Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-03
VANDERBILT COACH
!. DIVIDES CONTINENT
Crimson Tide EnguIfs Three
Strong Foes in a Row.
Has Eight Seniors.
BY DAN e. McGUGIN,

~ NOXVILLE, Tenn, Novem-
K Der 3.-Alabama rolling
i " over Tennessee, Wander
- bilt and Kentucky in sue
.cession merits a present standing
10 at the top of everything south Of
"a line running from coast to
-scoast, passing just south Of South
: Bend, Ind. I rank her the equal of
Notre Dame, not only on per-
formances, but because Of my re-
; spect for what she is.
Kentucky, undoubtedly a great foot
.eban team, was helpless against the
Tide and could make impression
= Extensively. Only Phipps of Kentucky's
array of brilliant backs could make
. any Roadway at all and, along with the
power and skill of her running attack.
- Alabama made brilliant use OF the
forward pass.
Seniors are net always at their best
and particularly when as sophomores
or Juniors they have played on VIC
torious teams. Alabama has six seniors
in her forwsrd wall, and in Suther
i. and Campbell has two brilliant ones
for her backfield. Here are eight start
ing seniors. all Of whom could be Sc
lected for an all-Southern team with
some justification.
Three times last year and num-
Der of times the year before they left
the field In defeat. They have been
coached so soundly and with such In
telligence that they have reached the
full measure Of their capacity indi-
H. O DEM
onstration Of the same ability Satur-
da, after SATURDAY is possible though I'M
usual under the present days OF hard
schedules.
Tennessee Second Best.
= As the second best team in the con-
ference on last Saturday I would un-
hesitatingly place the University OF
Tennessee. In fact, because OF the as
tonishing improvement OF the Volun-
>.teers, even Alabama can be thankful
that she already has this game in her
rxecord of victories.
For two years Tennessee has nao
forward in customary combinations
game after game. This year she has
suffered injuries which would have
dernoralized nine squads out OF ten.
First. she lost the devastating McEver
for the season, then Hug and Branot,
two of the countryS great enos, ano
other men of ability have been taken
to the sidelines by old man injury. Sne
met Alabama with ends VINO olo Inen
best. but were sadly handicapped by
anexperience.
But how these men have improved!
So by now she has Derrberry, Rey.
burn. Holt, Clemmer, Allen, Disney and
other men who would be enthusiast
cally welcomed on anybody's team:
- 4aA and 0f
spirit and courage would have weatnereo
such adversely with such record, ana
probably everybody excepting McEver
will be ut and ready for the vanderbilt
game.
Clemson came to Knoxville with q
good foot ball team. WEIGH, Fordham,
Marlborough and others are first-class.
long list Of victories, including the one
over South Carolina, ClemSon's big
game of the year. On the defense the
Tennessee line was adamant. The Vclun-
teer secondary men broke up passes
with regularity and GOODNESS, and Ten
nessee's offensive line play was so bril-
liant and her mixture Of bucking, run
ming, kicking and passing was sucn that
the devil himself could not tell what
she would do next, excepting that he
could know that it would be the unex-
pected, and so Clemson got what most
other good teams would have received.
Dodd and Hackman would drive any
adversary crazy.
Florida won a moral victory, II there
Is such thing in foot ball, by holding
Georgia TO a tie. Georgia and Wander
bilt may question whether early season
excellence for Yale and Minnesota is
wise.
Georgia Tech showed great improve
ment IN her fine game with North
Carolina. Louisiana State University
won a great and crucial victory over
Arkansas, q game L. 8. o. greatly
covets.
Tulane showed her consistent bril-
liancy by an enormous score over Mis-
sippi A. & NJ, Maryland and Auburn
gave evidence Of constant improvement,
and we turn into November with many
great contests still ahead.
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