Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-04
SLANDEROUS CHARGES OF TEXAS UNI
VERSITY ATHLETIC AUTHORITIES
REFUTED BY POSITIVE AND IN
CONTESTIBLE EVIDENCE.
A. AND NJ. FOOTBALL TEAM FULLY INDICATED
No Severance of Athletic Relations and No
Unfair treatment Alleged by any Athletic
Body Except Varsity

College Station, Tex, Dec l, 1911.
In view of the numerous assertions
and falsehoods that have been crcu.
lated through the press of Texas and
adjoining states, the Athletic Council
of the Texas Agricultural and Me
chanical College begs leave 10 submit
the following statements TO the press
in general;
That the University of Texas ath-
letic authorities are quoted in the Aus
tin Statesman of November 10 as fol,
lows:
!. That Louisiana has already can
celled a game with the Farmers for
next Teusday at Houston, and threat.
ems to sever all athletic relations with
that institution in he future.
2. mississippi, Auburn and Sc
vance have already taken such steps
and other schools are expected to fol
low suit in the near future.
3. Charles Moran, head coach OF
Agricultural and Mechanical College,
must go.
4. Since he (Moran) has been
coaching the Farmer squad he has i'm
bued them with the idea that the only
way TO win a game is to slug and MAIN
the star players of the opposing team,
and get them out of the game so that
they will be replaced with weaker sub
stitutes.
5. They admit trying to cripple
some of our men,
While the foregoing statement ap-
pearing under display headlines in nu-
merous papers of the state has been
denied by the athletic officials of the
University of Texas in less conspic'
uous way in some of the smaller pa
pers yet, sufficient credence has been
given to the statement by reason o.
public utterances from faculty mem
ber of the University Athletic Council
to warrant out giving out brief state
ment, which shows its absolute falsity
In answer TO the first statement, VIZ
offer telegram from Prof. j. e. Hal
ligan. athletic director Of the Louis
lana State University, which reads al
follows:
Have not secured list of Officials
from you as per contract, although
have written twice and wired onc'
for the same. Impossible to agre'
within time limit of contract. There
fore the game is cancelled"
(Signed) u. f. HALLIGAN.
From the above one is not led t.
believe that Louisiana State Univer
sity was afraid of dirty playing, bu
cancelled the game on account of sons
neglect of contract by our manager, tC
the effect that officials should be sc
lected ten days before date of game
Thus far Louisiana State University
has not intimated that she has any
intention of severing pthletic relations
with us.
In answer to the second statement
we will say that we have no advice
from Mississippi to the effect tina
they have severed athletic relation
with us. From Auburn, we offer thu
following, taken from letter ad
dressed to Mr. ]. w. Kidd of our ath
letic council, and signed by Prof. Ton
Bragg, faculty manager of athletics a
Alabama Polytechnic Institute:
81 take pleasure in stating that AL
burn received courteous and fair treai
ment at the hands of your team il
their recent game in Dallas, Texas
There was no unpleasantness of an,
kind: and. though defeated, we hav
absolutely no kick to make. | will ais
say that | have never stated that AT
burn would not play A. & Nj. of TeXa
ogoip apd I wich IN brand as falls
any such statement claimed to hav
eminated from authorities Of this IL
stitution. I will write you in regard t
a game next season, after our Thanks
giving game"
AS for Sewanee, there has been n
athletic relations for the past eigf
or ten years.
In answer to the third assertion, W
are unable to see why the athlet
authorities at the University of Texs
should have power to employ and di
charge coaches for this institutio
The football team, the student bod
the athletic council, the faculty an
the alumni association have -four
nothing wrong in Mr.. Moran's syste
or tactics.
In answer to the fourth statemer
we offer the following statement fro
G.. w. Barnes, captain of the tea
in 1910, and Caesar Holm, captain
| the team in 1911: "As represent
+ tives of the Texas Agricultural a
: Mechanical College football team,
certify that at no time during our 70