The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-24

Sewanee, Tenn, October 23-(Special) )- The Sewanee football team left here on the Dixie Flyer this evening and ar rive in Birmingham via the Louisville and Nashville tomorrow morning.
 The men have had less than four days since returning from Norfolk, where they played the University of Virginia to pre- pare for the contest tomorrow with Auburn and this fact redoubles the in- terest which is centered on the match That it will be a grueling contest for the Tiger eleven is generally admitted but there is quiet feeling upon tie mountain tonight that, however strong the material and however well coached the A. P. l team may be the Sewanee representatives will win decided vie- tory.
 The development of the mountain team has been radically different from that of past seasons. The second most inn portant game of the year-that with Nirginia-was placed so near the be- ginning of the academic year that no preliminary seasoning of the team was possible. Only two practice games wltn
 
 two-day railroad trip 10 ftdewater Va, where, despite the great heat, the long, i hard trip and a r1val who was keen | to avenge the unexpected 12-0 defeat | of last year, the Purple outplayed the men of the Old Dominion in a scoreless
 game Virginia sent in eight substi- tutes, Sewanee none.
 ! Ii. E. Van Surdam, from 1902 to 1906 i quarterback of the Wesleyan team, and | during the past two years coach of the Marietta college, Ohio, teams is this 1 years coach and has already established ! his right to be rated one of the best if not the very first of the southern i coaches. Although Sewanee has this year only 1A men from whom to recruit i football squad and such a small number ' necessarily means a light second team i (and indeed a light varsity as welD, | Mir. Van Surdam has already succeeded 1 in accomplishing that great ambition Of ! all players of "the national sport of 1 the colleges team play. This great as- i set will, without doubt compensate for d | comparative lack of weight in the rush ! line.
 1 The men who carry the ball are Cap i tain Markley, who last year was the | unanimous all-southern choice of the ex- | perts for the position which he fills on
  ! play appeals especially to the discrim- l mating judge for he is one of the stead l lest men who ever carried the ball and | although never spectacular his play ia ! the intNference and in helping his run ming mates counts for many a substantial 1 gain. Lanier, right halfback is the | man who last year, when Sewanee, hay | ing the inevitable of day" which comes to every team, was making a late rally | against the strong Auburn defense, 1 dashed around Auburn's right end for the ! winning score just before the call of | time. In running back the opponents ! kicks and in open field work of all kinds | he is quite without a rival. Myers, left 1 halfback, is a freshman but quite able ] to hold his own in fast company At 1 Norfolk he was given trying out such as falls to the lot of few freshmen and acquitted himself with great credit His speed and aggressiveness will prove val uable both on defense and offense. 1 Browne, quarterback, is a new man to varsity football. but he has more than
 his whrlwind speed with which to cope | with older and heavier rivals for he | is small and light He has the fire | and steady Judgment which are the
 hall-mark of the sterling quarterback. 1 With this backfield the ends in the new
 game of football are grouped Williams | has had two years seasoning and Is as | sure tackler one may hope to | watch. while having the endurance and | speed necessary for this trying position | Eisele, his running mate is a 10-second
 man on the track and skilful in handling the forward pass.
 l The tackles are both very heavy. ag- ' xressive men-Evans and Faulxinberry--