The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-27
Crimson Eleven Outplayed Throughout and Unable to Cope with Opponents Attack HALFBACK KIMBALL
 MISSISSIPPI STAR VandeGraaff's Excellent Work Saves Crimson From Greater Drubbing-Con- test Is Marred By
 Much Fumbling
By JACK BETHEA

loose playing both sides, Missis- sIppi A and M. defeated the Univer- sity of Alabama yesterday afternoon 2 to 0.
 The game was ragged throughout ala while thrilling at times a. whole was very poor football. There were frequent fumbIes for which there was nc excuse on . dry day and without wind; there was more than the usual vvrnngling also which detracted from the pleasure of the afternoon.
 Alabama was outplayed from the be- ginning and did not once seriously thu eaten the Mississippi goal. The Crimson line was helpless before the fierce charges of the A. and M. play CTS both on offense and defense. and was unable to keep the ball in their opponents field.
 The closeness of the score does not adequately indicate how much su. rerior the playing of the Mississip- plans was to that of the Crimson war riors. Only the toe of VandeGraaff, who punted from 46 to GO yards, stayed off larger score.
 i Mississippi made most of it's gains through the line, finding weak spots l consistently. Using Kimball, who will | almost certainly be all-southern, they
 bored their way through the Alabama
 line until within striking distance of
 the Alabama goal and then tried the open game.
 1 Both scores came in the second quar-
 tel. A drop kick by Jones from the
 c5-yard line netted the first three points The play was made in two min utes after play was started in the sec
 ond quarter. With the ball on Ala
 rama's 20-yard line Kimball took it before the goal posts and Jones boot ed it over.
 Only Touchdown Tho only touchdown of the game came at the very end of the quarter and was a t-breaker. With the bali almost in midfield and in Mississippi's
 possession. McArthur from the 35-yard | line passed to Gaddy, standing behind
 the Alabama goal line. The ball fell | true and the score was made. When the play started there was only 40 sec onds of time remaining to play. Mis-
 sissippi failed to kick goal. That end-
 ed the scoring and during the second
 half the teams fought for the greater
 part of the time in Alabama's terri | tory.
 | There were many brilliant plays and players. For Alabama Love at left end was the shining ligt He played the greatest game of his career both of feEsively and defensively No gains were made around his end In fact this department was the only one in which Alabama was superior. Morton and
 Love clearly outplayed their oppon- ents and broke up many plays behind the Mississippi line.
 Too much cannot be said of Vande- | Graaff both as a player and as kick
 CT. He was working under difficulties with his toe. His line was absolutely no protection to him and he was forced
 to get away hurriedly and without get ting properly set. Despite this, how exer, his punts averaged 40 yards. They
 were up in the air also, allowing his ends time to get down the field. If 1andeGraaff had had adequate protec- ton his average would have been al least 50 yards. Harsh at quarter was kicking on the second down the greater part of the time and VandeGfaaff was called upon again and again. But twice were his kicks blocked.
 I McArthur Great Punter
 Mississippi also had fine punter in IMcArthur. While slightly shorter than his opponent still 1t was fine work. He had great assistance in his ends. whc got down the field with lightning speed In all the bunting duels the Alabams lback who received the ball got under way but once This was Tubley Long who went 40 yards down the field. ths longest run of the game. The othel times he was downed in his tracks oi lfumbled.
 l.. Kimball bore out the promise he gave ih> the game with Auburn and was 2 , tower of strength for the Mississippi ans. whenever BEouhu Was hccucu loi
 first down the mighty halfback wal called upon and responded with sub. stantial gains. Kimball Is one of thu ] cleanest players and best sportsmer ever on Redwood field. In the Auburn game he was undergoing defeat. H. played cleaniy and fiercely. yet always
 with smile on his lips. Yesterda.
 with victory in his grasp his attitude
 was no whit different-and that is thu test of true sportsmen.
 As to funbling 1t was ever present Mississippi suffered little damage iron , this on account of their ability to re cover, which Alabama wholly lacked To the Crimson the fumbies were dis , astrOuU.
 Alabama, in the beginning of tn game. tried out the open game whicl
 had proved 70 successful against Tech
 but without Joplin 1t was useless. Then too. tho backs were given no oppor , tunity on account of the weak lin ! through which Mississippi broke al most at will, Time after time was