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SUNDAY, AC TOBfP HIJ THE BIRMINGHAM A A Tho South, Greatest Nowopapor FIFTEEN ZIPI NEWMAN Sports Editor Ole Miss Stuns Alabama Supporters In 00 Draw JERRY BRYAN JACK HOUSE An. Sportt Editon OLE MISS BACK. HUTSON. IN ACTION AGAINST TIDE PANTHERS CRUSH LYNX BY GREAT ATTACK, 20-0 McKay's 51-Yard Run, Pass And Recovered Fumble Used By Cats In Victory BY DAVID BLOOM MEMPHIS. Tennr Birmingham-Southern big.

bold eleven blasted Southwestern right out of the Dixie Conference title picture Saturday afternoon. Led by a brilliant sophomore, Bryce McKay, the Birmingham boy beat back from grave danger in the first period, took the situation in hand after McKay had sprinted 51 varda for the first touchdown in the second period and never gave the Lynx half a chance thereafter. The Panther won by 20-0. CRIMSONS SNUB SIX BIG OPPORTUNITIES Fumbles, Interceptions Halt Tide Threat; Mississippi De fense Is Strong BY ZIPP NEWMAN Msbama played itself into a scoreless tie with Ole Mill at Legion Field on Alabama Day belore breathleaa spectators Saturday, try inn to score through a barbed wire defense with a fumbling attack. I hr Crimson Tide wa in Mississippi territory for three perioda and hen all but lost the game in the fourth when two of Rubyi long punt Lj interception of Alabama passes twice gave ho Mudcata a chance beat Alabama for the first time in more than two decade.

Richardson turned Alabama inn mmm LARGEST CROWD FOR WASHINGTON VIEWS LAST SERIES CLASH WASHINGTON (JP) The Senators and Giants Saturday battled before the largest crowd that ha attended any of the three games here, a total of 28,464 people paying tt pans through the turnstiles. The total receipts for the day were 1121.197. of which 818.179.55 will go to the advisory council and the remainder to the two cluba and the two leagues. Crimson Tide To Face Second Successive Foe From Delta State McKay's marvelous run from scrimmage came on the flrat play of the second quarter. Lewie Haygood took a pass from Capt.

Bulldog" Johnson for the second score on the first play of the fourth quarter and, on almost th final play of the game, Breezy' Bealrd Jumped acroea the line for th third. Hermit Davie booted two extra points from placement. It le easy to understand how this Birmingham-Southern team held Auburn well In hand, for when they really got going a pretty strong Southwestern team that had tied Ole Miss had to yield. They yielded stubbornly, but yield they did. McKay, a twisting, squirming fellow with the ball in his hands, was even more valuable with an educated toe, for his great kicking thrust the Lynx back time after time and was particularly effective right at the start of the game when the Lynx was very close to a touchdown that might have given them the victory momentum.

Panthers Hold For Downs Southwestern, gambling on passes, surged up the field with the first kickoff, Dick Whitaker flinging a 29-yard pass to John Barnes, then another to Bill Pickens to place the ball on Southern's 10-yard line. It got Just a yard further and the ball went over. McKay's touchdown came with startling suddenness, for Houthwest-ern had thrown back everything the Panthers had to offer. Maybe this play caught them napping, for McKay cut to the right, wheeled, scraped out of the grasp of four tack-lers and hauled his freight down the side lines, twisting In and out like a fancy dancer In bare feet on a hot stove. Hts mates rose to the occasion with some fine blocking and when he reached the 20-yard line, his progress was unimpeded.

He crossed the lino looking back. The Lynx was stout enough to pueh back a Birmingham-Southern surge that reached the 17-yard line early In the third quarter, the last play being a pass that Lewis Hay-good had in his hands over the goal line, but dropped. They started again late In the quarter to set the touchdown stage. Passes Over Goal Taking a short punt on the Lynx 82-yard line McKay ripped off an eight-yard run, which was followed by two passes from Johnson to Ike Young. From the 16-yard line Johnson passed to Haygood, far out In the clear for the touchdown.

With the game lost. Coach Jimmy Haygood of the Lynx, sent In a flock of substitutes and a fumbled punt by Scotty Edlngton on the four-yard line paved the way for the last Birmingham Southern score. Falton LeCroy recovered the ball and on the first play Bealrd ripped over the center of the line for the touchdown. McKay missed the placement. The middle of the Birmingham-Southern line revolving around Ray Wedgeworth, a great center, was simply Impregnable.

The Lynx made only two first downs on running plays and the gains were almost negligible. The line was big, husky and charged fast. The Lynx, slighter but scrappier, werent far behind on defense. Line-up and summary: Southwestern (0) Barnes, left end; White, left tackle; Fox (o), left guard; Lloyd, center; Givens, right guard; McCollum, right tackle; Pickens, right end; Whitaker, quarter-baok; Harwood, left half; Tapp, right half; Hammond, fullback. Birmingham-Southern (20) Haywood, left end; Curry, left tackle; Clark, left guard: Wedgeworth, center; Townsend, right guard; Fisher, right tackle; Davis, right end; Young, quarterback: Teel, left half; McKay, right half; Johnson (c), fullback.

Score by periods: Southwestern 0 0 0 0 0 B'ham-Southern 0 7 0 13 20 Scoring: Birmingham Southern touchdowns, McKay. L. Haygood, Bealrd. Point after touchdown, Davis 2 (placeklcks). Southwestern Substitutions, J.

Haygood for Pickens; Bearden for Givens; Jordan for Whitaker; Kelly for Hammond; Edlngton for Jordan; UNIVERSITY. Ala After playing Ole Miss In Birmingham, the Crimson Tide will take on another Mississippi foe this week-end. meeting tho greatly Improved Mississippi State team In Denny Stadium. This will be the third tilt of th 1933 season for the Tldesmen and the second conference contest In a row. The Tide Is hoping to be In better shape physically than was th case last week.

There Is a new head coach at Mississippi State and a new system has been Installed. The Staters are reported to be stronger than in several years and should give the Tldesmen plenty of trouble. Coach Carney Laslie saw the Staters in action In their first tilt of the season, when they beat Mill-saps and brought back reports of a good team In the making at Stark-vllle. The Tide will start intensive work Monday for the State Invasion. The rivalry between the two elevens goes back to 1896, In which year Alabama beat the Misslaslpplans 20 to 0.

With Alabama having another strong team, and with Mlsslastppl State coming along rapidly, a close, hard fought contest Is expected. This will be the second game In the stadium this season. Alabama beat Oglethorpe 34 to 0 In the opener Sept. 30. Oxford Team Beats Southside High, 12-0 OXFORD, Ala.

Coach Ox Clark's Calhoun County Yellow Jackets swarmed over Southside, of Gadsden, by a 12 to 0 score Friday to hang up their third victory of the season. Jacksonville, Ranbourne and South-side have fallen before the scrapping Jackets. Several passing combinations with Sparks usually on the receiving end accounted for Oxford's two counters and much of their ground gained. supporters' hair gray when ha dropped back to the 20-yard line for placement kick and barely missed tiuniping the ball between the up-titthts. He tried hla second place went kick from the 22-yard line, but them we no emoting left for Alabama supporter.

Thuy had emou-d out on Richardson's first attempt. Hill hud the direction, but he lood the ball two Inches high, topping hla shot. Alabama snubbed 1 scoring chances In the first three periods. Thrice they were stalled by Ole Miss lawn mower defense which came up in three blades. And thrico they fumbled away a golden opportunity The Crimsons final punch was about as futile as would be the hands of day laborer trying to tunnel through Red Mountain without nld of dynamite, picks ami shovels.

Ole Miss Lins Good Ole Mlse came over to sht je works at Alabama. They dtdnt do much shooting In an offensive way, but they had all It required to stand the assaults of Crimson thrusts. could do nothin with off tackle plays and through the center of the line. They may have gone places with mors wide end run, but there was nothing do over the line with the guards, tackles and ends jamming In close. h'd Walker set up a defense patterned on the Tennessee system with one guard plugging In at center and Texas Nelson a flaming sophomore center, shifting with the play.

The Mudcats made only two first downs, good for 27 yards against nine first downs and a total of 196 yards Alabama completed four passes for 61 yards against three passes Ole Mill gained four yards on. Ole Miss guined 17 yards on Intercepting passes. ole Miss came over to play foot, ball Gone was the Mudcats' Inferiority complex. And while Ole Miss came out with an upsetting tie to those who had held the Mudcats too cheaply. It Is doubtful whether the Ole Miss players were satisfied with a tie, after falling to take advantage of two scoring chances.

Nslson Stands Out Texas Nelson was the sensation in the visitors' rugged and rock-ribbed line. He made as many tackles as any other man on the field. Montgomery and Herrington stopped all plays Inside of their ends and Jees Flowers was pulling out of the line to make tackles down the field. But back to this Nelson. He was the cement In the line.

Ole Miss showed a very elastic forward wall. The line usee all of six different defense combinations. They would line up four on the line, go Into a seven, eight and 10-man line. They came In to meet Alabamas plays between ends In shifts, not unmindful of a spinning lawn mower. Tom Hupk was the big power In Alabama's line along with a sophomore end named Jimmy Walker.

Hupke was the outstanding man on the field and his play In the last period was worthy of his rating as an All-Southern guard. Tom couldn't do anything about the boys pulling out In front of him. but he stopped every play cold that was aimed at him or through center. Raymond Glass played a neat defensive game, but his passing was not up to snuff. He made one low pass that stopped a gathering drive colder than the nose of an Iceberg.

Howell Gains 133 Yards Millard Howell wrapped up a 133 yards of turf and had three touchdowns In sight, until his lnterfer ence failed to blot out the Missis slppl Flood. Howell brought the stands to attention on the last play of the game when he got loose with a punt for a 21-yard return and seemed headed for the money port. He was away that Is, it was until a Mudcat came surging through and nailed him on Mississippi's 43-yard line where the timekeeper tolled off a funeral count to Alabama's passed up opportunities. Rubber Walker, running on one good leg, got loose for 66 yards and was the sparkplug In the second half. Pete Ruby was all of 20 carats, the busiest man In Ole Miss back-field.

He was In two-thirds of the plays and the crowd stood as one and cheered him as he left the field in the fourth period. Brad White, a IDS-pound back, ran with the grace of the winds when the Crimsons would allow him to do any running, traveling 30 yards while losing 17. Alabama handled the ball like a million dollars in the rain last Hat nrday, The Crimsons handled It like It was a disease this Saturday In fumbling their way Into a tie. And the backs supposed to run Interference for the Crimsons' ball luggers ran look forward to a busy week. They would go out to get their man.

fail to put In enough drive and Invariably the Mudcat would got the ball carrier with one hand. It must nave been awfully annoying to the ball toters. Mudcats Need Punter Ole Miss hung In there through three periods without much encour-sgement from the punter. Give the 'Meats a real punter and they will leave a path of broken gambollers Hong the grid trail. Alabama had a touchdown for a cohesion within one minute of ia' Demyanovich toed the klck- The gallant battle of Ole Mlae that netted the Flood a 0-0 tlo with tho hlghly-toutod Crimson Tide qf Alabama provided several stirring scenes.

The Birmingham News-Ago-Herald photographer snapped a couple of views st the game Saturday with Earl Hutson, tne big Mississippi fullbaok, in action. In tho top picture Hutson Is shown plowing through group of would-be tackier of the Tide for a first down early in the game. At the extreme left is shown Foss Flowers, tho Ole Miss tackle, with hit sleeves rolled up ready for action. Trail NAVYTEAM, Robert E. Lee, Stars In Scoring Touchdown For Georgia Eleven ing along behind him is Lss Csrruth, another Flood lineman.

In the right hand portion of tho picture big Jim Whatley, No. 45, and Jim Walker, No. 24, have broken through tho lino and are trying to overtake Hutson. In the bottom photo, along with a portion of the crowd of 12,000 it shown Hutson intercepting a pate. At the extreme left ie shown Bill Richardson, big tackle for Ole Mies, whose place-kicks twice failed to bring the Flood vietory, and Tax Nelson, Ole Miss center, who Is coming In behind Hutson.

Right in the center of the picture with hie back to the camera it "Booxer Pitta, head llneeman. Notre Dame Is Held To Scoreless Draw NOTRE DAME STADIUM. SOUTH BEND, Ind. UP) Kansas scored a great moral victory over Notre Dame Saturday by outplaying the Ramblers and holding them to a scoreless tie before 20,000 spectators at Notre Dame Stadium. Oglethorpe Trims Manhattan On Pass NEW YORK (JP) Oglethorpe University of Atlanta, outplayed Manhattan College In every department Saturday to chalk up a 6-0 triumph before a crowd of 10,000.

Sam Leslie scored the lone touchdown early in the second period by taking a forward pass from Ed Anderson, brilliant quarterback. business in the third period when Huh Walker Instilled soma drive Into the hackfleld. But the third was a repetition of the flrat and second periods, this time fumbling and lack of Interference playing Into th Ole Miss' defense. Ruby dashed Demyanovich's kickoff 26 yards back up rleld and Gandy stopped the Mudcats by throwing Ruby for a 12-yard loss. Ruby turn hied and Charley Murr recovered the greased pigskin It must have been greased.

With a chance to strike, Demyunovlch fumbled the hall right buck to Ole Miss on the 26-yard line. Alabama took the ball on Its 46-yard line and. Flowers caught Howell from behind after he had traveled 26 yards. Walker refused to give up He got to Ole Miss' 11-yard line, and. when Demyanovich fumbled, Flowers recovered on the 10-yard line.

Ruby got off a 19-yard punt und It didn't matter to Ole Miss. The Mudcats retreated back to their 10-yard line with Walker picking up 14 yards In one swing. Alabama had 10 yards to go on fourth down as the fourth period started. Pete Ruby, with the wind to hts back, lifted the Mudcats out of the mud with a soaring 64-yard punt and from then on Alabama had her back to the wall, battling desperately to stave off defeat. Mississippi took possession of the hall for the first time In Alabama's territory on the 48-yard line, but Bubber Walker was quick to nip Ole Miss plans.

He smeared White for an eight-yard loss on a triple pass behind the line of scrimmage. Ole Miss punted and, when Alabama tried to pane her way out of the gloom, Ruby Intercepted a pass and dashed It back to Alabama's 15-yard line. Placement Kick Fails Hutson and Curtis got two yards on two plays and Ole Mlse lost a down for her backs being In motion. Ray Casper rushed In to hold the ball for Bill Richardson and Bltl tried his placement kick from the 20-yard line. Bill had the direction but he toed the ball too high In rushing hla kick.

Ole Miss was again within striking distance when Hutson Intercepted Howells pass and put the ball down on Alabama's, 33-yard line. Frank helped to stop the drive by going up between two Ole Miss players and knocking down a pass after Ole Miss had failed to Indent the line. Richardson tried his second placement from the 34-yard line and Alabama's final bid for a touchdown was stopped on Ole Miss' 40-yard line after a 28-yard pass from Howell to Walker had given the Olmsona their last chance. Alabama had Ole Mies backed Into her own territory In the last minute and a half of play. Congratulations to the Birmingham coppers, if you must congratulate.

It was the most orderly crowd In years to watch a game at Legion Field. And the game was as free from penalties as a waif from a millionaires dough. Lineup and summary: Alabama (0) J. Walker, left end; Whatley, left tackle; Hupke, left guard; Glass, center: Kirkland, right guard; Lee, right tackle Leach, (c), right end; Moseley, quarterback; Howell, left half; McDanal, right half: Demyanovich, fullback. Mississippi (0) Rounsaville, left end; Richardson, left tackle; Britt left guard; Nelson, center; Bilbo, right guard; Flowers, right tackle; Montgomery, right end; Ruby, quarterback; Curtis.

left half; White, right half; Hutson, fullback. Score by quarters: Alabama 0 0 0 0 0 Ole Miss 0 0 00 Substitutes Alabama, first half Gandy for Leach; E. Walker for McDanal: Marr for Whatley; Whatley for Marr; Smith for Demyanovich: Demyanovich for Smith; Campbell for Moseley: Moseley for Campbell. Second half Smith for Demyanovich; Campbell for Moseley; Hutson for Gandy. Ole Miss, first half Herrington for Rounsaville; Gunter for White.

Second half. Robertson for Montgomery; Carbuth for Britt; Curtis for Rodgers; White for Gunter; Caspar for Ruby. Officials Mouat (Armour Tech), referee; Pitts (Auburn), umpire; Phillips (Tech), head linesman; Streit (Auburn), field judge. Ohio State Routs Virginia 75-0, For Great Field Day COLUMBUS, Ohio (US-INS) Amassing the greatest score It ever registered In Ohio Stadium, the 1933 gridiron machine of Ohio State University, dominated by scrappy sophomores. made a loud bid for national attention by rlpptng the University of Virginia to tatters Saturday, 75-0.

Coach Sam Wlllamans production, amazed at Its own power, never allowed the Virginia backfleld to penetrate beyond the 60-yard line. Ripping through the Virginia line one moment and making long gains by passes another, Ohio State had a field day from start to finish. The first score came two and one-half minutes after the first whistle. In the third period the rampaging victors scored the breath-taking total of 34 points. Score by quarters: Ohio State 12 16 34 1376 Virginia 0 0 0 0 0 Vikings Romp Over Dora Bulldogs, 27-0 JASPER.

Ala, Walker Countys Vikings romped over Dora here Friday, 27-0. The Bulldogs gave way in the second quarter for the first touchdoton and only then after the Viking eleven scored two points In the first period on a safety. The most Interesting play of the game was Gunter's reverse, good for yards and a touchdown In the third quarter. McNutt, Dora tackle, dealt the Viking hacks misery. With Captain Wesson at guard the two presented the outstanding linesmen for Coach Sheridan.

Moore and Yelldlng were outstanding in the backfleld. Hudson, Gunter, Myers and Short alternated ill carrying the oval for the Walker backfleld. In the line Blackwell, Kilgore and King divided honors. Tide Fumbled More Than Scotchman Reaching For Dinner Check Vance Dick Mays for Harwood; Crosby for Bearden; Huckabee for Crosby; Lumpkin for Lloyd; Givens for Huckabee. Birmingham-Southern Substitutions, Harper for Davis; Davis for Harper; Loftin for Fisher; Bealrd for McKay; I.ecroy for Clark; Roberts for Wedgsworth; Lecroy for Clark; Harper for Davis; Mitchell for Fisher; Cofield for Townsend; Battle for Haygood; Warner for Curry.

Officials Referee. Dr. Sammy Sanders fU. of T. Doctors); umpire, Frank Waddey (Georgia Tech); headllnesman.

Hnrold Davis (Memphis); field judge, J. L. McAllister (Southwest Texas). Smartly Different Clothes ANNAPOLIS. Md.

UP The Navy football team unloosed a powerful running and passing attack Saturday to down Mercer Bears from Georgia, 25 to 6. one touchdown more than Army was able to make against the same team last week. Starting In the second quarter, after a fumble and some brilliant running on the part of young Robert E. Lee, had given the visitors a touchdown. Navy tied the score befors the half, and then tallied twice in the third period and again In the fourth to earn a decisive victory.

Mercer's touchdwn came after Larsen. Navy fullback, fumbled on his 14-yeard. line. In two plays Lee carried the ball to the one-yard line and then McQualg pushed It over. Simplicity Marks Funeral For Veeck CHICAGO (JP) With the simplicity that was his wish, William L.

Veeck, late president of the Chicago Cubs, was laid to rest Saturday In a little cemetery on the outskirts of suburban Hinsdale, his home town. The funeral was held under overcast skies, through which the sun filtered at Intervals, and the drab setting, reflected the feelings of the assembled baseball fans, dignitaries of the game and admirers of the dead baseball chieftain. Hundreds crowded the Veeck home and packed the lawn. Snead Turns Back Emma Sansom, 6-0 BOAZ, Ala. The Praying Parsons of Snead Academy converted the first play of their game with Emma Sansom into a 6-0 victory here Friday.

Bill Battle's team blocked well In taking the opening kickoff back up the field for a quick touchdown. Snead played a fine defensive game, twice stopplrjf the Invaders on the 10-yard line. The Parsons were kept with their backs to the wall through most of the first half, but they rallied Ip the last half to keep plugging away In Emma Sansom territory In the second half. Carbon Hill Checks Guin Bulldogs, 6-0 CARBON HILL, Ala. Guln's football team suffered Its first defeat In three years here Friday when Carbon Hill eked out a thrilling 6-0 victory over the invaders.

Guy Carmichael's team scored In the first quarter with Couch slipping off tackle for 15 yards to cross the goal. Thereafter the Invading Bulldogs had the locals battling desperately to defend the margin. A superb defense, plus fumbles by Guin backs, enabled Carbon Hill to keep the visitors from penetrating so deeply Into Carbon Hill territory on their repeated drives. In the last few minutes of play, Taylor broke off tackle and sprinted 26 yards to Guln's five-yard stripe, but the visl tors bucked up and held there. BY HENRY C.

VANCE Alabama was supposed to catch the 8:20 bus at the Bankhead Hotel at 8:20 last night. The boys got there at 8:22 and missed It by several bus lengths. The Alabama team went into a huddle. The bus went Into second and scored first down at Lipscomb with 10 to go. Never mind," said the Alabama quarterback, well catch the 8:45 bus at 8:45.

Somebody's watch was slow, (maybe the time-keepers) and the Crimson Tide got there at Just a matter of falling to catch another bus. What to do 7 The Alabama Crimson Tide caught a wheel barrow near Eighteenth Street and Second Avenue near 10 o'clock. It was a very large wheel barrow, and at last reports the Crimson Tide was edging its way toward Tuscaloosa. The consensus seemed to be that It would make the goal near daylight, unless the Alabama Power Company blew out a fuse, or the referee blew out a whistle. The wheel barrow was the only thing that the Crimson Tide caught between noon and the curfew hour with the possible exception of a little bit of assorted hell from the head coach of the team one Frank Thomas.

Exposed To Everything As a matter of fact, the Alabama Crimson Tide seemed to enter the festivities Saturday afternoon with a tag which showed they had been Inoculated against catchln ganything. They were exposed to measles, scrofula, leprosy, rickets, scurvy and a four-year case of seven-year Itch and If they caught anything It was only a case of athletes' foot with a corn or two thrown In for good measure. You got to get em hereditary, if Alabama catches em that is, If the game between Mississippi and Alabama at Legion Field Saturday afternoon Is any criterion. Alabama fumbled more than a Scotchman trying to grab a dozen dinner checks at a suburban road house during a four alarm raid. The band played, Hold Everything, at the start of the game and about the only thing Alabama held waa a pair of shop-worn deuces and a wake.

The corpse was Ole Miss. She sat up In her casket, thumbed her nose at the sitter-uppers, swapped the Illy In her hand for a corsage bouquet of orchids and told Birmingham In an emphatlco profundo voice: Show me some of your nightlife, boys." The Ole Lady had on Inflated shoulders, black gloves, a borrowed lorgnette, and a key to the locker room. Thats where her step-ins were. When a dated gal gets to cutting up like that, about the only thing a fellow can do Is to blow the riot call on a police whistle. When that was done, rather late In the game, Ole Miss wiggled her ears at some of her sorority sisters of the gay nineties, eused out the north entrance and caught the accommodation for the Swigma Delta country.

She had enjoyed a big time, and the only thing Cinderella had on the Ole Lady was a glass slipper, one of the Mdivana boys and scholarship of the last roundup. Grandma, in this day and time, will go places and do things this In spite of the fact that Grandpa has taken out a rather liberal life Insurance policy on her life, making himself the beneficiary of the policy. Tide Wins In First Downs For four quarters the Tide and Ole Miss fought to a scoreless tie at Legion Field Saturday afternoon. If one paid off In first downs, Alabama would look like a man whose lap the midget sat down In at the Senate Investigation a few months ago. Unfortunately, first downs in a football game are about on a par with the best man at a shotgun wedding.

As a consequence, when you begin to total things on this rather hazy and superlatively hangoverlsh morning, the count Is Mississippi 0, Alabama 0. The Birmingham-Southern Panthers beat the Southwestern Lynx 20-0 after the Mississippi Ole Mlssers had held em to a 6-6 tie, so that makes the Panthers two touchdowns better than the Crimson Tide, If you look at the thing from a comparative score basis. One can't dispose of the great bugaboo so easily, however. Behind the scenes (and sometimes In front of them) an Ole Miss trio stands out like a pair of sore thumbs on a hitchhiker. Maybe a trio of sore thumbs would be a better simile.

The thumbs In question were Nelson at center for Ole Miss, Montgomery at end and Flowers at tackle. The wandering Jew never roved as promiscuously or as successfully as did Nelson, while the roll-sleeved Flowers was In almost every play, and any time they tried to go around Montgomery's end, he handed 'em a hip Joint and a pair of arms that held like a cofferdam in a California River Alabama got enough first downs to win anybody's football game, but when the crucial moment arrived, the Tide went butter-finger by a landslide. The Tide dropped enough passes from center, from backs and from punt formations to fill up the stadium on any free day you might care to mention. Four Bands Prssant The crowd was there, the bands were there four of 'em at least (maybe five), the opportunity was there, but when a ball was passed from center, or from halfback, or was kicked by the opposition, the Crimson Tide pulled a FYed Snodgrass and then started kicking rocks, or whatever It Is that football players kick when they muff one that is right In their hands. Alabama made five first downs to Mississippis two In the first quarter.

Alabama made five fumbles to Mississippi's three in the first quarter and as the game progressed the Tide forged further and further ahead on the fumbles, Hold everything! shrieked Frank Thomas. "Drop everything!" yelled Fate. Fate seemed to have a better pair of lungs, and Alabama dropped everything. She dropped so much, in fact, that had Mississippi boasted a good ff o'er the goal line and Hutson tniu UIIU nuiSUIl place kicker, or a drop kicker of note, the old Huzzy might have been doing the Charleston this morning right out on one of our best thoroughfares in honor of a 3-0 victory that failed to materialize. Deep In the fourth quarter opportunity knocked on Ole Miss' door, aided and abetted by the miscues of Alabama.

With the ball on Alabama's own 27-yard line, Ruby, who played a stellar defensive role for the Delta boys all through the afternoon by virtue of his kicking, Intercepted a forward pass and ran to Alabama's 15-yard line. Finally, with the ball on the Tide's 11-yard line. Richardson tried for a for the three points necessary to win the ball game. His effort was as wide as the Atlantic and the ball went over. The Tide's most glorious opportunity came In the first few minutes of play.

Hutson fumbled for Mississippi on Mississippis 24-yard line. Demyanovich got two and McDanal got seven on the first two plays. Then, with the ball deep In Delta territory Howell bogged up In the Mississippi mud, stumbled and was thrown, the ball going over. The Tide again knocked at the door of the Mississippi goal In this quaj-ter, being deep In Delta territory, but the summons went unanswered and the ball went over. Tide Starts March In the second quarter Alabama started a march which was reminiscent of former Tide parades.

Still, when It came to the reviewing stand, the pageantry had broken up. Deep in that quarter Walker gat 14 for a first down on an off-tackle play; Howell got 16 around end for another first down and with the help of an Ole Miss off-side the third consecutive first down was added to the Alabama record. That was the only time during the entire afternoon. however, that Alabama looked like Alabama. The fumble limited continued to shoot down the track at an unlimited speed In the second half, and Mississippi, had she possessed In her bag of tricks a touchdown plav, might have upset the dope with a narrow-margin victory over the Tide.

As It was. however, the touchdown play was an unknown quantity and the boys from Mississippi had to content themselves with a scoreless tie against the Tide. After all, a scoreless tie borders mighty closely on a moral victory, and It possibly had the effect of saving Coach Ed Walker's Job for him. The Mississippi mentor can point with. pride to the fact that his team held the Tide to a scorelese tie after the 1933 campaign is over.

If Alabama should snap out of her lethargy and go places and do things from here on out a scoreless tie by the Mississippi mentor, a former Stanford player, will be no Idle boaet by any manner of means Our new fall clothes are designed for men who instinctively know and want the newest thingsalways. There is a certain air of distinction and style about them that is not found in most clothes they cost no more! rahled the ball Into Bill Lees hands cn the first play. Joe Demyanovich lost five yards a fumble and Ole Miss held the nmson, for downs on the 21-yard be Wh.te fumbled for a nine-r loss and the Crimsons took pos-I of the hall on the 43-yard Howell lugged the ball to the line, where Ole Miss "Is fumble. Hutson fumbled the aiMOi'k to Alabama and Ole Miss Cgeii the drive when Demyano-n couldn't budge the ball a yard down on the 26-yard line, nlte and Hutson made a first i. J1 Hlu the Crimsons were pushed their territory when Ruby Alabama's 36-yard line, wo Dpportunlty started flirting the rlmsons again In the seC-.

period when Alabama took pos-of (lie hall on Ole Miss' 27-o' Bilbo stopped this drive wri JIcDan1 for an eight-An exchange of punts Howell's 15-yard dash around end gave Alabama Its second uf the period. One Farmer prevented Howell from going for $29 See Them Tomorrow eimry Porter touchdown, grabbing him aft- ii, i- I I owell shook off a tackier. 0t to the 20-yard line picked up Walker fnm- hl, INC 103 North Twentieth Street 1'! possession of the ball on her "own '-vard line, tt looked like the Crimsons meant.

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