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SE ——— punted to King on Texas’ 30-yard line and King returned to his own 45- yard line. Aggies Take Ball. Ford picked up 3 yards at center. The Aggies drew a 5-yard penalty for offside. Ford rammed center for 2 yards. Hunt knocked down a long pass from King to Rees. Boyles punt- ed over the Aggies’ goal line. A. & M.’s ball on their own 20-yard line. Dorsey slipped through left tackle and out into the open, gaining 36 yards and first down on Texas’ 44- yard line before Ford could stop him. Dorsey got another yard at center. On a cut-back Hunt picked up 3 yards. Hunt’s pass to Sikes was incomplete. Hunt punted out of bounds on Texas’ 6-yard line. Rose plunged center for 4 yards. Rose got another yard off left tackle as the period ended. Score, A, & M. 14, Texas 0. Second Quarter. Boyles kicked out of bounds on Texas’ 35-yard line. On the next play Hunt circled left end for 23 yards, where Joe King ran him out of bounds. It was a first down on the 12-yard marker. Burgess was stopped for no gain at center. Hunt’s pass was incomplete. On a fake kick, Hunt gave the ball to Dor- sey, who got two yards at center. The ball went over on downs to Texas on their own 10-yard line. King picked up 3 yards off left tackle. Boyles’ pass to Wray was in- complete. Boyles’ punt was partially blocked and Rose recovered for Texas on their own 15-yard line. Boyles punted to Hunt on the Aggies’ 45- yard line, Hunt returning to his 48- yard line. A pass, Hunt to Sikes, was good for first ‘down on Texas’ 38-yard line. Hunt’s pass to Petty was incomplete. Boyles’ punt was partially blocked and Rose recovered for Texas on their own 15-yard line. Boyles punted to Hunt on the Aggies’ 45-yard line, Hunt re- turning to his 48-yard line. A pass, Hunt to Sikes, was good for first down on Texas 38-yard line. Hunt’s pass to Petty was incomplete. Allen for Rose, Cowley for Brown, Texas. Richter for Figari, Aggies. Boyles intercepted a pass from Hunt on Texas’ 28-yard line and ran it back to Texas’ 87-yard line. Petty Gets Fumble. Ford got a yard at center. Ford carried out of bounds for no gain. Allen fumbled a pass from center and Petty covered for the Aggies’ on Tex- es’ 10-yard line. Hunt skirted left end for 4 yards before Wray stopped him. Hunt's pass to Petty was good for a touchdown. Hunt kicked goal. Score, A. & M. 21, Texas 0. Hunt kicked off to Ford on Texas’ 10-yard line and he returned to his own 23-yard line. Rhoades for Rees, Texas. Ford carried out of bounds for no gain. Petty knocked down a pass from King. Burgess intercepted a pass from King on Texas’ 42-yard line and was downed in his tracks by Allen. Davis for Dorsey. Mills for Alsabrook and Deffebach for Sikes, Aggies. Boyles blocked a pass from Hunt. Davis fumbled a pass from center, but recovered for a 38-yard loss. Hunt’s pass to Deffebach was good for 8 yards. Allen recovered Hunt's block- ed drop kick on Texas’ 30-yard line and ran to Texas’ 45-yard line, where he was downed by Hunt. Longhorns Threaten. Baldwin for Ford, Texas. Baldwin hit center for 2 yards. King’s pass to Boyles was incomplete. King’s pass to Rhoades was good for 13 yards and first down on the Aggies’ 40-yard line, Joe King stepped off right tackle for 9 yards before stopped by Bartlett. Wells for Sprott, Aggies. Baldwin got 3 yards at center for first down on the Aggies’ 28-yard line. King got 2 yards at center. King’s short pass to Allen was good for 5 yards. Bald- win got a yard at center. King pass- ed over the goal line. Aggies’ ball on their own 20-yard line, Hunt picked up a yard at center. McCullough tossed Hunt for a yard loss. Hunt punted out of bounds on the Aggies’ 43-yard line. Beatty for Sewell, Texas. Dorsey intercepted a pass from King on A. & M.'s 15-yard line as the half ended. Score, A. & M. 21, Tex- as 0. Third Quarter. Line-ups were same as started the game. Higgins kicked off to Hunt on the Aggies’ 5-yard line and Hunt re- turned to the 25-yard line. McCul- lough tossed Hunt for a 2 yard loss. Dorsey regained the loss on a tackle play. Hunt punted to King on Tex- as’ 35-yard line and he returned to the 41-yard line, Rose fumbled and Bartlett covered for the Aggies on Texas’ 38-yard line. McCullough threw Hunt for a b- yard loss. The Aggies were penalized 15 yards for holding. First down for 30 yards to go. A pass, Hunt to Sikes, was good for 15 yards. A pass from Hunt was incomplete. Hunt punted to King on Texas’ 13-yard line where King signaled for a fair catch. Rose broke through left tackle for 7 yards, being stopped by Sikes. Boyles hit center for no gain. Boyles punted to Hunt on the Aggies’ 40- yard line and Hunt returned to the 45-yard marker. Burgess rammed center for 4 yards, being stopped by Boyles. A pass, Hunt to Sikes, was good for 4 yards. Sikes attempted a backward pass to Burgess, but it was too short. Deffe- bach for Petty, Aggies. Burgess hit center, but failed to gain, and the ball went over on downs to Texas on the Aggies’ 45-yard line. Aggies Hold. A lateral pass, Rose to King, was complete, and King ran 7 yards ar- ound end, being stopped by Figari. Boyles rammed center for first down on the Aggies’ 35-yard line. A lateral pass, Ford to King, was good for 2 yards at end. Ford went through left tackle for 6 yards, being downed by Sikes. Ford plunged center for first down on the Aggies’ 25-yard line. King circled left end for 8 yards. Ford hit center for first down on Ag- gies’ 15-yard line. Ford went through center for 2 yards. A double pass, Ford to Boyles, was good for a yard gain. A pass, Ford to Boyles, was incomplete. A pass, King to Rhoades, was incomplete. It was the Aggies’ ball on their own 15-yard line. Dorsey hit center for 3 yards, Hunt circled right end for 5 yards, being stopped by Rhoades. Hunt punted to King on Texas’ 30-yard line and he returned to his own 42-yard line. Rose hit center for 4 yards. Rose got 4 yards more in the same spot. A pass, King to Boyles, was intercept- ed by Dorsey on the Aggies’ 40-yard line and he was downed in his tracks by Rose. A pass, Hunt to Sikes, was good for 1 yard. A pass, Hunt to Alsa- brook, was incomplete. Hunt skirted right end for 8 yards, being run out of bounds by King. Burgess dived over center for first down on Texas’ 48-yard line. A pass, Hunt to Bur- gess, was intercepted by Beatty on Texas’ 40-yard line. He ran it back to Texas’ 48-yard line before stopped by Burgess as third period ended. Score, A. & M. 21, Texas 0. Fourth Quarter. A pass, King to Rhoades, netted a first down on A. & M.s 40-yard line. King hit center for 4 yards. A pass, King to Wray, netted first down on the Aggies’ 20-yard line. Ford was run out of bounds for no gain. A pass, King to Allen, was incomplete. A pass, King to Boyles, was incom- plete. Texas drew a 5-yard penalty for second incomplete pass. A pass, King to Rhoades, was knocked down by Alsabrook and the ball went over on downs to the Aggies on their own 25-yard line. Hunt lost 8 yards at right end, be- ing thrown by Rhoades. Hunt punted to King on Texas’ 30-yard line and King returned to the 40-yard line, where Bartlett stopped him. A pass, King to Allen, was good for 4 yards. King failed to gain at cen- ter. A pass, Ford to Allen, was good for first down on the Aggies’ 31-yard line. A pass, King to Allen, was good for 8 yards. Hunt ran Allen out of bounds. Ford hit center for first down on the Aggies’ 20-yard line. Ford cut through left tackle for 8 yards being stopped by Burgess. Ford hit center for a yard. Ford rammed center for 2 yards and first down on the Ag- gies’ 9-yard line. King went off left tackle for 4 yards, being stopped by Alsabrook. Ford rammed center for 3 yards. Wylie for Holmes, Aggies. Boyles got a yard at center. Ford hit left tackle for a touchdown. Hig- gins kicked goal. Score, A. & M. 21, Texas 7. Higgins kicked off to Hunt on the Aggies’ 5-yard line and he returned 18 yards to the 23-yard line, Dorsey hit center for no gain. Burgess pick- ed up 3 yards at center. Hunt punted to King on Texas’ 42-yard line, where he signaled for a fair catch. Hunt Gets Loose. A pass, King to Rhoades, was in- complete. King got through left tackle for 5 yards. A pass, King to Boyles, was knocked down by Alsa- brook. Texas drew a b5-yard penalty for second incomplete pass. Boyles punted to Hunt on the Aggies’ 20- yard line and Hunt ran it back to midfield, where Allen stopped him. Baldwin for Ford and Reynolds for Beatty, Texas. Ewell for Sprott, Ag- gies. Hunt circled right end and was run out of bounds by Allen after an 8-yard gain. Witsell for Wray, Tex- as. Burgess hit center for first down on Texas’ 36-yard line. Hunt skirted left end for 6 yards, being stopped by Witsell. Hammond for Higgins, Texas. A lateral pass to Alsabrook was complete and Alsa- brook sprinted 27 yards to the 3-yard line, where he was forced out of bounds by King. Hunt cut through tackle for a touchdown. Hunt kicked goal. Score, A. & M. 28, Texas 7. Hunt kicked off to Baldwin on Tex- as’ 15-yard line and he returned to the 36-yard line. Rektorik for Figari, A. & M. Baldwin hit center, but play was called back and the Aggies were penalized 5 yards for offside. A pass, King to Rees, was incomplete. King faked a pass and was stopped for no gain at right end. A pass, King to Allen, was incomplete. Baldwin punt- ed to the Aggies’ 29-yard line, where Witsell killed the ball. Dorsey failed to gain at left end as the game ended. Score, A. & M, 28, Texas 7. Summary: Starting line-ups: A. & M.—Sikes, left end; Lister, left tackle; Holmes, left guard; Bart- lett, center; Figari, right guard; ‘Sprott, right tackle; Petty, right end; Hunt (captain), quarterback; Dorsey, left half; Alsabrook, right half; Bur- gess, full. Texas—Rees, left end; (captain), left tackle; Sewell left tackle; Wray, right end; Joe King, quarter; Rose, left half; Boyles, right half; Ford, full. Substitutions—A, & M.: Richter for Figari, Deffebach for Sikes, Davis for Dorsey, Mills for Alsabrook, Var- nell for Burgess, Ewell for Sprott, Deffebach for Petty, Wylie for Rich- ter, Mosher for Lister, Rektorik for Figari. Texas: Allen for Rose, Rhoades for Rees, Cowley for Brown, Baldwin for Ford, Beatty for Sewell, Brown for Cowley, Cowley for Brown, Sewell for Beatty, Whitsell for Wray, Emmons for Higgins. Touchdowns: Texas, Ford; A. & M., Hunt (2), Alsabrook, Petty. Points after touchdown: Texas, Higgins; A. & M., Hunt 4, Fumbles: Texas, Allen, Reese; A. & M., Mills. Yards from scrimmage: Texas, yards; A. & M., 191 yards, Score by periods: 122 Er Ce rr 0 0 0 7T—1T AHEM 2 obs seid ea tote 14 7 0 7T—28 Passes: Completed, Texas 8 for 93 yards; A. & M. 9 for 122 yards. In- complete, Texas 15, A & M. 7. Inter- cepted, Texas 3, A. & M. 4. ; Punts: Texas, 6 for average of 41 yards. A. & M. 10 for average of 34 yards. Kick-off: Texas, 3 times for 80 yards. A. & M. 4 times for 190 yards. First downs: Texas 12, A. & M. 14. Penalties: Texas 3 for 15 yards, A. & M. 4 for 30 yards. — —— So ofe ede ode ote ote fe ode oe oe ode oT Op ode fe : SPORT FODDER : +e Se oe ofe de of of ofe fe fe fe of of of Gp ob od ”e Fifteen football letters were award- ed by the Athletic Council to the fol- lowing: Hunt, Alsabrook, Bartlett, Burgess, Davis, Deffebach, Dorsey, Figari, Holmes, Lister, Mills, Petty, Richter, Sikes and Sprott. The re- quirements for a letter are high at A. & M., calling for playing in 100 minutes or more of conference time. k kk Avila, Childers, Haile, Killian and Thompson were awarded letters in Cross-Country. They were confer- ence winners this year. * kk For the fifth time in the past ten years of Dana Bible’s reign as Ag- gie Head Coach the Southwestern Conference title flag waves over Kyle Field. In that past ten years no other conference eleven has won the title more than twice and that’s about as good a record as even the most am- bitious football follower could wish. kx sk 3k Pittsburg University has accepted the invitation to play Leland Stan- ford at the Tournament of Roses in Pasadena. For a while it was hoped ‘that the Aggies would get the invi- tation in case they won in the South- west. A post-season game between "Georgia or Georgia Tech, whichever wins the Southern Title would be at- tractive and would likely be played either at Atlanta, Dallas or Houston. Centenary has also challenged these Southern winners. There is no chance of the Aggies playing Centenary. * kk Joel Hunt leads the conference scores with a total of 128 points with Redman Hume’ of S. M. U, second with 116 points. kk 3k The first two conférence events of the year resulted in championships for the Aggies, football and cross- country. % sk 3k The best of sportsmanship was evi- dent in the A. & M.-Texas game. After it was over the Longhorn play- ers were the first to congratulate Hunt and his Aggie team-mates. It is said that Captain “Ox” Higgins of Texas said that Hunt was the great- est football player he had ever played against. Hi % The aerial attack of this year’s eleven was about the best ever seen in the conference. It was not used alone but was mixed in with the run- ‘ning and plunging attack in a way that made it particularly devastating. Bible and Bassett took the weapon that critics have said the Aggies would never perfect and won a title with it. Graduation will play havoc with “Chuck” Bassett’s line this year. Sikes, Deffebach, Lister, Sprott, Fi- gari, Holmes, Wylie and Rektorik, letter men will go along with Mosher, strong reserve tackle. Petty and Bartlett will be the only letter men available next year but Ewell at tackle and Richter at guard are re- serves this year who can step into places and hold them down and the same is true of Cody, an end, Brown a center, ete. Higgins? Lam——— . ee ————————————————— ee ——— Only Hunt is lost from the back- field. Burgess, Dorsey, Conover, Al- sabrook, Varnell, Mills, Davis, Jeffer- ies, Ish and Jefferies will return. From Roswell Higginbotham’s squad comes several backs of promise among them being Phillips of McKinney, Clark of Marshall, Zarafonetis of Breckenridge, Delery of Houston and several others. * kk “Chuck” Bassett will start basket- ball immediately after Thanksgiving. He will have four letter-men as a nu- cleus. Captain Sikes, Davis, Petty and Webster. A dozen others will be out for the other places. kk sk 3k The Southwest in general and the Aggies in particular have been re- ceiving more national publicity this year than ever before. Grantland Rice recently mentioned Hunt in his column in glowing terms and admit- |g ted that writers like himself had no opportunity to know the ability of players who were not on the big teams of the East and North. * kk Texas made a record in their vie- tory over Kansas Aggies when they scored 45 points on three first downs. Taking advantage of Aggie fumbles and intercepting many passes did the trick. %* kk Outside teams have fared poorly in the Southwest this fall. Missouri, Vanderbilt were all defeat- ed decisively. * kk Some wag remarked that the most usual passing lineup in the A. & M.- S. M. U. game was from Mann to Hunt. % kk A. B. “Bugs” Morris’ team at Abi- lene Christian College at Abilene re- cently won their biggest game of the year against Texas Tech and “Old Folks” Jim Bradford’s Burleson Eleven beat Wesley in their annual battle. Both the coaches were Aggie football players of a few years back. * ok * Centenary College of Shreveport has “Done wrong by our Conference teams” this fall, winning from Rice, Baylor, T. C. U. and the Mustangs. They are among the few undefeated and united elevens in the country. % 3k Xk By next year there will be an in- creased use of the Backward pass if the rule is not modified. It has taken teams about a year to learn all that might be done with it. The S. M. U. team is getting so they toss it around din a style worthy of a basketball game and the worst part is that they can do it consistently. NEW YORK SUN PUTS SPROTT ON ALL-AMERICAN A. C, Sprott, big tackle from Liv- ingston, has been honored by being selected as an alternate tackle on the New York Sun’s All-American Eleven. The honor carries with it an award of a gold medal that is one of the most coveted awards of the football world. The selection of Sprott will meet with general approval thru the Southwest and his many friends are congratulating him upon this honor. CUNNINGHAM, '10 BACK AFTER LONG NORTEERN STAY F.. H. Cunningham, ’10, recently returned to Texas from the North where he has lived since graduation, writes that he has not been able to gt over for a single game yet this year. He may be able to attend the Thanksgiving Day tilt but that is un- certain. Cunningham has not seen a game since graduation but is still one of the hottest fans you can imagine. He is now living in San Antonio at 108 Navarro St., and is connected with the Otis Elevator Company. The 1910 Longhorn says that he was a great military expert when in A. & M. His favorite command being “Do as I do!! March!!” We can’t vouch for that but Cunningham says he is very anx- jous to get over to the College for a visit and see the many changes that have been made since he was Captain and Quartermaster of the Regimental Cadet Corps. 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