The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-24
AIJRURN TEAM PREPARES
 FOR STRONG TECH ELEVEN
AUBURN SCRUB TEAM HAS Ah- RANGED A SCHEDULE AND WILL SOON TAKE THE RoAD-AUBURN FEARS TECH.

Auburn, October 23.-(special)-Georgia Tech looms up as Auburn's particular football nightmare, and the Tech game In Atlanta on November is the goal toward which Auburn football men and coaches are working strenuously, feverishly. And this despite the fact that game with the University of Texas will be played October 29 Texas has showed up as strong. The western team defeated the Haskell Indians by a score of 6S to 3, but while Auburn men draw from this the conclusion that Texas has an even, or probably a better, chance for victory they forget the Texas game in the i'm portance which they attach to the Tech game. In Heisman's crew they see the only obstacle to s. I. A. A. honors.
 And with the incentive of the Tech game the Auburn team has found itself. The Howard annihilation was the first evidence of the regeneration; the prae- tices of the last week have borne out the evidence
 The practices have been fierce, every afternoon The scrub coaches have la bored on their men, but even with the experience and rejuvenation of the sec ond team, varsity has become an inYin- cible machine, crashing through strong scrubs for touchdown after touchdown The entire varsity squad has acquired the ginger, or whatever it was, that was lacking at first. and when the backs hit the line nowadays there is a spatterins of scrubs in all directions. And the scrubs have an exceptionally good line at that.
 On the defense, varsity looks good as 4well. Wednesday afternoon the scrubs were given the ball on the 10-yard line; they bucked the varsity line and tried the varsity ends for 9 successive downs. At the end of the twenty-f1fth, the ball. still in the scrubs possession, was on the 50-yard line.
 Auburns good week, however, has not been without its element of hard luck. Neither Streit, who, as every one knows, is one of the best plunging fullbacks of the south, nor Page. the lightning de- fensive back, has been in single scrim- mage of the week. Streit's foot, doubled under him in the Howard game, has de- yeloped Into falling arch, which is ex- crutiatingly painful; Pages knee was twisted at Birmingham, and is twice it's normal size. Streit played Saturday, how ever.
 Captain John Davis and Shirling, who has been played at end so far this season, are being tried at fullback. There is no regularity to Coach Donahue's line up. Each day there is a shift, some r. on. who played at center against Missis- sippi and Howard, has been tried at end halfback and center last week; Burns at center and guard, Steadham and Newell at-quarter, Noble at end and halfback, Cogdell at halfback and end. Coach Don- ahue's attack will be varied this season to meet the defense of opponents and vice versa.
 One of the improvements in offense is the great showing which the heavy Au- burn tackles, Harman, Allen and Lamb, make as ground gathers. They run fast and hard and follow interference. Har- man especially has developed an adept ness with the stiff-arm which, with his heavy weight behind it, makes him one of the most formidable runners of the Orange and Blue squad. Allen, with his 200 pounds, Is faster than many lighter men on the squad when it comes to ad- vancing the ball and selecting his open ings.
 One hope which Auburn men find ir the prospect of their game with Texas is the fact that the western team has the reputation of gaining much of it's ground through forward passes. In detecting this play the Auburn back field has been