Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-12-04
.BAPT|STS WON OVER
ALIENS, Z To s
Game Was One Of the Best Ever Seen
In Bryan-orest Interest Shown.
Fine Spirit Prevailed.


and defeated the Allen Academy team
yesterday afternoon on the Allen
grounds by a score OF ~ to 6. Despite
the muddy condition OF the field the
game was very fast and was one con.
tinued thrill from start TO finish. The
teams were about evenly matched and
the ball was seesawed up and down
the field In the larger portion OF the
first half. The odds were against
II. Il. A. before the game In the betting
and conditions. They had to face the
problem that never before had u.
u. A. team defeated an Allen team.
aQd Knowles and Park. two Of their
linemen. were all but In the hospital
from injuries. The former had leg
on which he could hardly stand, and
the latter was handicapped with
broken nose. But as soon as the game
began these injuries were forgotten.
The Allen team. ON the other hand.
started the game brilliantly and their
team work seemed TO give them a de.
cided edge on their opponents. but
after the beginning Of the second half
they began TO work disjointedly. and
only one or two OF their men showed
TO advantage. The team was either
far below their former standard or
u. u. A. Just outplayed them.
h. II. A. kicked OF at the beginning
OF the game and downed BorIskle who
received the ball. before he had run
ten yards. Allen then executed a
beautiful forward pass. Boriskle to
Jenkins. netting Allen about forty
yards. the ball being taken into b. u.
AS territory. After one or two at
tempts at bucking the line. McClin-
took. Aliens fleet halfback. carried
the ball about forty yards on a trick
play around b. u. AS end for the first
touchdown OF the game. Borlskie
failed TO kick goal. The ball hit the
upright at the side and fell back into
the field.
During the first half Allen seemed
to have the edge. although b. u. A.
threatened TO score In the second
quarter, taking the ball TO Aliens
twenty.yard line, but we're held for
downs and the ball was kicked out Of
danger. Allen recovered the ball on
an interrupted pass and carried the
ball to b. b. AS twenty.yard line. but
we're held for downs. Il. b. A. then
made a successful forward pass from
behind their goal line and soon had
the ball out Of danger. The half end
ed with the ball in b. B. AS posses
I sion on their own thirty-yard line.
| The second half saw a decided
change in the play Of the Baptists.
they coming back into the game with
what seemed to be a do-ordie spirit
, The ball was kicked to them on kick
of and was taken 10 the middle o.
the field by Houston. his teammates
running perfect interference.
b. b. A. opened a series Of bewil-
dering trick plays that seemed to put
the Allen team in a daze. from which
they never fully recovered for the re-
mainder Of the play. A well executed
three-legged forward pass netted iif-
teen yards. A bewildering fake for.
ward pass with Nunn carrying the ball
Melted ten more yards A direct pass
from the center to Howell on end
placed the ball on Aliens tenyard
line. Jackson went eight yards
through the line and Houston carried
the ball over for a touchdown, tying
the score. Howell failed to kick goal
on account of a very difficult angle
and the high wind.
! D. D. a. sNultN lll'ii o'''iN N'"N'
down also in the second quarter, after
the ball had changed hands near the
middle of the field. Douglass Howell
set the large crowd afire with excite
ment by pulling an Allen forward pass
out Of the air and raced for forty
Yards before he ran into slushy
place and houndered around until Bo
riskie, who was near at hand, downed
him.
B. b. A., playing like demons and
running almost perfect interior
ence, then carried the ball over for
their second touchdown on line bucks
by Jackson. Howell again failed to
kick goal on account of the difficult
angle and the mud.
B. B. A. was playing the Allen team
off their feet at this period of the
game and every man played brilliant
ly They stopped Aliens backs before
they were started good and broke W
almost every forward pass. BoriskiC
and McClintock seemed to be the only