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TnE ASX1ST0X STAR JSUXDAY, OCT. 9,1927 i 1 Yale, T'ecli Wm a TK33G AKEftNE HUT '3vMchgSofQeorgiammOM'W Badcfield. TL LU lu I UIL mjaji Poor Old Auburn' Wumbfed: ALEXANDRIA HOWARD COLLEGE "TO START DRILL Alabamans Make .11 to -One First Downs But Opponents Line Holds HkUl II WSSSSUWI I nr 33-6 By Weak Florida By vnitea rress Mad -played haveev wtth -f the OMaMMOSSSSSSSSW' al I Tiger- Backs Fail to Hold Ball long Enough to Threaten OVER 200 THOUSAND NEARLY A- MILLION FOR SERIES TILTS hopes of many Dixie elevens BaN-f nrday and at nightfall the foot- baU world, of the southland had witnessed upset after upset Its' which the favored teams had tumbled out of slghC fT The bright grin of a Bulldol from Georgia shone above the? wrecked hopes. Coach Woodruffs charges went north to New Eog-? land to meet the Yale Buildoifr i and la a battle marked by grit, A daring and uncanny salenCV snatched the flag victory. -The an eplo of the iron, "won 14 to -0, brought red llghtai and! bonfires, ta Athens Ito-ff-l night: It also placed the Oeorrla eleven' high among the favorites tor the conference -4 Alabama's 0 to 0 tie with Loulst ana SUte at Birmingham was significant, but dull game The varsity that Mike Donohue moulded scored but one first down' to the Tide's 11.

But the punch? was lacking' to Alabama, and no goal line-was Oeorgta pranced. uprrd W- ward the ladder by reason of lis victory, over tae stroruc TulaniT 13 to 8 A. few attempts if the back ward pass showed clearly what Coach Alexander has to hit pocket to reserve. Cchcre Slips From j'-js Fingers To Let Winner Score Ey FRANK GETTY Tnlted Prest Bport Editor Yankee SUdinm, N. Oct t-Triamph came b11 'jycr at the cllma of thriH-i baa ram today, when the York Yankees won the cham-1 onshlp of the world by defeaU L.Z the riltsbuivb Wratee, 4 to 1 Tragedy accompanied the cli-: die finish of the 1927 world ee-s when Johnny MUJus, Pitts h's relief pitcher who had ulk out two of the most danger-c tlueser of "murderen' row" ii the bases filled, cut loose with pitch which let Earl Combs the winning -nm that meant championship for the Yankees, The triumph of the American 1 champions In four straight res, a feat not accomplished In years, was not finally achieved lU baseball drama of the most i variety had been enacted to 3 last half of the ninth toning of i deciding game, while looked on, almost breathless excitement rirates Outclassed -c fact that the Pittsburgh Pi- 3 had been hopelessly outclassel -s forgotten to the thrill oi uua climax; A cold, gloomy, dark day nibburgh weather, at last" the vering declared found the Buc-t ccrs battling the Yankees on r- terms at last Up until the moment when- the bail sllDned from jus too 'eager fingers and went r.s beyond the reach of Johnny -ch to end the game and send new champions- shouting JOT i on their way to the clubhouse, i a anybody's ball game.

tYiVv Moore. Earnest of relief hers during the 1927 season. a nH finished for the victors. i the Pirates were hitting today, in. sharp dfives, which whisuea the murk and gloom of the i October afternoon, and until last man always -a threatening to acore.

AfterJ team had scoreci uw rang, with Carmen II111 pitching the Pirates opposed to the stal-iContinaed en page 6, column 4) nil- Virginia stumbled before 8ovM Carolina and -Maryland took surpirse beating from North Carolina. Clcmscn, the i charges p( Josh Cody that looked so good FOR HARD TILTS Bulldogs Undismayed By 13- lo-6 Defeat Saturday A tternoon-xr'i Birmingham.1 Ala, Oct t. (Special Although (defeated' in their game Saturday 13 to 8, the Howard MUege4Bulldogs chance to win the S. A. A.

conference championship' and Coaches Dillon. and Newton have a strenuous schedule -mapped out for the'e drllUuJicxt Howard's liae; which showed up so well against Loyola last week, will be drilled by Coaches Mc'Lane and Newton to even greater skill during the next week, and the backfield led by CapUta BUlir Bancroft 8am Bradley and Donald Van Buskirk, will be sent through tough workouts by Coach Dillon. Tne blocking of the Bulldog backs has greatly improved during the last few Weeks. Cliff veteran Uckle, is the outstanding player to the although Louis tmudy and Lee RcberU at xuord work wen, Roy Williams also shows up well, especlallyon defense. Mercer.

Mississinni col kge and Birmingham-Southern, of the S. I. A. A. conference, the How- ard college team faces a game with Auourn i we end of October.

The burn, -out the team -is far from gloomy over the outlook this year. V. P. BEATS COLGATE Hamilton, N. Oct.

8.ttP) Succumbing to a powerful aerial attack and a strong runnins came. Col gate was" defeated by Virginia' Poly institute here today. 8 to 0. The scutherners outplayed the Maroon decisively to the first half, Peake scoring the only, touchdown 4n the second ierlad came back strong in the second half and launched an aerial attack which several times brought the ban within scoring distance only to be stopped by the last work of V. P.

backs. -'yzTT Of course he la that's clothes? Tiring Athenians Hold Fresh Elis Fonr Times Under Goal Posts New Haven, Conn, Oct I. (IP) i Turning back four furious Yale drives In the final period, Georgia scored Its greatest triumph to history today, to 10. Backed against their awn goat line four times In the closing moments of play, a heroic Georgia line withstood the batter Yale's fresh first string back field to score its first victory aver the Blue.l.i:.:..;...-l.::,:,.::,:,u,::. four successive stands by Georgia have never been, equalled to the history of Yale bowL Tired from their gruelling battle with a steady stream of fresh Yale players, the Bulldogs from Dixie stopped the Blue on the 10 yard line.

7-yard line and the two-yard line to the fourth period. The fourth Yale drive ended when a pass fen behind Georgia'! goal line Incomplete. Fighting desperately to wipe out Georgia's four point lead, Yale's first team went into the game to the final period and marched from their own 25 yard line deep into Georgia territory, McCrary, Georgia full back, intercepted a pass by Caldwell, Yale half backr on Georgia's 10 yard line. Yale Again Held i Following a punt Yale started, again from Georgia's 45-yard line amLawepUaJthe lyard line.berore the fighting southerners halted the drive. Estes.

Georgia halfback, punted only 27 yards and Yale started the third drive. Again the Georgia line stopped the Blue, this time on the two-yard line. Georgia punts to Its own 30 yard Une arid Yale's fourm.rnajxti he-" gan. A pass Into the end zone gave Georgia the ball on its own 20-yard line and Yale's last chance to snatch victory from the southerners was gone. A 13 yard pass," Johnson to Estes, in the first period gave Georgia the lead.

Johnson kicked goal, making the score 7 to 0 Georgia. Yale tied the score near the close of the quarter: Caldwell threw a 35 yard pass to Scott Yale left end who caught the ball on the goal line. Cox kicked goal making the score T-7. Yale took the lead In the second period. A- 62 yard run by.Cox alter pass from- CaWweU 'placed the baU on Georgia's 20 yard line.

Caldwell fumbled and Georgia recovered and kicked out of danger. An-' (Contlnaed on page column )' away daily. DEALERS Sons, Dec. WINNER OVER NORMAL HIGH Ftut Back led By Clark And Harvey Trample Jack- Alexandria, Abu Oct 10. (Special to The Star) Working behind a forward wan that gave perfect'to-terf erenc" Afexihd backfield scored 33 points to down Jacksonville Normal High school here Friday afternoon.

At no time during the tilt did the Normal high team get Hto scoring small broke arm at the. beginning of the second quarter, shortly after he had made a spectacular 60 yard run for a touchdown. He remained to the enttrr-tatJic The work of Herman, Clark on defense was the outstanding part of the game while his work at carrying the ban was gtood. He scored pne touchdown. Ford, big fullback, also played a good game.

He scored two of the Curvto. the.other star of the backfield, scored a touchdown, also. The Alexandria outfit will play Ashland on the latter' gridiron next Friday afternoon, IjUs was-tht ouietandin.Ien sive threat of the losing team. He made several' good gains around the 'ends. Losing Hue Pitchen: OLastJTiltlLet Off Without Error New Yerk Oct 8.

(IP-John MUJmvPittsbnrgh not credited with an error on his" wild pitch which allowed Combs ta score the winning ran In the ninth Inning of the final gasne of the world series, under an in-' terpreUUonHsf the' rake by the official scorers of the official scorers decided the latitude and intent of the rales did not warrant giving John nil-ias well as a wild" pitch on the pitch which allowed Combs to score in the ninth frith the ran which the Yankees won the world championship, read the announcement by Bart Whitman, president of the Baseball Writers' association of America. U. of Idaho' 0, U. of Oregon" 0. Oklahoma U.

27. Fresh 7. Carroll Northwestern College Coe 24, Monmouth 3. Colo. SUte 0.

UUh Ag gies 39. Montana SUte 12, Colorado U. 8. Tulsa U. 33.

South DakoU 12. Sewance 0, Texas A. and M. 18... Trinity 8, Texas U.

20. Creighton 7, North DakoU U. 0. First quarter Brown, Penn, 0. First quarter Tech, Tulane, 0.

Temple 58; JuanlU 0. Washington U. 13; Missouri School of MlnesO. Davidson 12; Wofford 2. Danville ormal 18; Evansville college 0.

Heidelberg 26; Hiram 0. rl A fkl Kl Some married guys ought to be boosters for the English ame Soccer, cm frog r. Rlcwaod Park. Birmingham, Ala, Oct (UP) Playing la a sea ef mad, Alabama and L. 8.

V. foaght fear scoreless quar "Wrieia'thts afternoon "before" 12.000 spectators. The Alabama line outplayed Its and stopped the Titers' charging This alone Alabama from defeat Rain feu through most of the game, beginning with a heavy drizzle as the teams lined tip for the kickoff. Throughout the first half Alabama bad L. 8.

U. on the defensive, with the Louisiana lads returning the compliments in the second halt. The Crimson Tide outweighed L. S. U.

by a wide margin. There was little of the spectacular to the game. Both teams sent to constant streams of subs to an attempt to keep dry players on the field. Tne Crimson 'Tide drove hazder than their opponents, and mixing end tuns, line smashes and occasional short passes over the line of ecrimmagej --chalked up-11. first downs to a single one for the Ti gers.

It was the only mighty forward wall of Mike Donahue's varsity that stoppsd the terrific smashes whedintheir hweat 1 first down and a final drive toward the. goat-' Once Alabama was within the L. S. U. ten yard line.

failing by a few feet to gain the necessary yardage which might have meant vletory- Archie Taylor, 6tar fullback of Alabama, had little, opportunity due to the soggy field. He was carried from the field to the sec ond quarter, knocked out but not seriously hurt The hneup: ALABAMA POS. L. 8. U.

E. Smith fju jpreeman Pickard (C) Tinsley Bowdoln r-. Dye Huffman Hagler x. Wilson Pearce r. Nelson Weaver McCJintock Brassflcld h.

b. Godfrey birr Stovall "'X bUJi' Haynes Referee; Seferance lOberlln; um pire. Moriarity (Mount St Mary's); headllnesman Kittleman (North field judge Collins, (Vanderbilt). PURDUE HANDS OUT LDEFEAT.TO HARVARD Cambridge. Oct 9.

(LP Purdue university, a youngster among American colleges, decisively defeated venerable Harvard. 19 to 0. today before 20,000 football fans Outweighed and on a ctrange gridiron, Purdue flashed to victory by a marvelous combination of overhead plays and driving end runs. Under the westerner's fierce stuck, the supposedly sturdy Har vard line crumpled as Purdue slashed tor one first down after v'; On defense, the westerners held like Iron and Harvard was able to make only eight first downs to their opponent's 17. Purdue registered a touchdown to every period except the final and to that were only three yards from the goal line when the whistle blew.

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H. A. Colwell; 3631-15th North, Birmingham, AhW Store HocseaolJ Cooa8 PRICES ON COAL New Oct OTP) More than 281,000 persons saw the world series this year, a new record, for for Composite anoffkial statistics of the series, giving totals for all four games, follow: Attendance. 20UUL BeceJpts, $78317. Commission's ahare, Players' share, $399,440.17.

Clubs' share, Alexander's Squad Doesnt Come From Under Wraps To Win, 13-6 Atlanta. Ga Oct Sj (UP) Georgia Tech defeated the Green soaay, ij to a. ine game was played en a sloppy wet In the first charter, Techr kicked to Tulane's 12-yead line. Pizanno fumbled the first pass and the ball was recovered by Westbrook of Tech on Tulan's 14-yard line. Tech made a first down by over-tackle plumges and two more put the ball on Tulane's one foot line, from where Thomasson went over -left tackle for touchdown.

He kicked goal for the extra point Getting the ball on their own 20 yard line in the second quarter the first Tulane play gave the ball to Banker? who- aigagged through the entire Tech defense' and- Tan the distance of the fild- for a touchdown Menville missed, goal by a few inches. The half ended with the baU to Tech's possession on Tulane's 20-yard line. Rain fell during intermission and the -entire third Quarter, slowing' play up considerably. Both were playing cautiously afraid of fumbles, and--put -to a number --of In the fourth quarter, with the ban on Tulane's 22-rard line, Thomasson went over right tackle for. 10 yards.

Randolph bucked cen ter for six, then again through center for the necessary yardage for a touchdown. "Thomasson failed on the kick for an extra point MXEOD CHAMP Hagerstown, Mr4 Oct 8. Pred- die McLeod, professional of the Columbia country club. Washing ton. D.

former; national open golf champion, today won the Maryland state oped with a medal score of 150 over 36 holes. MISS A. A H. WINS StarkvUle, Miss, Oct 8, (IPMlss, A. te M.

defeated Louisiana- Poly Institute today on a muddy field, 14 to 0, scoring one touchdown to the first period and another to the third. PHONE 129 38 Anbnni-Ala Oet XU9) CnU-versity of Florida ran aver the Aabarn Tigers here today by the one-sided score of 38 ta 6. The Alligators ran wild against the Tigers. Mlodlekauf and Crabtree were the stars for the 'Gators, breaking throogh the defense for. long gains on several Auburn did not threaten at any time.

The Tiger backs could not hold to the ball Ion? enough to become dangerous. For Auourn. Howard at right guard. It Long, and Carter, were the stars. -xs' Lineup: AUBURN POS.

FLORIDA Stanley -Clemmoiu Ingram r. e. Turners- r. t. Howard Reeves Paterson (c) Carter Pearce Burns Hodges Flsher i gills- Granger Klrschner if.

-it. en Bryan e. Hodges q. b. Brumbaugh h.

b. Bowyer h. b. Bishop fb- Mlddlckauf (c) lfeTc-Etrmper-rtCorgi Techj; umpire Powell (Wlscon sin); head lineman Boatwrigbt Cunningham. Football'Results By Press OeorgiaJ4, Yale.

10. Purdue 18, Harvard 0." Tennessee VMaryvUle Georgia Tech 11 Tulane Georgetown 39: Davis Ekins 0 Wash, and Lee 12. Duke t. North Carolina SUte 18. Clem son ChatlanOOgf 31 Citadel Notre Dame 30, Univ.

of Detroit 0. Carnegie 58, Drexel 0. Lafayette 68. Rutgers 0. Middlebury 12v -Mass.

Aggies Pitt 40, West Virginia 0. Detroit Notre Dame 20. Northwestern 13, Utah Southwestern 19, Birmingham 1. Holy Cross 18, Dayton "Rnwit a Alabama 0, L. S.

U. 0. Univ. of Florida 33, Auburn 6. North Carolina 1.

Maryland 8.: Daridson 12. WoHord 2. George Wash. 27, American U. 0.

Vanderbilt 53, Centre 8. Furman 27, Mercer 13. N. Y. U.

65, Alfred 0. Amherst 14, Haverford 0. Dartmouth 38, Allegheny 7. Army 21; Marquette 12. Rhode Island State 26V-Lowell 0.

Princeton 42, Lehigh 0. Colgate 0. Virginia Poly 8. Miss A. and M.

14. La. Tech 0. Conn. Aggies 13, Maine 11 Cornell 53.

Richmond 0, Delaware 0, Urslnsus 0. Hobart 38. Upsala 0. Iowa 6. Ohio SUte 13.

State 28, Simpson 8. Lebanon Valley 7, VlHanova 32. Louisville 25, Transylvania 8. Kansas 6. Wisconsin 28.

Navy 35, Drake 8. St Johns 0. St Marys 8. Columbia 28. Wesleyan 0.

st Lawrence 14, Colgate City, N. 14. Syracuse 21, Johns Hopkins 8, Trinity 8, Worcester Poly 14. Tufts 28. Bates 0.

Virginia 12, South Carolina 13. Wash, and Jefferson 31, Bethany Williams 12J Vermont 0. Clarkson 7. Raessler 0. Southern Methodist 12, Centen nary Loyola 38, Union 8.

Michigan U. 21, Michigan SUte Minnesota 40, Oklahoma Aggies inols 58, Butler 0. Chicago 13, Indiana 0. Kalamazoo 8. Lombard 18.

Illinois Wesleyan 14; Knox 0. Franklin and Marshall 13, Dick icson 8. New Hampshire 7, Bowdoln 12. Colby 0, U. 13.

i J-Ilssouri 7, Nebraska 8. Kentucky 13, Kentucky Wesley an 7. V. M. 32, Roanoke 0.

1 Wittenberg 45. Cincinnati 0. NUgara UV 34, University of Buffalo 0. Quantlco Marines 14, St. Bona- venture 0.

A Mlllsaps 13. Howard 8. California 13, St Marys 0. University of Southern California 13. Oregon Aggies 13.

U. C. of Los Angeles 24, Whlttier Pomona Calif oVnla Tech 6. Gettysburg 20, Muhlenberg 7. Cornell College 38, Beloit 7.

Des Moines U. South DakoU SUte Hamlin 14. Rlpon 13. 1 -Loyola U. 14.

St Thomas 0. Stanford 20, Nevada 2. Lacrosse Normal 10. PlaUevllle Normal 0. Eauclau Normal 6.

Stevens Point Normal O. Colle-e cf Idaho' 13, TacL'Ic 6. VJ'M Don't miss our display at the Fain Carolina SUte, apparenUt getting worse and worse, lost to the weak Florida eleven, 33 to 6. I Vandy trounced Centre, the Com modores 'ptlin up 53 points. uTcnnfsicemct doughty 1 little.

MaryvUls and had to-r be content with- to -O "T- Outside 1 the conference. ChalU nooga beat ClUdel. Davidson woiv from Wofford and Furman defeat ed MeTcer. Kfioxville. Oct 8 UP)-jt-Tennessee defetedMaryville 'cof- lege Highlanders.

a tough little" team that held Kentucky State vonunaea in pin i i 1 .4 Phone 96 13 i) REDHEAD CAPS hy it doesn't pay to 1 "time with the wash instead of with him. Especially when our "Rough Dry" serviee will Uke 'Bobby's clothes and ell the Test of the "family wash" and return it washed and dried, with flat work ironed. The cost is small compared with the Quality of the work and the time and labor you Call today let us. take cart the clo'Jies while you take care of the children. Rough Dry To be given CHRYSLER Gooper ii ii line Anniston Steam! Laundry 1215 Noble St 2sS 5s8fl WE GIVE INSTANT SERVICE During the last few months we have installed our plant the finest and.

most up-to-date Laundry Machinery that could be had. We cordially invite all ladies to visit our plant between 2:30 and 5:30 o'clock Monday afternoon to see how and where we wash your clothes. To the first 25 ladies They will be presented with a nice and most useful present Ve want you to see how nicely and sanitary clothes are cd here. rv 11 Nixon Transfer Coal Co. HOED WARD10USS fi Ptclc.

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