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The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 11

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THE COMMERCIAL APPEAR MEMPHIS FRIDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 27 19i4 11 Tiger Squad Including Three Memphians Which Clawed Vanderbilt in Annual Game Kircaoifri? Ygsi4'r 0 4 mm tfikib TOP TP ASSISTANT MANAGER M'OOODWIV WILBUR RUSSET GRIFFITH ARNOLD TURNER BYERLY PALMER ROBERTS BURTON HUDKINS 9 BARKER EDMOND HODGE COACH HARRIS COPE CLARKE REYNOLDS BENNETT STONEY MANAGER CHAFFIE THIRDROW-WORTHAM ELLEKBE PORT HARRISON LEFTWICH DOBBINS RUCKER PERT CRu IXflGTON BOTTOM ROW-PALMER SELLERS ATISAC TALLEY CAPT TOLLEY PARKER SCOTT FARROW ROULHAC AN BOYD i 9 SEMEE BESTS Mil IN SNNUMO BATTLE Tigers Victorious in Hard Game Score 14 to 13 TENNESSEE ENDS SE1S0NJNITH VICTORY Defeated Kentucky State by Score of 23 to 6 places MdTyelre In the class of leading the prep school teams of the state victory a few weeks ago over the strong Bran aha A Hughes team of Spring Hill and the A team winning over Massey gives McTyeire a good standing In the championship line over irany worthy opponents The Fairvlew team played their first game with McTyelre and the strong fight they put up makes them eligible to be considered as contenders In the prep school athletic line The only score of the game was made in the second quarter of the first half and the balance of the game the hall seesawed back and forth on the field with both teams holding their own The final result of the game was 7 to 0 In favor of McTyeire HENDRIX IN VICTORY Defeated Henderson-Brown gears IS to COMMODORE RALLY FAILED STARS PLAY LAST GAME TT quarters it was nip and tuck with honors Cent Kiiw even Tupelo successfully completed two Kelly Kern Carroll and Llad- forward passes and outside of that only say Who Ilelped Volunteers to straight football was used Trapp and Sides were the stars for Tupelo and Brown Fallare of Slice to Klelc Goal After Vdjr Stored Two Tomekdowa la Lest Qmarter Loit Cliaaee for Tie leases Played Moat 5 access fa I Their Last Ga: Yesterday and' KeaMt for Aberdeen High School Robins (Illinois) Rogers (McTylere) EASY FOR KEMPER COUNTY TEAM 8COOBA Miss Nov 25 Keihper Coun-Agricultural High School defeated 89 to Ol here played a clear "ie ty Agricultural High Schoc Cuba Ala High School 89 today The Cuba boys plai but were helpless before ui KNOXVILLE Tenn Nov 26 closed her brilliant 1914 football sea- Notice crush-Everv son with a victory over Kentucky State today lil their annual game played on Walt Field before the largest crowd that I ng attack of the Kemper hoys oy on the Kemper team play JiL The stars for Cuba were points In the last quarter when Carroll Dolndson The Kemper boys claim kicked a goal from placement I the championship in this part of the Crutcherscored only touch-1 ta-te asthey have not been defeated this I down when he recovered a punt and with a dear field raced 85 yards to the goal line year They are ready to play any other team that claims the championship Vowell counted tor all three of Ten-neasee touchdowns and his terrific line plunging and all-round flaying was- easily the feature of the game In one quarter Vowell bucked the line JACKSON ELEVEN SWAMPED YAZOO CITY Mies Nov The ARKADELPHIA Ark Nor For the first time In the hiitory of Arkansas football Hendrix College Bulldogs registered a defeat over the Henderson-Brown Reddles on the local gridiron during a drismllng rain this afternoon score 12 to 0- The score does not lndloate the closeness of the game as the first touchdown was registered In the first quarter and the second In the last three minutes of the fourth quarter The game throughout was a punttni duel with Henderson-Brown doing most of tne punting and also the beet Tur-rentlne the 15-year-old quarterback of the Reddies furnished the leg for Henderson-Brown and Harton for the Bulldogs Hendrix resorted to both straight and open style football while the Reddles depended on straight football almost entirely throughout the game Open play the was impossible to be used on account of the absence cf the speedy Crosswell the dashing left half and captain and Moores the fast quarterback was also out of ths game except for about one quarter Also in the straight tactics they were hampered by the absence of Hobbs the 200-pound left tackle for about half the game All three of these stars were Injured' in- the game -last- Friday- with Ouachita so naturally her offenalvs and defensive strength -was diminished to great extent The game opened- with Henderson kicking to Hendrix The Bulldog advanced the ball -10 yards on the kickoff The Bulldogs began circling the ends and plowing through the 1 line and twice within a few minutes after play the Bulldogs carried the ball within the Reddles' five-yard line only to be held for downs but on the third rush for the goal Holmes went over for the first downs but on i goal ty In seven out of nine plays and made a I defeated tne heavy Jackson team touchdown I afternoon by the score of 45 to 0 Tennessee outweighed the Kentuckians I local team did brilliant work Bridges gftt hard Md th- nma starring with fl Yazoo City High School football team this The but the Utter fought hard and the game starring with On account of tho firo in HELENA which destroyed our building we request our customers to send their orders to tho Central Dist Co Memphis Tenn Until we open again for business which will be in a few days Central Dist Co Helena Ark waa bitterly contested all the way Inju- I Hlnmaa lies were frequent and substitutions nu-1 The Yasoo team has not lost a game NASHVILLE Tenn Nor lighting furiously in the final quarter against a lead of 14 points Vanderbilt lost to Se-wanes on Dudley Field today by a score of 14 to It Failure to kick goal Itfter her second touchdown In the last period being responsible for Vanderbilt's defeat The most spectacular run made on Dudley Field In many years was that of Lee Tolley the Sewanee captain in the third period when he received a punt on bis own 25-yard line and returned it 75 yards through a broken field for a touchdown For his brilliant playing throughout tbs game Tolley la haHed here tonight as the greatest quarterback on a southern gridiron Scarcely less spectacular however were the two forward passes that Russell Cohen of Vanderbilt received In the memorable fourth quarter and cartred over Sewanee's goal line The first of them was mads from id-yard line on -a triple pass Slkee to Curry to Cohen- Curry throwing the ball down the field to Cohen while on a dead run Cohen who had elided around behind the defense from-rtght end- was crouching to receive the pass far out on left end and nestling the ball In his arms raced 20 yards past the Tiger goal Vsady Misses Chase second pass for a touchdown came with Jess than two minutes left to play With the ball on 10-yard line Slkee dropped back ana hurled the oval to Cohen who was already- serose the goal line Curry punted out to Turner with Vandya chances for a tie depending on kicking the goal Capt Slkea tried the kick instead of Cody and failed after Vandy kicked off to Sewanee and one play was tried by the latter the game ended Save for -the period Sewanee outplayed Vanderbilt consistently the Tigers oontrary to expectstlona had a decide merous The work of the visiting team I season having defeated all ths prin-was featured by th playing of Crutcher olpal high school team of the etate and Park and Tuttle but Voth Park and Tut- now claim the championship of MIs-tle were so badly Injured that they had I high schools and are prepared to to leave the game and their absence ma I the title sened strength Red Rainey stav back-field man started the game tor the first time since early In October when he was laid up with an Injured ankle Rainey went three quarters before hla old injury was hurt again and he was forced to retire During his presence Rainey electrified the spectators with several tional runs C-Pt- Kelly Guard Kerr End Carroll and Fullback Lindsay played their last touchdown which occurred within 10 min- EASY FOR FRANKLIN HIGH TOLUMBUS Miss Nov Franklin High School defeated the Tuscaloosa (Ala) High School eleven here this afternoon 20 to 0 The Mlsslsslpplans had the best of the fight from the start and at no stage of the game was their goal In danger Ashmore Bass and Graham played star games tor the locals The fast snappy games of football this afternoon It has I PlaY of the Franklin team completely over-been largely due to their splendid work I whelmed the Alabamians that Tennessee has been able- to go I through the season with a record of hav-1 AMORY DEFEATS BALDWYN Ing won i every game played something ac-1 compllshed by no other southern eleven I AMORY Miss Nov 25 In a very tost nd on this record Tennessee bases her I cod interesting gams of football here to-clalm tor the I A A championship 1 day the Amory High School defeated the Tlnsjun1 I TisiAiafust iTik Line-up: mu advantage In punting failure gain was largely work of the Tiger ends Jely-due to the splendid per ends Parker and utes after play began The goal was missed While shadows wars fast falling around the field of conflict the mighty Holmes again distinguished himself by dashing yards around left end for the last touehdown the ball going to Hendrix on Turigntipers failure to punt 'out a bad passed hall by Norris The lineup: Hendrix Position H-B Loft And McCormick Left tackle Hobbs Coleman Left guard Muller i-E Is on Center Cox Bishop Right guard Norris Young Right tackle Bland Hutchinson Right end Bradley Anderson Quarter Turrentlne Harton Left half Moores Fulmer Fullback Tucker Holmes Right half Rushing Officials: Campbell Jennings Head Mace Timekeeper-Carpenter Substitutes: For Henderson-Brown Mayo for Goodgame Watson for Hobbs Boone for Moores Moores for Tucker Norris for Cox For Mann for Coleman Coleman for Mann Time of 15 minutes Tennessee Position Carroll Ieft end Hryer Left tackle Kerr Xeft McLean Center Taylor Right guard Kelly (C) Right tackle Downing I Vowell Right end Schaefer! CLARKSDALE Miss Nov" The May Quarterback Park (C) aggregation from Holly Springs was Thomason Lcft half Hite I defeated Rainey Lindsay Score by Tennessee Kentucky 7 6 7 8-28 6 0 0 0-0 WATEIH1 GORlSUrvDElRlS TAKE NOTICE! Meter bills for that part of the city south of the center line of Union Avenue are delinquent and if not paid water will be tunied off Tuesday December 1st MISS COLLEGE WINS Ends lesson With 27 (a Victory Over Howard JACKSON Mlaa Nov Tho Mississippi College football team under Coach Bible i and Capt Anderson closed the 1914 season on the local field this afternoon by defeating Howard College 27 to A While both teams seemed about evenly matched Mississippi's team and signal work favored them coupled with the ipeed agility and football noodle displayed by Anderson and Pearson The alter made the longest run seen this season getting the ball on hie 16-yard line from the kick-off in the last quarter and racing through the broken field formation fully 75 yards to be downed on 15-yard line followed by come protest by Howard Tima after time the Alabama clans tried ths forwardpass after discovering ths rigidity of Mississippi College line Crutcher Vowell 8 Goals from Carroll 2 Goal front HIGH CLAIMS TITLE LITTLE ROCK Ark MEMPHIS ARTESIAN WATER DEPARTMENT SANFORD MORISON Secretary I ft feated a OLE BEATEN BIDS INVITED which was unbreakable (fitly formation Mclsaaca would time and again throw the Vandy runner for a decided lose otten coming clear around from the other aide and snagging him First Quarter Scoreless The-first quarter ended 0 to 0 but with the hall In possesion on two-yard line In the next period Parker carried It over on the fourth down Tolley kicked goal In the third period Tolley got away for-his long run and Talley again kicked goal 1 of quarterback who led the the ftnal round after Curry ried off the field the Commodores came within one point of tletng the score After the beautiful triple pass which netted the first Vanderbilt touchdown Chester returned kickoff from Id-yard Hne to 45-yanl line after an unsuccessful forward pass North cutt made 25 yards around th left end Vanderbilt being unable to score Cody tried a drop kick from the 55-yard line hut failed making his third unsuccessful attempt of the day Clark blocked the kick and recovered the ball on Vanderbilt's 40-yard Hne Vandy took the ball there on downs after an exchange of punts A for ward pass Sikes to Cohen gslned 40 Carman made six yards through he line and Sikes five Bikes then made five more and with the ball on the 10-yard line Sikes passed It over the goal line to Cohen Sikes' attempt to kick goal went wide For Sewanee Tolley Parker McCormick and Fort were the stars For Vanderbilt Cohen Chester and North-cutt starred Lineup: Vanderbilt Positions Sewanee Reams Chester Left end Parker Cody Warren Left tackle McCormick Putnam Left guard: Harrison i 1 1 i Bcotl Brown Phillips Right guard Perry Clark Lipscomb Right tackle Dobbins onc Cohen Texarkana High School score 2U to 12 gams mads Little Rock High School champions of the state PINE BLUFF IN VICTORY PINE BLUFF Ark Nov Pine Bluff High School this afternoon defeated the Camden High School football team 82 to 0 This concludes the season tor the local hoys who have won five out ot Lost to Texas A Eleven Score to The Board of Trustees of tha Mississippi flee fity i Dec 1 1914 sell 20 cars cotton Miss on Tuesdsy more or less Six cans will he shipped from Herndon and 14 cars from Parch man Bidders must inspect seed at Herndon and Parchman and make bid without reclamation Tha board reserves the right to reject any or all bids COMAN Secretary Jackson Miss Nov 25 1914 to loae out It was-in the third quarter that Howard scored the only touchdown when Price got the tall on a fumble near Mississippi's goal snd rushed the center tor the line That was ths only score tor Howard goal being missed by scarcely an Inch A drizzling rain prevailed throughout the contest making the ball difficult to handle and fumbles frequent There was some complaint of slugging by the Clinton team but this was not serious and It was evident that Howard was overmatched In the play aa was the case In 1918 Lineup: Mice College Position Howard Thompson Left end Duke Smotherman Left tackle Adams During I tJireS JSL Williams Left guard Donner the first quarter the A and team fj001 XTry the field: she Henson Center Rich loafed The next quarter they did little P1- cent of the foula The McDaniels Right guard Roach Laird Right 'tackle Garner qi better In the third quart 'playing was characterized -TULANE AND LA TIE NEW ORLEANS Nor 25 The annual battle between football teams representing Tulane University and Louisiana State University for the state championship played here today -In a drizzling rain and on a muddy field resulted In a tie Neither team scored Owing -to the condition of the field open play was ineffectual only one forward pass being successfully executed In a desperate effort to score Tulane attempted a trick play near the end' of the last quarter Left Halfback George punted to the quarterback receiving the ball on the 10-yard line and was hurled back by the onslaught of 'Tulane to his two-yard line Before play was resumed the final whistle sounded The visitors kept the ball in Tu terttory three-fourths of the time END BANNER SEASON UNION CITY Tenn Nov Union City Training School closed a very suc-ce1 season heretoday by defeating Mayfield to ft The Training School boys were much outweighed but at no Eart of the game outplayed The team as won six out of seven games a of Memphis defeating them The star players In this game and throughout the season were McConnell Rankin Everett and Wright all backmen They have scored 2M points against 71 Ion for Bonner Anthony tor Young for Champion Summary: Seeley Goal after i Yeung Maxwell (Swart honors) O'Kellly (Georgetown) Head UnasmaiH-Gaas (Lehigh)- Time of 16 minutes ATXANTA In high WHITBY Vi in high 2 for 25 eents GUetf Peabody A Co Iec vere talk from Coach Moran they came I throughout by clean square playing back and went down the field tor a touch- down In the first three minutes of play Mississippi scored In the third quarter and A and again In the last quarter The lineup: Mississippi Position A and Carr IUglit end Spencer Bishop Right tackle Miller Collett Right guard IY1 ckey Wrenn Center Car thorns Watson Left guard Eschenberg Harris Irft tackle saber Rmythe (c) Left end Garrlty Evana Quarterback Bell (c) Ball Leftlialf Everett Bender Rlflit half Gllfillsn Roberts Coleman Summary: Meek (Michigan) umplreEx-Ueut Wler (Army) field ARMY IN LAST WORK Leaves Today far Philadelphia Meeta Navy Teeserrew WEST POINT Nov The Army had Its final drill today tor Saturday's football gam with the Navy at Philadelphia Th workout was principally on defensive formation for forward pass and drop-kick play The lineup Saturday will be: McEwen center left guard Butler left tackle NeylSnd left end Morrillat right end Way and right tackle tain Prichard alfback Van Hodgson full back Coffin will do most of the punting He Is held to he without question the best punter the Army ever had Tomorrow morning at 8 tha team leaves tor Philadelphia It will get a workout on FnnkUn Field In tho iorniii nRyih end nyino Meacham right guard: Captali quarterback Coffin left hall Fleet riant halfback and Ho Curry Northcutt Quarterback Tolley Sikes Left half Fort Palmer Turner Right half Edmond Cheater Carman Fullback Talley Roulhae Sellers Palmer Summary: Parker Tolley Cohen 2 Goals from Talley 2 COmeial Barrett (Cornell) referee Magdisohn (Michigan) umpire head linesman Watkins (Worcester) Tim of periods 15 minutes TENN FRESHMEN BEATEN LEXINGTON Nov: Although they lost by a ecore of S3 to 0 the freshmen team of the University of Tennessee Knoxville played a hard game with the state freshmen team here today Kentucky kicked off with Servllle and the Tennessee boys showed well to the end of the quarter State making one touchdown They quarter wb downs I Texas A and Everett 2 Mis-Evans 1 goals Coleman Bell sissippl Evans 1 go HAYWOOD DEFEATS TRENTON BROWNSVILLE 4 Tenn Nov Haywood High defeated Trenton High this afternoon In one of the hardest fought games of the season by the score of II to a The Trenton eleven couldn't stand the terrific Hne plunging of the Brownsville boys and after a tew minutes of play Williams carried tho ball over for a touchdown The second touchdown was made by Keathley in the third quarter after a brilliant run HOPKINSVILLE HIGH WINS HOPKINSVILLE Ky Nov a hard-fought game of straight football Hopkinsville High School defeated Paducah this afternoon 10 to A Paducah attempted many forward passes but failed several times Both teams kicked a field goal By defeating Henderson 27 to this afternoon at Owensboro that team won Mississippi Smythe A am Luke Right end klcFall Wood Right Half Glass Anderson Left hsff essoe(HAyci Pearson Quarterback Robinson Mangum ullback Ice Summary: Anderson 8 Luke 1 Price 1 Goals Anderson 1 Wood 2 Kern Ml Hemps McGee A A Head Qupln Jr Hill Mississippi: Smith Howard Time of quarters-15 minutes 4k REMAINS UNBEATEN NORFOLK Va Nov Washington end Lee maintained her record of unbroken successes today by defeating A and of North Carolina 7 to 4 the victory carrying with It ths South Atlantic championship Tha team coached by Elcock of Dartmouth on twice this season and points Today put on the defensive at once by a 70-yard run by Halfback Townaend the Generals rallied kept their opponents from crossing the goal line and toward the end of the second quarter mads a touchdown by executing a pair of beautiful forward passes Th Aggies could not gain through Washington and line at all and the Generals would have won by a larger score hag they not fumbled so frequently Young kicked wonderfully tor Washington and Lee six of his punts covering ever 60 yards The lineup: and Position A and Seeley Left end McDongal Shultz Left tackle Winston Dingwall Left guard Art P1rottlissessM Ccotfp ePlyl6r Scarry Right end Young Miles Right tackle Proffitt Izard Right end Seifert Donahue Quarter Van Broklin Cy Young Left half Townsend Sweetland Right half Riddick Beuhring Fullback Teuney Washington and Lee: Gallagher for Beuhring Harrison tor Izard Graham tor Seeley A and Sharpe tor Teuney Bonner tor Townsend Cham- wily wae ecorvd TRUSTEE'S SALE Under and by virtu of the terms ef a certain trust deed ezecuted by Kick Thomas and wife Anna Thomas to the undersigned as trustee dated Marc a 2ft 1911 and recorded in Book No 47S rage 216 of the register's office of Shelby County Tennessee default having been made In the payment of the Indebtedness secured therein and at the reqursc of tne owner of said Indebtedness I will under thepower conferred on me by said trust ON MONDAY DEC 14 1214 at noon at the southwest entrance of the Shelby County courthouse Adams Avenue sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash the following described land situated In tlie City of Memphis County of Shelby and State of Teaneases to-wit: Being lot Ns 2 of the Donaldson's subdivision of country lot Ns 94 and more particularly described aa follows: Beginning at a point on the south side eC Georgia Street 44 feet west of the dividing line between Brinkley and Donaldson's land thence south 150 feet to an alley thence west 40 feet to tne corner of lot Ns thenee north 150 feet to the south line of Georgia Street said point being 120 feet east of the Intersection vl Georgia Street -with Dean Avenue (now South Third Street) thence east along the south line of Georgia Street 40 feat to the print of beginning Equity of redemption dower and homestead waived In trust deed Title Is believed to he good but I will sell end convey ee trustee only This Nov 1914 WRIGHT Trusts 8 Harris Attorney In the second quarter a-goal was kicked by State A Brinkley of fullback on Tennessees team of Memphis un showed tor tor for Memma for Roberts Mlaslsslivl Smith tor -'Ball -Griffin tor Bender OLE RESERVES WIN GREENVILLE Miss Nov In a I hard fought -game on Finlay Field here this afternoon the University of Missis- sip pi Reserves defeated the Greenville High School alumni by the seore of 18 to 7 The game was played In a drizzling rain TUPELO ELEVEN IN WIN TUPELO Miss Nov Tupelo Military Institute defeated Aberdeen High I School here today in one of the beat games seen on the local field by a score of 6 to 0l NAVY IN LIGHT WORK ANNAPOLIS Md Nov Navy's football team had final practice on the home grounds this afternoon No scrimmaging waa allowed a the coaches feared to take chances of Injuries with the Dig Army game near The Navy squad Including substitutes will leave Annapolis at i o'clock tomorrow morning BOUGIITON WINS RUN PHILADELPHIA Nov The American Inter-scholastle cross-country championship run In Fairmount Park here today was won by Boughton of Newsrk High School in 22 minutes 28 2-6 seconds The distance was about four miles 1 rood form The lineup was: Welsh left end Morris left tackle -Kemp left guard ibaugh right right right half Brinkley fullback Donaldson left end U'TYEIRE beats fairtiew Tenn Nov 25 Winding up the ere sen with the hardest game they have yet played McTyelre won over Fair-view Academy of Certrevllle this afternoon 7 to ft It was a contest In which both teams had more than a passing interest as It the Western Kentucky high school championship The Owensboro team has not lost a gams this season Hopkinsville finished second with only one defeat Henderson with two 1 OWENIBORO CLAIMS TITLE PADUCAH Ky Nov By defeating Henderson this afternoon Owensboro won tbe Ifcesteni Kentucky High School football championship tor the 1914 season Owensboro won at home today by the score of 27 to 6 and had a perfect record during the season as the team did not lose game You kin bluff some folks by work changes Its bill as often as limelight I made their touchdown In the When yon have finished reading this last quarter and it was made by straight paper on the train throw It to the first line bucks Throughout the first i three 1 group of section men you meet.

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