The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-26
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CRIMSON TIDE TURNS T BACK GREAT TORNADO
Brown And Rosenfeld, With Sensational Exhibi-
 tions, Score Touchdowns--Score, l2-O

ATLANTA, Ga, Oct, 25-(Special,) Techs Golden Tornado Saturday after noon swept against football team with "a yard-gaining power equal to an al- most impregnable defense and today the Crimson Tide of Alabama, that other team, looks down to the rest of the world from the vantage point fur i,ished by a 14-to-0 victory over the lcopbination V. M. l., Florida and Penn State couldn't beat. : As the crepe of a prestige pilfered last night floated drearily over the Grant field, where the battle Was fought, the noisy celebration of foot ball frenzied .Alabamians through the streets of Techs own town sounded the knell of continued success of team de- nenfliBg on following the ball and one man offensive for scoring touchdowns' Brown And Rosy Star
 Johnny Mack Brown and Hosenfeid soored the touchdowns. They carried the ball to the point from which toucl- downs was made, but back of them was the strongest offensive machine that Has worked on Grant field this year,
 5rech took 30 precious minutes to warm up to the business in hand, Wy coff carried the ball on just three plays in time, one first down was made. While Tech was taking this time to set into the game at full strength, Ala hama was pushing the pigskin all over the field, into Tech territory repeatedly, for five first downs, and seven points.
 In the last 30 minutes the Tornado ylayed like different team from thnt which tried to stem the Crimson Ilde in the first half. Wycotf started to earry the ball more frequeRtly-ahd first downs began to appear on Teen side of the detail. Johnnie Marshall, who SC far had not shown any par. ticular brilliance at the end berth of (sps Merkle, came into play on the hot end of forward passes from Wyc0ff and more yards were gained from scrim- mage. The fly in Techs ointment Tn the last half, was that when the Torna- t1A gathered steam and flock of first downs. the roll of the tiGe heightened and just before the end of the game had Jiished over second touchdown ana npckler had run his number of points after touchdown to two.
 Brown Goes Through
 ssRrown bucked, Brown plunger, Brown skirted the Tech ends and Brown trlcked his way through the line of scrlmmase time after time in the first quarter. He was never out of the limelight dur ing the time he was in the game.
 In the second quarter Brown came back a little stronger, if that were possible. He drove through the line Of sErimnlage like a soul possessed Just ilt the end of the first half the Dlg chance came. The tide had the ball on its enw 20 yard line after WycoLf punt over the goal line, Brown mt tackle for eight yards and Captam Pooley Hubert followed him up With tilree yards on the other side of the line for first down. Then Brown struck ont around left end and in a pretty niece of running, whirling, careening and lodging counted off B yards. From Techs 37 yard line then came the bolt olIt of the blue. Grant Gills Alabama anarter, catapulted forward pass down the barred field. It looked as tt@ugh it were way over Browns head, hue Johnny Mack slipped into high and snagged it fairly on Techs seven yard line, Nothing short of lightning could have stopped him from going the ether seven yards, and Techs goal line wis back of him. Ruckler kicked from nlacement for the extra point.
 Tech Opens Strong
 When the Jackets came back on the field for the opening of second half they seemed to have taken inspection from Johnny Mack Browns speed and great handling of the pigskiN. They started with a rush down the field and counted three first downs in succession. It was Techs first show of offensive and the tall was started on it's hectic trip from Techs 46 yard line. At the six yard line, the tide frightened and Gillis punt ed 62 yards into enemy territory, not rfsking the scoring of safety even by Tech.
 Starting from its own IS yard line soon after the last quarter began, the tornado carried the pigskin down to Alabama's 12 yard line and then eOuldn't push it the rest of the way.
 Forward passes played a big part in the advance of the Techman against Alabama's Crimson Glad worriors. After aslcouplc of small gains by Sam Mur- E-==7-7==