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You have seen that fat, good-natured, important-looking man with nose glasses, some足 times with his wife in an orange-colored roadster, on Clark Field during nearly all kinds of ath足 letic contests, especially at football games and football practice,-why, sir , that is, as almost everybody knows, the best friend University athletics ever had or probably ever will have,足 Lutcher ::>tark '10, of Orange. Of course we admire those large Longhorn blankets the football men wear and the baseball Mackinaws, and thank the Starks therefor. But these are only outward evidence of a larger generosity,- of gifts of large sums of money for various projects launched in the University athletics, of t ime given in planning and building hopes for the University's athletic success. And then, all of his gifts, heard of and unheard of, are but the outward evidence of a big heart a nd a spirit of true generosity and sincere loyalty. Lutcher Stark has a love for his University which exceeds the evidenced love of nearly any other former student. He gives freely of his t ime and fr eely of his bounty. He cheers the team and encourages the players. H e feels ever so bad when luck breaks against the Longhorns, and exults as much as any student in the various successes of the orange and white. When the team returns from training camp and begins its operation on Clark F ield, you can depend upon it, that unless sick ness prevents,-and sickness even isn't going to prevent, it never has- Lutcher Stark will be hereabout. You'll see him at practice, lending his en足 couragement, his never-failing good humor, his optimism and confidence. Then you'll see him as a prominent man on the side-line at the games. Between halves he will probably be the one person in citizen's clothes in the little cluster of battle-scarred veterans. Lutcher Stark's place in t he hearts of t he students is measured only by t he students' opportunity to know him personally, and to feel the warmth of his loyalty and the bigness of his heart.

NIFORMLY victorious teams, a remarkable advance in athletics generally, the forma tion of the Southwestern Conference, and preparation of the ground for probably a still more interesting season next year, is the record of the year of 1914-15 in epitome. It is doubtful if any university or college anywhere enjoyed such an unusual advance in ath letics and such uniform excellence and success of teams in any given year. The University of Texas has been king of the realm of athletics in all the Southwest. Within the institution, there has been an obvious undercurrent of systematization, of tight ening up, and of improvement in all branches of sports and athletic training. Every team was champion in its particular sport, and three teams in major sports,-football, basketball, and track,-came through the year without defeat. The baseball team established the unprece dented record in college baseball of winning twenty-three successive victories. The wrestlers were victorious. The tennis team swept all southern foes off their feet. There were hardly enough defeats to sweeten victory; and how the rare defeats affected us! Luckily, however, there was but one defeat on Clark Field, news of the other three or four losing much of its sting before reaching Austin by telegraph. Besides the successes of the athletes, probably the greatest thing which happened during the year was the formation of the Southwest Conference. It represents a definite advance in Texas college sportdom . It places the teams of the Southwest, so far as restrictions are concerned, on a plane with the Big Nine, the Missouri Valley Conference, and any eastern organization. Its constitution contains the " freshman rule, " which provides that a first-year man cannot rep resent his college in an intercollegiate meet. This means the formation of freshman teams, and better individual instruction of the new men; in fact, a step forward in making athletics in Texas and the Southwest mean as much as they should mean. It also abrogates the formerly existing professional rule, and permits college players to participate in summer baseball for money, with the sole provision that no man may represent his school in an intercollegiate contest who has played on a team recognized by the National Baseball Commission. The new Southwestern Conference is the biggest organization of its kind in the South. Its membership includes A. & M. College of Oklahoma, Rice Institute, Baylor University, Southwestern University, Univer sity of Arkansas, and the University of Texas. With the employment of a general instructor, Mr. Roy B. Henderson, freshman in the gym. classes have received more careful attention. The sports have been made exceedingly interest ing, and the participants have looked upon gym . as a pleasure and a privilege. Cross-country runs have been successful and have aroused much interest. A boat house has been built at the dam , and plans are being made for the construction of a beautiful stone boat house to take the place before many months of the temporary one. The Athletic Council has made arrangements whereby students by becoming members of an inex pensive organization can rent boats for a charge much smaller than is ordinarily made by boat house keepers on the Lake. With the completion of the mammoth lake, and with the progress ive action of the Athletic Council, a vision of aquatic sports at the University becomes more than a phantasm. The institution of a chapter of Sigma Delta Psi, the national athletic fraternity, has brought to light and marked as such a number of all-around athletes. Twenty men have qualified for junior standing, and one has succeeded in making senior standing. One of the most satisfactory accomplishments of the season was the renewal of athletic re lation with A. & M. This means an intensifying of college spirit in both schools, and the re instatement of the oldtime rivalry,- harmless and friendly this time, we believe, however. The 1915 football schedule is a triumph in itself. Bouquets are the lot of the athletic di rector while bricks were his only reward for a seemingly unsatisfactory schedule this time last year. Besides the usual lineup of customary opponents, both 1 otre Dame and A. & M. will meet the Longhorns this fall. If athletics have meant more at the University of Texas this year than heretofore, there is one man, L. Theo. Bellmont, athletic director, who has been largely instrumental in bringing about and maintaining the desirable status. Mr. Bellmont has taken up all the slack that exist ed in his department, has instituted system throughout, and has developed great interest in all kinds of sports. He has, in brief, placed athletics on a solid foundation . His efforts and initia tive have brought about reforms not only within the University, but also in the State and in the Southwest. The Southwest Conference is, to a great extent, the outcome of his instigation and his unceasing labor. ow to the alumni. Besides Lutcher Stark, who is mentioned elsewhere herein, D. A. Frank has shown the greatest interest. Mr. Frank has kept in close touch with the school, and besides giving prizes to orators, has also offered four cups, one each year, to the Athletic Department, on which cups shall be engraved each year the names of the men who break Texas Intercollegiate records in track and field events during the year.

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L. THEO. BELLMONT, Director of Athletics. W. J. DISCH, Assistant Director of Athletics. DR. W. T. MATHER, Chairman. DR. E. T. MILLER DR. CHARLES W. RAMSDELL DR. JOHN T. PATTERSO JAMES H ART, Alumnus ROBERT CONNERLY, Alumnus OSCAR SPEED, EDWARD C. SINKS, and SAM C. HOLLIDAY, Student Members L. THEO. BELLMO NT Director of Athletics THE WEARERS OF THE " T" Football : Jordan K. L. Berry Birge Carlton Littlefield Edmond Halbert Barrell Neilson Walker Dittmar Wimmer Keck Goodman Turner Knight (Manager ) Baseball : Massey Anderson Gambrell Cone E. Brown Daniels Maracheau Wimmer Edmond Francis Fowler Hooper Cartwright C. Brown Matthews (Manager ) Track: E. Berry Stanley Niblo Dailey Hamilton Melaskey Scurlock Griffin Morris Jordan Littlefield Mathis H . Matthews Lang (Manager ) Basketball: Littlefield Edmond Ross Blackburn Blaine Edmond (Manager ) T ennis: Stacy Sellers Thomas Broad James Thomas (Mgr .) Gymnasium: Pennybaker SECONDARY LETTERS Wrestling: Turner Smith Glenney Handball: Dodge "T" SECONDS Football: Shorthorns- S. Simpson, J. Gillespie, H . Baker, A. McMurray, R. Hanger, W. Trabue, L. Wright, R . Williams, H. Nolen, H. Dolan, G. Anderson, C. W. Ogden, T. Bromley, C. Godfrey. Reserves- W. Scott, W. Kelso, R. Blaine, H. Casey, C. Runge, G. Johnson, F. L oftus, W. Stanley, J. Secor, W. H. Griffin. Basketball: Robertson, Diller, Secor, Thomas, Smith. GIRLS' "T's" Basketball : Scaling, Broadfoot, Mobley, Welborn, Miller, Minkwitz, Lawrence, Pickett, Gray, WhiteÂ house, Lancaster, Hemphill. T ennis: Lena Pettit, Louise Fenet, Dorothy D ensmore.

Dave Allerdice Coach of Football

Herbert Massey Shortstop

Tom Gambrell Second Base

Dick Hooper Center Field

Louis Jordan Second ....\. ll-A merican Guard

..._,. L. Theo. B ellmon t Coach of Basketball

Clyde Littlefield Basketball

Tom Broad Tennis

Percy Penr:.ybacker Gym

Carl C. Taylor Coach of Track

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Bickam Cartwright Ri ght Field

Charlie Turner End

Pete Edmond End

Dexter Scurlock Track

Bob Cone Pitcher

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Len Barrell H alfback

Grady Ross Basketball

Bob Knight Manager Football

Tilden Anderson Catcher

Gene Berry Captain Track

Sellers Thomas Tennis

Sylvan Lang M anaqer Track

Clyde Littlefield Halfback

K. L. Berry Tackle, Captain-elect

Griffin Track

Alva Carlton Tackle

H . Blackburn Basketball

Earl Brown Pitcher

W. S. Birge Tackle

Charlie Hamilton Tro ck

Ralph ~Iat his Captai11-elea, Track

"Doc" ~ eilson Fullback

James Thomas J/ anager Tennis

Clyde Littlefield Ba..ketball

Howard Dailey Track

Burt W alker Fullback

Patterson Coru:h o_.' Football

Charlie Francis Ba..eball

Bob Blaine Ba..ketball

Billy Disch Coach of Baseball

Hall Hal bert H alfback

(;Coke" Wimmer F irst Ba..e

"Tubby'' Matt hews .\fa11ager Baseball

Jerry Fowler L eft Field

"Pete" Edmond Third Base

Gus Dittmar A ll-Southem Center

Gillespie Stacy T ennis

"Coke" Wimmer Quarterback

Eddie Maracheau Pitchn

Grady Niblo Track

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Ray Keck Cente r

"Pete" Edmond Basketbatt

"Choe" M elaskey Track

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Clark Brown Catcher

J. H. Goodman Guard

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Milton Daniels Pitcher

"Pete" Edmond M anayer Basketbatt

C.H. Morris Track

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Di ch Halbert

Keck

Allerdice

Wim mer

Carlton

Littlefield

Edmond THE

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Birge

Berry

Dittmar

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Walker Goodman

Knight (J fonager ) Barrell

Turner

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Waba h .........

1\oYember 26

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Glenney (Assistant Manager ) Simpson Bromley Wright Randolph (Manager ) Hanger McMurray Baker Trabue Ettlinger (Coach ) Godfrey Dolan Nolan (Captain ) Anderson Williams

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Scrub

Be it known that the Scrub is a Man- with a capital "M ." More specifically, he is the sort of man that possesses at least one of the cardinal qualities leading to sovereignty: self restraint, or perseverence. Look you to the man who has "stuck it out" on a college scrub foot ball team to the end of the season,- he is the only one really deserving the name of Scrub, and you will see a man with that salient essential of Americanism : indomitable determination (spelled G-R-1-T ), and a man who will reach his goal despite insurmountable obstacles. The Scrub is the man who plays at least four football games a week while the Varsity plays only one. He won't welch when he receives one hard slam . All he knows is to smash on, crash on, but he gets his wind, grits his teeth,- and keeps playing. He limps to his room, sprained and bruised, fatigued beyond all pain, goes to bed with lessons un prepared, no tutors to pull him through, no coaches to pamper him , no trainers to rub him down and care for him. His chances may be mighty slim, and all hope may be dead, but the Scrub just bristles up , and grits his teeth- and keeps on keeping on. The scrub is the man who sits in the bleachers on the day of the game, and watches the plays that he has helped perfect, the spirit that he has generated, t he machine that has been built up at his expense:- never critical, always loyal, no one has the game more at heart than this unselfish Scrub. With no one to cheer him, as he watches the Varsity man in his place, his only consoling thought is: "That's where I'm playing today." Scrubs are those unselfish men in college who sacrifice themselves and their time to make championship teams possible. Battered, bleeding, bruised- and this not alone physically, but with a keener anguish at times to which a physical hurt were insignificant when compared, - t hey fight, doggedly loyal, through the season: unencouraged , unhonored, and unknown.

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First T eam Grover Jones Edmond Bailey Prendergast Parrish Jordan Overshiner Russ Leslie Simmons Hart

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Second Woodhull Goodman M. Ramsdell Bland Carlton Kane Duncan Barrell Littlefield F. Ramsdell 1\eilson

econd T eam Yance Duncan Schreiner Feldhake Gene Berry Sam icCall Kirkpatrick Don Robinson Fred Ramsdell Daniels

HARACTERIZED by far more than unprecedented record of brilliant victories and its unequalled aggregate score, the undefeated 1914 football team will pass into history as the most eminently satisfactory and uniformly perfect team that ever bore the name of Longhorns.

Brainy, big-hearted, unselfish , well-trained, skillful, and fast, the big fellows, working to足 gether in remarkable style, played their way into national fame, and into the hearts of support足 ers and adversaries alike. Aided by a much-abused but advantageous schedule to amass an exceptionally attractive aggregate score, they began the certain process of coming into their own as a national football factor. The sharp-eyed Walter Camp, while diligently engaged in studying the established luminaries in the football fi rmament, was himself attracted by the brilliant stranger as it swung into full view, inviting closer scrutiny. And so the hopes of Texas take a leap, and we confidently and earnestly look forward to bigger things. It is altogether fitting that the University of Texas should stand among the big ones in the realm of athletics, having as it does two alumni and a former president in the national cabinet. It possesses well-balanced qualities as an institution; and it is no more than proper that it should be recognized abroad.

The past season was perfect. We won, always won. Adversaries melted and spectators stood aghast. In the realm of football we were supreme. But underlying all of these decisive victories and gigantic scores was that most valuable characteristic of the memorable season, - "Texas Spirit." The team played together in wonderful style. Desire for self-advancement at the expense of the team and the school had no place in the beings of the constituent members. It simply was not their nature. But they weren't a machine. They were too brainy to be mechanical. They played together because of inherent ab ility and willingness to co-operate. The students never forgot themselves and were ever gentlemen. Texas spirit was real and valuable. This it was that especially marked the season, as it has marked previous seasons . Texas spirit has become a fixture. But to the real work of the season. The open game in the University of Texas reached its highest perfection . Probably no Southern team ever excelled the 1914 Longhorns in this respect. The famous old line held. This means more than mere words simply. Not for one minute was its strength and ability doubted. Behind it the backfield men were able to put into operation unmolested the wonderful plays that sent opponents into confusion, and brought the spectators to their feet. End runs, line bucks, forward passes,- all were used to equal ad足 vantage. Both spectacular and efficient was this open play- a rare combination indeed . The backfield excelled in open play even the remarkable backfield of 1913. Littlefield's passing set a new mark in Southern football. Many times in every battle the pigskin from his dextrous hand sped over fifty yards of gridiron. And the passes were handled in elegant style . by those to whom they were directed. The end runs, especially those of Barrell, were truly brilliant. Interference in the form of a portable, impenetrable wall preceded and pro足 tected the runners. Really wonderful and hitherto seldom equalled was this interference.

ALLER DICE

PATTERSON

The ucce of the last sea on is the culmination of fiye year of continuou training in a fixed cheme of play. EYery man on the team began his career under Allerdice, and deYel oped under hi care and guidance. Their predecessors the year before Allerdice came \\·ere instructed in the Yost tactics by William Wasmund. The significance of this is more apparent ,,·hen it is known that previous to the eason of 1910 coaches were frequently changed and tactics with them. ImproYement in the team work and in the play has been perceptible in every succeeding eason. Allerdice ha a great future as a coach, the magnitude of which can only be measured by the material which falls into hi hands. The "GniYersity is gro\\·ing and be coming better known; prep school in Texas are becoming more numerous, and, through better coaches, are sending up better freshmen year by year. Allerdice i an apostle of the open game, ETTLIXGER DISCH and has shown himself to be a master of it. The "aeroplane" formation and others equally or more Yaluable are the product of hi fertile brain. He belieYes in perfection, and obsen-ers at practice saw him daily repeat the same play time after time in his eagerness for perfection. Furthermore, Da,·e Allerdice is honored and admired by eyery man on the squad. PATTER Ol\. Coach Allerdice was ably assisted by Patter on, as Allerdice a former captain of the Wol verines. Patterson is a big genial fello\\-, \Yho ays little. His pupil , the linemen, like him self were taciturn . The results, measured in exhibition of skill, unified action, and contentment, gi,·e evidence of efficient \\·ork. ETTLIXGER, SHORTHORX COACH. H.J. Ettlinger, who played at Harrnrd in 1910, was coach of the Texas Shorthorns. Prob ably no other man, with the exception of Allerdice and Patterson, deserves more credit for the successful season of the Longhorns than does Coach Ettlinger.

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process of development in four years of an awkward German lad, who had never seen a pigskin, into a second All - American and All-Southern guard, furnishes what is at least next door to reading matter. Louis Jordan was the lad, and he began his career in San Antonio Military Academy in the fall of 1910. Walter Camp chose him in his 1914 second All-American football selection for Collier's, and southern sports writers named him as an All - American star. At the prep school Jordan loomed up over his fellow students as a giant among pigmies, and the preps thought they saw in the mighty country lad an Ole Olson of Siwash fame. Tho Jordan knew no more about football than the Emerald Islanders know about sauer kraut, many were the schemes and many were the appeals to get the big fellow onto the field and sub sequently into a uniform. The football bug buzzed about his cranium two or three times and sung him promises of future fame. He heard the song, but the mean ing was obscure and indefinite. By degrees it grew clearer to his friends, but less so to the modest, retiring, unaggressive Louie. He practiced with the team, and the first game was to be played. Louis would not play in the initial game, he wanted to see one first! But the coach and students wad na' hear of it, and fairly coerced the youthful giant into a suit and into action. The game had not progressed five minutes until some injudicious husky hurled himself athwart Louie with terrific force, sending him sprawling on the gridiron. Louie had been meek, Louie had been gentle, and had handled the opponents as tenderly as a young mother fondles her firstborn. But there was something vindictive in his face as he arose. The bug which before had only sung to him now bit him, and the dread disease thoroughly "took." Now he looked upon the world of football in a very different way. Unmercifully he plowed through the opposing line; with unrelenting determination he shattered interference, walked on a field paved with rival necks, and trod triumphantly on the upturned stomachs of adver saries. But Louie always did it mildly. He is a mild man . But mildness, you know, in foot ball is another thing. As the pushing of a button sets into motion a world's fair, so this little happening set into motion the mighty Jordan along the seldom traveled road to football fame. Thereafter, they couldn't keep him away from the field. He wanted to live on it, and he did live on it the rest of the season. And when the last game was ended he smacked his lips over the last delicious morsel and wistfully longed for further footballious refreshments. The next year he came here. In the meantime, however, he grew a few pounds and mel lowed his pristine ferocity into delicate assurance, ceased striding about on necks and ab domens, and set about in the more civilized occupation of giving other guards views of heavenly bodies and awakening recollections of past experiences in railroad wrecks and auto accidents. Jordan was Texas' greatest guard. He weighed 205 pounds and was fast. He was alert and comparatively agile. He had a good head and used it. He loved football and played it with every bit of his strength. He was considerate, gentle, and fair. What more can be said? THE LINE.

And if Jordan was a giant and the possessor of virile and congenial traits, so were the six men who struggled with him in the line,-the greatest line ever known to Texas football. Taciturn, brainy, true- the famous old line, as famous in Texas football as the famous Light Brigade in English military history. Having played together through an entire previous season and felt in common the impact of the powerful Notre Dame line and learned some things from the mighty Eichenlaub, they began the season of 1914 with an abundance of experience. Unified action was second nature with them,- they fairly breathed in unison.

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-:£)ittmar--- ~ll-Sout~~rn L D Pig- when ever you saw the ball bumping across the field or passing over the lerra firma in the grasp of opponent or team mate, you could depend on it that "Pig" Dittmar was not far from it. Over the field he strode following up the plays with his flaxen hair floating in the breeze. "Pig" also was one of the youngest men on the team,- a sophomore. And a remarkable thing is that he is the lightest man who has ever played center on a Southern team, The fact that he was chosen as an All-Southern player makes that fact even more remarkable. Ditt's fame began when as a freshman he landed immediately in a berth on the team, and stuck. He is cool headed, and strong on the defense. He knows football, too, and has a good head. He worked well in any play, and was a power in the keystone position. "Pig" was always ready, and by his actions maintained the pep of the whole team. He fitted into the machinery of the team like the point of a flying wedge. Dittmar shares with Louie Jordan the distinction of being the only Longhorn who ever made the All-Southern team. He is probably the best center the University has ever had. BERRY-The chosen leader of the Longhorns for 1915. Berry, while one of the youngest men on the team, was next to Jordan physically the most powerful man on the team. Like Jordan also he pushed opponents right and left and opened up wagon roads for the backfield men. K. Berry was one of the few men in the line who could receive forward passes. Several times he negotiated many yards with balls received from Littlefield's strong arm. K. has two more years on the eleven. This fact is no doubt very satisfying to the coach when he figures ahead on the material he will have in future years. BARRELL- When a streak was seen across the gridiron, it was pretty certain that at the end of this streak would be seen many yards from the starting point, Barrell, the man who was by far the greatest ground gainer for the Longhorns during the season. He ran like a flash. His specialty was circling ends, and the headlines and remembrances of the spectators attest to his unusual success. He was probably the lightest man who has ever played in the Texas backfield, weighing but 146 pounds. Then, too, he developed in his last season into a good punter and a first class place kicker. He was also skilful in forward passing, both in the re ceiving and passing ends. One of his greatest assets was his knowledge of the game and his excellent headwork. Barrell was the steadiest man on the team, and executed his plays with the utmost assurance. He was invaluable in pulling off complicated plays. He played his last year. LITTLEFIELD-The most remarkable forward passer ever known in football at the Univer sity of Texas, the greatest one in the South, and safely one of the greatest in the country. The best all-around player on the team,-a good open field runner, an adept with the forward pass, and a terrific line plunger. Besides he was fairly good at punting. To him is due the brilliant open field work of the season. His passes added sensation to every game. Without great exer tion he could pass forty yards. In the Mississippi game he hurled the pigskin forty-two yards diagonally across the field to Turner, who ran with it eight yards for a touchdown. Clyde held the esteem and admiration of all players and students, not only because of his skilful playing but also because of his good nature, his squareness, and his general affability. EDMOND- Pete possessed the tenacity of a Boston bulldog with the kindness of a kitten. the most consistent trainer on the squad. Wouldn't eat ice cream or a mid season team ban quet; thought too much of the team and the game. Pete's energy was inexhaustible and his power extraordinary. He knows the game, too, and is a thinker. Utterly dependable, Ed

CAN You FIGURE IT OuT? mond played his best every minute of the game. People knew exactly what Pete would do. An all-time end. TURNER- This story is told of Turner: In the Dallas game the score was 13 to 7 in favor of Texas. Texas had five yards to go on the fourth down. Turner had been clamoring for a trial at line-bucking. "Give it to me Coke," he pleaded, and Coke finally pulled him back. Through the Sooners' line he plunged the five yards. "Give it to me again," he demanded. This time he ploughed ten yards, now within striking distance of the goal. "Now let me buck it over," he cried, and over he went, ball and all. This was a characteristic outcropping of Turner's unlimited self-confidence, a characteristic outcome of its application. Turner was shifty and played a smashing game at end. He too was thoroughly dependable. A possessor of great physical strength, intuitive football acumen, and dogged determination,- this was Charlie Turner. HALBERT-The reward for continued faithfulness and ultimate success came to Hal Halbert this season in the shape of a Varsity letter in the fourth year of his service on the football squad, three years of which he served as a reserve. Hal weighed but 142 pounds, and this lack of weight alone kept him from making his letter in previous seasons. He played in games every season, but fell a little short each year. He won out by sticking to it. Instances of such loyalty and persistence are but rare, and to Halbert came great distinction. Hal was a good open field runner, and strong on the defensive. GOODMAN-Goodman was a power in the line. He played straight through this season as he played through previous seasons, without losing a minute from the play. When Dave AllerÂ dice took him out of the Wabash game to give some of the others a last trial, the big fellow cried, and Coach sent him back within two minutes. Talk about being earnest! Goodman played with all the earnestness possible. He was a sure tackler, and was good at breaking through the line and stopping plays before they got started. Goodman was strongest on the defense. CARLTON- "Fats" Carlton bears the unique distinction of being the fastest man on the line,-and for that matter, the fastest man who has played in the Longhorn line in many seasons. His speed and versatility was shown by the fact that the coach seriously considered playing him in the backfield. He was fast down the field on kicks, which made him exceptionally strong in open field plays. It was remarkable the rapidity with which he could transport those 205 pounds of avoirdupois down the field. And "Fats" possessed that rare quality of continual good humor; most fat men do. And he took the game seriously. Every move he made on the field was in dead earnest. KECK- Fighting for three years as a reserve, Ray Keck came into his own and won a letter on the 1914 team. He was unfortunate in having to compete against Murray and Dittmar, All-Southwestern and All-Southern centers, in his four years at the University. At the beÂ ginning of the season, Dittmar suffered from a poisoned hand, and his place was ably filled by Keck during his absence. Ray was not only a good center, but he could be relied upon to fill a hole in the line at either guard or tackle. With the exception of Dittmar, he was probably as good at his position as any college player in the State. It is to be regretted that he has played his last year.

BARRELL SCORES. BIRGE- Another man who has plodded in the line for three years and helped to make pos sible the startling work of the backfield men. Birge is a big, whole-hearted fellow, who i:ilays the game for the love of it, and in loyalty to the niversity. A possessor of a perfect physique, great physical power, and a good knowledge of football, he had little trouble in disposing of the fondest hopes of the opposing tackle. With his 1 O pounds of solid muscle in motion, he scat tered opposing players in every direction; and those who happened to be familiar with his grid iron propensities and who had unwisely gotten in his way in pre,;ous encounters, took great care to avoid his presence, and to lighten the shock when a collision was brought about by the sheer consequences of fate. WALKER-Burt was a star transplanted. In the very first game of the season when he had been a student in the University but a few days, he stepped right into the Longhorn harness and filled to the perfect satisfaction of fellow players and students the Yacant hole in the backfield. He handled himself in remarkable fashion considering his light weight. He was an excellent line plunger, a fighter, and fast on his feet. Walker has another year in University football. Burt was a star at Poly before coming here. WIMMER-According to Billy Ruggles of the Houston Post, "Coke" Wimmer was one of the most masterly field generals the University of Texas has ever had. He worked the team remarkably fast, and kept the reporters' fingers going at a rapid clip in the press box. He was of a nervous temperament, and was at the same time exceedingly cool-headed,-a rare combina tion. He was gritty-and unusually fast. His open field running was wonderful. Coke broke his shoulder bone in the Haskell game and was kept out of the Mississippi and Wabash games. He will not return. EILSON-"Doc" eilson was the sensation of the season. He took the longest chances of anyone, and nearly always got by. He sent many a thrill through the crowd when he darted through a broken field holding the ball confidently in one hand before him. It will be many a day until Varsity football enthusiasts quit talking about his great plunging in the Haskell game. The Longhorns had the ball just 62 yards from the Haskell goal, and Keilson performed the al most unthinkable feat of carrying it over, with an intervening buck by Littlefield, in five suc cessive bucks. In the first plunge he went six yards through the line. In a spectacular broken field run he placed the ball on Haskell's 30-yard line. Again he plunged through center 15 yards. The crowd was wild. And there stood Neilson with his fingers twitching, grinning as hard as you please in ecstasy, impatient for the ball to be snapped. He was in the height of his glory. Then he hit the line for nine yards. On a fake play, Littlefield carried the ball to the 4-yard line; and amid wild cheering, Neilson ploughed through the opposing mass and over 1 eilson was exceptionally fast for a heavy man. the line for the phenomenal touchdown. A remarkable plunger, he was also one of the best open field runners. Doc finishes this year.

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TRINITY, (October 3) , 30-0.-The team began the season on October 3 with Trinity as an appetizer for gridiron refreshments yet to come. Thirty points were scored to Trinity's none. Spectacular interference, long end runs, continuous crashes through Trinity's line and effective passes, tell the story of the high score. The old line held fast, never allowing Trinity to advance more than two or three yards. Littlefield, Barrell, and Walker, who played his first game in a Longhorn uniform, did the scoring. The whole team starred, however, as it did in every subsequent game. McKenzie, Fleming, and Huffman stood out distinctly among the Trinity players. Gene Harris helped in the yell leading. The men who played were: Keck, center; Birge, left guard; Berry, left tackle; Turner, left end; Jordan, right guard; Kane, right tackle; Edmond, right end; Walker, fullback; Little field, left halfback; Barrell, right halfback; Wimmer, quarterback; substitutes: Goodman, Loftus, Teilson, Halbert, Johnson, Griffin, Leftwich, Casey, and Stanley. BAYLOR (October 10), 57-0.- Baylor was a dainty meal , a right respectable sacrifice. The Longhorns rolled up a score of 57 to 0. Baylor was hardly a factor, except negatively. The heavier Texans tore the Baylor line to pieces, and with superior skill and speed waded through open field resistance for touchd0\\'11 after touchdown. Again the old line held firm, yea, firmer. The interference was as effective as before. Walker repeated his wonderful plunging. Barrell's running was probably the most interesting feature of the game. Little field did some more remarkable passing, and Turner starred in receiving them. Berry in the line made many tackles. Crowley English played in his first game and handled the team in good style. The temperature during the game was 96. The Texas men who played were (in the same order as above) : Dittmar, Goodman, Berry. Turner, Jordan, Birge, Edmond, Walker, Barrell, Littlefield, Wimmer; substitutes: eilson• Halbert, English, Carlton, Keck, Johnson, Stanley, Casey, Runge, Griffin, and Loftus. RICE (October 17), 41-0.- The most worthy foes thus far in the season held the Long horns to but one touchdown in the first half, but lost 41 to 0. Journeay came dangerously close to interrupting a good record when his drop kick fell little short of passing over the crossbar. Wimmer's playing at quarter attracted much attention. He ran the team exceptionally fast and kept the fingers of the reporters moving at a rapid clip to keep up with the gains. This rapidity of calling signals was characteristic of him throughout the season. Dittmar played a brilliant game on the defense. Goodman made many good tackles, and Berry and Jordan were noticeably strong on the defense. Edmond received several long passes from Littlefield and converted one into a touchdown . The men who played were: Dittmar, Goodman, Berry, Turner, Jordan, Carlton, Edmond, Walker, Barrell, Littlefield, and Wimmer; substitutes: Birge, eilson, Keck, Casey, and Halbert. OKLAHOMA (October 24 ), 32-7.-It was the Sooners at Dallas who played the Longhorns the hardest game of the season. They made but one touchdow'TI, and that in the first fifteen seconds of play. M. Johnson, aided by beautiful interference to reach midfield, and then by his own stamina, speed, and skill to zigzag his way through the whole Texas eleven, scored a brilliant touchdown with the ball received on the twenty-five yard line from kickoff. But this one score was quite enough to keep eleven sturdy Texas warriors and several hundred lusty rooters on needles for more than three full quarters. The Longhorns came back immediately after Johnson's remarkable sprint and within one minute and thirty-five seconds had six points to their credit. There was no goal, and therein the uncertainty and the anxiety lay. The score was advanced to 13 to 7 at the outset of the second half, but this did not give the rooters an especially beautiful prospect to look upon. Thus the status remained until the last quarter when touchdowns came thick and fast, as Littlefield's passes sped with more than ordinary accuracy, and the Sooners' line melted before the hammering onslaught of the Texans. It was in this contest that the open play of the Longhorns showed its greatest development. It was the brilliant passing which really won the game. Three of the five touchdowns came as a direct result of long passes. But one was secured by long bucking, and this furnished one of the thrills of the game. Turner was the hero. He tore through the Sooner line four times, the final plunge netting a touchdown.

Again the Texas line shone in more than its pristine brilliance. Louis Jordan made tackle after tackle behind the line, rivaling even the men on the secondary defense. Dittmar was a terror to the opposing line. Birge, Goodman, and Berry, dealt misery to all with whom they came into contact, and did not wait for prey to fall in their way, but went in search of it. Pete Edmond covered himself with new glory when he caught the pass that resulted in Texas' second touchdown and put Texas ahead in the scoring. A remarkable fact about the grueling contest was that not a substitution was made on the Longhorn team. Lincoln Beachy flew over the field as the game progressed. The stars of Oklahoma, and real stars they were: Captain Clark, M. Johnson, Fields, and Capshaw. The lineup was: Dittmar, Berry, Goodman, Turner, Jordan, Birge, Edmond, Walker, Barrell, Littlefield, and Wimmer. SOUTHWESTERN (October 31 ), 70-0.- Heavier, speedier, and more skilful, the LongÂ horns in this game overran the Methodists, and made of them spectators at an exhibition of brilliant open play. The game was chuck full of exciting incidents. The opposition injected into the machinery by Southwestern was unavailing so far as actually to hinder gains by the Longhorns, but served to heighten the interest of the melee by tinging the rapidly executed plays with excitement and temporary uncertainty. Southwestern couldn't budge the Texas line. The big fellows loomed up over their opÂ ponents and nabbed them at their will. It was in this game that four freshmen, Kelso, Scott, Secor and Blaine, made their debut in Texas uniforms. Kelso and Scott, both big fellows, strode like trotting horses through the Southwestern opposition. Kelso ran thirty-two yards with the first ball given him, and Kelso in his first trial waded sixty-five yards for a touchdown. The lineup was: Dittmar, Birge, Berry, Turner, Jordan, Carlton, Edmond, Walker, Blaine, Barrell, Wimmer. Keck, Neilson, Kelso, Secor, Shelmire, Casey, Johnson, Stanley, Runge, Scott, Griffin, and Bauchman. HASKELL (November 7), 23-7.- The Battleground at Houston was strewn with many a vanquished redskin. The fight was a beauty and no love feast. It was a struggle of giants. As M. Johnson in the Dallas game, Mzichteno unloosed the furious dogs of war in the enemy's camp, when he scored Haskell's only toughdown, the first score in the game, by a beautiful sixty-yard run with a ball recovered when a Texan fumbled. Let Billy Ruggles tell the rest: "Dazed for a moment by an unlucky fumble, recovered by an alert Indian end, who raced 45 yards to a touchdown, and thrust thus into a disadvantage in the first inning of play, the Longhorns began to fight. And from the moment that Powell kicked off for the second time, it was the Longhorns' game. By the end of the first quarter, they had tied the score. In the second, the first field goal of the Longhorn season had put them in the lead, and they were forcing Kennedy to send in his stars, kept out at first because hampered by bruises received in the Notre Dame game. They were playing the Red Men of their feet, and, though stopped in the third quarter by the Indians who came back at the start of the half in whirlwind fashion and even threatened to overstep the narrow margin by which Texas led, in the fourth period the men of Allerdice came into their own, scoring two touchdowns against a team beaten as Rice and Oklahoma were beaten-bowed as the cornstalk in the aborigine's village to the wind before the brilliant onslaught of the Texans." Barrell and Neilson share the highest honors of this memorable fray . "Doc" Neilson literally marched in three successive bucks from midfield to within striking distance of the goal. Barrell figured in nearly every score, his toe placed Texas in the lead in the second period when he booted the ball from placement on the 20-yard line. In the last quarter it was Barrell's great run of 63 yards which gave Texas its second touchdown. The lineup was: Dittmar, Goodman, Berry, Turner, Jordan, Birge, Edmond, Walker, Barrell, Littlefield, Wimmer, Carlton, Neilson, and Kelso.

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. . ~ISSISSIPPI ( ?vember 17), 66-7.-"0le Miss" vied with Southwestern their generosity m 1ssU1ng scores to their opponents. Texas found the open game an easy proposition and sel dom resorted to line bucks. The game was fairly a battle of forward passes. Texas made its greatest gains, however, on end runs. In this Barrell was the star. eilson repeated his ter rific plunging. Littlefield executed one of the prettiest plays of the entire season when at the beginning of the fourth period he passed forty-two yards diagonally across the field to Tur ner who ran eight yards for a touchdown. The day was ideal for football, the thermometer registering about forty-two degrees. During the game the clouds became dark and hazy and the temperature fell perceptibly. The spectators wore overcoats and stamped to keep warm. For the second time in seventeen years "Doctor" Henry Reeves was absent. A smaller negro hustled across the field with the bucket when a player was knocked out, but the rooters called for Henry. The lineup: Dittmar, Goodman, Berry, Turner, Jordan, Birge, Edmond, Walker, Neilson Littlefield, Barrell, Kelso, Scott, Carlton, Halbert, Keck, Simmons, and Blaine. WABASH ( ovember 26 ), 39-0.-The defeat of the "Little Giants" on Thanksgiving Day marked the close of the most successful football season in the history of the University. In only one preceding season, that on 1900, had the Longhorns met no defeat. The day was dark but no rain fell. The field, however, was soggy as a result of rain the night before, and became more slippery as the game progressed. The game was robbed of the spectacular passing and running which characterized the season. It was a grim battle, regardless. The Longhorns played as a unit as they did throughout the year. The whole team starred. The interference was won derful. The Longhorns were heavier than their opponents, and displayed more football acumen, more speed, and more strength . The line was absolutely impenetrable, and the "Lit tle Giants" never got within twenty-five yards of the goal. Jordan, in the last game of his career, played the same dogged, determined, powerful game, he played during his entire football experience. Barrell, in his last game, despite the difficulties especially prevalent in his department of the game, did splendid work, and made three of the touchdowns, figuring in nearly all of the rest. Littlefield, unable to use the forward pass with a wet ball, turned his efforts into other channels with unusual success. Edmond played a remarkable game. He was even more pugnacious because of the difficulties. Barrell and Neilson were stars again. Dittmar and Goodman did attractive work in the line. But as said before, the whole team starred. Some attracted the spectators more than others, but when the ultimate result of the playing is considered, every member of the team receives nearly equal glory. During time between the halves, the Globraskers inaugurated a new "prexy." The old one passed. After his farewell address he set fire to the miniature shack, and the crowd cheered wildly. The Board of Regents, the faculty, the army, the navy, and the student body, were represented. After the third period the yell leaders presented " Doctor" Henry, who was able to attend the game only by means of a cab, with a large bouquet and a collection of money contributed by the spectators. The lineup was: Dittmar, Goodman, Berry, Turner, Jordan, Birge, Edmond, Walker, Littlefielp, Neilson, Barrell, Carlton, Keck, and Kelso.