The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-27


The first half ended with tied score,
s to s.
The other touchdown credited to
Sewanee was scored towards the end of
the second half. In that last period both
teams played splendid ball and there
were not few about the field who be-
leved that the game would conclude
with an equal number of points How
ever Sewanees men seemed to have re-
tanned their wind and speed better than
the Auburntes. and when during the last
five minutes of the game the Purple line,
by means of straight football, the old
tackle back formation and line bucking,
approached the Orange and Blue goal, it
was evident that the Alabamians had not
stood the strain as bravely as had the
mountaineers. By use of the tackle over
guard and tackle back formations, the
Auburn line was finally broken, Tackle
Stone crashed across with the touchdown
that won the game.
The Tactics Employed.
To those who believe that the old rules
are Just as good as any innovation, it is
balm to know that it was by means of
those formations SO strenuously legislated
against that the game was won by
Sewanee. 1t was the tackle back forma-
ton that dealt the Auburn line the fatal
DlOW. Ana llllS is true Ill Spllt VI Inc
handlcaps under which that formation can
be Used.
Both teams were tricky Every method
was employed which was calculated to
advance the ball a single inch. Auburn
made splendid use of the forward pass,
and the excellent manner in which it was
executed, ELECTED warm admiration from
the sdelines. The quarter back kick was
employed by Sewanee to advantage Both
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Auburn once attempted the triple pass.
The end run, the hurting of the backs
through the line, and other methods
known under the general headline of
straight football" were employed as
regularly as before the new code was
thrust upon a suspicious public Strange,
too, the necessity of gaining ten yards in
three downs, did not call for a too fire.
auent use of the end run, and it Is safe
to state that the ground gained by both
teams through the line, was more than
| that covered by circling the ends.
SeWanee Penalized.
To the defeated team, the satisfaction
| is given that never was cleaner football
played in Birmingham than that served
| ND Yesterday by Auburn. During the
game, the defenders of the Orange and
| Blue were never penalized. They were not
| guilty of holding in the line. They We're
not guilty of an intentional or even ac-
cidental infringement of the new rules.
They had mastered the new principles of
the game more perfectly than had
Sewanee. Further, it could be said that
Auburn was less quick to take advantage
of an opportunity to employ fiuke
The first penalty imposed on Sewanee
called Shipp back to the middle of the
field after that hefty half back had made
a sensational run of forty-five yards for
touchdown. The rejoicing of Sewanee
was cut short by a ruling of the Of
fcals declaring the score Illegal.
Again, Eisele was returned to the mid
die of the field, after he had received the
ball from a kickoff and made a thirty
nine yard dash for a touchdown. This
back ran the distance unimpeded. He had
endeavored to cross the field after the
referee had blown his whistle. Often dur
ing the afternoon was Sewanee penalized,
and when towards the middle of the first
half, Captain Watkins, center, lost his
head and attempted TO hurdle the line
before the ball was snapped, the donation
of fifteen yards to Auburn was a splendid
aid in crossing the goal for the first and
only time.
Sewanees ignorance of the new rules
was again demonstrated when. during the
first half Quarterback Wilkerson was
tackled after he had given the signal for
a fair catch. The man who tackled him,
and caused the infiiction of another fif-
teen yard penalty on the Purple, was Left
End Lewis.
Teams Criticised.
1t is true that the article of ball put
up by both aggregations was crude. Au-
burn suffered materially by the inability
of Quarterback Wilkerson to catch the
pigskin after Sewanee had punted 1t.
Again and again did he score failure,
and each failure was the cause of loss
of ground. Ware, right end, was weak on
the defensive, and allowed an open road
for the daring Ship. Sewanee's line was
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