Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??, 1939-11-01
Toug aloo Stops cAlcorn In Homec oming Classic Il

PLAYING before one the largest attendances OF foot
ball fans who have ever witnessed game a. lousa,oo
College, the Tougaoo Bulldogs undefeated eleven WHIP
med her ancient rivals Alcorn Braves to the pleasant
nne of 100 Homecoming day, Saturday Novemberll.
sne Of the fact that the Braves had played the sea-
n SO far with only one defeat they put up hard fight
and gave the Tougaloo Bulldogs battle but were un-
able stop the Bulldogs attack or to penetrate its de-
Tense.
d Tougaloos 1910 defeat of Alcorn Saturday marked
The rs victory over the braves since 1886 by the Bull
dogs In the game Saturday the Alcorn Braves display
ed much fight Several times the Braves exception
ally near unable to take the pgskn the OPP
ponehts goal line Being unable to penetrate Tougaloos
strong line Acorn attempted several passes for touch
downs and Bobby Williams (Alcorn) attempted
field goal but the Braves unsuccessful in every at
tempt During the Alcorn made twelve first downs;
Tougaloo made nine. Acorn gained only sixty yards
through line of scrimmage Tougaoo gained hundred
ffty-four yards through line of scrimmage. From the
above data it is quite obvious that Tougaloo oupayed
, the braves in several respects.
Nash and Howard, of Tougaloo scoring touch
down EACH led the Bulldogs to hard fought victory
the Braves During the two downs before the first
touchdown, Nash, of Tougaloo, did splendid
ming In the first down. behind perfect blocking, he pene
trated Alcorns left end fer gain of Is yards placing
the ball Acorns two yard line During the next down
he went for the first touchdown of the game which
in the last quarter. few minutes later one of
Tougaloos ends went in the end and caught pass
making the 1910, since the extra point not
made in either attempt.
AS aftermath of previous nights cloudy wealth
er Saturday, November II, dawned cool and cloudy.
Crowds began pouring in before 200 to witness the
game An hour before the the parade began which
was lead by Acorn's uniformed marching band. The
weather cooler Presently the referee and his
sociaes forth The eeven lined up for the opening
whistle shrill blast The encounter was on It was
from the beginning hard fought battle Tougaoos plays
directed at the offensive center and left end
damaging and aggressive. The effective blocking the
line and the hard running Of the backs also great
asset in Tougaloo's winning
Acknowledged opening lineup, November H.
Acorn-Left End Price (47) Left Tackle, Derden
1885, Center Harris (50); Right Guard, Dukes (27)
Right Tackle, Marks (39); Right End Warren (6e)
F. B., Brown (95); @. B., Williams (77); R. H. b. Har-
| ris, T. d5); L. H. B., Patton (65).
Tougaoo-Right End, Lewis (1D; Right Tackle,
fggers G8) Center, Williams, l.. Q9); Left Guard VIII
ams, W. 60; Left Tackle, Lemford (2O); Left End
& Briggs Q2); F. B.. Owens; @. B.. Love co.; R. H. B.
B Clark (22); L. H. E.. Braddock (5).
Alcorn Substitutes-Nero, Dunn, Anderson, Heugus-
I STA.
Tougaoo Substitutes-Nash Lewis, Topps A. Alex
ander, Sisson, Clark, Howard, Proctor.
Referee, Blackburn; Umpire, Henderson Game start
1 ed at 200 p.