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-----10 IMMWWWW0a I ELEVEN THE NASIWILLE BANNER FRIDAY NOVEMBER 26 1931 kvv nat an A an the atorg below Carl hinkle Vanderbilt captain and a leading candidata am All4kmaxica center 'relates ever thoaght he had front 'Thunder lcarntad threugh thi thrilling football IMMO with Alabama in which he clowni his Commodura march Byt CAitLHINKLE His College Career of telegrams- Most of them were for the team wishing si lUck thought hovedisappointing it Would be to lose with sucb support as All week several people bad told me that Alabama fans wars betting that I wouldn't last through the game To make things worse a mask had been fixed to protect my face They must have thought I was a sissy--that I couldn't take it On top of that I had been told slot of things about Alabama being rough I didn't know whether to believe them or not kki Theis thoughts lets runni through my mind as we dressed I tried to think of other things but it was impossible Soon we were dressed and sitting around on the benches waiting for the coaches to gibe us last instructions Coach Morrison did not attempt to inspire us He merely men tioned that we had had good practices the last few days and that this was just another gam His last words were "You might go out and (Continued on Page Twelve) 1 I out the LastLiame tough breaks this year' and I could tell he wanted this game to be ills best I told him that I knew he would come through great and that all tbe boys were for a man It seemed to help him felt happier Pretty soon the manager yelled that the bus had arrived- We walked down the steps slowly and got in Each of us took his "lucky" seat took the front one just because I had been doing it SILENCE IS BROKEN we started down Bello-Meado Boulevard there was complete silence inside the bus Ypu could have sliced the gloom But it didn't last long Good old Baby Ray and Bill Hays started telling jokes and they even had the driver in convulsions As we approached tke stadium about I o'clock thousands were there already Everyone said encouraging things as we walked through the gate It made you feel good to know that Ito many people cared When we entered the Keldhouse someone handed me a bunch 'Same smiled Some Just acted natural-scared The Coaches were' trying to calm our nerves They couldn't help much though We all had the shakes It 'wasn't suopense wanted no food at all but did manage to get down two cups of tea After lunch Coach Henri Fmka taped My ankles while laughing and wise-cracking He talked about everything but the game As he bandaged my ankle he remarked bow well his bandaging had held during the Georgia Tech game Before be finished he said it was useless to be nervous I agreed but we knew deep down that both of us Were lying -Intheother part of the TOOM Coach Morrison was 'showing the boys a few tricks with checkers It seemed to have a calming effect I looked over at Preacher Franklin and Bert Marihall They were trying to hide their feeling by talking a blue streak I thought the best thing I could do was to try to stir up some laughter or something I went around patting them on the back sticking them in the ribs anything I could think of to try to break the tension Finally I came to Jimmy Huggins I asked how he felt He has had some I I (Vanderbilt's Captain and All-America Center) In the side room of the Belle Meade Country Club where we 1 Vanderbilt players were concealed from Nashville's noise Thursday morning I lay in bed and tried to catch a little sleep: That however was impossible as every minute or two the thought "beat Alabama end get onlop" was pounding through my brain- A thousand questioneran through my head 'Win? Lose? Be a Sop in this tny last game? What score? Disgraced? Praised How many mistakes? A thousand dollars to have it all over with The suspense was agony I was still thinking these things when Manager Joe Cummings bpve the call to lunch As I walked out of the anteroom I tried not to act nervous The boys were seated at the table Some laughed 0 1 nder 1 a 111 's -44 atur ay a in es Determ ca tfor nia ys Bowl Foe --T6'116' 0-0'M-tye7pri' -the 13as I I ust TdId Me oath Thomas 16 WO Two of the Three Chief Contenders Cool to the Bids :3 Scutford's Great FieldLoatBrink Tide 9-7 Victory Marshall Sparks Mates Scoring Drive in 3rd Period A 44 1 4 i ss 0i A 'f4t 450011 It5c 5ANFA9F0 r2 NKI-E 1 1 4 Alabama and Pitt Saki To Be In Coast 1 Pawipns i 'dolt Aolabsma's Crimson Tide stormed '5 right into the center of the Ross si IjowLpicture today but University -K' of California officials delayed se- 14A1 ii'Illsf leetion of their January 1 football Hk iles''' 4 i ii foe until after Pitt and Fordham '5 i i' 'i make their final bids Saturday One guess about the 0 I II 4 Bears' -opponent still is as good as i another But Alabama rated fore- HEN kiERSON 7 most consideration today The Tide 4) -Y1-pwomro' capped a glorious season yesterday 4 A- with a thrilling to 7 victory over 9 7 -)ii A Vanderbilt -1 1 1044' l'''' Fordham whose tie with Pittso burgh is the only blow on either i c' teams' record meantime flirted Dozily for the Bowl bid The Rams seemed to be getting serious con they get 'put I tItt Nenw eUntioevesrsfiotyr PSaittturdana dy ita game with Duke the same day But -1 statements from Pittem 'burgh said the team is not Inter- 711 '''1 tated in coming West New Tear'il -1 Day Dartmouth not eliminated from tr 4" 9 consideration was reported ii--1- v- snowecr in for the winte- 4 Alabama never defeated in four -3'' trips to the Bowl is the only major 1 l''' 1 team with a completely untarnished A' record It has won nine straight rolling up 225 points to opponents' Unofficial advice from Alabama m-tho-Tine-Bi-t'uninteicatedIn------ the New Irear's game photo John Ken Priestley California's gradu0 attilnithater sad key man of its im- mediate athletic plans is due hers today preparatory to announcing the Golden Bears' Bowl foe 1 EL the c0Ounthtreyr BinocwluldignagmeNsewaboourtleathn 1 Sugar Dallas' Cotton and Miami's 'illirl' MONIn entertain A an ioingnporreepdaraeid the AM a A I enteain another sellout crowd AL 11 I-F here regardless -ef-Who-California L------ On hand to greet he delegation coming here for the first time since California last cap- tured a Pacific Coast Conference title in 1929 was Hal Reynolds ELEVENS MONDAY 1 '21 40016-iima664i464146e-4w MOSELEY' KILGROW 4104 4 szook aikbAkatailmoiwomooloidh406)wittAktUAltAlhof 1' '''t- t''' A --4 '9f6r 4110056itobtots 4111101144114to 045MetilbAkoki When this picture was made Vanderbilt was leading Alabadia 7-6 Possibly three seconds later the Crimson Tide was ahead 9-7 The Tide Haywood Sanford is shown getting tho ball away on the held goat I that preserved Alabama's unbeaten untied record and gave Prank Thomas eleven a chance to turn an ear toward California By Rood ig the ball away on the held goat 41 that preserved Alabama's unbeaten untied record and gave Frank Thomas eleven a chance to turn an air toward California Grid Season Ends For Eleven Teams Unbeaten Untied vl Grid Season Ends- SUGAR: BOwL it wo I 1 t4e or Eleven Teams TOBE NAIVIED (1 elights Unbeaten' Untie i T1FREDRU8SEU Vanderbilt was leading VI with six minutes eft to play Alabama theliall on Abe Commodorala yty-d iIne fourth down and six yards to go In from the sidelines rushed big black-haired 200-pound Hay-'wood Sanford Junior 'college end Adona Ark He was actually 'smiling 'rise Tide lined up for the place kick Jos Kfigrow took the vacant spot at end Herky Moseley crouched on the 23-yar4 line to take the ball from center Sanford waited to 'lap his right leg i' 1 4 I( He was standing six yards from '-1 the sideline That wee exactly nine teen yards from The center of- the field What an anglei Vanderbilt partisans Just knew be couldn't do It The kick would be wide Or else short Vanderbilt might even block it About S40000 depended upon this I kick Yes sir $40000 in cash from the Sugar Bowl game To make it would mean the New Orleans bid I maybe the Rose Bowl invitation for Alabama To miss it would shove Vanderbilt right into the Louisiana New Year's Day classic 4 Haywood Sanford bad no thoughts like that He was ice as 4alm as if be were preparing to manicure a big toe-nail that bad Wearing- The ball came back Moseley set it pp an the Tide's pinch-bitter plunked it high over the uprights a perfect placement from a difficult 1 angle Sixteen plays later the game wee over Alabama 9 Vander Score on Pass Less than tw weeks ago the same Sanford had author ed a fourth-quartar field goal at New Or leans with two minutes left in the game to enable Alabama to win 9-6 His right foot bad brought the Southeasterit Conference champion1 ship and a postaeason money battle Twice in the first half yesterday Morrison's men had held Alabama -for downs within the 20-yard line First time the ball went over on the 17 the next time on the 10 Then with 153 seconds left to play in the half with the ball in their pos' session On their own 41-yard line first down the Commodores saw Alabama strike for a touchdown the first tally of the game 4 Bert Marshall made four yards on a reverse Ahidden ball 3t was called It might score Anyway it was safe But the play was executed poorly the ball was ex posed Via Bradford pounced on it and it was Alabama's ball on Van derbilt's 4t A pass was incomplete Kligrow ripped off eleven yards and a first down Holm made two Time out was called In came Sanford and Ileard for Alabama The ball was en the 31 They lined up again Kilgrow faded back to the right rifled a long pass down to the left Corner to Tut Warren He bee I I slipped behind Housman who ran op Warren caught it on the 1-yard line went back a step or two avoidlng Housman and went across for the touchdown Kligrow missed the extra point one play before the half ended The Gold and Black came back with a rush in the third quarter starting a drive on Mabama's 47 it when Bert Marshall returned a punt Marshall raced fifteen on a fake pass Marshall passed to Andrus for fourteen yards Marshall fought his way around left end for nine yanis and inches The speo- (Continued on Page 13 Column 2) 4 1 Crimson Tide Extended Bid for New Or1eais Classic on Ne Year's Bid for New Orleap 8 Year Crimann Iltla Irvipritlpil 111 l' A 1 Sy-FRED RUSSELL' of the local Tournament of Roses Corbhuskera have dropped but one committee He said he toped Cali- tilt this season and their fornia would not prolon the seise Biff formerly at Hon of itn opponent ye-on-the-Winnetz A Joe Cousins president of the New Orleans Mid-Winter Sports Association extended the Sugar Bowl bid to Alabama's unbeaten and untied Crimson Tide THE BAN-tan learned today It -wu understood-- that-thi-Ild carried a time limit It is desired by the Sugar Bowl committee to announce the two teams Monday Should the Tide pass up the New Orleans bid with hopes of landing Coe Rose Bowl nomination chances are the Sugar Bowl committee will fall back on beaten only by Vanderbilt President Cousins was on his way back to New Orleans today to complete plans for the selection of the other Sugar Bowl opponent Alabama's stand in regard to the bid was noncommittal Coach Frank Thomas refused to make a statem-nt before entraining for Tuscaloosa late last night A decision one way or the othe will be reached this week-end There was an outside chance of this year's Sugar Bowl game involving the Rose and Sugar Bowl teams of a year and Santa Alabama passes up the hict Fordham may be one of the Sugar Bowl teams if the Rams do not get the Ross Bowl nomination Pittsburgh is well liked as the Eastern representative and the game be (wean the Panthers and Tide would be' Nebraska anatu aral nd Villanova are Other possible Sugar Bowl electionuVtI lanova has had a great season the anees will ily by way the the rrank II be es ot in Bowl iurgh the ts do Won be would Other Crimson Tide Is No 1 Team Amon(' 13 Yet Undefeated- (By Associated Press) Thirteen teams remained in the nation's select set of undefeated and untied elevens today at tar the Thanksgiving fireworks ended with all but two finishing their regular campaigning for the year Four of them headed by 491-16- Bowl-bidding Crimson Tide cleared the last hurdle during the holiday leaving only Hardin-Simsons which meets lloward Payne December 4 and Santa Clara which tangles with Gonzaga Sunday still showing incomplete schedules Alabama's 9-7 vt over Vander bilt yesterday sky i keted the Tide to the head of the pack with nine straight victories and 225 points scored leading both Cape Girardeau Teachers of Missouri and Cornell of Iowa each with nine wins but far fewer points Cape Girardeau finished up with an easy victory over Missouri Mines to continue among the top-flight Cornell bad completed its schedule a week earlier Probably the most astonishing record was that presented by Ar kansas State Teachers with the highest point total of eight games the last of which was a 340 triumph over Henderson State yesterday Also finishing up on Thanksgiving was Colorado's undefeated Rocky Mountain Conference champions Whizzer White and Company cloutedDenver eighth straight win and a total of 248 points Defensively Lafayette had the best record among the undefeateds with only six points scored against the Maroon in eight games the undefeated untied teams: (13 Iris' Must End Scoring Dr outh eat Trojans Ambrose Schindler May Not Play Saturday In Big Classic Chicago Nov 26-011---N 0 Dams will have to get off its one-touchdown standard to lick Southern California Saturday -All but One of the eleven struggles in the famed Irish-Trojan series crammed enough scoring thrills for a who season into sixty playing minutes and Southern California will invade South Bend Ind primed for another big score While Notre Dame a scored only fifty-seven points this season against Drake and the rest in one touchdown splurges against Army Navy Minnesota or 11- western Carnegie Tech and has piled up 111 while losing three games and tying two If the expect to squeeze by on a score a game they should have been heartened today by announcement that ambling Amby Schindler key man in the Trojan running attack probably will not play Satur day Aniby took a severs physical drubbing against Oregon State two weeks ago and so far has failed to tome back ali the way A miler of Schindler's ability is vital to the Howard Jones system and without him likely will be underpowered offensively The Irish were not worried about their defense Pittsburgh's acknowledged powerhouse rolled up twenty-one points in a savage fourth period assault but all the rest of their opponents have totaled only twenty-two Notre Dame probably will concentrate on the tackles in its last effort to find scoring punch The Trwlasse- reporteAly are week at both tackles strong every place else In the line Injury to Phil Gaspar sophomore star put a troublesome hole at right tackle and the Irish may hammer all afternoon at Gas-pars Ray George a junior letterman have watched these teems on two occaaions but possibly fewer than 30000 will be present Sat ur day 1 At rzent cloyed of the series was 112911 which jammed Soldier Field In 1929 to watch Notre Dame's 13 to 23 victory Irish Must End Scoring Drouth Beat Troja ns I The Turning Point A YOU sat limp in the Vanderbilt Stadium after the struggle un" able to navigate for the moment or afterward whil elbowbending eating dinner or finally tossing on an uncomfortable pillow it was possible as always to figure out five dozen ways in which the game could have had a different ending Break it to pieces put it back together break it up again and you find the real turning point It was the trick play that boomeranged near the end of the first half That was the turning point 0 1 Vanderbilt had the ball on its own 45-yard line second down and six yards to go Forty-five seconds remained in the half The Commodores wanted to end that first half with a score They wanted to come back for the third quarter six or seven points ahead It was a good spot for the hidden exactly the one used against but a first cousin to it And it was called No Commodore fumbled the ball The play simply was not executed smoothly and Vic Bradford saw a piece of blown-up brown leather at a certain place and pounced on it Four plays later Joe Eilgrow sent a long arching 30-yard pass to Tut Warren on the 1-yard line and he went Over for the touchdown Eight seconds later the half ended Instead of having the ball deep in its own territory with time to run two plays Alabama was in position to score and did score Football is that way Every game is that way And in the long run everything evens up The hidden ball play beat IL It lost to Alabama LIMIT TO ENDURANCE EFORE going along another typographical step it should be mentioned that Alabama deserved to win the ball game As things turned out either team could have won but Alabama had the stronger squad the better team "But Vanderbilt played too good to lose" says a friend There's something in that The Commodores played the kind of football that-would hays won a majority of games But temember that Vanderbilt's best performance wasn't quite as good as Alabama's second-best game The Tide was better against Tennessee Their coaches and players thought so And it would have been a tough one for Alabama to have lost too There is a limit to human endurance Bodies can stand so much ho morer-Did -you-notite Ed MeTtlniavtngIo in the fourth quarter? The Commodores gave everything The game was just a few minutes too long I still believe that the 1937 Vanderbilt varsity can teat any eleven men in the country ITSTHXTOPS COE accomplishment for sheer performance no team in football I history ever squeezed More out of itself than this Vanderbilt squad It ja one of the great Commodore teams Picked in September to lose st least four games to wind up eleventh in a conference of thirteen until the last day it threatened for the championship Nine games Ind only one mediocre Georgia Tech The achievement of this Gold and Black team is one of the most remarkable I have ever seen in sports Think of the thrillers this and Tennessee and Alabama Could football fans anywhere ask for more? I doubt If alumni and supporters anywhere have been offered more attractive football Messrs Morrison McIntosh and Frnits have exceeded all expectations They have done a miraculous piece of work a truly excellent job They are master showmen Only complaint is gentlemen that with spine-tinglers like the Tennessee and Alabama games you have taken years off our life As for the 1937 Commodores down through the years they will not be thought of in the light of victory and defeat despite the fact that on such a basis it is the most successful team in fifteen years hey will be thought of as I band of as brave gallant and valiant (Continued on rage Sixteen) The Turning Point SUMMARY 1 1 I i 1 1 1 1 I 1 i 1 i 1 1 1 ') Cross Country Champ Newark 3 Nov 25--1111--Isslie Madditchell New York cross-country champion today He won the twelfth annual 2141-milo race in the record Um of 13 minutes 534 seconds to outdistance 293 runners IMP- Team Alabama 0 211 Cape Onardsa tAo 114 Cornell llows1 Collet 111 Arksmiss SOD Toectre I )11 Colorado 0 241 0E1-Hardin atramons 0 1411 "invitee it lit let Ambrose howl) I 171 Lafatotta 0 11 Alfred 1 111 1 1-Santa Clara 1341 111 114 111 311 241 141 111 171 12 111 011 11 12 21 38 11 38 41 11 11 121 Tr? 121 11 6 136 0 I OUPtIVIIS Adolphut Inc-00110ot 0 Alabama (9) Poe Vanderbilt (7) Tipton LT 1 Picketson Monsky LG Merlin Con Hinkle Bostick Pl-C Hays Ryba PT Ray Shoemaker Pt Franklin Cochrane Huggins Zivich ftTlissehmidt Kilcrow RH Andrus Holm Ir ford Score by periods Alabama 0 0 3-w Vanderbilt 0 0 7 0-- 7 Housman Point after Field Substitutions Blackwell ends Merrill tackla Harkins Atm guards) Bradford ourtert Mostly 0 ea rot halves Roberts full guar Hollina Marshall Plunkett quar ter Hinton Perry halves Howe-men Apes fullo Thomason umpire Sanders (Tait0 A fiId Judo Hallogol (mm soto): head linesman Sea" Middies Toss Coins to Luck Annapolis Md Nov Navy's football team took Its final warm-up for the Army gams today while the Midshipmen regiment prepared for its last pep rally before entraining for Philadelphia and Saturday's orrice classic Only A light workout was on the schedule for the varsity squad To night tradition relied for the gridiron warriors to attend a pop meeting around a bonfire on Farragut Field I Both the team and the regiment will leave early torhormw for Philadelphia As they file out each Midshipman passing the bust of Tecumseh the Navy's "god of 25" you don't averoge 23 in studies at the academy Its Annit1)41011 salute and toss a penny at the Indian for lurk Florida To Be Near Peak for Auburn Tilt Gainesville Fla Nov strongest University of Florida foots ball loam of several weeks went through workout today before leaving for Jacksonville to meet Auburn Saturday Yesterday's rain kept the 'Gators indoors and Coach Joah Cody concentrated on a aktill ession trscert for Watson flamer" whose twire-inJured knee has placed him on the sideline for the season all the valaity will be in uniform it kick-off time Four Teams Announced For West Tenn Playoff Jackson Tenn Nov' Memphis Tech Union City anti Covington twill take part In 'the playoff for the Went J111h Echoot champion ship Thp tour teants wore chosen hy the Dickinson Dalin ryptem Jackson won Ma title lost year Tech snit Jackson virt tuilcriten in e(mtpetitton this fall While Co Inzton emi Union City It one tame park Jo Cousins presidebt of the Sugrr Bowl Association perhaps wss ono of tho MOSI interoged spectators tit tho stadium yesterd 7v Re was bow to invite tho winner to the annual classic at New Orleansand be is shown climbing the ladder to a radio booth st the hall to tell about the possible selection It was thi second time this year Cousins had seen the Commodores in prison 1(9 was i let the game 1.