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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1911)
BRYAN’S BIG FURNITURE AND BUGGY HOUSE We do Packing and Crating Before you sell your Furniture consult us about the care of it PARKS, successor to B ii cluman-Moore BRYAN, TEXAS JUNIOR ATHLETICS. (Continued from Page 1.) and stopping plays before they are started. Charlie is also a track man, his specialty being the weights. In last year’s track meet at Sherman he won first place in the hammer throw. McDowell is another all-round ath lete. This is his first year on the football team, but last year he won his “T” on the track. “Mac” plays center on the football team, and al though rather light for the position, opposing centers find him a terror. On the track he is a distance and weight man, and we expect great things of him this spring. In George Altgelt we had a star end this year. Anyone who has seen him in action can appreciate his abil ity. He is full of grit and staying- qualities, never having to leave a game on account of injuries. He is a sure tackier, never failing to get his man. In the Houston game the way he got down on punts and broke up interference was great. He was picked for an end on the second All- State team. Here’s hoping George will be with us again next year. Merideth James came to us last year from Allen Academy and this year is the captain of the track team. He is a pole vaulter and high jumper. In James we have a man who has held the State record in the pole vault for several years. We are looking for Merideth to go even higher this year. Grissom was ineligible to play in the association games on account of play ing with Baylor last year. In the games he did play he showed his worth. In the Arkansas and Tulane games he showed up exceptionally well. If we are lucky enough to have him with us next year he will be a great addition to the team. “Gris” plays end and halfback. The track team has a wonder in the “Plying Dutchman” Laake. In the mile run last year at Sherman he walked away with the field, and when Coach De Tray gets hold of him we expect him to improve this spring. Harris Underwood is another pride of the Junior Class in athletics. He plays both football and baseball. Last fall he showed up well in the games he played. “Under” is fast, aggres sive and has a cool head. If he had not hurt his knee when he was a Fish we would have heard from him before this. On the baseball team he is the fastest man we have. He has a good batting eye and is a second Ty Cobb on bases. In “Pap” Dwyer we have one of the grittiest little quarterbacks that ever played on Kyle Field. “PapC uses his head and handles a team well. We look for him to make good next year, and he will. Another member of the baseball team is Vesmirovsky. This is his sec ond year in college baseball and he is making good. “Dutch” plays in the outer garden, and takes everything that comes his way. He bats like a fiend, being especially addicted to hit ting them for extra bases and even home runs. Millender, better known as “Lindy,” is one of the most valuable track men we have, having had two years’ ex perience in that branch of athletics. He has been one of our best runners and hurdlers in the past, and we ex pect him to do wonderful things be fore the season is over. CART. MOSES, U. S. A. (Continued from Page 1.) college each year presents the cadet officers with sabers, which they wear during the year, as a reward for their faithful service and attention to duty. Before this the side arms worn by the cadet officers were ancient and vari ously constructed knives, having no uniformity of style. Each year, as the number of officers increased, a few new swords were added, part of the officers wearing the old and part the new. The regulation saber now pre sented to the officers is of value to them if they enter the army, because they are equipped to that extent, and do not have to go to the expense of purchasing one. The annual hike is also one of Cap tain Moses’ innovations. Though at first we were poorly equipped, and the first hike was not a great success, we have become better equipped each year until now the hike is a real ben efit to all and a pleasure to most of the cadets. During his stay here he has raised the school from a low Class B to the highest rank possible to obtain. Class BA distinguished.” This is in deed a record to be proud of, and especially so when one considers that of the ten ditsinguished schools, the other nine are strictly military schools. Besides the great benefits the col lege has derived from his work, per haps the greatest result of his labors here is the benefit the boys have re ceived from their association with him. He has at all times shown that his one desire is to aid the boys in everything right. Many a cadet has been started on the right road as the result of the good advice of the “Bull.” When we are in need of a true friend and adviser, one can always be found in him, and the Junior Class, and especially the five boys directly con cerned, will always remember the kindness and consideration shown to us in our recent trouble. We shall al ways treasure his memory, and if in after years the chance shall ever come to repay it, we shall be only too glad to do so. EVANS-VESY. Prof. C. Max Evans and Miss Minnie Mae Vesy, of Waterloo, Iowa, were married at the home of the latter on March 28, 1911. Mr. Evans graduated here in 1908, and is now in charge of the Extension Department. He is a well-known and j popular man here, and we wish for him and his wife a prosperous life.