pass was intercepted by Bartlett. Before the assembly of madly cheering fans had realized it, Joel Hunt shot a pass to Sikes, who heaved it laterally to Burgess. In one desperate dash the fleet Aggie fullback carried the ball forty yards, to within one yard of the Texas goal. Hunt then ran it over the line for the first touchdown of the game. It was the fastest and best executed series of gridiron plays ever seen on a Tex- as field. When Texas next got the ball on an exchange of punts, the Orange and White lads began a savage attack on the Aggie line. In one or two rushes they made first, down in spite of val- jant defensive stands by the Farmers. Then Joe King heaved a pass to Wray. Like a maroon dart, Dorsey sped in and intercepted it to run twenty-one yards. Hunt then passed to Alsa- brook, who crossed the Texas line for the second touchdown, At this juncture, with gloomy fore- | bodings shaking the Texas support- ing cohorts, the Longhorn Band broke out with a lively air to inspire the tottering Orange and White line. The music had its effect in the failure of the Aggie plunges to gain first down and Hunt punted to the center of the field. Texas failed to ram the Aggie line and Boyles punted. In a spectac- ular dash a moment later Dorsey for the Aggies skirted right end for twenty-five yards. The Aggies clearly had the speed and dash in the first quarter with Texas battling grimly to stop the enemy’s terrific sweeps into ; ) Orange and White terrain. Both Lines Solid. In the second quarter neither team could make any headway through the line and an interchange of passes took place. Hunt to Sikes proved the winning combination here and they gained thirteen yards on a perfect play. Hunt’s next pass, however, was intercepted by Boyles, who returned twelve yards. Allen for Texas then fumbled and Petty recovered for the Aggies. Hunt to Burgess on a pass gained thirteen yards. Another pass put the ball on Texas’ b-yard line and Hunt passed to Petty, who whirled over for the third touchdown. Burgess a moment later intercept- ed another Texas pass. Two of Hunt’s passes then went straight into Texas’ hands but were sadly muffed. Hunt punted and Allen for Texas returned it fifteen yards. Then Dusty Rhodes electrified the Texas stands by catch- ing the first completed Longhorn pass out of six attempts. It was a beauty and gained fourteen yards. Patsy Allen then caught one to gain six yards. King passed one over the goal and the ball went over to Ag- gies. Davis had completed a 9-yard pass from Hunt when the half ended. Texas Starts Plunging. The second half had scarcely opened when Big Un Rose fumbled to let the Aggies recover the ball about mid- field. Hunt shot a perfect pass to Sikes for thirteen yards. The Aggies punted and Texas started down the field on plunges from their 15-yard line. This attack soon failed and and the ball went over. Then the Longhorns opened a savage plunging attack that carried the ball thirty-five yards in five plays. Joe King and Big Un Rose smashed through, aided by superb interference. It put the ball on the Aggies’ 15-yard line, the nearest Texas had put the ball to the Farmers’ goal line. The power sub- sided, however, and the ball went over on downs, The Aggies began to adopt a strat- egy of safety and booted the ball out of danger. On the first attempted pass by Joe King the ball was snatch- ed out of the aim by Dorsey, for the Aggies. Hunt shook off four tacklers to make nine yards at right end. Beatty of Texas intercepted one of Hunt’s passes as the quarter ended. Texas Comes to Life. Texas came to life as the final period opened with the lopsided score of 21 to 0 hanging over her citadel. A pass, King to Wray, gained 19 yards and put the ball on the Aggies’ 24-yard line. Here it was lost on downs. The Orange and White line held against the assaults of the Ag- gies and Hunt punted to midfield. King began to hurl short passes for slight gains. Ford shot one to Potsy Allen, who ran for 28 yards to the Aggies’ 20-yard line. Joe King broke through for 10 yards. At the 10- yard line a desperate scrimmage took place, with Texas driving madly for the goal and the Aggies massing for defense. Joe King ripped the line for 5 yards. Ford carried it 4 yards to the 1-yard line. The Aggie line ap- parently crumpled in the face of the fierce Longhorn drive. With one yard to go, Ford carried the oval six inches. Wild Bill then raised a bedlam in the Texas stands by plunging center for the touchdown. The frenzied ecstasy had not started to subside when Ox Higgins inflated it with a kick over goal for the extra point, Hunt broke loose with a 49-yard sprint in the closing phase of the quarter. He made several short gains in powerful off-tackle dashes. Alsa- brook ran 28 yards to the 7-yard Tex- as line and Hunt carried the ball over for the Aggies’ fourth touchdown. The power of the new Southwest Texas punted. The A. & M. line held | Conference championship team is shown in the fact that the Aggie ma- chine, in its nine games this season, ran up a total of 262 points as against 32 points’ total for its opponents. There is talk here Thursday night of a post-season game in Dallas between the champion Texas Aggies and the champions of another conference of similar class, preferably the Georgia University team. It is believed special permission for such a combat could be secured from the conference au- thorities. First Quarter. . Higgins kicked off out of bounds ball being brought back. Higgins kicked off to Alsabrook on the Aggies 5-yard line. He returned to his own 25-yard line. Burgess got 2 yards at left tackle. McCullough stopped Hunt after a yard gain. Hunt punted to Texas’ 30-yard line. J. King returned to the 35-yard line. Ford hit center for no gain. The Aggies were penalized 5 yards for offside. Bartlett intercepted a pass from Joe King on the 50-yard line. Hunt got 4 yards at tackle. Bur- gess crashed center for 4 yards. Bur- gess got 2 yards and first down on Texas’ 40-yard line. A triple pass, Hunt to Sikes to Burgess, was good for 39 yards and first down on Texas’ 1-yard line. On a double pass, Hunt skirted left end for a touchdown. Hunt kicked goal. Score, A. & M. 7, Texas 0. Higgins kicked off to Hunt on A. F& M.’s 5-yard line and Hunt returned to his own 25-yard line. Higgins stopped Burgess afier a yard gain. Hunt punted out of bounds on Texas’ 43-yard line. Ford Makes Gain. Ford crashed center for 6 syards. Ford got 2 yards more in the same place. Ford again hit center and failed to make first down by inches. Another thrust by Ford brought a first down on the Aggies’ 45-yard line. Rose got 2 yards at left tackle. Boyles got 3 yards at center before Figari stopped him. Dorsey intercepted a pass from Joe King and carried to Texas’ 34-yard line before stopped. Hunt passed 12 yards to Sikes for first down on the 22-yard line. Alsa- brook snatched a short pass from Hunt and sprinted for a touchdown. Hunt kicked goal. Score, A, & M. 14, Texas 0. Higgins kicked off to Hunt on the Aggies’ 5-yard line and Hunt return- ed to his own 25-yard marker. Dor- sey got 3 yards at left tackle. Bur- gess hit center for a yard. Hunt STROMAN+-BREEDING FARM DERBY, FRIO CO., TEXAS G. N. STROMAN, ’17, Plant Breeder. SOUTHERN TILE COMPANY 503 Construction Industries Bldg. Phone 22-8379 FLOOR, WALL AND DECORATIVE TILE —TERRAZZO— THOS. C. 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