The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-04
VANDERBILT COACHES DISAPPOINTED WITH
 SHOWING OF SQUAD
offense of Commodores Showing Numerous FauCurrey De- veloping Into Good Kicker-Virginia Game Regarded as Most Important Schedule With Ex-
 ception of Auburn

Nashville, November 3-(SpeciaL )-Old Doc Tennessee, who applied the stetro- scope to the Commodore Saturday, left still suspicion of a doubt in the minds l of Vandy supporters, who have breath ! lessly awaited the long-looke for test by qualifying the verdict about the heart and lung action as being almost as good as in bygone days" The almost has once more set wagging the heads of Van dy supporters, who had expected a su- preme test from the Tennessee outfit in order that the hallmark of approval might be placed on the latest offering of Dan McGrgin. The fact that the punch was not as powerful as the coaches had hoped for has brought a return of the feverish activity and secret practice on Dudley X, Field in the all too short time allotted for preparation for the Virginia battle The clash with the Virginians in the minds of the Vandy coaches is the most gruelling test to which the Commodore machine will be subjected this season. with the exception possibly of Auburn which enjoys a peculiar advantage over Vanderbilt in being blessed with an easy game Saturday.
 Not only were the Vanderbilt coaches somewhat disappointed in the showing against Tennessee on the offense but a. number of glaring faults appeared in the work of the forwards, the center of the line several times caving in before the rush of the Knoxville backs It IS par ticularly upon this point that the Vandy coaches will center their efforts this week [ since reports from the Virginia camp of late have indicated that Coaches Warner and Warren have been able since the Georgia game to develop a drive in the backfield.
 While the crumbling of the line before : the Tennessee rush in the early part of the game served to distress the coaches and discourage Vandy supporters, the in- reference and blocking stood out as most encouraging features of the play. Admit ting that there is nothing actually per- feet, the shield which the Commodores threw up for the fleet Vandy backs was so compact and formed so quickly, that it was a revelation when the miserable interference accorded the runner last sea- son is recalled.
 On their long dashes, both Turner>and Currey were accorded dazzling protection, the Commodore interferers picking off the secondary Tennessee defense in clever fashion
 The manner in which the ends covered the kicks was another encouraging fac tor while Curreys satisfactory perform ance as a punter added new laurels to the wonderful little quarterback's s srid- iron performances this season. This sea- son Currey has been carefully groomed and watched by the coaches and the Ten Eessee battle saw his first real hard work of the year, since the coaches have adopt ed a policy of yanking him to the side lines as soon as a comfortable score has , been made On that account his physi- cal condition is much better than it was in 1914 and his ability in the backfield has been increased many fold.
 The Tennessee game uncovered in Kent Morrison, another excellent recruit for the flexible backfield,'' which is actually the biggest asset in McGugins trick bag. Against the Knoxville line Morrison smashed his way through for steady gains and the form he displayed proved that the Commodore machine is blessed with another backfield man who can be substituted against a tiring- line without fear of seriously weakening the attack
 The fact that the stubborn resistance pf the Tennessee line-until it was weak encd by wholesale injuries-was turned into an utter rout, can in a large measure be attrib uted to the ability of McGugin to shove in fresh backfield material, which was especially emphasized in the long clashes which the Vandy backs reeled off in the latter stages of the game But Vir- ginia is not Tennessee, since the Char of the most impregniable lines in the