The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-04

! attempts to gain through the line failed
 to place the Crimson in good striking 1 distance of first down. | O'Connor. standing on Sewanee's forty | f1rst-yard line, booted the ball over the
 crossbars. The ball sailed clearly over i the bars. A few more plays were run and the half ended after around three
 minutes of play with the ball on Se-
 wanees 30-yard line in Alabamas pos session.
 The third period witnessed a prolonged bunting duel between Hammond and IO'Connor with the odds greatly favorins | the Tiger toe artist His punts averaged B yards.
 NEITHER TEAM THREATENS The ball altered in possession of the rivals, but neither aggregation ever reai- 1 ly threatened to tally. Tn fact, striking l distance of the goal lines were never
 reached and each team appeared to be content to playing strictly defensive game.
 Finally, near the close of tho period 1 Alabama gained the ball In midfeld and l gradually carried 1t to Sewanee's thirty 1 first-yard line. where the period ended. i The Crimson made two more first downs and was then held for downs. 1 Sewanee lost 10 yards on Worthams at- 1 tempt to skirt left end. Sessions Inter- cepted a forward pass and was downed on the Tigers 18-yard line. This gave
 the Crimson the long desired chance for
 touchdown.
 O'CONNOR PLUNGES WELL i O'Connor made il yards by plunge orr-
 tackle, and Stevenson advanced 1t two
 more yards. The Crimson was then pen- alzed five yards for. being off-side, plac- l ing the ball on the 10-yard line with two
 downs to make the line O'Connor ripped off nine yards through right tackle, his fai i1Ir fn e. venting him from tallying a touchdown. ] On the next play Stevenson hit the
 mass of players and, when finally un- 1 covered, the ball lacked only an inch or so from crossing. Hammond then 1 kicked out 40 yards. Alabama worked 1 the ball back 20 yards, but Wortham i intercepted a pass. Sewanee gaining | the ball on their own 27-yard line Captain Wortham ripped off 25 yards around his right end and plunges ! by Satterlee and Hammond netted first ] down. Alabama held and gained the
 ball In midfield. The Tigers were fight
 ing fiercely at this stage and the ebb 1 of the battle began to turn CRIMSON WEAKENS 1 The Crimson defense. it was easily seen, began to crack under the ter
 rifle strain of the Tennesseans' des- 1 perate attack. Ala finally kicked 1 after failing to penetrate the Purple | line.
 Sewanee had the ball again on their l own 35-yard line. Captain Wortham
 on 8 delayed pass from Hammond 1 circled his right end for 35 yards l placing the ball on Alabama's 30-yard line. First down was made by Sat- l terIee and Hammond.
 1 Wortham was then thrown for
 seven-yard loss when tackled behind the line of scrimmage by Red Brown -and Little Boone. On the next play i Wortham, standing on the 27-yard line, booted the ball through the up rights and squarely over the cross
 bar for the tying tally-a pretty field goal.
 LINE HELD WELL 1 The Sewanee line held wonderfully. giving Wortham time to aim carefully. | Only two minutes remained to play 1 and Alabama received. fighting desper-
 ately to regain their lost advantage. 1 Two line bucks failed and then a l long pass. Stowers to Boone. netted 35 l yards. The ball was on the Tigers l 30-yard line Two plays failed and
 with only a few seconds remaining O'Connor tried another field goal from
 difficult angle. His attempt went
 wild and Sewanee gained the ball on their own 15yard line, where the game ended.
 | Never. perhaps, at Rickwood have
 two teams battled on more even terms 1 Sewanee 1t Is true, kept the Grim
 son on the defense for the majority
 of the time and the ball was In the
 Crimson territory more than the 1 Purple.
 O'CONNOR OUTKICKED l Hammond clearly outkicked O'Con.
 nor, much advantage of the Purple being obtained in this respect. Ham | mond's longest punt was for 55 yards
 while O'Connor's best was 47 yards.
 The Crimson made 16 first downs
 during the game as compared with 13 for the Purple. The Tigers, however gained more on long dashes and for i ward passes than the Crimson The playing of Captain Wortham of the Tigers featured the attack of both teams. O'Connor and Stevenson played the best offensive game for the Crimson. On the defense, Skidmore, Woodson and
 Lear performed brilliantly for the Tigers, while Sessions and Boone worked tha
 best for the Crimson.
 | LINEUP AND SUMMARY
 The lineup follows:
 Alabama (3)-Boone, left end Rowe. left tackle; Jones, left guard; Sessions cen- ter; Brown, right guard Hovator (capt). right tackle; Shaw. right end; Lenor,
 quarterback; Blair, left halfback; f, OConnor, right halfback; Stevenson, full 1 back
 Sewanee (3)-Lear left end Elam, left l tackle; Winter, left guard; Payne, center; Bancker, right guard; Skidmore, right tackle; Woodson, right end; Harper, quarterback; Wortham (eapt), left half back; Hammond right halfback; Wright 1 fullback.
 1 Score by periods:
 l Sewanee ......................... o 0 0 3-3 l Alabama ........................ o 0-3 l Summary: Alabama scoring: goals from field. OConnor Sewanee scoring: Goals | from field, Wortham. Referee, Streit 1 (Auburn) Umpire Thomas Perdue). 1 Head linesman. Finley (Virginia). Time of periods, 15 minutes each. Substitr- tions: Johnson for Brown; Nolan for ! Jones, Emmett for Blair; Brown for Jones; Jones for Johnson satterlee for
 Wright; Matson for Lear; Nolen for Min
 ter, Estes for Watson; Stowers for Le- noir