The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
Norris Plays Great Game For BaptistS, While Kelly And Shelton Play Good Ball

AUBURN Ala, Oct. 13.-(Special.) The Auburn Tigers downed the husky Howard Bulldogs with score of 30 to in their annual tilt here this afternoon.
 marked improvement was notice- able in the Tiger ranks in their game with the Bulldogs over their per- formance last Saturday against the Birmingham-Sout Panthers at Cramton bowl. The better showing was especially evident in the work of the line.
 The game started with Williams kicking 40 yards for Auburn, after which Howard made first down in short order, but was compelled to kick on account of short yardSge on the next chain No score was regis tered during the first quarter.
 Auburn missed great oppor- tunity, to count in the initial period, when, after Harrison had gone 25 yards on an end run and plays oyer the line by Peterson, Williams and Howe had places the oval on How ards 5-yard line. The ball was lost on downs with salf foot to go.
 The first touchdown came early in the second quarter when I.ollar had kicked 40 yards to Peterson, who re- turned 10 yards. Harrison then shot a pass to Peterson for 25 yards, after which Howe got 2 and 4 and Will Hams 1. A short pass, Harrison to Peterson, placed the pigskin behind the end lines Peterson then got an easy one for the extra point. The Harrison-to-Peter pass combina- ton netted the Auburnites a trio of touchdowns, Auburn's second touch down came in second period, when Green, on a foul back buck over cen ter, tailed a six-pointer Auburn's other touchdowns came in the third and fourth quarters, making one in each period of the last half. In the third period after Auburn had fail ed to make much headway on their 10-yard stretch, Fox Howe counted three points with a field goal from the 30-yard line.
 While Howard put up a desperate scrap throughout the game they were unable to make consistent gains, and were unable to make but one first down, which came in the corked bag of passes and were con stantly resorting to the aerial game using both short and long passes with a comparatively small percen- tage being complete.
 Norris, right end for the Cope clan, played great game, going down un- der punts better. perhaps. than any one else on the field as we'll as mak- ing it hard for the Auburn back to circle his way.
 Kelly, a tackle. was equally ef- fective and Captain Shelton put out a consistent game on the left flank. Spicer, replacing Bains, at left guard. proved to' be mainstay on the Bull dogs line. Lollar's kicking featured the visitors play and number of times the Walker County High star. sent the ball deep into Auburn ter ritory.
 For the Tigers, Harrison. Will Hams, Peterson and Howe proved to be a quartet of stellar performers. Harrison's passing and Williams and Peterson working on the receiving end. HCwe's play into the line fea- tured throughout the game. Crane. Allen and Green, working in the lat ter stages of the contest, completed a number of spectacular plays.
 On the line Majors, Lawrence and Reagan displayed a fine brand of football. Upward of 200 Howard students journeyed down to the planes to see their team in action.
 Line-ups:
 Howard: c. Brewster, center; Brooks, right guard; Kelly, right tackle; Williams, right end; Bains. left guard Dendy, left tackle; Shel- ton, (Capt) left end; R. Tinklepaugh, quarterback; Stubbs, right half; Me- Carthy, left half; Lollar, fullback.
 Auburn: Lawrence, center; Self. right guard; Brice right tackle; Pruitt, right end; Reagan, (Capt)