The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-14
Coach Donahue. Auburn

caused considerable fumbling, but none of it was costly, with the exception or Wrens huff of FrieFs punt.
 The game was devoid of spectacular
 features and with the exception of the broken field running of Curry and the forward pass which nettcd Vanderpllt
 a touchdown, was oldstyle football
 with three tries at the line and punt
 Prendergast was short from 10 to 1o
 yards on every punt of his records in
 the Mississippi A. and M game and
 was slow in getting away. But TOT the
 sturdy Auburn line, which gave him
 plenty of time. ilis punts would have
 been blocked. Zerfoss did the bunting
 for McGugin and his toe work out
 classed that of Prendergast. His punts
 went from 40 to 50 yards, his longest
 being for 52 yards. Prendergast was
 rarely able to do more than S5, but they were high, giving his ends ample tune to cover up. 50f sftt
 Vanderbilt has the speediest, the most bewildering, the most powerful attack of any eleven seen on Redwood Field Tn
 years. Curry is undoubtedly the great est broken field runner in the south and
 he proved it yesterday when time after
 time he eluded tacklers and carried the
 ball back 20 and 30 yards without inter-
 ference in running back punts. Curry
 found himself unable to do much around
 ends, as the Auburn players broke
 through and smeared the play before he
 could get well started. But let him once
 get away to flying start and he was
 good for at least 20 yards.
 Ranking scarcely below Curry in offen- sive power was Zerfoss, the great halfback.
 His game yesterday afternoon was the
 best of his career. His drives against
 the line are catapultic in their power and
 he picks his openings with almost the
 same facility as Curry.
 Cody Wonderful
 The greatest all-round player on the Vanderbilt eleven is Cody, and he shone supreme yesterday afternoon. In get ting down the field under punts he is equaled by no man in southern football, and his tackling is sure death. Cody Is not used on the offensive except his toe, but in smearing play behind his oppo- nent's line he is as good as they make them. Cohen and Cody and Curry get down the field under punts and for for ward passes like lightning. Time after time they were waiting for the ball and downed the Auburn player in his tracks
 Their work in this regard yesterday aft ernoon was the greatest ever seen here Reyer at center played brilliantly and was in every scrimmage. Friel was a valuable offensive halfback and got away for sew eral nice runs.
 Auburn was not without her stars. AL though the backfield made miserable showing, every man in the line played the game of his life. Particularly brilliant was Baby Taylor and Carey Robinson Taylor on secondary defensive did well while the fight between Robinson and Reyer at center was battle between tn. giants. Captain Bidez did well while he was ir the game but was again injured and forced to retire. Caughman, too, did not last long and Auburn found herself with out a dependable back. It all harks back to that one point, after all, Auburn didn't have the punch and when you've said that you've said 1t all.
 The crowd that witnessed the game yes- terday is estimated to have numbered
 between 5000 and 10000 people: certainly 1t was one of the largest that ever assem- bled to witness football battle on Rick. wood field. Seated in an automobile or the southside of the park, Governor and Mrs. Henderson watched the battle ano