The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-06
Eleuen BeatSHoUard
 Team, 21 to 7
By MAXWELL ALLEN

Yesterday, afternoon in one of the stubbornest grid strug- gles ever pulled off around these parts, the Howard Bull dogs went down to defeat, 21 to z, at the hands of the Missis- sippi college outfit.
 The game was one of the hardest fights that has ever taken place around Bir- mipgham and, though the Bulldogs were defeated, they fought from the first kIck-off to the last whistle.
 The game started off in the first guar ter with Mississippi kicking to Howard. Gaylord caught the ball on the Howard ites' 15-yard line and fumbled, and of the game Hale, the brilliant left half of tine visiting crew, took the oval and skrted the Howard end for a gain Of seven yards On the next play Hale tried to follow this gain up with sim liar one, but he was thrown for a loss anu aLteF two more Naln attempts 10 break through the stone wall that Howard was presenting, the bali went over and the Mississippians were placed on the defensive.
 Howard then started on what seemed to be straight dr1ve for a touchdown, but, as they gained the halfway the Mlssissippians. through desperate efforts 1.,v INl@ z11 +1z4 TDrrl1 For ND n1 and again the ball went over and in a short time Hale went over the Howard goal for the first touchdown of the game. Missisissippi kicked goal and the quarter was finished with the score ' to o in Mississipps favor.
 In the second quarter the Howard de- fensive began to get warmed up and the whole Mississippi aggregation. even down to Hale, found it impossible to pierce the Bulldog line. The locals offensive began to get started then, too, and for time it seemed that the rushes of Gay lord and Acton would not give the Howard warriors touchdown, but Calor' again appeared on the scene and the Mississippians managed to hold the Bull- dogs through the remainder of the half.
 SECOND HALF
 In the. second half the Bulldogs came back strong and it looked as if the Mississippi offensive would be completely torn up by the vicious tackling of AL ford Head and McL.ane, but at last, by means of some Of the prettest plunging seen in the game, Hale again spurted across the goal and when the third quar- ter ended, the score stood IA to in favor of the Visitors
 In the last quarter the Bulldogs started for the Mississippi goal with drive that made them look nvincible to every one and when Walker Gaylord and Acton had at last carried the ball within strik. ing distance of the Mississippi goal Acton caught pass from Walker and made 9 touchdown for the Bulldogs and Gay lord kicked goal At that time it looked as though the Howardites might even up the score with Mississippi and finally forge ahead of them, but the visitors then put their offensive power into play again and, though the Bulldogs tried gamely to stop them Hale went through again for his third touchdown. The rest of the game was nothing more than hard fight on the part of the Howardites to score and the game ended with the score, 21 to ', in the Mississippians favor. The Bulldogs felt the defeat keenly. but they were willing to admit it and had no alibi to offer The better team won.
 INDIVIDUAL STARS
 
 -ang played it's best, with Gaylord, Acton Md Walker doing most of the work on ,f.s offensive, but Blackwelder was the outstanding backfield star on the defen- sive, and it was his sure tacklnig that kept Mississippi from further enlargins the score. On the line Afford. Head, McLane and Brindley were stars, with Afford standing far out in front of the other three men. Though he has been sick for the past week, Brindley proved to be one of the strongest of Towards iinesmen and the visitors never made 8 gain over him.
 Hale was the individual star in the backfield for the Mississippi gang, max ing all three of their touchdowns, while Calor took the lions share of the line honors.
 Howard-Head, left end; Afford, left tackle; Wheeler, left guard; Brindley. center; Lambert, right guard; Carter, right tackle; McLane, right end; Walker, quarterback; Blackwelder left half; Gay lord, right half; Acton. fullback.
 Mississippi-G Candy. left end; Calor. left tackle: c. k. Stuart, left guard; Harold, center; Everett. right guard: w. G. Stuart, right tackle; Hargrove, right end; Johnson, quarterback Hale. left half; Lee, right half: Dennan, fullback.
 eubstitutions: Tyler for Johnson: Hud- son for Calor, Holly for Lee; Calor for Hudson; Hudson for Denman; Newman for Lambert: Mccullough for McI4ane; Lambert for Newman: McLane for Me Cullough.
 Referee. Streit tAuburn); umpire, Cox (Georgia). head linesnan (Taylor).
 
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