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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1902)
THE THANKSGIVING GAME, A. & M. Champions of the South, For years of honest effort A. & M. has at last earned her reward—the champions of the Texas gridiron—this year doubly im portant, for it makes her champion of the South. The game in which this honor was won took place on ’Varsity’s athletic field at Austin Thanksgiving, and for the first time the orange and white of Texas was lowered in defeat to the crimson and white of A. & M. It was an ideal football day, clear, cool and crisp with a gentle north wind, making it pleasant for player and spectator alike. Society was out in force, many coming in handsome vehicles, gaily decorated with the colors of the day. There were rooters enough and to spare. Some 200 cadets with fish horns, mega phones, and, still better, their lusty yells, did the loudest cheering for A. & M. In addition to the cadets and campus people a large crowd from Bryan was present, each wearing a badge, “We’re All for the Farm ers,’’ and indeed they shouted for the “Farmers” most loyally. The cheering crowds, the waving flags, the squawk of fish horns, megaphones, and the ’Varsity band as the teams trotted onto the field, made a scene not soon to be for gotten. At 3:30 the referee’s whistle sounded and the great game was on. A. & M. kicked off and downed the ball before ’Varsity could advance it. Then came the crisis. ’Varsity’s sullen warriors line up behind the pig skin in their first effort to break through A. & M.’s line. Can they do it? If so, they may carry the ball to our goal without a halt. If not, the game is almost won, for “guards back” is good for two yards every time and three times tw^o yards are six yards or first down you know. They hurled *a heavy back into our left ine for a small gain. ’Varsity was jubi lant. They plunged into our right line for a still smaller .gain. ’Varsity wasn’t so jubilant. Then with third down and three yards to gain, Jackson was forced to kick. Beilharz caught the ball and advanced it a few yards. With a shout of “Carry it over, bullies!” A. M. by short, fierce line plunges of the