The Knoxville Journal from Knoxville, Tennessee • 15

Stanford Rally Wins PALO ALTO Cali Oct 15 The much-maligned Stanford Indians came from behind to beat University of Oregon 2716 today giving the Northerners an unexpected set-back in the Pacific Coast football conference race In a brilliant bnt spotty performance the Indians scored touchdowns on two passes a blocked punt and a final drive' through the Oregon line Meanwhile the Webfoot eleven piled up a 238-yard net gain on running plays to the 75 Dies While Officiating BIRMINGHAM Ala Oct 15 -Harris Moriarty Southern football official who died of a heart attack while umpiring the North Carolina-New York university football game -In New York today was vice-president of the First National bank here A leading Southern grid official for many years Moriarty was as widely known in -business circles KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE SUNDAY OCTOBER 16 1938 iK cT rn KZJ LI Ji REAL ACTION Stars Fall On Alabama Coffman Gains Yol Victory Gives Dope Dizzy Spin Mighty Fall Before Attacks Of Underdogs With AH Sections Of Nation Feeling The Sting Of Surprise Upsets By HERBERT BARKER NEW YORK Oct 15 The roof fell in on mighty today taking a heavy toll of the undefeated but leaving unscathed such major powers as Pitt Texas Christian Minnesota Notre Dame Oklahoma Tennessee and Duke The East South Midwest and Far West all contributed to the casualty list as Holy Cross Penn Navy New York university Brown Columbia Cornell Michigan Wisconsin Alabama Mississippi and Oregon all fell by the wayside 1 All-America I Cafego Sets Victory Pace Tennessee Line Outplays Mighty Crimsons Leonard Coffman Scores Both Touchdowns Daring Runs Dazzle Tidemen By TOM ANDERSON Journal Sports Editor LEGION FIELD Birmingham Ala Oct The myth oi invincibility was shattered here this afternoon An inspired and ruthless Tennessee team hacked the once mighty Red Elephants down to their natural size and sent them reeling from the arena the quivering thoroughly-shellacked remnants of a national championship contending machine The final reckoning showed 13 points for Major Bob resurgent Vols against a large hoss collar for the frequent visitors to California Those prosaic figures fail to indicate the difference between the combatants this afternoon As a capacity crowd of 25000 looked on1 maintaining a silence more suitable to morgues than football fields the orange-clad warriors from Knoxville turned Frank Rose-scenting operatives every way but loose Front Line Bears Brunt What made the defeat even more humiliating for the Tide was the fact tfiat the underrated Tennessee line trounced their vaunted opponents in the front trenches to a frazzle From the outset the Vol forewall outcharged Alabama Frequently crimson-shirted linemen were knocked back into the lap of the ball carrier It was known by dne and all that Neyland had a plethora of excellent backs but until today no intimation had been had of the latent power of his primary Tennessee scored touchdowns in the first and third periods The Vols might just as easily have added a couple more during the course of the amazingly one-sided contest After receiving the initial kick-off Tennessee tried a couple of Lineup Summary Statistics A I this play Coffman rammed the Tide line for a touchdown He also scored the second marker In the third period Leonard Coffman Greenevllle Tenn boy Is shown picking 1 up yardage in the first quarter as the Tennessee Volunteers defeated Alabama yesterday 13 to 0 at Birmingham Shortly after TTroJanas ILeanm IPoimters From Motne UDamme BIXMINGHAM Ala Oct IS JP) Statistics tha Xenneuee-Alabama ioatbail Same: First Sawn Yards rained raihinc net) 23 Frward passes attempted Forward passes completed Yarde by forward passing Yards lost attempted forward passes Forward passes Intercepted by Yards ftined ran-baek of intercepted passes Panting average (from scrimmage) Total yards aU kicks retained fambles recovered Yards lest by penalties INDIVIDUAL YARDAGE Tennessee Cafego 19 for 148 Coffman 21 for Wallen 4 for 10 Wood 4 for 28 Foaz 4 for 18 Mosely 28 for 58 Zivleh 8 for 24 Holm 18 fog 41 Waiter for 1 Bradford 8 for 12 The line-up: watched the game Sympathy seemed to be with the Illini as they were the underdogs from the beginning ---Apparently all-the visiting firemen expected a killing A staff of over two dozen photographers paced the sidelines and the press Major Boh Neyland happy over the victory said last night: were greatly surprised to win All my boys played well and made few mistakes I was overly Impressed with the way our line opened the way for the backfield has a good team and played fine football in losing Naturally 'I am overwhelmed at the decision The jlty of Cafego I thought was one of the features of the game He is a fine back appeared somewhat flat and we were tickled to have plays and then Cafego punted to Mosley on the Alabama 28 The shifty Tide back was flattened in his tracks by Captain Bowden Wyatt former owner of a broken jaw Two thrusts netting negligible yardage Mosley banged the ball back to Tennessee Cafego grabbing it on the 24 and rambling back to the 32 Within a very few minutes those over-confident or over-stimulated Alabama supporters who had wagered money Tennessee would not score had lost their dough if not their shirts Bob Foxx Prances Too George gave the drive its impetus with an eight-yard stab at left tackle Coffman whirled through center for a first down Bob Foxx on a reverse garnered five at left end Coffman made it another first on the Alabama 43 After Cafego was held to a one-yard advance Foxx pranced 15 for the third straight first down This laid the egg on the Tide 28 On the succeeding play a nine-yard scamper around right end by Cafego Tennessee adherents saw something that brought them to their dogs in apprehensive suspense Cafego did not get up He was removed and Babe Wood took over the field slot Was this the end of the All-American candidate? More important was it the end of the Vol threat? 4 It was the termination of neither it quickly developed Wood selected his plays flawlessly and steered Tennessee down into the promised land Gains by Babe and Coffman moved the oval to the Alabama four Here is where the Vols rubbed it in Instead of resorting to monkey business Wood had the temerity to attack the middle of that impenetrable line the wall that had yielded only 22 yards to Southern California Howard and North Carolina Leonard Coffman slapping himself under the chin with his knees chugged two then one On third down he leaped ever center for the touchdown failure to convert caused considerable unrest at the time but as tbe game wore on the lousy one point was forgotten The apparent ease almost nonchalance with which Tennessee waltzed down the field for that first touchdown should have been the tip-off The heavy-brained experts in the press perch should defeat was perhaps the biggest surprise of the day The Tide easy conqueror of Southern California in its first test fell victim to Tennessee and the individual bril-lance of George Cafego and the Volunteers won 13-0 Cornell hailed as one of the greatest 'arrays yielded to Syracuse 19-17 the winners scoring all their points in the final quarter Holy Cross unbeaten since 1936 was nipped by undefeated Carnegie Tech 7-6 Penn was surprisingly upset by an alert Princeton team 13-0 Navy was stopped by Yale 9-7 as Gil passed for a touchdown and then kicked a game-winning field goal Columbia with Sid Luckman stopped cold was trounced by Colgate 12-0 New York university yielded 'to North Carolina 7-0 while Brown after fighting strenuously for the first half bowed to undefeated Dartmouth 34-13 In the Mid-West potent Wolverines out gained Minnesota all the way but was beaten by the margin of a point after touchdown 7-6 Wisconsin hitherto undefeated was no match at all for Panthers who rolled up a 26-6 count Mississippi which had scored a sensational victory over Louisiana State several weeks ago itself fell victim late rally by Vanderbilt 13-7 hard-bitten array was soundly beaten by hitherto disappointing Indians 27-16 The Eastern program produced several other major developments as Purdue rallied to tie Fordham 5-6 Army three times came from behind to trip Harvard 20-17 and Michigan State ran up a 26-0 count on West Virginia Texas Christian gave new evidence of tremendous power in rolling over Texas 34-6 a week after the Aggies had held Santa Clara to a 7-0 score Arkansas pushed hapless Texas around 42-6 as Baylor pinned a 130 defeat on non-Southwest conference Centenary Notre Dame' spilled but Ohio State and Northwestern on the one hand and Indiana and Nebraska on the other played to scoreless draws Iowa defeated Chicago 27-14 Oklahoma began its Big Six drive by toppling Kansas 19-0 as Iowa State recent conqueror of Nebraska outpointed Missouri 16-13 notable triumph over Alabama dominated the Southern picture where Tulane handed Rice its third beating 26-17 Duke nipped Georgia Tech 6-0 and Washington Lee surprised with an 8-0 verdict over Kentucky Washington still seeking its first victory of the season was beaten by Oregon State 13-6 but California and Southern California came through as expected California beat UCLA 20-7 and Southern California stopped Washington State 19-6 The dizzy Rocky Mountain got itself in a real tangle as Utah State bowed to Denver 7-0 and Brigham Young was tied by Utah 7-7 George Colonials trimmed Colorado 13-0 1 Oregon State Take Huskies SEATTLE Oct 15 MV-Taking advantage of Washington misplays Oregon State college defeated the Huskies 13 to 6 in a Pacific Coast conference football game today Twenty thousand fans were dumbfounded to see Coach Jimmy 1 a fumbling footballers make it three losses and a tie in four starts after being hailed as potential conference champs As a consequence Oregon State underdog of the game moved into title consideration box was occupied by over 300 gentlemen bf the press band said to be the best in the world occupied head spot among many interesting sidelights It was composed of nearly 200 musicians Shortly before kickoff time Fred Snite jr the famous oc- TOM ANDERSON By FLETCHER SWEET Journal Sports Writer NOTRE DAME STADIUM South Bend Ind Oct 15 There were probably more distinguished and more excited coaches in the Notre Dame Stadium than Coach Wilson Collins of Knoxville High school today as Notre Dame defeated Illinois 14 to 6 but there was none more interested in the ball game While the famqus Ilini Orange and Blue of the Big Ten battled the green-shirted Fighting Irish Coach Collins sat in the press box and took in everything that occurred on the field at that he would exclaim was the same as our play The entire squad of Knoxville players sat in reserved seats (high in the stands behind the south goal) and picked up a few pointers on how the grand old game of football is supposed to be played Coach Collins was feeling pretty good at having defeated Waite High of Toledo 13 to 0 last night and had not a care as he watched the Irish run through and pass through the Illini do you think Tennessee would stack up with Illinois he was asked is on a par with Illinois They should be able to defeat Illinois the way they are playing Approximately 40000 fans Martin Leads Arkansas Win LITTLE ROCK Ark Oct 15 M3) Lanky Neal Martin a swirling dervish of a halfback led the scarlet-shirted University of Arkansas Razorbacks to a 42 to 6 victory today over the bewildered Texas Longhorns Thrice in the first half Martin swivel-hipped his way over the Texas goal line from within the 10 yard stripe He watched proceedings from the bench in the last half The Razorbacks surprised 10-000 shirt-sleeved fans by specializing in a ground attack for the most part gaining 207 yards through the Texas line The hapless Texans scored first Peterson blocking a Porker punt and picking it up to race 46 yards into pay dirt Tenn Poly Eleven Beat Ky Teachers BOWLING GREEN Ky Oct 15 M) A fourth period pass with less than two minutes to play remaining gave a lighter Tennessee Poly eleven from Cookeville a 7-6 upset victory over the Western Kentucky Teachers today Although outplayed the plucky Tennessee boys played heads up football and annulled several Western scoring chances by intercepting passes and recovering fumbles The Eagles snagged four Western passes and recovered two Hilltop fumbles one of which paved the way for the winning score cupant of the "iron from Chicago was rolled into the stadium in his giant trailer With reflecting mirrors through the top of the trailer he watched the game Over on the Illini side Coach Bob Zuppke the Sage of Cham' paign paced nervously up and down before the bench Elmer Layden fullback on the combination showed his nervousness by puffing on incessant cigarettes The game itself packed one thrill after another as the all-American candidate Beinor and Captain McGolarick led their mates to the victory return of a punt in the third quarter for a tpuchdown stood the entire crowd press and all on their feet yelling as if each had a bet on that partieular play Wehrli Illinois trucking left half supplied the works in the third as he drove down to the Irish 11-yard line only to lose on downs However a blocked punt two minutes later led to a touchdown was a great Coach Collins said at its conclusion I think football here is better than in the South Alabama should beat Notre Dame You know they defeated Georgia Tech only one touchdown There are several teams in the South which could give either Illinois or Notre Dame a run and Tennessee is one of ground we thought he had been seriously hurt I asked you hear me George? Where does It answered fan me a little bit baby Not half as hot as he was in that third canto at that The game was a sell-out with several hundred late comers being denied entrance So 40 or 50 fans climbed upon a Negro shanty standing a hundred yards or so from the stadium Late in the game when it was apparent that Alabama was a lost dog some Tide supporter set the shack on fire Ensued some very rapid scrambling down Considering the circumstances that liquor is legal here there were remarkably few inebriates at the game Local officers say that since the hard stuff came back they have seen fewer drunks than they can remember Even at that Black Maria made several trips to and from town Charlie Holm played a splendid game He accounted for a generous percentage of the Alabama tackles and ran with plenty of power Neyland had backs on the bench however who were superior to anything the Tide shewed Holm excepted And Holm Is no Cafego For that matter who besides George is? An unusual situation arose during the game On the some play one team held and the other clipped It was ruled no-dice Tennessee was almost the victim of a cruel break when 1 a punt struck McCarren and was recovered by Alabama It was still too much line though Seoe by periods: TENNESSEE 7 Alibsms 6 I I Tennessee scoring Touchdowns Coffman 2 point from try after touchdown Wvatt (place-kick) Substitution Alabama: End Black- well tackle Davis guards Sugg Harkins: center Aventte quarterback Hughes halfbacks Boswell Siemens Waites fullback Holm Tennessee: Ends Coleman Cifers tackles Clay LsUttrell guards Smith Steiner: center Little quarterbacks Duncan Andndge halfbacks Wood McCarren fullback Wallen Referee Cheevcs (Georgia) umpire Perry (Sewanee) head linesman Gardner (Georgia Tech) field judge Mouatt (Armour Tech) Brown Loses To Dartmouth By 34 To 13 HANOVER Oct 15 eleven hit its stride today as it overcame Brown 34-13 and stretched its undefeated string to 19 games Brown surprised the Green by scoring in four plays after the kickoff Dartmouth tied the score at seven all in the second quarter as Howie Nopper took a pass from Bill Hutchinson Captain Bob MacLeod threw a pass to Bill Hutchinson for second touchdown Hutchinson made the point after Tom Nash Brown left end came back in the same period to make his second touchdown and last Failing the conversion Brown trailed at the half 13-14 Two more touchdowns by Hutchinson on a sweep around end and on a pass from MacLeod and a 63-yard sprint by Colby Howe with conversions by Hutchinson and Gibson snowed under the invaders Rule To Play Away Friday The Rule High school gridsters who came out on the long end of a 25 to 0 score Friday in a game with Powell High will go Into training tomorrow for their contest Friday with Chilhowee Institute at Chilhowee Coach Kennetlv Coile last night expressed his approval of his last encounter but did not predict a victory Friday have a fairly good team but if the boys get too cocky some team is sure to come along and upset the he said Coach Coile said his boys are in good shape physically and shouldbe at their best for the Chilhowee tilt Coach Frank Thomas of Alabama had nothinr bat praise were defeated by a great football be said was as fine a team as I have seen since my Alabama team in 1934 Our players thought George Cafego was a much harder running back than Vie Bottari fine ball BIRMINGHAM Ala Oct 15 While as a rule I do not hold with those who credit football coaches with all good things their teams achieve and blame all bad performances on the inadequacy of the material I think I shall stop over a trifle tonight in extolling Major Robert Neyland thickchested VpT top stuff The man really accomplished a masterpiece of coaching in his preparation for and success in the Alabama game Take the matter of keying his minipns up for the crucial combat A more perfectly primed outfit than the Vols of today probably never stuck a cleat into a gridiron They entered the game in precisely that delicate frame of mind desired not too cocky but confident realizing the magnitude of the job but at the same time convinced it could be done On the other paw Frank outfit obviously had discounted his repeated assurances that Tennessee would be tough This attitude vanished early in the game But as any athlete knows it is sometimes impossible to snap into it after an apathetic start I do not believe any type of snapping would have availed the Elephants anything today however There is also an outside bility that Mr printed prediction Friday that Alabama would win was swallowed at face value by his puppets Coach Neyland undoubtedly underestimated the intelligence of the public insofar as the stuff is concerned He would have it appear that Tennessee stands slight chance against whatever opponent happens to be next on the list This stimultaed pessimism likely fools nobody But if that is the brand of psychology he used last week in pointing the Vols for the Elephants bring me two orders with a side dish of pachyderm steak That Tennessee has been perfecting a number of so-called climax plays is no longer news which brings up the other item 'r which Neyland merits un-sunted praise Oply one new maneuver so far as this not too close observer could detect was used against the Tide It was the quick opening play on which Cafego broke away for 33 yards This play was designed expressly for employment against sliding line A sliding line as you may know is one that shuffles to the right or to the left according to the formation of the attacking team Tennessee lined up in right formation the Elephants slid accordingly George look the ball and started as though to run off right tackle He advanced one or two steps then cut acutely back to the left of the center There was a hole there wide enough for a Red Elephant to run through the sliding defense ended up sliding foolishly upon thereat of its pants The unexpected brilliance of the jine play and the snatching of a prohibitive 13 point lead made it unnecessary for Neyland to disclose some of the other special dishes he has concocted And if LSU Vanderbilt Kentucky and Ole Miss do not provide more obstinate competition than the Crimson Tide the general public may have to suffer throughout the season without seeing many of pet plays ALL DUE CREDIT A large broad-shouldered gentleman in the press box approached your reporter before the teams had vacated the field following the concluding whistle wish you would pour it on as thick as possible I never saw a football team play as swell a game as Tennessee did today It would be less than justice if they did not receive all the credit in the world A truly great tedm and a truly great coach that he orated is that big the Alabama publicity man was asked that is Jim Ryba our all-American tackle of last he declared A sidellner reported tonight concerning the Cafego Injury: he came over to the sideline and stretched out on the have been smart enough to bee that while Thomas undoubtedly Had a fine country football team a city slicker was turning its water- off for keeps Instead one leather-lunged author announced that missed placement the old ball He believed the stung Red Elephants would turn in their tracks and promptly annihilate the imposters from Tennessee Tide Better In Second Half And Alabama did improve materially the second heat once progressing as far as the U-T 29 This happened while the second team was on the field When the situation began to look cloudy when the defending SEC champions pushed down to the Vol 29 with third down and two feet to go Neyland hurried the first-string primary back into the game This proved disastrous for the Tide Fifteen or twenty orange-attired athletes spanked Bradford down at the line of scrimmage Frustrating the first and one of the few serious touchdown bids Alabama made all afternoon The third period was unpleasant for the home folks because of the return of George Cafego West Virginia citizen who dearly loves to ram his long lengthy tongue out and truck Bradford managed to haul Cafego down after a 20-yard return of the kickoff This put the pigskin on the U-T 26 Leonard Coffman smacked the line for two and at this point George stuck his tongue out a little farther than usual and almost ran out of the stadium One of Best Runs He cut back sharply off right tackle reversing toward the middle of the field Confronted by a mass of Red Jersies he changed direction for the second time then shot high-tailing for the sideline (Continued on F( 4 Cel 3).