The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, October 16, 1920, Image 1

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The Battalion
Phillips Next
Published Weekly by the Students Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
VOL. XXIX.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS OCTOBER 16, 1920.
NUMBER 4
S. M. U. PUTS UP
HARD BATTLE
AT DALLAS FAIR
The Pride of
A. and M.
1920 AGGIES
Aggies Win By Low Margin of 3-0
—Mahan and Kitts Are
the Stars.
The game against Southern Meth
odist University at the State Fair last
Saturday was a fight from start to
finish. Never was the game secure
until that old last v/histle had blown.
Southern Methodist University was
bound and determined to score on
A. and M. and A. and M. was more
than determined that the scoreless
record of her opponents should not
be broken. On the other hand it was
a very difficult thing for A. and M.
to get within striking distance of the
S. M. U. goal. The five thousand
folks at the game saw as good a game
qf defensive football as they ever
need to see.
The first half was used in trying
to find weak spots and what plays
would v/ork. Nothing seeming par
ticularly successful most of the time
was spent in booting the ball back
and forth, early becoming, very large
ly a kicker’s battle.
The only scoring of the whole
game came in the third quarter. Af
ter a gain thru a series of punts and
thru the line the ball was carried
by A. and M. to the S. M. U. twenty
yard line. And from this place a
perfect kick for field goal was made.
The fourth quarter like the first two
wa ; scoreles.i
The afternoon was warm and that
slowed the game down some but the
fact is, the whole game was just
naturally a little bit slow. The game
did not lack in excitement for hair-
raising plays followed each other in
rapid succession thruout the whole
game and never was the game safe.
Neither team seemed to work like a
piece of well oiled machinery; there
was carbon in the cylinders, the mo
tor growled, the engine backfired
anj the Tarter wquldn’1 work.
But t^ i men :fT»feight l£;d fought
like demons and even if they didn’t
get that unity and harmony, it must
be remembered that this is really the
first game of the season—S. M. U.
being our first formidable opponent.
The smallness of the score may be
accounted for in several ways—the
chief of them is the fact that S. M.
U. really has a good team and is to
be taken into consideration in State
football this Fall. They have a much
better team than they had last year.
BATTALION GETS
OFFICE WITH
DAILY BULLETIN
Wherein Lies
Our Hopes
Top Row: D. X. Bible, Coach; McClelland, Winn, Crawford, Brown, Wilson,Ballard, Buckner, Rothgeb Asst.Coach
Second Row: Sanders, Gouger, Carruthers, Murrah, Drake, Mahan (Capt.), Pierce, Weir, Martin, Scudder,
Wendt.
Bottom Row: Dietrich, Scofield, Anglin, Maxwell, Baskin, M;orris, Smith, Frazier, Beasley, McMillan.
'"Higginbotham not in photo.
ENTIRE CADET
CORPS TAKES PART
IN WACO DRILL
Captain Morris Presents 1200 Cadets
In Calisthenics At Cotton
Palacs.
When the question was raised at
the Airdome Tuesday night by Capt.
W. H. H. Morris, the entire cadet
corps of A. and M. voted to parU.ci-
pate in a calesthenics drill to be
presented at the Cotton Palace the
day of the Baylor game.
BIG SEASON IN FISH ELEVEN
WRESTLING IS WINS 40-0 OVER
NOW OUTLOOK BURLESON TEAM
University Meet Settled—Coach Jones
Making Further Arrange
ments.
On account of the strenuous Rea
son planned for the A. and M. gqap-
plers this season, a greater numbe
up
squad. Tentative arrangements^, have
been made for contests with BJiylor,
men will be called on to make
nbejire"
Anderson’s Fish and Ineligibles Make
Second Victory at Green
ville.
For First Time in History Student
Publication Has Office
Room.
Through the courtesy of President
Bizzell and Publicity Secretary Mar
tin, The Battalion now has a desk in
the Publicity office on the first floor
of the Administration Building. This
is a great step of advancement for the
publication as it has been managed
and edited since its origin in the var
ious rooms of its staff.
As yet only one desk has been ob
tained but every effort will be made
to provide satisfactory equipment and
space in the near future. The Bat
talion contribution box will soon be
replaced near the rotunda for the con
venience of company and club re
porters. Staff members alone will be
able to make use of the office at pres
ent.
The Battalion is making application
for the room in the rear of Mr. Hen
derson’s office and half of the old
Bulletin office. If this is obtained a
reading room will be made of the
outer office where students and fac
ulty may make use of The Battalion
exchanges.
“DOUGH” ROLLINS ACCEPTS OF
FICE OF SPORT WRITER.
The Battalion is fortunate indeed
in obtaining the services of J. T.
“Dough” Rollins as Sport Editor.
“Dough” knows athletics. He has
pai-ticipated in every form. At Al
len Academy years ago he was a star
performer. In his prep years at A.
and M. he gained distinction. In
later years unfortunate physical dis
abilities have appeared in sufficient
time to forfeit his chances. He is
a “light-schedule” senior and replaces
Knickerbocker whose academic du
ties are almost prohibitive of addi
tional work. “Dough” will assist on
the Daily Bulletin as well.
^•Tn . 1 91 7 V C.-1 nfaUf^^Vv'V.'sJ'C’rv— a
First LieuU ^ Vd CAir
man d ant, n .cntedy 1 ^eSthenics
drill at Waco on U l.ty of the
famous 3—0 game in* * which he per
mitted only freshmen with no mili
tary training to participate. With
only five instruction periods the
Fish gave a very creditable ap
pearance and won the hearty ap
plause of the grandstand. Movies
of the drill were exhibited througn-
out the country.
With the entire cadet corps of
twelve hundred students participat
ing this year an exhibition well
worth seeing will be offered. Cap
tain Morris has selected a number
of officers and non-commissioned
officers as Physical Directors and
the instruction for the drill will be
by platoons with these men in
charge. The guidons of the dif
ferent branches will be stationed so
as to permit the grandstands to
know the various units of Infantry,
Cavalry, Signal Corps, and Artillery.
In a game that was never in doubt
as to who would be the winner, Coach
Anderson’s aggregation o f Fish
walked up and down Burleson Col
lege’s ’ gridiron for the total of 40
points to 0. The game was very
Rice, S. M. U. and T. C. U., whiXe def- ! fast and marked improvement of the
inite plans have Qnce can ^ojjAl with 7''rgshmen, sfA' +he last game they
h n wc -
wrestling 5 ' w its proper orL
winter and l early spring sport tl
son will be started after footba/
first regular meets probably
after midyears. Classes in 1„ f , _
will be started, followed by
mural bouts. Captain King and o
veterans of last year are expectin
have their hands full coaching-
new material into shape. Coach jj
is seeing to the cleaning of th^
AGGIES AND L. S. U.
PLAY SCORELESS
GAME AT COLLEGE
ROSS VOLUNTEERS
PROVIDE DUCHESS’
MILITARY ESCORT
Misses Castles and Wickes Have Es
cort Appointed From Cadet
Officers.
At the Waco Cotton Palace which
opens October 30 there will be a
strong representation of “royalty.”
Eleven young ladies from as many
states will be Princesses and twenty-
five cities of Texas will be represent
ed by Duchesses and Maids of Honor.
The A. and M. College will be rep
resented by Misses Juliette Castles
and Lila Wickes of Bryan. Lady
Juliette will have a military escort
of five cadet officers of the corps from
the Ross Volunteers.
The following appointments for the
honor have been announced: Captain
Todda Forbes of the R. V. and Troop
A. will head the party. Cadet Colonel
Bonner Barnes, Major Bill King, Cap
tain Vernon Edwards, and Lieutenant
Thompson comprise the escort. Col.
Barnes is the ranking cadet officer of
the corps, Major' Bill King is in com
mand of the Cavalry unit, Captain
Edwards commands Battery A, and
Lieutenant Thompson is from Battery
B. This is the famous “Red” Thomp
son, yell leader of the College. It is
quite a feather in the caps of troopers
and artillerymen that the entire es
cort has been chosen from these two
branches.
The escort will appear in regulation
uniform during the day and at night
the white Ross Volunteer uniforms
Great Exhibition of Football—Teams
Well Matched— First 0-0 Game
On Kyle Field.
Texas A. and M. and Louisiana
State University battled to a scoreless
tie on Kyle Field yesterday afternoon.
On a field that was slow from the
rains of the previous night the Texas
Aggies failed to score on the Tigers.
The Aggies were on the offensive
throughout the game. They had one
chance to score in the first half when
a blocked punt was recovered on L.S.
U.’s twenty yard line. This failed,
however, when A. and M’.s attempt to
pass went over the goal line. The
Aggies also missed two trials for field
goals in the last few minutes of play.
Higginbotham kicked twice, once from
the fifteen yard line and once from a
distance of thirty yards. Both kicks
went to the left of the goal post.
L. S. U. missed her chance for a
score when she elected to try for a
free kick after a fair catch on the
fifty yard line.
A. and M.’s line was outweighed by
the Tigers ten pounds to the man, but
numerous attempts on Louisiana’s
part to penetrate the Aggie line failed.
The Aggie line played the Louis
iana men off their feet during the first
half and the Aggie backs made re
peated gains during this period.
Drake, Wilson and Deitrich were the
stars of the Aggie line, while Higgin
botham, Mahan and Pierce were stars
of the backfield, Pierce playing an ex
ceptionally good game at quarter.
Ives for L. S. U. played a good run
ning a^ well as punting game. He
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was abb '' c og-et his punts o t good
MEETING OF THE HOR
TICULTURAL SOCIETY
Last Monday evening the Horticul
tural Society met in Room 20, Agri
cultural building for the purpose of
completing its organization. The of
ficers who were elected for the en
suing term are as follows: G. D.
Livingston, vice-president; C. P. San
ders, secretary and treasurer, and J.
T. Martin, press reporter. The presi
dent, F. R. Brison, was elected at the
close of school last year.
The society decided to have space
reserved in The Longhorn for the pic
tures of its members. Plans were
discussed whereby the society could
revive the old custom of having a
Horticultural Show in the winter.
Before the war the society gave an ex
tensive exhibit of all kinds of hor
ticultural products. But since the war
has closed, the custom has not been
revived.
“Rabbi” Bertschler spoke for about
fifteen minutes on the different activ
ities of the society. He reviewed the
history of the organization, with ap
propriate suggestions as to how the
customs of the olden days may be ap
plied to the present day needs.
The society has never neglected the
social side of life. Dean Kyle fre
quently entertains the society with
picnics on his farm near the Brazos
River. Socials, dinners and the like are
held throughout the year. The Hort.
System of entertainment at the close
of each regular meeting is an at
tractive feature.
The next meeting will be held Mon
day night, November the first, at the
same place and hour.
mat and has made arrangements to
get another in time for training!'. It
is hoped that the intercollegiate ijneets
will be over in time to allow participa
tion in the amateur meet at 1 Fort
Worth next spring. Last year this
came two days before the state con
test, making it impossible for A. and
M. men to attend. Most of last (year’s
matmen are back this year and) there
are several good men from other insti
tutions. This will be an advantage to
the new men in whipping into fqrm.
BAPTISTS COMPLETE
ORGANIZATION
With Sterling Evans as President
the Campus Baptists have completed
organization for the year. Thje First
Vice-President is Travis Hallj also a
Senior and active Y cabinet man.
Three additional vice-presiderits have
been selected and each has ain assis
tant from the Infantry, Artillelry, Cav
alry, Signal Corps and Casuals. Ed
wards, Littlejohn and Stevens are
vice-presidents. W. P. Trice is
Secretary of the organization, L. C.
Jinks, Treasurer and F. L. Bertschler
Corresponding Secreatry. The or
ganization has been with the intention
of having officers in Infantry Cavalry,
Signal Corps and Artillery. Every
academic class is well represented and
every Baptist student is a committee
of one on attendance. The Sunday
night services have been well attended
thus far and a steady increase has
been noted.
SUNDAY BAPTIST SERVICES.
The i?t, R/ L. ^snowed up better
Ifhan evei./ 1 4ne men played with a
rare show of determination, aggress
iveness and skill which was worthy
i of any College’s first string.
. The interference was excellent.
I The aggressiveness of Johnson and
•Forgason easily placed them in the
• front rank of the stars of the game.
Mitchell’s long boots were very good,
often going over the goal line. As-
key, who made his letter on the first
squad last year but who is ineligible
this season showed the stuff that
gave him the old “T” on the South
west Champions ’19.
Space does not allow us to give
mention to all who deserve it. But
Chawning deserves recognition for
his spectacular run of sixty yards
for a touchdown after intercepting a
forward pass from Burleson.
The line-up was as follows:
Right End—Evans.
Right Tackle—Cunningham.
Right Guard—Maufrais.
• Center-—Chawning and White-
house.
Left Guard—Martin.
Left Tackle—Tom (C.) and Stef
fens.
Left End—Adams and Abrams.
Quarter—Askey and Furman.
Left Half—Mitchell.
Right Half—Johnson.
Fullback—Forgason.
Touchdowns by Forgason, 2; John
son, 2; Mitchell, 1; and Chawning-, 1.
TROPICAL COTTON TREE
NOW IN GREENHOUSE
In Guion Hall last Sunday night a
delightful service was he d by Cam
pus Baptists. Rev. Brown presented
the weekly lesson. Miss Carroll
provided music for the o|casion. A
vocal number was pleasingly render
ed by Miss Simms, also a Bryan young-
lady. Quite a number of Campus
residents were present and about
fifty students were in attendance. A
male quartet is planned fo* the future.
Tomorrow’s service wih P e at 6:45 p.
m. in Guion Hall. An v ^ n joyable and
beneficial hour is pro- ed and every
one, especially thos . Baptist in
clinations, is urgen" i y enir iuested to at-
,-mbers
tend.
Campus
tertainment <
cort of the
novel featu.
ment at the
_ 'Viilitary es-
HandS' astles j-q a
)yal Entertain-
It is expected
that Misses Ca^ s and Wickes will
be in the reviewing stand to welcome
the cadet corps at Waco on their ar
rival Novembei' 6th for the Baylor
Game.
This is the first year A. and M. has
been represented by ladies of royal
caste at the Cotton Palace. Dr. Biz
zell proposed the plan of having a
military escort. The royal ladies have
been chosen from twelve states and
such an assemblage of beauty will be
a treat of rare nature.
HORT. SECTION
PLANS TWO TRIPS
OF INTEREST
Students Go To Many Points On
Tours of Inspection
Soon.
In the Agronomy section of the
Horticulture and Agronomy green
house is a cotton plant more than ten
feet in height. The plant is two years
old and Dr. Morgan states that a
problem for the Department now is to
find larger quarters or else cut back
the tree. The specimen was obtained
through a student of the College by
Prof. Suttle of this department who
is now doing work for his Ph. D. at
Cornell.
Dr. Morgan states that the cotton
tree is a tropical perennial, which
produces bolls and locks but to a less
extent than the plant with which we
are familiar. This perennial is a pro
totype of the annual cotton grown in
the United tates. The annual cotton
of this country is a modified form of
the tropical tree. In equatorial re
gions the tree is sometimes topped and
grown for the lint produced which is
of low grade and small quantity.
Dean Kyle has been in Austin-the
latter part of this week attending the
National Nut Growers’ Association,
which convened last Wednesday.
Dean E. J. Kyle, Professors Potts
and Hensel, and the Seniors in Horti
culture and Landscape Art are plan
ning interesting trips of inspection
for the coming year. The Hort. men
will go to the Rio Grande Valley re
gion with the threefold purpose of
studying vegetable production, irriga
tion, and citrus fruits.
The Landscape men have not
reached a final decision as to where
they will go. A single trip to New
Orleans and surrounding country, or a
trip to each Dallas and San Antonio
will probably be taken. An extensive
Galveston-New York journey has been
proposed by some <of the Landscape
students to be taken just after com
mencement next spring.
BAPTIST STUDENT CONFER
ENCE TO BE AT BROWN WOOD
The Baptist Students’ Conference is
to be held this year at Brownwood
and the quota from A. and M. has
been placed at fifteen for a minimum.
Rev. and Mrs. Brown, the popular
young couple who are organizing the
Campus Baptists, will be in charge of
the delegation. It is expected that
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis of the Y. M. C. A.
will also joint the party. The re
quired number of students have al
ready signified their intention of at
tending, but a much larger represen
tation will be organized. Every Bap
tist student who wants to go has been
requested to represent A. and M. and
all who can go will be urged to at
tend.
about fifty yards. Helm ^sse
were towers of strength in the Tiger
line and were responsible for prac
tically all losses sustained by the Ag
gie backs.
First Quarter.
A. and M. won the toss and chose to
receive, taking the south goal. L. S.
U. kicked off to the Aggies and the
battle was on. Throughout the entire
first quarter the ball was in the Ag
gie’s possession in the Tiger’s terri
tory. The Tigers were on the de
fensive throughout this period and
came near being scored on when Wil
son recovered a blocked punt and was
tackled on the Tiger’s 10 yard line.
Their spirits were revived, however,
when an attempted pass by A. and M.
went over the goal line. The quarter
ended with the ball in the Aggie’s
possession in the Tiger’s territory.
Second Quarter.
This period opened with Mahan
making eight yards over left tackle
and it looked as if the Aggies were
sure to score but the L. S. U. line
held and A. and M. was forced to
punt, the ball going out of bounds on
the thirty yard line. Then followed an
exchange of punts. Neither side
seemed to gain in the exchange until
L. S. U. fumbled one of Hig’s punts
and Carruthers recovered for A. and
M. , but the Aggies failed to make
first down and Hig booted the ball out
of bounds on the Tiger’s five yard
line. The half ended with the ball in
L. S. U.’s possession and the Agggies
on the defensive.
Third Quarter.
Opened with A. and M. kicking
thirty yards to L. S. U. with no re
turn. The Aggie line showed its
strength and the Tigers were forced
to punt, the ball going out of bounds
on the Aggie’s forty yard line. Then
followed another exchange of punts
with the advantage on L. S. U.’s side
as the wind was to the Tiger’s backs
and was helping Ives with his punts.
L. S. U. woiked the ball down until it
was in her possession on the Aggie’s
thirty-five yard line, then she at
tempted the first field goal of the
game but failed when the kick' went
low and over the - goal line. Hig
punted to the Tiger’s fifty yard line,
the Tigers signalling for a fair catci
The Tigers made their second attemf*
at a score when they chose to try
a free kick but again they failed
it seems they misjudged the dis J
Martin replaces Weir at half
Aggies and the quarter ended a
pigskin in the Aggie’s posses
L. S. U.’s forty yard line.
The fourth quarter fount
teams battling for a score bu
avail. The period was played^
Tiger’s territory and found thei
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