THE BATTALION Published Weekly by the Students’ Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. TWENTIETH YEAR COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1912 NUMBER 9 miss, runs beaten HUSKY TEAM FROM MISSISSIPPI BEATEN BY SCORE OF 41 TO 7. TEAMS EJAliy HEAVy Victory for Texan Farmers Over whelming, Although Rival Clubs Evenly Matched in Weight and Experience. The A. and M. football team, the champions of the Southwest, met the team of the Mississippi A. and M. on Kyle Field Saturday and defeated it by the overwhelming score of 41 to 7. Owing to the fact that the visiting team was heavier than any heretofore encountered, it was expected that the game would be harder contested, but the sequence proved that the Texas team has in addition to great weight enough genuine skill to counteract overbalancing weight. The day was splendid for football, just enough chilliness to put vim and vigor into the gridiron warriors. A large crowd was present at the game, many alumni and ex-students coming from points all over the state to wit ness the game. The corps of football fans under the leadership of “Rusty” Dowell and Jake Clegg made the air resound with yells and the stirring fooFball songs. ** The team was weakened by the ab sence of Vesmirovsky and Bowler, the star players of the season. Their places, however, were filled by Hig ginbotham and Crow, who in their brilliant work left nothing to be de sired. Higginbotham starred ,in his nnexcelled booting of the pigskin and Crow at tackle performed his work like a four-year veteran. The feature of the game was when Lyles, unable to tackle a couple of Mis- sissippians rushing down on a fum bled ball, himself made a long dive through a struggling mass of gridiron warriors for the valuable pigskin. As usual, Montgomery and Everett played brilliant ball. Beasley was as accurate as ever with the forward pass. Lambert, although having the misfortune to have his nose broken in the first part of the game, played un til relieved by Bryan. Kern distin guished himself bjt his usual heady work at quarter. A feature of the game was Higginbotham’s field goal from the forty-five-yard line. McAr thur did expert work in breaking up forward passes. GAME IN DETAIL. First Quarter. The Farmers won the toss and de fended the east goal with the wind in their favor. Rule kicked thirty-five yards to Bell, who returned eighteen. Forward pass. Bell to ^Montgomery, failed. Everett gets twenty yards around end and Bell makes ten through tackle. Batemen got ten more through center. Bell made four through tackle and Bateman makes first down. Montgomery gets six around end and Bateman gets four through center. Bell thrown for a loss then makes first down. With three yards to go Bell bucks tackle for touchdown. Farmers march down the field in four minutes for a touchdown without losing the ball. Bell fails to kick goal. A. and M. 6; Mississippi 0. Rule kicks forty yards to Everett, who returns twenty-five. Everett then gets twenty around end. Kern loses two. Higginbotham loses four. Hig ginbotham kicks forty-five to Wil liams, who returns ten. Kimball goes through line for four, but Williams is thrown for a loss. Rule makes first down. Rule goes four yards through tackle. Williams gets four around end. Williams makes first down. Kimball fails to gain and Rule loses two. Williams fails to gain around end, then kicks twenty-five to Bell, who returns four yards. Lambert’s nose broken, but he remains in the game. Kern gets twenty on fake kick, then three more through the line. Montgomery fails to gain as Bell does. Everett goes twenty on forward pass over center. Crow gets one through the line. Mississippi penalized half the distance of the goal for rough playing. Montgomery gets eight around end for a touchdown. Higgin botham kicks goal. Rule kicks forty to Bell, who makes no return. Quar ter up. A. and M. 13, Mississippi 0. Second Quarter. McArthur goes in for Bateman. Ball on Texas’ two-yard line and Hig ginbotham kicks thirty to Williams. -VvJh.tj returns eight. K.i m.hall goes four, Rule three, and Kimball makes first down Rule no gain. Rule at tempts forward pass and McArthur intercepts and runs forty yards. Texas A. and M. penalized fifteen yards for holding. Forward pass, McArthur to Kern, incomplete. Higginbotham kicks field goal from the forty-five- yard line. A. and M. 16; Missis- sippi 0. Higginbotham kicks off to Kimball, who returns tv enty. Williams gains ten on end run. Williams makes for ward pass to Cooper for twenty yards. Morrison takes Everett’s place. Kim ball goes through the line for three yards. Williams is thrown for a ten- yard loss. Forward pass by Williams is intercepted by McArthur. For ward pass, McArthur to Higgin botham, no gain. Montgomery gets three through the line, then loses three. Morrison loses two, Higgin botham kicks thirty out of bounds. Williams makes three on end run, then fails on forward pass. Montgom ery recovers a fumble and goes en tire field for a touchdown. Bell missed goal. Quarter up. A. and M. 22, Mississippi 0. Third Quarter. Kimball returns to the game for Mississippi and Belli Bateman, Ev erett and Kern return to the game for Texas A. and M. Bell kicks forty to Williams, who returns ten. Kimball gets two through the line. Williams no gain. Kimball goes through the line for two, then McGee kicks fifty. Kern, who returns ten. McArthur gets two on end run. Bateman makes first down. Crow gets eight on tackle over tackle play. Bateman first down. Texas A. and M. penalized fifteen for holding. Bateman makes eight. Mc Arthur two. Bell kicks thirty-five to Rule, who returns twenty. Rule loses two on end run. Williams tries for ward pass without success. Rule kicks twenty-five out of bounds. Bateman fumbles and Ellard of Mississippi re covers. Kimball goes through the line for fifteen. Williams fails to gain. Williams tries a forward pass, but fails. Williams fumbles on try for drop kick and ball goes over. Mc Arthur makes two through the line. Forward pass, Bateman to Montgom ery, goes out of bounds. Kern gains two through the line. Bell kicks twenty-five to Rule, who returns five. Rule gains four through the line. Baker is in for Kimball and gets first down. Williams makes no gain. For ward pass by Williams fails. Wil liams kicks forty to Spake, who went in for Kern, and he returns ten. Bell makes thirty on end run behind in terference. Beasley goes for McAr thur, but before a play is started the quarter ends. A. and M. 22; Missis sippi 0. Fourth Quarter. Bateman goes two on end run. For ward pass, Beasley to Montgomery, gets thirty yards. Beasley makes a touchdown by bucking the line for eight yards. Bell kicks out to Spake. Bell failed to kick goal. A. and M. 28; Mississippi 0. Gileland makes thirty-five yards on q beautiful end run behind splendid interference. Kimball goes through the line for four yards. Williams gets twp, then kicks thirty to Bell, who returns twenty. Bateman fails to gain through the line. Nelms goes in for Bateman. Nelms gets five yards on end run. Mississippi penalized for interfering for forward pass. Nelms fails to gain. Beasley gets eighteen through the line. Montgomery makes twenty-five around the end. Everett gets twenty-five round the end and goes out of bounds. Nelms fails to gain. Forward pass, Beasley to Mont gomery, fails. Beasley goes through the line for eight yards and a touch down. Bell fails to kick goal. A. and M 34; Mississippi 0. Kendrick in for Bell. Texas re ceived the kick on her forty-yard line and makes no return. On the next play Beasley makes forward pass to Everett, who goes the entire length of the field for a touchdown. Time, one-half minute of play. Nelms kicks goal. A. and M. 41-; Mississippi 0. Bryan goes in for Lyles. Rule kicks to Spake, who returns ten. Beasley gets fifteen yards around end. Spake gets four through the line. Beasley loses four, then fumbles and Kimball recovers and runs forty yards for a touchdown, having the honor of making the first touchdown on the Farmers this season. A. and M. 41; Mississippi 7. Nelms kicks to Kimball, who re turns fifteen. Herring goes in for Nelms. Kimball gets four through the line. Rule gains four through the same place. Kimball loses tw r o, then kicks thirty. Spake fumbles and Mis sissippi recovers. Kimball gets tw T o, Continued page 3 TULANE BEATEN DOCTORS BADLY DEFEATED IN GAME BY SCORE OF 41 TO C. MANY FEATURES OF GAME Gridiron Struggle Marked by Brill iant End Runs and Long Passes From A. and M. In the fifth game of the season at Kyle Field, the champions of the Southwest defeated the doctors from Tulane University of Louisiana by an overwhelming score of 41 to 0. The day was bright and sunny—just the kind of weather for football, and it seemed to put a great deal of “pep” into both teams. The game was tsarted by Higgin botham kicking to Tulane, and from this time on A. and M. played a great game, keeping her opponents on the defensive most of the time. Never a time was A. and M.’s goal in danger. The Tulane team was somewhat heavier than the A. and M. team of Mississippi, but still could not cope with the strength of Moran’s boys. The game was hardly five minutes old before Higginbotham scored a touchdown, going forty yards with a pass from Bell. In the first quarter of