THE BATTALION
Published Weekly by the Students' Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
TWENTIETH YEAR • COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1912 NUMBER 8
A. AND M. SOUTHWESTERN CHAMPIONS
Farmers Defeat Oklahoma 28 to-6
CHAMPIONSHIP WON MONDAY IN STUB
BORNLY CONTESTED STRUGGLE
In Game Marked by Biilliant Playing of
Montgomery and Bowler, A. and M.
Piles Up Score on Owen’s Sooners
CORPS VISITS BRYAN
ANCIENT CUSTOM OF GOING EN
MASS TO BRYAN AFTER FOOT
BALL VICTORY REVIVED.
BRYAN ENTERTAINS ROYALLY
Interurban Carries Cadets Free, and
Moving Picture Shows and The
ater Throw Open Doors.
Tuesday night the joy and enthu
siasm of the corps rose to such a
height that nothing short of a trip to
Bryan would satisfy them. Yell prac
tice was held and then, headed by
the band, the start was made toward
Brazos county’s capital city. Some did
not feel equal to the occasion when
it came to walking and took the car.
The greater number footed it, how
ever. When the corps reached Bryan
they paraded the streets and then the
picture shows and the opera house
-'ere thrown open and invited them
to enter. There was no rowdyism, but
the crowd was as orderly as could be.
Most of the hoys were so tired that
all boarded the cars for the return
trip.
TEAM WEAKENED BEFORE GAME
Vesmirovsky Badly Injured in Street
Car Collision.
While the team was on the way to
the football park for the game last
Monday, Eddie Vesmirovsky’s ankle
was badly crushed, the injury being
so serious as to keep our star fullback
out of the game. A van of the Hous
ton Transfer Company traveling at a
high speed collided with the street
car.
Needless to say the loss of Yesmi-
rovsky was a serious one to the
Farmer team and probably prevented
the score from being higher than it
was.
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* «THE TEAM SPOKE FOR ME.” *
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* By Charles B. Moran, Head Coach *
* of Texas A. and M.
“I feel so good I can hardly say *
* anything,” said Charlie Moran *
* Monday night. “The team spoke *
* for me. I am satisfied. Owen has *
* a beautifully coached team and *
* we ail admire his genius. His *
* team put up a hard fight. The *
* officials were fair and managed *
* the game well. The crowd wms *
* well handled. In fact, everything *
* suits us.” *
* *
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On the first, day of the great No-
Tsu-Oh Carnival in Houston the
mighty football machine of A. and M.
defeated the Sooners of Oklahoma
University at West End Park by an
overwhelming score of 28 to 6.
The weather was ideal, and only a
light south breeze swept across the
field.
This game was the most important
of all to Moran’s team, for it meant
the high honor of being the team that
captured the Southwestern champion
ship of 1912. and it was through the
great geriius of our unexcelled coach
that the A. and M. can boast of the
great achievement.
The game was hard fought through
out, each team holding the other nu
merous times for downs. The Soon
ers were outweighed by A. and M.
twenty pounds to the man. On the de
fense our boys far outclassed their op
ponents, who could by no means gain
through the Farmer line, and could
only advance the ball at times on end
runs. Although we must not fail to
give Owens’ men credit for playing a
great defensive game, stopping, as
they did, several times the great line
plunges, and also breaking through
the line and throwing our men for
loss.
The beginning of the game looked
blue indeed for A. and M. In three
minutes after the beginning of play
Courtwright registered a field goal,
the first score against Moran’s team
this year, although A. and M. scored
in this quarter, forging ahead on a
forward pass from Higginbotham to
Montgomery, who ran thirty yards for
the first touchdown. In the second
quarter Courtwright scored his second
field goal from the forty-yard line,
bringing the score up to 7 to 6 in A.
and M.5s favor. In this same quarter
Courtwright attempted a third field
goal, but failed. Kern scored the sec
ond touchdown in the third quarter
and Higginbotham kicked goal. In the
fourth quarter two more touchdowns
were chalked up, both by Montgomery,
one on an end run and the other on a
forward pass from Bateman. In each
instance Rig’s toe kicked a sure goal.
If the stars for A. and M. were
picked out, it would be necessary to
mention each player. Montgomery,
the hero of the hour, literally starred.
He made three touchdowns and played
a great defensive game at right end.
in the game the two passes on which
he made the touchdowns were caught
above his head on the run. On his
end run for a touchdown he followed
his interference beautifully, he him
self dumping two men. Bowler, our
mighty *ackler, played a great game.
At doubtful moments he would be
called upon to make the required dis
tance and never failed to gain from
twenty to thirty yards on the tackle
through tackle play, and on plunging
through the opponents’ line he shook
(J ff taoklers like water. After Bowler
'was injured, Crow replaced him and
played a fine game. His tackling was
fierce and he never failed to make an
opening in the Sooner line. At left
end Everett and Washington played
a strong game. Lambert, at left
tackle, was like a stone wall, and
also Miller at left guard; likewise
Lyles at right guard. Cushman, at
center, played a grand game, each
time passing the ball surely into the
runner’s hands. In the hack field Hig
ginbotham was a star. His returning
of punts w r as great. He kicked all his
goals and numerous times made huge
gains. It was he who took the place
of the injured Vesmirovsky and
played the position as well as anyone
could have dared do. His punting was
always good for fifty yards. Bell and
Bateman, at halves, played spectac
ular ball. Their long gains were keen
ly felt by the Sooners. Bateman on
his forward passes was always ac
curate and quick. Bell made several
long gains around the ends and
through the tackles. McArthur, Beas
ley, and Parker, who played part of
the time in the backfield, did fine
work, especially Parker, who covered
a fumble by the Sooners on A. and
M.’s ten-yard line. Kern, at quarter,
played a masterly game. He ran the
team with extraordinary skill, and he
is credited wfith one of the touch
downs. He advanced the ball long dis
tances on punts from the opposing
side, and played a strong defensive
game. Spake, who relieved him,
played a glorious game.
Oklahoma has a great football ma
chine, hut not there with enough
goods to cope with the Farmers. In
Courtwright, Owen has his best play
er, the man who caused A. and M. her
trouble throughout the game, and by^
CORPS RECEIVES TERM
ACCOMPANIED BY BAND STU
DENTS MEET PLAYERS
AT DEPOT.
PLAYERS MAKE SPEEGRES
Players Forced to Make Speeches
After Being Hauled to Gathright
Hall from Station.
An example of the splendid A. and
M. enthusiasm and loyalty was given
last Tuesday afternoon when the
corps met the Champions on their
z-eturn from Houston. Accompanied
by the band, the cadets assembled at
the Houston and Texas Central depot
at 2 o’clock and prepared for the ar
rival of the team. A laxge float, one
of “Cap” Watkins’ pets, was drafted
for service and, decorated with red
and white bunting and covered with
mattresses, was hauled to the station
by a team of enthusiastic students.
As the train pulled into the sta
tion the band struck up A. and M.’s
“national hymn,” “What Makes the
Wildcat Wild?” and Captain Waters
and Jake Clegg led the bunch in giv
ing “fifteen for the team.”
As soon as the train stopped and
the “Champs” appeared on the steps
of the cars, each member of the team
was hoisted on the shoulders of the
students and carried to the waiting
wagon. Then, with the band leading
the way, the whole crowd paraded
the campus and finally escorted the
heroes to their quarters.
This demonstration of “pep” on the
part of the cadets merely serves to
half-way indicate the loyalty of the
corps to the team and the apprecia
tion, on the part of the student body,
of the honor which the team has con
ferred on A. and M.
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* “THE BEST TEAM WON!” *
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* By Benny Owen, Head Coach of *
* the University of Oklahoma. *
* “There is little to say regard- *
* ing the game,” said Coach Benny *
* Owen, the well beloved little *
* genius who has headed the *
* Sooners in many a hard-fought *
* campaign for the Southwestern *
4: championship. “Texas A. and M. *
* outplayed us. The best team won. *
* We were given a good clean fight *
* and feel that we were beaten by *
* a worthy foe.” *
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