The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-07

field goal accomplished by V fumbles by their opponents say
 After an anxious first quar- ter in which Cody drop kicked the Commodores into a slender lead of three points, supporters of the Orange and Blue were never doubtful of the outcome. Virginia battered through the Vanderbilt defense in the sec ond period for four touchdowns and the only question after that was the size of the score.
 Only three forward passes were attempted during the whole game. Two essayed by Vanderbilt were failures, while the only one tried by Virginia brought the home team its third touchdown.
 Mayors consistent ground gaining when called on to carry the ball in that second period turned the tide of battle toward Virginia and afterwards, as though inspired by his example, the other backs seemed to be able to gain through Vandy's line and around her ends almost at will
 Virginia's interference was splendid and once the machine was under way the Vanderbilt defense seemed to crumble. Adams was powerless to stop Mayors sweeps. around his end when the opposing backfield appeared to tire of crashing through the line. Vanderbilt's scoring was the more spectacular and was seemingly more the result of luck A Virginia tumble had placed the ball in Vandy's posses sion on the former's 42-yard line in the first period when Cody placed a drop kick squarely between the goal posts The play was so sudden that several seconds elapsed before the 450C people who filled the great stadium realized that Vanderbilt had scored Vanderbilts touchdown came in tho third, period when Virginia had the game already won and caused hardly single thrill of anxiety among the adherents of the Old Dominion.
 The play was a beauty. Virginia had the ball well in Vanderbilt territory and apparently was marching toward sixth touchdown. Little Berkeley, virginia's eel-like quarterback, took the ball and attempted to elude van- dys right end. Suddenly he was seen to lose his grip on the ball. Curry vanderbilt's wonderful quarter. was on the oval like a flash. Flying to. ward Virginia's goal line at top speed he scooped up the ball, tucked it se- curely in the hollow of his arm and ran his hardest. Thurman was the only . Virginian near him and he lit out ir pursuit only to fall headlong at the Tennesseean's heels as he crossed the goal line. almost out of bounds.
 All Scoring in First Half
 Little scoring was done after the first half. The Virginia battering ram seemed to have lost some of it's punch and no very desperate effort was made to increase the already safe score Vanderbilt fought gamely to the last only to have player after player ga down and out, disheartened and utter ly exhausted. After being replaced by Hay and at the beginning of the sec ond half Adams came back in the fina period and played splendidly. thwart. ing every effort to gain ground around his end.
 Virginia appeared to be heavier but football experts tonight attributed the result to Vanderbilt's loose tachlins and the failure of her secondary de- fense to stop the Virginia backA
 Never was there more perfect day for football. The sky was cloudless and the air was just sharp enough tc make the players energetic without sAeausing discomfort to the spectators Vanderbilt had few supporters and there was a noticeable absence of Gold and Black among the spectators.
 This was not only Vanderbilt's first defeat of the year but was the first game in which she had been scored against. Curry's touchdown today very similar to that which Georgia scored against the Orange and Blue two weeks ago. marked the secone time virginia's goal line had beer crossed this season. Thus Georgia and Vanderbilt accomplished what Yale ant Harvard were unable to do.
 Virginia Still Scoring
 Virginias first touchdown came 1T the second period soon after the start Vanderbilt had the ball in the mid
 
 vain to penetrate the Orange and Blues line a forward pass was attempteA or the third down. Curry's throv wa: high and over Adams' head.
 Vandy was then forced to punt ant Zerfoss' hefty effort was blocked, Whit, falling on the ball on vandy's 40-yart line Buck Mayer, virginia's grea halfback, then was called on to take thu ball. The instant the oval was snapped marked the beginning of Vanderbilt .aoom. Mayer headed full sail arouns s=nndys left end. He had no interfer ence to speak ot, but he ran with hi feet high and kept on going. Six tackler made futile dives at the speedy back but he passed them all and planted tn, ball safely behind the goal posts. great shout went up from the happy col lege crowd and never afterwards did the, have cause to fear the outcome
 Mayer made S0-yard run almost equal ly ah brilliant a few seconds later afte Vandy had kicked off. Berkely thel found vandy'A wayering left end for 1 yards on a quarterback run. Vandy wal penalized five yards for offsde play Then followed a series of line plunge by Spar, Anderson and Mayer for shor gains in one of which Vandy was penal ized for tackling Anderson with unneces sary roughness. The ball was then oi vandy's two-yard line Spar hit tn line for one yard on the third down ant Mayer took the ball over for Virginia second touchdown.
 virginia's third touchdown was on forward pass. After Vandy had kicket