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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22.1906.
Indians on Warpath Against Vandy
-Edited By PERCY H. WHITING.
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Georgia anti Auburn, it apppimi, intend playing tbeir Tluinka-
giving «lay games in Atlanta in tho future, after this ‘year. Ar
rangements are being made to secure Piedmont park.
Up to 1904 Georgia and Auburn met annually in Atlanta on
. Thanksgiving day, and the game was regarded the supreme athletic
event of the year.
But that was before Tech’s phenomenal rise in college spurt.
In 1904 a three-year agreement was effected between Tech and
Georgia, by which Tech was to play its Thanksgiving day game in
Atlanta without competition, Georgia and Auburn going to Macon.
It may he that the return of Georgia and Auburn to Atlanta will
renew the bitter feeling that formerly existed between the red and
black and the old gold and white.
It is certain that both teams will suffer financially if the two
games are played here at the same time.
The three-year agreement expires this year.
Now is the time for Tech and Georgia to revise their old plans
of procedure and arrange them so that they will meet on Thanks
giving day in Atlanta.
This will not necessitate Georgia's giving up playing Auburn,
or Tech’s breaking with Clemson. These games may be played ear
lier in the season.
Georgia and Auburn could alternate their games between At
lanta, or Macon, and Birmingham; Tech and Clemson could alter
nate between Atlanta and Columbia.
Coach Williams of Clemson
Has Had Successful Career
Georgia and Teeli are natural rivals; their meeting should be
the most important game of the year for each. It should be played
on Thanksgiving day.
And Auburn tlnds Alabama her natural rival, just as Clemson
had rather lick South Carolina College than any other.
Indians Are Husky Tribe;
Betting Rather Freaky
By PERCY H. WHITING.
Nashville, Twn., Nov. ’22. -Every
thing In Nashville Is In readiness for
the hlK game between Vanderbilt and
the Carlisle IndiatiH.
Tho weather In cool hut fair. The
field Is no ft, hut not dressed In mud. mm
might ho expected, from tho recent
ruins. Tho Indians’ arrived hint night,
twenty-six strong. While they are it
chunky and bow-legged, red-faced
bunch of hravoM, they do not l«x»k to
be much larger than Vanderbilt.
Every man of both teamH |m In groat
condition. The hotting l* tho woirr
feature of tho «K*ct»*l«Sn. About 4
1 Im tho prevailing price, hut numrrouH
freak Inis. many of them at long odds,
are being recorded.
Vanderbilt men expect to score and
tho Indiana are worried over the out
come. Tho Atlanta delegation, over
fifty strong, arrived In Naahvllle early
thla morning, other Southern oltlea
are pouring tliolr delegations Into tho
city, and It la oat limited that a crowd
of 8,«00 will aee tho game. Thla will
tux the seating capacity of Dudley
Held to the utmoat and prohahly call
the atiindlng-room-only algn Into uae.
Tech Will Leave Friday
For Macon to Play Mercer
The laat big guine for Tech occur*
on Turkey Day. Tech and Clemson
battle tor supremacy that day, and you
can lay a bet with big odda that It will
be a battle from the first call to the
final blow of “time’s up.”
In 1904 Helsman's, first year at Tech,
he played his old team to a tie—0 to 0.
Last seasan was a victory for the Yel
low Jackets. This season’s game prom
ises to be one of the greatest of the
three. *
The accompanying picture la of
Clemson'* coach, C. It. Williama. who
will do his best to defeat his old rival
In the game, Helsman, he having turn
ed tWb trick once.
Mr. Williams first became prominent
In footb&ll circles at 8t. Albans, Va., a
prep school In Virginia known for the
line athletic teams always turned out.
After playing there for Several years
he went to the University of Virginia.
He played four years at end on thla
team, one of-the lightest men who ever
made the tearti. The South Carolina
College was fortunate to secure Mr.
Williama for the season of 1902. Hla
success with that team was a topic
discussed throughout football circles In
the South. With that team he was
able to defeat Clemson (coached by
Helsman, now at Tech), which hitherto
had defeated every opiamen by a large
score. From thla moment Mr. Wil
liams' name as a coach was made. He
returned to Curollna the next year and
the team had another successful sea
son. I^nst season Mr. Williams coached
Davidson, and, with a light team work
ed out a highly successful season, hold
ing North Carolina to o-o and defeat
ing the N. C. A. and M., also Auburn
This Is Ids first year at Clemson. So
far his team's goal has not been
crossed, showing an admirable defense,
after playing teams of the V. P. I. ami
N. C. A. and M. calibre.
This season at Clemson lie lias Imd a
lot of hard luck 111 the way of sickness
and Injuries among Ills s<|tiad. hilt
things seem to he moving along nicely
now in the South Curollnlun’s camp,
and they can he counted to give Tech
a corking good light Thanksgiving day
III Atlantn.
Williams has never had Ills team
scored on over three touchdowns dur
ing Ills career as u coach.
lie believes In good, old fashioned
football, and Is not so much In using
tricks as having a team aide to break I
them up.
Mr. Williams’ work stands out dis
tinctly as a Southern coach, he being
one of the few men from a Southern
college to attain the degree of success
C. R. WILLIAMS,
Coach of the Clemson Tigers.
Hint lias befallen Ills effort*. He Is a
member of the hoard of officials for
the middle Atlantic states, and has
been called on several times this sen
to officiate at some of the games In the
East.
Mercer Hopes to Score
Against Tech Saturday
It looks as though Tech's athletic
authorities hulldcd wisely Indeed when
they plunned Saturday's game with
Mercer. Following Immediately upon
the hard game with Vanderbilt last
Saturday, the weather this week has
been so warm as to make hard practice
practically Impossible, that Tech's
supporters are feeling better tlmn If
the trami'jrere scheduled for a gruelling
content on Saturday.
The gume with Mercer, while in no
!*rlse underestimated by Tech, will be
'merely practice, as compared with the
I one which faces them just one week
from today. Of course. Tech expects
to win from Mercer, but it Is hardly
thought that any speclul attempt will
be made to run up a big score. Ilels-
man will probably use a good many of
his strong second 'varsity Vavers, thus
{avoiding any possibility o? injury to
)hls best men. Reports from Macon In-
jdlcste that Mercer Is training hard,
land a desperate effort will be made to
mold Tech to a lower score than that
Iwhlch Georgia made against the Ma
con hoys. Practice has been contin
uous »it Tech Held all this week, but
muddy grounds and warm weather
have combined to prevent any very
strenuous work. The same reports
come from Macon, but you can Just
put It down that the Baptists will be
right there with the best they have In
their shop Saturday, and will endeav
or to give the Yellow Jackets a warm
rccepttop.
The game In many features resem
bles 'that of last Saturday, except that
Tech Is to play the star role this time,
while the Macon boys’ best efforts will
be to keep the score down as much
ns possible and to score If they can.
Tech Is expecting to play before a
good-slsed audience, as this Is the first
time the inhabitants of the Central City
have had an opportunity to see the
Yellow Jackets at work. It ha* been a
good many years since one of Hels-
man’s football teams has played In
Macon, and a large crowd Is expected
to turn out to see the game. Tech
team will probably go down Friday
afternoon to get n good night's rest
and be In shape for the game Satur
day.
Georgia and Tennessee
Hold Each Other to Naught
Bpeiial to The Georgian.
Athens, Go., Nov. 22.—In one of the
prettiest games of football seen here
for some time, the football team of
Georgia and the champions of the Uni
versity of Tennessee struggled fiercely
up and down the Held without running
up a point against one another. Geor
gia had the better of the argument In
most of the game, hut they were unable
to score.
Georgia's goal line was never In
danger, however, while Georgia crossed
Tennessee's line on two different occa
sions, which Referee Blake did not al
low as touchdowns. The interference
of the crowd In one case and the fact
that the ball was out of bounds In the
other, were the reasons assigned by tho
referee for hla rulings. Georgia also
made a safety, but in this case also tho
ruling was against her, as It was
claimed that the men had culled down.
Georgia put up the best ball they
have played this season. Every mem
ber of the team was there with the
goods. Tennessee’s men were also "all
to the candy.”
For Georgia. Harold Ketron at cen
ter starred; Thurman's tackling was
sure and terrific, while Harman and
Hodgson did great work In returning
punts. Raoul’s line bucking proved u
sure ground-gainer for Georgia.
For Tennessee. Perry at fullback did
star work. Lourks* punting was a fea
ture of the game. Leach at light end
Of Course
THE STANDARD OF PURITY.
Special to The thsirglan.
Macon, Ga., Nov. 22.—The Mercer
football squad is hard at work this
week preparing for the game with Tech
next Saturday.
of course, her chances are very slim
In regard to winning the game, hut
nevertheless this does not discourage
her In the least. She Is going In the
game to give Tech u hard run for her
money, and the probabilities are that
they will come near scoring against
Helsman's sturdy bunch of warriors.
Coach Turr is very much encouraged
ut the progress of the squad so far,
and It Is ihore than probable that the
team will make a better showing
against Tech than Is expected.
For a team’s first year upon tho
gridiron Mercer has done exceedingly
well, and there Is no doubt but that
she will put out one of the best tcums
In the state next seuson.
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O HARVARD TEAM CHEERED O
O BY 1,000 8TUDENT8. O
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O Boston, Nov. 22.—More than O
O 1,000 wildly enthusiastic students O
O gave the Harvard foot bull team a O
O rousing send-off when It started O
O for New Haven this morning. O
O Harvard men will take all the O
O even-money bets they can find In O
O Connecticut. O
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A MERCER STAR.
"Kid” Lavigne thinks he Is still good
enough for any of the present-day
fighters In the 133-i>ound class.
It Is a pretty safe bet that Yale will
not run away with the game with Har.
vard Saturday. The scores to date
would seem to show that the two teams
are more evenly matched this year
than has usually been the case hereto
fore.
did line defensive work.
Tennessee certainly deserves full
credit for the good game she played
with u crippled team.
Except during about three minutes of
play Georgia kept the ball in her oppo
nent's territory.
The line-up was:
Georgia. Tennessee.
Thurman .. .. left cud .. .. Cochran
Ketron, G. C. . .left tackle .... Walters
Ketron left guard .. ..Gunther
Harmon center .Proctor (Capt.)
I .a per lie re .. ..right gunrd ..Ragsdale
Graves .. .. right end Leach
Forrls quarterback Loucks
Smith, K. .. right halfback Baker
Hodgson ... .left halfback Beane
Raoul tCapt.) ..fullback Perry
Referee, Frank Rlake. Umpire, Harri
son Jones. Timer. E. H. Dorsey. Time
of halves, 20 minutes.
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O 32,000 TO WITNESS O
O YALE HARVARD GAME. O
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O New Haven. Conn., Nov. 22.—It O
O It announced that the seating ca- O
1 0 paclty of the Yale field stands, O
! O Just under 32,000 Individual tick- O
O eta, have been entirely sold. Prac- O
O tlcally no tickets are being re- O
O turned and very few uncalled for O
O seats remain for redemption by O
O the inan.'igemcnt. Harvard took O
O 14,000 tickets and returned # 4,000 O
O and the latter*were used at’ once O
O to fill Yale graduate applications. O
O Among the spectators will be O!
O Secretary Taft, Congressman and 0|
O Mrs. Nicholas I*ongworth. Tlieo- O
0 dorr Roosrvclt, Jr., lyid Senator O
O Spooner, of Wisconsin. O
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HALFBACK MALLORY.
Mallory has been one of the best
players on the Mercer team this
year and has fast developed Into
u star man at advancing the ball.
GAME WA8 A GOOD ONE.
To the Sporting Editor of The Geor
gian:
In the best game of football ever
seen on the Gordon field the Chatta
nooga High School met defeat at the
bunds of the Prep champions of Geor
gia In a score of 17 to 0. The score
would Indicate that It was a one-sided
contest, but this was not the case. The
Chattanooga team Is the best which
was ever on the Gordon field, with the
exception of Mooney, of Tennessee.
Often the Chattanooga boys were
within striking distance of the goal
line, when the Gordon team, with the
grit for which they are noted over this
entire country, would rally and stop
the terrific bucks and end plunges of
their adversaries. The great feature
of the game was the 75-yard run of
Captain Williams and a touchdown—
the longest run ever made on this field.
The hero of the game was Prout. of the
Gordon team, who covered fullback po
sition for the first time. Prout is the
heaviest man on the Gordon team, and
It waajuvdlcted that he could not get
air enough Into his lungs to last him
through the game. But he was there*
and delivered 3»> and 40-yard gains,
sometimes in succession. Once he tore
through Chattanooga’s center and car
ried what looked like their entire
team up the field, tearing like a steam
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Kpcrlnl to The Georgian.
New Orleans, I-a., Nov. 22.—The
baseball people of the Crescant City
are up in the air as a result of the in
troduction of an ordinance In the city
council, the provisions of which pro
hibit the location of baseball parks
within certain distances from certain
streets. The meusure Is not yet a law,
however, and It Is proposed to fight
against its passage.
The New’ Orleans Baseball Associa
tion has purchased a fine piece of
ground within the prescribed limits—
the purchase was made before the or
dinance was Introduced and evidently
caused the measure’s Introduction—and
It Is proposed to construct thereon one
of the finest baseball parks In the
country. Forty-seven thousand dol
lars was paid for the ground and the
Improvements that are proposed would
cause an additional outlay of $40,000.
It was some time ago decided to
leave Athletic park, the present league
grounds, but It may be another season
before the removal takes place. If
the lawr goes Into effect the association
will have to hunt up another locullty,
which would mean an out-of-the-wny
place because the terms of the ordi
nance will prevent Its location on any
where near the principal street car
lines
TOURNAMENT
POSTPONED
Special to Tlie Georgian.
Greenville, S. C.. Nov. 22.—The Inter
collegiate tennis tournament which \va»
scheduled to come off here Wednesday
and today has been postponed till N’°*
vember 27-28. The postponement was
on account of the prevailing bad
weather.
Harvard and Yale Agree
On Officials For Big Game
Boston Nov. 22.—Harvard and Yale
have ugrecd on a set of officials for
the annual football game at New Ha
ven on Suturday and the threatened
rupture between the two universities
has been averted.
Coach Bill Reid, of Harvard, gave
out the following list of oHicials:
Umpires—E. K. Bell, of Dartmouth,
and W. H. Edwards, of‘Princeton.
Referee—Captain Hackett, of West
Point.
Linesman—Guy Ayer Ault, of Groton.
Reid said that more than 2u0 names
were submitted by Hurvurd and Yale
for officials, Things got to such a pass
that Harvard practically delivered uti
ultimatum to Yule, which notified them'
locomotive. The playing of Franklin,
one of the bright stars of lust season's
Gordon team, was In Its old form, and
hi* Interference was great. Gordon
played u game without un error, not a
fumble on a puss or a punt.
Tho line-up follows:
Chattanooga. Gordon.
Ralston R. E. Wilkinson-Murphy
McAllister. \V. .. . .R. T Franklin
Woodward R. Q. Hogg
Broxton C Law
Miller L. G Mercer
Swafford LG. .Dunn-Johnson
Bright L E Binlon
Blair Q Smith
McCollum .. .. LH. Williams (Capt.)
M«’AUlster, S. (Capt.) F. B Prout
Simms R. II Hill
Summary: Time of halves. 20 min
utes each. Referee. Blount. Umpire,
Howard. Head linesman. Grace.
W. B. 8.
RUS8ELL FORD.
Ford is one of the new twirler*
landed by Manager BUly Smith for
the 1907 Crackers. Last year with
the champion Cedar Rapids team
he won 22 games and lost 7.
that unless they enme to Harvard’s
terms by 1 o'clock Tuesday there w’ould
b.» n*. foot boll game.
Yale t’iil n* . submit, until th«» hum.
B. SMITH, EXPERT,
TALKS FOOTBALL.
''Billy Smith, who Is rapidly getting
to be one of the South’s lending ex*
pens on football, and who would go
Nashville to see Vanderbilt play th *
Indians If somebody would give him a
pass, says that he has never *een but
one football team which had anything
on the Commodore*. «
"The best football team I ever /aw,
remarked Billy, taking a moderate
slxed "chew" of—ahem—gum. "wh* tne
V. P. I. team, of Blacksburg, Va.. whlcn
played In Knoxville a good many yean*
ago. It was the biggest, huskiest wj
of brutes 1 ever saw', and maybe tney
didn’t play. t tMmr
"But Tennessee had a team that JJ» r *
and until well Into the second nan
neither side scored. Then Sing®*
Strang Nicklln, last year with the
York Nationals as utility man—£* an ’2j
got the ball and went down the new
for 40 yards and a touchdown.
"After that neither team could
And It was Tennessee’s game.
"The V. P. I. team .was the ' v ; ,r ’;
surprised bunch In the world. *
sure that they could beat Tenne.jw
that they agreed to play next day ■’.
their expenses and give Tennee»**
the rest or the receipts.
"But Tennessee had theirs, and
second game never took place.
tlon had been thoroughly lhr '.',
out by Walter Camp and Head ‘
Rockwell. These two men tallied ■
matter over until Ion* after niidn'*'
and finally sent a telegram t” “
saying they would agree to t‘*«"
clals named as above.
Reid would make no comment •
“It is something I do not core to
cuss," said he. He wired tn- >»'
people tharthe names submitted
■atlafuotn-w and nnc Consul*"
HUNTING SEASON
Is open. Bussy stays open all th«*
Let him clean and reshape > oUl
9clt hat.