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Central Held Vandy, 23 to OSewanee Ties Alabama fvi A VT1.1E TENMESSFAN and The li i 1 1 American, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 17, 1912 GREATEST ATHLETE OF MODERN TIMES BOOTING A LONG PUNT IN RECENT GAME TIGERS ARE HELD TO A TIE BY ALABMA TEAM CENTRAL HAD LOT OF GRIT AND IM gains, coupled with a ten-yard penalty on the part of the Alabaio'ans. Captain Gillem lost the only opportunity that Sewanee had to win when he missed an easy goal. Sewanee OUt-rustied Alabama, b'lt was unable to pain consist, ntly. Frequent penalties ware sustained by the Tiger team and costly fumbles prevented further gains. Jones, Alabama's right end.

wire taken to a local infirmary, (By Associated Tross.) BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 16. Alabama and Sewanee fouKht to a six-to-sIjs tie on Rlckwooil Held here this afternoon, in four fiercely contested quarters. Alabama svnred early in the first perio.i on a series of well-executed end runs. Sewanee'd touchdown tame as a result of three Una smashes which went for substantial EVERYBODY PLEASED WITH FOOTBALL GAME OF TODAY Luck and Shea were the biggest ground-galncrs for the Commodores, though Robins covered white lines every time he ran.

Still the Rabbi was content to let the others do the Work yesterday and very rightly so, he played hard game against Harvard last Saturday and should have prayed less viciously than he did. Mi'holland saw 1.1s openings all right and went Into them, but he didn't In tern enough to get by the line scrimmage. At times If he has been a little faster starting, he could have passed Central's secondry defense with ease, giving himself a clear field but for the backfield man. Chester and Reams at Vanderbilfs end position played their usually good games Reams played smashing right back on the defense, while Chester was In the secondary defense, Mil-holland taking his regular place at left smashing half. Speaking of Chester, reminds one of the klckoff made.

After Vanderbilfs last touchdown, Chester kicked from his own forty-yard line about fifteen yards over the goal, a net boot of 75 yards and no wind helping either. On another occasion after Robins had been taken out and Curlin had given way to Dale Morrison, Yunk Chester swung his south pin Into a punt which Spiralled down the field fifty yards. Two of Vanderbilfs touchdowns resulted from forward passes. Line-up: Vanderbilt Position. Central.

Chester E. Gardner Daves L. Lee Reyer L. Bedlnger Huffman Tate Swafford, R. Coleman Tern Brown R.

S. Ramsey Reams R. E. G. Ramsey Robins Quarterback Curley Curlin, Morrison Luck Halfback Clark Shea R.

Halfback Chlsm Milholland Fullback Newman Polk Summary Touchdowns, Shea, Luck, Tom Brown; goale from touchdown, Tim Brown, field goal. Curlin. Referee, Walker; umpire. Hall; head linesman, Bob Blake; time of quarters, 13-12-12-12. By W.

M. MACBETH. NEW YORK, Nov. 16. A game that Is a game is thu general c-rdict on I football as placed under the 1912 rules, i Tho gridiron sport pleases tlrst of all th' Sparta tors; it the roachus, the players and the great student-biuly.

I It a great deal of tinkering and experiment to resurrect thu bloml-tingling autumn pastime from the debris of popular disfavor following the crusade which wrecked the good, I old-fashioned game of six years ago. The new game seems to have been well worth the wait and the trouble. The oil game came Into disfavor because of the dangers incident to it. And these same ligurcs bad a discouraging influence on the element most directly concerned the student body. For, getting right drwn to cases, it was a tesc of muscle and brawn and not a competition of skill.

It was smash, smash, smash through the line all the time with now and then an end run or a variation worked in just keep the opposition on the anxious seat. Naturally a human battering ram would pick out the weakest spot in the line on which to center an attack and woe betide the object of tho charge. Speed, the old rules, was a natural advantp but nol necessarily a vital Issue. Brute strength came first, last and all the time. Tn primitive ruuliflcatlon of class was i lamina to slaiid up under punishment; power to grind through a wall of human resistance.

Under such conditions the game naturally devolved Into a survival of the fittest. None but a giant might play with any amount of safety. Weaklings had no place on the Speed and cunning combined counted for but little unless supplemented by exceptional physical power. The game as played now seems 10 have eliminated all the objectionable features of the old style of play and at the same time retained all the more desirable fundamentals. It is quite true that football was never meant for invalids.

It is a that requires certain physical perfections. But no longer is bulk and beef the first requisite. Speed counts as much as brawn and the agile, light fellow if perfectly sound has a better chance to shine than the big slow-thinking giant. Hodern football is more than ever a ga. of skill.

One. of greatest objections to the old style cf ay was the fact that thu general atack was confined to mass formations. There was radically no open field It was impossible from the stands to follow the ball play by play. Invariably the man carrying the spheroid was completely screened by 1.1s interference. Except for a punt, a criss-cross, an end run or some of the few variations from the battering ram style pf attack, the spectator vaf in a sea of bewilderment from start to finish.

The forward pass was mapped originally to open out the yame through the necessity of scattering the defense. In this it served its purpose to some degree. Yet the forward pass at first was looked upon with great disfavor by the coaches. There were too many restrictions attached, and penalties for its failure to be properly completed made it a rather questionable weapon. This year these restrictions have been eliminated and the play has Immediately eome into great favor.

It Held Vanderbilt Down to a 23 to 0 Score on Dudley Field. Regular Backfield and Ends Not in the Vanderbilt Line-Up. By SPICK HALL, i Hikes, Turner, E. Brown, Shipp and Morgan saw Central of Kentucky link down the aspirants for their various positions, to a score of 23 to 0 vevtnrdnv uternoon on idley fi.hl. Add to this the fact that Capt Lewie Hardage was at his home In New Decatur, and you have one of the mil in reasons why the Commodores did not show up as the human scoring machine of yore.

Vanderbilfs scores were ii touchdowns by Tom Brown, Shea and Luck, two goals from touchdown bv Tom Brown and a pinch drop kick by Zack Curlin, who was substituted on a certain fourth down the purpose of scoring an extra three iointn. While Vanderbilt had only four regulars in the game against the Ken-tuukians, that was not the only reason lor their failure to plte up a big count 'entral played ball, both on offense and defense. They did not go Into the game licked, as many others have done when they on Dudley field! Nor did the Central men quit but once, and that was when time was called at the end of the fourth quarter. The Central eleven was very light and as usual with a light team, it was last. Thnse young men put up a splendid exhibition on the offense, for which they received many hearty ovations from the Vanderbilt spectators and routers.

Time afor time, those boy made good gains" through Vanderbilfs ltm off teckle and far out around the ends. It was realty a delight to see a tcutn play to its full limit without showing the accustomed nervousness. There was never a let-up in the talU-lug-it-up game by the visitors. They encouraged eah other all through the four periods and that no doubt gave thorn the confidence which they so luviLhly displayed. CLARK A STAR.

Red Clark in the backfield for Central played a game of which anybody should be proud. Time and again he wriggled loose from Vanderbilt tackle, r.s and wormed his way down the field for big gains. He was instrumental In making of the first downs. Just here we might-say in parenthesis that Central made more first downs on Vunderbilt than Harvard did, as nianv as Virginia, as many as Georgia and more than any other the Commodores have hit this season. By that we don't mean to say that Central is better than Harvard, for they are not quite, but their fighting spirit combined with good training at the hands of Coach O'Brien, caused many a panic In the hearts of the second string men as they spied a small individual beating It down the field with only Robins In the road ahead of him.

Now back to Clark. He Is one of the few small men who can stand the nunishment which Is generally giver, a backfield, man by the Com-Tnodore forwards. He faked several times around the ends for good gains, and one time on fourth down, with his whole team shifted he tore around his weak side of the line and made first down before Reams could get to him. Clark wasn't the only good man on that little team, either. He was aidfcd greatly In his efforts by G.

Ramsey, Curley, Newman and last by S. Ramsey, the S. being short for Bam. Ham played right tackle for his team and many were the times that he pulled down the runner, often before more than a yard had been gained. Sam is a versatile man.

He plays a gooo game In the backfield, punts prettv well, passes in neat style and in a pinch can play quarterback. Tes-terdov he was in the Une, a com, paratively new position for him, but he performed with some eclat opposite the powerful Daves, who was shifted from guard to taokle on account of Shlpp's absence. NEW BACKFIELD. Vanderbilfs new backfield which has been working together all this week did 'airly well on the average. We to be doing for win for go of he a In of In in For NAUGHTON TALKS OF THE RINGSIDE NOTES OF" GAME Vanderbilfs mooting was occupied by fully sixty students.

The crowd gave Central a big, noisy ovation every time the visitors made good gain, and that was rather often, too. Shea pulled off a neat play at the northeast end of the field when he received a forward pass while -completely surrounded by Central men. The third period went by without score. Shea made a 30-yard run that quarter, but the Kentuckiana were too strong on tackling, so the Commodores couldn't score. After Huffman had a low pass, Tom Brown punted a fast grounder just outside of tackle when went for twenty-five yards.

Central's backfield man fumbled It momentarily, but recovered Just as all good shortstops do. 3am Ramsey's work on the defense was all to the good. He ate up everybody who came his way, and several who were going in an entirely different direction. Sam Is a Memphis nroduct and a sood one. He has played on several teams during his griairon career.

Clark, Central's won a lot praise and gained a lot of ground for his team. He is speedy, shifty and- gets away from tacklers twice his else. Several times, It looked as though he would hurled back for a loss, but he came baek strong, tore away and made yards. Dale Morrison played quarterback after Zack Curlin had been shoved to make a drop kick. The practice which Curlin has been doing the past week showed In his boot yesterday.

It was a clean goal and he took plenty of time. Robins ran the team well. He con stantly fooled Central by using the spilt play when tney were not expect It. Even when they were look Ing out, the Central raen were unable to prevent a gain. Pud Reyer played a nice game at left guard for Vanderbilt.

On the offense he did soma clever hole-open- tng and on the defense he was strong. A number of times Reyer wnt tflAkiA back or the i ne. tnrow lng the Central backfield man for a olefin loss. Pud is going to make thn Commodores a men -graae man before the season is over. He Is still young and needs only seasoning.

leaves an opening for a light team to make consistent gains where It would be utterly lmj o.sslhlc to gain through a heavier line. A team now has four without penalty whatever savn llu- Inss of hall in casii of fcUsoiute l'ailur" to make thw necessary ten yards' il Island-. Ono properly executed forward pass good for double or treble this amount. With any degree of proficiency well-schooled eleven should miukc kuoU oh at least one ol four attempts. Undoubtedly the forward pass has revolutionized football, but ii has not yet been developed to Its greatest worth.

The further it is perfected the greatest will be the possibilities of unexpected scoring which adds the spico of uncertainty and makes competition all that is to be desired. Wonderful Indeed has beer, the progress under the now rules so far th season. It lookB as IE the present code is here to stay. The annual battle between Yal't and Harvard this year should be for the gods. Experts who have seen the two great rivals In actio i believe that Harvard has an edge on tho bull-'og and that Old Kli will bo lucky to escape a good sound threshing.

They point to tho ease wltii which the Crimson cleared up on th--champion Tiger; declare that Cunningham's team of this season 1b th-equal of the 1911 Jungle tribe and that Yale has not made as favorable showing to datt as is usual. Harva rd may beu Ya lo. but It is going to be no lead-pipe cinch. As a matter of fact the Cambridge, boys had easy time of It against ibf Tigers. Princeton put up a far stlffer fight than their 6 to tally indicates.

The champions were beaten out through Harvard's expert Brickley's three field goals, all hard chances, proved him one of the mont expert goal sharp-shooters of modern times. Fel ton's snm punting, however, was In Its own fashion as deadly to Princeton's chances as was the toe of Brlckley. NAVY BEATS A. AND M. (By Associated Vc a 1 ANNAPOLIS, Nov.

16. By a score of 40 to 0, Navy's football team this afternoon defeated the Agricultural and Mechanical Collrgi; of North Carolina, and in a measure, retrieved the Herles of crushing defeats sustained almost without a break from the opening of the season. The vanquished eleven was not strong in offensive or defensive work. At the same time it must he said that the midshipmen showed jyreit improvement over past form this year. Particularly gratifying was the improvement shown by Navy In forming Interference for their backfield men carrying the ball.

The panvi also was marked by ability successfully to essay forward passed effectively several times end tallying nine of their forty points through drop kicks, the midshipmen uncovered a gratifying variety of attack. They also showed considerable Improvement In defense, but this was l'O to a great extent to the fact that tho visitor's attask was weak, and not at any time dangerous. Touchdowns Rodes 2, Harrison Goals -From Touchdown Rodfs Goals From the Field-Brown, Leonard, Myers. Referee Torrey, UUniversity of Pennsylvania. Umpire GHlender, of Pennsylvania.

Headllnesnian Ktollentverek Johns Hopkins. Time of Periods 15 minutes. and most of thm will glad to see him go. Elliott was sold to Nashville by Birmingham, because thev realized In Baron-vllle that Rowdy was a bad actor. team demoralizer and other things whlcl need not be discussed.

Elliott stated dur Ins the season of 1911 that he would lik to plav with Nashville, therefore, Bill Schwartz was lead to believe that be would make him a valuable But he didn't. AGENTS FOR GUNS confidence. I know that old trainers of Held athletes claim that operation such us Woluast underwent will convert a ten-second man into an eleven-second one and It hardly requires a knowledge of mathematics to lluure out what effect tho experience will have on a champion fighter. A ten-second sprinter Is a rarity; an eleven-second mun Is a common oe-currencii and It is beginning to look as though Wolgast has been transformed from a rarity to a common Tlits photograph allows Jim Thorp the muni auuiHK, in wic in: i oi I mm tug loot ball. The photograph wan takfii ii week uiro Saturday, wtifii the Indian team, of which Thorpe is halfback unci captain, run wild ovtir the Army eleven.

Thorpe not only hiis the distinction of being able to pcr-lorm uny stunt on the football field from Une-ptuiiKliiff to r.iop-klcking, but the fume won by lie big chief last summer in Stockholm is still alive. Thorpe at Stockholm won the prnlath-1M uud the decathlon, a feiit never before, und probably nevpr will lo anuln, unless the Indian repcuis it himseif. FOOTBALL RESULTS Al XiiKiivllle Vanderbilt, J3; Central, o. At X. Washington anil Lee, ill; Unlveraitv of North Curnlinu, w.

At Petersburg, Va. ttampdon-SydiKy, 27; William and Mary, 0. At Chattanooga Chattanooga, 52; Transylvania, At Charleston, S. 40; College of Charleston, 0. At Columbia, S.

University of South Carolina, 85; Porter's Military Academy, 0. At Knoxvllle Kentucky, 13; Tennessee, 6. At Little Rock Louisiana University, University of Arkansas, 6. At Atlanta University of Georgia, 0: Georgia Tech, 0. At tJyraouse, N.

Y. Coalgate, yytu-cuse. 0. At New Haven Yale freshmen, 17; Harvard freshmen, 18. At Ann Arbor Michigan, 20; Cornell, 7.

At Amherst, Mass. Amherst, 11-liams, 12. At Providence, R. I. Brown, 21; Lafayette, 7.

At Philadelphia Pennsylvania, 34; Indiana, 2b At West Point, N. Y. Army, 35; Tufts College, 6. At Princeton Princeton, Yale, U. At Annapolis, Md.

Navy, 40; A. 0. At Washington Oeorgetown, 1C; Virginia, 13. At Cambridge Harvard, 3: Dartmouth, 0. At Macon Clemson, 21; Mercer, 13.

At Birmingham University of Alabama, Sewunee, 6. At Minneapolis Winconsin, 11; Slin-nesota, 0. At Champagne, 111. Chicago, 10- Illinois, 0. At Memphis, Tenn.

University of Mississippi, -17; University of Tennessee Medicos, ti. At Cincinnati Kenyon, 22; University of Cincinnati, At Greencastle, Intl. Depauw, 17; Butler, 3. At Cleveland Western Reserve, Ohio Wesley nn, 0. At Lnfayette, Ind.

Purdue, 91: RoBe Poly, 0. At Oberlln, O. Oborlin, f'ase. 6. At Lansing, Mich.

M. A. 24- Wabash, 0. At Norman, Okla. Oklahoma U.

1U; Oklahoma A M. o. At Blacksburg, Vu. V. P.

I. 41; U. of At Beloit, College, 40; Knox College, 0. At Ht. Louis St.

Louis, 20; Marquette ti At St. Louis Missouri, 33; Washington, 'At Lincoln Nebraska, 14: Kansas, 3. At Denver Colorado university, Denver, 0. At Manhattan Kansas Agricultural, 14; Colorado, ti. At Berkoley Rugby (Australians), 12; California, S.

At Ames Iowa, 20; Ames, 7. PEWN. BEAT INDIANS PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 16. Playing a fast game from thq beginning, tho University of Pennsylvania football team gained a victory over the Carlisle Indians this afternoon by the score of 84 to 26.

Until the mlddlo of the last period the final result was In doubt. This Is the first defeat for the Indians this season. Pennsylvania started off with an early lead but the Indians drew up to within ono point of the red and blue's total. But this was as near as the redmen could get. Pennsylvania started again and by adding two more touchdowns and goals they put themselves In a safe position.

Pennsylvania scored three touchdowns, kicking three goals and the Indians had made one touchdown, without goal, before Thorpe, tho atl-Amerlcan athlete, got Into the play. Receiving a kick, the redmen put the ball In play on their twonty-yard line and on the first play Thorpe got looso and ran the full distance of the Held for a touchdown. This run was 'epe'ctscular. Thorp's speed caused him 10 lose all Pennsylvania tacklers and he never stopped until the ball was lti back of the goal posts. Shortly after this he took the ball from Pennsylvania's 30-yard line for a touchdown and both times he kicked the anals.

With the advantage of only otio" point Pennsylvania started In to ploy the game they had shown In the first half. JourdBtte, again taking a forward pass from Minds, scored his third touchdown of tho afternoon. Mercer scored, a fifth towards the end of the fourth period. Minds kicked all the goals but one. The Indians got a fourth touchdown.

Thorp'e running with the ball was the best seen here for many a day and each time he was used he gained ground. The Indians aid not play a consistent came. Thev fumbled several times -and each time Pennsylvania, through close following ui me oaii, was enaoiea to recover. LOUISIANA BEAT ARKANSAS SEVEN TO SIX (Be lunnl.t.d i LjITTLB ROCK, Nov. 16.

Thfl TTniVPrnf tv nf rranmaa lost tn thn TTntvttfslfv nP tnilalnn eleven in a hard-fought game here louay, to Arkansas had the ball fin din nn'a 1 1Lvaprl Una rtf t. tWO mfnilFAa tn rtlav whan nnoriar. back SchaokJin attempted a drop- kick wmcn tailed, and Arkansas chances to win were gone. ROWDY ELLIOTT SOLD TO VERNON BALL CLUB Rowdy Elliott, catcher of tho Nashville baseball club last season, has been soirj to tho Vernon, Cal baseball club In the Pacific Coast League. The Vernon club Is the old play ground of Johnny Lindsay, and It was there "Kfts nviiie bought him.

Elliott's noor showing In miy -nmnni-til to what was expected of him, made it practically Imperative upon the management to wet rid of him. The fans waxed ore at Elliott for his indifferent playing. By W. NAUGHTON. SAN FRANC'SCO, Nov.

16. Tho critics throughout the uppoar to be of 'lie mind In to A(l Wolgast. They think th futre 1b filled with foreboding: lor the worfd's lighr-welght championship. Nor Is the opinion based merely on what happened with Mfindot at New Orleans. The so-callcl Mlchltan Wlldcut seems to have been going to worse ever since he went under knife a year ago.

His four-round go Willie Ritchie In San Francisco a few months after leaving the hospital, conveyed a hint that wolgasts natural fighting qualities had been impaired; his bout with Rivers strengthened the suspicion his shori contests vith Teddy Maloney and Daniels failed to substantiate the Wolgsat claim that a sojourn on the Cadillao farm had restored his vigor, while the late unpleasantness in the southland may be described as the closest call of all for. the king of the 333 pounders. It is claimed by Wolgast that things were not nearly as bad as they were reported at New Orleans. The spectators, he urged, saw the affair through New Orleans spectacles and the ringside correspondents were so saturated with the local pride that every little trick Mandot turned was exaggerated in the describing. If New Orleans erred in the manner described It was both human and understandable.

The Inclination in flgnt crowds all -ver the world Is to gloat when the wder dog steals a march on the champion and the Incentive to exultation is ever so much Increased when thi under dog Is a home product. But New Orleans enthusiasm could, not very well Influence the blow tor blow accounts of the light. These die tailed reports are generally dictated or jotted down In a cold-blooded, mechanical way by mea thoroughly understand business and ti.ere is little chance of a wrong impression being gained by any one who reads these returns carefully. The "fight by rounds" reports that came away from the Now Orleans ringside, told as plainly as a moving picture presentment that Mandot In the beginning was cautious and that Wolgast was at all time, anxious to b-lng matters to a focus quickly. Noticing that over-eagerness to score rendered Wolgast wild; the southerner took advantage of tlie champion's mistakes and rolled op credits -hat could net be wiped out The lesson gathered from the punen-for-punch descriptions is that had Mandot started out with the same confidence he finished up wltn, there might have been a new world's champlo'.

As it Is, Wolgast can pause amid his and thank his stars it is no worse. On all sides one hears the query propounded: "What la really the matter with Wolgast?" To the write. It appears to be a combination of appendicitis and over- 405 CHURCH Nashville's Specialists in Snappy Clothes Young Men ROGER WILLIAMS BEAT LANE TEAM Roger Williams defeated Lone College In the football game played between these two teams in Athletic park Saturday by the score of 18 to 0. The local eleven outplayed their opponents from JacksoTi throughout the contest, although the latter team fought gamely and at times made gains that kept the spectators on their feet constantly. The line-up: Roger Wiliams Mitchell, left end; Thornton, loft tackle: Fuqua, left guard; Norfleet.

center; Ewlng, Do-zier, right guard; Ellis, right tackle; Alsup, right end; Andrews, quarter-bapk; Gant, left half; Jeffries, right half. Lane College Bonds, loft end; Green, left tackle; Russell, left guard; Taylor, center; Cole, right guard; Sumer-, vllle, right tackle; Green, right end; Dickens, quarterback; OBborne, left half; Merrlweather, right half; Jackson, fullback. Touchdowns were made by Andrews, Jeffries and Ellis. 3eferee, Zuber, Me-harry; umpire, Madison, Roger Williams; head linesman, Robinson, State Normal. HENDERSON LOST HQPKINSVILLE, Nov.

16. (Special.) By defeating Henderson this afternoon 12 to 7, Hopkinavllle won the undisputed football championship of western Kentucky high schools. Fenderson outweighed locals considerably, hut the locals were faster and shewed better team work. Both sides fought desperately and the game was perhaps the best ever played here. Hopklnsvllle High School has not lost a championship game this season, playing Paducah, Owerisboro and Henderson.

The team was coached this year by Dun Blake, former star and captain of the Vanderbilt University team of Nashville. AUBURN ROOTERS WILL SEE THE GAME MONTGOMERY, Nov. 16. (Special.) A special train, bearing about ope thousand Aubnrn rooters vill go through Montgomery the mornlnp of November 23 to Birmingham' for' the Auburn-Vanderbilt football game which will decide the cham-ptontfhlp of the south. The train will start out from Aii-btirn with 'fourjeen conches and about tui.

siuaems. At Montgomery it is. expected to add" two' coaches to carry the orange and blue friends from Montgomery and surrounding territory. it is expected that at least ISO rooters will board the train here. Out of Montgomery journey will be over the Louisville Nashville railroad.

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