The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-14

1 nlghL on dry day they q probably
 beat Auburn. They have speed and power and are well managed"
 | We saw that game between Mississippi
 and Alabama in Tuscaloosa last Satur- day. Coach Scott of the Crimson has a wealth of material on hand, but most 1 of it needs a little seasoning. There are few individual stars on the Alabama | team this year, but they seem to have acquired the knack of running interfer- | ence better than ever before. Alabama | is not figured to beat Vanderbilt, but she will put up a good scrap. Some line l on the strength of the state university | team can be gained from the battle which
 will be played in Tuscaloosa next Satur-
 day when Howard invales the campus. | Auburn thus far hasn't done anything to astonish her followers, but Auburn | never does in the early stages of the sea- | son. The plainsmen, however, can all 1 ways be counted on to have a strong de- | fensive eleven. Mike Donohue's system
 is to try and keep the other team from
 scoring. Mikes team never has broken a record for points and never will, he l doesn't coach them that way. The only criticism we ever had of the wiry lit-
 tie mentor is that he plays too much old- ! style football His teams appear woefully weak in the overhead game, giving the ! impression that their coach has not kept pace with modern offensive methods. He I is an excellent trainer, however, and 1 a splendid instructor in the art of tack ling. His back field men are schooled primarily in the hammer and tongs style | of football and woe to the opposing line | that gives way under the onslaughts of his pile-drivers. Auburn takes on Mis-
 sissippi A. and NJ. Vandy, Georgia and | Tech.
 1 The return of Pep Wortham to Sewanee undoubtedly boosts the stock of the purple ! 25 per cent. Wortham is one of the really great players of this time.
 l The biggest battle locally, from the standpoint of interest and attendance, will probably be the Birmingham college
 Howard affair here on November 8. Both 1 these colleges boast of the strongest 1 teams in their history and the coming
 conflict will mean to their alumni exactly 1 what the Alabama Auburn feud formerly | meant to followers of these institutions. l Speaking of the Auburn-Alabama feud. we would like for some one to find out 1 just why these teams don't play each other. Nine out of ten local college men l say that Tom Bragg, the athletic man | ager at Auburn, is responsible. Ten out
 of ten men whether they be Alabama or
 Auburn alumni expfess the strongest de-
 sire to again witness a battle between the Crimson and the Plainsmen. If Tom l Bragg is responsible for the lamentable
 situation somebody ought to find out what | Toms grievance is. Maybe things can be adjusted to Toms satisfaction.
 1 It's no secret that both colleges used to l encourage husky young men with football prospects to enter their institutions,
 mainly with the idea of building up a l team formidable enough to beat their
 most deadly rival, but this practice of l course exists in every college in the country. Hiring ringers has been
 charged to each college alumni of the other in the past, but since 1906, the date of their last meeting, no such accusa- tions have been heard and there's no req son why they should ever be heard again. Auburn and Alabama should by al means resume athletic relations and il any individual stands in the way of such resumption it's the duty of those in terested to have him removed. It's toe late to arrange an Auburn-Alabama game 1 this season, but it's not too early to get busy on one for next year. If anybody 1 knows good reason why they should not play let him speak now or forever ] hold his peace.