The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-30
"Bear Stories" Coming From All Colleges
A Purple-Hued Tempest May
Burst Over Ric k wood Field
If Alabama Is Foolish Enough Apprase the Tigers by
Past Scores, Then Beware, Crimson-Victims OF
Bad Luck Thus Far, the Sewanee Tigers
Must Not Be Underrated
Nv WILLIAM f. SCHNEIDER
ng that thin red line. .

thinning that thin red line
Saturdays battle brought to the i'm
mediate attention of the Tigers three
things-first, a football game starts in
the first quarter second, a quick charg
ing line is the vital requisite of a win
ming football team; third, a spasmodic
and eccentric attack accomplishes little
outside of momentarily electrifying the
spectators and eventually deadening the
spirit and punch of the team.
Like the Georgia combat the Tigers
lost the fight in the opening period. The
Kentucbians held no weight advantage,
nor did they turn loose any dazzling
sprinters They launched no concentrated
attack that pounded any one portion of
the line into submission, nor were they
a better coached and conditioned team.
This one thing they had in that first
quarter-fght and a painful yearning to
deposit the pigskin behind the goal post
They did. Their line crouched low and
simultaneously with the snap of the ball,
they charged forth as if they were spring
ing out of their shoes They put 20
| minutes of energy and vicious assault
| into five minutes. They were bubbling
| over with aggressiveness and the first
quarter elapsed before the Tiger could
check that wildcat ebullience.
TIGERS COME BACK
From then on unto the end the wildcat
seemed spent The Tigers came back
grimly and started to play the game they
knew. They pushed the ball in the moon
sinners territory and held it there A
few brilliant spurts and dashes would
come, then Kentucky would show a rigor
| Gus defense that demanded a punt to
safety. Right here was the disheartening
part of the whole combat. The Nsupreme
effort was not there, and the telling blow
was lacking. The third period was a
repetition of this only on a gigantic scaIe
In
yardage was easily 100. But when the
/ order of the combatants was reversed for
/ the final clash what evidence of this
/ sparkling work was there? A blank and
a fatigued eleven. There still remained
| a student body hoarse and weary. but
stin hoping that the wonderful Coughlan
would break loose again and get past
that last man Alabama will have to lick
! this student body next Saturday.
| The Kentuckians were thoroughly
alarmed after that third quarter. They
rushed in fresh men and frantically
patted one another on the back to hold
as they had never held before But the
Tiger was tired from her fruitless eff
forts and the game dragged on slowly
| to it's dull conclusion. Kentucky did not
leave the battle-ground with the majestic
mien of the conquerer; on the other hand
! they were fairly appalled, at their unprc-
eCented feat. The real sfniticance of
until they were together in the club
house.
| Dispensing temporarily with the local
lied defects of the Tiger, what is the
big ailment that has caused her to leave
the field scored upon and scoreless2 Coach
Abel is working assiduously to cure Sc
wanee's mistress of erratic disposi-
ton Should this diagnosis be correct,
then the thin red line down in Ala
bama had best look to fitting reinforce
j ments Somehow or other it looks as II
the benign powers have refused to shed
their benignity over the Purple hosts,
and the mountain warriors have battled
futilely against chance. Certainly luck,
if such an element exists in the classic
fall sport was lined up with their OPP
ponents Saturday. If Alabama commits
the falsity of appraisng the Tigers by
mast scores, then look out Alabama A
purple -hued tempest may burst over Biz
mingham next Saturday.