THE BATTALION
5
LS.U. TIGERS
MEET SECOND
TEXAS DEFEAT
L. S. U. Goes Down in Defeat Before
the Onslaught of the Texas Ag
gies—Score 47 to 0.
With that undying thirst for re
venge beckoning, “Drive on”, the
Fighting Aggies disregarded, in last
Friday’s grid batle, the ferociousness
of their last season’s sole conqueror,
the Tigers from L. S. U., and with a
determination to cage the foe, they
exacted a heavy toll from the Baton
Rouge eleven. But struggling, with
the horror of defeat stamped indel
ibly upon the sod beneath their feet,
the opponents contested inch by inch,
the ground invaded by the aggressive
Farmers and not until the referee’s
whistle proclaimed an Aggie victory
did the boys from the Purple and G'old
recognize the supremacy of the old
Maroon and White.
The first quarter demonstrated the
offensive strength of the Aggies for
within five minutes of the contests
beginning, a forward pass, Gill to
Wilson, placed the ball in striking dis
tance of the L. S. U. goal line, and
after several line bucks, is was “Bugs”
Morris who supplied the drive neces
sary to carry the pig-skin over for
the first six points of the game. It
was during this same period that Gill,
that passer and punter supreme, in
tercepted an opponent’s pass and rac
ed fifty yards to the Tigers’ ten yard
line only to be downed by Helm, the
L. S. U. ten second man. Again
“Bugs” supplied the trick and his race
around the enemy left flank put the
conflict on ice. The score was four
teen to nothing.
In the beginning of the second
quarter a second forward pass, Gill to
“Puny” Wilson, for thirty yards,
placed the Aggies close to the op
ponent’s sacred zone and this time it
was Poth who did the work and
brought six additional points to the
account of the Maroon and White. The
remainder of this period was featured
by the great work of the Aggie wing-
men, Wilson and Shifflet; by the
punting of King Gill; by the stubborn
defense of the Aggie advance guard;
and by the clean though determined
charging of the Tigers.
It was with the opening of the sec
ond half that Coach Bible sent onto
the gridiron that, flashy, aggressive,
so-called second string, of Aggie reg
ulars. And the play had hardly been
resumed ere that Higinbotham the
second, “Silent” Miller, by his won
derful side-stepping and squirming,
sprinted twenty-five yards over the
Tigers’ left tackle untouched for the
fourth touchdown of the game. Suf
ficient to say, the second period seem
ed more thriling than the half preced
ing for the “young blood” truly lived
up to its reputation, won upon the
field made famous by the Southern
champions of 1922.
Before the third quarter has passed
behind the canvas, Neeley, of whom
little has thus far been said, and to
whom scarcely any praise has been
given, dashed into the limelight and
proved his ability and true worth to
the Farmer backfield. It was this
halfback who, upon receiving McFar
land’s forty-five yard punt, drove for
ward, through a broken field, stiff
arming as he advanced, across the op-
ponnent’s goal line for the fifth mark
er of the afternoon’s encounter. It
was also this youngster who, shortly
after, received a second long spiral,
returned the ball forty yards to the
Aggies’ eleven yard line and made
possible the third touchdown of the
second half. This time it was Miller
who was called upon to deliver the
goods and well did he fill his mission
for, twisting and squirming, as he
alone can do, the coveted pig-skin
after two plays from scrimage, was
lunged across the last enemy chalk
mark.
The Tigers were fighting desperate
ly but the Maroon and White offered
no quarter and the closing period of
the fray saw the Aggielanders play
ing a wonderful offense. Miller.
Neeley and Knickerbocker in the back
field, gained consistently as the ad
vance guard drove forward and time
and again the Tiger eleven granted
first downs. After having carried the
ball through scrimmage to the five
yard line, the Aggie field general
elected to pass and a beautiful twirl
from the hand of Miller found rest in
the waiting arms of “Fish” Allison.
The final score of the day had been
made and the Aggies were victorious
with forty-six points to their credit.
Indeed, to select an individual star
upon whom to bestow special praise,
would be a very difficult task for there
were none; every man played in uni
son with the one beside him and it
was only through the effective charg
ing of the Aggie line and its stub
born defense that the backfield Farm
ers were given an opportunity to flash
their dazzling offense. Praise must be
given the deserving, an equal portion
to each, and as the work of the line
is never scrutinized as is that of the
backfield we cannot praise the one and
disregard the other. They functioned
as one, the house was not divided;
therefore, we praise the team in it
self and not the Aggies individually.
COMMANDANT WEDS MISS
COOK OF NAVASOTA
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lege Station and Miss Mildred Nor
wood.
The ushers were Cadet Colonel John
C. Mayfield and L. G. Jones of College
Station, Edwin Lyles, and Winslow
Burke.
The ring ceremony was performed
by Reverend H. Timmons of the First
Methodist Church where the wedding
was solemnized.
After the wedding the bridal party
and relatives of the two families went
to the home of the bride’s parents for
an informal reception.
Because of the inability of Colonel
Ashbum to leave the College at this
season of the year, there will be no
extended trip following the wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. Ashburn departed for a
visit in San Antonio following the
gathering at the home of the bride but
will return to College in two or three
days.
THIS IS THE LIFE.
A GREAT big sun, a little rain,
always some loss, bqt always some
gain, and this is life.
Plenty of work and little play; a
good deed done each passing day;
beauriful mornings for the race you
run, and life is done.
But there’s always more sun than
I’ain; always more of happiness than
there is of pain; always more friends
than foes; and this is LIFE, and it
comes and goes.—Exchange.
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