LMU AIREDALES
VS. UNION COLLEGE
NOV. 17, 1923

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Text from The Blue and Gray, December 1, 1923 edition.
(All spelling and grammar is as appears in the article)

Airedales Win From Union 33-0

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     The Blue and Gray Clad warriors of L.M.U. too the field again Saturday, November 17, against the highly doped team of Union College and again emerged the victor, in a contest which was fought clean through, by a score of 33-0.
    The score fails to tell the story of the brilliant, dazzling play of the backs and the stonewall defence of the line.
     At times Union showed a brilliant offense and at one time carried the ball to L.M.U.'s one yard line but were held to four successive downs by the Airedales.
     The interference of the L.M.U. back field was the best seen on the local field this year.
     Tex Turner, again distinguished himself by his broken field running and tackling.
     Union played a hard game and deserved a better fate. Howard, Union's Captain, and Foley, quarter, showed up well and their work was consistent throughout.
     Turner, of L.M.U., kicked to Union's ten yard line; L.M.U. recovered. Turner went over the line for a touchdown. Niles Brown on an end run scored the second touchdown for the Airedales. Turner kicked goal. L.M.U. kicked off to Union again who lost the ball on downs. By consistent gaining L.M.U. carried the ball to Union's ten yard line, and Niles Brown went around left end for a third touchdown. At the end of the first quarter, the score stood 19-0 for the Airedales.
     No score was made in the second quarter.
     In the second half Union kicked to L.M.U. the Airedales lost the ball on fumbles and threw Union for a safety. Pettigrew scored the fourth touchdown for L.M.U., and at the end of the third quarter the score read 27-0.
     In the early part of the fourth quarter, L.M.U. fumbled, Hale recovered and made a sensational run of eighty yards for a touchdown.
     The L.M.U. line was a stonewall on defense, showing the results of coaching under the experienced hand of Coach Garrett. The backfield interference was exceptionally good. The outstanding stars of the game were Pettigrew, Niles Brown and Turner in the backfield; Holsberry, Hale and Carr in the line.

Substitutions:  L.M.U., Carr for Long; Hudson for Ellis; Wilson for Holsberry; Ausmus for Cureton; Williamson for Garrett; Grizzell for Wilson; Bolton for Hudson; Jordan for Ausmus.  Union, Rice for Webb; Turner for Williams; Perkins for Turner; Deshman for Hensley.

Officials:  Referee -- Johnson, Illinois; Lowrey, Mississippi.

Niles Brown scores on an end run against Union.  11-17-23

Text from article in Tex Turner's scrapbook, presumably a clipping from The Knoxville Sentinel. (Article dated Nov. 17, 1923)
(All spelling and grammar is as appears in the article)

L.M.U. Defeats Union College
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     Harrogate, Nov. 18.--In a game made spectacular by the broken field running and tackling of Turner, and an 80-yard run by Hale for a touchdown, the L.M.U. Airedales won their second game of the season when they defeated here the experience Union College eleven of Barbourvill. The final score stood 33-0 for the Airedales.
     At times Union showed brilliant offence and at one time carried the ball to L.M.U.'s one-yard line, but were held for four successive downs by the Airedales. Howard, Union's captain, and Foley, quarterback, showed up well and their work was consistent throughout. The L.M.U. line was a stone wall on defence, showing the results of steady coaching under the experienced hand of Coach Garrett. The backfield interference was exceptionally good. The outstanding stars of the game were Pettigrew, Niles Brown, and Turner in the backfield; Holsberry, Hale and Carr in the line.
     Turner of L.M.U. kicked to Union's ten-yard line. Union fumbled, L.M.U. recovered and Turner went over the line for a touchdown. Niles Brown on an end run scored the second touchdown for L.M.U. Turner kicked the goal. L.M.U. kicked off to Union again who lost the ball on downs. By consistent gaining, L.M.U. carried the ball to Union's ten-yard line, and Brown went around left end for the third touchdown. The score stood 19-0 at the end of the first quarter.
     Neither side scored in the second quarter.
     In the second half Union kicked to L.M.U. Pettigrew scored the fourth touchdown for L.M.U. and the score read 27-0.

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