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'THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER, 16. l <iri 6.
South's Best Team Here For Big Game
^Edited By PERCY H. WHITING. =
VANDERBILT TEAM HERE AND ARE READY FOR TECH
I'RII CHARD, Tackle.
E. NOEL, Tackle.
BOB BLAKE, End.
MANIER, Fullback.
Commodores Arrive Friday Morning and Will Do Some Light
Work During the Afternoon.
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O "AVhal’e the dope?" Inquired the O
0 eportlng department of Coach 0
0 Helsman on Thursday.
O (‘Same old story," replied Mr. O
O Helsman. "Greatest game of tho O
0 year. Beat teams In the South. O
O AU that sort of thing. You O
O know."
O We didn't, but this Is the way It O
O appears to ua:
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O Great. Grand. Gritty. Gallany. O
0 Giddy, Glorious, Gentlemanly O
O O
O GAME. '0
0 VANDERBILT V8. TECH. O
O Conic one, come all. O
O Coach McOUKln takes pleasure O
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O In their little two-act O
0 COMEDY (for them) 0
O TRAGEDY (for Tech) 0
0 Entitled 0
O “rt-AYINO THE GAME." O
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0 "THE TENNESSEEANS' 0
o REVENGE." 0
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Tho Vanderbilt team has stolen
march on Atlanta.
When the Nashville train came to
rest In the old station Friday morning
sixteen of the South's huskiest football
warriors, Dan McGugln. coach of tho
team, Frank Kyle, his assistant coach,
' and Will Ewing, sporting editor of Tho
Nashville American, emerged from u
sleeper and stole silently to the Aragon.
The Commodores "had arrove."
Just what brought them horo a day
ahead of schedule nobody seemed to
know—not even the members of the
' team. But they were there, all right;
and as fine a lot of Houthern athletes
aa It was ever anybody's privilege to
Friday afternoon the Vanderbilt team
will go to some secluded spot and run
Sltnalr. Also, they mny do a bit of
light work—Just enough to keep them
In trim for Haturday 1 * contest.
McGUQN IS WORRIED.
"I look forward to tho Tech game
aa a hard one,'! said Coach thin Mc
Gugln. "The report that Tech Is weak
nnd light has not encouraged us us
much aa It has some of our friends.
"Coach Helsman Is the dean of us
all down here, and we look to his
team to play some remarkable ball.
“We have seen nothing of tricks nnd
don't know what success wo shall have
In blocking thorn.
“One thing you can count on, and
that Is a good game. Vanderbilt Is In
KTeat condition. Outside of b rank
Wynne, who has a bad knee and can
not play, tho team Is In good condition.
I expect that Vanderbilt will play her
best, but I must ndmit most frankly
that I am more or less worried over the
outcome."
Will Ewing, who has followed (he
Vanderbilt team this year In every
game and who Is one of the most en*
thuslastlc of the Commodores’ rooter*,
said thl* morning that He thought that
If tho Vanderbilt team dealred they
could run up 40 or f»0 points on tho
Yellow Jacket*.
Ewing Talks of Ttam.
“I think It I* a matter of what Mc
Gugln tolls the team," said Mr. Ewing.
"I think the Vanderbilt team Is one of
the wonders of the world. They can
pretty near do what they want to. But’
It Is not Improbable, In view of the
fact that Vanderbilt play* the Indian*
next week, that the boys will take It
comparatively easy.
“The team weighs about pounds
to tho man and Is lightning fust. The
line-up will be:
“Left end, Vaughn Blake; left tackle,
Pritchard; left guard, McLain; center,
Stone; right guard. Choro: right
tackle,'E. Noel; right end. Bob Blake:
quarterback, Costen; left half, Dan
Blake; right half, Craig; fullback.
Manier. . .....
“This team practically beat Michi
gan. There was no doubt about It.
Vanderbilt should have won that game,
nnd they will whip the Indians. The
team beats anything I ever saw. Stono
at center Is one of tho greatest that
ever played; Bob Blake Is as good a
player ua ever wore a uniform and
Tech field before their last hard prac
tice In preparation for the Vanderbilt
game—which Is for them tho supreme
test of the year.
And for a good ten minutes the men
ran at each other In pairs, tackling
vigorously and giving a life-like Imita
tion of the way they arc going to stop
the V&nderbllt runners Saturday.
The Tech team Is not quite nt Its
best. Sweet Is out of'practice on ac
count of a bail cold; Luck's knees are
In such condition that H I* usually
hard for him to determine on which it
Is best to limp, and “Lobster" Brown
has not quite recovered from the ankle
twist which kept him out of tho prac
tice all last week.
However, these men are slotyly
“rounding to" nnd will probably be In
good enough condition Saturday to In-
lieisinan sadly.
Tech hopes to score on Vanderbilt.
“Of course they will beat us,” said
Sweet, one of the oldest and most ex
perienced men on the team. "They are
larger, older, moro experienced and
better players. We are outclassed. We
are not even trying to keep that a se
cret from ourselves. But It would not
surprise me a lot to see us score
against Vanderbilt. It might happen
the way It did In that Georgia game—
a good high kick, fast running by some
of our men, a fumble and Tech has
the ball nnd Is away with It and across
the goal line. Of course that may he
an Idle dream, but It Is a possibility—
and we worked It three times on Geor
gia." he added reminiscently.
That Is the Tech hope now—to score
on Vanderbilt, nnd to hold the rom*
modorcs to a smaller score than any
Southern team has yet done, or w ill do.
One remarkable feature of the Tech
team I* Its extreme youth—collectively
and Individually.
Young—Fast—Light.
Davies I* the Methuselah of tho team.
He has advanced to the extreme age of
23. Sweet 1* another of the patriarchs
and has seen 21 summers go Hitting by.
Perhaps one other man on the team
COME AND
if our Clothing is not worthy
of you. Come and see if
it is not better than you
anticipated, and very much
better than you ever hoped
to buy at the prices it .is
marked.
Very Good Suits.
(Single or Double-breasted)
$7.50, $10, $12.50, $15, $18, $20, $25.
Excellent Overcoats.
(All the New Styles)
$7.50, $10, $12.50, $15, $20, $25.
Good Raincoats.
(For Ruin or Clear Weather)
$10, $12.50, $15, $20.
Boys’ Knee PantsSuits
(For School or Dress)
$1.50, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6.50, $7.50.
■ht to maka th, All-American and
that liai ' "
..aok Held l» the b»»l up Y*L
"Walt till you them play.’
TECH GETTING READY.
"Tarkle e»me. you fellow*, tinkle.
You'll hove plenty of It to do Satur
day."
Huch wa* the prophetic utterance
of Coach Helaman to hla miuoil Thure-
duy afternoon when the hunch of foot-
bull muterlal turned out on the nog*y
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
By PERCY H. WHITING.
We ahull preach ii ahurt Mormon today, dearly beloved breth
ren, taking an our text the wise but often-doubted saw—“llon-
rat.v ia the beat policy,” show how it ean be applied to athletics
and take aa our example the Vanderbilt team.
.lust as a reminder it may be mentioned that the Vanderbilt
team ia the best in the South today—one of the best in the coun
try. N<> Southern team, recruited by any means, ban ever flaw
ed with it.
Secondly, it may be stated that this team was secured by hon
est athletic methods. No inducements ore held out to athletes
to go to Vanderbilt—none, that is, except the promise that every
man who tries for a team will have an equal chance with every
other man atitl that they will not have to go into competition
with a lot of professionnls and tramp athletes.
This team has becu built up by methods which were above
criticism, and it proves one thing—that honesty pays in college
athletics as well as elsewhere.
Vanderbilt can not only say truthfully “our athletics have
been decent from the first,” but they can add after “decent”
the words “and successful.”
If the teams which find it neeessary to send scouts among
the “prep” schools, offer “athletic scholarships” and jcven conic
right out and payiathlctes for serving would study the methods
and the results of Vanderbilt they might leant some valuable
lessons. *
What is true ubout Vanderbilt is true of other colleges.
Vanderbilt was meutioued as the team most conspicuously honest,
the most successful nnd the one which will next lie seen ns Tech’s
opponent in Atlanta.
Of Course
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MADE lUitY
VHE STANDARD OF PURITY.
COACH M'GUGIN.
tsrsst their Tenneaaee rival*.
Change* In Llna-Up.
"Our line-up at the opening of Sat
urday's game will be the euniu a* It Im*
been In the most of the game* till"
neasoti," said Coach Helsman In answer
to a query. "But whut it . will bo at
the end 1 can't even prophesy. I'm go
ing to give them alt u chance. 1 travo
u tot at good substitutes who cun <lo u*
well ua tho regulars on defensive at
least. And that's where they will be
must of the tlmo. no doubt." uilded Mr.
boasts of more than n score of years.
The rest are In their teens.
They are a fairly husky lot, how
ever, and almost without un exception
fast
Not another man on tho team, except
Henderson, Is even "heavy." as weight
goes on a football team, and the speed
of every one of them Is above tho
normal about In proportion as their
weight Is below the normal.
Vanderbilt can safely count on some
speedy plays being tried against them.
Thursday afternoon Tech ran signals
before they lined up for their llnal
scrimmage. And of all the fancy, dou
ble, triple and quadruple pusses, for
ward ami backward, button-button-
whose-got-the-button, now-you-aee-
me-und-now-you-don't play* that were
over Invented the Tech team hue them.
They have not uncorked many of them
yet, but Vanderbilt gets the benellt uf
the whole outfit.
Fur the Vunderbllt game Is the last
supreme lest for Tech. Mercer, which
team Tech tackles Ralurday after next.
Is not cutcntated to cause trouble, and
Clomson, ugulnst which team Tech
plays her llnul game. Is pretty likely
to he mowed down hy Hie Helsman
machine.
M’CAY HAS SIGNED TO
MANAGE MOBILE TEAM
Boys’ Overcoats.
(Forany size Bov or Child)
$2.50, $3, $4, $5, $6.50, $7.50.
THE GLOBE CLOTHING CO
89-91 WHITEHALL STREET.
WANTS GAMES
WITH CHAMPS
SMITH HA8 ASKED BOTH CHICA
GO MANAGERS FOR DATE8
WITH THEIR TEAM8.
Born in M'i’ay will manage tho Mo
bile team of the Cotton State* League
next year. Everything in connection
with the deal 1* closed, although of
cour*c It 1* made conditional upon
Mobile'll remaining In the leuguo. That
idle will I* regarded a* certain.
Thl* la a great chance for the local
ball player. Mobile 1* tho beat town In
the Cotton Btute* Leuguo and hu* often
been mentioned with greut proinlnencu
a* the purchu*er of u frunchlae In the
Houthern League. '
McCay made a great showing la*t
yeur with tho Baton Rouge team.
H!II> Hnilth I* after game* with Hie
*•» Chicago elub* which battled for
** ehninplonnhlp of I ho world In the
Windy i'lty thl* fall.
"! hkve written to both team*," *uid
Billy Mmlth Friday morning, “and I
hope to get games with them. They
would surely be a good feature."
The only game* Atlanta ha*' *ehed-
uled thu* far for the exhibition eerie*
are the four with Cleveland.
Though lie liml to run the teum on
debt* and expectations, he got together!
a hustling hunch of player* and made a} •
tight for tho pennant. A* long u* j Z
Gets a Wallop, Lands on Head,
w Brain Is Fractured, Mike Is Dead
Grand Rapid*. Mich., Nov. 14—A* i\ retail! *>f striking hi* head on the
floor when knocked out in. the ninth, round of u lightenIth Harry Lewi*
here last night, .Mike Ward, of Hurtiia, Canada,’ He* dead at Ht. Marv*
Hospital.
Four doctor* worked over him aud Father Schmitt administered the
last rite* of the Roman Catholic church early thl* morning.
Hurry I*nvl* and Frank O'Brien, Lewis' chief second, and Eddie’
Ryan, of Detroit, the referee, urn under arrest.
Ward was knocked out by Lewi* in tin* ninth.round, u left upper rut
putting tiro < anudlun down, hi* head striking the Hour hard. He was
dragged to 1.1* corner, where he revived for a few minute* anti talked ra
tionally. Before he could la? removed he lapsed Into a comatose condi
tion nnd never recovered consciousness.
JI’hH doctors pronounced It concussion of the brain.
. •/ he .. ,, £ hl tt , h ' ird 4 ' n " fron » *tart to finish, with Lewi* having a
Hhune a | the way, although Ward cumc strong In the fifth round and had
‘ best from then until the final blow
the clubs stayed within the sulary limit
McCoy's team was In the running.
When the other teams began to go out
ami spend the money McCay’* team
had to get along a* boat It could with
thi* player* It had
NEW BASEBALL DOPE BY WIRE
FIGHT FOR TITLE.
Washington, D. Nov. 16.—Man- I Americans,
iigor i'uniIII.hi want* Mvlntym and I past'sshsoi
.. „ ... , Si-huffer for Garlund Stahl and thu dual 1
Mc< " ut “ "routing tour hang* dre, n> xI!
for player* In the neur future nnd I
I>enohed but once the
hope* to land some good men for hi*
team.
American Girl Will Pilot
Lipton’s Next Challenger
Buck Freeinun wa* a happy itiua last
week ut hi* Pennsylvania home. How
ard Wall sent hint about 20 game
chickens and that wax enough.
Petrine, purchased by Washington
from Kansas City. 1ms been umpiring
tn the Pacific ('oast League.
New York, Nov. 16.—That the yucht
which Sir Thomas Llpton brings to this
country for another try at the Amer
ican cup will be piloted by Miss June
Morgan, one of the most enthusiastic
heiress-yachtswoman, was learned, and
persons close In Sir Thomas’ confl-
dence.
Sir Thomas paid a visit to Philadel
phia yesterday to the home of Miss
Morgan, daughter of Randall Morgun.
the Philadelphia traction magnate, and
It was said an Interview was held tn
which lie-secured the promise of Miss
Morgan to pilot his yacht should he
bring another one to this country.
Miss Morgan, since 1691. lias held a
license for navigating all oceans.
This Is the highest mark of navigat
ing skill und there are only two other
women In the world who hold u similar
license.
Miss Morgan also hold* a ceitlOcate
as master of her father's yucht, the
Wateras, which once belonged to Era-
peror Francis Joseph. She also holds
an additional license permitting her to
pilot boats in Philadelphia waters.
It Is no easy matter to obtain a pi
lot’s license for the waters In this vi
cinity, and a person applying for one
has to pass a most rigid examination.
At tho time of examination Miss Mor
gan covered eight pages with the
answers to questions put to her by tho
commissioner and they were correct.
Miss Morgan Is extremely popular
among the young society folk, .-the
lives with her parents In a beautiful
home In Willow Grove avenue. Chest
nut Hill Philadelphia.
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0 Philadelphia, Nov. 16.—Peter O
NAT KAISER & CO.
Bargain! in unredeemed Dia
monds. Confidential loans on val
uables.
16 Decatur St Kimball House. 90000000000000000000000000
O Maher, the perpetual Irl«h chain- O
O plon, mode a reappearance at the O
O Broadway Athletic Club last night O
O and took a hard beating from Ed- O
O die Haney, a local fighter. O
O Except for a moment in the firm O
O round, Maher failed to show uny O
O of hi* old-time form, and he prov- 0
Oed ti mark for his younger op- Q
O ponent. Near the end of the go O
0 Maher wa* very weak and Just 0
0 managed to hold himself together. O
O If Haney had possessed anything O
0 of a punch he could have finished O
0 him. ' O
The Pittsburg* have a lifelong Iea*e
on the ground* at Hot Spring*.
The St. Lou!* Americans wa* one of
the smallest team* numerically last
season, but It landed In fifth place.
In two season* De* Moines ha* dis
posed *of nine players to major league*.
No wonder the club has been a money
maker.
George Stone, premier batsman of
the American League, wa* wedded
a Nebraska girl the other day.
Clark Griffith may‘give La port* a
trlul In tho outfield next seanon. La-
porte 1* not n quick enough thinker
or a *urc enough fielder to hold down
the third Hack properly, but his hitting
make* him u valuable man.
It Irf said that Charley Irwin, the
old Cincinnati and Brooklyn third
baseman, who ha* been pluying good
ball.In the Pacific Coast League during
the l«*t few years, ha* cleared $80,000
in mining investment*.
Heston, Sov. 16.—The middle-weight
title I* Involved In the meeting of Jo**
Walcott und Hilly Rhode* at
Thanksgiving flight. The men have
uftrecd to* weighing in at 142 pound*
at 8 |». m.
Honey Mellody has agreed to meet
the winner and Jqe Thomas and Mike
<Twin) Hulllvan are welcome to visit
Chelsea ut any time thereafter. Wal
cott ha* announced that he will retire
If defeated.
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O PLAYED SATURDAY. 0
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0 The usual Saturday afternoon O
It In to be hoped that Billy Murray,
the New Philadelphia manager, who
ha* been Htrtrken with typhoid fever,
will Im* fully recovered by the time the
l«am leaven for the South next March.
A fevcl* convalescent could make no
Pltcher Jack Powell, of the St. Louis such trip.
BOWLING AT A. A. C.
The annual bowling tournament of
the Atlanta Athletic Club wa* started
Thursduy night with a match between
the teams captained by Messrs. Coll.
Gay and T. T. William*. The first
match was won by Coil’s teajn over
ycond by Williams’
Gay's, und the
team jftver Coil's:
The matches of the tournament will
be rolled Tuesday and Thursday nights
until the schedule I* completed.
The members of the ten teams which
take part In the tournament are:
No. 1—Ik D. Scott, captain; W. D.
Stovall, Bockover Toy, E. A. McDou-
gal. K. C. Meyer.
No. 2—S. C. Williams, captain; M. K
Laird. N. E. Parks, R. C. Taylor and
k K. Rushton, Jr.
No. 3—W. A. Sharp, captain; L. C.
Moeckel, T. C. Anderson, F. O. Sutton.
No. 4.—L. 8. Gregg, captain; W.
Mashburn, W. W.. Clarke, A. Jones, L.
D. AJcCleskey.
Nw.5—Slocum Bell, cuptaln;- K. L.
Myer.-C. H. Matthews, R. H. Rhett, It.
M. Freeman, Jr.
No. 6—Ewell Gay, captain; L. J.
Dickey. J. II. McNalley, Clifford Key,
N. R. Broyles.
No, 7—E. E. Clapp, captain; C. R.
Tidwell. F. R. Berry. N. A. Thornton,
F. M. Farley, Jr.
No. 8—T. T. Williams,' 1 captain; F.
A. Hoyt, A. F. Fitzsimmons,* W. W.
Goldsmith, Harvle Hatcher.
No. 9—F. J. Coll, captain; P. G.
Lombard, F. L. Fleming, T. D. Saun
ders, J. T. Kirkpatrick.
No. 10—Howard Geldert, captain;
Coke Davis, R. O. Lyon, F. L. Rey
nolds, C. M. Ramspeck.
NOTES OF SPORT.
uwe of Viva wukttwrs likely to receive at
tention from tbe national baseball com
mission. nt Its meeting In Cincinnati, to
day. Is llie question whether players under
contract **r reserve to national agreement
teams frill lie allowed to play with black
listed teams after their contracts expire.
One view U that the men am still on the
reserve list, although their contracts expire
re»erv e niiuougu iueir contracts expire
at the end of tbe playing season, ami that
O golf tournament will not be played O
O tomorrow st East Lake. No ren- O
O son was given for dispensing with O
O this hitherto successful weekly O
O event. * 0
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BIG GAME ifi “ALABAM.”
Hpeclnl to The Georgian.
Montgomery. Ala., Nov. 16.—A large
number of Auburn and Tuscaloosa sup
porter* will go to Birmingham to wit
ness the football game Saturday after
noon. The Interest In this annual con
test la intense In Montgomery, whet*
both colleges have numerous admirer*.
The betting thl* year Is even, yet on
paper Auburn shows up much better
than the University. Information re
ceived from both colleges Is to the ef
fect that both stdek are confident.
The bout between I nk Bussell and • ‘
McGarry, which was to bare taken pi;'
In Baltimore tomorrow ulgbt, has i**’
called off by Bussell.
QUAIL HUNTERS.
Take your old soft and stiff felt hi» f *
to Bussey to be cleaned. * 28 1-2 White
hall street.