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THE BATTALION.
man half back; Johnson H., who
attends to the rear garden with
Shultz, and Simpson, the sure
tackier, who will attend to quar
ter back in his old form. Then
there are Boettcher and Kildow,
who are rapidly gaining their old
form in line play.
Of course Frank Dwyer came
back. He wanted to help his
team defeat ’Varsity. Dwyer will
assist at half again this year.
Captain Moseley will again play
his old position at left tackle.
Farthing and Weimert, the only
two new men on the team, are rap
idly learning the game.
Prather, the star end, whom
Capt. Moseley brought from Dal
las, is an old-timer, having played
on the best teams in Dallas.
Johnson C., who played a star
half under Coach Taylor, is with
us again.
Our second team is doing won
ders for us. Never before have
they shown up so well as they
have in the past few days. Much
credit is due the members of the
second team for the showing they
have made against the first.
And our coach—well, too much
cannot be said about him. Just
report and see the teams at work.
Coach Murray is undoubtedly
without a rival in Texas.
The prospects for a victorious
team at College were never bright
er. With 42 men practicing reg
ularly under an able coach, we
should land away up the line.
’Varsity, ’Varsity,
Who are they?
Surely not State champion,
For wait till you see A. M. C.
FOOTBALL SEASON ’99 OPENED.
HE first game of the season
was played on the college
gridiron October 7, between the
Houston football team and the
crimson and white of A. M. C.
Promptly at 3:40 Capt. Mose
ley led his eleven sturdy athletes
upon the field amid a cheer from
the boys and a hand-clap from the
young ladies.
Captains De Lesdeanier and
Moseley tossed the coin for choice
of goals. Moseley won, and se
lected the famous “East End.”
De Lesdeanier kicked off 40
yards, but the ball was advanced
30 yards before the runner could
be downed.
It took only two plays before
the first touch-down was scored.
After that the Houston boys
seemed to lose all hopes, as the
ball was carried over their goal
for seven more touchdowns in the
next 33 minutes’ plays.
College’s new interference was
too much for the visitors, but
much practice is needed before it
it will come up to the require
ments of Coach Murray. For
Houston, De Lesdeanier played
the star game.
College has no stars. All the