The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-19
Great Defeat
 Casts Gloom
 Ouer Vandy
By JOE HATCHER

Nashville, Tenn, October IS. Special. .)-Vanderbilt's over whelming defeat at the hands of the great Tech outfit not only upset the expectations of the Vanderbilt supporters and team, but also cast a cloud of gloom over the entire univefsi- ty in anticipation of the com ing game with the Auburn Plainsmen in Birmingham Sat urday.
 Tech uncovered one of the greatest teams that ever played on Dudley Heio and completely smothered the lighter inexnerienced Commodore forwards and backs. At the close of the iirst quarter, Tech replaced she entire tirse string bunch and turned the butchery over to the second stringlings.
 CHARGED LIKE NOvICES
 Vanderbilt charged out of the line like a. bunch of novices and tackled suAi worse. high and uncertain. Hill was nu+ out on the first play and will be lost at center indefinitely on account of a distracted shoulder HenoriShs is nursing q badly sprained ankle. 'nd will he in bade shape for the game with the heavy plainsmen Saturday. Tf oh gained over 500 yards in actual distances during the game. divlding their attention to the ends and line. On numerous other occasions, aIter q Tech man had packed the oval for eo or 50 yards, the ball was called oack for offside play, thus taking from the enormous total piled up against the !Commodores.
 Coach McGugin spent this afternoon in correcting some of the glarins faults exposed in Saturdays game put will start the hardest grind or the 1 season tomorrow in preparation TOT the Auburn line with their l'ooo pounos 1 of flesh from end to end.
 The Commodores will get week $ hard drill in a system of tackling and defense to stop the giant Auburn 1or- wards and backs, who will outweisnt them for an average of 30 to 40 pounds | to tha man, Vanderbilts open style | of attack failed utterly against the Tech aggregation and intensive atten- tion will be devoted to this end Of the game by the Vanderbilt group of coaches.
 INTENSE RIVALRY The intensive rivalry between Au- burn Vanderbilt makes the coming game one of the most important of the lyeac
 Contrary to the feeling between most colleges, Vanderbilt and Auburn are two of the most bitter rivals in the
 southern grid world, yet feeling oi
 wholesome respect and clean relation
 ship exists between the two outfits | Fist fights and dirty playing marred
 the Tech game, but Vanderbilt players
 are confident of the fact that they lget clean football against Auburn and
 give the same in return.
 l A big free for-all fist fight between the Tech and Vandy teams Saturday
 threatened to break up the game.
 Tech back openly roughed Medley after
 the latter had made nice run TOT leighteen yards and Hendricks took tr the defense of the vandy back. Police finally stopped the scrap and both
 sides agreed to call things all square l Later Red Barron pulled about the
 dirtiest piece of work witnessed on
 Dudley field in several years. when he tkneed Red Floyd, who was 'e- Iceiving a pass. Floyd was completely
 knocked out and Tech was penalized
 heavily and the pass allowed Vandy ar
 ter the foul. Tech was penaiized about 159 yards by Bill Streit of Auburn, foI
 roughing an off-side play during the | game