▁while ▁att ending ▁prep ▁school ▁in ▁And over , ▁Massachusetts ▁and ▁began ▁teaching ▁the ▁sport ▁to ▁fellow ▁Alabama ▁students ▁in ▁early ▁ 1 8 9 2 . ▁Later ▁in ▁the ▁year , ▁the ▁school ▁formed ▁an ▁official ▁team ▁of ▁ 1 9 ▁players , ▁with ▁Little ▁as ▁captain ▁and ▁E . ▁B . ▁Be aum ont ▁as ▁head ▁coach . ▁Among ▁those ▁also ▁on ▁the ▁team ▁were ▁William ▁B . ▁Bank head , ▁future ▁U . S . ▁Spe aker ▁of ▁the ▁House , ▁and ▁Bib b ▁Gra ves , ▁future ▁governor ▁of ▁Alabama . ▁The ▁team ▁was ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁the ▁" C ad ets ", ▁the ▁" C rim son ▁White ", ▁or ▁simply ▁as ▁" the ▁vars ity ". ▁ ▁On ▁November ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 1 8 9 2 , ▁the ▁team ▁played ▁its ▁first ▁game ▁at ▁a ▁baseball ▁park ▁in ▁B irmingham , ▁Alabama , ▁winning ▁ 5 6 – 0 ▁against ▁a ▁team ▁composed ▁of ▁players ▁from ▁local ▁B irmingham - area ▁high ▁schools . ▁Alabama ▁lost ▁to ▁both ▁A ub urn ▁and ▁S ew ane e ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 3 . ▁After ▁a ▁win less ▁campaign , ▁Eli ▁Abb ott , ▁who ▁played ▁for ▁the ▁team ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 2 , ▁returned ▁as ▁a ▁player - co ach ▁and ▁led ▁the ▁ 1 8 9 4 ▁squad . ▁Alabama ▁opened ▁the ▁season ▁with ▁a ▁loss ▁against ▁Ole ▁Miss ▁in ▁what ▁was ▁its ▁first ▁game ▁ever ▁played ▁outside ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Alabama