The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-26
Rallies n Second Half of Auburn Game. WHIRLWIND START WINS CONTEST FOR AUBURN Red and Black Score From Block
 ed Punt. Georgia Fails to Meet Auburn's Pace In First, But Come Back Steady in
 second and Hold
 Opponents
 Down,
 

Opponents
 A whirlwind, grueiiing start. and | 1t was Auburn's game at the baseball park Thanksgiving day, before the 1 eleven huskfes from the University of 1 Georgia had time to adjust themselves | to the pace that Auburn set. | Three touchdowns scored by Auburn | and the fourth within jumping dis l tance when the whistle blew was the
 measure of the pace set in the first half.
 Incidentally, Georgia scored one | touchdown in the first, as further evi-
 dence that the pace was swift and spectacular.
 If Georgia only hadn't waited until
 the second half to realize her defensive
 strength, the score would not have
 been so much on one side. But she
 didn't and 1t was.
 | Not until the second half did Geor- | gia meet Auburn's pace. Tn the sec Georgia's defense stronger. and there | was no scoring.
 aeorgias light was game to the end. | Pacing a lead of two touehdowns. down during the first half and sore from the heavy plunges | of Auburn's backfield. the men of the red and black came back after the | intermission, and fought Auburn through scoreless half. . And not only did they hold Auburn. but rallied fiercely, and threatened | the Orange and Blue goal with a me- mace that chilled the Auburn rooters. | at one time.
 It was soon after the opening of the | second half. A successful forward pass. a recovered kick. and three fierce | pIunges through center, and the ball | burns eight yard line. But a tumble | spoiled the chance to score. Georgia's Score. Georgia's only score came twelve minutes after the kick-on in the first half. Reynolds, on the twenty-five yard line. dropped back to punt. Da- wis .Georgia's right tackle, broke | through, blocked the kick. and as the | ball rolled back toward Auburns goal | line, picked 1t up and stepped across for touchdown. to be tackled one | second too late by Reynolds. | Both teams were in superb condition. | Through two fast thirty-hve minute halves they played, and. except for the 1 injuries consequent on the rough game, | no man at any time was ill-conoition- | ed from his exertions;
 The work ot ArSurn's linemen was | the feature. of the game. The long | gains of the Orange and Blue backs. and the scoring in the frst nal nsif' was wss | which the Hnemen made. Penton, Ca- l ton Davis, the three men who played at full back for Auburn during game l were sent through the line. time and i again. for gains from five to thirty | yards. The work of the backfield | with this showing. was classy in It. | self, but the backs did not take every
 advantage which the work of the line
 Auburn's big guard. Locke. was az through the breaches made by him and Gogdsil who piayed by f,ra, his S.s sids'
 for most of the gains through the l line. Locke's work makes for him a place on the 1909 all-Southern eleven. The other side Of Auburn's line was not behind in classy work. In de. | fense Esslinger and Allen figured well. and Esslinger's successor, Har- | mon.
 Cummings and Franklin. Georgia's I left guard and tackle, put up an ex- | cellent exhibition of defensive work. time and again spelling plays which were directed at them. Lucas. the of the most aggressive of the Red and Black players.
 Hardage, Auburn's phenomenal half back was not up to his usual form in | the Georgia game. bad hip handi- | capped him to some extent. but he played through the first half, going | out in the second in favor of liar | ris.
 Harris was whiriwind. Tiny. | light and slippery. he evaded the Georgia defense several times for ex- l ceptional gains. once clearing every
 one and dashing toward the Georgia | pulled down from behind by Robeson. | Penton's Last Game. | Penton. who played his last foot | ball game yesterday enhanced his l reputation as plunging back. Caton.
 who succeeded him in the second half,
 Is a new man with every promise. | He takes a running start hits the line | low and hard and takes all openings.
 His buck over right guard for thirty
 features of the game
 Auburn got her first touchdown by
 & forward pass. Ten yards from the
 line. Reynolds tossed the ball 10
 Davis. who fell across.
 After that the forward pass was re-
 sorted to frequently. Auburn's second touchdown was due. indirectly, to an
 intercepted pass. A Georgia back
 of Hardage, who came back twenty
 five yards with 1t and was downed l at a spot from which touchdown was | scored by three line-bucks. Auburn men were wary as to for-
 ward passes, and their wariness is. in
 a large measure. responsible for lack
 of Georgia gains. Invariably the | AuDuTn DackIlelQ QoLcCleu bhc lOt WdA0 passes, and, if the pass was not inter- | cepted. the man who received 1t was
 spilled in his tracks. and blocked so that the ball fell to the ground.
 For one thing, Georgia's forward
 passes were complicated. and gave | time for the defense to box every
 man. Their virtue. however. lay in
 the fact that the man for whom the pass was intended was far down the | field when. it was thrown to him, and
 well on the way for a big gain.
 Auburn was more fortunate with her
 forward passes.
 Few trick formations were tried. al- | though Georgia exhibited more of a | tendency than Auburn to eschew the l straight football.
 Georgia had a considerable advant- | age In Auburn in the bunting. North cutt's bootInK outdistanced that of Rey-
 holds by far. The Georgia ends. how
 ever, were not in the class of the two | Auburn ends, and were slow In get l ting down under the long kicks. | The game was witnessed by 1,500 per
 sons, a crowd that was not as large
 as last Thanksgiving Days attendance.
 Made up largely of college boys, IL
 was enthusiastic. and the march arouAd the field and the snake dance.t during l the intermission. by the Auburn sup
 porters, was a measure Of the enthusi- | asm.
 1t was a gaudy crowd. orange and | blue vie with red and black in pen nants, ribbons. carriage decorations' | and the stands and carriage lines were | VIC xytn o Ynaaaas of color when the en-