The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-25

count was IA TO U. Inc margin W
not by couple of touchdowns, or,
1t was not due either to any indif-
ferent playing of the golden jersied
lads. 1t was the same team that lit
orally crushed the hopes of George
towns powerful outfit, the same
team that has just as big claim
for southern. titular consideration as
any other machine on DiXie's grid
irons And these same men played
the same sort of game that has
earned Georgia Tech a rating right
around the top of the nations list.
These men didn't shirk. Not with
the added incentive that more than
10000 paid admissions were watching
them play; not with the fact staring
them in the face that it was the last
time that five of her greatest stars
were playing for the White and Gold.
Tigers Underestimated
The whole thing is that the Au~
burn Tigers had been undereS timated
in the things that had been brought
from their home on the plains. Au-
burns is real football team, and 1t
took the best that the Jackets had in
them to send the markers over thai
brought victory.
Auburn had no offensive. it was evil
dent from the FIRST that the Tiger
schieftains realized It. Their game,
apparently a carefully mapped-out
campaign, was for the purpose of
holding down the score that had been
forecast would be large. If this was
the object, 1t was gained. defense
that was marked more for its des-
peration and stubbornness than for
its beauty, was the bulwark that
made Tech sweat for every inch of
ground she gained, and a defense
that more than once in the first hall
lunges of the Jacket backs when the
ball was in striking distance of the
last white line. 1t was inevitable
that the crack should come.
Defense Cracked
The savage attack of the Golden
Tornado was not to be combated sue
cessfully all day. The first break
would find that defense of the
Plainsmen spoiled until second
breathing spell could be had. 1t fell
in the third quarter, and before the
shattered forces could be called to-
gether two touchdowns had been sent
over.
There was considerable OF the sur
prise in the way Tech started after
that first touchdown. At the close
of the first half there was no
ticeable let-up in the effectiveness of
the Tornado's attack against the
stubborn resistance thrown UP by
the Tigers. Some of this unquestion-
ably was due to the penalties that
were inflicted upon Tech just as u
touchdown seemed about. to be at
tanned.
~. rra.h 500. rot - NJ dantad on
the dash for touchdown that started
with the third quarter.
barron Starts 1t
Red Barron. perched down along
his own 10-yard line, pulled down
Auburns kickoff. Moulton and
other would-be tack1ers were right
on him when he made the catch, but
Tech interferers succeeded in get
ting "Red" clear enough for good
start. He was in midfield before the
Tigers brought him down.
There was something determined
about the Tech attack this time. 1t
was the look that all the Jackets car
ried on their faces when they started
against Georgetown. People that
have watched the Golden Tornado in
action in every game this season
knew that something was about to
happen. 1t did with a bang. A PEN
atty gave Tech first down, that was
q mighty good start. Judy Harlan
and Red" Barron were the main
cogs in the steady march that car
ried the ball back to the 10-yard line.
The shift was working to perfection,
and there was nothing that the Off
cial could frown at. The time had
come for a touchdown, Judy was
given the honor, but his lunge car
ried but yards. Then Red was
called; he added 2. Third down, and
still yards from home.
Tech Gets Touchdown
A forward pass was slated, but the
play didn't materialize and Barron
was given the ball for run around
end. He had reached the line OF
scrimmage and had half of the re-
quired distance gained when he was
tackled and the ball trickled over the
line, in an effort to halt Barron be-
fore he reached the last marker, the
Auburn safety man had dived over
the line and there was no one left to
recover for Auburn. Jack Melon
ough sauntered up at this time and
fell on the ball for the first counter.
AL Station kicked goal for an added
point.
Techs march for the second touch
down started at their 36-yard line.
y
ron doing most of the gaining in To-
yard clips around the flanks. The
ball was soon in striking distance,
and just as the quarter was about to
end. Barron went around end for the
touchdown, AL Station, again called
on, responded with another point
making the total IA.
Auburn Didn't Threaten
The splendid feat of Auburn in
49, -
the first half might have led many
of those thousands to believe that an
other calamity such as visited Grant
field in 1919, was about to occur. But
there need not have been any fear.
There was imminent danger of a
scoreless tie as long as Auburn's de-
Tense was able to. stand the gaff, but
there was little peril of score, not
after play had been under way a few
minutes, when a Plainsman failed to
grasp the opportunity that was COM
ing through the air to him and. per-
mitted a pass to ground itself when
ball safely into his arms, clear field
to~his front. 1t was the only chance
that came to the Tigers.
Ed Stirling scooped up a tumble in
the final quarter, but he was downed
instantly.
wv shirley SOrely Missed
The absence of John Barleycorn
Shirley might have been responsible
for Auburn's weakness in attempting
to advance the ball. Ii it was not re-
sponsible, that fact certainly was felt
to.Say the least when the Alabamians
had the pigskin in their possession
The Tech line was too tough for the
Tig4rs. Someone had touted to Au-
burn that it was weak, and Auburn
tested 1t. The net result was a BIZ
OF yardagc that could not be
stretched in sustained attack long
enough to produce a first down dur
Ng the first half
Auburn's Lone First Down
Tan q hua nrobahly figured thai