The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-28
SEWANEE TIGERS READY FOR MANDY Coach Best to Lead Purple and White Against Her
 Old Rivals

Sewanee, Tenn, November 27-Th, pastry and cakes fed to the Tiger oi last Friday was not enough to satisf,
 Eis craving for raw meat, but jus
 enough to put him in a good humor anc
 tide him over until Thanksgiving, wher 1 he will be given an opportunity to mak.
 a good meal off the Commodores The 1 Tiger has been working hard since the fight with the ''doughboys" and intends
 to make hard fight for his Thanksgiv- 1 ing dinner.
 The last game which Sewanee played did much toward bringing the team to-
 gether and getting 1t in better working condition It also brought to the atten- | tion of Coach Best some Of the minor defects, which are being rapidly worked out.
 Coach Best does not have a great deal to say concerning the game with the ommodoies; although he Is not pessi-
 mistic, he does not look forward to it with any degree of confidence. The shift
 which he had placed so much confidence in worked very poorly at Chattanooga,
 and it is very probable that the Sewa- nee team will go on Dudley field with no shift al all, il may be slated here that
 the shift mentioned which Coach Best
 has been using Is not the. Minnesota
 shift, but one which Coach Best origi-I
 mated himself. In the Minnesota shift
 it will be noted that the line comes straight through, while in Coach Best s shift the lines goes off to one side. This shift like the rest of Sewanee's plays,
 would have been developed more thor oughly had she played out her entire schedule, but as it now stands, Coach Best does not hesitate to say that he is greatly disappointed in it and is doubt ful as to whether or not he will try 1t against the Commodores
 The forward pass is another depart ment of the game in which the squad is dong extra duty. 1t was noted that Georgia Techs forward passes would not work on Pittsburg, and it Is just such defense as Pittsburg had that Coach Best is trying to develop.
 Sewanee. although elated over her vic tory over the Greenleaf bakers, consid- CTS her victory dearly purchased, as two of her best men have ~been laid up since the game Harper. who .ias dis tinguished himself both this season and last, Is suffering from injuries received in the game with the pie makers" !" Har- per is one of the best men on the team and the pride of Coach Best, one of the gamest men on the mountain. Leonard, the Tigers drop kicker, is also out of on account of badly rprained ankle. Much was expected of Leonard and unless he is greatly i'm proved the strength of the team will be weakened. Outside of the in- juries of these two men, however, the cam is in the very pink of condition. It Is likely that the Tigers will send the following lineup against the Commo- lores: Right end, Oakley night tackle, iuerry; right guard. Nolen; center. Hir- 'ig; left guard, Minter; left tackle. | Cooper; left end, Burch; quarterback, Harper; right half. c. Drstnen; left half. | Wells; fullback, Wright.
 In the past it has been customary .or he Tigers to 80 down to Nashville on Y Wednesday, but this year the team will emain on the mountain until Thursday morning, arriving in the capital city at 1 o'clock Arriving there they will go traight to headquarters at the Hermi- age hotel. where they will rest until the our of the game.
 Along with the team will go an entire attalion of the s. A. T. C., as well as he cadet corps of Sewanee Military 
 Mass meetings are being held every fight by Cheer Leader Patterson, who erved in this same capacity last sea- on. They are practfcing the songs and els which for years have been one of he visible signs of the spirit of the |, iger.-Nashville Banner.