The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, December 02, 1910, Image 1

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    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
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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.