TIE BATTALION
Published Weekly by the Students' Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
VOL. XXII.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, APRIL 28, 1915
NUMBER 29
A. &
M. DEFEATS U. OF T. -SCORE 4-5
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THE R. V.’S HOLD
THEIR ANNUAL HOP
FORMAL SOCIAL AFFAIR GREAT
SUCCESS—MANY VISITORS
PRESENT.
The annual hop given complimen
tary to the cadet corps and campus
people by the R. V.’s took place in
the large and spacious dining room
of Sbisa Hall Thursday evening,
April 22.
Promptly at 9:30 the grand march
began, being led by R. W. Brown of
Mathis, Texas, the faithful and popu
lar captain of the Ross Volunteers,
and Miss Agnes Doran of Dallas,
Texas. To the time of the beautiful
music rendered by Thayer’s Orchestra
of Houston, the leaders led the march
through several beautiful figures,
which was ultimately broken up into
a one-step. The regular program was
then danced, which consisted of
twenty .dances of one-steps, hesita
tions and fox trots.
Although inclement weather pre
vailed during the major portion of
the week, it did not upset the desird
of the young ladies to attend the
dance, and without a doubt the ladies
who did attend the hop were the
prettiest who have ever been here at
any one time.
Members of the fair sex came from
all parts of the State, but Houston,
Dallas, San Antonio and Fort Worth
were in the lead in having the great
est number of representatives.
The campus people are to be highly
commended in appreciation of their
entertainment of the visiting ladies.
W. S. GILLESPIE.
CHAPEL SERVICES.
On account of the repairs being
made on the chapel, services were
held in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium
last Sunday. The much discust “vol
untary attendance” was tried out.
About one hundred and fifty cadets
and some fifteen of the campus peo
ple were present. Before the service
began, Dr. Bizzell made a short talk.
He stated that compulsory attendance
would be resumed next Sunday and
would continue for some time, prob
ably well into the twenty-first cen
tury.
The college preacher was Dr. J. W.
Tidwell of Baylor University. The
main points of the sermon were “Keep
a surplus of character,” and “Do a
little more than your duty.” The ser
mon was interesting and helpful
thruout and enjoyed by everyone
present.
HAGAMAN LEAVES SUDDENLY.
L. H. Hagaman received a telegram
about Thursday night stating that a
relative of his had been drowned in
an unexpected flood near Austin. He
left on the first train and returned
Sunday.
Longhorns Suffer First Defeat By Texas College
in Two Years at Hands of Farmers
VISITORS SHOWN EVERY COURTESY
lOivi CHERRY SHORTSTOP RIGNEY
Two of the A. &. M. Stars.
Last Wednesday A. & M. defeated
the Texas Longhorns, their old-time
rivals, by a score of 4 to 3. It was
the first time the teams had met in
four years, and the game was a
thriller. In the words of the cheer
leaders, the Farmers sawed Varsity’s
horns off—short.
The game was the kind you read
about. The result was in doubt until
Fritz Beringer fielded the last ball
perfectly and threw the Texas runner
out at first in the last half of the
ninth. The heroes of the game, and
they certainly deserve the title, were
Rigney, “Shorty” Hooker, Pat Olson,
“Happy” Russell and Fritz Beringer.
Russell had the honor of scoring the
first run. He got to first on a fielder’s
choice and scored on Beringer’s hit.
Rigney was the next one to step into
the limelight. With the bases full,
and the score 3 to 1 in favor of Var
sity, Rigney knocked a two-bagger,
cleaning the bases and making the
score 4 to 3 in favor of the Farmers.
Then in the last half of the eight?*
Varsity had three men on bases and
one out. The batter knocked a line
drive out to the center field fence
that looked like a sure hit. However,
Shorty Hooker was on the job. He
caught the ball backhanded while run
ning at full speed toward the fence.
Before the Longhorns knew what had
happened Shorty shot the ball back to
Beringer, catching a Texas runner off
second base, and retiring the team.
Olson was in the limelight thruout
the game. Whenever he got in a hole
he tightened up and got out again.
He had the Varsity batters puzzled
all the time, the Longhorns only get
ting three hits.
The Aggies were nervous when the
game started. In the first inning Ed
wards got to first on an error. Then
Gambrell got hit and took his base.
Mays then came up and knocked a
two-bagger, bringing in two runs.
Then in the first half of the second
inning Russell got on base, was
sacrificed to second, stole third and
scored on Beringer’s hit, making the
score 2 to 1 in favor of State. Then,
in the second half of the third inning,
Texas scored again, making the score
3 to 1. The game went on rather un
eventfully until the first half of the
seventh, when Tom Cherry got his
base on balls. Rigney, the next man
up, got to first on an error. Then
Russell got a hit and filled the bases.
Bailey, the University pitcher, tight
ened up and pitched wonderful ball,
fanning three men in succession.
(Continued on page 4.)
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK
MEET HELD FRIDAY
^ W E AT HER BAD, BUT CROWD AT
TENDS, AND RECORDS
BROKEN.
Houston High School -won the fifth
annual interscholastic track meet held
here Friday and Saturday. Allen
Academy was the winner in the acade
my ■•division. The points vrnre well
scattered in the High School class, and
Houston only annexed 26 1-2 points.
Alien finished way ahead of her near-
| est competitors, with 74% points.
In spite of a heavy rain that con
tinued practically thruout the meet, a
number of records were broken_ In
the High School class, Quinn of Hous
ton was the high point winner, with 13
points. McClintock of Allen was the
best all round man in the Academy
class, piling up 26 points.
Kirby of San Antonio broke the rec
ord in the half and the mile. Altho
the track was covered with water in
both races, he ran the half in 2:11:3
and the mile in 4:56:9. Giles of Tem
ple threw the hammer 140 feet 8
inches, about ten feet farther than the
record. Lemon of Nacona went 21
feet 8 inches in the broad jump.
The points by teams are as follows:
Academy class:
Fifty-yard dash — 5 2-5 seconds.
Baird, Allen; Betts, Alexander; Mc
Clintock, Allen.
Half mile—2 minutes 19 seconds.
Driskill, Alexander; Ameria, Allen;
Avery, Allen.
Two hundred and twenty yard dash
—22 4-5 seconds. Baird, Allen; Betts,
Alexander; Peters, Allen.
One hundred and twenty yard low
hurdle — 14 4-5 seconds. McClintock,
Allen; Betts, Alexander; Rylander,
Coronal.
Two hundred and twenty yards low
hurdles—27 1-5 seconds. McClintock,
Allen; Betts, Alexander; Rylander,
Coronal.
Four hundred and forty yard dash
—56 2-5 seconds. Boyer, Alexander;
Peters, Allen; Avery, Allen.
One hundred yard dash—10 1-5 sec
onds. Baird, Allen; Betts, Alexander;
McClintock, Allen.
Mile—5:24 4-5. Driskill, Alexander;
McChutan, Coronal; America, Allen.
Discus—104 feet 6 inches. Baird,
Allen; Kilgore, Alexander; McClin
tock, Allen.
Hammer throw—117 feet 8 inches.
McClintock, Allen; Rylander, Coro
nal; Frazor, Coronal.
Broad jump—20 feet 3 inches—Boy
er, Alexander; Hanna, Allen; Harrell,
Alexander.
Shotput—37 feet 5 inches—Frazer,
Coronal; McClintock, Allen; Hanna,
Allen.
High jump—5 feet 1 inch—Broad
way, Allen; Slaughter, Allen, and
Harrell of Alexander tied for second
(Continued on Page 2.)