The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-21
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HIGH SCHOOL DEFEATS THE
 MEDICAL COLLEGE SQUAD, 50

In a brilliant and hotly contested football game. the Birmingham High school eleven defeated the heavy Med ieal college aggregation of pigskin
 warriors yesterday afternoon by the score of to 0. The only touchdown of the game was made in the first quarter by Barker. In the last quarter the Medical college threatened the Highs. Great interest and cheering was manifested throughout the game.
 As the result of the High school be, irg outweighed by the medicos, the Highs had some difficulty in going through the purple line, and also in holding their line when the Medtcoe attacked their light defense But the Highs adopted tactics suitable 10 the situation. Many trick plays were at tempted and an end run was made very often. mixed in with line bucks asd runs through guards and tackles The forward pass was tried occasional ly. but only once did 1t succeed.
 The whole team for the High played consistent ball, as did the Doctors, but the Highs seemed better trained and in better trim.
 For the Highs. Wood and Stephenson played the star parts in the first quar- ter. Wood started the hostilities.s He made one center buck for over 5 wards. following this up with -one fer six, then for five. and finally for 25. He brought the ball to the 10 yard line where Barker tucked the ball un- der his arm and went through right tackle for the only touchdown of the game. Morton failed 10 kick the goal The Highs scored in the first six min utes of play, seemingly breaking through the purple line with ease and having no trouble to gain the 10 yards In the three downs.
 Stephenson played good offensive game. making many runs for ilNe ana eight wards while he successfully pass ed the ball to Wood for a forward pass on two occasions His best work was on the defensive. He was in the game throughout and his splendid tacklinS brought forth admiration.
 For the Doctors, Beatty. at quarter, played the stellar role. while McLenon, at full, also played good game Beatty made the best runs for the Medlcos, going around the Highs end occasion ally for short but consistent gains. Y also played a splendid game on the defensive. McLenon at full was one of the steadiest men. He was the bulk of the line when the Highs tried to break through, and his strength seemed to help immensely. He is quite heavy i player from appearance. weignlng about 165.
 In the second quarter the Highs seemed to have the better of the con rest The ball started into play at the S5 yard line of the "Meds." It was brought up and down the field bur always remained in the vicinity of the Doctors line. Time was called for thts quarter with the ball in close proN- imity to the Medicos' line.
 In the third quarter nothing of bril- liance or out of the ordinary happened, In the fourth quarter the Highs were beginning to feel the effect of the stren- uous line bucking. while the Medicos were pounding the Highs line with great regularity. in an effort to wilt them. In an effort to use a play that would not require any line bucking the Highs tried the forward pass around the left end of the Medcas. The ball was not passed accurately and one of the Med- ical players grabbed and ran right up on the Highs line. Then came the i great siege and the trying moment for l