Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-01-23
TWO FOOTBALL GAMES
WITH BAYLOR
varsity's Unfair Proposition Turned
Down and the Baptists' Equita-
BILE Offer Accepted.
Especial to The Bryan Eals


for two annual Thanksgiving games Of
football with Baylor university
aroused a great deal of enthusiasm
among the cadets, and it is considered
to be the most important thing that
has happened in college athletics in
Texas in several years.
In the first place, it establishes the
most cordial athletic relations between
Baylor and A. & NJ. college.
While Baylor and the college are
not rivals in educational work, Baylor
being a denominations institution Of
fering those courses which are not
competitive with the agricultural and
mechanical courses offered by A. & VI.
lcollege, which Is a state free college.
there has been some rivalry between
them In athletics and for a short time.
the relations have been a little
strained. This has been regretted by
both the college and the Baylor stu
dent bodies. Overtures looking to
closer relations have come from each
side, and each appeared to be more
than willing. One fact that has had
much to do with it has been the
matriculation at A. & M. college of
several former students of Baylor
They regretted that Baylor, which
-
they formerly attended, and A. G NJ.
college, which they are now attending.
could not get together on athletic af-
fairs and the word has been passed
that it ought to be different.
Another point is that the Athletic
Association at the college realizes that
Baylor is entitled to higher considera.
tons from an athletic standpoint than
heretofore. 1t has been the custom
in Varsity athletics to class A. & M.
college and the University of Texas
as the two big things in Texas. and
the results of their games were
watched with interest. Baylor here
tofore has been classed with the as
sorted colleges as far as athletics go,
but 1t will not be the case hereafter.
Prof. L. j. Kyle, president of the A. & I
NJ. College Athletic Association; r. J.
Potts, alumni member of the associa.
ton, and others have been watching
baylor's career, and they came to the
conclusion that Baylor has a right to
De ciassed as a top-notcher. Baylor
always has good team; Baylor fights
or supremacy and make good show.
ng when the score board is totaled
Up, and Baylor has some of the best :
athletes in the state in her student ,
BODY. So they have been wanting to
AXE Baylor into the senior class of
Varsity athletics in Texas.
Another factor in the matter is Dan.
ell c. Imboden. Imboden is a son of s
Wiley Mangum Imboden, Of Cherokee S
ounty. Like his father, Daniel likes
o 60 things and when he was made
tudent manager for the 1911 football r
cam he became at once active to {
spread out" He assumes the contract '
or the Houston game with the Uni
ersity during carnival week, and =
'ants to see that game a big success. t
ut he wants to handle some outside e
cams. He is trying for Auburn, Ala. !
nd he has landed it for game. and
ow he wants Sewanee, and maybe
mother one or two. Tulane wanted
be released from the THANKSGIVING
ay game and Daniel granted it. and
len ne put his ear to the ground AMI
stoned for wireless from Baylor.
efore he heard from Baylor the Uni !,
ersity became active. Manager Pinck. ,
ay, Of the University of Texas foot
Ill team, slipped into College Station
lie day unheralded. He hunted IN
nboden Just as Imboden was going
a class. He came to the point at
ice. He wanted a contract with the
llege renewing the old-time A. & NJ
lrsity Thanksgiving game. Imboden
ked what his terms We're. and then
the next breath proposed that the
me be played at Austin one year
d at College Station the next. But
is did not suit Pinckney. He had
'tructions not to agree to a game at
llege Station. He countered with a sy
opposition to play one year in Austin ca
d the next year on some neutral
ound' to be agreed on. Imboden di!
med this down fiat-the back of his tn
nd went for that suggestion. Pinck- lin
then agreed to play every alter. co
te year at College Station, provided va
college would guarantee the gate 10y
,eipts to be as much as the last dif
me played at Austin. OF course this fol-
5 out of the question. The Uni.
'sity has a city population to draw I'm
m and A. & VI. has only the student cal
iy and the people of Bryan, which me
hve miles away. Imboden turned II sci
wn fiat and intimated that there the
S something more besides financial brs
EDITIONS actuating the Farmer man. LEI
ement in arranging games. He said 7
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