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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1920)
THE BAT TALIO N AGGIES AND L.S.U. PLAY SCORELESS GAME (Continued From Page 1> 1790 NEW YORK. zJfrCost of the famous buildings of the world are equipped with Otis Elevators 'The WOOLWORTH TOWER — the tallest office building; the Equitable — the largest; the Singer Building — in fact most of the buildings that make up the best known sky line in the world, are equipped with Otrs Elevators. Few people realize the amount of wealth of Manhattan Island that is due to the creation and development of modern vertical transporta tion by the Otis Elevator Company. New York City could not grow wider hemmed in as it was by the two rivers and the bay. It had to grow skyward. And now, the Otis Elevators in New York City carry daily more than twice the number of pas sengers carried by all the traction lines of New York — subway, surface, elevated and railroads. Nothing short of a book would adequately tell the story of Otis in New York alone. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY Offices in all Principal Cities of the World the defensive most of the time. The Aggie’s two attempts at field goals failed and so ended one of the clean est and hardest fought games ever played on Kyle Field, a scoreless tie. The Aggie team played as a machine and if gains count for anything should have won. Too much credit cannot be given Pierce on filling Morris place, he being injured in the S. M. U. game and was not in condition for today’s battle. We were tied by a good team, but as yet we have not been beaten. Neither have we been scored on. And as one of the student managers of the Tiger team said, “You have something here that L. S. U. hasn’t, and that is Pep.” % A. and M. Line-Up. L. S. U. Anglin Deiterich — Center. Schneider Carruthers Right Guard. Gouger Right Tackle. Murrah Right End. Busse Drake Left Guard. Herford Pierce Left Tackle. Hah an Quarter. Ewing Fullback. Higginbotham McFarland VJaW Right Half. Left Half. Substitutes—for A. and M., Martin for Weir. Referee—Dyer of Texas University. Umpire—Kenney of Mississippi A. and M. Head Linesman—Venne of Carlisle Indians. THE SOUTHWESTERN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE AND KNICKERBOCKER I believe in college athletics of all kinds, but I am a football enthus iast. I like it as a sport because it combines both brain and brawn in the contest for victory. This interest in football as a sport is, however, sub ordinate to my interest in it as an ed ucational instru^-^U'‘Y- It induces clean living ^ 16 . " f° r strong, healthy fb*J. H ^^bds for high ence. I do not believe that the de cision represents the true spirit of any one of these institutions. While I do not believe it, many fans in Texas today are openly declaring that by this decision an easy way was taken to get rid of a dangerous opposing player. I say, I do not believe that these rep resentatives of our colleges were con sciously actuated by any such motive, but the conclusion is inescapable that they were dominated by the letter and not by the spirit of the law, that they were dominated by precedent and not reason. If the ineligible rule had its origin in reason, its aim is to protect and foster athletics. Has this decision protected football from any sinster in fluence or fostered any constructive agency for its betterment ? Do our in stitutions of higher education stand for the letter of the law against the spirit ? Do they stand for the tech nicalities as against the equities? No. A thousand times, No, and therefore I say, that they have been unfairly treated in this decision by their ath letic representatives. It is my opinion that no jury of students or faculty members, unhampered by prejudice or precedent, would have declared Knick erbocker ineligible. A good sport would have strained a point in the other direction, even if he had been ineligible. If the Southwestern Con ference, by its past actions, has so bound itself in the grave clothes of precedent that it cannot loose itself, it would be a good plan to bury it and start one where reason and common justice will rule and each case will be reviewed on its merits. (Signed). AN OLD FAN. CHEMICAL CLUB MEETING. The Chemical Club perfected its organization in the Chemical building- last Monday night. The following of ficers were elected: J. L. Farrell, president; R. K. Easley, vice-presi dent; R. W. Styles, secretary and treasm-er, and C. W. Thomas, press reporter. After the election of of ficers, Professors Hedges and Thorn ton gave interesting talks about the work which the club could do. Cadets Barnes, Easley and Farrell also gave enthusiastic talks concerning the club’s future. Plans were made for the work of the club and for several social features. 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In my esti mation, it stands second to nothing in the college life of today as a factor in fitting young men for the game of life. I, therefore, stand emphatically against any influence that will hurt the game and for everything that will help it. To say that I was dissap- pointed when the Southwestern Con ference declared Knickerbocker of A. and M. College, ineligible, is to put it very mildly. I believe that decision was unfair for a number of reasons. First: It was unfair to Knicker bocker. Here are the facts. He was a boy in his “teens” attending the prep school, an institution of high school grade, at Southwestern Univer sity. He was not a student in the Col lege. He knew nothing of college rules or regulations. Rix, who was then coach at Southwestern, played him in one game of basketball with the college team against the State University. True, that ignorance of the law is no excuse, but would any jury convict a juvenile, who broke a law under the influence and command of a mature man ? If anybody is guilty, Mr. Rix is the man, not Knick erbocker. Let it be remembered here that Mr. Rix, realizing the truth of this contention, made a speech before the conference in favor of Knick’s eligibility. If Mr. Rix were still his coach there might be some excuse for this decision, as it would punish him through one of his players, but as the public knows, this is not the case. If there was the slightest stain of dirt or professionalism on Knick’s college or athletic record, this decision might be excused, but there is none, Presi dent Bizzell, in writing of him said, “His high moral ideals have helped to standardize the conduct of our student body.” In all sincerity, I ask was the decision fair to Knickerbocker ? Second: It was unfair to the pub lic. 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