Vanderbilt University - Commodore Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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' THE MIGHTY VVOLVERINES And so the game seesawed for hfty more thrilling minutes. Once Tot McCullough caught a long, long pass, and brought Vanderbilt to the point nearest to the coveted line. But Michiganls line could not be penetrated con- sistently, no more than could Vanderbilt's, and by the end of the first half, there was a feeling that no one would score. Once, late in the game, Michigan made a desperate threat by a place kick, but the ball went wide, and again Scotty Neil booted out of danger. . Time after time'Gil Reece caught punts, and shifting from side to side in a most elusive fashion, would run almost through the Michigan team, by a hair's breadth, escaping each hand outstretched to seize him. He resembled old Lewis Hardage, who had taught him that shifty trick. Lynn Bomar tore through the Wolverine line con- stantly, and always emerged after a play on the far side , of the 'secondary gdefense. Every man- inlthe lineup deserved a crown of glory that day, but the hero of heroes, the creme de la' creme, was Captain Jess Neely. Fragile, in- jured, bruised, exhausted he was, but down after down, almost the whole game through, he hurled himself into,the midst of each- play, and did more than any other man to send Michigan home with the nearest thing to a licking Vanderbilt ever gave her. I Whence came that irresistible spirit that shattered the 'Michigan plays no one knows. Every man on the squad possessed it. It was the re-enactment of more than one chapter in the record of Vanderbilt's past. . There never was a greater reversal in the history of athletics than that that day. The dwarf stood like a Titan ,foot to foot and breast to breast with the grim Michiganlgiant, and disarmed him. MCGUGIN Hams BALL T0 Yosr

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.-Uv: ,, , Q.- Mow, M. VANDY VS. MICHIGAN, 1908, SHOWVING SRIALL CROWVD V l That Glorious Michigan Tie Not before our three score years and ten are passed and Father Time has beckoned us to come and go with him to parts unknown do we ever expect to witness such a glorious and stupendous spectacle as that which took place on October 14, 1922, before close to twenty thousand cheering, raving fans assembled in the new Dudley Memorial Stadium for its dedication, when those untried Commodores fought to a standstill the mighty Wolverine hosts, the pride and the terror of the Western Conference. No man, woman or child who saw that struggle will ever forget it. It was one of the greatest triumphs any lighter, weaker foe ever ac- complished against such overwhelming oddsg one of the greatest exhibitions of purc nerve and fighting spirit compelling a team to rise as one to a great occasion and accomplish the impossible, ever seen on anybody's gridiron. Bornar had the honor of making the first kickoff on the new Held. Michigan returned it a considerable distance. Then with a series 'of tricks, bucks, and for- ward passes they swept down the field toward what looked like a certain touchdown. A fake punt play planted the ball in the shadow of the goal posts, and twenty thousand fans gulped in anticipation of defeat. f'But that line that had been described as weak sud- denly stiifened. It had shrunk to earth, and then, Antaeus like, renewed by Contact with Mother Earth, it rose in its new might and hurled the foe backward. 'From then on ensued a kicking game on Vanderbilt's part, that left the ball, on each exchange of punts, ever closer to the Michigan goal. Scotty Neil far outdis- tanced his opponent, and through all the game kept the ball in Michigan territory by his mighty foot. Rare strategy it was. Michigan fumbled repeatedly, and always there was a Vandy man there to down' the receiver. . .1-L VANDY VS. BTICHIGAN, IQ22, SHONVING STADIUNI CROWDED

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