Page 2 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1975
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A&M and L.S.U. clash in College Station in 1899. The
Farmers, in the striped uniforms, won the battle 52-0.
Photo courtesy of University Archives.
Aggie football
Editor:
When I, an innocent Freshman
being led to the slaughter, was pay
ing my fees, you slid a “Parking/two
semesters — $27.00” in, regardless
of the fact that I do not have a car
and did not request it.
You won the bet that I would not
have time to fight the crowds at the
police office and the Coke Building
my first week.
I was duly shocked to learn that
after the first week I could receive
only a $15 refund on a $27 Parking
Permit I didn’t ask for. Thus it is that
you are now in the possession of $12
which belongs to me but is clearly
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beyond my control.
1 would like to request that none
of it is spent on the wall around the
golf course.
Mary Hirsch
Editor:
The seats in which we sat durt;
the A&M-Ole Miss game werew
numbered (section 131). Tliiswj
very confusing while trying to fir J
our seats. Why has money not been
spent to paint numbers in 4
stands?
Hon Light*
6IRLS HAVE MANV
DIFFERENT WAVS Of
GETTING ATTENTION
The humble beginnings
By DON MIDDLETON
and
JOHN ADAMS
Any column on the history of
Texas A&M would be incomplete
without something being written
about Aggie football. Aggie gridmen
have been in the forefront of A&M
life for the past century, whether
they were winning the national
championship or sweeping out the
Southwest Conference cellar.
Aggie football had its beginning
in the intramural teams which bat
tled each other in the earliest days of
the college.
In 1894, Dean Emeritus Charles
Puryear, for whom Puryear Hall is
named, persuaded the administra
tion to let him organize a varsity
team. Puryear mustered fourteen
rugged boys, some of whom had
never played before, and began
workout with one football, a few
canvas jackets for uniforms, some
shin guards and one nose guard.
Puryear took his players to the
line for the first time against Galves
ton Ball High School.
The Farmers won that clash 14-6,
and confident in their abilities,
headed for Austin and their first Hit
with the State University.
One of those original gridders,
Milton Sims, recalled that Texas
University “even had a coach, and
they wore these big turtle neck
sweaters. We just had a little bitty
old team.
When the Farmers took to the
field and saw their opponents for the
first time, Sims remarked to quar
terback W. G. Massenburg, “Mas
sey, if those SOB’s are as bigas they
look from here, God help us.
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The Aggie football team of 1894. Top row, left to right:
California Morse, A. P. Watts, Atwood Bittle, Bill Math
ews, Frank Houston, Harry Marlin. Center row, seated:
A. W. (Mike) Bloor and Milton Sims. Bottom row: John
Burney, Altorf, Dicky Peden, W. G. Massenburg, Hiram
T. Coulter, Fort Ellis. Photo courtesy of University
Archives.
“Well, on our first play Massen
burg fumbled. And I contend
A&M’s been fumbling ever since.
It s A&M’s long suit.
Did they lose that game? “You
bet we did,” Sims said. The final
score was 38-0.
The ’96 season saw the Aggies
open by battling Galveston High
School to a scoreless tie. The season
was rounded by a 22-4 win over Au
stin College and a 28-point shut-out
of Houston High School. However,
in the opening game of 1897, Hous
ton got their revenge by defeating
the Farmers 10 to zip.
In the fall of 98 the. Aggies re
sumed their rivalry with Houston
High in an opening game 51-point
shut-out of the schoolboys. Hous
ton, not to be outdone, came back
that same season to defeat the colle
gians 6-0.
The Farmers also met the State
University that season, after having
two years to polish their skills. This
time the “varsity 11”, as the State
boys were known, whipped the
Aggie team 48-0.
In 1899 the young Aggies came
into full bloom. Their six-game sea
son included shutout victories over
Tulane, Baylor, L.S.U. and of
course, Houston High. In going
down in defeat 43-0, Houston de
cided they had had enough and re
turned to Buffalo Bayou never to
darken the West Gate again.
The only losses that year came at
the hands of Sewanee, who blanked
the Aggies 5-0, and Texas State
University, who belted the Farmers
6-0.
The game against State U. in that
notable season was played on the
grounds of the San Antonio Interna
tional Fair, before a record-setting
crowd of 10,000.
Since game day, Nov. 4, had been
designated A&M College Day, col
lege President L. L. Foster loaded
the student body and faculty into 18
railroad coaches. The entire popula
tion of the school was present for the
one o’clock kick off time.
When the Varsity 11 showed up
two hours later, the crowd was on
the verge of mild annoyance. The
two teams fought tooth and claw,
with the State team grinding out six
points to the Farmers none.
In the second half the referee
awarded a controversial fumble to
the Varsity on the Aggie’s one-yard
line. Enraged, Farmers’ captain
Moseley picked up the ball and
walked off the field to the railroad
station, followed by the rest of the
team.
The next day an Austin news-
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paper reported that “The game fully
demonstrated that A&M is a future
rival of the University for the foot
ball championship of Texas. ”
The Aggies’ victory over L.S.U.
earlier that season by the score of
52-0 began a rivalry which has lasted
on and off to the present day.
By 1923, when the series was
temporarily suspended, the Far
mers had compiled a record of seven
wins, three losses and two ties. The
series now stands at 13-22-3.
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