The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-01
SIMPSON NOSES
 OUT BROWNIES
Tornado Beats Jones Val
 ley By Bare Margin, : Seven To Six

the strength of blocked kick and q 35-yard dash by lineman, came swirl ing in on the winds of the Purple Tor nado as the Simpson eleven battled Jones Valley Friday afternoon. The score was: Simpson 2, Jones Valley 6 The contest was a game fought ev. enly on the whole. The trend of battle waSered between the two and favored first one then the other. Doc Newton's Brownies opened the battle with dash and smashed the Simpson line with driving plunges. They registered two or three consecutive first downs and threatened to sweep the Tornado aside The first quarter was the Brownies frame and they drove the Purple hithel and thither. In the second quarter the Simpson forwards stiffened before the rush of the Newton clan and somewhat halted the plunges of the backs. Then the incident which swayed the course of battle occurred.
 ,.. Grissom Blocks Punt
 Gardner dropped back to punt on his 35.yard line. He was slow getting of the kick and Joe Gissom came smash. ing through the line and blocked t-from his position at guard. Jim Lewis playing a tackle on the other side of the line, was at his heels and as the ball rebounded off Grissom's chest he snatched it out of the air and went down the field without a single pur' sucr. Albert Vincent drop-kicked the ball through the goal for the extra point which won the game.
 Throughout the remainder of the sec ond quarter and part of the third the Tornado continued to wage its battle In the latter part of the third quarter the Brownies started an offensive which halted the Simpson charge.
 Brownies Start Attack
 Late in the third period Vincent punted out of his territory and Edney signalled for fair catch. Two over. jealous Simpson men tackled him and Simpson was penalized 15 yards, put ting the ball on Simpsons 45-yard line Gardner circled end from punt forma, ton for 15 yards. Gardner smashed again and Fox went eight for first down on Simpsons 1S-yard line. Two bucks failed to produce gains and Fox went five off tackle. On the fourth down Fox started another end run and fum' bled, recovered, but lost the ball or downs.
 That was one lost chance for the Brownies. With the fourth quarter nearly half over after an exchange ot punts and an assault by Jones Valley Bingham hurled a pass. to Wood fol 12-yard gain for the Brownies and hurled a second to Brill for eight and Gardner made it first down on Simp. sons 16-yard line. Another smash and Gardner's six-yard plunge through the line brought forth a first down on Simpsons six-yard line. Bingham made one yard, Fox made two and came back with one and finally on the last down Bingham circled end for the final yard and a touchdown. Albert Vincent came hurdling through the line and blocked the attempted place-kick by Brill, which might have tied the score
 Lewis And Gardner
 Jim Lewis. who had been shifted from center to tackle to fill the place left vacant by Captain Malloy, out with an injured hand, played great game for Simpson. For Jones Valley Gard ner played good game.
 The lineup: Simpson Jones valley
 Position -. Brown .......'.'''' SAe"s
 Left End
 Lewis (C.) ............. (C) Hardy
 Left Tackle
 Iyler .......... .'''''' ""Au
 Left Guard
 Currie ................ harAins
 Center 2 Gr1SS0m '.'''' AAAues
 Right Guard
 Beasley Woou
 Right Tackle
 I:ctt ................ ..''.'. orAii
 Right End
 Mclaughlin ............... Blngnam
 Quarterback
 Vincent roA
 Left Half Roberts .......... Guney
 Right Half
 Johnson .................. Gardnel
 Fullback
 Score by quarters: Simpson .:.....'...'''''''OO Jones Valley .........O U o-u