Sewanee at Vanderbilt

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  The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 30, 1917, page 8

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  MANDY VICTORIOUS IN ANNUAL AFFAIR WITH PURPLE FOES Comm0dores Hand Sewanee Tigers 13 to 6 Licking. Richardson Stars Nashville. November 29.-Playing on a field ankle-deep in mud, the Vanderbilt eleven defeated their annual Thanks giving foe, Sewanee, today, by the score of 13 to 6. The slippery condition of the field prevented sensational playing. However, the Commadores first touch down in the first quarter resulted from d 52-yard run by Richardson. In the second quarter, Vandy showed across their second and last score through d beautiful forward pass. During the first half the Sewanee team was on the defensive most Of the time, but during the last half, they put up stronger game, finally making a touchdown in the last quarter as a result of a substantial return of a punt by Wortham. Also in this periodthey opened up a forward attack, complet- ing four out of the seven attempted. The Tiger line outweighed Vanderbil’t t but the Commodore backs did not ex- perience any difficulty in making holes in the Sewanee front The game ended with the ball in possession of Sewanee The lineup: Vanderbilt Q3lAdams, left end; Nee nick, left tackle; Holmes, left guard i; Early, center; McGill, right guard, Las- sitter, right tackle; Goar, right end . Wilhite, quarter back; Richardson, left

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Vanderbilt leads 31–⁠4–⁠2 in 37 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.