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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, SATURDAY OCTOBER, 23, 1906.
UP-TO-DATE NEWS
OF SPORTING WORLD
TECH AND SEWANEE BOYS CLASH
EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITING
BOTH TEAMS ARE READY
FOR TODAY’S BIG BATTLE
Means Has Been Declared Ineligible, But
Otherwise Tech Is in Fair Condition.
McGugan and Hullihen He e to
Get Line on Teams.
The line-up of the teams with the correct weight! of the players fol
lows:
SEWANEE. TECH.
Watkins, 163 center ...Monroe, 165
.-Evans. 165 left guard Bell, 16?
Lumpkin, 169 right guard Henderson, 218
Harris, 171 right tackle ..McCarty, 170
Stone, 176 left tackle Luck, 173
Lewis, 168 right end Hill, 145
Williams, 146 left end Brown, 172
Elsele, 158 quarter Robert, 147
Markley, 166 left half .-..Hightower, 133
Barrett, 169 full hack Sweet, 163
Shipp, 169.* right half Davies, 141
The Sewanee team Is In town. The
Tech team Is ready to the minute. Dan
McOugln, of Vanderbilt, la here to tee
the fun. The officials are choeen. the
field la ready, and
At 3 o'clock Bewanee and Tech will
line-up In the first big championship
game of the Southern season.
What will happen after that Is for
football history to rocord.
From early morning Indications, the
weather Is to be pleasant, though
little warm for fast football.
With good weather the crowd which
goes out to the field will be the largeat
of the year—larger, probably, than all
the others put together, and nprhapo
the largest early-season crowd that
Tech hold has ever known.
The Sewanee team Is In Aral class
condition, the men are trained down
Just to the' right fineness, and both
Coach Quill and Captain Watklna be
lieve that the Sewnnoo Tigers have
rather the better chanco for success.
"The team Is In good condition and
we hope to make a good showing," said
Coach Quill.
"I am not making any predictions
but we shall do our best," said Captain
George Watkins.
"I wish to correct one misapprehen
sion," said Mr. Quill, "and that fs that
Sewanee has n heavy team. Our aver
age Is 160 10-11."
Mesne le Ineligible.
Out at Tech there Is sorrow over ons
fact, Means has been declared ineligible
by the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic
Association. It Is claimed that he did
not put In a full year last year, and
that, therefore, he ts debarred .under
the one-year rule. Coach Helsman
■ays that Means was out of school last
year but that he left because of se
rious lll-henlth. that he can ahow u
doctor's certificate to that effect, and
that Means was operated on after ho
left Tech. and was In serious condi
tion. He docs net consider that, under
the circumstances. Means ought to be
debarred, but he feels that If the mat
ter comes up before the association,
Tech'n case will be thrown out.
In consequence of the Ineligibility nf
Means, Sweet has been sent to full
back. This puts a substitute In the
line and hurts Tech’s chances.
Except for the loss of Means, the
Tech team Is In fair condition. Luck
still has a bum leg, and Sweet has a
stiff knee, but otherwise the men are
In fair condition.
The betting le 6 to 4, with Sewanee
at the long end.
Tutwller, a University of Virginia
man, will be the referee and Sibley, of
Vanderbilt, the umpire.
Dan McGugan Talks.
Dan McOugan, who la In town for
the game, seems fairly well pleased
with Vanderbilt's prospects for the
year. "We will have a fair team,
think," he aald. "We lost six men. and,
of course, that crippled us—especially
as we lost both center and quarter. But
we are doing fairly well. We had to
make up our team out of subatltutes
and scrub material, but It Is all show
ing up well."
Mr. McOugan Is here for the game
and goes back to Nashville tonight.
Distinguished Visitors,
Coach Hulllhsn, of the Grant Uni
versity, te here also to see Bewanee
play. His team tackles Bewanee, and
he wants to get a line on the Tigers'
game.
Another distinguished visitor ts W.
D. Mooney, of Murfreesboro, Tenn..
whose football team Is annually the
beat In Tennessee, and who la one of
the best versed men In the South In
football loro and the theory and prac
ttce of the game.
"We hopo to have a championship
team at our school this year.” ho said,
"and to get another trial with the Gor
don boys. Our team held Sewanee to
four touchdowns and Is doing very
well."
Georgia Tennis Matches
Furnishing Good Sport
University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.,
:t. 20.—Nearly all the matches of the
it round In the tennle tournament
ive been ployed, and the second
und Is about to begin.
On account of the Inclement weath-
the matches scheduled for Thurs-
y were postponed until Friday. The
llowlng matches have been played,
• winners' names appearing flrst and
s losers last:
Reynolds-Fttts, (-2, 6-8.
R. Scott-WItham, 6-1, 6-0,
Gnry-MIddlebrooks, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1.
Swift-Brooks, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3.
T. Anderson-J. Scott, 6-3. 2-6, 6-2,
Graves-E. Anderson, default.
Fort-Newman, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
Mays-Cox, 6-3, 6-2.
Cartor-Smlth. 6-1, 6-3,
Weltner-Roberts, 6-3, 6-1.
F. Allen-S. Taylor, 6-3, 6-1,
Brunaon-E. Walker, 6-1, 6-1.
Grltflth-Rogan, 6-0, 6-8. t
Willlams-Tllley, 6-4, 6-2.
Holmes-Brantley, 6-2, 6-2,
Missouri Expert Favors
Hitting in the Clinches
Owing to th© discussion between two local lighters as to whether or
not to allow butting In the clinches In their coming bout, the following from
the pen of M. J. Burke, which appeared In The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, (s
of interest: 1
"Our old friend, Mac Doyle, telegraph operator, boxing and wrestling
promoter, former manager of fighter*, wrestlers, dogs and numerous other
things, calls attention to the fact that was brought out once before, nafne-
ly, that If the referees of boxing matches would Interpret the rules prbper-
ly that they would spve themselves much work.
•‘At present the Western A. A, U. Is considering nsktng the national
body to frame up a new set of boxing rules, or to especially define If men
can hit In the clinches. Ham Berger and Jack O’Brien could not agree on
their match because Berger wanted to hit In the clinches and O’Brien
said no.
"What Is.a clinch? If the men wrap their arms about each other It Is a
clinch. In other words, a fond embrace Is a clinch. Now, If the men have
their arms In use holding each other, how can they hit? The rules of box
ing state that all contests are to bs fair, stand up matches. That, of
course, makes it Impossible for a man to hold on with one hand and belt
away with the other.
"The rules, however, do not mean that because a man weakens and
clings to hts opponent to delay the game so as to regain his strength and
wind that his opponent, as long ns hi* hands are free, can not smash away.
Many referees rule otherwise. Harry Sharpe, who will handle the amateur
boxing bouts at the M. A. C. next Saturday night. Is one of the men who
believes that os soon as one man grabs his opponent that It is a clinch and
that both men must slop fighting and step back nt his, Sharpe’s, com
mand. v
"It certainly does not seem fair. It also spoils good bouts. The man
who fs the stronger and better tighter should not be forced to stop fighting
every time his opponent throws his arms about him to save himself from
punishment. The point came up last winter. The West End Club was
bringing off amateur boxing bouts at the time. Unless both of the men
were holding, Doyle would not Interfere. There were some rapid bouts and
many knockouts. The man that held on found no respite, as his opponent
continued to hammer away at him. It made the bouts fast front start to
finish. One or two boys tried to hold und hit at the same time. These
Doyle disqualified and the rules were strictly adhered to, afterwards.
"It would not be a bad Idea to try the plan. In the strict meaning of
the term it W4>uUl be impossible for men to hit while clinched. There Is
nothing in the amateur rules about hitting In the clinches. # Such niattefs
are left to the discretion of the referee. As long as the bouts are supposed
to be ’fair, stand-up contests,’ there seems no reason for making one man
stop boxing as soon as hts opponent grabs hold of him, even though the
man that does the holding ts supposed to be penalised by the judges of
the bout, when they render their decision, which Is very seldom done. As
the W. A. A. U. wants new boxing rules, why not give the plan that there
is no such thing os hitting in clinches a triair*
SEWANEE TEAM WHICH MEETS TECH TODAY
Here is the full squad from which the team was picked which meets Tech In the first championship battle of the year:
Top Row, left to right—Gaines, Grant, Bennett, Lyne, Cox, Knight, Pope, and Coach Quill,
second Row—Atkins, assistant manager; Prentiss, Adler, Markley, Elsele, Barrett, Knight, i
Third Row—t'heape, Lewis, Harris, Claypool, Watkins, captain; Klrby-Smlth, mascot; Evi
manager; Shipp, Jones, Ellis, Pastrano.
Evans, Stone, Poynor, Williams.
Georgia in Poor Condition
for Game Against Clemson
Special to Th« Op nr, inn.
University of Georgia, Athena, Ga„
Oct. 20.—Tho Georgia football team
left Athens Friday afternoon to tackle
the Tiger, in their lair at Clemson.
Just how the game la going to come out
there 1, no saying, but It's apparent to
the student body here that the team
Is In rather badly crippled condition.
Several of tho men are bunged up so
they walk with difficulty. Several men
were hurt In the Davidson game and
others have been Injured during the
week's hard practice. Harold Ketron's
ankle la In a very bad condition.
Pnrental objections to football have
played havoc this year with the squad.
Several of last year's veterans have
been kept out of the game because their
families forbade their playing.
Georgs Battoy, of Atlanta, who
year. Is out of the game for this season.
Georgia will put up a game fight
against Clemson, but her chances are
not as bright as they were a week ago.
BUSY DAY FOR
. footballists
BIG GAMES IN THE SOUTH AND
MANY MINOR ONES IN OTHER
SECTION8.
Assistant Coach Kyle Has
Charge of Vanderbilt Today
GEORGIA MAN BOOSTS JENNINGS
Atlanta, Oa., Oct. 20.
Sporting Editor of The Georgian, City:
Dear Sir—You printed In Thursday
afternoon’s paper nn Interesting article
on Hughey Jennings, In which that
once great player was accorded the
praise that all who know him believe
he deserves. Jennings Is well known
In Atlanta, having coached the Uni
versity of Georgia baseball teams back
In '96, '96 and '97, when Tech was
paying little attention to athletics and
the University teams received unani
mous support In this city.
In 1896 Jennings put out a team
that won the undisputed championship
of the South by defeating Virginia and
also licked the Unlveralty of Pennsyl-
vanlu, with "King" Dickson In the box,
by the score of 4 to 0. '
Among tho»o who played on this
team wfere Reynolds Tlchenor, Douse
Bradwell. Jack McBride, Jim Dougher
ty and Fred Prlco, who was captain,
all of Atlanta; Will Sanford, of Craw-
fordvllle. who wns the star pitcher,
after Frank Sparks, now one of the
premier twlrlers of the , National
League, was declared ineligible: Threat
Moore, of Jackson: Hatton Lovejoy,
county school commissioner of Troup,
and Floyd Foster, now of Athens. '
And If I am not mistaken, Wilson
Matthews, who managed the Savannah
team that this year won the S. A. L.
championship, played third base part
of the season, subsequently going to
Princeton.
Your article speaks of Hanlon's
breaking Jennings of the habit,nf pull
ing,away from tho plate while butting.
Jennings evidently profited well hy It,
for he broke every Georgia player of
the habit by throwing a pile of bats
right at the batter’s box in practlco.
The rrtult was that he .who pulled
back stepped Into the bafts and tumbled
onto his head. Six flays of this would
cure any player of the habit, gnd so
Jennings hnd a team of colleglanff who
would hug the plate, choke the pitcher
by forcing him to put 'em' over and
sting the ball like professionals.
If Billy Smith will try this treatment
on Bob Wallnco next spring his center
field problem will be solved.
Although a professional and a mem
ber of the muggalest baseball team
ever got together, those old Orioles,
Jennings was os fine an Irish gentle
man us one ever saw and counts hla
friends In Georgia by the score.
U, OF GA. ALUMNUS.
NEW YORK RACING SEASON
COMES TO CLOSE OCT. 20
By J. 8. A. MACDONALD.'
New York, Oct. 20.—In a little lea*
than a month from today, or, to be
exact, on the evehtlde of November 15,
the curtain will fall on the Anal day
of 1*06 racing for New Yorkers, at
Aqueduct. L. 1. The very next day the
cavalcade of homes and turr rnuowem.
which annually scurries away to the
Southland in the face of the cutting
breeze of a coming cruel winter, will
move on toward Washington, D. l\.
where the gntne will be taken up again
on Friday, November 16. to run to the
first day of December at the snug lit
tle course out beyond the Potomac
river, known as Bennlng. With the
eighth running of the famous annual
champion steeplechase, the White
Plains handicap, and the Belmont Park
weight for age race at Belmont park
this afternoon, the last of the real
first-class fixtures of the year, were
decided, and from now to the "blow"
the army of race track "regulars”
which has had Its nose to the grind
stone, so to speak, from the early days
of April right up to the present time,
will find a moment In which to "go up
to town" and enjoy a relaxation.
The outcry against the hated
straightaway racing’’ in vogue «t Bel-
mont Park hns continued from tho
very first day of the meeting right up
to tho present time. Racing thorough
breds down a long straight lane, uud
then, again, sending the horses toward
the left Instead of toward the right—
the "reverse running." ns It Is calleds
—does not meet with the democratic
notions of American racegoers. For
over a hundred years New Yorkers
have been accustomed to seeing rac
ing around circular courses where
every happening In the running may
be discerned, and they still Insist on
having It that way.
The new-fangled ideas are imported o. Wrldxway. ibe two
fens© of Belmont Park and the strange
Innovations now holding sway there.
Said the well-known authority: "Bel
mont Park Is the grandest racing
course in the world today.
"There is nothing like It In either
England or France. The trouble Is that
the great plant Is about twenty-Ave
years In advance of the times. New
York racegoers will have to be edu
cated up to It. They will learn to ap
preciate Its advantages. For Instance.
It will be proved that straightaway
racing conserves to better form and
more uniform racing. It Is the fastest
course In the world, too. The sol! is
us fresh and springy as vlf*gln mend
ow earth, which really is responsible
for the many world’s records now to
Its credit. Most of the courses now
adays are slow* because there Is no life
In ihe soil of the course. At an ex
pens© of $15,000 the top cushion at
Belmont Park Is changed every year."
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O o
O EVERS 18 SOLD. O
O Billy Smith- today sold Jack O
Q Evers to Augusta. The Atlanta O
O player will make the Augusta O
O team a good- man. as he played O
O steady, high-class ball for Atlanta C
O last year. O
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Speclnl to The Georgian.
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 20.—Frank
Kyle, Vanderbilt’s greatest of all quar
terbacks, and probably the greatest the
South has ever seen, has been selected
as assistant coach to Dan McGugln and
has charge of the eleven today in the
game with Alabama on Dudley field.
Coach McGugln Is In Atlanta to wit
ness the Tech-Sewanee game.
Kyle Is a close student of the game,
has a clear insight into the finer points,
Is quick to take in a play or to Agure
out one and has tho happy faculty of
showing others what he knows.
Kyle was by far the most remark
able quarterback Vanderbilt or proba
bly the South aver saw. Heavy enough
for a half back (In which position he
was very effective, too), fast enough
for nn end, a strong tackier, Ane at
framing a defense and picking the
tveak spots in an opposing team, and
equally as good at directing attacks
on the less vulnerable points.
He always varied his attacks so as
to confuse the opposite team, and It
was with Kyle as quarter that Van
derbilt In two years rolled up 824
points against 26 for their opponents.
Last year Kyle enjoyed the distinc
tion of carrying the ball 766 yards
during the eight games, with an aver
age of 23 1-2 yards at each attempt.
His record In distance was next to
that of Craig; his average gain at each
trial exceeded even Craig.
Tho members of the Vanderbilt team
are for the most part former team
mates of Kyle, and they respect and
obey him Implicitly. Every one at
Vanderbilt feels that the university has
been fortunate in securing such an as
sistant to McGugln and no apprehen
sion Is felt In McGugln’s leaving the
team to Klye today.
RELAY RACES
RUNJ10NDAY
BIG DOINGS IN THE 8PORTING
LINE AMONG CLASS TEAM8
AT EMORY.
BIG AUTO MEET.
Now Vtirk. Oct. 2k).—'What promise* ti> ho
.if the most HUict***ful unto trnek
ueots 6»vi*r run off will be held this nftcr-
•“'»* nt the Empire trnek, Yonkers.
. i- „ pyitutlo rnee ft»r
which nine entries
>|ve«!. Following this, «»
itnbPr of short distance races will »h* run
f. The free-for-all event will brine to-
thor seveml fust ears and well-known
Kon iuost among the contestants in the
100-mile rnee are Gujr Vnuclmn mat ftwrles
perh*
from the English, turf. But they arc
not new, bm rather obsolete, since the
reverse method” has been observed
across the Atlantic for years and
years. Manager 8. 8. Howland, rela
tive of August Belmont, ts responsible
for the departure In this country. Here,
at Belmont Park, he has made a fad
of It. The public Is up In arms, with
the result that the attendance has bee;*
very light all through the meeting.
Talking with R. MacKenzie, Winni
peg, Man., at the Waldorf-Astoria one
morning this week. Judge Clarence
McDowell came valiantly to the de- Decatur St.
sway, tin* two wooi-khowd n
il long distance trade drtrers.
nnd i
Speclnl to The Georgian.
Emory College, Oxford, Ga., Oct. 20.—All
the coutcntants for tho rnrlous class relay
teams have run for places, and everything
Is In readiness for Monday’s race. Although
the contest for the pennant will ho vir
tually between the Juniors nnd sophomores,
much excitement Is being manifested over
the outcome.
Blalock ami Dewar, for the juulors, and
'. T. Wilson nnd Young, for the sopho
mores, are In stiff training gear.
The results of the trials lu the order
of the runner’s places are as follows:
Seniors, 1907—Mcltley, Council, W. T.
Candler, Duval, Wlsenbaker, T. B. King,
McGregor, Almnnd, Brinkley, Murphy.
Time, 6:20. Committee for oelecting team,
1\ E. Bryan.
Juniors, 1908—Blalock, Dewar, Marvin
Smith, Pearson. Blulr, U. C. White, Heard,
Felker, Robertson, R. M. McGhee. Time,
5:54. Committee for selection of team, Ar
nold. Cotter, Armour. ^
Hophomores, 1909—F. T. Wilson, Young, 8.
Briukley, Culhrcath, Mobley, II. Evans,
Joe Ilrjnn, E. C. Wltsou, Wade, 8. Green.
Time, 5:52. Committee for selecting team,
C. C. lllnton, Lluton K. Starr and T. C.
Johnston.
Freshmen. 1910—Rumble, Butler, Enflugcr,
tiny, Saunders. Tanner, R. P. White. W.
y. Burnett, Chambliss, Perry Samliford.
Time, 5:41. Committee on selecting team.
Woodruff, Oslnirne and Arlluc.
Sub-Freshmen, 1911—Banks, Greer, W. L.
Chambliss, G. D. Barnett. I'rlddy, G. M.
Jackson, Mlddlehrooks, Hatcher, Emory,
Jones, lime, 7.04. Committee for select
ing team, Hatcher, Banks, Greer.
GAMES IN THE WEST.
Ohio State and Michigan, nt Columbus.
Ohio Medics nnd Otterhcin, at Wester
ville, Ohio.
Denison muf Washington and Jefferson,
at Washington. Pa.
Western Reserve and Wooster, at Woos-
LITTLE PUGS
ARE ALL BUSY
AMBY M'GARRY AFTER YOUNG
CORBETT’S GAME AND SO
IS TERRY.
SOUTHERN GAMES.
Ar , k . n K",tr"vm' V " ,hlnstr *
M Bou*» ,A>uW « n «. at Baton
and Georgia Toch. „t
N«r[h Carolina and Lafnj-ftto, nt K or .
TVnnrssee nnd Kentucky state, at r„,
tngton. *•
nndUIcnspn. at Clem*™
Mrtrfnln and Mrtrlnln Inman
tote, at Charlottesville. 5 "‘ ,l '
Uo.t \lrK" ; | n nnd Virginia Uolj-tect,
hie Institute, nt Itonnoke. “
Vanderbilt nnd Alalmnin, nt Na.hvin.
Mercer nntl Florida, nt SIneon *
Near York. Oct. 20,-The flnnl r.,„ n .| „ (
<!>« so-called practice smites fur th, M|
Northern college football elevens win .J
played today. It will he the Inst ,„nti*
for most of them before enteritis
hit; gnntos nf the season's schednit
ten times In the last few years these
tlce" unities hate proven disastrous imi!
much ns they haves resulted hi n i,t nck
mark on tin otherwise brilliant r«w,|, bat
ones scheduled for today do not for,
bode much, if nay. trouble for th..
of John Harvard. Old Ell. th,. Titters
Fnther I'eon. All of them will piny ,,,j
tliclr own grounds. Yolo will Ihn
ognlnnt the IYnnsylvnnln Hlnte
tentn on Yale Acid. Harvard takes ,,p th,
BprlugHeld. Training school nt Bol.llcrs'
80ld. rrlneelon lines up npilnst Ihicknrll
In the'TlBera' lair, ami (he Ilrown nnlver.
ally eleven hns Journeyed to Philadelphia to
meet I’ennaylrnnln.
Other colleges In the East will ploy today
a* follows: Dartmouth and William., ,t
Springfield; Wesleyan nnd Ttifts. nt Med
ford; Johns llopklna uud Stevens Institute,
nt Baltimore; Carlltle Indians nnd Went-
ern university, of I’ennsylvnnla, nt rittj.
burg; Amherst nnd Vermont, nt Amherst;
Naval Caileta and Lehigh, al Annapolis;
Swnrthtnore nnd George Washington, at
Hwnrthliinre; Dickinson and Vrslnui. at
CarHsle: Colgate nnd Syracuse, at Syraeiine;
Cornell nnd Bowdoln. at Ithaca; Frank
lin nnd Marshall and St. John's, nt Auitum*
Its
NEW "SQUOZE.”
That felt hat- can be cleaned and
reshaped like new at nutucy't. 281-2
Whitehall street.
NAT KAISER & CO.
Bargains in unredeemed Dia
monds. Confidential loans on val
uable*.
Kimball House.
t'noc school ami Kenyon, nt Cleveland.
Wittenberg and Miami, at Oxford. Ohio.
Marietta it ml Huckhuumm, at Buckbau-
non.
Ohio Wcaky.m and Oberlln, nt Dola-
wn re.
.'fount Cnlon and 8<io, at 8c|o.
Haskell Indiana uml Knusn* City Athletic
Club, at Kalian* City.
Waahhurn und Unlveralty of Colorado, at
Topeka. Kane.
\ehraakn a ml Amea, at Lincoln.
Mlaaonri a ml Drury, nt Columbia. Mo.
Wt*4»onxtn und South Dakota, nt Madison.
Notr6» Dnnte ami Michigan Athletic Club,
nt Notre Ihtnih.
Bcbdt and Monmouth, at Monmouth.
Drake nml Den Molnca cidlege, at Dea
Molnea.
Purdue ami Chicago, at Chicago.
ImPnuw nml Mbblgnti Agricultural, at
Ln tiling. Iffeli. •
Wahuftb uud Uo** Polytechnic, at Craw-
fordavllle.
Lawrence ami UamllQC unlveralty, at Ap
pleton. Win.
Kamtai a.rd Oklahoma, at Lawrence,
Kan*.
Pomona college aud Unlveralty of Callfor-
i ula. ut L»s Augcle*.
Oregon aud WUitumu, at Eugene. Orcg.
New York. Oct. 20,-Tbere will be big
doing* In the tight world n* n rexult of the
recent McGovern-Corlictt mill, nml tho do
ing* of Amhy McGnrry, the pride of the
Bronx, on Thtiridny night, nt Baltimore,
when he dlapoxed of Kid Hulllvnu, the
much-vaunted lightweight, who w’n* touted
a* the logical man to bout buttling Nelson.
Manager Al Hereford wan *o Imprexaed
with the atyle of the Bronx pride that
today he Intlmntcd to Harry Pollock, the
manager of Young Corbett, thnt he would
make It worth while for the Deuverlte to
appear’In Baltimore In a battle with Me-
Garry. There wraa nothing definite atated
In the parley, but Hereford feel* that he
could offer n purse running Into four tig-
urea for Corbett nnd McGnrry to atep Into
the ring.
Meanwhile, there I* plenty of Jouxtlng be
tween the ohl-time glvnl*, Terry nnd Cor-
bett, aud If the Broklyalte will ten* Cor-
!>ett'e mark with a $5,000 aide l»et. they
will undoubtedly have n battle long enough
to decide Juat which one la the better
man at the preaent stage of nffalr*.
oral club* are In the flchl for another tight
between McGovern nnd Corbett nt preaent.
The IJiiQolu Athletic Clqb, of Chelxca,
Mas*., ha* offered $10,000 aa nn incentive
for them to batter each other before the
Boiton tight fans, nnd a rumor cornea from
Frltco that the offer for either to meet
Jimmie Itrltt for a purse of $20,000 hna been
offered.
MERCER WILL
TRY FLORIDA
8pcfinl to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., Oct, 20.—Macon'* foot->
ball season opens this afternoon at
Central ,Clty* park, when the Mercer
eleven goes up against the eleven from
the University of Florida. A* a result
of hard practice ever since the trim
ming at the hands of the Gordon Insti
tute cadets; the Baptists are In excefa
lent condition, and Coach Tarr la well
satisfied with bJs mon.
So far the ilne-up for Mercer ha* not
been announced and the men will not
know the positions they are to play un
til Just before the game begins. There
are tw*enty-flve good candidates, from
which the team will be selected and all
of the men are In good shape.
While the Ilne-up has qot been given
out, from present indications It 1« prob
able It will look something like this*:
Ends, Oglesby, Harris or Melton:
tackles, Sams and Scogglngs; guard*.
Hill nnd Bussell; center, Ware: quar
ter, Conner; halfs, Dickey and New
man; full*back, Shaw.
CLEMSON TEAM
IN BAD SHAPE
VANDERBILT
IS TO MEET
ALA. TODAY
Special to The Georgian.
Clemson College, 8. C.. Oct. 20.—
Clemson will meet the University of
Georgia today in a hot and doubtful
•ontest. Clemson w as never so haiUy
crippled as now. Derrick, her oldext
and largest player, can not go Into the
gamev because of Injuries received be
fore the game with V. P. I. Lyke*. one
of the n^st promising players Clem]
has ever had, is suffering from general
poor condition and will not be allowed
to play again soon. Even the popular
captain nnd mainstay of the team, FurJ 5
tick, Is so bruised from the contest
with V. P. I. that it will be practically
impossible for him to go Into the game.
Coach Williams Is In a dilemma. He
will have to meet the strong Georgia
team with practically a new team
raw recruits. Summers, McLaui in and
Gdston are the only old players likely
to get into the game.
Unless the Clemson players cat
cover from their injuries they will l*
In bad shape to meet the strong
M. team at the state fair in Columbia
next Thursday.
AN0TH imw™ R .
Plvvpn. whs klrkv.1 In III- l>»' k
nml In IJii' htwt. Hi* iliilahnl ,,!J ’
th** xanit-, lint his liplminv " ■'*
an ppi-ullnr that he was tnfcini t»
n hn.|iltnl. He I. now ilellrln'i*
ami Inin2lnlna that he ta plavlns
n mine. Iinulits nre espreMvl
at In bla reeuverr.
*1 1.' 1 in The Oenritlnn.
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 20.—VanJcrblU
and Alabama will fight it out Saturday
In the mud. Dudley Field yesterday
ae a aea of mud and water and the
boys when they had finished the scrim
mage with the scrubs looked as though
they had attended it hog-wallowing
contest. Coach McGugln and his team
are expecting a hard fight with the
Tuscaloosa team. Alabama put up n
stiff argument last year against Van
derbilt und at first gained considerable
ground by using the famous Yale tan
dem formation. In fact, the Tusca
loosa team held the Commodores to a
single touchdown In Ihe game last year
In the second half, tin the dope Ala
bama does not seem aa strong as Mis
sissippi, which college Vanderbilt de
feated 29 to 0. Mississippi beat Mary
ville 16 to 0, Alabama beat Maryville
6 to 0, but short halves were played In
the Alabama-Maryvtilc game and the
dope may all be to the bad.
More than one eleven 1. coming
Vanderbilt this year to try and ti
the acslp of the Commodores. L„_
fho. n w!?h Au «' n ’ Te *«»- Th * commodores have their sarm crest
VanderhBC- TO.' ft S '* to lwal back ft * ld and IW new and good
\ anaeroiit. The Commodore* put It I ter» have been tieveloued by coac**
over the 8teert iaat «eaxon by a Juicy McGugln
■core. This Reason, however. T<‘s**
has iwo coaches, a Yale and a <*.*lum*
bla man, and they nre going to try ana
turn the trick at any cost. t
It is not certain, however, tha:
one, not even Michigan, will have an
easy time In handling Vanderbilt tni»
year. The defense is even *tn.n** r
— than last year, the line Is more a***?!!
■Ive and more evenly balanced.
to of the two teams that have plajj®
try and take I Vanderbilt has been able to gnl°
M In- yards through the line or around pn<^
xas. TF -