The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-10
GRIDIRON ECHOES
BY FRED BODEKER

Interest In sportdom has relaxed
slightly during the past few days
while the nation underwent great
strain The presidential race, the
closest in the history of the country,
had the eyes of the world centered on
it since early Wednesday morning
when Wilson's unexpected strength
first began to appear.
With the result practically decided
now, our eyes drift back to the grid
iron battles of tomorrow, which will
again take the foremost place in the
newspapers. Battles of importance
will be staged over the entire coun-
try. Probably the greatest battle of
all will be the one in the east be-
tween the Princeton Tiger and tho
Harvard Crimson. The Yale-Brown
battle will also be good one. but
down in Dixie the struggle between
Alabama and Tech holds the center
of the spotlight.
For the past two Saturdays the
Crimson has held the center Of in
terest in southern football circles.
Last Saturday the game between Ala
bama and Sewanee, the best ever seen
in Birmingham, was holding the In
terest of the south, and now the scene
changes with the Crimson still in the
spotlight.
Victory crowned the Crimson last
Saturday however, but the same ma
chine is slated to receive an undoing
tomorrow when they clash with the
Georgia Yellow Jacket, a strong con-
tender for the championship. AL
though defeat has not been stamped
on the Crimson as yet, gents who
hold the kale say that the Heisman
eleven will continue their rampage.
There's Alabama money, but not that
kind. The Crimson followers say
they will score, which they probably
will.
Tech has a mighty team. This is
shown by several incidents this year.
but the foremost one is the feat of
holding Washington and Lee to tie.
The Generals displayed their strength
last Saturday by walloping the strong
Navy team. Alabama has a mighty
offense as shown in the Sewanee
game. Built around Green, the sem
sational little quarterback, Kelley has
perfected an offensive which the best
of teams will find serious difficulty In
preventing from being used most eff
and the Tiger is noted for its ability
to break up offensive work of any
kind on the part of the opponent
The dangerousness of the excl
ley formation" was spread far and
wide by The Age-Herald following
the game Saturday. The great
work of the formation was given
to the Associated Press papers.
which are the leading in the
south states.
The A. p, which is generally
known as the greatest news
gathering service in the world, is
now anxious to have the Crimson
leader write a descriptive Of the
famed formation for their papers.
The formation was lebeled in The
Sundays Age-Herald as the best
of it's kind ever displayed here. 1t
can be used for four different
plays, a sweeping end run, for
ward pass, a line buck or fake
On the formation the line spreads
out, each player being about three
feet apart, while Green drops back
about ~ feet of the line of scrim-
mage. The other members Of the
backfield also spread. Burnette
playing directly behind the right
tackle ana f1ONdteT ulTeClly De-
hind the left tackle. Gage plays
about six feet back Of the line,
chiefly for the protection of Green.
The entire success of the play is
left to Green. Last Saturday it was
successful because Green could en-
gineer 1T. Will he do it again to-
morrow?
The Alabama eleven will leave
Tuscaloosa this morning at
o'clock and lay over in Birming-
ham until 4 o'clock this afternoon.
They will hold a brief signal drill
at Redwood Field after noon, pro-
vided the weather is agreeable.
The team will pass through Bir-
mingham on return Sunday after
noon.
There's lot Of unnecessary
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