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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1910)
THE A. & M. 1910 FOOTBALL SQUAD. (Continued from Page 4.) then his rise has been rapid. There is no use in describing the kind of football he plays. We have all seen him on the gridiron and have added our mite to many “fifteen rahs” in his honor. He once said he would rather die on the field than be responsible for the loss of a game. So far he has lived up to his statement. He was a corporal in “E” company last year, and president of the sophomore class. In the latter capacity he was one of the chief promoters of the sophomore play and flag pole movement. This year he is’our color sergeant, which gives him staff table privileges. As a member of the Austin Literary So ciety, he carried off the Caldwell med al in the oratorical contest last com mencement. Besides all this he is an assistant editor of this publication. He has always been a tent dweller. Last year he had his headquarters in tent sixty-four, where he and Altgelt opened the first candy store on tent row. He is now located at tent fifty- three. So far his life here has been a decided success. He is a good ex ample of what a fellow of the right kind can do at college. We can point to “Dutch” with pride, and say: “Go thou and do likewise.” Patrick’s experience, and against vet- The dear old Alamo City gave to us Ed Dreiss. He entered Brackenridge Grammar School in 1904, just as it was organizing its first football team. Here he remained' two years, which prepared him to enter the San Anto nio High School. For three years Ed worked hard on the team, and was made captain in 1909. This attracted the attention of his friends, and he was requested to play with the South west Texas Amateur Preparatory School Champions, who won the Daily Express trophy. He played as right half back in this game and the records show that he was a star. The cap tain of the San Antonio High School football team was not the height of his ambition, for as soon as he grad uated he made arrangements to come to the A. and M. College, where at present he is trying for the position as half back or end. As a track man, it would be hard to find his superior. He has won five medals in the 120 ! game of football as an end. Athletic editor of the Huisache of the of the Southwest Texas Amateur Pre- San Antonio High Schools’ Annual paratory School champions, who won Staff in 1909. The Daily Express trophy, and The — Daily Light Trophy in 1908. At the Oscar Abbott, the twenty-year old, Southwestern meet at Sherman in long-winded, sub-quarter of the A. and 1910 he won the running high jump M. football team, is about medium and took third place in the high hur- size. His endurance, speed, quick die race. This is Abbott’s second year mindedness, and the way he receives at the Agricultural and Mechanical his punishment during a game has College, and his many friends, espe- won for him honor in the hearts and cially those who unanimously elected minds of all the A. and M. rooters, j him as president of the sophomore This energetic youth started his ca- ' class of 1913, hope to see him make reer in a public school, of San Anto- ! a great record, nio, in 1898. He was a good runner j — at that time, winning many prizes at Kerns is a great quarter, and the picnics. While in Brackenridge Gram- wmy he ran the team to victory in mar School Abbott played his first Houston on November 14, was seem- HOHN, Captain 1911 Football Team. yeard low hurdles and one in the 220 yard low hurdle contests. He throws the discuss 104 feet, and the two me dals awarded to him in shot putting events are certainly worth what it cost to win them. Pole-vaulting is a pleasure to him. He was captain ot the San Antonio High School track teaift in 1909-1910. Ed is a lover of tennis and was a member of the Hay seed Tennis Club until he left the high school. Playing center on a basketball team for two years gave him a good idea of this sport, while boating and swimming seemed to come natural to him. He is also a member of the Southern Association of the Amateur Athletic Union, and he entered the In 1907 ingly marvelous. He is a new man San Antonio High | at A. and M., hailing from Ohio. He School, with an earnest desire to be come an athlete. Here he starred as a quarterback in all the preparatory school football games during 1908- 190£. Abbott, as captain of the 8. A. H. S. track team in 1908-09, won many honors. In the San Antonio Interna tional Fair meet in 1909 he won three rst* * places at high jump, broad jump, and pole vaulting. In the Spring Car nival meet in the same year he easily won medals for the broad and high jump. In the All-San Antonio meet in 1908 he received much applause and a medal for third place in pole vault ing. He was quarterback of the team was a surprise to us, for w~e did not expect such playing and headwork :rcm one who was without experience. Coach Moran says of him when giving his reasons for pueting him on tht the “all-state” team:; Without Kirk- erans of three and four years, Kerns displayed in the Houston game unus ual head work and ran his team at all times with a firm and masterful mind. He received every punt kicked *o him during the year. He is a sui’- prise not only to the public, but to the entire A. and M. squad, as well as to the coaches. He is a great punter and equal to any quarter in the state j in any other qualifications.” With his experience gained in football this year, great things are expected of him next year. Lyons is another new man at A. and M. this year. He played at center, I having done good work there in five | games. eHc comes from Dalhart, a ! town in the Panhandle. He will be j a hard man to head out of center next | year, and the man that gains that po sition will have to be a good one in- : deed. | This Indian won a “T” in 1907, in : the days of big Jim Ross. He came | back in September of this year and I “came back” in a manner that showed i his indomitable tenacity. “Sig” is in | the game from kick-off to the last ; whistle and does his breathing be- : tween quarters. That fleet-footed j “Big Chief” is a bad “Injun” can be ! proved by the cripples who have tried ! to stop his fierce line bucks. In many j respects he is one of the most brilli ant, most spectacular, and most un ique players that ever donned a red and white football armor. Whyte, a long, hungry fellow, hails from Holy Trinity, at which place he received a football training that our coaches have found to be very thor ough. While he is not the kind of player that raises the thousands of spectators out of their seats and con verts the grand stand into a pande monium of enthusiasm, he is all to the good and plays his position in great style. Keep your eye on the fullback for 1911. Our star end this year is George Altgelt of San Antonio. He received his football training at San Antonio 1 Academy, upon which team he played fullback. Greater development of his skill on the gridiron was gained on our squad last year. His ability is marked in every respect. He handles himself ably, having never been tak en from a game on account of inju ries. He is a sure tackier, never fail ing to get his man. He gets down fast under punts and breaks up in terference well. In the Houston game with ’Varsity he was a star through out. Coach Moran picks him for an end on the all-state second team. Here’s to the future of our plucky George. ! A tower of strength have we in our ; brawny right tackle and captain, ! Barnes. This big fellow showed him j self capable of making substantial gains through the line and receiving forward passes, as well as being able j to stop his man every time. Coach ! Moran, who picks Barnes as tackle on j the all-state team, says: “Barnes at ] right tackle is without a peer, not only in this state, but in the entire South j In my experience with Eatsern and | Western players I have never seen a ' man w'ho was his superior as a player,.