The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-12-03
SPORT.

While Fisk and Meharry were pun.
melting each other at Athletic Park
on Thanksgiving day, the football
clubs representing the Burrell Normal
School and Pearl High School of
Nashville were fighting it out in
Florence, Ala. Burrell was one of the
hardest propositions which Pearl has
met this year and by no means was
it certain that the victory was Pearls
until shortly after the beginning of
the second half when condition began
to tell. 1t was then found that Bur-
rell had shot her bolt and was I'M
equal to the hard and bitter fight that
Pearl was bringing to her.
Pearl was outweighed by Burrell
but was always on the 60 The line
charged hard, low, and fast and the
speedy backs from the High School
were frequently on the defense Of
Burrell before they were ready to
play. Once the High School had a
sure touchdown but an unfortunate
tumble lost them the ball and Bur
rell Immediately kicked out of dan
ger. On another occasion a Pearl
back failed to catch a punt and a
BuTell player fell on the ball near
the High School goal line. Here
her defenceS stiffened, the line held
Burrell failed to gain and was forced
to hand the ball over to the sturdy
warriors from Tennessee. Pearl i'm
mediately kicked out and was not
again in danger of being scored on.
The game was called at $3.50. Bur-
rell won the toss and chose to defend
the south goal Pearl kicked and the
runner was spilled on the twenty-five
yard line Two efforts failed to ad-
vance the bali and the Burrell quar-
ter called for a kick. The ball got
by the full-back on low pass and
rolled over the goal line where Bur
rell player fell on it making safety
for Burrell and counting two points
for Pearl The ball was brought out
and BuTell kicked to Pearl. A Sc
ries of end runs and line plays to-
gether with a forward pass brought
the ball to Burrells five yard line.
Captain Davis was then sent over the
line for the first touchdown of the
game Hurt missed the goal,
Pearl kicked to Burrell. The run
ner made good return, but Burrell
was soon forced to punt Pearl failed
to handle the punt successfully and
the ball was Burrells in the High
Schools territory. First down was
made and right here Burrell tried a
peculiar formation which worked
beautifully and got their big fullback,
Pool though the line and past the
backs for a touchdown. Pool missed
the goal. .-s.al-s.la.s ,--sss--
Burrell kicked to Pearl who worked
the ball steadily into BurrelPs terri
tory. A forward pass here, Davis to
Waddy, Melted about twenty yards
and touchdown. Hurt missed the
goal
The second half was repetition of
the first half except that Pearl
scored only once and Burrell did not
score at ALL This half was notable
only for the determined manner in
which Pearl went for Burrell. Bur-
rell kicked to Pearl who advanced
the ball steadily but lost it twice only
TO regain it on downs or kick. The
procession started which ended with
Hurt carrying the ball over for the
final score Of the game. The goal
was missed The Burrell line had
lost its fighting strength and kick
ing game was resorted to for the rest
of the half. The game ended with the
ball in Burrelrs possession on her
own forty yard line.
The lineup follows:
Pearl. Position Burrell.
Duncan ......L. q. .Armstead-Glenn
Allison ......L T. $3.50. Hampton
Williams T. q Glenn-R eynOldS |