The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, October 01, 1900, Image 14

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THE BATTALION.
And' he made a forty-yard run.
The second touchdown was then made
In a few seconds of time.
And the third was made by “Cap.”
Schultz,
As he thundered down their line.
The first half was over,
The men took a little rest.
And Henry College and A. and M.
Were being put to the test.
As the second half was started
And Davidson put in his place,
It was seen by all who were present,
Henry held the losing part of the race.
I will not enter into details
To tell about the game,
.But will say that Henry College
Was not so much to blame.
While the breeze was blowing softly,
While the sun was shining bright,
Henry was thinking of their College
In a drear and lonely spot.
Although they were defeated
By a score of forty and four,
They are not our enemies,
And don’t feel very sore.
Henry men! you are all right
In your own kind of w r ay,
And we’ll all take pleasure
To welcome you back most any day.
Don’t get discouraged at this, your first
defeat.
Keep on playing football till you find
a team to beat.
And now I shake each by his hand,
And let you depart to your own sweet
A. and M., 44; Henry College, 0.
The College boys had some good prac
tice with the visitors from Henry Col
lege, Texas, October 19th. The football
contest on that afternoon between A.
and M. and Henry College proved a very
good practice game for A. and M. The
Henry College boys were well pleased
with all of the decisions, and good na-
tutbdly acknowledged that they were
outclassed in every respect. Although
somewhat unequal, the game was very
interesting.
Having possession of the ball most of
the time, the A. and M. boys walked
away with the visitors, gaining through
the line and making some long runs
around the ends.
The College defensive work was very
good also, and the visitors only suc
ceeded in making their necessary five
yards once. A. and M. did a great deal
of fumbling in the first part of the game,
which prevented the score from being
higher.
The feature in the latter part of the
game was the punting by Schultz and
others of the team getting down the
field before the opposing team could ad
vance the ball. In this way three touch
downs were made in the last two min
utes.
The game was called at 4 o’clock and
A. and M. kicked off to the 15-yard line
and Henry advanced five yards. Then
Henry lost the ball on downs. A. and
M.’s ball and Grey is sent around the
end for the first touchdown of the sea
son, and Schultz kicked goal. Score
6 to 0.
Henry kicks off and McGinnis brings
the ball back ten yards before downed.
McGinnis goes around the end for fifty
yards, and A. and M. loses the ball on a
fumble. Henry tries to plunge through
A. and M.’s line, but is forced to kick,
and Schultz brings the ball back ten
yards before downed, and McGinnis is
sent around the end for a touchdown.
Schultz fails to kick goal. Score, 11 to 0.
Henry kicks fifteen yards and New
berry is downed after advancing the ball
three yards. They line up and Thrower
gets through left tackle for five yards.
McGinnis goes around the end twenty