The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01


 teen minutes long, nevertheless the Uni versity High school boys weakened rap idly. On the other hand, the college boys seemed to increase the fferceness of their rushes and battered down the opposing line with little difficulty
 The University High school team made downs only on three occasions and ex- hibited poor form and little variety of play. The teams were evenly matched in weight. each averaging about 145 pounds About five hundred people witnessed the game.
 The officials were Sealey, umpire, and Fitzpatrick, referee.
 
 to Caldwell on Tennessees ten-yard line, and he returned the ball thirteen yards. Sims broke through the Tennessee line on the first down and prevented any gain. On the next down Tennessee was thrown for a loss of seven yards and then re- sorted to a punt. The ball was kicked to the center of the field and Burks brought it back ten yards. On the first down Sartain gained three yards and Burks gained seven on the second down by a run around left end. Ward gained two yards and Sartain four yards on the next two downs. Ward bucked the line for four yards and Sartain went over tackle for five yards. Smith carried the ball around left end for ten yards, which put the ball on Tennessee's eig'hteen-yard line. Burks failed to make gain around end. but Sims made nine yards in two downs through the line.
 On the first down Sims gained three yards and Burks went through for six yards and a touchdown. Smith kicked goal and the score was F to 0. Time, 6:10. Parker received Smiths kick-off on Ten nessee's ten-yard line and brought the Sartain threw the runner for loss. but on the second Parker got around the end for ten yards. Joe Caldwell went around left end for twenty yards, and Smith made feature tackle. probably prevent ing a touchdown. Parker went around right end for nine yards and Caldwell went through left end for nine yards more. John Caldwell made four yards on a buck, but Whittle was thrown for five yards and Tennessee was penalized fifteen yards for holding in line. The ball was near the center of the field and was punted thrty-fve yards Into Alabama S territory. Burks brought it back thirty five yards, running through all the Ten nessee team. Sims, Burks. Ward, Sims and Sartain carried the ball from the center of the field to Tennessee's fifteen- yard line by gains of three. four, five and eix r6S ha hou yards from the Tennessee goal, Ward gained three yards on buck, and Sar- tain made two yards through the line Sims gained one yard on buck and on the next down the team pushed him across the goal line. The goal was kicked and the score stood 23 to 0 after sixteen minutes of the half had been played.
 Last Touchdown.
 Joe Caldwell again received the kickoff on the Tennessee 5-yard line and brought 1t back 12 yards. Tennessee failed to gain in two downs and on the third she fumbled. The ball rolled to one side and Lanier fell on it on Tennessees 2O-yard line.
 Burks was thrown for a loss of seven yards. and on the second down only one yard of that distance was regained. A quarterback kick was tried on the third down, and Tennessee secured the ball on her own 10-yard line. On the third down 1t was punted to the middle of the field and Burks ran 1t back 10 yards. He made 10 yards on the next down around the end. Smith went around the end for 6 yards and Burks made yards on simi- lar play. Catchings, who had relieved Smith at quarter. carried the ball for a gain of yards and he ran we'll An im- provement in the speed of the team was noted when he entered the game. He handled the team well and certainly ''gingered' the players considerably. He succeeded in securing in a few minutes what Alabama has needed all the year speed Sims made yards in two runs, and the ball was on Tennessee's 14-yard line with only three minutes to play. Catchings used good judgment and worked a delayed pass, Burks carrying the ball for d touchdown. The pass was so suc- cessful that not a single Tennessee man had a chance to tackle Burks. The goal was kicked and the score stood 20 to Q with 45 minutes yet to be played.
 Smith kicked to Joe Caldwell on the l0-yard line and he returned the ball 35 yards, making his second spectacular run of the game Warren gained 15 yards through tackle and time was called.
 There were several things quite noticea- ble In the game Burks frequently broke through and tackled the Tennessee men and prevented gains. He seemed to know exactly what play the team intended making and threw himself into the in reference and got his man. Lanier also broke up the interference several times and tackled the runner. Moody, at cen ter did several stunts In tackling which are hardly to be expected from man playing his position. Sims also played some hard and consistent football. He broke through the opposing line num- Der of times and secured runners before they could make gains. He would have been much more effective if he had tack led lower.
 The lineup was as follows:
 Alabama. Position. Tennessee Moody ............ .Center..... Proctor McDaniels Right Guard..... Ragsdale Sims .Left Guard....... Pafford Donald.
 sartain .... Right Tackle..... Word Garrett ......... Left Tackle. Thomas Lewis, Joe Caldwell Patton ........ Right End....... Johnson Lanier
 Austill ........... Left End. ......... Leach Smith.
 Catchings .Quarter........ Warner Smith.
 Sturdivant Right Halfback.... Whittle Burks ..... Left Halfback.. John Caldwell