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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1907.
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STATE BREATHLESSLY INTERESTED IN TODAVS GAME
1 EDITED BY
I P. H. WHITING
TECH AND GEORGIA, THE STRONGEST TEAMS IN THE STATE,
CLASH TODAY IN BIG BATTLE FOR GEORGIA CHAMPIONSHIP
HALFBACK.
BUT VIEWS
C. HATCHER, END.
SMITH (CAPT), HALFBACK.
By PERCY I
Tho supreme test for the Tech and Georgia football teams
comes Saturday afternoon, when the two ancient rivals line up
against each other in the annual battle for the supremacy of the
state.
It ought to be a great fight. The teams seem evenly match
ed and the decision will be fought for from beginning to end.
It is to be <hoped that the members of both teams will
play the game according to the rules, without undue roughness,
and with the right spirit of sportsmanship.
With no intention of raking up the dead past unnecessarily
it might not be amiss to remind the Georgia team that their ath
letic association is under a hazy cloud in Atlanta because of the
bad sportsmanship of tlio Georgia baseball team last spring.
And it is up to them to redeem their alma mater. They can do
this by playing the best game they know how and by losing
or winning with good grace.
The feeling among the backers of the two teams has run
too high. Men who are interested in both teams huvo said things
that a re-thinking would prove to them to be untrue. The
alumni of neither college havo had tho proper feeling toward
the other. It has been a caso of hard feeling ffom the jump.
It is up to the members of the two teams to show thnt this
feeling was without justification. And they enn do this by plny-
ing a clean, fast game of football and by abiding gracefully by
the decision.
And all of us feel sure that both tenms will do this and
that the day will pass off without untoward incident.
rip-snort ingest ever,
early.
f i
!
And if you want to see the fun, turn out
MERCER EXPECTS TO
HARPOON HOWARD
Macon. Ga„ Nov. 2.—In spite of the
severe drubbing Mercer received In
Mississippi, .she is going nfter all the
rest of the .garnet of the aeaeon with
determined effort.
Saturday Howard cornea and every
thing possible hae been done by Coach
Bchencker to round the boys up In
splendid form.
Without doubt the •varsity has shown
up better thle week against the scrubs
than ever before, and certainly they
have been put through a rlstd prac
tice.
Several men have shown up well this
week who have received little notice
before. Chief among them are Ma
lone, the midget, who Is .playing right
end; Dunaway, guard, and Gillespie,
tackle. No surprise will be sprung if
all three of these youngsters are given
a try-out In Saturday's game.
fihnw has been sent hack to full nnd
Bussell In nt center again. The prob
able line-up for Saturday Is: Itussell,
center; Spurlln, left end; Davla, left
tackle; Scoggins, left guard; Under
wood, right guard: Poole, right tnckle;
Hicks, right end; Landrum, gunner:
Mallory, left halfback; Shaw, fullback;
Sudderth, rtght halfback.
HOWARD EXPECTS TO
TRIM MERCER TEAM
Birmingham, Ala., Sov. 2.—Howard
College meets Mercer on the gridiron in
Macon today and If there are two teams
In Dixie evenly matched, these two are
Howard and Mercer. The game, there,
fore, promises to be a great one, In
spite of the fact that Howard Is gen
erally chosen to land the prize.
In spits of Howard's hard ,uck sea
son, the Alabama Baptists are confi
dent of licking Mercer *on account of
that team’s disastrous downfall before
the rushes of the Agricultural and Me
chanical College of Mississippi. The
same team defeated Howard 12 to 5,
but this result was nothing compared
to the drubbing the A. and M. boys
handed the Muconlans.
WHAT DAN M’GUGIN THINKS
What Dan McOugin, coach of the Vanderbilt team, think*—down deep
In hti brain—about the poaatbtlltlea of the game today with Michigan la
•hown by the enclosed letter to the sporting editor of The Georgian:
Nashville, Tenn.
Dear Percy: Am certainly sorry you wilt not be on hand Hatuntay
afternoon, as 1 believe you would.see a great game. In point of actual
power. It would of course be foolish for me to say that Michigan Isn't
stronger than we are. If Michigan should tumble a few times and wv
should not, and If Michigan should drop s few punts, which nr should
gather up. or If we should have luck with forward pas.es snd Michigan
should not, then we might win. If the opposite Is true, the Lord knows,
1 don’t. Yours sincerely,
1 1418 McGavock St DAN M’GUOIN.
Both Teams Are Trained to the Minute For the Big Engagement,
and, Despite Miserable Weather Conditions, a Big Crowd
Will Go to Ponce DeLeon to See the Fun.'
INTERVIEWS WITH THE COACHES 1
Coach Heisman—**l have nothing to say."
Coach Whitney—“I should rather not express an opinion ”
GRAQE, TACKLE. F’ M’WHORTER, TACKLE,
I FOOTBALL OUTLOOK \
1
Well, this Is the big day.
Football holds the center of the stage In the South and rattling good
contests arc on the carpet.
The big game in Georgia Is the Tech-Georgla battle, about which de.
tails will be found elsewhere.
"Captain Smith, are you ready?"
“Captain Sjveet, are you ready?"
And a blast qn the referee's whistle
will set the ball In motion for tho big
Georgia-Tech football game at Ponce
DoLeon park this afternoon.
And for an hour or more there will
be things doing that were never dream
ed of, back In the peaceful days when
Bill Smith and his merry men were
winning a pennant for Atlanta.
J. Pluvlus and tho weather man have
combined to make the atmospheric and
field conditions about as bad as could
be figured out In a rarebit dream.
Rained All Night.
All last night It rained steadily and
copiously. The drizzle got going In
good time to catch the theater cron-ds
nnd to clear the street of the college
men who are wont to prowl up and
down Peachtree on the night before a
big game.
Not satisfied with this, It kept going
all night and what It has done to the
Ponce DeLebn Held hae been a plenty.
It Is a double nnd twisted blessing
that the game Is to he played nt Ponce
DeLeon, where the crowds can be well
handled, ruin or shine. And one ad
vantage of the rain hns been that the
llint-llku top-soil of the new gridiron
hns beon softened somewhat. Th*
will make the falls a little less dead*
but It will make both teams slip ar.|l
skate around as though they were on
Ice.
The weather conditions seem to give
the advantage to the heavier team, but
which that Is nobody knows.
Tech has n pretty weighty aggrega
tion. all right, but so has Georgia, may.
be. Nobody will know for sure until
the Athens team lines up.
.Tht Uncsrtainty of Itl
This uncertainty Is one of the mar
velous features of the affair. Never
before has a Tech-Georgla game been
In prospect when nobody knew what
to make of it. A football game under
ordinary circumstances Is n mystery,
deep and unsolvable.
But when you can't dope out the line
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the other team Is going to do about It,
then "where you are nt" Is a question
too deep for human minds.
And we have given It up.
It looks a toss-up which team lsgotng
to win, and the uncertainty Is mir
rored In the betting which Is anywhere
from 8 to 5 on Georgia to 3 to 1 on
Tech. The official seems to be 75 on
Tech to 50 on Georgia.
Both teams nre ready and compara
tively fit. Tech has a few cripples. So
has Georgia. But generally speaking
both aggregations are ripe and ready.
And It will bo a battle . for blood.
Both teams hate each other cordially
and can be counted on to go, in and
play to the very outside limit.
Plenty of Police.
Tho feeling between the backers of
the two colleges Is no better than It
should be and there is a faint possibil
ity of a clash. To be on the safe side
and to guard against this the largest
force of police that ever attended a
football game In Atlanta will turn out
to see the fun—and Incidentally to see
that pence Is kept, be It ever so paln-
tul.
It has been rumored that Tech may
refuse to play provided certain men un
desirable to her are used on the Geor
gia line-up. But It can safely be said
that this Is not so. Tech may protest
against certain players, but they will
not disappoint the crowd.
The only possibility of n hitch arises
up of the one team and can’t tell whr* thusly: Professor Riggs of Clemson
and Professor Holmes of Georgia, both
vice presidents of the S. I. A. A., will
bo on hand. In case they should at
tempt to rule out players of either
side there might be a lusty kick.
It Is not likely, however, that any
such trouble will arise.
But there Is no telling and we should
hate to guarantee against It.
Georgia’s Line-Up?
Nobody knows what Georgia Is going
to offer In the way of players. When
the team came In last night It walked
up to the desk of the 5Iajestlc and
called for keys. Not a man registered!
When the attention of the clerk was
jestingly called to the fact that the law-
required that alt guests register, he
said he would risk it, that the Geo
association was paying for 2-1 men and
that he would take his chances.
Another symptom of the general
mystery Is that not even the Georgia
students know what men are to be
used on the team.
"Will Cofer play?"
"I don't,know."
"Will Joe Rossfter play?"
“I don’t know.”
And so It goes.
Rumor has It that both these men
and n lot of others who have not ap
peared,regularly In the Georgia line-up
will be seen In the game. However,
this can not be confirmed.
When asked for the Georgia line-up
this morning Coach Whitney said:
"I don't care to give It out."
When asked. "Why not?" he replied:
"I don't have to answer that, either,
do I?"
Here are a few more questions and
answers:
"Is Cofer with you?"
"Yes."
"Will you play him'.’"
■'I don’t know, but I think not."
“What about Rosslter?”
•i don't know. At a meeting of the
representatives about 2 o'clock this
morning It was agreed to use all pro
tested men."
"When can we get the line-up?"
"TllBf twifnra the* renews* VlAffln■ "
SNAPPY EXHIBITION OF FOOTBALL
IN THE INDIAN-PHINCETON GAME
By W. 8. FARNSWORTH.
New York. Nov. 2.—What will un
doubtedly prove the greatest gridiron
struggle In the history of football will
be fought at the Polo grounds this aft-
ernoun when the Carlisle Indians and
tho Princeton Tigers clash. This battle
will bring together the only two teams
that have scared aver 209 points. The
Tigers were above the mark before last
Huturday's defeat at the hands of Cor
nell, while the Indians passed the
double century mark when, one week
ago, they pushed the sons of William
Penn off the football map for the sea-
Over 25,090 people are expected at
the game and If they don't get the best
run for their money they ever had. It
will be because one of the teams has
taken a decided Mump. In order to ex
pedite the handling of the crowd, sep
arate entrances have been provided for
is hoped to make It possible to sent the
crowd with as much expedition as a
big baseball crowd Is accommodated by
the management of the Giants. No
spectators will be allowed to leave their
seats between halves and promenade
across the Held.
"Mike" Thompson, of Georgetown,
will referee the game and "Jack"
Minds, of Pennsylvania, will be the
umpire.
The game will start at 2:20 and there
will be thlrty-mtnute halves.
The Indians must be given the credit
third down practically remove the pen
alties that were provided to punish a
team for Incomplete forward passes.
There are kick formations from
which the forwanl pass will often be
made, but there are also kick forma
tions almost as certain to result In a
punt. Yet from the latter the Indian*
To the South In general two big contests are of especial Interest,
Vanderbllt-MIchlgan and Sewanee-Virginia.
In correspondence from Sewanee. It Is stated that the One Big Thing
Is the Sewance-Virginla game, because the Vanderbllt-MIchlgan set-to Is
not really a strictly Southern affair.
Reastgjlng thusly a pair-oared event up Podunk creek would be a big
ger thing than a race between Cornell und Leander eights at Henley.
Because It Is nn Inter-sectional affair the Michigan game Is the main
show In the South. From present? Indications, and as the field will pre
sumably be heavy, giving an ndvaftia’ge to the weighty Michiganders, Mich
igan should win by a couple of touchdowns. But you can't tell; ’
Also you can't tel! what Virginia will do to Sewanee. Right now our
private hunch (don't bet on It, we're ^not) Is that Sewanee will be the one
that "does” Virginia, by a touchdowfn or two.
About the other games we positively refuse to guess. Our reputation as
a guesser Is on the blink now and there la nothing to be gained by any mori
hazards. ’ . •
Next Saturday will see the following games on tap in the South:
Arkansas vs. Tulane, at New Ofleani.
Auburn vs. Mercer, at Macon. ‘ ;
clemson vs. Davidson, at Clemson.
Gordon vs. Chattanooga, at Barnesvllle. . . .
Mississippi, vs. Vanderbilt, at Nashville.
North Carolina vs. Georgetown, at Washington.
Sewanee vs. Tech, at Atlanta.
Tennessee vs. Kentucky State, at Knoxville.
It Isn’t a very promising list, compared with the one run olt this Sat*
Urt **The Teeh-Sewanee game should be the best In the lot, but It will not
do to overlook the Davldson-Clemson affair. Both of them should be hum.
mere.
VIEWS OF EXPERTS ON
VANDY-MICHIGAN GAME
By JOHN CRAIG.„
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. '2.—This city
Is absolutely on edge for the big Van
derbllt-MIchlgan game, which comes
off here this afternoon.
The Michigan Ibam arrived Friday
morning fresh and'in k'>od spirits after
their Journey from the North. There
are 25 In the party. Including subetl
tutes, coaches nnd trainer. The Ann
Arbor band and second team men ar
rived from Ann Arbor later In the day.
These were sent by popular subscrip
tion from the students of the Univer
sity of Michigan.
.Most of the members of the, team
have never.been In Tennessee before,
and were agreeably surprised to find
cool weather. They had feared that
change of climate would affect their
play, but several stated that the
weather seemed as cool here as In Ann
Arbor when they left.
Athletic Director Charles Baird had
the following to say: "In my mind the
contest Is apt to be very even with the
element of luck a factor In the result."
Physical Director Keene Fitzpatrick:
‘The men are In gilt-edge condition,
and should be able to do their best to
day."
Coach Yost: "If we weather the Van-
derbllt storm today I shall feel very
hopeful against Pennsylvania. I don’t
see how Vanderbilt will be able to
consistently gain ground against us.
We haven't had a first, down made
against u* In any game' this year. On
defensive I’belltve the team to be th.
equal of any of the old Michigan team*,
though on the offensive we are not
nearly so. strong. Don’t let anybody
have the mistaken Idea that I regard
the Vanderbilt game tu a practice af
fair. We will be tickled to death to
win by a. margin of , two, points. From
what I hat'e been able tp, learn. I doubt
whether any .team In the country Is a*
alert handling foVwgrd passes as Van
derbilt, and there are very few on a
par. I don’t forget, the ezhlbltlon Van-
derbllt gave- last year when she scored
four points to .the Indians nothing, end,
as they were that-day, I don't believe
any team .In' the country could have
defeated Vanderbilt. ■ While I don't be
lieve Vanderbilt Is as strong this year
as last, yet she Is-very close up to the
mark. After a long.' hard trip. Vander-
blit tied the Navy. The Navy wae
defeated by Harvard after a fumble,
and the Midshipmen easily took the
strong Lafayette eleven Into camp. 1<
to 0. I obtained mjr football experi
ence at Lafayette, and I am familiar
with conditions there, and I tell you it
takes a strong team to defeat Lafay
ette 17 to 0.
"If Michigan Is defeated by anybody,
of course we would, rather have It done
by Vanderbilt, but don't let that re
mark deceive you In the feeling that
Michigan will not play up to the last
acme of her capacity today.”
ATHENS SENDS DELEGATION
TO SEE THE BIG GAME
what would be poor generalship on the
part of any other team becomes a per
fect generalship on the part of the red
skins.
This Is partly because of Its success
In many Instance*. But a team that
for having done more to awaken the can engineer a forward pass for 45
football world to the possibilities of the yards, successfully or not. Is as well off
open football game than any other
eleven. They pull off plays successful
ly which no other eleven of the big
four would attempt at this time of the
season.
There Is no man passing the ball on
any other eleven w ho can hurl the oval
as far as a good fullback can kick It.
Yet this Is what the Indian* do again
as any other team whose fullback can
kick an average of fifty yards. For If
the forward pass Is unsuccessful on the
third down the attacking eleven merely
loses the ball, gaining at the same time
the distance of an average kick. There
Is also a chance that the forward pass
will be successful and a further advan
tage Is that a team can protect It bet-
the various stands. In this manner it and again and then doing so on tba ter by far than It can a kick.
The granting of the petition for a
holiday Saturday by the University'of
Georgia faculty resulted In the de
parture from Athens of between two
and three hundred Georgia students
Friday and Saturday.
About one hundred came In via the
Seaboard Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock.
A number took the 9 a. m. Seaboard
from Athens this morning and another
big bunch will arrive over the same
line before the game this afternoon.
The students who arrived yesterday
were accompanied by a number of Ath
ens and Lucy Cobb belles, who will be
on hand to cheer the red and block.
The university band also came along,
bringing some twenty pieces. Those
who are familiar with the past per
formances of this energetic lot of mu
sician* know that they will give A go J
account of themselves.
A number of Athens alumni, tom*
of them old football stars and time-
honored supporters of the team, ere in
town and will be seen at the game.
“IS A MAN A FREE
MORAL AGENT?"
Dr C. B. Wilmer,
Sunday, Nov. 3,1907,3 p. m-
Young Men’s Christian As*
sociation.