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TTIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. DAY. NOVEMBER 190?. SPORTING j PAGE I COLLEGE ATHLEIICS STILL VERY MUCH “STEWED UP” s EDITED BY IP. H. WHITING VANDERBILT MAY PLAY HERE By PERCY H. WHITING. • Tt is our regular luck to have a largo bunch of things happen every time we stray outside the city limits. We went to Nashville Friday to seo Tech play Vanderbilt and before wo were well on the train a string of sulphurous hap penings Were uncorked in the sporting world that has had the said sporting world gagging and sputtering ever siijce. In fact, so many things have happened in a few brief days that the writer has not the slightest notion where he is at and he opines that most of those connected, with college athletics in Geor gia are in the same aquatic vehicle. He has this to say, though. He is GOING to know just where he is at and the public will be put wise. He wishes to reiterate that he has no bias in this Georgia- Tech affair beyond one that an y fair-minded man would have after reviewing the facts of the case. Georgia’s offense in the Tech gnme was flagrant. It was ob vious on the face of it and there could be no denying it and there has been no attempt at denying it. Georgia hired almost a full team to beat Tech and it wns the rawest thing that has happened in S. I. A. A. athletics in years. To justify it by saying that Tech was doing things equally bad wns ridiculous. If Tech has committed any athletic crimes, ns charged, then it haR been a smooth piece of work. Apparently everything done by Tech this year lias been done in the open. The fact that reporters of Atlanta papers were al lowed on the field every day during practice makes the disprov ing of such stories ns the one that a “ringer” played on the Tech team under the name of Robert, Uuchnnan, Hightower or any body else is a matter of the greatest ease. The man who is specifically charged with paying the way of one Tech player through college has nssured the writer that the chnrge is a lie. Which settles the mntter as far ns we are con cerned. As we remarked before wo are not going into the thing any further until we have seen the documents in the ease. Wo simply want it understood that, our bias against Geor gia has come because we knew beyond the shndow of a doubt that Georgia wns guilty of ntliletic misdoings in thnt Tech game. Our leaning toward Tech has come because we have never seen nny conclusive proof that Tech has done nnything that wns not proper under the rules of the 8.1. A. A. Wo arc open to conviction. And if it is shown that Tech is any worse or anywhere near as bad as Georgia, we are quite pre pared to say ns warm things nbout the local college ns we have said nbout the one in Athens. We are not running any popularity contest. Wo have lost more friends to the minute in the last month or ao than wo made in tho previous year. And that’s no fun. But some time it will dnwn on tho people who do not like our attitude in Hie matter that we are in this thing with one ob ject in view and only one.' We want to see college athletics in Georgia put on tho right basis. And Vo are prepared to saoriflee considerable popularity to get them there. And while they are on tho way wo don’t care especially whose feelings we hurt. Cleaning house is a nasty job, anyway, and wo shall all bo glad whon it is over. But while it is with us let’s mike a good job of it Will Meet Clerason in Atlan ta Thursday if Plans Can be Made. COACH SHAUGHNESSY, CLEMSON. Pat Powers would have pretty hard work losing his Job as president ot the Eastern League. It Is quite possible that Vanderbilt • and Clemson may meet In Atlanta j Thursday afternoon In a game which j should be one of the feature affairs of ] the season. Of course, the planB are In a very nebulous state now and may neve ' amount to anything. It Is up to Clem son. ! When the Vanderbilt association ' learned that the Clemson and Auburn i athletic associations were* threatened j ; with serious financial complications ns j i a result of the suspension of Georgia, , the Vanderbilt Athletic Association | came to the rescue and stated that If j either team cared for a game with Van- | ; ilerbllt they would try to give It to j j them. To pull It off Vanderbilt will ; have to get a special dispensation from i • th# faculty for some extra "time off," > i and will have to break a precedent of j •years In playing a post-season game. I However, the Commodores feel that they are willing to do this If It will help 1 out the two athletic associations. | Vanderbilt, however, does not wont ! it If Clemson and Auburn do not. j The matter will be put up to Clemson • Monday. If they need the money bad ; enough to risk a beating they will probably accept. If they do not, Van derbilt’s heart will not bo broken, for the Commodores are very busy now- getting ready for the Sewanee game. If the game Is played It will come off at Ponce DeLeon Park Thursday after noon. Before putting the matter up to Clemson at all. Vanderbilt authorities conferred with Professor Randle, of Tech, and ascertained from him that he had no objection to letting the game be played because of the peculiar con ditions that now exist. Without securing this permission. BRITT, R. G., CLEMSON. Vanderbilt would not have acted, for they would never Intrude In Tech's ter ritory without permission from tho lo cal athletic authorities. PRESIDENT MATHESON GOES TO MACON TO INVESTIGATE COMMODORES RESENT PENNSYLVANIA "FAKE” By JOHN CRAIG. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. II.—The state. Trent appearing In the New York pa per, In which It le alleged that Penn- eylvanln coaches Vho were present in Nashville to see the Vanderbllt-MIch- Igan game, carried back a report that the game was "flxed'' for Michigan to win easily In order that aha might not show her best playe to the Quaker rep resentatives, Is commented upon very bitterly by the Commodores them selves. In the first place no higher quality ot true sportsmanship feeling exists than that which prevails between Mich igan and Vanderbilt. The men of the two teams have been courteous and even cordial to each other off the field. The Commodores are earnestly hop ing for Michigan's success against Pennsylvania, and all Michigan re joices when Vanderbilt does something worth while. Last year when Vanderbilt won over the Indians, bonfires and cheering took place In Ann Arbor Just as when Mich igan Is rlctorlous. After Vanderbilt’s game against the Navy, dnseite of telegrams were sent b'outh to the Nashville boys and Coacn McOugln containing sincere congratu- mtom and evidences of pleasure. Notwithstanding all of these things, no two teams light harder against each other on the gridiron than do Vander bilt and Michigan. All the football world hates a quitter, and a half-heart, ed player, and each member of a team knows that any let-up on hie part would be viewed not only by his team mates but by his opponents with the utmost contempt. ' As a member of the team. It le per haps not Improper for me to express the feeling that In no place In the country do members of any team take any greater pleasure, nor have a right to take any greater pleasure. In the fart that the team Itself Is thoroughly untarnished by any taint of profession- ii’l.-m. The Commodores know that unfair- ness or hired players would take all of the pleasure out of a successful season both In the present and retro spect. It can safely be said that Vanderbilt’s nrhlevement on the gridiron the past three years, .with particular reference to her ability to go Into any section of the country ami demonstrate that the men ot Dixie can play football well enough to make the best of the North and Bast show Its best to win or tie. Is a matter of soma comfort to all of the colleges In the South. Before Vanderbilt bad obtained an opportunity to get games with the Mg Ea-tern end Northern teams the foot ball people of these sections bad looked upon Vanderbilt with contempt, and now that the South has been nble to make the athletic people of other sec tions sit up and take notice, and has done It clearly with men athletically clean, local |>eople resent the sting of this "Irresponsible supposed-expert," who. In defiance of the fqels, defames the character of Southern football und Imputes to It the customs ot dishonest prise ring fakers. Tech's splendid showing In the sec ond half against Sewanee has made the Commodores feel more or leas un easy in regard to that struggle Satur day. Before the good work ot the Atlanta school against Sewanee the men here were very confident, expect ing to defeat Tech as easily as last year. Now It is beginning to be felt that the etruggle will be a real one, and that Sewanee was lucky in get. ting her IS points. OOOO0OOOOOOO00OOOOOOOO00OO O THE BEST BATTERS O O FROM 1889 TO DATE. O O Nations! League. O O Year. Player. P. C. O O 1889 — Dan Brouthera 171 0 O 1890... .Jack Glasscock SSI O O 1891....Willie Hamilton Ml 0 O 1S92 Childs-Brouthera .....US O 0 1891....Jake Stensei O00000000O00O000000000000D O 0 O TY COBB LEADS. 0 O 0 0 Tho ofnclal hatting averages of 0 0 the American League are out and 0 0 Ty Cobb gets .001 more than was 0 0 awarded him by tho unofficial 0 0 dnpestera. He leads tho league 0 0 with .351. 0 O Here are the leaders: 0 0 Player and Clubs. Ab. h. Av. 0 0 Cobb, Detroit 60S 21! .352 0 0 Kay, Wash 80 20 .281 0 0 Orth, Now York.. ..106 34 .124 0 0 Crawford, Dotrolt. .682 188 .323 0 0 Stone, St. Louis.. ..696 191- .320 0 0 Killian, Dotrolt. ...122 39 .120 0 0 0 0000000000O000000000000000 THE NO-HIT GAMES. .409 0 .438 0 .423 0 0 1894....Hugh Duffy .... 0 1195....Jesse Burkett 0 1891....Jesse Burkett 410 0 O 1897....Willie Keeler .411 0 D 1898....Willie Keeler 179 0 0 1899....Ed Delehanty 408 O 0 1900....Hans Wagner 180 0 0 1901....Jesse Burkett 382 0 0 1902....Clarence Beaumont.. .157 0 o 1901....Hana Wagner 155 0 O 1904....Hans Wagner 156 0 O 1905....J. B. Seymour 177 0 o ltot Hans Wagner 119 0 O 1907.... Hans Wagner 160 0 0 American League, 0 0 1901....Napoleon Lsjole 422 0 0 190!....Eddie Delehanty S7« O O 190!....Napoleon Lajole 255 0 O 1904....Napoleon Lajole 181 0 o 1905....Napoleon Lajole lit 0 O 1904....George Stone 268 0 0 2907....Ty Cftbb .150 O O American Aaaoeiation. 0 0 1119....Tommy Tucker 176 0 0 1110....Chicken Wolf 1110 0 1191....Dan Brouthera 129 O 0 D O Brotherhood. 0 0 1190....Pete Browning 191 0 O O 00000000000000000000000000 DO IT NOW! 8mok* EE-M. medicated tobacco, cun for colds, catarrh, asthma. Sold by- drug and cigar stores. Dope on the no-hlt games Is always In season. Here Is the big league crop from 1880 to date: National League. June 12, 1880—Cleveland by Rich mond of Wooster, not a player reaching first base. June 17. 1880—Buffalo by Ward of Providence, not a player reaching first base. Aug. 19, 1880—Boston by Corcoran of Chicago. Aug. 19, 1880—Worcester by Galvin of Buffalo. , Sept. 20, 1882—Worcester by Corco ran of Chicago. July 25, 1863—Cleveland by Rad bourne of Providence. Sept. 13, 1883—Philadelphia by Dally of Cleveland. June 27, 1884—Providence by Corco. ran of Chicago. Aug. 4, 1884—Detroit by Galvin of Buffalo. July 17. 1886—Providence by Clark- >n of Chi June 28. of Brooklyn. July 31, 1891—Brooklyn by Rusle of New York. Aug. 4, 1892—Brooklyn by Stlvetts of Boston. Oct 16. 1892—Pittsburg by Jones of Cincinnati. Aug. 14, 1893—Washington by Hawke of Baltimore. Sept. 18. 1897—Cincinnati by Young of Cleveland. April 23. ISIS—Boston by Hughes of Baltimore. April 22. 1898—Pittsburg by Brelten- eteln of Cincinnati. ' July 8. 1898—Boston by Donahue of Philadelphia. Aug. 21, 1898—Brooklyn by Thornton of Chicago. May 28. 1899—New York by Philltppe of Louisville. Aug. 7. 1899—Washington by Willie ot Boston. Aug. 12. 1900—Philadelphia by Hahn of Cincinnati. July 15. 1901—St. Louis by Mathew- son of New York. Sept. 18. 1903—Chicago by Fraser of Philadelphia. June 13, 1905—Chicago by Mathew- eon of New York. May 1, 1906—Brooklyn by Lush of Philadelphia. July 20, 1906—St. Louis by Eason of Brooklyn. May 8, 1907—Cincinnati by Pfeffer of Boston. Sept. 20, 1907—Brooklyn by Maddox of Pittsburg. American League. Sept. .20, 1902—Detroit by Callahan of Chicago. May 5, 1904—Philadelphia by Young of Boston, not a player reaching first hose. Aug. 17, 1904—Chicago by TannehlU of Boston. July 22. 1906—St. Louis by Henley of Philadelphia. Sept. 6. 1905—Detroit by Smith of Chicago. Sept. 27, 1905—Chicago by Dlncen of Boston. The latest romance of the prise ring treats of a young English actorine, of excellent pedigree and performance, who la alleged to be about to Join the sword swallowing colony of Hegewtech. (From our "Ratty Ballades.") By GRANTLAND RICE. While reposin' one day In me leisurely way. A-puttin* a wicked cheroot, . I happens to spy with a glance o’ me eye A gent In a major league suit. "I know who you are—you're a major league star,” Bays I, "or you onct used to be.” "Well, Jigger me neck, but yer dope Is correck,” Was the answer ho handed to me. 'Twos quite a while back. If me dopo Is exack. When I was a bloomin’ recruit: I had Just busted In from a minor league bln With a try at a major Iengue suit, When the follerln' tale, which'll make ye turn pale, Happened one day to me in a game. And I think ye'll agree when ye hear It from me That X wasn't hardly to blame. “'Twns the openin' fray of the season that day. And the bases was full as a goat. And tho jitrher he smiled In a manner that riled As I swallered a lump In mo throat: And he winged one across with a deft, easy toss. And It bubbled along at mo waist. And I swung till me back give a horrible crack. But I give it a turrlble palst. “That ball rlz' and sailed till the people all paled When It turned to a vanlshln’ speck. And me hands was swelled up like a fat, poisoned pup. While the bat which I used was a wreck. Clean over the ocean, like Itghtntn’ In motion. It whizzed and It whistled and whirled. Over China, Japan and thru' Yucatan It traveled the length o’ tho world. "With -a most vicious swipe it dismantled tho pipe In the mouth of King Kdwnrd, at tea; Then It veered to the Rhine, where It busted a stein Which the kaiser was gulpin' In glee, And it give quite a Jar to the badly skeered czar Whon It toppled his throne to the ground: But It went on its way with the speed of H. Bay, With a hop and a skip and u bound. "That night with a sigh and a tear In his eye Tho captain give me my release, For the president wired that I had to be fired For the good of the country and peace. ’He hits 'em too hard and too fur from the yard,' Was the message the president sent: ■He has raised complications with neighborly nations, And I mil a peaceable gent.’ So they turned me adrift nhd I give up my shift. And that's why I'm out of the game— I was too bloomin' good or I am certain I would Have acquired quite a notable name." —Nashville Tennessean. TECH OVERWHELMED BY THE COMMODORES Will Examine Evidence on Which Tech Men Were Suspended. President K. G. Matheson, of Tech, left for Macon Monday morning to ex amine into the charges made by Geor gia supporters against four men on the Tech team. He will take up the matter with Pro fessor Holmes, vice president of the second district of the Southern Inter collegiate Athletic Association, and will go carefully Into the evidence filed against the members of the Tech team. The four men suspended are John son, Davis, Sims and Fitzsimmons. These men have not only been ruled out of future games until the matter is settled—which action was taken by the 8. I. A. A.—but they have been suspended by the Tech athletic author. Itles, and will not be allowed to take part In the practice until the matter is cleared up. The Tech authorities state that they do not believe the men to be'gullty, but will take no chances. YALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS CHAMPIONS OF THE EAST By W. 3. FARMSWORTH. New York. Nov. IS.—Yale Is cham pion of the East, champion of the West, champion of the world! Hut thnt Is two days old now, so let's look up soma new dope. The most talked of event of Satur day’s big game Is probably the trounc ing Harvard received at the hands of Dartmouth, a minor New England col lege. Still the Hanover eleven's victory was not surprising to those who had seen the Crimson play this season. To get down to facts, who Is re sponsible for the Cambridge team's poor showing on the gridiron this foil? We don't like to use the hammer too freely, but we think that if BUI Reid had not left the Cambridge institution of learning—not of football—and hiked It out to his father's school In Cali fornio, Harvard would still be unbeaten today. It was a sad day for Harvard when Bill Reid packed his valise and "bent It” for the land situated on the other side of the Rockies. GORDON LOSES TO MERCER Macon, Oa., Nov. 18.—Mercer Uni versity pricked the Gordon Institute bubble Saturday afternoon and shut the visitors out with a score of 5 to 0. The poor Panthers were scared stiff when they went'In the game, expect ing to be literally overwhelmed. For five mjnutes after the game started It looked like Gordon was going to have a walk-over. They rushed the ball down the field, and nearly took Mer cer's breath away. Then the Panthers steadied and until the game ended just toyed with the visitors, saving them selves for the game with Tech next Saturday. Following Is the line-up; Mercer. Gordon. Russell, Prout leapt.), c. Underwood, rg Johnson, rg. Scoggins, Ig Zelner, lg. Poole, rt Lawrence, rt. Davis, It Mercer, It. Hicks, re Hogg, re. ARREST PLAYERS. Chicago. Nov. 18.—The defeat of the Gumb Colts football team at the hands of the Tornadoes .of West Pullman Sat urday proved too much for the former eleven, which gave vent to Us feelings on the trip home. As a result, all the windows In a Calumet electric car were broken and the passengers all driven from their seats. The boys were ar rested at Seventy-flret street crossing. Twenty-two occupied cells dl tho Woodlawn street elation. According to Umpire Silk O'Laugh- Iln. Clark Orlfiith has picked up two live wires In Outfielder Bell, of Butte, and Catcher Blair, of Williamsport. Blair in particular looks to be the real goods. In one game against Cleveland he turned back eix of the Naps who were trying to steal. Spurlln, le.. . Land rum, Q... Farmer, rh... Mallory. Ih.. . Shnw, f.. . ...Grlffet. le. ,. .. .Smith, q. . .Cochran rh. Binlon. Ih. ..Moore, f. Conch Turner, of Locust Grove, acted as referee, and Captain Wheeler, of Ma con, as umpire. Time of halves, 30 minutes each. Saturday’s Football Results SOUTH. Vanderbilt 54. Tech 0. Tennessee 11, Miss. A. A M. 4. Msrcer 5, Gordon 0. Carolina 13, Richmond 11. Auburn 6. Alabama 6. Virginia 28, Georgetown 8. Texas A. A M. 17. Tulane 6. North Carolina A. A M. t, David son 0. South Carolina 14, Charleston 4. William and Mary 12, Randolph- Macon 4. Florida 22, Riverside 0. Louisiana 33, Mississippi 0. V. P. I. 34, George Washington 0. east. Yale 12, Princeton 10. Dartmouth 32, Harvard 0. Army 21. Tufts 0. Navy t, Penn. State 4. Cornell 18, Swarthmnre 0. Bowdoln 34, Mslnc 5. Williams 20, Amherst 8. W. & J. 3. Penn. Western 2. Bucknell 48, Dickinson 0. , Yale Freshmen 6, Harvard Fresh men 0. F. A M. 4. Haverford 0. Syracuse 4. Lafayette 4. Holy Cross 15, Worcester 0. Lehigh 27, Uralnus 0. WEST. Pennsylvania 6. Michigan 0. Wisconsin 12, Purdue 0. St. Louis 17, Kansas 0. Missouri 27, Washington 0. Nebraska 62, Denver 0. Colorado 24. Utah 10. \ Case 11, Ohio State 9. \ Western Reserve 17. Kenyon 6. Oberiln 17. Wooster 10. Ohio Wesleyan 26. Denison IS. Heidelberg 14, Ohio Northern 0. Miami 12. Marietta 10. Wittenberg 4, Muskingum 0t Culver M. 1. 32. WInoi T- The red clay hills of Georgia Are redder still today With crimson gore from her brigade Mauled up in scrappy fray. There's gloom "in dear old Georgia"— For one team haa disbanded— The other came three hundred miles And went bock empty handed. —From the Reminiscences of Rice. By PERCyTTWHITING. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 18.—It took the Vanderbilt football team about ten minutes to batter down tho Tech de fense at the ende of the line here Sat urday afternoon. After that the giime was a romp for Vanderbilt, and by long end runs, varied by an occasional forward pass, the Commodores plied up 54 points. During that first ten minutes was played as fine a game as you ever saw Tech was charging Just as hard and fast ns Vanderbilt and the ground fair ly trembled every time the ball was put In play and eleven men rushed at eleven men. During the first few minutes Van derbllt scored once and Tech had one chance to score. After the Commodores' first touch down the ball was punted up Into Van. derbllt's territory and after falling to gain. Bob Blake tried to punt. The ball went too high In the nlr and Hightow er mode a fair catch of It about 35 yards from tho Commodores' goal post and directly in front of them. Hill was sent back for a placement kick and It looked a cinch. The Tech line held perfectly and Hill had plenty of time, but the kick went low and wide. And right there Tech's heart was “broke." From that time on the Atlanta play ers seemed to realize the hopelessness of It and played strictly on the defen sive. Tech Lins Impregnable, At no time could Vanderbilt do any thing with the Tech line. Again and again Morton was hurled against It only to be curled up In a wad and landed on the ground. The man who made nice galne through the Michigan forwards could find no openings In that of Tech defense around center, guards and out to the tackles. Plays Just off tackle and long sweeping end runs were the things that gained. John Craig was probably never In better form. Coach Shaughnessy, of Clemson. who'watched the game from the press box. commented that no man ho had ever seen ran more like Hes ton than did Craig. Somehow he did not seem to run as fast nor ns low as Campbell, but he made marvelous runs —70, 60 and 40 yard performances were the regular thing and dashes of 20 yards were nothing. Campbell also ran marvelously well and made worlds ot distance. No half back In the South runs as hard and as low as Campbell does. He had to run around Vanderbilt’s weaker end. how ever, and could not make ground like Craig. Costen nlso covered a mar velous lot ot distance on his quarter back runs, and played his best game of the season. Besides these three, tht notable performers were the two all- Southern stars, Stone and Bob Bloks. Than these two there are no better In the South. For Tech the most marvelous show ing was rnailo by "Kid" Hightower. This 137 pouqds of nerve, muscle, bone and grit was In the middle of every play. He ran |ila team as welt as It could be run, never made a hobble of handling punts, tackled like a demon, did tho best work at advancing the ball nnd was tho hero of the game, showing up to better advantage—everything be ing considered—than any man ou the team. The line from tackle to tackle did notably good work nnd no gains were made at those points. Illll punteil nicely and he, Jones and Wilcox did what they could to get through ths marvelous Interference ot the Vander bilt team. In the back field all of the men did well, anil It would be hard to particu larize without giving them all a boost They all played a nlco up-hill gams In the face of awful odds. Toward tho end of the game Vander bilt ran In the entire second team and went after the Yellow Jackets with fresh men. In consequence, the At lanta players ware worn dnwn and one after the other of the substitutes were called In. Snyder came out of ths game for the first time since the first Billin' hi i-inyi’d in with Tech and Davis went to the side lines for the first time In the memory of mortal man. Toward the end there were no more fresh sub stitutes, and Coach Helsman was given tho privilege of putting back In some of tho men ho had already taken out. A detailed description of how It all happened would be sad work. Every gain, practically, was mule on end runs. A few forward passes were pulled off. The Commodores, Just by way of nA Imitation, got off ons of those long ones from Bob Blake to Biuliivi Vaughn, ilka that which scored on the Navy, and It worked like a charm. The second time It was tried tho whole Tech team clustered around Vaughn and in conscquenco Bob Blake did not pass the hall, but ran with K for a touchdown. He was called back, however, and Vanderbilt penalized for holding. Other forward passes worked nicely and only one failed. The most marvel ous wns one In which five men handled the bnll and In which there was a mys tifying lot of whirling about and toss ing the bnll this way and that. « would not be much good against » team that wns "bursting” through ana pawing the quaterbnek. but It was not used until Tech wns too worn down ana tired to core what happened. Here Is the line-up as nearly as It can be doped out: _ . Vanderbilt. „„ Tee t« Blake-Stuart, le Jones-Wllcox, l«. McLaln-PowelL It Brown, it. Sherrlll-Plckens.Tate, Ig. Henderson. If- Stone, Snyder-Bell. c. King-Hall, rg Smith, r*. Hasslock-Souby, rt. .Davla-Johnson, rh Bob Blake-Covlngton, re.. .. Hill rt. Costen-Potta. Hightower, J Campbell-Williams, lh. Fttaslmmons, in. Cralg-Adams. rh. . .Sweet-Emeraon, ra. Morton-Morrlson, f.. .Luck-Adamson a if we could take you through our establishment, and show you the vast care and cleanliness which produce the old original egg and sugar coated Arbuckles Ariosa Coffee, no one could ever tempt you to change to any other coffee. ARBUCKLE BROS.. New York Cttja