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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1910)
THE BATTALION Published Weekly by the Students' Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. VOLUMk XVIII COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, DECEMBER 2, 1910 NUMBER 9 LUST CAME A BiG Account of Thanksgiving Day Game at Houston—A. & M. 17; Tulane 0. The game played at Houston by the A. & M. team with the Tulane elev en was marred by frequent fumbling and poor work. The game was slow and dragging. But occasionally a star broke the monotony with some bril liant individual work. Several for ward passes were worked and several good punts were made. The spectators numbered three thousand. The crowd was not the some, of course, that • witnessed the big game on the 14th. The small num ber of Tulane rooters were overshad owed by the big number of A. & M. rooters. The A.. & M. supporters re peatedly cheered the Tulane players. The A. & M. rooting was noticeably not so great in volume as it was in the A. & M.-Varsity game. The day dragged with everybody—the players, the officials and the rooters. A. & M., with the superior line-up, contributed most of the individual stars. Kerns played a good game at quarter, always starring, showing good generalship in the direction of his team, returning punts, and work ing the forward pass. Grissom showed up well, proving that he will be a star player next year, when the one- year eligibility rule fails to apply to him. Underwood did splendid work in the back field and plunged for sev eral gains. Bateman went practically the whole distance, breaking away several times for long gains. Whyte played a steady full, bucked the line like a hammer, and made very few errors. Captain Barnes was a good tackle till compelled to retire early in the game. Hohn delivered the goods, also, as did Ward, the crippled end. Plinchum made a good end and full. The Tulane team was a good one. its light weight to the contrary, not withstanding. This team was thrown on the defensive most of the time, but they played a strong game then. Tulane’s right end, Hester, was a bril liant player. A. & M. could never make long gains through him, and he alone broke through his opponents’ line to break up interference and down his man behind the A. & M. scrimmage line. He made one of the prettiest plays of the day—a flying tackle af ter Bateman. Semmes Walmsley, Tu lane’s crack quarter, transferred to half, was used almost exclusively in carrying the ball. He is a splendid kicker and outpunted our team. He took punts well and played a fast, clean, game. Captain Sentell, tackle, held his part of the line, with little chance to be aggressive he was a consistent man in the defense. To ward the close of the game Hester, Walmsley, Seiitell and Foster mani fested themselves in breaking up for ward! passes. Cutrey, Tulane half, intercepted an attempted forward pass an his own five-yard line and made forty yards -before he was downed. A trifle slow he was handicapped by not having interference. Bateman stopped him and averted the danger of a score for the Pelicans. Early in the game Capt. Barnes made a pretty stop of a Tulane player and was badly bruised, the bruise causing him to watch the last game of the season from the side lines. Wood, the '1 uiane half, was the first Houisianan to leave the game. His arm was in a bad shape and a gru elling attack knocked him out. Eus tace Conway, the star kicker on the Tulane team had his jaw broken in the third quarter and was taken cut The game began late, though both teams were out on time. Tulane kicked off at 3:35 p. m., the A. & M. team having won the toss and chosen the south goal with a slight wind at. their backs. In the first quarter fre quent fumbles and penalties were ob served, keeping each team from mak ing decided gains.’ A. & M. went through their line some, but it was a long forward pass that put the ball within easy striking distance of the Tulane goal. A line buck, a penalty on the Pelicans, and a straight buck for two yards put Kerns over for a touchdown. Whyte missed a difficult goal. The quarter ended with the ball on Tulane’s 18-yard line. The second quarter was a hard fight and neither side scored. We made several costly fumbles and lost the advantage of good gains. A: & M. was penalized for use of hands, these penalties also causing losses of good gains. A. & M. kept the ball in Tu lane’s territory this quarter and suc ceeding quarters. In the last half the two teams played faster ball. Up to this time Moran had practically used, a sub- line-up, and now he sent in regulars. The effect of this change was notice- able at once. Tulane’s line was broken time after time, netting the A. & M. team big gains. The second score was made by straight football, aided by a return of one of Walmsley’s long- kickoffs by Whyte, and a forward pass for twenty-five yards, Beasley to Ward. After this line bucking took the ball over, though Tulane made a good! kick to their own twenty-five yard line. Whyte made the touchdown and goal. In this quarter the A. & M. team outplayed the Tulane team. In the fourth quarter the Farmers played brilliant football and made an early score. Whyte made a spectac ular end run and successive line bucks brought the ball up to Tulane’s 8-yard line. Here Flinchum, on a fake made a touchdown. Flinchum punted out and kicked goal. Score: A. & M., 17; Tulane, 0. After this Moran put in several sub stitutes and the game dragged. Tu lane contested brilliantly, breaking up every attempt at a forward pass. Time was called with the ball on the Tu lane 5-yard line, in A. & M.’s posses sion. The line-up: A. & M. Position Tulane Bateman, Ward, Dreiss Garrett Heft end. Hohn McUeod Heft Tackle Schaedel, Hyons Huff, Williams Heft guard. McDowell Craighead Center. Cretcher, Miller . Green Right guard. Barnes (Capt.), Hambert Cretcher, Miller Sentell Right Tackle Grissom, Altgelt, Washington Hester Right end. Kerns, Abbott, Dwyer. .White, Miller Quarter back. Slaton, Beasley, Vesmirosky, Kerns. .Conway James Heft half. Whyte, Flinchum, Grissom Wood, Cutrey Fullback. Underwood, Bateman, Bell Walmsley Right half. Touchdowns—Kerns, Whyte, Flin chum. Goals from touchdown—Ward, Flin chum. Referee—Cavanagh (Colorado). Umpire—Elmer (Virginia). Field judge—Walbridge (Hafayette, Cornell). Head linesman—Hunt (Tulane). Timekeepers—Geist (A. and M.) Dr. Conley (Tulane). Time of quarters—Twelve and one- half minutes.