LMU RAILSPLITTERS
VS. SUE BENNETT COLLEGE
NOV. 26, 1931

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Article from the Middlesboro Daily News, Nov. 27, 1931 edition.
(All spelling and grammar are as appears in the article)

'SPLITTERS BEAT SUE BENNETT TEAM
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     Harrogate, Tenn. -- Although outweighed fifteen pounds per man and outclassed in experience a plucky, hard-fighting, brainy blue-clad Railsplitter team literally swamped the Sue Bennett Memorial football team here yesterday to the tune of 45 to 7. The visitors were outclassed in every phase of the game and their heavy line opened like a paper wall for the fast charging Railsplitters. The five Seniors who are playing their second year for the local boys certainly gave a creditable account of themselves. Sharpe, guard, Via, tackle, Fulkerson, end, Shields, halfback and Gregg, guard, played ball as it should be played.
     Sue Bennett received the kickoff on their fifteen yard line and ran it back to their twenty yard line when downed. Mullins gained three yards at right tackle. On the second play Cunningham fumbled and recovered the ball for a loss of nine yards. A third attempt at the line netted Sue Bennett one yard. L.M.U. was offside. Mullins faked to Cunningham and went off right tackle for a gain of ten yards and Galloway punted to Jones on his forty yard line. Jones carried the ball on a spinner thru center for four yards. Jones attempted a pass to Shields which was incomplete. Hathaway hot the line at guard for no gain. L.M.U. penalized for offside. Jones punted out of bounds on Sue Bennett's four yard line.
     Galloway made nine yards off right tackle. Galloway hit the line for a gain of three yards and a first down. Mullins fumbled but recovered the ball for a loss of six yards. Galloway goes for three yards off right tackle. Davis passed to Mullins for one yard. Galloway punted to Jones on his 43 yard line. Jones returns the ball to Sue Bennett's 34 yard line. Hathaway gains nine yards on a deceptive play. A series of line plunges and the ball belongs to L.M.U. on the opponents' 5 yard line. Hathaway reels off a deceptive run through the line for a touchdown. Jones, the coolest, cleverest and most deceptive of the Alexander-coached protégés, kicked the goal. Score: L.M.U. 7; S.B.C. 0.
     In the second quarter the Railsplitters got their bearings and used every type of deception known to the sport and literally knocked the hat off the visitors to score 19 points. Jones scoring one touchdown and Ross and Shields each adding one to make eighteen points while Jones made one extra point. Score at the half: L.M.U. 26; S.B.C. 0.
     At the half the wily Swede must have given his protégés another dose of scoring syrup as they came back in the third quarter and scored three touchdowns within ten minutes. Jones taking a pass from Hathaway for one touchdown and running back a punt for sixty yards for the other. In this play each member of the Railsplitters' squad executed a perfect block to open the way for the perfect execution of the run back. Jones scored the extra point. Shields received a pass from the blonde marvel from Elizabethton to a net gain of fifty-five yards and the seventh touchdown of the game. A series of substitutions weakened the Railsplitter attack and at the end of the quarter the score was L.M.U. 45; S.B.C. 0.
     In the last quarter the Sue Bennett lads fighting like starved wolves marched the ball down the field on a series of off tackle plays and forward passes to the Railsplitter five yard line where Mullins drove thru the line for Sue Bennett's touchdown. He made the extra point. A renewed attack on the part of the Railsplitters had the ball on the opponents' fifteen yard line with a first down when the final gun sounded.
     Sue Bennett had a hard fighting line and fast backs but were weak on defense. The simply could not solve Old Alec's attack. It was a case of fast deception against brawn.

     Lineup:

Officials: Jackson, Emory and Henry, Referee; Knuckles, Centre, Umpire; Kristmus, Ohio, Head-linesman; Ellis, Field Judge.

     Score by Quarters: