The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-14
many MEMORIES
Of THE OLD DAYS
. ON DUDLEYFIELD
Tom Shea Brought Heavy Ar
tilIery Into Play Against
a SeWanee-WaS Assisted by
FLOYD.
sY "PARsoN"

BY "PARsoN"'TEAouE.
NASHVILLE. Nov, IA month
2 when the h-vaunted and some
what disappointing Mr.. Adolph Buck
Hatcher took his stand in the middle of
a puddle and put his toe to the kick
that rung the fatal knell for Nandy's
hopes OF q victory. the fires Of reCol-
lection were kindied and famous plays
ana players of the past could be seen In
the embers. The north end Of Dudley
llelu has memories Of many a dazzling
run and many a defeat and victory.
~ 60 back no further han SO or
W IL Is possible to recall oue dark and
gloomy day when Vanderbilt Was play
ing the University Of Nashville. The
battle had ragged for many minutes and
the casualties had been numerous, but
there had been nothing resembling a
score. Time was nearly up and the
warriors from Vanderbilt were on their
f~ive-yard line with their backs against
the, wall. John Edgerton was playing
iuuback for Nandy, and as he crouched
IN the line, with desperation i'm his
voice. he said to Col. +. NJ. Massey,
now Of Pu'aski, and at that time u
tackle on the Nandy varsity: Massey.
Wen hit that man with the ball so hard
that he will have to drop It,"
The opposing fullback lunged forward
IN response to his signal and John
Edgerton, with Massey close behind,
burst like a veritable tornado through
the line and took hin with terrific force
fair amidships, The blow was more
than flesh and blood could stand and the
bal escaped from his clutches and rolled
a little space away, Massey scooped
the ball without stopping in his stride
ana away he went witt the hue and cry
in full pursuit. when he stopped he
was behind the opposing goal line and
had made one Of the longest runs In all
southern football. for he had run l05
Yards from the south goal to the north,
The field was a hundred and ten yards
in those days, n 4 wider and more
spectacular sprint was never seen.
The field was a queer sight in those
days, for the only seats were a long
way behind the present reserved sec
tons and the most pretentious vehicle
on the grounds was a tally-ho full OF
cheering, screaming students from the
old University Of Nashville.
Skinny" Touchdown.
To skip oven many worthy exploits
that took place at the north end ot
Dudley field and to come on down tc
comparatively modern times, the next
wonderful play hat comes up in mem.
DRY at the aforementioned spot was
pulled off against Auburn.
Lewis Hardage-that incompatible
shimmy sprinter of all time in Dixie
footban-was playing half for Nandy
at the time. Lewis had been a star or
Auburn's team a year or SO before ant
was naturally anxious to show his
former running mates that a change Of
climate n alma matters had not made
him go on the r%etrograde to any no,
ticeable extent.
The game was awfully hard ever
though the score was lop-sided in Van
derbilts favor. Vanderbilt was COINS
1 0WlrI the nOTth goal and Nfug nhn1i
40 yards from her objective, Hardag,
had been electrifying the crowd all tn
afternoon by his dazzling play, but /
was at this point that he brought then
al TO their feet by as marvellous an eX
hibltion of broken field running and o
eluding tacklers as has over been seel
OIL anybody's football field,
Hardage grabbed the ball from hi
quarter and started on what was sup
posed to be one of McGugin's famou
o~ff-tacklc plunges. He ran east 10
something over half the width of tn,
field and' found his way blocked by a
the Auburn team. Nothing daunted, h
switched directions and8fan north b
west until he gained theHsidelines an
again found hat the entire Aubur
bunch had gotten up and around to ii
in wait forfhim n second time,
Lewis seemed to think that IL a thin
wa worth doing at all II was wort
Il NNiAlE dSNlls t'llu ~ lIN " lI'u anu Ia
east once more, going In such "A wa
as to give the entire opposition anothe
, chance TO make q grab az him as h
twisted and squirmed his way throug
the mass OF players around him.
Time and again it seemed as If h
would be nailed, but after an %eternit
he arrived painting and triumphant q
his ultimate destination-the north goa
On this historic run Hardage gained
yards, even If he did run at least
hundred to do 1t, wriggled and writhe
his way through the entire opposin
team three full and consecutive times
shook off countless tacklers and mad
q touchdown The word was not in eX
istence In its present meaning at tn
time the run WAS made, but anybod
who ever saw %IIardage run will not h
inclined to doubt that the sportin
{ writer's would surely have said that h
'shimmied' his way along on that oc
casion.
The question of what was likely t
happen when Greek met Greek has bee
q bone of contention for ages and ger
erations unto generation, but the an
5 swer was given one afternoon sewers
years ago in the northern sector {
Dudley field. Said answ err is that bot
the Greeks are laid out for minutes o
end and have an awful headache tn
| next day.
Vanderbilt was playing q team fror
the w~ell-known dark and bloody groun
of Kentucky at the time-Central prob
ably-and this team harbored a giar
, tackle by the name of Ramsey. Var
lderbilt had a tackle herself in thos
days, even as she has now, and tt
mans name was "Big-Un" Freelan,
For days the talk Of the campus ha
been Centered IN what would happe
when the two met. The game ha
been running along for some time be
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