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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1907 SPORTING PAGE SPORT HAPPENINGS OP THE DAY—MOSTLY FOOTBALL ! EDITED BY IP.H. WHITING TENNESSEE TEAM MUST BE DROPPED Tech Schedule Too Hard and Will Be Changed Next Year. HOWARD COLLEGE FOOTBALL SQUAD • The Georgia School of Technology I* quite likely to cut either Vanderbilt or Sewanee off her echedule for next fall. Thle buslnese of meeting the two best team* In the South In a row Is far and away too giddy for J. W. Helsman, the wizard coach. “We have not made any decision about dropping any teams as yet, but I'm afraid that we shall have to pass up either Sewanee or Vanderbilt," said Mr. Helsman Monday. "You see our big games are with Georgia, Auburn and Clemson. We can't hope to play our best every Sat urday and we ought to have some easy ■teams to slip In between our hard gomes. But Instead we get Vanderbilt nn<l Sewunec this year. And our finish Is clearly In sight." ton, while Ashtnhack gave Hcranton Its assume active management of the club. first in 8. I. A. A. tootosll, but tbs Mercer Saturday. Here Is s photograph of ths squad from which the Howard team was picked. Thie year it Howard'e is Risking s ereditablo showing, despite that fact. Ths Howard tsam played Gordon Institute Friday and The men in the picture are: Top row, Jonet, 8. Moon, B. Duke, Cruise, Allen, Vaughn (captain), Denny, D, Moon, Miller, Grenade, C. Allen, Second row, Couneelman (eoacn), Blount, Longshore, Smith, H. Vaughan, Burns, Cook, Watts, Hagood (manager). Third row, Caffes, H. Cook, Davis, Ellard, Hundall, Street. •HIMIHHMHHfHII I NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS S j Well, what are we to think of Clemson now? Also of Auburn? SEWANEE WILL BRING POWERFUL “MACHINE” Something About the Purple Aggregation Which Plays Tech Saturday and Georgia Monday. Special to The Georgaln. Sewanee, Tenn., Nov. 4.—At Sewa nee. through all this football aeaaon the "dope artleta" have been predicting three hard games for the purple team. ■These are the onea with Virginia at Norfolk on November 1. with Georgia Tech at Atlanta on November 3 and the final umaah-up with Vanderbilt on Thanksgiving day In Nashville. On Hardee Park for the past two weeks Coaoh Erwin hae been pushing hie squad for all It la worth. Thara are about tbirty-flve men who report for practice every afternoon, from which number a strong scrub team has been picked. Ths ‘varsity Itaelf, as far as raw ma torlal goes, la ths beat that Bewanea has ever seen. The Sewanee football crank points back to tha team of '» that atartled the Southern etatee with Its record of five garnet won In elx days, but the team of '07 la aiming still higher. The season's schedule Is a heavy one, ten games In all with sev eral long trips between. Half of this schedule has already been played and there are it! points In Sewnnee’a favor while her five op ponents have tallied only 10. Thle shows what possibilities are In the mountain squad. For three years past Sewanee has engaged Yale coaches, and their tactics seem to suit particularly well the game os played ny the Tigers. Easy work throughout the first of ths season with Increasing endurance and hardness to accom pany the gradual training Is the plan pursued by the Yale coaches at Bc- wanee. The result Is that when Thanksgiving day dawns, one would have to look far and wide to And a squad of men more capable of ex treme endurance or of better physical training. There are eight of last year’s play ers now on the Purple 'varsity. "Lex" Stone, who needs no Introduction os an All-Southern tackle, Is better, bigger, heavier and fiercer than ever before. He has In addition to his mass of bone and muscle, an unlimited supply of that Indefinable thing which has been technically termed tho "Sewanee Spirit." He can be' tackled and hla broad shoulders pinned to the ground, but the spirit In "Lex" can never be downed. Next to Stone on left end le a little fellow named "Bike" Williams. He Is quiet and unassuming, but when tho backfleld player catches a punt “Bike" Is always right there. On forward passes, too, he la as fast as a bird. Cheape, at left guard, tilts the scales at lit pounds this year, and with his ■0* experience and Coech Erwin's les sons has been playing a hard, consist ent game throughout the season. Captain Watkins, of '04 fame, hns been well substituted at center this year by Tom Evans. Tom weighs 170 pounds and played guard all last year, but seems more at home at cen ter. With the exception of Williams, at left end, he Is the lightest man In the line, but although he seldom stars, Tom never lets anyone run over him. Lewis, an '06 veteran, Is starring this year at right end. His "specialty" Is the forward pass and hns already dono sensational stunts several times with this play. He made one of the touch downs against Auburn by tho neat ex ecution of a forward pass. Right guard and right tackle are filled by new men. Faulkenborry Is one of the biggest men that ever don ned a purple uniform. He weighs 116 but aa yet le very slow In charging. He Is, however, meeting with plenty of attention at Coach Erwin's hands and shows dally Improvement. "Smiling” Bill Evans, at right tackle, Is one of the etrongest players on tho team. At the West Texas Military Academy he made a great prep, school record for himself, and his Sewanee record promises to be equally bright. He weighs nearly 200 pounds, Is re markably fast for such weight, plays like a demon and smiles all the time. He Is something of a kicker also, as was seen -at Memphis recently when he kicked ten nut of eleven goals In the game against the University of Mississippi. In the backfleld are Captain Barrett, "Fish" Markley, "Skinny" Shipp and Lanier, the Iasi named being thn only new men. Captain Barrett has shifted from full, whore ho was last year, to quarter. The change at firat seemed a doubtful one, but Coach Erwin knew hla bualnesa and the team Is material ly atrengthened by the shift. Barrett runa the team with the coolness of a Scarborough, and he makes his for ward passes long and with accuracy. Lanier caine to Sewanee with a big prep, school reputation, and has easily made good. Although only 16U pounds In w eight, he bucks I he line like a catapult, and on end runs affords ex cellent Interference. He plays In the backfleld on the defense, handles punts safely and dodges like u rabbit In a broken field. Everybody knows “Skinny" Shipp. One of the greatest halfbacks In the South, ho has already exceeded his recoct of last year for ground-gaining. In the first half of the Mississippi game he covered 200 yards alone. Under the direction of Erwin his defensive work has greatly Improved. Markley, at left half. Is considered by *"ma admirers to be the best all- around man on the team. He Is at least the most consistent player Se. wnnee has had In many a day. He ad vances the hall well. Is strong on the defenetve. but shines especially In the Interference he afTorda on end runa and tackle pluys. The mountain lads may be a bit bat tered up by the Virginia game, but there will be something doing In At lanta next Saturday afternoon regard less of bruises. TECH MUST DISCOVER TWO NEW “QUARTERS" Georgia Game Knocked Out Two Valuable Men and Heisman Is Now Searching For Field General. The Tech team Is light op against It. On Bsturdsy tho Yellow Jackets must meet Hownnee, and tho following Hsturdsy thoy go to Kushvlllu to Inks on Vanderbilt. A month ago it looked as though Tech bod a chance with Sewanee. Up to tho time oven of lout Saturday's game It lookud aa though Tech could at leaat make a good ■bowing in that game. But Saturday's play put Robert out of the game for the aeaaon, anil Buchanan for some time and perhapg for tha entire sea- ""Robert baa n dislocated elbow. Hut It la a bad one. In trying to ward off a Georgia tackier hla arm waa not only dlflocatnl, but the bones wore rammed, up Into tho muscles—a serious and painful accident. It la utterly out of ths question to otqiect that he will be sbTe to plsy during the remainder of the season, and hardly worth w ^h".ru'zt B i..d hla kn«*e, but not **- rlouNly. In fan. tho Injury waa to alight at firat that hla kiu*« waa bandaged un nm! he went back Into the gatn«\ It pained him ao, however, thnt he hail to retire. Just how long Buchanan will l»e out of tha gann* reuinlna to be seen. Certainly be will not be bnck for the Hewanee gnuie, and probably not for the Vanderbilt game. To underatand wbat the loaa of tbeao two mon nteaiiN to the team. It uiuat lm known that Buchanan waa tho first quarter back, the enfeat man In catching pnnt* that Tech ever ha<l, and a wonderfully good player; and that Itohert waa the second quarterback, the faateat runner on the team (with plenty of weight behind the apee<ll ( and thnt he waa tho mon who called the signal*. Tech could better have spared any other two men. Only one other man on the team ranked In vnlne with tbeae two. The had part for Tech cornea In the fact that roach Ilelatuan muat grind out two uuarterhacka Insldo of a week mid hnre tnein In ahnpe for the Rewnneo game. Aud this la an nltnoat hopeleaa took. “Piggy” Hightower, In spite of a atahle of “chnrley lior*es,” will undoubtedly get, flrfct call on the vacant Job. Whether “Pig. gy“ can go through a whole game or not la a question, on account of tn* Mid “aul* mala, but he will try It. The problem of a second an beyond solving. Two memiic noum-el them hopeleiia for the Hewaneo game. Maybe they ran be trained Into good men before tho end of the eenaon, but they can’t be whacked Into shape for Batur- fto tho problem of a aeoond quarter la an open one, nnd there la little ehnneo of making any kind of a showing agalnat Sewanee. OO<KlOOt«H>0OOOOOOCKiaCKKJOOOC S TY AND HANS TIE. O a o O It's more than passing strange O 0 that "Hans" Wagner nnd “Ty" O O Cobb, the two batting kings, O G should have soused the sphere to 0 0 the very same tune. Officially, 0 0 Wagner's average Is .350. Unof- 0 0 ficlaJly, Cobb's Is the same size. 0 0 Magee, the N. L. runner-up, went 0 0 .338, and Crawford, the A. L. place 0 0 member, .326. 0 0 0 OO00000000OO0000O00000000O We refuse to be interviewed. Evidently both teams are “in-and-outers.” In the four preliminary games Auburn showed up poorly enough. Then came the Sewanee game and the Aubumites opened the eyes of the Southern football world. Against Tech Auburn did not show Yniich and with any display of form Tech would have won.. Now the Auburn Polys turn around and hammer the padding ont of Clemson. And now look at Clemson, and she’s worth looking at, for she plays Georgia here November 16 and Tech here Thanksgiving Day. Clemson was played off her feet in the opening game by Gor- don. Then Tennessee trimmed the South Carolina Tigers. After that came the big form reversal and Clemson pinned it on North Carolina. , , . And now Auburn gives Clemson a decisive defeat. Some slight line on Clemson can be secured Thursday after she meets Georgia in Augusta. But very little, In the first place there is no knowing what team Georgia will.use nnd in the second it is reported that Clemson wilL put in a line-up of subs in thnt game. . The Clemson-GeQrgia game in Atlanta and not the one in' Athens is to he considered the decisive affair and besides Clemson has to finish up the week by playing Davidson and the North Car olina team is too strenuous to be treated lightly. So the Atlanta public will hardly be able to form an opinion- of Clemson until the team plays Geongia here the day Tech is in Nashville. MATTY M’INTYRE MAY PLAY WITH YANKEE8. New York, Nov. 6.—Matty McIntyre, the great outfielder of the Detroit club, may wear a Yankee uniform next spring, If the leg which he Injured ear ly last season shows that it Is as strong as ever. McIntyre would like to play In New York, as. his home Is o* Staten Island, where he has lived all his life, and Manager Griffith Is making an ef fort to secure his services. LOCUST GROVE WIN8. Special to (Ths Georgian. Locust Grove, Qs., Nov. 6 Locurt Grove scored her fourth successive vic tory this afternoon by defeating the second team of Mercer 6 to 0. McDaniel made the only score of the game on tha last three minutes of ttie first half by running 70 yards for a touchdown. This was easily the star play of the game. Officials—Turner (Locust Grove), referee; Mallory (Mercer), umpire; Professor Holmes (Mercer), head lines man. SIXTEEN QUALIFY IN TRAWICK TOURNEY Tho qualifying round of tho Trawlck tour namont at tha Atlanta Athletic Club hna been played off; and, aava for the need of a play-off for a tie for fifteenth and six- teonth place*, tho player* are ready to be gin on the mntcU round*. Thomna B. Paine had the beet net qualify ing round, playing the conree In 92, with an 8 handicap. V. G. Byrd’a 87 waa the beet groee score. That the handicap* wore rather even waa Indicated by the fact thnt the qualifying acorea ran fr4>u> #4 to 92 and that nn even doxon playera were bunched nt 90, 91 nnd 92. The result of qualifying round* wan an follow*: „ .. Grow. Iland’p. Net. I Thoma* B. Paine.... 92 8 84 2. Percy Whiting 92 6 86 8. W. /. Tllaoo W 4 86 4. fc\ G. Byrd 97 0 87 6. F. M. Uxton 100 12 W 6. W. B. Stovall 102 14 88 7. Frank Holland 96 7 89 8. Fulton Colville 102 12 90 9. H. C. William* 100 10 90 10. P. T. Mnyre 94 4 90 11. C. K. Corwin 106 16 90 12. W. K. Stone 103 12 91 13. Clarence Angler 99 8 91 It. 11. Clay Moore 99 8 91 >r the last two place*, No. 13 and No. 16, live playera are tied, a* shown below: Gross. Hand’p. Net. C. P. King 106 14 92 G. W. Adair 104 12 92 I,. D. ffcott 1M M , 92 Harry llnll 108 16 92 Lowry Arnold 99 7 92 The** four player* will make another round of 18 holee and the loweat net iqedal •core will fill place No. 15, the next loweat goen In n* Nn. 19, and complete* the nnmber allowed In the play-off for the eup. The gulf committee of the A. A. C. haa completed the drawing with the remit aa •hown below. Player* drawn agalnat each other must play their matebe* on or before November 9. Clarence Angler va. Thomas B. Paine, C. K. Corwin va. II. Clay. Moore. Fulton Colville va F. G. Byrd. No. 13 va W. J. Tilton. F. M. I.uxton va. No. 16. W. B. Stovall va. Percv Whiting. W. K. Stone va P. T. Mayre. H. C. William* v* Frank Holland. Ah to who So. 15 and No. 16 will lie de pend* up4>n the result of the play-off be* tween the nvc golfer* who tied with a 92 In the qualifying round. The aeoond rouhd In thla tournament will Ite iduyetl during the week ending Noremtoer 16. the third round during the week ending November 22, nnd final* dating the week nil tig November 30. Mr. Truwlck expects to be In Atlanta to witness the flnala UMPIRE EVANS WRITES ABOUT COBB HERE IS HOW WE SAVE YOU $5 TO S10 We’ll take your old stove, or range, or gas stove as first payment on one of our fine “New Eagle’’ Stool Ranges, at a fair valuation—say $5 or $10, or oven more, according to worth. This saves throwing away, or giving away your old stove, and enables you to save $5 or $10, and to get an “Eagle’’ without investing a cent at time of purchase. The balance you can pay at $1 a week or $5 a month. We believe this offer will enable a number of purchasers to decide on an “Eagle.” Don’t put off your buying, as we may withdraw this offer any day. You can rest assured that when you buy an “Eagle” your stove troubles will all be over. By WILLIAM Q. EVAN8. (American League Umpir*.) Tyrus Cobb, outfielder extraordinary, champion swatter of the American League, sensation of ths league race and disappointment of the world's se ries, Is an exampls of the strenuous life. Mr. Cobb waa the most-tatked-of man In ths country during the last six months, not excepting Terrible Teddy. ' Although ths season Just closed was only Cobb's second as an American Leaguer, he was ths real lire wire of the organization. He was a big draw ing card, and he delivered the goods as a rule in large packages. The wonder ful work of Cobb In the field, on the Nwa and St th- hat had much to do with the winning of the pennant by Detroit He should be a tower of strength to the Tigers again next year. Cobb's sudden rise to fame In the baseball world makes his debut Into the big league Interesting. He waa die. covcred by BUI Armour, the former De. trott mlaager and now leader of the Toledo team. Cobb, who. by the way. has Just reached bis maturity, was then II yews of age, and was a member of the Augusta tram, of the Mouth At lantic League. Cobb looked good to X Armour and he purchased him for the Detroit team. The story goes that Augusta was to receive 1500 for Cobb In case he made good. The Detroit club paid 1250 down, with the understanding that the re maining amount was to be sent to the Augusta club at a certain specified date. When the appointed time came around the club management hesitated about paying the additional amount, but when Armour offered to put up the 3250 out of his own pocket, the club owners decided that he must be the goods and came across. With only two years' experience tn the minors. Cobb's entry Into the big league wasn't anything out of the or dinary. IVna any he would look like S diamond In the rough, the next be would appear correspondingly bad. Hts fiery Kouthern disposition didn't make a hit with some of the veteran mem bers of the team, and It wasn't long before Cobb was In bad. Trouble brewed, and the youngster from the South mixed It up with several of his teammates and the breach waa opened all the wider. In one sense of the word, Cobb was as much to blame for Detroit's poor showing In 1306 as he waa for the good showing of the present year. Naturally Armour favored Cobb. In asmuch as he was a protege of Toledo Rill. Armour had a number of close friends among the players and they sided with him. The players who had a grievance against Cobb opposed Ar mour. and as a result the club was divided Into two warring factions. With such conditions existing Detroit’s poor showing was not to be wondered nt. It seems that the mighty Cobb of to day broke Into the big league for the "bush salary," 31.200, or 3200 a month. Those on the Inside claim this was the cause of all the trouble. The re sult was Armour lost Ills job. •’The Man of the Hour," In the eyes of the Detroit populace, then appeared on tha scene. Hughey Jennings took charge of the tame Tigers and infused a fighting spIrIL as well as one of harmony, that brought the American League pennant to the City of Straits. In this march to victory no man helped more than Tyrus Cobb, the former dis turber. Jennings all but disposed of hint In the spring, and had he done so the Chicago Cubs might have had a different contender for the world's honors. McIntyre was Jennings' se lection for left Held, while Cobb played center. Matty and Ty didn't agree any too well, und Jennings had about de cided thut he preferred McIntyre to Cobb. Just then a happy Idea struck him. IK- shifted Crawford to center and Cobb to right. The scheme worked like a charm, and was a lucky one for Jennings, as shortly after the season opened McIntyre broke a leg and was out for the season. Had he sold Cobb he would have been up against it. During the mason Just closed Cobb pulled nit many a spectacular stunt In the field, at the bat, on the bases. Be cause of his great speed he always had his opponents on edge when he stepped to the pint,-. They realised that the play must be made fast In order to get him, and consequently many an error was made on Cobb because the fielder tried to handle the ball too quickly. Lots of people claimed Cobb was lucky. He wasn't, and he deserves all the laurels that are now coming hts way. . 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