THE BATTALION
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wek’s work out. Only a few minutes
more remained for the men to get to
the seats assigned them. The coaches
only advice was “Fellows” this isn’t
going to be a one man contest. It is
going to be a team that wins and it
is to be a figthing team. I know you
have got the fight.” The wisdom of
this advice was seen later in the re
sults. That was enough said. The
team knew they had the fight, or at
least they felt that way. Blood was in
their eyes, or was it the vision of that
old student body way down in Texas
wildly cheering and the “Wlid Cat”
as the train had born them away from
College Station, or was it a vision of
that same student body welcoming
them back upon their return. What
ever it was, something in the eyes
of those Texans spelled no special
good for their opponents.
The Texas team had been “dopped”
clear out of the contest. In fact,
few seemed to realize that Texas
would be in the contest at all. The
coach was young and inexperienced,
and the older and more experienced
coaches having teams in the contest
were inclined to ignore him entirely.
Where they got this idea of inexper
ience it is hard to say, yet it is need
less to say that all of them were en
tirely disillusioned when the results
of the contest were posted.
Every man was given his number
and a seat to correspond to that num
ber, and to use the language of the
superintendent of the contest, every
man had to be covering that number
on his seat when he was not judging.
Team mates were not permitted to be
together. Here is one of the most
trying things about the contest from
the contestants standpoint. The man
on the right or left is a stranger to
you. You may be from Texas, the
man on your right may be from
Dakotas, the man on your left may
be from Pennsylvania. Further
more, in so far as the contest is con
cerned, these men are your enemies.
One never has a chance to speak a
word to his team mate. This stock
judging contest is truly an instance
of every fellow for himself and the
devil take the hind most. Every man
must keep in mind everything the
coach has told him in the past, he
hasn’t a team mate beside him to
help him over the rough places.
There isn’t much about a judging
contest that is of interest to a looker
on. There is no playing to the grand
stand, there is no encouragement to
come from the side line. Prof. Stan-
gel made the remark that through
the entire contest not one single time
could he catch the eye of a member
of the Texas team. Evidently the
team realized the true situation, that
the coach had done all he could and
now it was up to them.
Twelve classes of livestock consti
tuted the placing in the contest and
this was completed by noon. All
the contestants were given lunch in
the dining room of the Stock Yard
Inn. Appetites were not in evidence
at this meal. After luncheon the
contestants were assembled in a large
hall and the judges began immediately
to take reasons. Then began the real
tug of war. By the middle of the
afternoon everyone began to feel the
effects of the excessive strain. From
then on it was an endurance contest.
Men who had shown up strong in the
beginning now began to weaken.
Others who had not been so strong
continued to hold up to the end. It
is in the giving of reasons that a
team has its real opportunity of im
pressing its personality upon the
judges. It was remarked more than
once by the judges that the Texas
team was fighting the others off their
feet. This explains in a large way
the victory of the Texas team. Dur
ing the last few sets of reasons the
physical and nervous strain began to
tell to the limit. Many of the men
had to support themselves on a stool
while giving reasons on one of the
classes of livestock. But it was good
to see every member of the Texas
team attend first to the kicking that
stool under the table before he began
on his set of reasons.
The team was too worn out to sit
up for the results of the contest. They
went immediately to the hotel and
went to bed. But there wasn’t much
sleep to be had, for visions of cattle
and horses and sheep and hogs were
swimming before the eyes. Every
one had finally fallen asleep when
Prof. Stan gel returned to the hotel
at 2 a. m., Sunday with the news that
the Texas team had won. Then pan
demonium broke loose. The night
man came around to our team’s rooms
and suggested that the boys be a lit
tle less noisy but it was useless to
talk to a bunch of maniacs. They fell
upon each other’s shoulders and it
isn’t at all unlikely that some one
cried a little bit. And the proudest
one of all was the Coach, Prof. Stan-
gel, “Runt” as he is affectionately
called by the team.
It was rightly so that he should
be proud. Prof. Stangel was origin
ally a member of the International
Livestock Judging team from this in
stitution but was not permitted to
compete on account of the contest
being called off when the foot and
mouth disease was raging in the
north. It was his first experience
coaching an International Team and
it is certainly an enviable record to
put out a championship team the first
time. The team gives Prof. Stangel
the credit for winning and he gives
the team the credit. The college
knows that both the team and Prof.
Stangel come in for their share of the
honors and there are certainly enough
honors in such a victory for both.
This makes the second time this
college has won the bronze bull
trophy. The rule is when it is won
three times by the same institution
it becomes the permanent property of
that institution. No other institu
tion has succeeded in winning the
trophy more than once. The Junior
class is already getting ready to make
the bull permanent property of this
institution. As “Alkali” Reed the
man that comes from a family of
stock judges expressed it the night
when Prof. Stangel had brought the
results to the team, “By gads, fellers,
we’ve got two knots tied in that bull’s
tail and next year we’ve got to tie the
third one.” We believe the Juniors
are the ones to tie the “third one”
and thus keep the bull in our own
corral.
THE CAMPUS CLUB
More than fifteen hundred stu
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Fourteen hundred and fifty of these
are going home. About two score
are from such distances that this
■pleasure is prohibited them. While
enjoying the holidays to the full
est, remember these men and send
a wee bit back to College Station to
the Campus Club. They have such
arrangements as to share all pack
ages equally. Each sender will re
ceive a card of thanks and the Bat
talion will publish the names of those
who remembered the Campus Club
when the holidays are over. Do your
bit.
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