SOPHOMORE ATHLETICS.
Listen, dear readers, and
You shall hear this,
Of the midnight work of our Sopho
more year.
’Tis the seventh of April,
In nineteen ten plus five,
And all cadets who are now alive
Will remember this joyful
Day and year.
Said the Sophomore editor,
“A writeup I need
Of all our athletics;
To tell of their deeds;
So dig up a pencil
And tell us a tale.”
Now here’s the result;
Folks, I hope you’ll not cry.
As a scribe he’s a dead one,
But his efforts run high.
F. A. Crow.
When a fish Crow made his “T” at
tackle, and also was picked for the
all-Southwestern team at this posi
tion. This past season he was in
eligible because he attended another
college the year before. Next year,
when A. and M. football will again
rise to its heights, Crow will no doubt
be one of the mainstays of the team.
W. L. Coleman. ....
“Fannie” has a record all his own.
From prep, school he stepped right
into college ball. Last year he made
his “T” as a passer and the past sea
son as round around fullback and
punter. He is always in the game
and lucky are the opponents he don’t
have a chance to meet. This year
he made his first appearance in base
ball and bids fair to be one of the
best all around baseball players in
Southern colleges.
V. T. Billups.
When not up to some prank, Bil
lups is playing baseball. At short
last season he was a fast, clean
fielder and a clever, hard-hitting bats
man. He’s always talking and learn
ing and will be one of Coach Lucid’s
first String men for the present sea
son.
H. J. Burkett.
He hails from Galveston and is some
basketball player. “Kike” is always
in the game, fast, snappy, and ag
gressive, and was one of the six
chosen this year for letter men on a
club that can lay claim to the State
championship.
J. R. Barnes.
A long lanky youth who hails from
Chillicothe, Texas, came to A. and
M. and in his “fish” year his efforts
were successful and by his untiring
zeal and steady playing won one of
the much coveted “Ts” this season.
M. S. Duncan.
Dune started his athletic career at
A. and M. as center on the all-power
ful scrubs last year, but it remained
for him to break up a few games with
his bat before he was awarded a “T.”
He is another of our fighters and can
be depended on to deliver the goods
when he’s called on in a tight place.
C. A. Powers.
Powers was the mainstay of the
big end of Coach Moran’s baseball
club last year. As an outfielder he
is a sure player, but just look at what
he did to Rice and you won’t have to
ask what his specialty is. His letter
came from hard work and is another
first string man this year.
M. D. Gilfillan.
Max came to us from the North and
is one of the two “three-letter” men
on the campus. At baseball he is a
southpaw twirler and made his letter
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last year for licking Rice in the four
teenth inning. At basketball he is
at his best, being one of the surest
shooters and hardest workers on the
floor. In football he is a hard tackier
and hits the line like a cannon ball.
Great things are expected of him in
the future and we know he can come
up to taw.
G. H. Russel.
“Happy” is a backstop and a good
one. His specialty is cutting men off
on the bases and a man can say he
is a good one if lucky enough to steal
a base. He is always a fighter and
loves to help the umpire make his
decisions, but can be depended on to
come through when a hit means a
run.
P. G. Haines.
This big disciple of Coach Cluter
is there with the weights. Last year
he put the shot forty feet six inches,
and this year bids fair to break the
State record, as already his distance
is over forty-two feet, and there are
few men in the State as good with
the discus and hammer.
H. H. Rothe.
Rothe is that fast Dutchman who
vaults and jumps. “Hans” is one of
the best in the State in his line and
a lot is expected of him this year in
track as well as next year in football.
He is a nervy runner and is sure to
win points for us in the two meets
when we are to meet Varsity.
O. F. Spencer.
As a fish Spencer won his T-AMC
on the football squad, but this year
was one of the favored when the cov
eted “T” was awarded. He is a good
defensive man and is in the game all
the time.
G. B. Hooker.
“Shorty” is our fast little utility
man under Con Lucid. He plays no
where in particular, but any place
well. On account of bad luck he was
unable to stay on the squad last year,
but will no doubt win his “T” this
season. In football he is a fast, heady
quarterback, and we hope that he can
lead us to many victories next year.
J. M. Kendricks.
Jimmie won his letter on the far-
famed club of 1912. Always aggres
sive and a fighter, he will make many
a heart glad when we meet the Uni
versity and fight out the State cham
pionship. At football he is best, but
Jimmie was on the basketball squad
and is now on the baseball squad.
H. L. Menn.
Herer is a true disciple of the im
mortal Caesar Hohn. He’s a silent,
hard-working Dutchman who won his
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letter by sticking and fighting. While
not yet a star, notice will be his soon
and before he graduates big things
will happen.
M. Mitchell.
“Mitch” is that well set up young
ster that looks like a race horse in
action. At football he is a snappy,
beady player, but it is in track that
he comes to the front. Last year he
was one of the mainstays in the
dashes, and this year much depends
on him to make our meets successful.
As a whole our class is one of the
best in the history of the institution,
not in any one thing especially, but
as a unit in all things.
With athletics we are better repre-
seted than any other class, and from
our midst warriors have come who
helped start A. and M. on her uphill
climb toward the all around cham
pionship of the Southwest. In foot
ball we have Coleman, “him of the
mighty toe and ever-working arm;”
Crow, the all-State tackle, who opens
holes big enough to drive a traction
engine through; Kendricks, that hu
man battering ram who cries and
fights; Hooker, who is fast and uses
his head for the good of the team;
Spencer, ever-ready to break up the
enemy’s plays before they get into
action; Gilfillan, that low-set Ver
mont boy who runs like a goat and
once loose keeps going. With these
as a nucleus alongside the present
Freshmen, not to speak of those who
will be Seniors next year, who can
predict other than a football machine
which will cause the various coaches
of the S. W. A. A. to turn gray and
hope against hope for a look-in.
In basketball we have stars who
are without peer in the State. Gil
fillan, too diminutive for all-State, yet
the best one in the State; Burkett,
who is just fast enough to run his
man to death; Barnes, who works
hard and backs up every play; Ken
dricks, who’s always ready and will
ing. These and others will rally
around Coach Steger next season and
form a team unbeatable.
Our track squad is one of the best
in history, and though severely hurt
by the loss of its captain and other
men, we are looking for a good dem
onstration in the State meets. Rothe
will be our best bet at the pole vault.
Mitchell on the track and Haines with
the weights are our point getters, and
withal the prospects are bright.
Last but not least comes baseball.
Here we see a gathering of our class
mates who, under Coach Lucid, are
working themselves into the fastest
nine ever seen in Southern colleges.
Not all Sophomores, you say; but
wait until I count them for you.
There’s Billups, that fast, snappy
shortstop and second baseman;
Hooker, who can work anywhere he’s
told to work; Coleman, who is among
the best all around baseball players
in college; Russel, who presides be
hind the plate; Duncan, who is at
home at first and catching; Powers,
who is good for a hit or two any old
day and a sure fielder; Gilfillan, the
southpaw who beat Rice.
No wonder we are all glad there
is a Sophomore class to draw from.
What would A. and M. athletics be
without us? These are the men who
have two more long years to play to
gether and only the future can tell
us of the records that will be made
by these men.
Besides the ones that have made
letters, we have many who through
ill luck and health, have been de
prived of the glory of wearing the
much coveted “T.” Of these men
there is expected much and they will
put forth their best efforts to uphold
the athletic standing of the ’17 class.