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THE BATTALION.
directed plays shoved it over for a
touch-down. The ball was called back
and given to Tulane however, on their
four-yard line for off-side play. This
seemed to arouse them, and on Tu-
lane’s attempted kick they tore
through the line, blocked the ball and
Thrower fell on it for a touch-down.
Schultz kicked goal. Tulane put up
a clever defense, but should not have
been able to stop A & M’s powerful
plays had the latter’s players perform
ed their duty by all getting into the
play. Her offense was nothing re
markable, though several times her
backs got away for good gains before
being downed. Simpson displayed a
lack of generalship in directing the
work of the team, clinging too closely
to line plunges when the line refused
to open up for the runner, while the
ends could be skirted with compara
tive ease. The first half ended with
the score 6 to 0 in favor of A. & M.
During the intermission the coach col
lected the team and read them the riot
act for apparently beneficial results,
for they went into the game in the
second half and literally “tore things.”
Dwyer took his place at left half and
played a beautiful game, getting
around the ends for some long runs.
A. & M. had possession of the ball
most of the time during this half, and
her advance was irresistible, going
through the line and around the ends
almost at will, and but for a plentiful
crop of jumbling the score must have
been considerably larger, Schultz
kicked a beautiful field goal from
placement from the thirty-eight yard
line. The Tulane boys played a clean,
gentlemanly game, and had plenty of
pluck. They are under the direction
of Collier, the famous U. of Va. ath
lete, and will undoubtedly end the sea
son strong. A. & M. can feel much
pleased in winning from Tulane, who
has always borne an excellent reputa
tion in college athletics. It is to be
hoped that this may be the beginning
of a friendly rivalry and a closer ath
letic relationship between A. & M. Col
lege of Texas and Tulane University.
THANKSGIVING GAflE WITH BAYLOR UNIVERSITY.
The home team defeated Baylor Uni
versity foot-ball team of Waco by the
very gratifying score of 33 to 0. The
Baylor team was very heavy, but
lacked a comprehensive knowledge of
the game and exhibited poor team
work. The game demonstrated the
value of hard training and constant
coaching, for while the Baylor boys
were big and strong, so that as far as
natural gifts went, had perhaps the
advantage of the College boys, it was
the knowledge of the intricacies of the
game, their physical condition and
team work, all that goes to make a
successful foot-ball team, where Col
lege showed her superiority over the
Baylor boys. Often the game was de
layed because the Baylor boys were
unable to keep up with the pace set
by the A. & M. team, and fell ex
hausted on the field, and the score
might have been much larger had A.
& M. taken advantage of the good
breeze to punt oftener in the first half.
As it was she had the ball almost all
the time, and wore her men out early
in the game, plunging them through
the line. Baylor, when she had the
ball, could do nothing with the strong
defense of the home team. Her de
fense was not much better than her