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T. L. “SILENT” MILLER.
CAPTAIN OF THE 1924 AGGIE TEAM.
Thursday, November 27, will have two meanings to T. L. “Silent”
Miller, the famous captain of the Farmer eleven. Besides being a
day of thanksgiving, it will mark the close of his brilliant athletic
career at A. and M.—and the final curtain will be lowered with his
sitting on the sidelines, with a broken leg received in the Soth-
western game, that will make it impossible to lead his team in the
final battle of the season against the sworn enemies of A. and M.
Although he will not be in the lineup, his presence there, sitting
with the rest of the team on the sidelines, will be an inspiration to the
eleven Aggies on the field. His spirit will hover over the team he
has been deprived of leading in person bacause of his injury. The
fighting spirit of their captain will give them superhuman strength
—a determination to win for him—and Aggieland.
As a small token of appreciation, the corps has, through a proc
lamation issued by President W. B. Bizzell, proclaimed Thanksgiving-
Day, “Miller Day,” in recognition of the splendid services he has ren
dered to the school through his athletic ability as well as his love
for clean sport and fair play. Men such as Miller, have established
traditions upon which the school is founded. Men with the char
acter, the ideals, and the fighting spirit such as he possesses, bring
glory to the name of A. and M. The corps wants it to be known that
they appreciate the sacrifices he has made and the pains and agony
he has suffered. The proclaiming of the day upon which the Farmers
clash with the University of Texas, the last game of Miller’s career,
was done in order that the student body and the ex-students might
accord him the homage he is due. He is the first A. and M. man in
the history of the institution for whom a day has been set aside for
the purpose of honoring his name and achievements.
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TO THOSE SENIORS WHO ARE TO
PLAY THEIR LAST GAME
THURSDAY.
When the final whistle blew in the
game with Rice Institute a week ago
last Friday, six Fighting Farmers
had finished their football careers on
Kyle Field. One of this number
witnessed the game from the sidelines
with a broken leg that has deprived
him of leading the Texas Aggies thru
the 1924 season on the gridiron. He
saw the team of which he is captain,
end the season on the home grounds
in a glorious fashion. This man is
none other than the brilliant T. L.
“Silent” Miller, captain of the Farm
er team. The other men are
Waugh, Allison, Forgason, Meitzen
and Hardman. Their careers on this
historic field have ended as they would
have had it end—with a victory over
Rice. Their names, with their
achievements, will be written in Ag-
gieland’s Hall of Fame for the suc
ceeding student bodies to look upon
and marvel in their greatness.
One more game remains before
their football career at old A. and M.
will have ended; and that is the Tur
key Day game in Austin. We look
for the five men who will play their
last game under the colors of the
maroon and white, together with their
teammates, to end the 1924 season
and their football careers in a glori
ous fashion by giving the Longhorns
from the University the worst drub
bing they have ever had at the hands
of the Aggies.
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A. & M. PLACES
Royal, Gillespie and Crump Place for
the Farmers.
You have had many struggles to
test you,
And many a task to achieve;
But FIGHT!, A. and M. is for you;
In you—We All Believe!
The boys that work to accomplish,
Not for their glory or fame,
But the “Fighting Spirit” of real
manhood,
Which gives our school its name.
The following is an article that ap
peared on the front page of the
Baylor Lariat, the daily paper pub
lished by the anti-evolutionists of
Baylor University in Waco:
STATE RANGERS PLAN TO
KEEP ORDER WHEN STATE
PLAYS AGGIES AT AUSTIN
“Arrangements were made to
day by the University of Texas
offie'ials with Adjutant General
T. D. Barton for an adequate force
of state rangers to preserve or
der at the Texas-A. and M. game
at Austin Thanksgiving Bay.
“Such disorder as occurred at
the Waco Coton Palace during the
Baylor-A. and M. game was fear
ed in case the Aggies were de
feated.”
The following is the article that ap
peared in the daily papers over the
state regarding the rangers that will
be on duty-at the Stadium next Thurs
day:
“Austin, Texas, Nov. 22.—A
squad of Texas rangers have been
assigned to the gates of the Tex
as memorial stadium Thangsgiv-
ing Day during the Texas-A. and
M game, to exclude every per
son who shows any signs of be
ing intoxicated and to assist 60
special officers in policing the
large crowd. This was arranged
(Continued on Page 7)
Texas University won the confer
ence cross-country meet held in Aus
tin last Saturday with Esqival of
their team taking first place. The
scores were: Texas 33; A. and M. 42;
Oklahoma A. and M. 63; S. M. U. 80;
Rice 128.
Esquival of Texas broke the tape
only six inches ahead of Royall of the
Aggies. Only the judges knew who
won for the finish was mighty close.
Coale of Texas came in third and
Gillespie of the Aggies was fourth.
Crump was the next A. and M. man to
place. He came in ninth.
The time of the race was 19 min
utes, 57.5 seconds which is one min
ute better than the previous confer
ence record over the four-mile course.
REMEMBER MILLER
THE AGGIE SPIRIT.
To the Men on the Squad Who Are
Playing Their Last Football Game.
A thousand miles before us
We were never known to fail,
Our Aggies shall ne’er cease fighting
Success shall end our trail.
Ole Aggies, Ave are for you,
Our hearts cry out to win.
“Carry On”—onward to Victory
You are Men of all such men.
The game they played was for us,
And never shall we forget:
Their toils, their fight, the honor,
Nor the stndards they have set.
NOTICE TO READERS.
The sport page is rather
small this week as you will no
tice. Next week’s issue of The
Battalion will be the Annual
Football number published in
honor of the football team. The
sport editors have been busy
getting this number ready for
press; consequently this week’s
issue has suffered.
So stay in there during that
game and fight men, and we
will eat Longhorn steak Thurs
day night. We must win!
—The Sports Editors.
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BASKETBALL.
The intramural basketball season
passed its halfway mark with the
completion of last week’s games.
The Third Battalion has two teams
within its ranks who are consistent
winners. Neither of the teams, Co.
“G” or Co. “H” have lost a game so
far in the three each have played.
Leaders in the other two leagues
are also infantry teams but neither
of them have reported their third
game to date. Unless all games are
reported the teams competing will
necesarily have to be credited with a
loss.
In League “A” Troop “A” dropped
down a couple of notches and Co.’s
“A” and “I” hopped into the first two
places with a full percentage. Troop
“A” was beaten by “A” Co. 9 to 0
with Williamson of the Infantry do
ing most of the work. Co. “I” de
feated Co. “E” by a score of 10 to 7.
Williamson of the victors was the out
standing player of the game.
Co. “B” continues to lead the teams
of League “B” with a perfect record.
This week they downed the “A” Bat
tery team 8 to 5, Wippf, playing cen
ter on the wining team, was their
best man.
The Casuals won over “A” Signal
Corps by a score of 9 to 7. In the
last play of the game Carnes, the
stringy guard, shot the goal which
won the game.
Co. “G”of League “C” with Short
playing a consistent game at forward
won from Troop “C” by a score of 6
to 2. Battery “B” won over Co. “C”
by a score of 16 to 12. S. A. Clark
of the Batterymen made the best
showing.
In League “D” the leader is Co.
“H” who won over Troop “D” last
week. Walton of the winners was the
star of the game. The score was 15
to 9.
“D” Company beat the Air Service
by a score of 8 to 3. Cox of the
winners turned in a very good game.
LEAGUE STANDING.
League “A”.
Co. “A” . .
2
2
0
1.000
Co. “I” . .
2
2
0
1.000
Troop “A”
Co. “E” . .
3
2
1
.667
3
1
2
.333
Troop “E”
2
0
2
.000
Band
League “B”.
0
2
.000
Co. “B” . .
2
0
1.000
Casuals . .
3
2
1
.667
Bat. “A” .
2
1
1
.500
“A” Sig. Corps 2
1
1
.500
Troop “B”
Co. “F” . .
0
2
.000
League “C”.
0
1
.000
Co. “G” . .
3
0
1.000
Troop “C”
1
1
.500
Bat. “B” .
1
1
.500
Co. “C” . .
0
1
.000
“B” Sig. Corps 1
League “D”.
0
1
.000
Co. “H” . .
3
3
0
1.000
Troop “D”
Co. “D” . .
2
1
1
.500
2
1
1
.500
Air Service
2
0
2
.000
Bat. “C” .
0
1
.000
REMEMBER MILLER-
“Kewpie”
Craig still
seems
to be
as regular
in his visits
off
the
cam-
pus as the cuckoo in the proverbial
clock. In this man Bryan society has
acquired a diligent and enthusiastic
addition.
REMEMBER MILLER! FIGHT ’EM!