The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-11-27
AUSTIN COLLEGE
WINS THE CAME
Score Is Disputed but in Either
Case the Visitors are
Victorious. ~
RECORD BREAKING CROWD
The Attendance Was the Largest thai
Ever Assembled on the Univer
siiy Campus-Special Train
Comes from Sherman.

In a game, the score of which was
claimed by Trinity University to be
IL to 10, and by the visiting team,
Austin College, to be II to 5, the
visitors won Thursday afternoon.
and the official rendering of the
-a.'s was II to 5.
:. q ith about 400 lusty-lunged stu
'ae,4ts rending the air with college
yells, songs. hurrahs and mega
phones, the game commenced at
3 55 O'Clock. Besides students, sew
eral hundred spectators lined up on
each side of the field. Quite a num-
Der of former students of both insti
tutions came from different parts of
the state to witness the contest.
The Austin College team reached
WaXahachie at l o clock, coming by
special train. The special left Sher-
man about 9 O'Clock with about 200
Austin College students and citizens
of Sherman aboard. President Clyce
and members of the Austin college
faculty accompanied the excursion
lists. The football team boarded the
train at Dallas, as did several Dallas
football enthusiasts. The Austin Col
lege band also came along. Arriv-
ing in WaXahachie, a rush was made
for the hotels and restaurants, and
after dinner the students paraded
the streets. The Trinity University
students came down town and took
part in. the merrymaking At 2
0 clock, several cotton floats We're Sc
cured and with these loaded With
students from the two colleges a par
ade started from the square to the
ball grounds at the university. The
students lined up on either side of
the grounds and jeered each other
with college yells until the hour for
the game to begin. Another feature
of interest was a contest between the
two bands, each set of musicians be-
ing loudly cheered at the end of each
number played. During the intermis-
sion between the two halves the ma
room and white of Trinity and the
| crimson and gold of Austin mingled
in marches and counter-marches
across the field.
The game was one of more than
ordinary interest and attracted one
OF the largest crowds that ever as
sembled on the university campus.
/ Foi oCNCIdi ~ SdIS II has uScu GUS
+, tomary for Trinity University and
Austin College to play game on
| Thanksgiving Day, alternating be-
tween Waxahachie and Sherman. A
few weeks ago Trinity went to Sher-
! mani to meet Austin College, and
the game resulted in a tie. neither
side being able to score. AS Thurs
days game was for, the purpose of
deciding the tie. it naturally brought
out large crowd. Each OF the con-
testing teams went into the game
confident Of victory In point of
weight Trinity had decidedly the ad-
vantage OF the visitors, but the lat
ter made up for this In speed. and
this Is what counted In the game.
Both teams played hard ball, and
/ although Auatjn GQllaxa was ont-
(IiIllIlll 1IllI| I - 3 s.si b
THE man. they were fast. ma their
forward passes were too much for
Trinity. Trinity made her big gains
on end runs, McCollum and Daniels
being the stars at this kind OF work.
| Henderson was the Austin College
star, making both touchdowns. Cor
| ley was also very effective, y
/ When the game was called, Trinity
Ireceiving. Edmondson tool. the kick
and returned 1t twenty yards. Fail
4 ing to make their distance, Trinity
kicked. Austin was also forced to
kick, but their attempted kick was
blocked. Prude went for good gain.
and McCollum on a fake buck went
ten yards. Trinity was thrown for a
loss and forced to kick. Corley re-
ceived the kick on the five-yard line,
Austin kicked and Orr recovered
being downed In his tracks. Being
held for down. Trinity kicked. Hen
derson receiving. The next few min
utes may be summed up In saying
that 1t was a kicking battle. Neither
team could gain materially and was
forced to kick on the third down
4 Time was called with the score to
0 in favor Of Austin.
In the second half Austin College
received, Blanding carrying the bal
ten yards Trinity opened strong and
In few splendid end runs and bucks
had the ball practically on the goa
line. Austin College put up magnifi.
cent defense and the ball went te
the visitors bare six inches from
the line. They promptly Kicked out Of
danger. For the next few minutes ths
ball stayed near the pIdd0t OF tht
field Trinity was playing desperatel,
and gaining around Austin College,
4 ends and over their line. but wher
1.-THE critical time came Austin Col