San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-17
LONGRORN ATHLETIC
TEAMS HAVE WON al
CUPS IN COMPETITION
Interesting Trophies, Pic
lures and Records
Are Collected.

Austin, Tex, March 17.-Many ath-
letic trophies and mementoes are on
exhibit in the physical training de-
partinent of the University of Texas.
In one case there are Al cups won
by university teams in intercollegiate
contests. Another case contains foot
balls and baseballs which have been
used in important games. A large
frame contains the photographs Of the
eighteen Varsity athletes who have
won the right TO be called three-letter
men.
Probably the most interesting pic,
ture of a team is that of the first
football team of 1898. 1t was the
first football team in a college in the
state, and played semi-professional
teams from Dallas and San Antonio.
At that time, the season began on
Thanksgiving Day and ended on
Washington's birthday. The team was
undefeated, and press notice Of that
date reads as follows:
at Is memorable as the first occa-
sion in which distinction in the ath-
letic world has been attained by the
university. The championship By the
football team was gained by decisive
victories, which we're secured, as such
victories must always be, by fair
training, regular practice, judicious
captaining and persistent manage
ment."
Since that time the university has
produced five other undefeated foot
ball teams. The next one came in
1895. In 1900 and 1900 the Long
horns also went through the season
without defeat. Thirteen years later.
in 1914, the team held an undefeated
record. and the honor came for the
last time in 1920.
In track, The Longhorns have bet
ter showing. Inc first VI defeated
track team was that of 1910. Two
years later the university started a
string of undefeated track teams last
ing from 1912 through 1916. Thi:
period seems to have been the COLDER
age o. varsity athletics, as the basket
ball teams from 1913 through 1917
were also undefeated.
Although the university has nevel
| produced an undefeated baseball team
all intercollegiate records for consecu
tive number Of games won were broker
by the Longhorns in 1914. when tn,
baseball team won % straight games
Billy Disch was then in his fourtl
year as coach of baseball at Texas.
| Individual records OF university ath
letes show that "Shakey" Jones, o
Bastrop, was the first three-letter maj
of the school. He won letters In foot
ball. 1895: in baseball, 1896. an,
track, 1896, He was captain of bot
baseball and football. B. +. "Tex
Ramsdell, of Austin, has a more re
markable record, however. He mad
the football team in 1905 and 1907
and during the same years also mad
the track and baseball teams. HI
was also handball champion Of tn,
university. In zoos, he represented til,
university in the United States inter
collegiate track meet held in James
town, Va. and won third place in the
100-yard dash and second place in the
220-yard dash. In 1910 he won the
intercollegiate championship in both
events. beating the winner Of the
Olympic games.
Clyde Littlefield, now track and
freshman football and basket ball
coach at the university, won total
of twelve letters while student there.
and set record for the 120-yard hur-
dies that still stands in tn: Southwest
ern Conference.