The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-30
AFTERMATH OF THE
 FOOTBALL SEASON Vanderbilt Has, Several Offers for Post-Season Games
ALL ARE TURNED DOWN
Bradley Walkers Decisions in Vauder- biIt-Sewanee Game Were Not Sat-
 isfactory to the Vanderbilt Management

Nashville, Tenn, November 29.-(spe- cial)-Some interesting developments have occurred as the result of the Van derbilt-Sewanee Thanksgiving game with special reference to the so-called south ern championship. Auburn desired a game with Vanderbilt as a post-season offering but as the local authorities left the matter with the teanN to be voted upon in case Auburn desired to play the game here, upon advice from the Auburn authorities that the game in any event would not be played here the subject was dropped with the general understand ing that next year a Vanderbit-Auburn contest was a practical certainty The game next. season will be played in all likelihood in either Birmingham or Nash vile.
 Vanderbilt's victory over Sewanee has resulted in two other offers for games, one for the alleged southern champions ship and the other largely for a Christ mas frolic. The fist comes from an institution outside the s. I. A. A. and the tentative form in which the offer for game appeared was that the proceeds be divided between the players of the two teams. This offer was of course not seriously considered. The second came from Harvard and was signed by Hamilton Fish, Jr., former Harvard cap tam. The message purported to be off ciai and from the same aggregation of "All-Stars' that recently defeated the Carlisle Indians at Cambridge. This con test was proposed to be held in Nash vile on December 22. This proposed game was considered in pretty much the same light as the other offer mentioned, as the lark would not have been allowed by the Vanderbilt athletic authorities had the members of the squad been agree able.
 Another interesting aftermath to the Se- vance. game consists in the fact that 1t is altogether likely that Referee Brad ley Walker has officiated in his last game on the Vanderbilt campus. Referee Wal ker has for years been chief reliance in the officiating line locally, but his work of late has lacked in popularity among the students and athletic author ities generally at Vanderbilt. Thanks giving Day he was the occasion of a very unusual play and one that the local Vanderbilt contingent considered unusual and without warrant both in considera- tion of the rules of the game and the dictates of good judgment.
 On straight football Sewanee made but two first downs and one of these hap pened in the following very much out Of the ordinary manner: With Sewanee getting the ball on downs on her three yard line, and immediately in front of the goal posts, Referee Walker on his own volition, and in the absence of any found rule. moved the ball out five yards so that Gillem could kick the ball. as he states, without being interfered with by the goal posts or cress-bar. Instead of kicking the ball Sewanee pulled of a fake play, and as Vanderbilt was cen tering its entire defense upon blocking the kick Lanier got away for a long run of S5 yards.
 This holding has naturally subjected Referee Walker to much criticism as had any ground rule been established to allow the Sewanee kicker to perform with more freedom the contention is made locally that even in that event the ball would have been rightly ordered back as the only and obvious intention in or dering the ball placed five yards out was to allow punt and nothing else. Ref cree Walker has issued no statement on the subject and declared to Coach Yost as to his authority in making the ruling that he did it on his own author ity The fact that Sewanee failed to score as the result of the incident tend ed to keep down open criticism but the principle of the matter was not overlooked by those in authority at Vanderbilt.