The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-10-30
FOOTBALL GAMES
AT COTTON PALACE
leading Universities sud Colleges o. s'si'
Are 10 Contest.
A. & N. VS., BAYLOR NOV. II
Win BE One Of Biggest Gridiron Bat.
ties Of Year--waco Iii W. Austin
Hi for Texas Championship No
yember TO-.

Waco. TCNas-The DIG tootpat.
games to be played at the Cotton Pal
ace this fall are attracting the atten
ton Of the lovers of the great game all
over the southwest. A series OF games
have been scheduled that viii greatly
surpass any games that have ever been
played in Waco.
This feature of the big exposition
will alone attract many thousands oil
visitors from every section OF the
state. Arrangements are already un,
der way for the chartcring OF special
trains TO accommodate the great crowd
that will want to witness the gladatos
rial struggle between the gridiron IA
vorites.
Under the personal supervision OF
Director Clint Padgitt who Is In charge
OF the athletic events ut the Cotton
Palace. the athletic field has been
worked over in such manner as TO
make il beyond doubt the best field In
every particular that can be found In.
the state. Old time football coaches
and players who have recently visited
the field declare that 1t Is now the fast
est field In the South, and that the
games this fall will be the best that
will be staged anywhere in the state
The first game will be PLAYED on the
afternoon of the opening day OF the
exposition. Saturday. Nov. 4. II viii
be between Baylor University and
Southwestern University of George.
town. II Is well known fact that
when the Baptists and the Methodists
get together scrap results that Is re
membered for many years.
The next battle will take place on
Monday. November 6. between the
Meridian college team OF Meridian, and
the Alexander Collegiate Institute Of
Jacksonville, Tex. These two teams
crossed swords at the Cotton Palace
last fall II was terrific fight. The
Alexander boys won however. and they
are quite confident that they will be
able to again turn the trick this falll
On the other hand. the Meridian boys
are out for sweet revenge. and arc
coming to the big exposition accompa.
MED by their friends, determined to
show the world that they have much
better team than the Jacksonville
crowd.
The faculties and pupils OF every
high school In the state are deeply In.
terested In Nov 10 at the Cotton Pal.
ace. On that day the Waco Hi and
the Austin I'll will battle for the cham
pionship of Texas.
These two teams were conceded to
be the best in the state last year, and
they are both confident that they will
be able to put up a better game this
year than ever before. Much local In.
terest is being manifested In the ap.
proaching game
One of the biggest games to be
played anywhere In the entire south
will take place on Nov. II. The crack
A. and NJ. team will come to the Cotton
Palace on that day and do their level
best to smash the Baptist boys. The
Baylor bunch realize that this will be
the greatest game they have ever been
In during the history OF football at
Baylor. Nothing will be left undone
to send the Aggies back to College
Station beautifully trimmed The Ag'
giles say they expect very little trouble
In sinking the hopes OF the team repre-.
senting the University over which DIR.
Brooks presides.
The Cotton Palace management Is
deeply interested in the athletic de-
yelopment of the exposition, and TO
that end have provided grass field
that will be big surprise 10 all visit
ors.