Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-08-24
MORANS FOOTBALL
MEN TO MEET
Call Issued to Meet on Galveston Bay
September 10 to Begin
Practice.

The football squadof the Agricutur.
al and Mechanical College OF Texas
will train this fah within twenty-five
miles Of Houston midas the guests OF
the most hospitable sportsman OF the
State at the best equipped hunting
lodge on gulf waters.
For Coach Moran has promptly ac-
cepted a generous invitation from
Otto Sens, president of the Houston
ball club, to train his team at the lat
ter's hunting lodge at Strang. Moran
has often been guest at Strang. II
is out OF friendship for the Farmer
coach, indeed. that Sens has issued
the invitation. And he knows that a
training camp could not be located in
more ideal surroundings.
Set in the heart of the best duck
country In the State, with the lodge
located on the banks OF the bay, with
plenty of stretching waterway for
fishing, swimming and boating with a
fresh water. artificial lake we'll stock.
ed with fish, and with the open coun.
try supplying grounds for long hikes,
Sens lodge appeals to the heart of the
athlete.
The master of Strang has sought to
improve as little as possible on ma.
lures landscape gardening, and the
lodge is indeed a beautiful spot. No
one has ever been the guest of Otto
! Sens there without returning wildly
enthusiastic.
The lodge itself is thoroughly up-to-
date and no modern convenience are
lacking. Fearful that he is not pre-.
pared to care for as large a crowd as
the Farmer squad will present, how.
ever, Sens has already had work be.
gun on a screened sleeping building
and screened dining room for the
athletes. The cuisine will be looked
for according to the necessities OF a
training squad.
Sens generous offer and the i'm.
provements he has begun upon its
ready acceptance form but one more
tribute to the big sportsmans heart
OF the master of Strang-a spirit that
has brought him the universal admira.
ton from far beyond the confines OF
his home State, and that prompted the
title by which he is known afar-"The
Comiskey OF the Minor Leagues"
Moran. who will act as head coach
at the Agricultural and Mechanical
College for the sixth consecutive year
has issued his call for his candidates
to report at Strang on September Il
and II. The team will enjoy the hos
pitality of Otto Sens for practically
ten days, breaking camp on September
23 and routing back through Houston
to College Station.
The training squad will probably
consist OF from twenty-five to thirty
men, good many of whom are veter
ans of last season.
Moran has received the welcom,
news that Tyree Bell OF Dallas, tn,
crack Farmer half and captain of 1912
will be back in college/as will Beas
ley, captain in 1918, but who was on
most of last season through injuries
The return OF these two veteran star
together with the eligibility of Ever
EFT, the end, who was In school las
season but barred by S. |. A. A. rules
gives Moran a nucleus with which L
work.
The team at the Agricultural an
Mechanical College last season wa
new and untried, but from the boy
who fought through its unsuccessful
season. Moran is confident that he wi
develop good many stars. The rank
will be further recruited by the add
, ton of scholastic and academy player
: among whom II is said will be Mario
Settegast, the sensation of High
State champion eleven. and capital
| elect of that team this fall.
Moran will be prepared to take u
!, active direction of the Farmer squa
| Immediately on the close of the Texa
rrEeague season on September II As
| matter of fact, Of course, he is alread
engaged in extensive correspondent
in making preparations.
81 look for a good season this yea
at the college," Moran says. &C