The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-25


 runs will drive any man to the mad house. That which Quarterback Brown over- looked was the fact that physical endur- ance has a limit.
 After the racing of the first half Se
 vance was an afrless tire. It's wind was gone, it's breath came in gasps, its spirit was dampened and it's ardor cooled.
 At that time a scoreless game was Se
 wanees hope.
 Tigers Scalp Themselves.
 sewanee, as stated, misses its stars of last season.
 This year, Sewanee, if perfectly gen.
 eralled, has no better team than Au-
 burn.
 The line is comparatively weak, the de-
 partment in which Auburn is strongest.
 Sewanees attack is fast, accurately fo-
 cused, magnifcently protected and start
 lingly brilliant.
 The offensive operation of Auburn, com paratively, is weak. So the teams were about evenly
 matched, but Mcclure, in addition to being a brilliant performer, is great general.
 His men were comparatively fresh, while | Sewanee's tongue lashed the ground. The first half was Sewanee's inning. Up and down the field the Tigers raced,
 plunging heroically against the line to no purpose, but consistently gaining around sweeping all before them. Again, Au-
 burn managed to regain the ball. to fail | to gain, and kick out of danger Down
 the field, another time came the Tigers, sweeping all begore them. Again, Au- i burn, by a lucky stab, saved the day,
 again to kick. Again. came the Tigers l racing down the field, to lose the ball on that miserable tumble as Evans crossed
 the tape.
 Again was the ball kicked out of | danger, and before Auburn's goal could | be approached another time the half was ! concluded. Great Run of Hardage. ! The Tigers of the second half were not the Tigers of the first.
 Their wind was gone. They breathed heavily They did not respond to the | call of signals as gallantly as before. | They were mechanical toys, not indiyid-
 uals of action, with a mind their own. 1 Their spirits were low, for cruel luck
 had robbed them of a touchdown, and
 they had awakened too late to the fact that Auburn is strong. l And Auburn, on the other hand, had
 just began to fight Auburn took the initiative. Auburn car ] ried the torch into the territory of the enemy. and kept it there.
 The second half was all Auburn's. | For ten minutes, the battle was even ! with Sewapee or the defensive. During this time the pjgslSin often changed own
 CTS. Both teams were repeatedly forced 1 to kick.
 1 Then came to moment fatal to the hope l of Sewanee.
 The Tigers. on two downs, had failed to gain.
 Meyers kicked the ball to Auburns S0- yard line, into the outstretched arms of IT a11a of the lightest and withal, the fastest. Instantly he leaned forward on the run. Man after man hedged Tackler after tackler he shook from his arms and legs. Faster, every moment he skinned along the ground until, To! he had passed
 every obstacle, and the goal stared him | in the face!
 Lanier snatched his collar moment | too late. The young sophomore, after an | S0-yard run, was felled beyond Sewanee's goal.
 The spectators who, dazed, remained si- l lent, instantly burst into frantic applause. I The Auburn players fell on the body | of Hardage, and covered his face with | kisses. Such another demonstration has | been never witnessed. Throughout the greater part of the | game, straight forward football predomi- mated.
 | In the first half Auburn was on the defensive. Sewanee depended solely on 1 end runs, the backs and quarter carrying the ball with speed and brillance. Sewanees interference too, was com | pact and ferocious. | In the second half Auburn varied it's style of play to only a trifling degree. | Auburn used but one fake play, a planned punt transformed into plunge througe the line. | Sewanee in the second half, attempted the forward pass on many occasions, and
 repeatedly used the on-side or quarter | back kick.
 | In the execution of these plays, Sewanee appeared exceedingly amateurish. Mark | ley, in passing the ball, was tiringly slow l and inaccurate. Brown, in performing the | on-side kick, repeatedly drove the ball out | of bounds
 | Penalties were frequent, and time was i taken out dozen times or more. ] Sewanee had the advantage in speed, l and an advantage in weight of three l pounds per man. The attendance was large and enthusi- astic.
 The Line-Up. Auburn Position Sewanee | Sparkman and Hill :. . . left end .. .. .. Williams
 Bonner |. :. :. left tackle .. Faulkinberry Locke :. .. .. left guard Cheape Davis :. .. ...... center ...... Sheppard Allen .. right guard .. :. Harris Esslinger :. right tackle .. :. :. Evans
 Reynolds .. :. .. right end :. .. :. Eisele Mcclure quarterback :. .. Brown Wynne :. :. right halfback .. :. Lanier Hardage and Herrin .. .. left ha1fback :. Meyers Penton m . ii. fullback :. ..-.. Markley Summary: Score, first half, Auburn, 0; Sewanee, O. final score. Auburn. 6 Be-