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rHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, SATURDAY, NOYEMBER24, 1906.
UP-TO-DATE NEWS
OF SPORTING WORLD
| NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
By PERCY H. WHITING.
When the writer commented some days ago on the credit
able manner in which Vanderbilt teams were recruited he made
his statements in the belief that Frank Wynne had been quiet
ly but firmly eliminated from the line-up of the Commodores for
the remainder of the season. It seems that this belief was an
error. Hence a little more along this line.
Wynne happens to be a professional ball player and ns such
is not eligible to play on a S. J. A. A. team.
This fact should be easy to demonstrate.
Wynne was “cleared” when Vice-Chancellor Wiggins, act
ing on charges made by the writer itwan article on this page,
brought the matter to Vanderbilt’s attention. Evidently Mr.
Wiggins did not. carry his investigation far enough.
Far be it from me to insinuate that the Vanderbilt manage
ment believes that the man has played professional baseball.
They are not guilty of deception, but of a failure to inves
tigate with sufficient care.
This is very unfortunate for the good of amateur sport in
the South. Vanderbilt has so long stood as an example of what
can be,done in athletics by methods which are above reproach
that when they play a professional the sport is hard hit.
Sewance, another college whose teams are usually made up of
i amateur players and bona fide students, has gone pretty close to
the bounds this year in playing Shipp.
Here is another man who, although he also has beeu “clear
ed,” hBs come in for a lot of unenviable notoriety.
Maybe ho is O. K. under the strictest rulings of the S. I. A. A.
The unfortunate part is that he has not cleared himself so as to
finally quiet all criticism.
The charges against him have cast a shadow of doubt over
the purity of athletics in one college which is usually above sus
picion.
TECH ON TOUR TODAY!
EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITING
A FOOTBALL FACE
Hbw athletic conditions aro this year in the colleges nearer
home the writer is not prepared to say.
Jf you talk with the Tech men they make veiled insinuations
against the Georgia team. Georgia men on the other hand freely
express their doubts of the amateur standing of some members of
fhe Atlanta squad.
As far us the writer knows both were recruited in a manner
which is above reproach and both are undoubtedly mado up of
nmntcurs and bona fide students. *
If anybody has any evidence to the contrary ugniitst these
colleges or any other in the S. I. A. A. ho will find the writer in his
office between 7.110 and 12.30 a. m. and in a receptive mood.
There is neither pleasure nor profit in athletic muck-raking,
but anything wc can do in the cause of purifying amuteur athlet
ics will be (Jnne.
SEWANEE MEN EXPECT TO
BEAT VANDERBILT TEAI
A TYPICAL FOOTBALL MUG AS 8EEN BY CARTOONI8T TAYLOR.
SOMETHING OF MERCER'S FOOTBALL TEAM
R. E. LEE AND STONE MT.
WILL PLA Y IN ATLANTA
to Tho Georgian.
ThumnMon, G«., Nov. 24.—R. E. Leo
fs making strut preparation! for the
gains with Stone Mnuntuln to lie plny-
«1 In Atlanta at Piedmont park un
Thursday morning.
(Jordon Institute nulled off her dato
with Stone Mountain for reasons best
known to herself.
It. K. I*ce has accepted Stone Moun
tain's chultrngn and thr game will bo
Played for the prop championship of
tbn state.
R. K. Leo hits a record to bo proud
of this seRson. Her goul lino has not
been eros««d. Him lias defeated Bays'
High School, of Atlanta, <0 to II. Locust
drove went down to tile tune of 8 to V.
Football Fatalities Fewer
This Year Than Ever Before
Tile Morcer team, against which the
Tech aggregation bucks Saturday,
Is far from being a strung football
team. But It Is ona of thn pluckiest
hunches which has done business In
Ifni South this year, and tlm players
ng Coach Tarr deserve no end of ered.
II for the showing Mercer has made.
Up to this fall football has been
deud Issue In Alercer for some time.
When It was decided to re-enter the
strenuoslty, of the gridiron contests,
Coach Tarr was secured to 'look out
for the athletic end of thinks colle
giate.
Mr. Turr played football on llie West-
era University of Maryland and took a
course of physical work at Yale-Unl-
vcrslty. . He Is an expert at baseball
and football and has proved the.right
man for the difficult place he has had
to mi.
When Mr. Tarr sturted tile work of
whipping together a football team at
Mercer he found the task a mountain-
ous one. Not a mun In the college hod
Played before mi . a'football team. Ih
fact, not a man had playful even on »
regularly organised ■ prep school team.
Home of the men !|ud not even seen a
football and nono of them really knew
any football, theoretical or otherwise.
It, was with material of this kind,that
Couch Tarr has hud to work this year,'
and he has turned out a root bull team
which, while It does not rank with
Tech, Is ut least good enough to make
It Interesting for most of the smaller
colleges of the section.
Here are the names of the men who
are likely to face Tech, their weights
and the positions they will probably
Play:
Oglesbey, left end 13.'. pounds
Moseley, left tackle 145 pounds
Samuels, left guard 155 pounds
Adamson, center 150 pounds
Maroatbern, right suurd .... 155 pounds
Scoggins, right tackle I7Q pounds
Alliton, light *tml 145 pounds
Conner, quarter bock 130 pounds
At Hilary, left half 145 pounds
Lofton, right half 140 pounds
Shaw, fullback ItiO pounds
The line-up for today for Mercer will
probably be: Alelton and Olgesby, ends;
Shaw and Scoggins, tackles; Sums and
Congest, guards; Adamson, center;
Sutton or Connor, quarter; Alallory and
Dickey, halves, ami Westbury, fullback.
lech Expects to Win;
So Did the Indians
FRANK GOTCH
BESTSPARDELLO
The most Important game In the
South on Thanksgiving day is that
between Vanderbilt and Sewanee.
To ah Atlanta men who have seen *
both teams play It seems a certain
ty that Vanderbilt will win. The
fact that Sewanee could only make
three touchdowns > against Tech,
two of which were very lucky,
while Vanderbilt, on a muddy field,
ran up 37 points, seems to Indi
cate that the Commodores are go
ing to have the best of It.
However, the "other side” of any
question Is always of interest, and
the Sewanee side Is here given, as
seen by The Georgian’s corre
spondent.
By C. H.”PENICK.
Sewanee, Tenn., Nov. 34,—That the
i Tigers expect to beat Vanderbilt
! sounds.quite preposterous, but to those
who have been watching closely the
work of both teams for the last month
this Is by no means an Impossibility.
Sewanee'* defense has not been
broken down once this season; rfnd
today she is about twice ns strong In
tills department as ever before.
Coach Quill hns been hammering
every available pound of flesh In the
university against the line during the
last week, and even now says that he
Is satisfied with Its' defensive strength.
The Tiger backs, to those who have
witnessed the last two games, compare
favorably with those of Vanderbilt. The
Commodores are probably stronger on
the - offensive—the Tigers on the de
fensive.
"Skinny" Shipp, however, circling an
end, with Barrett and Mnrkley running
Interference, Is as formidable aa Craig,
with Blake,' Afanler and a big reputa
tion In front of him.
Vanderbilt has Sewanee beaten In
the quarterback department. The Ti
gers have two, Lyne-and Elsele, both
of whom arc fast, have good level
heads, pass the ball well and are
strong In the back field, but are, never
theless, outclassed by Costen. who Is
older, heavier and a little better In
every particular, except In backfield
tackling and handling punts.
It is certainly fair to say that the
Sewanee ends are stronger than those
of Vanderbilt. Bob Blake is an old
player and a good one, but no one
would ever accuse him of brilliancy.
He Is too heavy on his feet for un end,
and Is slow. His younger brother,
Vaughn, who holda down the other ex
tremity of the Commodore line, is the
weakest spot In the gold and black's
fast and slow sizing up end .RL H
On the other hand, the Tlaer
Lewis and Williams, can bora
100 yards under 11 seconds. iirc , "'
In getting <lo\?n on punts and hai*.
their credit a defensive record that
marvelous. Stone, at tackle, i, “
ly a match for Noel. Captain \Vhi„,„
at center, Is capable of taklna
of his part of the Held, and the rei , „
the line Is about evenly matched a
weight at least, with those
them. . P01
During the earlier part of this ,
Coach Quill expects two Yale
down to coach the forwards while I
takea exclusive charge of the bark-l
Selbies. Sewanee’s captain of tvn«
all-Southern half, and Phillips"'
well-known all-Southern guard
expected back tills week to help ai^
where needed. Scarborough, last t ™
captain and quarterback, has t
charge of Ihe scrubs.
Couch Quill Is taking great pains i
the training of tho squad. The '
method Is to gradually develop
men, not allowing them to become i _
right up to the time of their hardest I
game. I
All the members of the eleven all
present are In aplendld physical trial
but when they go Into the game wltlj
Vanderbilt they will have reached thel
highest point of physical training. |
Comparative scores count for noth-|
Ing. but when Sewanee beats the Unl-|
verslty of Alisslsslppl 34 to 0, with five|
subs In the game, away from her ovn|
grounds, after having traveled i,-*|
miles and played Tuland within thel
previous forty-eight hours, It goes ti|
show that she certainly cannot be very!
much outclassed by Vanderbilt, win I
beat Mississippi 38 to U on her ownl
grounds, with alt her 'varsity playing. I
Taking Into consideration all these ft
points, together with the fact that I
every ounce of that Indefinable but I
most potential element called "s«.l
wanee Spirit" is being manifested a; I
present and will be manifested to the I
utmost on Thanksgiving day, there hi
no reason In the world why the Tl-1
gers. at least, cannot hold the Com. I
modores down to an even score, ami I
while Sewanee always plays hard haul
such Is the desire to beat Vandy this I
year that every man wearing purple,
that will trot out on Dudley field will I
know what Is expected of him, and will |
be prepared In the fullest degree
or die. These are the reasons
those who "whoop ’em up for Sewanee'
feel they have a right to expect to »e
the "Royal Purple" triumph on Thank*. |
giving day, as she has often do
fore In the years gone by.
u
Yes, I Would Be Glad to
Fight Nelson 9 - - Joe Gems I
New York, Nov. 24.—“Yes, I am going
io fight Kid Herman at Tonupah, Ne
vada. on January 1, and that will he
my last fight." said Joe Gann, the
champion lightweight boxer, .in Balti
more, the other night. "There will bo
only one possibility of my going into
the ring again; that Is If Rattling Nel
son really wants to light m»* ami «i!l
make terms to suit me. I mean by this I
not such terms as will give me wry [
advantage aa was given him ut U©W-
field, but anything that is snuaru m\
equitable. Yes, I would h** more than
glad to fight him again. After that It |
Is good-bye to the ring for Joe Gams
Chicago, III., Nov. 24.—With scatter
ing Thanksgiving Day games In varl-
. ou* parts of the country, tho football
! aeaaon of 1906 practically closed today.
A r«View of the season allows that the
sport this year bus claimed fewer than
a doxen victims. These figures ore con*
: sideraliiy below those of former years
and go to prove pretty conclusively
»that while tho new rules probably re
sult in more minor injuries, the number
of futallties is greatiy lessened. No
fatality is recorded among the players
, on the big university and college
teams. The death* have been con
fined almost entirely to the scholas
tic ranks.
The list of players to whom the
game was fatal follows:
John Cow’ell Kennedy, nineteen years
old, of Troy, N. Y., captain of the Law-
rencevtiie school eleven, of Trenton, NY
J., died of a ruptured blood vessel after
being thrown in a practice game on
September 27.
Cameron Paulin, twenty-two years
old, a second-year student of the
School of Practical Science of Toronto,
died as a result of a kick on the head
sustained in a game with Toronto Uni
versity, October 4.
W. Glynn Kills, twenty years old, u
member of the second eleven of To
ronto University, died of injuries sus
tained in a game on October 12.
Charles Suydam, nineteen years old,
was fatally Injured in u game between
the High School and Boarding School
elevens of Morristown, N. J., October
13. Huydam was tripped, fell, heavily,
and broke his neck.
Lewla A. Grisler. n senior at Ohio
Wesleyan University, at Delaware,,
Ohio, fell dead on the field after run
ning down a punt, October 16.
Leonard llammerle, fifteen years old,
a student of the South Hide High
School of Plftsburg, dropped dead dur
ing the progress of a game October 28.
James Curtis, twenty-five years old,
was killed in a scrimmage at a game ut
Great Kails, Mont., between the Great
Kalis team and the Fort Shaw Indian
team, November 10.
In addition to these, football this sea
son has contributed to the deaths of
several other persons, who were run
over by cars while hastening to a game,
dropped dead from excitement, or were
killed In fights growing out of games.
The baseball scribes are now making
great trades among the “majors" and
building up star teams for next season.
The hpt-air circuit has opened.
About the only place on the map
where the professional football player
holds forth Is In Ohio. Canton, Mas-
sllon and a few other cities, but par
ticularly the two named, pay big money i
for star players.
Tech meets Mercer in Macon today.
Tills Is nhe first trip the Yellowjuck-
ets have taken tills seuson and It Is
expected that it will be a victory, it
Is about like the Vanderbilt-Tech
game. One is a powerful team which
is booked to win, while t)ie‘ other Is
weak and not even expected to score.
This afternoon decides tho question.
The Tech team left Friday evening
and reached Macon later In the night.
They were put through some heavy
practice Thursday, as It was the only
day tit for football practice. Hcisman
put part of the team through a sharp
slgnul practice Friday afternoon.
From uH reports tho Baptist boys
have put renewed efforts in practice
and will put forward ull their iftrength
to score uguinst the only team that
hus scored against Vundy in the tJouth.
Couch Tarr r bclng a Yale man., un
doubtedly knows football when he sees
If. It can be said that the Baptists will
certainly -have a strong team next sea
son, and it .must be remembered that
this Is their first year in football and
the game is new to them.
Bell Says Rules Permit
Linemen to Run With Ball
Chicago, Nov.' 34.—Frank Gotcli, the
American champion wren tier, defeated
Leo Pardelio lust night at Brooke Ca
sino In one of the toughen! inatchea
that hn« ever been seen In title city.
The end came suddenly' and painfully
for Furdello, for, during a terrific
scramble, Hi which Gdtch wak The ag
gressor. tile Iowan’s'famous "too hold"
came Into play and. u sudden sharp
snap told those about the rlpgslde that
Pardelio. was.hurt.
Furdello with a groan sank on the
mat, his left leg limp as a rag. An ex
amination was made nnd It was found
that a ligament In the knee had been
snapped. .Pardelio was ,forced to yield
the fall and after a .ten-minutes rest,
tried to resume, but he was so weak
that It took Gotch Just fourteen sec
onds to pin him to the mat.
Fhlladelphla, Pa., Nov. 32.—John C.
Bell, who represents Pennsylvania on
the football rules committee, declares
that Coach Yost’s contention that the
men In the line cannot run with the
ball from their positions, under the
rules, Is untenable.
Air. Bell slated thut Yost's argument
Is against all the traditions of football,
nnd that the rule makers fully Intended
that the Ilnemem could run with the
bull the same os In previous years.
! SOME BASEBALL YARNS
SPUN BY BERN1E M’CAY j
• mer Vanderbilt etar, has charge of the
SCRUBS WILL
MEET GORDON
The Tech scrubs will meet the Gor
don Institute football team Saturday
nfterrtoon at Tech fiats. It will no
doubt be a warm one, for the Gordon
team Is claimed to be the fastest prep
; team In the state, while the scrubs are
! ■ all so very fast. Coach Blake, a for-
"Ever hear what a great pair of “ 'No, you,* said Otto In an agonised
huntera Otto Jordan and Bert Noblett tonp -
are?" asked Berale AlcCuy.
"No."
“Well, one day I prevailed on the pair
of them to go out after rabbits. I fitted
them out with guns, explained how to
work them and sold them a supply of
cartridges.
"They went out to the end of one of
the Atlanta ear lines and broke out Into
the woods. They struck pretty close to
the back yards district, however, and
walked at least twice around the town
before they saw anything more game- j
"And there they stood doing the Al
phonse and Gaston act, with their guns
at 'ready,' and neither man let fly.
"The rabbit stayed a while and final,
ly loped off and went under a log.
•' 'Now. we've got him.’ yells Otto.
"•All right, let's wait behind this
tree until he comes out,' returned Nob
lett.
"So the pair of them hid behind a
big tree and waited a half hour or so.
"Finally, Just about aa it got dark
like than a stray dog. | they concluded that they would have to
"Finally, in a little bit of woods 1 smoke the rabbit nut. So they went
You hit him, I can't,' was Ml Nob- "\™J ?£!
lett could groan.
Gordon team, and has met with suc
cess, his pupils showing It In their
work. JThe local team has worked hard
had Ihe experience Gordon has, the
showing In previous games has been
good.
other side of the log.
“The hole came right out on the far
side and was nothing but a scooped
out place under the log. anyway. And
they hail spent on toward an tuiur
waiting for that rabbit.
"Otto hasn’t been hunting since."
far from home.
•• 'You shout,' yelled Otto.
‘"You hit him,’ screamed Birr
NAT KAISER & CO.
Bargains to unredeemed Dia-
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; act for about twenty minutes, without „ a hlM
snny notable results. i . .
"Then they walked around u n the 15 DCCatlir St. Kimball Hon*d.
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O Dickinson vs. Susquehanna, at 0
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NOTES OF SPORT.
•President Alurphy, of the Chicago
Nationals, Is going to advertise the
Cubs a* "world's champions" In large
type, "record breakers" In small type.
Can't beat Charles W.
Grand Rapids fans are sorry to lose
John Gunzel. "Sir” John'was the only
manager to bring a pennant to the
"Furniture City."
Rumor has It that the semi-pro
fessionals of Chicago are with Jimmy
Callahan In his fight against the Na
tional Commission.
HUNTING SEASON
!’"Pf?- B ““W>- «*>» open all the time.
fMi ml™ C ™ n liml re " hop * Your old j
WALTHOUR HAS
SAILED FORN.Y.
New York. Nov. 24.—Furl .»f the del*
egiitlonti of bicycle racers who will take
part In the big International s*tx*< }aV I
race at MndlHon Square Garden I*-
camber H to Iff nailed today on tb« ]
French liner Lu Lorraine from fh
bout'K for New York. U|*on their i
rival here they will go into truinin? |
quartern at the Vail burp board track j
at New York. The foreigners on board j
the Lorraine are Petit Breton,
George brothera nnd Paul Gulgnard, «'f j
France; Walter Butt, of Germany, and j
Carlo Vanonl, of Italy. Bobby Walthou r .
the world’s middle distance pace m • j
lower. Is also with thin bunch of hu-
ropeuu speed merchants.
There is a movement on foot hi Can
ada to hold u gf-eat national athletic
meet In the magnificent new stadium m
Toronto.
The real name of “Fighting Wyj*
Hyland is Willie Uren. He was dubbe
•Fighting Dick” at the Olympic <
of Han Francisco after winning "\e
fifty-five amuteur fights.
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