The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02
VISITORS HAVE GREAT oPPORTUNI- TY IN SECOND QUARTER BUT POOR JUDGMENT WAS USED. FORWARD PASSES BEST

l In the first local scrimmage of the
 season Howard college yesterday after
 noon won victory over the Ninth Dis-
 trict Agricultural college at Blounts-
 vile, the final score being 10 to o.
 In the first quarter Howard, as a result of long forward pass received by Duns- more, came within striking distance of the Blountsville goal. and McLartn soon carried the ball over. In the second quarter Blountsville found Towards line exceedingly weak and ploughed through for long gains almost at will. Twice In the second quarter Blountsville fought immediately under Towards goal, but because the visitors used poor Judgment and because of magnificent defense by the Baptists. the line was not crossed. In the third quarter Towards line showed to better advantage, and the plunging of the visitors was checked. In this sec ton of the play no scoring occurred. though Howard had an advantage. In the fourth quarter Howard, by means of a long forward pass to Captain Berry.
 threatened Blountsvilles goal, but the visitors holding firm, got possession of the ball on down. In an attempt to kick the pigskin to a position of safe ty the pass to the punter was bad, and the sphere behind the line was recovered by Berry of Howard. Noone failed at two goals
 Brown, left tackle, and Roberts, left halfback, were stars for Blountsville. Left End Boykin was decidedly the star for Howard though Captain Berry and Duns- more played finely.
 Howard Lacked Speed
 The Howard team was not as fast as capped, too by the slow calling of sig nals and the repetition of same by Quar- terback Milllkan. Blountsville got away better than Howard, started plays more rapidly, and showed greater familiarity with the game. The intense heat handi- capped both teams, though neither showed disposition to lag. It was hard fought game. and one in which all men displayed an anxiety to win. The spirit of both teams was all that the most fastidious could desire. In weight How ard had a slight advantage. The speed was with Blountsville.
 Very little new football was demon- strated. Howard used more forward passes than Blountsville, and oftener re- sorted to the quarterback kick. How ard revealed the result of fine coaching in forward passes, and very few of the attempts were frustrated. The hurling of Millikan, as a rule. was good. Blounts- vile, too, startled on one or more occa- sions by a long forward pass, which worked well, but the visitors, having become imbued. as result of their success in the second quarter, with an idea that Towards line was weak, de- pended chiefly in gaining through cen- ter and boxing in the tackles.
 Penalties were few. Blountsville was penalized for flying tackle, although the infraction of the rules in this re- gard was only nominal Each team was penalized for off-side plays and for hold ing in the line. The bunting of both teams was poor. The work of tho officials was good.
 In spite of the fact that the weather was not that which football lovers de- sire, and in spite of the fact that there were other attractions in the city, very fair crowd witnessed the opening of the local season. Enthusiasm prevailed. and both colleges had numerous friends on
 the sidelines. The play started at 3:3O o'clock and the quarters were of 10 min utes each.
 Howard kicked to Blountsville and recovered the ball on downs. The Bap- lists failed in two attempts to gain | but did not kick. Instead a success ful forward pass resulted and later an- other to Dunsmore for 25 yards put
 the pigskin under the Blountsville goal McLarin took 1t over and Noone
 failed to goal--the ball hardly leaving
 the grounds.
 In the second quarter, by series of
 line plunges, forward pass and then
 another-both of which succeeded
 Blountsvflle managed to reach the
 Award line. But Howard settled and
 when Blountsville, after consuming
 valuable time while players consulted
 with each other, found Howard pre-
 pared when the plunging was again in
 order. The visitors lost the ball and
 Howard kicked out. Nothing daunted, | the gallant mon from Blountsville
 again started hammering Towards | line. and in it tore long and gaping
 holes. Within a few minutes the ball
 was on Towards 5-yard line and again
 it seemed evident that the visitors
 would tie the score. But time was lost
 here in removing spectators from the field at the request of Quarter back Ward and Howard was again prepared
 though the visitors had three downs
 in which to carry the ball over. Ward
 made the mistake, too, of calling for
 end runs, whereas Tackle Brown, who
 had been highly successful in gaining
 through Towards line, was not called Into action until the time for the final
 effort He failed because of . late