The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-28
FOR FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS MANDY TACKLES VIRGINIA
VIRGINIA AND VANDERBILT
 CLASH NEXT SATURDAY FOR
 FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS
Last Met in 1897 When Two Teams Fought to TeCondi- tions of Game Greatly Different-Then Warriors
 Played Without Pads or Head Gears
By STICK HALL.

Nashville, October T-fSpecial.)-Next ISaturday afternoon the Vanderbilt and University of Virginia football teams will clash for the first time in IA years and | for the second time on Dudley Field. The last game played between these elevens was in 1898 at Louisville, Ky. when the |orange and blue smothered the Commo- | |dores IS to 0. The only time the teams |have ever met on Dudley Field was on December G. 1897. This game resulted | in a scoreless tie, after the men had hammered each other for the full 70 minutes which was the regulation time |then.
 A brief comparison of the rules of foot ball of 1897 and those of 1912 gives an view of the vast difference in 1.-the game
 The Last Game
 In 1897 the game was divided into halves |of 8 minutes each. The resubstitution, which is very modern rule, was un- |heard of and unthought of at that time. Players in those days were allowed to wear any sort of headgear they chose. but for the most part they shielded their domes with a luxurious growth of hair. Photographs of both teams of 1897 show a group of shaggy gridiron beasts who would not have played with less than five inches growth of hair on their beans, for Iris Speakers share of the world series money. The longer the hair in those days the higher the niche in the Football hall of fame.
 Game Was Different The scoring then was different from the present game by many lengths. A touch down counted for four points; goal after touchdowns two points, field goal five points and safety two, just as at pres ent. Drop kicking was an art which few mastered. Field goals came about twice the player making one was listed with the immortals. The bunting was long enough, but the spiral kick off today had not been developed.
 The rule for receiving punts was the same as now. that is, there was no on side kick as has been in the recent past. Only one remained in the backfield to re- ceive punts, unless the opponents gave the defense a chance to send a man back by waiting too long to get the kick off. While we are on the subject of bunting
  the fullback then was a pastime in dulged in so frequently that a game sell dom went far without more or less serious injury to a player from this cause.
 Few Trick Plays
 The rules to great extent prevented the possibility of trick plays or the slight est finessee on the part of the quarter back. The quarterback could not run with the ball from his position unless he first passed to a backfield man and then received it behind that player. This. of course, gave the quarter no chance ex- Lcept on rare occasions when the double pass was resorted to. No backfield play CT could take the ball on a direct pass from the snapperback-in other words, the ball had to be handled by an inter mediate man before the runner was all lowed to progress.
 There was a great stir In Nashville football circles when it became known that the two teams were to meet in a post season game on December 6, 1Ss7 for Vanderbilt was smarting under the de- feat at Atlanta. Ga. in 1895. The Com modores offered that day the best team in the opinion of many which ever played in this section of the country until the