Southern Military Academy at Alabama

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  The Birmingham age-herald, September 26, 1920, page 19

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  Thin Red Line Has Easy Time Wifh Southern Tuscaloosa, September 25.- Special )-Amid lusty shouts from thousands of Alabama throats, the Crimson and White 1920 football season was ushered in today, when the Crimson warriors defeated the Southern Military Academy eleven in a one-sided affair by the score of 59 to 0. Although this was the first game of the season for both teams, and was, therefore, in the nature of preparatory work for both of them still it was snappy and fast throughout The first quarter was especially lively, but later in the game the s. NJ. A. lads began to show marks of combat and their Zen thusiasm waned. This is shown in the fact that in the first quarter the Crimson players were held to one touchdown. while later in the game they scored at will, making two touchdowns In the second quarter and three each in the third and fourth How ever, the S. M. A. delegation fought valiantly and was especially good in de- fensNe. The weight and the skill of the Ala bama eleven was too much for them, and gaps were made continually through their lines by Stevenson, Lenoir, Seven and Nichols. Alabama made good gains throughout the game, but there were two sensational runs one by Lenoir in the third quarter, when he side-stepped 50 yards for a touch down. The other was in the fourth, just before the end of the game, when Stew enson went through the s. M. A. lines for S5 yards and placed the pigs1in under the goal The chief interest of this initial game to Alabama was the bringing out of new material which has been In process of development this year Among the new men, Baty, a quick cool-headed halfback from Bessemer, showed up in excellent form. He showed exceptional ability for carrying the ball made bad gashes in the S. M. A. line. Hinton, who was sent in for Propst in

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Alabama leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.