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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1908)
THE BATTALION 7 mi A n mmdH Athletics and athletic conditions at the Agricultural and Mechanical Col lege have been improving steadily during the last four or five years, and the day is not far distant when A. & M. will excel in all forms of sport. Taking the average A. & M. student for an example, he will be found to be a healthy, strong and upright young man. With this foundation to work upon, success is assured. The place of athletics in colleges has been argued by some of the op ponents to inter-collegiate athletics to be destructive of the young man’s am bition for something else. Inter-col legiate athletics have done a great work in making young men better, not only physically, but mentally and mor ally as well. The regular and earnest physical training makes the youth sinewy and enduring. Without the strong bodies and clear minds which they gain on the athletic field mapy students would undoubtedly fail in their studies. L. L. LARSON, Coach. L. N. HUFF, Manager. The A. & M. football team this year count of the stars of the company foot- was without a doubt one of the best teams that has ever represented this school on the gridiron. The team work was excellent, and the individu al work was never better. Great praise is due our coach, Mr. Larson, who is, without doubt, one of the best coaches that has ever been at the A. &. M. College. Being a stranger to the boys he naturally worked under some disadvantages, but it was not long before he had everything work ing smoothly. It is entirely to his ball teams could not be given, for, in fact, every player put forth his best, efforts. The football championship was won by “A” Company, by an overwhelming total score of 96 points to their op ponents’ 0. The splendid team work made possible by the every day hard practice won for these boys their title as champions. Although this team was one of the heaviest, it does not owe its victory entirely to weight. This year’s baseball team started credit that the forward pass was out under disadvantages. The “strike” worked so successfully, and that the and several other causes weakened many new plays were carried out so the team. The loss of Choc Kelley, well. This proves that it takes some- who was the captain of the team, and thing else besides weight to make a also one of the best all around play- team. ers, was indeed bad. Coach Wirt Since Coach Larson has become ac- Spencer, though, did not look at things quainted with all the boys, and knows in such a gloomy light, for he had what they can do, and what to expect them practicing early and late, and of them, the next year’s team will made every one of the boys get up surpass, we hope, the team of 1907 and travel to keep his pace. With an in many ways. j earlier start next year, and more bat- The tabulated account of the games ting practice, the team for next year j will no doubt give a hard fight for the championship. Chas. DeWare, the star first base- man, and one of the safest hitters on the team, had been chosen captain for next year. DeWare is popular with the boys and can no doubt get more hard work out of the team than any other man. The scores made this is as follows: A. & M. Ft. Worth U . . . 0 34 Texas U . . . 0 0 L. S. U . . . 5 11 Haskell Indians . . . . 0 5 T. C. U . . . 5 32 Tulane U . . . 6 18 Oklahoma U . . . 0 19 Texas U . . .11 6 Total opponents’ points 27—A. &M.125 A larger amount of enthusiasm was displayed in the company football games this year than has ever been shown before. Each company always had enough men out for practice to have two teams. An individual ac- follows: Southwestern U. ... Southwestern U. ... Southwestern U. ... Southwestern U. ... Texas Christian U. . University of Ark.. University of Ark. . year are as A. & M. 2 10 ' 1 8 0 4 *2 won, seven lost, and one tied. The line-up of the team was as fol lows: Cornell, catcher; Harbin & McElroy, pitchers; DeWare, 1st base; English, 2nd base; Bittle, short stop; Butts & Eversberg, 3rd base; Mc Daniel, left field; Crockett, center field; Townsend, right field. The averages made by the differ ent men at the bat are as follows: Townsend, 316; DeWare, 310; Cor nell, 261; Harbin, 209; McElroy, 182; Crockett, 179; Bittle, 167; English, 216; McDaniel, 125; Eversberg, 48; Butts, 19. The company baseball teams have been so evenly matched that it was a hard thing to pick the winners, and now that company “C” has played the tie off, they can truly say that they honestly deserve the company champ ionship. The track team, under the able leadership of Coach Larson, this year, has shown good results; but now that the first real hard work of breaking in a large team, as this was, is over, it will not be difficult for the A. & M. track team to crowd all the others for the head place. Fourteen were qualified this year against only three last year. This form of athletics, not hav ing the proper support, was form erly permitted to drag along, but now that everything has been brought to working order, great results are expected. Texas Christian U....1 University of Texas. .0 of Texas, of Texas, of Texas, of Texas. University University University University Baylor University Baylor University Baylor University 1 5 1 6 . . .1 . . .4 . . .0 ! 2 7 ! 0 4 0 4 0 0 4 An Exciting Moment. * 14 innings; ! 11 innings. Our team therefore had a total score of forty-eight runs against their opponents’ forty. Out of the sixteen games that were played, eight were V. Kejein, a Chinese student, has been elected editor-in-chief for next year of the “Columbia Spec tator,” the daily newspaper of Co lumbia Universi ty. For two years Kee has been a member of Co lumbia debating teams. J. UTAY, Captain. The College Fiirt Of all the maids that ever lived. As well as those of story books. There’s one alone to whom we give The most of al lour time and looks; This maid is Annie Lytics. Of all that ere to college come. This one, we think, surpasses all In bringing woe, disgrace and shame To sad-eyed Sophs from every hall—■ This maiden, Annie Lytics. From other daughters of father Math, We could get sometimes a big round 10, But this little maid of all she hath, Presents a lemon our hopes to rend; Beware of Annie Lytics. One sad sweet day this flirt so bold, Entrapped three youths from Batche lor’s hall, And we believe, and too are told. They’re Bobbie, Pottsie, and Pee Wee small— Ah! treacherous Annie Lytics. —B. K. and C. J., TO. A. L. CORNELL. Captain ’08 Baseball Team