The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23
BROWNSVILLE LOSES .TOH0WARD SQUAD IN
 HARD FOUGHT GAME
Baptists Use Forward Pass to Advantage = Farmers Are Outclassed, But
 Fight to Finish

Completely outclassing their opponents in every department of the game. How ard had no trouble in recording vic
 tory over the Ninth District Agricultural school from Blountsville yesterday after noon on the Howard college campus by the score of 20 to 0. A larger score should have been rolled up for the heavy line bucks of Hughes and BlaclSwelder often carried the ball to the visitors one to five-yard line only to be heavily penalized or an inglorious tumble. One of How ards touchdowns was scored on a fluke.
 Hughes scooped up a tumble and ran 40 yards unmolested for the second touch
 down.
 The game was exceedingly poorly played. Neither side took advantage or
 their opportunities. The rarmers showed
 poor training. especially in running, in reference and tackling Howard was away off form and frequently missed seemingly easy tackles penind the line.
 The most brilliant part of the Baptists offensive was the way rorward passes
 were handled No less than six passes
 were completed. one resulting in touch-
 down, Blackwelder doing the passing.
 The Blountsville boys started the game
 off with a rush and seriously threatened
 the Howard goal line dursng the first
 five minutes of play. The Baptists
 strengthened their defense and held the
 visitors for downs and gained the ball,
 Blackwelder then punted the ball to safe
 ty, the punt going 40 yards down the
 field Again the Blountsville boys found
 the Howard line as strong as steel
 wall and were forced to kick. By grad
 ual gains both on smashing plays off
 ackle short forward passes and hard
 line bucks. the ball was carried to the
 visitors 20-yard line. forward pass from Blackwelder to Duke resulted fin
 the first touchdown. Blackwelder kicked goal.
 The ball changed hands frequently dur ing the second period, neither side SCOT ling, although Howard should have scored
 a touchdown only for 20 yards in penal
 ties Howard secured the ball on Blounts-
 ville's 25-yard line, and by a series of
 line rushes advanced to the one-yard line. A five-yard penalty for off-sde placed the ball on the six-yard line, and two more downs to cross the goal line Hughes circled left end for the touch- down. but holding by Howard player
 caused the decision of the referee to be
 reversed. Howard was given a 15-yard penalty. An attempt at a goal from field went wild by Blackwelder, and the half ended with the ball in Blountsville's s possession on their own 1o-yard line. Blountsville received to start the sec ond half. but lost the ball on downs.
 Howard also failed to gain, and the ball went back to the farmers. On the first play a tumble resulted and Hughes picked the oval up and ran the remaining 40 yards for touchdown. Again Blackwell der kicked goal. Blountsville again re- ceived but failed to penetrate Howard s defense and the ball wen, over. By sue cessve line plunges and end runs the ball was carried to the farmers one yard line, when Blackweder dived oyer the line for the third and last touchdown of the battle. He missed goal from a difficult angle. Howard seemed to grow stronger the game progressed, and during the last few minutes of play bare ly missed another touchdown. At this time was the only point in the game that the Blountsville eleven showed any form. The farmers held the Baptists for downs on their one-foot line, and then kicked out of danger.
 Outside of the playing of Hughes and
 Blackwelder, Duke, Ford and Strickland played a good game for Howard especial ly on the defense The only visitors that showed any brilliancy was Taylor and McNawn. Coach Caton used many of his subs during the tiresome battle. AL though outplayed the visitors never quit | fighting.
 The lineup and summary is as fol- lows:
 Howard: Duke. left end; Ford, right | tackle; Weaver and Moore, right end;
 Blackwelder, right halfback; Hughes, left haifback; Campbell, fullback; Shaw quar- terback
 Blountsvile: Duncan. left end Martin, left tackle; Hendrix. left guard Brindley, ceEter Greene, right guard; O. Hyatt, right tackle; Head, right end;i Taylor. qrarterback McNawn, right halfback back.
 Referee. Brumage (B. A. @. Touch-
 towns, Blacl1welder. Duke, Hughes Goal from touchdowns Blackwelder ?. Time of quarters, 15 minutes.