The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-22
,PORTS--- BESSEA1ER WINS CLOSE

0AO0A4 ger of being scored on until the first half of the third quarter.
 At this juncture the Jacket line turned from seven men to brick wall that was immovabie. and the Ensley held for downs on> its own goal. Hassler attempted to punt from behind the Ensley goal, but me punt was blocked and Ensley recov- cred the ball for safety. Wlth tne score I to 2 against them, the Besse- mer clan began to play football as prep teams have seldom been known to play before.
 Tigers, Score.
 However Ensley managed to holo them for downs when they worked the ball within striking distance of the goal The Yellow Jackets then started a procession from the Ensley goal and looked good to score. but Tinklepaugh fumbled on his own 4o- yard line and Kirkpatrick carried the ball over for BessemeTs lone touchdown
 Rush and Waller did the major part of the work for the Tigers in the back field both of them being dtuiOSL uuStOPpdbifs O4t tht t4fiSf Fishback was the mainstay of he Bessemer attack, as well as being good on the defense.
 For Ensley Tinklepaugh and Hass- Ter were the big guns in the back field, doing the greater of the ground gaining for the Jackets. On the line, Fayette and Williams played great game.
 First quarter
 Bessemer kicked to Ensley to open the game, and after couple of plays had gained only slightly, Mendenhan punted 35 yards to Waller, who re- turned seven. Smithson went 6 yards off tackle. but Dennis couldn't gain, and Rush lost yards around end. Waller kicked 25 yards. and rink re- turned 5. Scokel ploughed tackle for yards, and Tinklepaugh lost around end Hassler brought the stands to their feet with the first run, when he got yards over tackle. Sco- kel &urtled through the line for 5 more and fist down.l Manly sumbled on the next play however, and Bes- semer recovered.
 Dennis cracked center for a rous- ing 5-yard smack, but when a later al pass, Waller to Rusn was n.essed up, Ensley recovered the tumble. Tinklepaugh failed to gain around left end, and 6 pass was knocked fumbled, Bessemer diVed on 1t, but the elusive pill rolled into Fayettes arms for first down from q free tumble. Scokel lost one at right end. and Hassler could get meagre yard over tackle. Waller stepped into the fore when he snagged Jacket pass and ran 1t back yards. The ball was then in the middle of the field, down on Ensleys 4Syard line.
 Rush fumbled momentariIy on the next play, recovered in time to stiff arm couple of opponents but was thrown for q five-yard loss. Dennis bumped into something >beefy and couldn't gain over left tackle. Rush waltzed through lett end for four, and Waller punted 40 yards to the .eight-yard line, from where link whizzed breezy 20 yards back-up the field Hassler went over right tackle for two. Tink made the same over right guard, and Hassler added another duo off left end. A five yard Bessemer penalty for off-side on the next play gave the Jackets first down.
 second Quarter.
 Manly went three through center.- but when Scokel got only two over right guard and Tink a bare foot around left end, >Mendenhall kicked 10 to Waller. who returned five.
 Rush swirled around left end for eight yards on the first play, but Dennis gained only one at right guard, and Rush lost one around right end, so Waller kicked 40 to Scokel, who ran 1t back fivv. Ensley here flashed ber most powerful display of the encounter. Hassler dove through right tackle for five, and Tink went fourS over Ieft guard. Scokel shot three by right tackle, but an off-side !.first down. Tinklepaugh got loose for nine on the next play. however and 4irade the distance. Hassler and Scokel hit between right tackle and guard for five each, and another first down.
 However, when Hassler couldn't gain over right guard, and Rush knocked down 3 pass, the drive looked throttleds sOn a peculiar sucking play. however, Scokel, shot a line pass to link. who was by him self, with the Bessemer secondary drawn over by threat to the lett. for Is yards and heran five more be- fore being dowued.
 A pass was incomplete, but Hass- Ter made four and Scokel two at the right tackle-g gard gap. On the next play Hassler tried the obvious, a forward pass to link. Hodges. sub bing for Smithson, struck the ball. but it bounced on into Tink's arms for the tally from 10-yard gain. Scokel booted the goal.
 Scokel kicked off to the 15-yard line and Walker cut back for a nirty 2o-yard return. The ball was down on Bessemer's 35 yards, and on the next play Rush ran it back to the middle of the field with a luscious 15-yard trip, the longest of the game thus far. On the next play. how ever, Rush did not gain and the half ended.
 Third Quarter
 scokel's Kickoff was bad. going to Bessemers 35-yard line. from where Brock returned 1t eight The ball was down on Bessemer 43 yards. Dennis got seven in two at tempts at right guard and Waller drove through on Q fake for four wards andS first down. Dennis car ried the ball three times in bucks at the right tackle guard hole. gain ing six yards. and Waller elected to punt, the kick going 45 yards to rink. who was standing. on his goal. The ball bounced behind the line ana .