Wake Forest at Florida

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  The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, October 21, 1924, page 11 (results column)

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  conference. Whether Tulane will be able to continne its phenomenal win ming such as was displayed Saturday will be the problem faced by contending elevens. Next Saturday Vanderbilt plays Georgia ut Nashville, Georgia who held Yale to a z to 6 victory, and here will be found, in large manner, the an- swer to the puzzle of the conference rating. Tulane plays set-up in Spring Hill. .2 In intersectional contests the confer ence teams held the visitors spells as the dust of battle cleared. Georgia Tech showed good offensive, and a clever kicker, to win from Penn State, 15 to 13 in Atlanta. A field goal by Williams won the game. Louisiana State university, under Mike Donohue, took Heisman’s shifty Rice eleven into tow by beating them 12 to 0. Important Games The coming weekend struggles will pit two mighty teams, as a conse- quence of the advancing of the season, for Alabama will meet Georgia Tech and the championship of the confer ence will in a large measure be de- cided. l.. s. U. plays Auburn at Bir- mingham in another conference game. Washington and Lee, though beaten by Wake Forest, is still in theN running for the conference. flag and the Gen erals defeated Kentucky State knock ing them out of the race. Wake For est, a non-conference eleven which has been causing considerable damage to gridiron teams reputa tions this year, was finally checked. when the great Florida eleven rolled up a score of 34 to 0 on them. Florida, thereby, placed herself among the foremost of conference elevens in the running for the bunting. Next Saturday the Flor ida eleven visits the Lone Star state to encounter the Texas Longhorns at Aus tis. Washington and Lee meet Vir- ginia Poly. Georgia Wins Georgia stopped Furman in a hard struggle, 23 to o, while Auburn bested the Howard College Bulldogs. Both teams encounter conference elevens next Saturday in Vandy and l.. s. tU., re- spectively. Mississippi A. and M. defeated Ole Miss in their annual classic, 20 to 0 while Alabama downed Sewanee in an- other classical contest. Tennessee, which beat Carson-Newman Saturday, will encounter the Mississippi Aggies next Saturday at Memphis, Tenn. Ken lucky State will encounter Sewanee in another conference conflict. Matters of much weight in the award ing of the southern conference title will be in the games of next Saturday. Fol lowing the coming conflicts a cham pion may be picked from the list of con- tending teams.

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Florida leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings, counting the two since this game.