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THE BATTALION
Aggies Rout Trinity Tigers 26-0
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Those much touted Trinity Tigers
who were going to give the Aggies a
severe test, according to some few
of the erstwhile sport writers and pub
lic opinion, were handed a severe
drubbing to the tune of 26 to 0. The
Aggies, always fighting, fought a no
ble battle and were rewarded with a
glorious victory. Revenge is sweet; I
and the bitter taste from the dregs
of their scores on the sacred Kyle
Field have been overcome. The Ti
gers as ferocious as they were, have
been lashed to submission by a bunch
of FARMER boys.
26-0
Propoganda spreads its tales of woe
and glory our way and tells us that
there is one at S. M. U. who has
again assumed the name and charac
teristics of a “Wild Bull.” That must
be the same “wild bull of the Brazos
Bottoms” that made more gains for
the other team when last year the
Farmer lads made him look very much
like a “gentle cow browsing along the
green grassy stream banks.” Lets get
mean, gang, we can and will do it
again this year!
26-0
Already we are hearing the thun
der of the approaching storm from the
Sewanee tribe in the Tennessee moun
tains. Thrice have they journeyed to
Texas soil in an attempt to carry home
a banner of victory but thrice have
they failed to taste sweet victory;
twice have they tasted bitter defeat.
They come again this year with ven
geance in their very souls. Everyone
is preaching “Beat the Farmers.” Old
Aggie gang, we can’t let these “fur-
riners” invade and conquer. We can
beat them, gang, but we got to get
down and fight—fight hard all the
time old army. Make ’em like it!
26-0
“Doleful” Doc is getting his men
whipped into the usual shape already.
Some of the stars of his club have re
turned to the hospital in a “high fe
ver”—the consequences of a hard
workout the evening before. Big and
strong men they all are—as sick as
they are, when a game is on hand they
leave the sick bed and play the game
of their careers. “Doc’s” tale of woe
and the sickness of his men tell the
world who is not out. But it won’t
be long now before the casualty list
will swell—to swell proportions.
26-0
It is quite true that the Aggie Fish
have a wonderful array of football
material this year. But let no man—
no matter who he be—predict too far
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JESS HAWLEY
TELLS FOOT
BALL SECRETS
Noted Dartmouth Coach Reveals How
a Light Team Can Win by
Rhythm.
Jess B. Hawley, famous Dartmouth
football coach whose team last year
smashed time and again through
heavier opposing lines, winning every
game played, says that the secret of
the spectacular Green success lies
in rhythm.
“Rhythm, more than anything else,
is the factor responsible for such suc-
sess as I have had as a football
coach,” he writes, revealing how he
has applied science to football to ob
tain his spectacular results. “Timed
unison in thinking and acting gives
eleven eager men on a football team
an almost irrisistible advantage over
AGGIES BATTLE
WITH PIRATES
SATURDAY
First Game on Kyle Field This Season.
The Aggies play their first home-
TRADITIONAL DOPE
GLEEFULLY UPSET
Cochran, Schley and Whittaker Were
Outstanding Stars on Tiger
Eleven.
Playing- straight football with a
game of the season Saturday, when few passes mixed in, the Texas Ag-
they take the field against the South- ; gies triumphed over the Trinity Ti-
western Pirates. This game will give , „„ „ ^ ,
,, , „ gers by a 26-0 score on Yoakum Field,
the members of the cadet corps their ’
first opportunity to show that they Waxahachie, last Friday afternoon,
have that old “stuff.” They can’t get The Tigers did not once get within
the real Aggie spirit until they have the Aggie 30-yard line,
seen the team out there fighting for j The Farmers scored their first
them, and from all reports the team ’ touchdown after eleven minutes of
is going to have to show plenty of play. Starting from the A. and M. 30-
fight against the Pirates in order to ' yard line, Hunt, Colgin, Woodman and
win.
Southwestern battled Baylor to a
Simmons started a drive down the
field that terminated when Woodman
standstill last Saturday and the Bears plunged over the initial score of the
were lucky to win. Baylor scored game. Hunt’s try at goal was unsuc-
against them with a lucky forward cessful. The feature of this play was
pass in the last second of the first a pretty 40-yard run by Hunt that
j half, but the rest of the game was started the Aggies on their way.
another eleven that has not learned to played in midfield. The Aggies hope J The second Aggie touchdown came
co-ordinate the actions of individuals j to do better than that against the Pi- early in the second quarter when
into team rhythm. It is one of the rates. | Woodman plunged over the Tiger line
most essential qualities of a success
ful football team, both as an offen
sive and as a defensive measure. I
have proved this, time and again, 1 and it is expected that nearly all the
during my years of coaching at Iowa ' members of the squad will see serv-
and at Dartmouth.” ice Saturday.
It is an engineering fact, he points |
out, that eleven men, timing their mo
tions with an exactness that enables
the eleven to hit the opposing line as
one man, can smash through much
This game will enable the Aggie for the second time for a touchdown,
coaches to pick a winning combina- I Later on in the same quarter a try for
tion to go against Sewanee at Dallas [ field goal by Woodman fell short from
the 40-yard line.
The Tigers threw a scare into the
Aggie supporters when they started
a determined passing game that car
ried the ball to the Aggie 30-yard
line. The Farmers held and the ball
was in their possession in mid-field
when the half ended.
The third touchdown came when
Huffman made a poor punt from his
TRACK STAR LOSES FIRST RACE
Mr. Johnnie J. Crump, the renown
ed leader of the Aggie cross country
heavier opponents with an ease that squa( j j an d noted all over the South-
, would be utterly impossible if the west f or his prowess in this “Es-
shock of attack were untimed, unsyn- q U i V al chasing” sport, may be a great' °wn goal line and gave' the Aggies
chronized, without rhythm. | track man and a noble gentleman, but
In the systematic planning of team he’s a poor politician. For the facts
structure and development says Haw-j 0 f the case are: Sunday afternoon
ley, the successful coach should ana- | the Seniors met and elected the usual
lyze each player for the following in
herent qualities, listed in the order
of their importance:
Courage, physical skill, and mental
capacity. The last item includes abil
ity to understand theory of plan and
its details, fast decisions and initia
tive, and co-ordination of brain and
brawn.
“Courage, the great self-effacing
heart of a man, that is vital,” declares
Hawley. “Without courage, intellec
tual caacity, brawn, skill—all sink
into nothingness.
“Two years ago Larry Leavitt,
Dartmouth fullback, gave a striking
illustration of what sheer courage
will do. We had gone up against a
team that displayed unexpected abil
ity. Leavitt was not in the best
physical shape, and we were holding
him back for what we considered a
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class officers and were preparnig to
adjourn when Johnnie, disappointed
because he wasn’t elected president
of the class, set a new precedent and
nominated himself as College Mascot.
Shocked by his gall, one of his room
mates, Lieutenant James C. Langford,
nominated “Elmer”, a little nonchal-
lant Spitz perp to run against John
nie. Fortunately the dog won—but
Johnnie ran a close second.
As has been said before, this is a
hard year on champions.
Swimming is deep stuff to some and
merely a matter of form to others.
English Prof—What was the occa
sion for the quotation: “Why don’t
you speak for yourself, John?”
Soph—John Alden was trying to fix i establishes himself as a good inter-
up a blind date for his roommate,' ference runner. The whole Aggie
possesssion of the ball on the Tiger
25-yard line. A penalty put the ball
within scoring distance and Hunt and
Woodman advanced it to the 1-yard
line where Hunt drove over for the
score. Woodman kicking goal.
The old triple pass play, Hunt to
Colgin to Woodwan for 20 yards, fol
lowed by a run of 30 yards, gave the
Aggies their fourth and final touch
down. Woodman successfully kicked
goal.
The Tigers made a determined ef
fort to score just as the game ended.
After Pettit recovered an Aggie fum
ble on his own 26-yard line the Trin
ity backfield started a drive down the
field that ended on the A. and M.
35-yard line when the final whistle
blew.
Hunt, Woodman and Colgin did
most of the ball carrying for the Ag
gies, while Simmons and Burgess
showed up well. Simmons especially
Miles Standish.
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Let’s Haul Down the Pirates Jolly Roger!