The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-15


 II Is heart breaking from one point of view to think that the Tiger had victory within his grip until the final period, but the memory of the . wave of happiness that swept over that little group of Auburn support CTS in the stands, the memtTy of those tears of happiness rolling sdoWn the cheeks of the Alabama con tingent is something of reward within itself, for l saw scenes en- .aeted on that field after the first aahaif that have never been duplicated in Birmingham before.
 But on with the dance, as some one remarked ever my shoulder just this minute. It is pity that Umpire lIildebrand, who worked the third game of the world series was not in charge of the game at West Point this afternoon. If Hildy had been there he would have no doubt called tho game on account of darkness after the third quarter was over and Auburn would have won the game.
 Army Trailing Auburn
 The Army entered the final period Of play with the score 6-O 'gainst em. With the start of the last pe- riod they had the ball on Auburn's so-yard line. The line held like the storm walls at Galveston. The Army could do nothing with it. It had tried that line before during tho aft ernoon in tho shadow of the Tigers goal, and had been faced by snarl- ing mass of Tigers that never yield cd an inch. Alter failing to make through the line, forward pass was attempted and then came the pen atty, the claim being that Shilling had illegally interfered with the man who was receiving the ball.
 It was the logical moment to crumble tho Auburn morale, seeing a 15-yard gift that placed the ball on their own f5yard line, through what looked like an injustice. The Tigers wavered momentarily and then tried to forget it. The Army fried forward pass on the third flown. Ed Shirling broke 1t up and almost intercepted. A last final, and what looked to be a futile ef- fort was made. The Army tried a forward pass on the fourth down, and 1t worked.
 Pass Ties Score
 Smythe, who was the outstanding star of the game from the Army standpoint, shot the oval to White over the goal. and the score was tied. The Army also failed in it's ef- fort to kick goal the ball striking the goal post in the same place to the right that the Auburn place kick had gone when the Tigers tried for the kick after their first and only score.
 That unfortunate penalty proved the breaking point of the game and the Tigers undoing. A couple more touchdowns came in rapid succession Auburn had cracked under the ten sion that has held the team since the trip started. She didn't have the reserve strength to withstand the shock that came after they had sewed up the game and outplayed the Cadets for major portion of the game.
 smythe Passes Again
 After an exchange of pnnts fol- lowing a see-sawy game from the kickoff. and with only a few min utes left to play, Lawrence got away for the Army for 90 yards; Gilmore ripped off 10 more yards, and the Cadets showed the ball to tho Auburn l0-yard line. The West Pointers tried futlly again to get through that line and then elected an aerial ; attempt. which gave 'em the game. Smythe shot the oval to Dodd over the goal line, and this crushed Au- .hurn's hopes and heart. Smythe, whose chiropody wasn't in perfect working order, again failed to kick goal.
 But the jig was up, Auburn now broke. The smile of victory bedeck- ing their faces, the Army kicked off to Auburn's 20yard line immediate lv following getting the bulge of the game Shirey fumbled here and the Cadets recovered. having the ball on the Tigers 20-yard line. For the first time the Cadets failed to find the line impregnable. Their spirit was broken The valiant sons of the south realized all too well that they were fighting for lost cause. Smythe. Gilmore and Dodd ripped off good gains through the formerly im- pregnable line, and Dodd bucked 1t over. Smythe kicked goal. making the count 19-6, and few minutes later the game was brought to A close.
 Gibson's Great Run =. The first and probably the great