The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-24
University Football Team Downs the Famous Tigers At
 Every Point
SCORE 18 ID s WITH ODDS
 OF 5 TO1 ON TIE LOSERS
For the First Time in Nearly Ten Years Boys From Tuscaloosa Have Been Victorious Over the
 Orange and Blue. ,.Y

Montgomery, October 2S.-(Special.)- With the betting odds of to 1 against them, the University of Alabama foot ball team trippled Auburn's score in the game here this afternoon. Surprises are usual in baseball, but no greater sur prise to the spectators has ever come in football than the result of the game to- day.
 Tuscaloosa had their opponents bested at every point. and this is not discount ing the work of Auburn either. The .'crimson and white" seem to have laid in ambush for the ''orange and blue" It is known that the Tuscaloosa boys nave always preferred to win over Auburn than any other game, and out of the long string of games, today marks their second success over their rivals. Outside of pos silly the team itself. there was not person on the grounds when the game was started that could even hope Tor the success of Tuscaloosa, but Coach Blount had A trick or two up his sleeve. It would be hard to make the average Auburn man believe now that Tuscaloosa had played her real game in the contests wlth Vanderbilt and Mississippi when they met defeat. Blount is a Yale man, and the famous Yale back tackle was worked most effectively against Auburn
 Auburn Very Weak.
 The Auburn boys showed up weak They were heavier than their opponents by an average of ten pounds, put they rysre more than lacking in snap and in- ger Tuscaloosa had the better or the contest at every point The strong points of the vietors centered in the center ioi nations, being able to work it for gains whenever it was necessary. More tnah twelve hundred people witnessed 'he game, including an excursion party s os some two hundred from the ci'S oA oaks. r,e4.
 rrhe officials were Robothan, of Tutts' referee: and Walker of Virginia, umpire rheir> work was entirely satisfactory 10 both sides.
 The Game.
 Rovd kicked off for Auburn and Wyatt returned inc ball for fifteen yards. Sue cessive gains by Smith, Burks, McMahon and Boyles carried the ball over for a touchdown without a loss Smith klckeu goal Score, Tuscaloosa, G. Auburn Q.
 Auburn then took brace. smith kicked off for thirty-fve yards and Pat terson caught the ball but he was downed in his tracks by the fast work of the Tus- caIoosa boys. Auburn carried ball slowly hut surely down the field and finally Cap- tain Wyatt made dash for touchdown McMahon tackled but the ball was passed to Lacey, who carried it over. The Au- burn spirit braced but again fell when the officials ordered the return of the ball to the fifteen yard line, claiming that Lacey had interfered with McMahon. The strug- gle was then fierce, the first half ending with the ball on Tuscaloosa's fifteen yard line In the second half the Tuscaloosians started out fast Smith kicked off for forty yards and Auburn was held on downs
 Tuscaloosa Works Trick Game.
 Tuscaloosa securing the ball, Smith was sent over on a trick play for a forty yard run and a touchdown He kicked a hard goal. Score: Tuscaloosa F, Auburn 0. Auburn braced and Lacey went around the end for forty yards. Mass plays were used to effect a quick touchdown. Boyd kicked goal. Score: Tuscaloosa 12. Au- burn 06 Boyd kicked off for Auburn for forty yards and McMahon made twenty yard return Mass plays carried the ball to Auburn's twenty yard line and the Yale tackle back play hammered the line for third touchdown by Smith, who again kicked his goal. Following was the line up:
 Alabama. Auburn.