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19 3 8 SUNDAY, OCTOBER at THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS AGE-HERALD The South' Createet Newspaper NEWS SPORTS EXPERTS ivi rr 4 dravb foafe 1 Mtsht A1m tould A KwBwlt 0. Kir NiU Komi CbMtai StM Pep WtflMV Jam 1Ua1Uo Rer 1. a trail rr4 FrnS Hrbrt Ke4 14 NEWS SPORTS EXPERTS Mb Out hir tam Mmb w. Aw am ci.ru. i Ckuu.

M. Btan Tkmtaxk htixm Tide Upset By Vols, 1543; Bohlermen Slip Also A PP NEWMAN parts Ettas JE HftY AN Artllttnr MISSISSIPPI BACKS FLASH AGAINST AUBURN T-i--rarx x. MEVER, THAYER AND PEARCE PROVE STARS Earl Smith And Hicks Also Stand Out As Bama Goes Down First Time BY ZIPP NEWMAN UNIVERSITY. Oct. Placing smart footSai: aad tigstirj like a pack ot starving wolves the Tennessee ois turned Home-Coming Dav mto one of here Saturday i ennessec beat Alabama 15 to 13.

picking up where she left ott yt No greater upset ill occur in the South year than ennessee s.art; ling victory-in a game packed with dynamite ana the unexpected. An the onh reason the state of Alabama didn go brose was because 1 en- Bessee was hashiul about taking up the short ends ot heavy odus. The Vol Alabama by playing mart football ar.fl hounding the ball-Tennessee played a magnificent game inspired football, probably reaching the peak of her game. Alabama played as hard football as she knew how and helped Tennessee to trip her by fumbling the ball. Fumbles beat Alabama.

The Crimson Tide threw everything be had Into the game and Iumc Fate laughed in her lace. It annul be said that the Crimsons did not go TefineSSCG FOllOWCrS down fighting against breaks, drop- Take s. rm fabb es.jtMA J. OLE MISS DEFEATS AUBURN TEAM, 19-0 Tigers Fail To Shift Luck As Mississippi Spurts To Victory BY BOB PHILLIPS in a performance which exceeded tor anything they have I been guilt) ot tin, season, the Auburn 1'igcri, malm their first appearance at l.egion ield, took the ce.unt (torn Ole Miss afternoon bv the score of 19 to 0. It was the fourteenth successive defeat for the Tigers, discounting two ties that were earned list year, over a span I that includes the ia.st three games in luju A rather small crowd that had turned out, hoping to see the u-! bur mi ns pull a surprise and at least score was dented anything re-1 motely resembling such on Auburn's part But in addition to bring virtually powerless on the offensive, the Tigers were laxcr than usual on the detrnse and an unusually large amount of prnaliialioii suffered bv Ole Miss was all that kept the score front being at least two touchdowns larger favor of the ususipptans.

1 vsete from Auburn's disappointing 1 showing. Ole Miss put well-rounded' team the field that gave evidence the outset ot strength at the business of adv inring the oval. With the hard ninntng and I hard-to-stop Gerald Walker lending tii way. the Stateia ripped off repeated gains through the line and around the occasionally resorting to the air and finding that nielli cd useful also. Walker stole the show with a wonderful individual performance at halfback, htatlstn rev -al that the sopho-none sensation stepped off lis yards; fur Sis side with the ball underneath! I.

is arm. from regular formation, and added 3J yards in running back an intercepted I ass. ill addition to these gams, he once circled Auburn, rigid1 end fur 31 yards and a touche, own that was -rMiled back when a penalty I was Inflicted his team for holding, and again be knocked off 19 va ds around the other end only to have that gain also nullified by penalty. Walker Get, Helo Yet, Gerald, of the Walker family, was not without aide assistance. Tiger Students And Fans Keep Up Interest In Spite Of Lost Strength BY ANDREW SMITH Th? jh8U of a famous football tm trots slowly on the field to do battle uiih a Conforc-nct tum.

It the orange Jeraled warriors of Auburn. fighting to carry out th traditions of once famous Time bring changes- Ton years tigo the grandstand and bleachers White Corpuscles Dispose Of Red Corpuscles As Fighting Tennessee Team Stops Alabama Crimson Tide Possession Of Knoxville When Team Wins ping with their bools on. Tennessee cashed in aarly and then Paid on whan ft looked like almost every min- ute that the Tide would start rolling But evorytfme the Tide started to piupge a fumble would smear the Burks. McEvsr Runs 98 Yards A seat to It lool after moments hi for bout ho a ve so far concerned. get credi BY HENRY VANCE TUSCALOOSA.

Ala. Psychopathic Ward No. 7. Oct. 2 The white corpuscles started to eating up the red afternoon with By the time had gnawed tor for four quarters, two hind, the iUuted to such like a thimbleful grenadine with a barrel of else turns his board start surging about right just a few off tackle Ten nessee, on charging, wall was Oct 20 students Ball team from the kick-off Gene look possession or tvnoxvuie Satur-McEver putting the will to win in the day night as they celebrated the vic-Yols by returning the opening kick- jiry 0f be Volunteers over Alabama.

r.mson Tniv hu-i r-n ft 98 yards behind a cyclone ox m-J an extent that it look immediately corpuscles Saturday the inevitable result. the white corpuscles is it gnawn?) away two fore and an extent that it looked 54 4 ''r as her forward Say, if you ever and everybody those tw Ten- I I charge it. Theyll And if you want I There was bin brother, Hubby, ho and all around the fence were lined shared quarterbacking duties with with pooplo to ace Auburn and Vun-1 Tadpole Smith. There Itube VS il derbilt, one li t- prides of the South cox who was Tlolng gotwi work until land, battle, are dkya uf injured on a fUrce tu kle by John Barleyoni Shirley, the rabbit- nesscc guuras wi charge anything water in it. Th is, in the corpuscular tilt of the century Alabama lost out.

13-15. Old Hickory himself could have done no better than that band of warriors from the Ur.cersity of Tennessee. Now before this story gets out of its swaddling clothes. I ter you to the fact that the Lord want to re- terterence for a touchdown" Alabama I The hilarity began laahed back with a touchdown with- "orJ that game istanea M.rv.P had Tuscaloosa, was over and reached its TMS. a MB 1 nd nui 45 yards morning and give the fighting grid- mass of 1 taemen ders.

who though crippled managed tor the Cr.mson marker. to Jtop crimson Tide in the tea- Tide Comes Back sons biggest upset, a real welcome The Tide came back with another i on their arrival in the city rush that almost ended in disaster. Knoxville was taken bv surprise. Taking possession of the ball on net Even lhe m0t optimistic of the Ten HMHMi u-r4jjfcf A flashy pair of Oia Mss backs dead out m.sery to Auburn Saturday afternoon at Legion Fieid. In the photo at the top is Wilcox, fullback, who as one cf the star at buck-ng the line, punting and defensive work.

He shewing skirting end with an Auburn tackier hanging on to him. In the bottom photo is Gerald Walker, the great Mississippi half, breaking loose on a long jaunt. Porter Callahan, Auburn quarter, is shown gomg out after ran ends, smashed the line and punted. He scored two of tne ss touchdowns. TENNESSEE UNCORKS MORE THAN EXPECTED Poor Handling Of Ball Cost Alabama At Least A Tie, Says Charlie Brown with a When Suther goal line to danger, hat already been bnadcast from was picked Cxechoslo- Alabama one yard beautifully placed kick backed behind his own kick the ball out of happened there has a told.

A groan the Alabama up by a two-tube vakla. Hug Shin With nine poin Tennessee waited until quart t-r to get the big ing the split bu f.iv mystify the Wademen. 3o yards on the march, ir.e, of i that ct in han on of the few clean-cut efforts by an Auburn. an. There was Doodles Hushing, another sophomore comer.

And Iat but not least was the 190- pound man-mountain. Toby ruff, who uh listed ue a fullback; and who lived up to his name in every respect. lik Kirk Newell, and the massive Lockwood, all names to be connected with the great elevens that represented the Fialnsmen Only one thing remains of the Auburn of old that is the undying spirit of the students. Through 8aturd while a weak Auburn Prayer is engraved on a pin head. Tfcu.1.

however, is not such a feat. I sat on a pin head Saturday after- 10-yard line Alabama rushed tn JMUi i nessee followers felt that the Vols noon, and 1 hope I killed him. would be lucky to hold the Tide to a margin of two touchdowns and few people ever dreamed that Neyland trlth a clear field ahead. Hick pulling men wouid win. Vol fans declared Knoxville and incessantly is just every him to earth on Tennessee 45-yard gatUrday night that the Alabama now and then compared to the yelling line.

Tennessee carried the ball victory is the greatest that has been he did I didn mind yelling so 44-yard line where her at- tucked under the Tennessee belt much, but he kept fouling me with lack was stalled. Dodd punted since 19.T when Georgia was sent his knees, and the referee didn't Alabama's three-yard line and on the away on the short end of a 13-7 re. a thing about it so I pulled one of i next play the Vols picked up wnav surprising victory over Alabama the dirtiest tricks on him you ever turned out to be the winning margin j8 certain to add new interest to the heard of. 1 moved out so the sun a safety. Suther dropped back to homecoming celebration next Satur- Would hit him and inland sea.

slck-punt and fumbled a poor pass into ay wjien Tennessee plays Washing-j ness set in. safety tone. Thayer was given ton and ump Work-. seemed Fiver g- uid then the aoK CHARLEY BROWN Alabama ui own haring been witnessed to the be wiped ntrary. out I it iru ituruuy aiter-I ioosan since he margin was not eral stages the i spread over the all crowds could bail as Graf Zeppellned fr -m Hen icke to Hug for a 40 -yard gain, courting the yardage stepped off by the boy with the petting monicker after he received the bull.

A pass from McEver to Hug over the goal line, scored the touchdown that boosted the Tennessee score to 15. they never got over that, but it was enough. still It looked i ik with an patience whatever be rewarded Bras fie pulled off a cyclonical run me 6 yards which placed the nc credit for falling on the ball. The Vols second touchdown came in the middle of the second period, two off-side penalties aiding the invaders. Tennessee march really set In after the Vols failed to make any headway on three running plays.

Iodd punting from his 30-yard line, Alabama was off-side and the penalty gave the Vols a new show which they took advantage of. McEver got I Tigers Show Much Improve SEWANEE WINS HER ot this see played loot-threat when by at se sec i a sight not the memory man runti great and looked like but I tnargm was em cave gb I Capstone such that even those t. with to feel Alter the first shock has passed, though, let couraged tor Tennessee had a better Gam th tion have hetii iiieliiic.i to credit them with having ball iron whi to and never did cease they had the baa. The game started off as if It was to be a regular whizz-bang each a half-sterd. On Volun-ods biok- wlth re8t ng wMth some human mole stuff and on.

I looey, and the Heeling glimpse ball within 10 yards of tne had of another champion- teers goal and Holm and Hicks hi: ship vanished with ail the sudden- jhe line w. en gh power to take ness of desert mirage. it over. Tony getting credit for the the Tide marker. A point on a foul here to ILglJ her he deserves a paragraph eleven trWi in vain to stop tlie stl his own.

As leader of the Inter- thrusts of the University of Missis ferenee. he was responsible to sljpl. the spirit of the Auburn foi-great extent for Gerald Walkers lowers flowed with vigor and enthu-great ball-carrying. When Toby set i siasm that cheered the great elevens around an end, more often than not. to victory over Centre and Vander-he cleared a wide path for Lilt in days gone by.

leaving It up to the Tiger secondary The plucky cheerleader Saturday to stop him. When Toby was called kept the Auburnltes fighting. The on to carry the ball imse.f, he 1 fighting, however, seemed to bo ripped the line for sizeable gains or among the bleacherites and nu nearly every occasion. And when Au-; iuEdig the pluyers. They blocked urn had the bull.

Toby backed Up high, tackled still higher, ran poor the line in true, old-fashioned full- interference anti displayed a startling back style lack of teamwork, so unlike the Hubby Walker and Tad Smith, al- elevens that once made th name of ternating at quarter, gave the crowd the Tiger feared throughout the plenty of thrills in handling punts, Southland. Often they took low-lying floaters on; Students Cheered the dead run and scampered back for! Through all of this, however, the long gains. In this day of caution st identa cheered, when often the safety man lets punts 1 Are we discouraged?" the cheer- fall, fans dont often witness such; leader shouted, as the Misslssippians taring and adept punt handling. At I rolled up a touchdown, that. Ole Miss suffered heavily by No!" shouted the students and reason its daring, for Smith twice! again they gave three routing cheer fumbled punts that were recovered for the team, team, team by Auburn men.

"Are wo downhearted the opti- Penalties. exactly 100 yards of mUtio cheerleader shouted, a the them, were costly to the victors and Plainsmen's fourth straight defeat had the score been clos they would the season stared them in the hav paid dearly for what seemed face. I to be aggressive football carried to And the undying spirit of Auburn, the point of roughness. Auburn took which appeared nmre in evidence In II erl I) yi ve vk. viiiQ lw i llie i to get gtarted.

but It kept trickling boosted the Alabama mark to 13, and team having scored on much In the manner of Vllfcige then catching a. mental glimpse of dozen plays had been reglsi land Eleven 38 To 0 Creek and such lackadaisical the state's well known slogan, the ne icickoff. the boys from the brought it to the end of ths Tlders seemed to chant, Here we. teer state combined excellent Everybody kept waiting for 20 yards, putting the ball Alabama's eight-yard line. Vais Stoppad Alabama twice stopped Tennessee line smashes.

On the third down Alabama was off-side. Tennessee again took another crack at the Alabama line and failed. 1th the Crimson backsdranlnOodd gewanee won its first game of the a short pass to Mch'er ana ing this and some saying that. Dave Brasfield paved year Saturday, crushing Cumber And want to know what thini for game in enemy territory, but not the necessary punch to topped over. SEWANEE.

Oct. 20 (UP) over. The diagnosticians will I from now until Christmas, some you want to put it For four consecutive first downs i Jred a touchdown so quick tV soon after the second half got. going most of the spectators had to lo be busy say- But. if about 1 1 Homecoming Day Celebrated By Gators Who Win By 73 To 0 Score made the Alabama team look something like the machine that had an-quished Ole Miss and the Mississippi Aggies In order.

Hicks started the first down business by plucking ne for himelf Brasfield followed with another. Then Brasfield uncorked a pass to Hicks which netted still another first down. Th oval by this time was perilously close to the Tn- at the score board to realize that the thing had happened, Alabama came right back and rushed over a score, in four plays and took all the high hope out of the loyal Tennesse supporters. for tne being at least. You quite frequently hear of a whirlwind finish but rarely of a whirlwind start.

If it had kept up at that rate there wouid r.ot have been it Is those dura colors of yellow and white. Alabama, when having yellow and white flaunted in her face gets as mad as a Hereford when a red flag is flaunted in his face. But doesn't seem able to do as much the way for the second touchdown t0 0 in a one sided contest before with a -yard run that carried the M6 footbaI, fans ball to Vols lo-vard line. Good old hammering tactic punched the ball sewanee scored once each of the for the Crimsons with Holm first three periods and three times bathing the pigskin over the goal line. In the closing quarter.

Knee. Cumberland fullback and the stands than on the field again raised its head and shouted "No!" The Auburn band paraded with Its head as high as any of the Auburn I bands of old. and played "We Willi Roll If Over Them with the same 1 enough ambulances in Tuscaloosa to carry away those passing out from heart failure. Game Settled Down After that start, the gam ettled 2L nanapd in the f4aEss.x sss MVKisr awr7 sbss Sm.sc! ssttss: sas2a e.rji work of the lina vM um ui v. he bali across for the first three of yellow and white The Tide was aons were on scores.

Boyd went In the final quar- a wash-out that day. Centre, doped lnlhte Two1 intercepted passes ter and scored three touchdowns, to lose by two or three touchdowns halted the two other scoring threats, one on a 40 -yard dash off tackle an- at least, led by a young mercurial fumbie. thi, time by Holm, and th Haitea tne 1 other on an 80-yard return of a Kick- named Covington, smoth- waj, WPnt over Hard To Follow 0I-f and the third on a plunge through ered Alabama completely, fathomed nessee goal. Then when Brasfield and Holm got eight yards on two forg to the front for the first time JVM on grcttin record. Another Wade shot the works her GAINESVILLE Fla Oct.

20 No homecoming o.t the University of Florida ever saw a more complete rout than the one Saturday after-nt-n when the "Fighting Gators trampled rough-shod over Mercer University to pll up a 73 to 0 victory Tommy Owens and Carl Brum- wo good teams. Alabamas line whs superior to Tennessee but not enough so to overcome Tennessee better backfleld play and her own weakness game several used every available man center. Cumberland carried the ball in the touchdowns to fhe fore. play and quit the Following Alabama in the last half Was just like watching a man in handling the ball. Poor handling of baugh led the procession to the goal oniv 25 yards in penalties.

Auburn Stops March Ole Miss started plugging away at i the line in midfield after taking the! kickoff, but failed to make much i headway until an exchange of kick-latter. Auburn braced and stopped 1 vigor that urged Shirley, Newell and the Delta drive on her 14-yard line i Lockwood to victory. Hut victory I Ole Miss returned a moment inter. ws not to be theirs, i but failed to score when i pass fell Add Auburn to the 1 1st of th dead over tiie goal line. mighty that iiave fallen, one of The ftrt quarter ended with Ole is the mighty Centre Colonel of old.

Miss having the hall on Auburn's 31-; who this year are frantically strlv-j yard line The first touchdown came Ing for a place among the secondary after the first haif dozen plays of i the second period, with Gerald i Walker carrying the ball around hi own left end for the final 19 yards. Wilcox kicked the point. The same back uirrled the hall over as the culmination of another drive that was not lone In getting under way. Woodruff put the ball down In Auburn territory and Gerald drove through the line for the last; nine yards. He apparently was stopped about five yards from the; I line, but put on an added burst of speed and power to surge on across Wilcox's try for point was wide and the score was 13 to 9 for Ole Miss.

A burst around end for 26 yards with G. Walker carrying the bail In- ci lieges of Kentucky, with their McMillan, Covingtons and Roberta, cheering in vain for an eleven that will rival the great ones that they played upon Minor Eleven Wins From Alliance In Hard Fought Tilt Friday aft'-nnor. Minor High jour-nrvrd dowf to Aili.mcr and they won line, scoring four and thre touchdowns respectively. Charlie Bachman serving his first year as head coach at Florida, used his first stringer only a quarter and a half of the melee. Ed Sauls ripped the center of the- in an attempt to pull the game out of the fire, and a litter of burnt fingers is all that resulted.

That old-time split buck with variations, every break in the luck going against them, fumbles galore and bad passes from center couldnt he offset by the fact that the Tide made 17 first downs during the battle largely out-gaining Tennessee in this respect. trying to swing an ajee at a certain third period to the shadow of the pot on a tree and missing it each Sewanee goal but lost it on downs, time by a hair. Right down to the Sewanee mad 12 first downs from last second of play Alabama was scrimmage to Cumberland's three, marching. ripping Tennessee to Lineup and summary: Pieces but time overcame the Tide. Kewanee Piper, left end Bean, just after Campbell had planted the left tackle: Griswold, left guard.

A. bali on the Vols 12-yard line. E. Young, center P. Young right In only two departments did Ten-? guard: Bruton, right tackle: Smith.

TiMwee outclass Alabama. The Vol right luart-rback: Bar-everylastinglv followed the ball and i ron, right half: ScEoolfield, left hah. If any one thing won for them it was R. Bean, fullback. 1 V.

1 a Cl r.l fA A Cumberland Atkinson, left end Tennessee wash that Centre proved that day. but she proved just as big a surprise and she split buck her way through a ietheragic line to victory. Of course, a fumble bee was buzzing around throughout the afternoon. which helped largely in serving Alabama to a rather generous dish of Ignomy In one of these fumbles by Suther, if we remember correctly, while he getting ready to punt from behl Alabama own goal line gave Tennessee the two-point score that proved exactly the necessary point-age to win fhe gam Another Bobble Another costly fumble cam after Alabama had driven down the field In the customary manner of Alabama 0 teams, and with some five or six ref- yards to go for the touchdown that would have won the game. The boys in the press box said the Snodgras- sian young man who dropped the candy at that juncture was Tony Holm, so I took their word for it Well, getting down to cases, as our the machine 2 the ball cost Alabama nr least a tie.

for that bad pass, fumble or whatever you may choose to call it. gave Tennessee the margin of victory. No fumble or bad pass can be measured in mere yards for every such play takes more out of a team than a gain i of an equal amount on the part of their opponents. A gain by opponents Mercer line in the second period and can be r.et by fight and determina- meed 72 yards for touchdown, the tion and serve to spur a team on to longest run of the game, greater efforts but a fumbie or bad This play was immediately pre- pass breaks in on th4 morale of a team, emphasizing their own short-j comings. Tennessee's backfield came very near to living up to its reputation, being fast, shifty and determined, jjne when the ball was suddenly They gained more ground without sen t0 pass jnto the arm of Me any assistance than most any teamwan Florida halfback, who wits 1 have seen play in a long time.

In bearing down upon the runner to fact, the most of the ground they maje rhe tackle. Ualif Oct 20 UP) Th elevens of seemed t' be an individual Florida's aggregate yardage Satur- the University of UallfornU an1 the -ttort, much of it coming after tne day was 80S yards, against 202 for University of Southern California runm-r wa? An Tw-am to" i Mercer The wonderful passing of battled through four hard fought Capt- Bw'er. anfl su.pe,:b en' periods her Saturday with neither tcnferem.e. i 'j'1' th eralshlp of the celebrated Cannon- Side crossing the other's goal line, change of diction ieme to bai, rlydft cwbtree were among the specialty he had a funnv little outstanding features, split-buck that Alabama never did California Bears Tied By Southern California 0-0 MEMORIAL STADIUM. Berkeley, The Southerners Line-up and summary.

Cook, left tackle: Drank left puard. Thompson, cen'er; Robinson, right i guard; Humphrey, right tackle; Be- vine, rijfht end Barrett, quarter -I back: Floyd, right half; High, left Alabama piled up 442 yard against I half. Knee, fullback. 365, making 19 first downs to nine. Score by periods Jteeping up with Alabama fumbles.

Tennessee picked up -OS vards of her total of 365 running back kick-offs and punts. Had Alabama not had to have klcked-off it might have been a different story- .6 6 6 20 36 itiated the last Mississippi scoring i a hard-fought victory by Pushing sally. Tux worth hauled him down jovr two touchdown In the hist half marker in Alliance scored her only the first few minutes of play and th-game ended 14-7. Kirkwood and Hooper played well for the winner Sewanee Cumberland Officials: Level er: Hike North western), umpire McGrath Michigan), headiinesman. .0 0 0 0 Tennessee The Crimsons gained almost three times as much yardage from scrimmage as did the Vols.

churning up 316 to 112 for the visitors. Alabama completed five out of 14 passes for to vards and Tennessee worked five out of eight for 43. Neither team on4 a close battle for all-Southern looked exceptionally good on passing honors. Tennessee punted 10 times for an average of 36.4 while Alabama av- Both Alabama and Tennessee are to be feared. Any team that under favorite bootlegger Is fond of saying, outplayed the; i to derates either, is going to take it on the first Tennessee touchdown came Bears for the greater part of the swi'Tn of tnelr on game but the great goal line defense, the chin.

I so quickly that several of the point goa pnenta tackle coming in on the play. Florida 73) Green, left end; Norfleet. left tackle, Grandoff. left I betters haven't gotten their breath eraged 40 yards on five boots. Tide Good In Line From tackle to tackle Alabama out classed Tennessee, the alien backs Lineup Tranesse -guard: Bono, center; Houser, right A slow-moving tackle wouid Just gUar(j; Hicks, right tackle; Hutan, naturally be in the way when the right end; Bowyer, quarterback; of the Californians prevented Trojans from scoring.

A crowd of 75.000 saw the contest. the when he was all but away for a score. Later, a lo-yard penalty slowed up the march but it went on with re-i newed vigor, when (J. Walker made up the penalty with a 15-yard Jump. Rushing, substitute bark, scampered around right end for 8 yards to make the score.

A bad pass from center I ruined any chance of converting the try for point. Tigsrs Checked At 44 The first downs in a row, made Just after the second Ole Miss score, gave Auburn the ball at its point in Mississippi territory. It reached the oie Miss 44 at this time but on the next play Callahan was thrown for a 10-yard loss. Smith's i.u uj Ui -vm v. fumble of a kirk m-ar the cloe wa V7r74irt LTds, recovered by Harkins on Ole Miss bucka by Murphy ami 49.

Here a pass was incomplete and Roenblom Rav, University of on the next play Snider was thrown ppnn9vvanja two touchdowns and a for an eight-yard loss. Those were 0 Pennsylvania State ne only two occasion on which Au- Coll Saturday. burn got past midfichl. George, Bohler. Auburn mentor The first score came after the firet used a varied assortment of back i 10 minutes of play, field tulent but mostly in vain.

His The most sensational play of the Penn State Loses To Pennsylvania By Score Of 14-0 BHIDADELPHIA. Oct 29 WP) A 1 79-yard run by Capt. Paul Scull after (15) Hug left end; Yt. There were some 7.000 or 8,000 AealTna thTWe most''of'it7 trouble Thayer, left tackle; Johnson, left persons in that enclosure when I ar- the oldlfJshion built, Aia- guard Finney, center; Tripp, right rivedand the kickoff had Just oc- bama tackles went smashing in and guard: Johnston, r.gnt tacgie. Aliev, the backs would cut in back of them, right end, Dodd, quarterback; Me- Outside of this fault the Tidemen Ever, left half Hackman, right halt, played good football.

Horner, fullback. Billy Hicks, who was run more Alabama (i) Boykin, let enc. than any other back on the field, Blngton, left tackle; Haglr, left piled up 93 yards from scrimmage, guard LUerdt, center. Htar.lng, right guard; Clements, right Smith, right end. periods: toting back boots for 44 yards.

Bras field was second with 72 yards, third with til and Holm fourth curred, ths 6.000 or 8,000 persons tried to step all over my ft, so I missed the play and called fur a retake, but they wouldn't make it. It seems that Alabama kicked off Halfback McEver. Thats a monumental mistake. Dont ever do that. McEver took the punt and ran straight down the field for a touchdown.

A 75-yard run It was done runner got to the lino of scrimmage. They showed to advantage, too, on running hack kicks. In the last two games i have een. the victory has gone to the team that was best on returning kicks. Good coaches seem to be swinging back to the idea that it is best to catch a punt and run it than to let it bounce around and be grounded by the kickers side.

Thus tho old order changeth, yield- ing place to new. Choctaw County High Wins Fourth Victory BUTLER, Oct. County High swamped School here Friday by the score of 53 to 0. This was the fourth straight win for the Choctaws this year. Using only straight football, Butler scored twice in the first quarter.

20 choctaw Ward High Ewan, left halfback Owens, right halfback; Saul, fullback. Mercer (0) Tedder, left end; Lane, left tackle; Waller. left guard; Freeman center; Branch, right guard; Womack, right tackle; Stovall, right nd; Corbin, quarterback; Matthews, left halfback; McWilliams, right halfback; Newsome, fullback. Score by periods; Florida 14 28 19 1273 Mercer 0 0 0 0 Hcoring touchdowns Owens (4), Bowyer. McEwan, Brumbaugh (3) (sub for McEwan Stanley (sub for Green).

Officials Hutchinson (Perdue), so quickly you couldnt possibly have said Joe or Jack Robinson, or Al Smith, or something. The Volunteers kicked goal and the score first on a series of line plays that stood 7-0. netted 5 yards, and second, by a 65- "Wait; said a confident Alabamian yard play off tackle with Martin with a yawn, as he settled back on I carrying the ball. The outstanding players for Butler were Mart In, Phii- Suth-cr with 66. Campbell, who went into Alabama the battle late, looked very good in Tennessee clicking off 34 yards.

You will hear or ing more of this Campbell. Luther. 7 0 0 13 6 0 015 McEver 2, Thayer; ex- 9 touchdowns: Holm; safety. Dartmouth Beats Columbia Eleven Hackman and McEver were the Ira point Dodd. Substitutions Alabama Pearce fur Clements.

Brasfield for Suther. M. Smith for Everdt Howard for Starling, Dobbs for Boykin, for Sington, Starling for Howard Everdt for M. Smith. Boykin for Dobbs, Clements for Starling, Camp Vols outstanding backs.

McEver cut loose w-ith a 98-yard run to start of the rip snorting game, gaining 49 yard from scrimmage. Hackman gained 57 yards with Horner and lteineke each getting seven. Hicks was easily Alabama's star referee; Hill (Georgia Tech ujnpire; HANOVER, Oct. 2" tJPy Ewan, (Naval Academy), head lines-good for tin yards. Baker made lips and Plowman in the backfleld, The Dartmouth Indians minus Allman: Buchanan (Wooster), field touchdown, but Dunn failed to kick while Moody.

Ezell and Webb played Marsters sent the Columbia. Lion judge. goal. Th remaining time was one good ball in the lire. back to New York with a 21 to 7 de- of inten excitement the lrn-' The Choctaws are coached by J.

feat tagging to its tail It nearly all of the forwards attempted mense group of fan arid a time of E. Harris, formerly of Birmingham- was the Indians' fourth victory of were completed. The Lions tried and desperate struggle between the Southern College. Since coming the season. completed two passes, but their back- teams.

Vick and Dunn were out- here last year, his tonrn has lost on- The Dartmouth passing attack was field was satisfied to hammer away standing in a team of good players. Xy one game in 12 starts. (opened up in real form today, and sit the Green line. game came in the second quarter. Capt.

Scull intercepted pass from Miller, star back of the State eleven, and racing through a broken field for 70 yards scored th second and last-touchdown of the day. It was the longest run of the season on Franklin Field. Tries for point by Scull failed on both occasions, but offside by the State team gave Penn Bit extra two points. Score by periods: 1 2 3 4 Total Pennsylvania 7 7 0 0 14 Penn Htate 0 0 0 0 0 Pennsylvania scoring: Touchdowns. Murphy, Scull Point after touchdowns, two (allowed by State being offside).

londe Texan for Holrr, Sington for Pearce, on the defense, the STATISTICS AU BURN-OLE MISS COMPILED BY PETTERSEN MARZONI back, with little help from the line, seldom got started. In fact, they lost a net total of 21 yards at line and end plays. Their only gains came through the air. with six completed passes netting 63 yards. Ole Miss sextet of back they used only two sub back cracked the line for 135 yard and circled the ends for 167, In addition to gaining on four passes.

They also stepped off much yardage In returning punts, The Tiger line was considerably weakened by Injuries, with Capt. Carter In for only a short time and Alternate ('apt. Ingram failing to get In at ail, he having been left at home, Th line wa sprinkled with substi-! tue who could not cope with the rugged Ole Mis forward wall. Erk aylor. ophomore tackle, was the outstanding man in the Tiger line, with Markin, another sophomore, showing wen at center.

Ole Miss Good At Ends At end play, the Ole Mis men were far superior, Auburns weakness there being used to great advantage by the winner, who boasted a trio of capable flankmeu in Patty, Payne and Jeeples. The line-up arid summary: Oh Mi (19) Payne and Patty, nds: Burnett and Vann (c.) tackhs; Hempnlll and Blankenbaker, guards; Laird, center; H. Walker, quartw-hack; G. Walker and Wilcox, hulf-backs; Woodruff, fullback. Auburn (0) Chappell and H.

Long, ends; Carter (c) and Taylor, being the most consistent gainer or. for the field. Every time he was given f')r llrndon Tor Hugg, anything like interference he cut i uPer or 1 rPP- Myr for Theyer, loose. Most of the time he had to Kemekie for Dodd, Beene for J. co it alone.

Capt. Karl play- Johnston. Robert for Finney. Hem-ed a Kreat game, fighting his heart i Jon 5)r J1? for AHY fuller out. He guarded his flank like a Johnson.

Official; Ftrupper bulldog and was one of the few Ala-' Severance (Oberl nn barn a linemen getting down under 'Georgia), field punts. Pearce played the best game asling head-of any of the Crimsons in the middle of the line with Molton Smith uncorking some good work in helping to solve the Vols cross buck. Tennessee should shower every one ef her sons wth laurels. Coach Neyland presented a well coached team that clicked its best for him. Thayer and Tripp played havoc with Alabamas line at times, this Thayer probably being in more plays than any other Vol.

Hug. also, looked good at one of the wing positions, seldom being boxed out on play. In the backfield McEver was the threat 1 that worried Alabama. Uc is just great a back as the press agents mM hs was and he will run some Officials Strupper (Georgia Tech), referee; Wesseling (Cincinnati), head linesman; Severance (Oberlin), Cunningham (Vanderbilt), field judge. LINDEN VICTORS LINDEN.

Oct. 29 Linden Red Devils' for the first time in their football history, defeated Thomaston's eleven from M. e. H. s.

at Linden Friday afternoon 6-0 in what is considered to have been the hardest fought game ever played at Linden. The "Red Devils" scor in the first two minutes of the play on a puss from Dunn to Baker, which tackles; G. J. Long and Burt, guards: Harkins, center; Crawford, quarterback; Crowe and Callahan, halfbacks; Seller, fullback. Score by period: Auburn 0 0 ft ft Ole Mis 0 13 6 ft 19 Scoring: Ola Ml, touchdowns.

Q. Walker, 2. Hushing: point after touchdown. Wilcox (placement). Substitutions: Ole Mis, Boutwell.

Smith, Rushing. Peeples, Morris. Jones. Morphia, Hanna; Auburn, Cunningham, Nagley, Spink, Tux-worth, Brown. Yarbrough.

Snider. Manly, Marty, Greene, Schlich, Shannon. Officials: Haxton (Ole Miss), referee; MorJarty (Mt. St. Marys) umpire; Tyon( Idaho), field Judga; Talley (Sewanee), head linesman.

Kickoff Kickoff returned Punts Punt returned Line Drives End runs Forward passes attempted Forward passe completed Forward passes intercepted First downs Fumbles Opponent fumbles recovered Penalties Held for down Plays Blocked punt First, figure indicates number of kicks second average yardage First figure indicate number of plays; mcond loial yardage. Individual performances; G. Walker. 1 20 yard at end. 49 yards at line, 3g yards intercepted forward pass; Woodruff, SO yard at lins, 7 yards at and.

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