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
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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,
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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 <lio game
Bell played great ball. He repeatedly
broke through tackle for long gains.
Spake, who took Kern’s place at
quarter in the first of the game,
showed well his ability to run the
team. At the beginning of the sec
ond quarter Montgomery was sent in
at right end and Everett at left end,
and the score began to pile up faster
still. Everett and Monte played grand
ball. Their end runs never failed to
gain from twenty to thirty-five yards.
Montgomery twice received forward
passes and brought the ball each
time to within a yard of Tulane’s
goal, to be carried over by another
player. In addition, he made two
touchdowms, each by forward passes
that were over the goal line. Both
Monte and Everett played a strong
defensive game. In the line Lambert
and Crow showed powerful strength,
it being impossible to gain through
their positions. They did great line
work, frequently throwing their op
ponents for a loss. Miller and Lyles,
at guards, also did great work, while
Cushman at center passed the ball
acurately into the runner’s hand each
time. In the backfield, Bateman was
a big ground gainer. Beasley played
a fine game, making several long
gains and throwing his forward passes
with great accuracy. McArthur, who
played most of the game, distin
guished himself as a strong man for
the backfield, and coach has a great,
player in him. His running of inter
ference was as good as can be seen
anywhere. He returned punts for
long distances, and was a good gainer
through the line. Kern, who played
the latter part of the game, ran his
team in his old style form, carefully
selecting his plays. Higginbotham at
full did excellent work. His punting