The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-12-21

punts over the whole country. Six of
these touchdowns must be credited to
Southern Conference players. One of
the longest runs of the season in this
manner was made by William Bone of
Tennessee with his 90-yard run against
Emory and Henry. David Resented
of Alabama ran back punt rs yards
for touchdown against Kentucky. Brown
of Alabama added to his many honors
with a 75-yard and a 46-yard return to
touchdown against Union. Gil Reese,
Vanderbilt halfback, returned a punt II
yards to score against Birmingham
Southern college and So yards against
Mississippi A. and Nj.
Scoring On Fumbles
Players who recovered fumbles and
raced to touchdowns were very numer-
Gus. Lynn Bomar, giant Vanderbilt
end, holds the national record jointly
with Gale Bullman of West Virginia
Wesleyan in this respect. In the game
against the strong Quantico Marines he
picked up a tumble and raced 81 yards
for touchdown. 1t enabled Wander
bilt to tie the game for in the closing
minutes the Marines evened matters with
long uass making the final score 1913.
In similar manner Douglas Wycoff,
wonderful Georgia Tech fullback, tied
Florida, running 25-yards for a touch
down on a tumble by Edkar Jones of
Florida. William Baetty of Maryland
made his teams only score against
Washington and Lee when he ran 10
yards with a tumble for a touchdown.
William ii. Ahner. Virginia end, beat
Virginia Polytechnic when he ran so
yards for a touchdown. In the same
manner Morgan, end, of Tulane ran 20
yards, George Wilson, fullback, of Tu-
lane. so yards, Henry S. Wakefield, end,
of Vanderbilt, 43 and 40 yards.
To the University of Alabama goes
added honor, two of her players making
touchdowns. John Back Brown, half
back, ran SO, so, 5S and 4S yards and
David Rosenfeld, halfback, S5, 50, 76
and SO yards Reese of Vanderbilt ran
So and "a yards, Fitzpatrick of Georgia,
60 and 80 yards and Lacey Bies, half
back of University of Mississippi, ran
so yards for the only score of the game
when his team played NIillsaps college.
Cameron Leads
Leading scorers in the Southern Con
ference were Edward Cameron OF
Washington and Lee with 9G points,
Captain Rubert of Alabama with 81
points and Wyndham White of Virginia
Military institute with 50 points. Doug
las Wycoff of Georgia Tech, scored all
four of his teams touchdowns against
Louisiana while Halfback Mcmillan of
Washington and Lee made all three of
the touchdowns against Virginia. Ed
ward Cameron of Washington and Lee
scored four touchdowns against Cita-
del and three against North Carolina
state. Captain Rubert OF Alabama
scored three against both ketucky and
Mississippi college.
Two conference teams won games by
point after touchdown. Mississippi A.
and NJ, Mississippi college 6, and Louis
lana Z, Springhill 6. Two games were
lost by failure to kick goal, Georgia 6,
Yale Z and North Carolina university
6, Wake Forest Z.
Virginia Polytechnic and Maryland
each played three scoreless ties. Florida
probably Travelled more than any team
in the country during regular season,
registering 5000 miles. Alabama led
the scores of the nation with 290 points.
There you have few southern rec
ords.