The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-28

The Mississippians displayed unex- pectsd form and gave the Plainsmen all the fight desired. At times the Az gies appeared most dangerous, but in consistency proved their downfall. The Auburn line held especially well against the ploughing of the Aggie backs, but the work of the Hanks and secondary defense men proved the weak point in the Donahue aggrega- tion.
 Auburn found the Hanks of the Aggies like stone wall and never did gain re- peatedly. The greatest, gains of the Plainsmen came through the line plough ing tactics-typical of Donahue ma chine Revington proved unstopable for the Aggies, but he alone could pierce the thin line
 HORTON'S LONG RUN
 The longest run ever recorded at Rick wood came in the opening period-about eight minutes after play had been started. Horton. right tackle for the Aggies, recovered a. tumble by Donahue on his own 5-yard line and raced the entire distance of the field for the Az gies' only touchdown.
 An accident to mar the game also oc- cured in the opening period when Full back Mcbride of the Aggies suffered broken right leg. Few of the spectators were aware that a serious mishap had occurred.
 The work of the Plainsmen could not be styled as brilliant. The teamwork was far from that of finished Don- ahue machine. The men were slow in getting into position and often valuable time was wasted in this manner
 FUMBLES ARE NUMEROUS
 Their work, however. indicates that the Donahue machine has the power and be- fore many more weeks have rolled by, will show some of the form which has made Auburn famous in football circles in previous years Glaring fumbles also marred the Plainsmens' work.
 Mississippi was especially strong on off-tackle bucks and end runs. Captain Bobo proved a brilliant broken field run ner, while McWilliams showed rare form as plunger at times. The Aggies also proved to be particularly effective in forward passing, but they uncorked thoir attack as the last hope for victory too late, time alone preventing them from tallying another touchdown.
 Auburn received to start the battle and the Aggies held. gaining the ball on their 40-yard line. Two first downs followed as the result of short, but effective, dashes by Bobo and McWilliams. Me Williams fumbled and Gibson recovered. A dash by Donahue for P yards, pre- ceded by line bucks by Revington and DuCote, placed Auburn on Misissippi's S-yard line.
 DONAHUES COSTLY BOOT the ball three yards. Donahue then failed to gain over tackle. He failed to gain through center again. He fumbled the ball after being tackled, the pigskin rolling several feet back of the line of scrimmage. Horton, the Aggies' right tackle broke through the line, scooped the ball up and with interference fur nished by q trio of Aggies ran the re- mainder of distance of the field for the initial tally.
 Horton, although a slow man, could not have been overtaken had an Aub urn man taken up the chase he gained a nifty lead. Bobo missed an easy goal.
 The Plainsmen came back with blood in their eyes. Mississippi received and an exchange of punts netted the ball to Auburn on midfield A forward pass, DuCote to Donahue, netted B yards around right end and plunSes placed .he ball on Mississippi's 12-yard line when the quarter ended.
 ROBINSON CROSSES LINE : s Cant Cary Robinson was sent into the