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UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE
AUSTIN LITERARY SOCIETY.
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FEBRUARY 1, 1905.
tackled them. We tackled them
front and rear, in the center
and on both wings. We even laid
seige to their etore of supplies and
attempted to cut off reinforce
ments. We tackled them by the
neck, hair, nose, feet, or any other
projections that came handy.
You see that the main point was
to tackle. The referees that day
were imbued with a premature
Christmas generosity and they
gave us permission to see how
many National Athletic Associa
tion rules we could smash in a
given length of time. All we
lacked in smashing up to the rec
ord limit we took out in smashing
heads.
Each one of us soon discovered
that he could make one particular
kind of grand stand play better
than any other and thereafter he
went around looking for opportu
nities to display his particular
abilities. Some of the fine plays
made that day should be made
known to the public, for indeed
they were fine. For instance, our
quarter discovered that he could
fly, so time and again he could be
seen soaring above the line after
the enemy had carried the ball
around the end and were gone
down the field.
Being quite frequently more
concerned about the welfare of my
own head than about the doings of
other players, I did not get a chance
to study the peculiarities of each
man in action, but I saw one or
two plays spread upon the grid
iron which ought to be immortal
ized. One of these was a beautiful
double pass made by one of us.
Since the game we have learned
that it was a superb piece of play
ing.
The enemy had been able to ac
complish nothing, so one of our
men got sorry for them. Conse
quently while speeding around the
enemy’s left flank he had about
made up his mind to help them
out a little. Just at this time,}
though, he discovered an enemy
trespassing on our territory and
he conceived a fierce resentment
for that particular foeman. The
impudent rascal was actually ob
structing the passage. Of course
that spoiled all well-laid plans, so
something must be done on the
spur of the moment. Just at this
moment Splitz Shoemacher came
coursing along and though he was
an enemy, he was an honorable
man. Some friend handed him
the ball while he turned his at
tention to the rascal who assailed
him. By so doing he could get
his revenge and aid the discour
aged foe a little at the same time.
Of course it was not his fault that
somebody overhauled Splitz and
prevented a touchdown. He had
done his best.
Our Irishman, also, made a fine
play, he forgot we were playing
up-to-date foot ball and started an
old style game of association all
by himself. He did well, too, for
a while booting that football
around like a man, but some fel
low was near enough to sneak it
away from him right in the mid
dle of the performance and that
spoiled the whole thing.
Well, to make a long story
short, we lost the game, 10 to 0, the
papers said the score stood, but if
you had asked a Gathrighter he
could not have told you which way
it went. In tears of joy had we
come forth and in tears of sorrow
we went away, bearing our dead
and wounded with us. Gath-
right was defeated, but not dis
graced.
“BUG=HUNTERS” 6—ENGINEERS 3.
The senior “Bug Hunters”
played the senior Engineers a game
of baseball Saturday evening.
The Bug Hunters have had
more experience in catching ob
jects that sail in the air, so ac
cordingly won the game by a score
of 6 to 3. The Engineers forgot
their waste—but they could not
have used it—the ball would not
stay in their vicinity long enough
to get the hot grease wiped off—so
they stopped a ball only now and
then. I forgot—some C. E.’s were
in the game, but they were too in
experienced to use either a transit
or a level on a flying sphere of rub
ber, yarn and leather. What great
knowledge they had of a transi
tion curve did not enable these
senior C. E.’s to figure just where
the ball would drop.
The lineup
for the
teams con-
sisted of old baseball veterans. It
was as follows:
Church
. . McFarland
Glass....:
. Welhausen
Rainev
• lb
M inear
.2 b
.. . Hackney
Stubbs
.3 b
Hanna.
■ s. s
Sternenberg
Boyce, W. B.. .
.1. f
... . Durst
Cruse (Piney).
. c. f.... .
Hauck
Holzman
r. f ...
-. Washburn
The principal feature of the
game was that of umpire—wise old
Jess Hassel, while Church distin
guished himself as having strength
enough in his mighty right to
overthrow any base or field man
in the game.
“JACK OF ALL TRADES”
In answer to an advertisement for
somebody to take charge of a church
choir and play the organ, the follow
ing reply was received: “Sir, I
noticed your ad. for an organist and
music teacher, either lady or gentle
man. Having been both for several
years, I oiler you my services.
THE AUSTIN LITERARV SOCIETY.
The second meeting of the Aus
tin Literary Society this term was
held last Saturday night with an
attendance, considering the very
inclement weather, that shows the
interest and determination of the i
members that are seeking to un
fold the literature of our masters
and attain ease and ability in dec
lamation and oratory.
A very interesting program was
carried out, and each member
present felt that the benefit de
rived during the hour was far
greater than could have been re
ceived from many other sources.
It is essential that every school
of importance should have a strong
and permanent literary society.
With our reliable and old stand
ing membership and the help of
the corps, there is no reason why
we should not have as strong a so
ciety as any school in the State.
Every student has some time to
devote to the improvement of his
literary ability and the power of
presenting his views clearly to an
audience. It is far better to spend
a few hours each week in this
much neglected adjunct to our
college course.
“THE STAGS.”
The following men met in No. 13,
Austin Hall, Sunday, January 22,
for the purpose of organizing a
dancing club, to be known as “The
Stags Welhausen, Lipscomb,
Noble, Crooks, Cruse, Thompson,
Washburn, Windrow. Wickes,
Oliver.
Mr. Welhausen was elected
president, Mr. Lipscomb secretary
and treasurer.
It was decided to limit the.mem-
bership to “B” and “C” compa
nies, and the following men were
elected from each company:
“B” company—Abney, Arnold,
Burns, Culver, Dean, Elliott, Gil
bert, Kaulbach, Lichte, Metcalf,
Pendleton, Skaggs, Underwood,
Woods.
“C” company—Bruce, Downs,
Ehlinger, Epstein, Faught,
Gripon, Higgins, Kelley, Moss,
Rainey, Wallace, Wortham, Potts.
Musicians—Giesecke, Ramse}'
and Thompson.
Arrangements were made with
Prof. Harrington for the privilege
of using the Chemistry building.
Dances will be held every Satur
day night during the winter and
spring terms and many delightful
hours are anticipated.
THE GLEE CLUB.
Below is a copy of the program
of the Glee Club to be rendered
next Saturday night. The enter
tainment will be given compli
mentary to the corps of cadets and
campus people. Everybody is in
vited to be present on this occa
sion.
PROGRAM.
Recital to be given by the A. and M.
College Glee Club, College Chapel,
February 4, 8 p. m.
Chorus—Medley—Arranged by W.
R. Atkinson—Glee Club.
Violin Solo—Rondo from Concerto
IX—De Beriot—Mr. Max F. Mayer.
Chorus—Love’s Old Sweet Song—
Molloy Parks—Glee Club.
Bass Solo—Out on the Deep—H.
W.Petrie—Mr. J. W. Lane
Quartette—Did Yo’ Heerd What
A Sandman Say—W. H. Jones—
Messrs. Haltom, Orr, Lane and Jun-
kin.
Solo—Daisy— Horwitz — Bowers—
Miss Hettie Smith.
Chorus— Little Peweet—Petrie—
Parks—Glee Club.
Violin Solo—Maiden’s Song—
Meyer—Mayer.
( (a) Juanita—Norton—
Chorus — < Parks.
( (b) Old College Chum
t—Adams—Glee Club.
Mr. Wendling will deliver a lec
ture next Thursday night. This will
be number four of the lyceum course.
Mr. Wendling is said to be a very
fine lecturer, and we anticipate a
fine lecture.
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