The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-15
His Rival.

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 ',The captain of the 1cr.a
 began to growl at the sc and he snapped back in rele the matter with you? I didn't signal
 You're crazy the scrub captain salo, I heard you
 ." So did l. broke in the center; dye s'pose I'd pass the ball if I didnt?'
 There was a merry row then because the quarterback swore he didn't give the signal and everybody else was sure he did because they heard the voice. Any way, the varsity took the ball and after a few rushes made a touchdown.
 '"Then the scrubs kicked off and later got the ball on a tumble They made the distance two or three times and were going along nicely when there was a sig nal for a kick.
 'rThe scrub captain strengthened up in the line-he was playing tackle opposite me-and he asked the quarterback what was the matter with him giving signal for kick when they were getting their distance nicely on rushes. The coaches hopped in, too, and they banned the sub quarterback for a blockhead for about five minutes.
 Something Wrong.
 When the quarter got a chance to speak, he said: Thefe's something wrong here. I didn't say a word, but I heard somebody give a signal for a kick. Hon. est, didn't even speak, but it sounded just like my voice..
 "The head coach looked at the quarter back for about 10 seconds, and then he called for the doctor.
 "1 guess Johnson's overtrained he cafI falrn o1,o 1f h I've heard of fellows going dippy before this, but blest if I ever saw anybody as bad as Johnson
 "So they dragged Johnson off the field, and he protested every step of the way that they were the crazy ones, not he, because he hadn't said a word They put in another quarterback and the game went on all right from then on.
 That night at the training table every body was talking about the awful thing that happened to Johnson and how it was too bad. There was a big game two days away, and that was the final practice for it.
 The contest for quarterback was pretty hot between Johnson and another man who wasn't too good general, with Petey Brown third. With Johnson going around the campus hollering like a crazy man that he hadn't given signals that everyone heard him give, there wasn't much chance that he'd get in the game, and with the other fellow in, the game looked as good as lost.
 "Petey Brown spoke up at the train ing table the next night-there wasn't any practice, because it was the day be- fore the game-and he asked the head coach If he couldn't go in and play quar- ter. The coach just looked at him as If he was crazy, and said. Not chance
 "Petey said, want to talk to you about 1t after dinner, and dropped the subject.
 Have Long Talk.
 "TIe went into the coachs room that night and they had a long talk. Petey came out looking so you couldn't tell what was the outcome and the next day the second quarterback, Smithers, was in the lineup at the start of the game.
 Ut was the Tuloosa University team, on of Sthe strongest in the state, that we were playing. They had Sheriff Bill as their captain and he was hummer. He could play the whole game alone.
 "The first half we just about held them. the score being to in their favor. But at the start of the second half they made goal from the field and that put them ahead, Il to 5. We had two or three chances to score but Smith, CTS was running the team with bum headwork and we missed them.
 'It looked like 1t was all over with us