The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1905-11-06
VANDERBILT'S GAME
ARE IN A CLASS TO
THEMSELVES.
Auburn Was PIuclky and Played Good
Ball, hut Weight and Glass Told
story Of Her Crushing
Defeat.

1t is a crying shame that Vanderbilt
| University did not arrange more
| extensive western schedule and some
games In the East The Commodores
have no business playing against ms,
Vandy to smother the best Southern
team as it is for the New York
Nationals to beat the baseball aggre'
cation of Greenville. Ala.
The Nashville Methodists could easily
defeat two-thirds of the western teams
such as DePauw. Indians. Missouri
Drake, Northwestern ct ais and could
their money. Their Michigan game
showed this. In the East. Vanderbilt
could defeat all of the teams with the
exception of Yale, Harvard. Pennsyl-
vania, Dartmouth. and Princeton.
Their games against Southern col
leges are farcical Take the Alabama
game. The score of 81 to Q in seven
teen minute halves. The Texas cams ms
Auburn game so to in thirty minute
Auburn played one of the best games
Years. The score shows nothing, i
is true that Vanderbilt showed no diff
fieulty' In piercing the defense enough
to hold the ball, but frequently for one
wonderfully. Craig, alone could be
relied on to take the ball for distance
every time. This man is In the class
with Hurley OF HARVARD anu Sooney Oh
Princeton as an offensive player. When
he is tackled he keeps going and when
he is finally downed he falls forward
and struggles for every inch. Fierce
were forced to let him get away after
they had made a perfect tackle.
Vanderbilt will never have team
like the 1905 squad in decade. The
they all weigh close on to 200 pounds
Quarterback Kyle is big enough to
play a guard or tackle in most South
ern lines. While, there is great
| for the wonderful work the team has
done, the chief credit for the victories
| is due to his men. There Is not man
on the squad. who is not a star. Take
and stone IN the line, the Blakes
Manner. and Craig and you have the
| foundation for an all Southern team.
There were only two men on the Au-
burn squad. who showed well in COM
parison to the Vanderbilt giants The
| first was Frank Jones, the big Birm-
ingham boy. who fairly sn oTtpiay ss Red,
able to gain an inch over him and fire.
quently he balled their plays into
double bow knots.
Humphrey Foy, the brilliant Iuiipaek
of the Auburn team, was second only
to Craig Foy was great on the de-
tense and greater on the onense
Plugged at by every Vanderbilt player
he 1nVarlaDly ola MS UclcHSlNc WA n
with a dash and effectiveness that can
not be paralleled and he was seldom
called on to carry the ball that he did
not make good.
Haygood Paterson and STREET. two Of
Auburn's stars were in terrible condi-
ton. Both had legs that they should
not have gone in the game with: pater-
son was only in the game ABOUT nye
minutes and he was compelled to with
draw over his own protest by G9ach
was nobody to take his place and he
stuck at it gamely. Craig came over
his side of the line and he was helpless
before the great Interference. the great
runner and the great weight.
The Vanderbilt players seemed to
think that their Auburn game was the
hardest they have had They tip their
hats to Foy. Likewise they salute
! Auburn has an extraordinarily hard
schedule. Saturday they meet Glenn
son. a great team. The following
week they play Alabama and Alabama
seems to have improved 100 per cent.
No Auburn player was severely hurt
during the game.