The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-11-30


ball. all the strength that Tennessee pos
sessed was necessary to check his prog
ress lie was cheered whenever he made
an appearance These are the last cheers,
however that will ring in the ear grown
accustomed to applause.
This season is the fifth that Burkes has
been member of Alabama teams, and
five years in the Southern Intercollegiate
Athletic association is the limit. He will
/, not attend the university after this year,
! and his career in Dixie is finished. Burkes,
| after one season. at the most, could make
| one of the eastern eevens but he states
that he has "finished.' He oegan his ca
reer in the fall of 1902. and IN that sea-
SON. in spite of the fact that he was
ignorant of the game. became "A star in
whom prophets saw future greatness
which has certainly panned out. Burkes
is one of the greatest halfhacks in the
south, and has been entitled to this esti-
nation through five consecutive seasons.
All Alabama followers see the passing of
this bulwark OF strength with sincere re-
greet and all opposing teams are breath
ing a sigh of relief. Auburn's prospects
are brighter for next season.. even the
! Auburnites themselves admit. for the real
son that Burkes viii not be prancing in
-, The haclsfield, preparing to plunge head
! long through the line. or carry the swine
/ skin about the ends for unlimited dis
! tances.
If the stars of yesterdays game were
tir,,,
bly, fall on Fullback Curtis and Righthalf
Jones of Alabama, and Right End Don
aldson of Tennessee. These three men did
! brilliant work, and had Donaldson not
/ been stationed on Tennessees right end,
and had he not had a worthy confederate
I in I.eftend Cochran, there is no way of
estimating how big a score Alabama
/ would have piled up. In fact, Tennessee s
/ line was the weak spot and through the
| line. Curtis had an opportunity to show
] Just what a head, neck and back he pos
! sesses. Again and again did this strong
son of the grdiron plough through Ten
nessees line, and of the nine touch
downs, he made six. Immediately through
center, Curtis once carried the bali eigh-
teen yards for a touchdown. Jones made
and this was one of the features, and
| one of the surprises of the contest. Ala
bama was preparing for an end run, and
no sooner had Jones got his hands on the
| BAH than the referees whistle blew.
| Thinking the play was called off for some
| reason, the man stood still with the
pieskin in his hands. Tennessee mmedi-
ately rushed forward, preparing to down
| him in his tracks, when he growing ac-
| tive on the sudden, sprang forward,
| knocking two Tennesseeans down, skirt
| ing a squad composed of five others. and
| furnished a good interference, ran severn
| ty-fiVe yards for a touchdown. The two
| Tennessee ends PLAYED magnificent ball,
aud their tackling of men preparing for
end runs was brilliant indeed Several
| times Burkes starred. Once in the second
half. when he found right end blocked to
such an extent that it was impossible
to get around it, he unhesitatingly
swerved to the left, and went about that
| end for twenty yards.
Story Of Game.
! Alabama kicked off to Tennessee. The
lads from the mountains could not gain
a foot in two downs, and attempted a
kick. The = hpted punt was failure
and Alab; ia, taking the ball, ploughed
| through the Yellow line for a touchdown
| in three minutes. Within five minutes
more Curtis plunged through center for
the second touchdown. and this terrific
| work was continued throughout the first
half. in WHICH Alabama piled up "A total
of SO poinl
| Time was called in twenty minutes after
| the second half had started. In that time.
| Alabama made three touchdowns, two
\ of which came as a result of brilliant
playing one of these features was the
| seventy-five yard run of Jones, and the
! other was a remarkable advance Of the
| ball from a kickoff Harmon caught the
| skin, and forward he plunged for forty
! yards, in spite of the fact that his pro-
gress was through the center of the Ten