Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-12-01
LETTERS AWARDED
A. & N. PLAYERS
Fourteen Men Won the Coveted DIS
tlnetion-Revlew OF Sea.
sons Work

VINO were given the honor OF wearing
It's are Garrity. captain and end;
Kendiack. end: settegasi and Grow.
tackles; Eschenburg, Braumiller and
Rylander guards; Rogers. center
Burns. quarter: Coleman. Rollins,
Collins. Mitchell and Gniillan, backs.
and A. c. Bull manager.
Secondary letters were awarded 10
Wilson, guard; Interest. quarter;
McMurray fun back; Edgar. guard.
and Miner, back. Jesse White and
d. T. Killough Seniors. who have
been out for the squad for the past
three years. but who failed 10 make
their letters. were given. by special
vote. gold footballs. bearing the quo
tation. Reserves 1915"
The closing football season is re.
earded as a success In every sense
OF the word. Beginning with com.
paratively new team and new coach.
ing staff fans at the College expected
TO meet with drubbings frequently
during the season. And more espe-
cially so because Harlan and Graves
spent all Of the early part Of the sea.
son In grounding the Aggies thor.
oughly In the fundamentals Of foot.
ball. Up until the Haskell Indian
game. the A. and NJ. team went into
play with nothing but line plunges.
end runs. forward pass formation
and the sturdy legs Of half dozen
kickers. any one Of whom was almost
as good as the best in the Southwest.
outside OF A. and VI. And the Farm
ers won on those few plays.
When Harlan. Graves ct al assumed
the role OF directors In athletics at
College Station they were greeted
with the pleasant news that A. and N.
could not hope this year to compete
successfully with the Longhorns.
There was plenty OF good material.
all OF II young stuff. and with a
change In coaching methods. there
was little likelihood OF the Agries
rounding into winning form. But a
few weeks OF training showed wonder.
full Improvement. Elements OF foot.
ball were ground into the men with
the view OF laying the foundation for
wonderful eleven in 1916. All year
until after the Rice game and lust
before the contest with State TINT.
versity Harlan and Graves have been
developing a team. not for the season
OF 1915. but for all time TO come. With
eleven DAYS from the Rice defeat IN.
III the University game. the coaches
concentrated their attention on that
contest and ground into the men the
instructions for that game.
In spite OF the two blemishes on A.
and Ms record the defeat by RICE
and by Mississippi A. and NJ. the sea.
son Is counted a highly successful
one. The Aggies we're as erratic as
only youngsters can he. In only two
games OF the year did wearers OF the
crimson and white play IN to form.
That was AGAINST the Rolla Miners
and against Texas on Nov. ~. II was
after a near defeat AT the hands OF T.
c. u. that the Aggies came home. SET
tied down to work. and the whipping
they gave the Rolla Miners attested
their strength. Then came the Has
kell Indians at Dallas. and while A.
and NJ. won. their play was far from
satisfactory 10 Eddie Harlan. And
then the Rice contest. No alibis for
that defeat we're offered. and none
will be. No one was more surprised
than the Farmers themselves. and
that defeat taught them severe les.
son. incidentally II showed that the
cadet corps OF the College has some
thing entirely new IN the way OF sup
port for a team. They had been ex.
pecting a comparatively easy victory
over Rice. The defeat hurt But
when the train rolled into College
Station at $3.50 a. m. the next day.
nearly every student. headed by the
band. greeted the vanquished warriors
with cheers and carried them to their
rooms. Out OF that defeat was born
a spirit that resulted in the defeat OF
the University.
Fumbles have been assigned as the
main reason for Texas defeat at the
hands Of A. and ". but Il was long
spiral kicks. hard 10 receive. and ter.
rifle tackling by Braumiller. Clarity.
Kendrick and other red and white jer-
seyed warriors that caused those FUN
bles. That contest probably showed
a brand Of fight and a determination
never equaled before on Texas
eridiron. A. and NJ. gained but little
on end runs and line smashes. but
Harlan's game was a kicking game
and with Rollins. the Aggies' most do
pedable offensive man. and the one