Nashville at Auburn

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  The Birmingham age-herald, October 23, 1904, page 11

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  NASHVILLE WAS EASY FOR AUBURN Tigers 0utpIayed Tennessee Boys at Every Stage FINAL SCORE 19 TO 0 But for Questionable Penalties Score Would Have Been 30 to o-Foy and Lacey Were Au- burns Stars. FINAL SCORE 19 TO 0 stone wall and a set of backs as fast as | two-year-olds Auburn simply smothered the University of Nashville yesterday af- ternoon and the score of 1s to could have lbeen made much larger but for the con- tinual call for time and unnecessary de- lays by the boys from Tennessee. Nashville was never in the game from the start and within five minutes after the first kickoff 1t was clearly seen that they had no chance. They butted up against a brick wall, and while finding 1t almost impossible to solve the formation of the orange and blue. these red coated warriors left themselves open to almost any kind of attack. The Tigers from Auburn plunged their way through the Tennessee line at pleas ure and around the end the backs fitted like swallows at sundown. But for ques- tionable penalties inflicted by the officials l the score would easily have been 90 to 0. Neither team showed anything new in football, and got down to old time prac- tice from the start. Auburn showed no inclination to introduce new play, but it Is believed they are holding this back for future performances. They simply played old-fashioned football from the start, and by fast work got away with the victory. To quicken the pace in the second half Auburn began calling signals while the men were on the ground, and the plays came off with more rapidity. Nashville, however, was in bad condition, and called for time out on every down. They were evidently playing for time. and in this | they succeeded. Auburn made one more touchdown than she was allowed but the officials said it was an offside play and Laceys beautiful buck of twenty-five yards went for naught. Auburn the Superior. | At the very start 1t developed that Au- | burn was the superior, and it soon be- came a question of picking out the star players. Foy was easily the premier per l former of the game. As halfback for Auburn he showed all the qualities that | make great football player. In the sec | ond half he performed the remarkable | feat of receiving the ball on the kick off and clearing the field for a touchdown after a run of fifty-f1ve yards. Nobody could tackle him, and the interference put up by Auburn was superb. Time and | again he made runs of from thirty to forty yards, and was soon the hero of the | crowd. | Reynolds also showed up in great form | for Auburn, and he was well backed by Lacey. By the way this man Lacey, who | lives at Bessemer, Is one of the best | buckers seen here In some time He hits | the line like a cyclone ana never gives | up. He Is right in the game from the | start, and when given the ball rarely ever | failed to make a gain. On one occasion l he made a touchdown but was called 1 back. He later made the touchdown good. and his friends gave him rouslng cheer. | The only play Auburn used outside of l regular old football was a tackle back foundation which could not be used. By drawing the tackles back and sending them around the end reinforced by the | backs and quarter. they formed a wedge that Nashville could not stop. Elgin Was Nashville’s Star. On the Nashville side Elgin, center, | showed himself a good man. Frequently | he charged through the line and forced the Auburn back to tumble or lose ground. Nashville made a valiant stand at her goal. but it was to no avail. They | were simply overpowered. Towards the finish Auburn removed her heavy guards and put in the subs. They were still superior and practically did | what they pleased At the beginning Au- burn made a safety by Foy’s tackle of the Nashville man. who had the ball. and throwing him back Of the line. The teams lined up as follows: Nashville. Center-Elgin. 1 Guards-Sims and Leerskov. Tackles-Peake and Young. 1 Ends-Lassiter and Abbott. Z | Quarterback-Kelly. Halfbacks-Parnell and McCullom 1 Fullback-Biddle, captain. | The coach is H. l.. Fisher and the man ager., F. L. White. Auburn. Center-Butler. Guards-Moon and Braswell. l Tackles-Jones and Streit. Ends-Wilkinson and Paterson. | Quarterback-Perkins. Halfbacks-Reynolds (captain) and Fay. Fullback-Lacey. Substitutes-May, Blanton, Flournoy, | Rigney and Webb.

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Auburn leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.