The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
All Auburn Wild Yesterday on Eve of Clash With
 Mighty Westerners
COACH DONAHUE SAYS MACHINE IS KEYED"
Students Anxious. for Plainsmen to Hold Ohio Without Touchdown. Great Work Expected of Du-
 cote and Bill Donahue
By F. ". M,MEANs

Auburn, November 23.-(Special.) On the eve of the big battle to De staged in Montgomery with the Ohio State eleven, everything is excitement. Tonight big mass meeting was helG and everyone seemed to be Keyed up to the occasion, and while most or the students realize that Auburn has lit tie chance to win from these cham pions of the west, yet they are very anxious for Saturday to come in or der that they may journey down to Montgomery for that game.
 A short talk was made tonight by old Irish Mike Donahue and in his peculiar Irish tones that Auburn men like to hear so well, he told the ex- pectant students that the team was keyed up for these two big games to be held in the next 1Q days and that old Auburn would come out next Saturday with a good record.
 The Plainsmen are striving against Ohio State and Georgia Tech, both champions or near champions of their respective territories, but neverthe- less Auburn will cover herself with glory if they put up strong stand against either one of these teams
 That is not the point, however, for the Tiger from the plains is set to take on the Ohioans Saturday down at that soldiers field in Montgomery and Chick Harley will have to work mighty hard to beat "a fighting team from Dixie" as Auburn is character ized in advertisements seen around Montgomery.
 TEAM LOOKS GOOD
 The team looked mighty good out on Drake field this afternoon. Every man appeared to be in the pink of condition with only a few exceptions Naturally, there were few men with .'charley horses and bad bruises, but this is only an every day occurrence on a football team, and when team can boast of nothing worse they are really in good shape. The backfield will be intact and will be in fine shape to stop the rushes of Harley.
 Bill Donahue seems at last to have gotten rid of his ailments and is again hitting his fast stride. Likely, Don ahue and Trapp will alternate in the Ohio game with little edge on Trapp, for he will be ineligible to play against Georgia Tech.
 It will be quite interesting to watch '.Moon" Ducote and Chick Harley in action While Auburn can hardly boast of such a team as Ohio has, yet Du- cote may find a chance to immortal ize himself by putting one over on the fast eleven from Ohio State.
 AUBURN HOPES TO SCORE
 Auburn hopes to score on the Buck eyes and their sole dependence vii! be in Ducote, for he is the man to score or to bring about score should one be made. Another thing that the Plainsmen hope to do is to hold the Buckeyes so close that it will take the combined efforts of all the op. posing team to bring the ball close enough for Ohio to have to kick. Au- hurn students think it would be much more glory to have Ohio score by drop kicking than by touchdown.
 A large delegation of students will go down Saturday morning and the loyal Auburn band will go also. The Auburnites are only hoping that they will get chance to holler touch down Auburn one time, for they be- lieve if they get this chance touch- down will be forthcoming.