The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-25
CrimsOn-White Squad Plays the virginianS Off
 Their Feet QUARTERBACK MOODY
 SENSATIONAL STAR Kicked Goal From Field and Returned Punt Fifty Yards to Touchdown. Game Featured By Bitter
 Fighting
BY HUGH w. ROBERTS

ioi the nrSt time tnlS season IL showed
 the possession of every requisite of a
 winning team, defeated Washington and
 bee yesterday afternoon at the fair
 grounds, g to o.
 It was the most spectacular battle of
 the season, and the crowd which gathered
 with the preconceived idea that the Vir-
 ginians would win, went wild with de- | light when the Crimson White flashed
 aloft, victorious. | Farley Moody, Alabamas quarterback.
 was the distinct star of the game, and his
 work yesterday ranks him with Hannon, Scarborough, Mcclure and others who
 have attained fame in the middle field
 position. Moody proved great general and this would have given him honor enough even had he not scored all the
 points of the Alabamans. It was his toe in the third quarter which planted the oval between the bars from the 35-yard line, it was his sensational return of d
 punt in the final period for distance of 50 yards which rendered the certain yer
 dict of the afternoon, and it was his toe
 which kicked the goal, netting the final
 point. a..f.t.. .J AIabama's Marvellous Form
 But with Moodys exception, there was
 no certain individual among the Grim
 son-White contingency who deserves
 more credit than his fellows Every one
 was 8 hero, every one went into the fight
 because he loves to fight, and every one
 from the dropping of the hat until the final whistle blew was In the thick of the
 fray, granting no quarter and asking none.
 The Alabama team moved like a bit of machinery, highly tuned and thoroughly oiled. At no time did there occur
 miscue. Every play was got off accurate ly and rapidly that the eye could
 scarcely fellow. They tackled accurately
 and hard. Their line plunging was as fierce as has been witnessed here this season, and the interference in front of
 end runs was second only to that of Se- vance. And fine repertoire of Ioflnet- tions was cut free to astound and startle
 spectator as well as enemy. Like a flash from the old style the Alabamlans wouid transform themselves into an aggregation
 playing light and fancy tricks, running like the wind around an end, or diving like an unclaimed tiger through the line of skirmish.
 l5ut better than any other weapon
 with which the victorious eleven was
 armed was that Alabama spirit which
 shone resplendent throughout the engage
 ment. It was fight, on their parts, from beginning to end. At no time did man stop to take a breath At no time, even toward the end of the game, did the strength of mans plunge decrease a particle. Some team yesterday afternoon might have defeated Alabama, but no one would have got off with big score, and no one would have triumphed with out the realization that 1t had emerged from a bitter fray and the realization
 that it was fortunate In being able to do so
 yirginians Disappointed The Virginians, on the other hand, proved keen disappointment. At times they fought gamely enough, but there was always the costly tumble, the kick which was blocked, the tardiness in get ting plays into action, and the general lack of finesse which always proves a terrible weapon to the man who pos sesses 1t. During the first half no forma- ton other than that to which everyone Is accustomed was uncorked, and in the second the style of play was varied hardly a hairs breadth. In the early periods the Virginians, while outplayed, fought with fine courage, but after the third period, in which Moody kicked the goal from the field, the visitors hearts sunk, with audible thuds into the nether- most sections of their buskins. And when Moody made his thrilling run Tor a touchdown In the final section of play he Virginians surrendered entirely, ana
 had there been another period the defeat would have been transformed into slaughter.
 Dance of the Snake It was a college day in Birmingham. A large number of Alabama students were in the city, and these thronged the streets during the morning. In the alt ct anf h H. | siastic formed itself between strands or crimson and white ribbons and behind | brass band paraded the streets. At the grounds the collegians nelo | things in the palms of their hands. They yelled from the side lines, encouraging | their teammates and attempting to strike terror Into the hearts of their enemy. Between the halves they flooded the field. and, assuming the form of serpent, did | the snake dance to the music of the band. | Thrice around the Alabama team tnis large serpent danced. and then paraded of to where the Virginians were cioseiy | attending the lecture of their coacn' They desisted from their merriment only
 when the whistle blew for the resumption of play
 | And when the game was over, the en- | thusfasm of the Alabama boys knew no
 bounds. Surrounding the victorious team, l they lifted every member upon their | shoulders ana CdTTltu tIcii oil eiiO i.SAe
 yelling, dancing, waving banners, and in
 other fashion giving their unbounded Joy | rIotous reign. It was great day TOT | Alabama in every respect, and inasmucf | as ny the result of their final game o1 the
 season they told pr. Pollard in an unwrit-
 ten language palmer than mere woro
 that though he could make Alapams
 teams famous throughout the south. he | could not defeat one of them, they closed | the chapter in joyous satisfaction, having | forgotten their woeful defeats at th'
 hands of Georgia, Sewanee, ana MISSES | sippi.
 The unlucky star of the Virsinians
 though naturally invisible, exerted itl baneful force from the beginning ol the game until it's conclusion. It Il without detracting one scintilla ron the brilliant work of the Alabama tear to state that every bad break Tn eh' | Iuck fell to the lot of the visitors. In the first period, after Moody ha' failed several times to kick goa from the field. Miller of Virginia at tempted the task from the 4o-yare