Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-02-05

/. show TO the world what the mel
y os Gathrisht could do.
- Faithfully we praoticed for Ii,
- occasion. Each frosty mornip,
!" found US Justify pun,ing the pig
!, skin up and down before the pal.
u ace whose honor we were 10 up.
hold.
Our captain was a great man; in
> name at least, for our nation has
twice been ruled by Harrisons.
He is long.legged and as long.
headed, figuratively speaking, as
he was long.legged. He knew
how to plan campaign as we'll
as how to execute il. His man.
ner Of execution was unique,
sometimes he hung it, sometimes
it was simply guillotined; at any
rate it was executed as you will
agree when you have learned the
story.
Then too, we bad such men az
Miller, Edsall, Harrison, Sien,
Redell and the humble author.
Jake Hill and Jouine filling posi-
tions of responsibility, and las,
but not least, r. C. Lilley and
Isaac Meyers held forth in the
line. These men were nothing if
not giants of their type. How could
we lose with such team? Surely
our fierce looks should be enough
to send any foe scurrying to his
den in a fit Of delirium tremens.
True, We had Il noble foe to fight q
against, but we intended to win d
and that settled it.
On the aforesaid balmy day we
gathered in our battle array, con- :
sisting ola variegated assortment of p
football toys and citizens apparel. }
We were in the pink Of condition, G
having just bolted a plentiful sup. II
ply Of provender from the board of C
Hotel d. Sbiza. Armed with such "
matchmaking commissarial wares a.
Illus its additional weight, it was ~
theoretically Impossible for us to 81
ose.
In true athletic style we strung -,
ut, and with hOurishes galore, ,
'assed the ball around the circle,
n order that the grand stand
night get the full benefit of our ~
me points. "a
In not more than an hour and -
alf after time the referees wits. -,
Ie sounded the signal to begin. ~,
We lined up in fine style, there is
o doubt Of that, and the way we
vent for those fellows from Aus. P'
In hall was caution. We a"'
lckled them. We tackled them
ont and rear, in the center Oer
nd on both wings. We even laid Me
sige TO their store of supplies and eie
tempted TO cut off reinforce.
.ents. We tackled them by the nu
eek, hair, nose, feet, or any other Der
that came handy. fe'
GU see that the main point was wa
tackle. The referees that day
ere imbued with a premature IN
hristmas generosity aud they ur
I've us permission to see how hai
any National Athletic Associa- ,
IN rules We could smash in ana
ven length Of time. All We A
cked in smashing up to the rec FRO
d limit We took out in smashing OF u
ads. u
Each one of us soon discovered day
At he could make one particular sPri
nd of grand stand play better hou
an any other and thereafter he -
Mt around looking for opporiu- ,1t
les To display his particular w
.lities. Some Of the fine plays
de that day should be made
own to the public, for indeed =
y were fine. For instance, our NJ NJ
,rter discovered that he could
so time and again he could be
D soaring above the line after u
enemy had carried the ball NJ
und the end aud We're gone 6S
m the field. -
eing quite frequently more
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