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THAT ’VARSITY GAME.
HE football game between the
University of Texas and the
A. and M. College took place at
thefair grounds in San Antonio on
Saturday, November 4. The en
tire College and many of its
friends had journeyed to the
Alamo City the day previous to
celebrate the A. and M. day at
the great International Fair.
Everybody was in holiday humor
and enjoyed all ihe many attrac
tions. Not the least of them was
the football game which had ex
cited much interest, as it was ru
mored that we had a strong team
and expected to give the ’Varsity
a hard run for the game. The
game was scheduled to be played
at 1 p. m., on the race track en
closure, and fully 5000 people had
taken themselves thither to wit
ness what promised to be a close
and exciting “gridiron” contest.
In this they were not to be disap
pointed, for the game was most
interesting. There were many
present who had seen former
’Varsity teams ride rough shod
over the A. and M. boys year
after year to the tune of 40 or 50
to nothing, and expected the lat
ter to give another exhibition of
baigain counter football, but in
this there was to be disappoint
ment. The A. and M. boys had
taken it upon themselves to learn
some football and were there to
demonstrate their ability They
had been coached to play a hard,
fierce, aggressive, up-to-date game
—a game that discouraged indi
vidual brilliancy but blended
every superior quality of every
man into a terrible whole. The
game was to be called at 1 p. m.,
but owing to the late arrival of
the ’Varsity boys, the largest
crowd that ever witnessed a foot
ball game in Texas was compelled
to wait more than two hours
longer before the teams appeared
on the field. The A. and M. boys
were first to appear on the field,
and received an enthusiastic re
ception, which likewise greeted
the ’Varsity boys a few miuutes
later. In a few minntes the pre
liminaries were arranged. Capt.
Hart won the toss and chose to
defend the goal with the wind in
his favor. Astin kicked off for
the A. and M. and the game was
on at 3:15. ’Varsity brought the
ball back 15 yards before being
downed. The teams lined up for
the first scrimmage and ’Varsity
gained 15 yards before the Col
lege boys got their defense to
working, and thereafter the ’Var
sity plays directed against the A.
and M. line went right up in
smoke. Forced to kick, Keller
punted 40 yards. Brown recov
ered ball. A. and M. now had
ball and they proceeded to show
what they knew about the game
on the offensive. They started