The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
TWo Southern Teams Return The Victors
Pittsburg and Tech Sever Ath- letic Relations, Is Rumor. University of Georgia May
 Play Pitt Next Year
TALTY O,CONNOR.

|. Atlanta, October 24.-South- ern football teams furnished the most spectacular games in |the country during the week when four of them invaded northern gridirons and two re- turned victors.
 Centre College against Harvard and
 Georgia Tech against Pittsburg Uni versity could not emulate the we'll
 earned victories of Virginia Military Institute over Pennsylvania University
 and Virginia over Rutgers, but both
 the Kentuckians and the Georglans
 proved themselves foes worthy of the countrys best.
 On southern fields the outstanding game was that between Auburn and Vanderbilt, in which the Plainsmen put the Commodores out of the run ming for 1920 championship honors by adding a 56 to ( defeat to the A to U victory of Georgia Tech over Vandy week ago. u WAS NdHuSl pAAt eiiNt PA
 vented Auburn from coming through last season with clean slate of VIC
 tories.
 Entering the game strong favorites. the heavy Auburn Plainsmen charged
 hard and low and smashed to a clean ly earned victory against Vanderbilt machine that is not the equal of those of previous years
 The other games in which south ern elevens met foes worthy or their efforts likewise came out much as had
 been expected Alabama University romped over Howard for s3 to vic tory; Mississippi A. & M. trounced Louisiana State 12 to q; Tulane beat Mississippi University S2 to 0; Tennes- see University defeated Clemson 26 to 0; Georgia University beat Oglethorpe 27 to 3; Washington and Lee downed Roanoke IA to '. and Sewanee tied with Kentucky State.
 All of Saturdays winners among the
 big southern teams have come through the day without being defeated Dy Dixie team with the exception or rem
 nessee University. which went down before Vanderbilt, and the University of Virginia. which was humbled py Virginia Military Institute Centre and Georgia Tech had not had q point SCOTeu dlnStt tHclh sNN' r>-->f'
 Saturdays game, leaving them a clear
 record so far as southern title claims
 go North Carolina state. which played
 Tufts, has yet to be defeated by
 southern eleven, while Sewanees only
 failure to win was Saturdays tie game
 Several of the clean records are due
 to be wiped out within week. Ihe
 powerful V. M. l. machine. which Kept
 up it's victorious record against south
 in every department of the game yes
 in every department Of the gome yes
 terday and winning 27 to :. will meet
 the strong North Carolina State eleven and Georgia and Auburn clash in the
 annual game. with odcs favoring "
 M. I. and Auburn.
 f. Aside from fthe spectacular game
 played by " M. l., Centre and Georgia Tech, the surprising feature of the
 week was the improvement shown by Virginia University which trounced Rutgers [ to O..
 The New Jersey team is not regard ed as one of the more important east ern tens. but neither had the Univer- sity of Virginia's early season record given it such rank in the south.
 As an aftermath of the Pittsburg- Georgia Tech game. reports were pub
 lished here today that Pittsburg offi- cial had announced Severance of ath- letic relations with Tech because of
 objections to several Tech men hav-
 ing played more than four years
 Tech's reply as given out here was tc
 point out that the Southern 1ntercolle-
 giate Athletic Association had ruled the s. A. T. c. season of 1918 did not coun
 in athletics years of playing T~ same dispatches indicated that Pitts burg might come south next year for a game with the University of Georgia which is coached by Jimmy Dehart former Pittsburg player.