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Football Season Ends—Indoor Sports Next =Edited By PERCY H. WHITING. SAVANNAH TEAM HAS NOT BEEN SCORED ON THIS YEAR HUWATCHEK NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS BY PERCY H. WHITING. The college football teams in Georgia did not win any ehnra- pionabips this year and the entire state will not furnish more than one All-S. I. A. A. football player. But you have to hand it to them for perseverance, hard work, honest effort and file-tested grit. Tech stnrted off the season equipped largely with an athletic field and eoaelt. Also there wns a very small amount of footall “material.” How to combine the three into a football team which should uphold the athletic honors of Tech was the question. The wonders Ileismnn wrought have been evident all the season. lie dug up a quarter-back off the baseball team. He operated on n punting end and brought him buck to college. He made a couple of good half-backs out of very light,'and in one case very new, material. He developed one full back, saw him ' ruled out by the S. I. A. A. and then developed another. He pieced together a line nut of athletic odds nnd ends and it held through the season ns well as most lines made out of better ma terial. The Teeh team lost three games but never, perhaps, has it had a more creditable season. The victories came from hard train ing, constant parctico and willing effort. Every mnii gave up chances for brilliant work in order to play with his team as a team and secure the best results. A team like the one this year may not win absolutely the highest honors, but it is laying a foundation on which future teams can be built. And the results will be seen in no greater distance into tho future than the fall of 1907. Down in Athens there has been another plucky football fight. Hampered by lack of good material, handicapped by a “past,” Georgia, under the guidance of Coach Whitney, built up a team which played fair, fast football and wound up its col lege season with a victory over its proverbial enemy—Auburn. At Mercer the fight was of even a more up-hill character. Coach Tarr opened his season with nothing at all but a deter mination to build up a good team. Of course he could not hope to turn out a winner intone year, but he built up a team that did well. At Dahlonega there was another hard fight to get footbull results; but there, as at the other Georgia colleges, the players swung to it with a will uud finally, with the aid of Couch Craw ford and n lot of hard work, turned out a team which went through the season in a highly creditable manner. % The Georgia football season of 190t! has not been the most brilliant on record. But it has been one .which has done much toward the tip-building of footbnll—nnd honest athletics of nil kinds. And just at the wind-up attention is called to the fact that not a man on a Georgia team was seriously injured in a n football game this year and no matron any visiting team was badly hurt. As fur as Georgia is concerned “debrutalised footbnll” is a success. The Savannah football team, pictures of four members of which appeur above, Ih a bona fide amateur organiza tion. It has gained considerable noto riety by reason of the fact that It stands pmctlcaly alone in Hit class as a city team. Mucji has been said about professionalism, but Hnvannuh hus no professionals. The Blue and White team Is com posed of John Artley. captain; Will Artley, Oeorgo Butler, Joe Kosslter, Joe Block. Berdlo Sullivan. Harry All, IIu- wntcheok, Hhuey, Seely, Morgan, Mon roe. Naglor, Powers, -Wortham, Ous Smith, t'ornwell, Palmer and Colquitt. George Butler formerly played quar terback on Tech and Berdle Sullivan ployed end on the same team; Rosslter and Black played on Georgia, lx*fore which time, however, they won dis tinction on the Savannah team; Hhuey was a member of V. P. j. two years ago, while All played on Clem- son. Palmer played with Hewauee. The two Artleys havo played with Savan nah for years and, with Cornwell, were members of Pennsylvania College teams. Colquitt was a member of Georgia's squad in 18$7, and In 1898 made the Southern record for the mile run. which he still holds. The team averages about 175 pounds In weight. Not having had the ad vantages of u coach, and being obliged to coniine their pructices to two nights a week, go into their games handi capped. The record of the teum for the pres ent year Is: November 5—Savannah, 28; Flori da. 0. November 13—Savannah, 27;'Stetson University, 0. November 29—Savannah. 39: Jack sonvllle. 0. December 1—Savannah. 12: Geor gia, 0. The season begins In Savannah In November and ends January 1. The team Is not yet In first-class shape, but will be by Christmas, when they have their hardest game with an ag gregation representing Charleston. The record for seven years shows that Savannah has made 638 points to her opponents' 6. An effort will be mude to organize earlier next year and play any colleges which will play. COMPOSITE ALL-S. !A. A. AS PICKED BY EXPERTS Of Course mw mi (WOLATES* BONBONS ^ /fiujtaq .j ‘CHE STANDARD OF PURITY. THE CONSENSUS OF 0PIN0N ON ALL-S. I. A. A. TEAM OF 1906 Vanderbilt.. Vanderbilt.. Mississippi. Sewanee. . Vanderbilt.. Vanderbilt.. Tech.... Vanderbilt.. Vunderbilt. . Vanderbilt.. Vunderbilt.. center . right guard .. left guard right tackle .. left tackle .. right end .... left end quarter .. right half .... left half .... fullback When all Is said and done the only way to pick un All-S. I. A. A. team is to get the opinions of the best informed men and wield their opinions together Into a "consensus team." Such & team will he found above. • This team represents the views of Will Rwlng, sporting editor of The Nashville American; Bradley Walker, ex-Virglnla player and prominent offi cial; Nash Buckingham, ex-Tennessee player and writer on football subjects; Coach Quill, of Sewanee, the football ar tist of The Memphis News Scimitar, nnd the football writers of the four Atlanta papers. Kuch man's selection was given one vote and the players who got the most votes were given the places. In most cases the players selected had a large majority. Bob Blake, of Vanderbilt, for right end. and Munter, of Vanderbilt, for fullback, got nine votea cuoh—or all which were cast. Stone, of Vanderbilt, received majority for left half, with six votes, against two for Shipp, one for Furtlck and one for Derrick, of Clemson. The one really; open race was that for the position* of left guard. The only man who drew two vote* for this position •was Connor, of Mississippi. Watkins, of Sewanee, received two votes for place on tho team—one for a guard's Job and one for a center's place. The men who drew* one vote a piece were Rimer, of Mississippi; McLain, of Vanderbilt; Parrish, of Texas; Mc Carty, of Tech, and Stone, of Vander bilt. Three men were mentioned for the place at right tackle—Stone, of He- wanee, who drew’ live votes; R. Noel, of Vanderbilt, whp got two, mul Sims, of Alabama, who received one. Just as a matter of historical interest the all-Southern of last year Is given: Blake (Vanderbilt) . nnd Hamilton (Vanderbilt), ends; Taylor (Vander bilt) and Jones (Auburn) tackles; Der- from every one of the experts, though i/ “V. a JOU *7 <Aumirn) tackles; per. one wanted him for a guard, while the r,t * c an< (Vanderbilt), rest voted him a center position. Cos- j * uar “f' t *'“tterson (\anderbllt), cen- ten. of Vanderbilt, won eight votes fori ter ' Kyle (Vanderbilt); quarter; Jolin- quarter's Job. with one writer not vot* i v* n * ttn, l V-ralg (Vanderbilt), In*. halfbacks; Manler (Vanderbilt), full- Chorn, of Vunderbilt, got his position | , „„„ . at right ,guard with only one vote, Here Is Will Rwing's all-Southern against lilm. and that was from Nash ■ Buckingham, who gave the position to 1 Rimer. of Mississippi. This was Ri mer's only vote. Dan Blake gets his jfositlon at half with only one vote against him—that of The News Scimitar, which gives the . place to Shipp, of Sewanee. Shipp also received the vote of Quill, but the Sewanee coach chose to knock Craig off to make a place for the ex- Mooney school star. For only four positions was there what might be termed a scattering vote. These four were left end, left half, left guard and right tackle. Brown, of Tech, was the «?asy winner at left en«l. with four vote*, against two for Huggln*, of Mississippi. nnd one for Duncan, of Texas—two dope- stem not voting. Craig, of Vanderbilt, had a handy Your Feet Must Be Comfortable The matter of having your feet well groomed is as es sential to an enjoyable holi day as that of an appeassd appetite. The Shoe We Sell is Proper The reputation of every shoe we offer the public is beyond criticism. Yet we have always sustain ed it and will assure every patron of entire satisfaction. The Ont-of-Towo Buyer. It is not necessary for purchasers of shoes to come to the store in order to get a satisfactory fit or to secure the correct style. If you will l ve us the measurements and indicate the "last,” we will send just what you want Satisfaction Assured. FRED S. STEWART & CO. : : On the Viaduct 6 Peachtree Street. BANQUET TO TWO CRACK CITYTEAMS local team MEET CHRISTMAS DAY it* la*! of (la* many celebration* which market I the closing of tlio hicnl football Meant) n wa* a Itanque! given Ha (unlay night at (he Ktowah by some town friend*' of Tet-li team, to the regular*. MUtmtltutcM, mnlinger* and couches and some of (he friends of the organisation. Tho affair was a Jolly one. The menu ■as one of Harry Silverman's Imst. and the speeches afterwards merited (he warm applause which they received. ■ Burton Huiith acted ns toastmaster, and among the speechmakcrs were George Adair, W. 11. Glenn. Judge Marcos Deck, Harry Hil- venusn. W. It. Tlohenor, Conch Helmimii ml Captain Davies. PLAYED BALL DECEMBER 1 (Jwlug to a misprint on Uerule MeCny'i calendar and a misapplication of high tern perature by the weather bureau, there was bull game nt piedmont park Saturday, Fully one hundred shivering fnns turned out to see the fun and help some worthy harlty—nature unknown. , The game was between the All-Stars mid the Firemen, nnd the All-Stars won. The .somewhere in the vicinity of • 1. The authorities could not quit i that |H>lnt, but It wns regarded n Immaterial. Weldon II . L slab work, aud Smith in the near rule. by Innings. Firemen XXSKili All Stars Oil 1—8 15 notable success it. ii. K team, as published , In The Nashvlll ' American: » , » II. Blake, left end Vunderbilt Prichard, left tackle Vanderbilt Parrish, left guard Tex-i* Stone, center Vanderbilt Chorn, right guard Vanderbilt Stone, right tackle Seyvance Duncan, right end Texas * ,'osten, quarterback Vanderbilt D. Blake, left half .Vanderbilt t'ralg, right half Vanderbilt Manler, fullback Vanderbilt Suvannuh, Gu.,'Dec.*3.—The 8avan- null team, which defeated th’e Univer sity of Georgia on Saturday, Is ar ranging to play the greatest games of the season on Christman und New Year's day, J. A. Forsythe, the famous t'letnson end. Is organising a team which, he claims, will be-the finest ag gregation ever osseitibled In the Hoqth. H. Ketron stated while he was here that the team which came to Savannah two years ago under the name of tho Charleston team, on which were For sythe, Hid Smith. Sapp, Sadler. Cheney, Bennett, Tutwller, Gunter and a few other Southern stars, was the best team ever corralled In the South at any time. They beat Savannah 6 to 0, the only time Savannah has been scored against in an existence of seveh years. This time Forsythe promises to bring six of tho best men on that team, aug mented by Shipp, Ketron, the most fa mous of Clemson'* backs, and several others known to every player In the South, whose names cannot hp divulged at this Juncture. This team will aver age 185 pounds In weight and will lie composed of the creme de la creme of all Southern stars. Of course, the team which Savan nah has now could not defeat such a team; but the local men, while they ex pect to play only bona fide Savannah e k >f t! pro ner or Wt . nly men, are bestirring; themselves to^ get out all of the available material, la very probable that either Pop War ner or Whitney will be employed to coach them. Whitney, Forsythe and other authorities who have seen the Sa vannah men say that they lack much In training, but >that In physique ami stability they are no’thlng short of mar velous. In the game Saturday Savannah could have scored ot least two mon- touchdowns had she resorted to kick ing. But this was not done. When Butler kicked, which was seldom. h<- outpunted Graves, of Georgia, by from 10 to 25 yard*. But he and his team mates refused to play a kicking game. Insisting on making their distant through Georgia's line. Georgia assumed the defensive from the first, finding that she could not make the re quired dlstghde, A local enthusiast, well blessed In this world's goods, has offered. J 1,00*• toward getting Tech or Clejnson t<> play here next season, and It Is tnon- than probable that a game will be ar ranged with the latter. Efforts to get Tech to jflay a post-season game this year were unavailing. Match Between Star Golfers Is Now Practically Assured The proposed golf msteb bciwfen Alex Smith. I (mu I golf professional, nnd Itnbert Simpson, professional of the Memphis Gown- chib, for £50 n side will certainly-lie played. Saturday afternoon a <-arlofld of golfers' coming Imck from Hast Like ■nlsurilwd the neoessary £59 ami Word wa* wired to Mem phis that the money was up. The date* se lected were next Saturday In Atlantn mid the following Saturday In MempbL. All that remain* now to close the match Is of ficial action by the Atlanta Athletic Club aud the acceptance of dates by Simpson and bl* Memphis latckers. f the Iturdcd mm far and *wi„ profeMMlou.nl In the South, while 1 course the tsnit-of them nil. Locpl golfei believe that Smith cgu Unlay tieat-nny r In the (Tutted States, hut tlu-y will no d« have an opportunity to lisi-kMlil* opln mul It wa* Id* victory player which encouraged the to. back him agnlnat Smith. handy i _ that stoat Memphian' NAT KAISER & CO. Bargain! in unredeemed Dia mond!- Confidential loan* on val uable*. 16 Decatur St Kimball Bonn*. DIAMONDS. In connection with our biiRiuess we have added a stock of DIAMONDS, bought direct 'from the IM PORTERS for cash. We propose selling them on a very close margin of profit, cheaper, perhaps, than they can be bought elsewhere, and then, besides. IP DESIRED, THEY MAY BE PAID FOR IN MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS. To the average Young Man or Woman-there Ls no better INVESTMENT or SAVINGS BANK than the purchase of a DIAMOND. ATLANTA DISCOUNT CO. JOS. N. MOODY, Preiident I OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPOOOOOO o • o O MOGULS GOING NORTH. O O Billy Hmlth, manager of the lo- O O cal ImseUell team: W. R. Joyner, O O ami perhapa Secretary Newt Eth- O O rldg* will leave Friday n'ghl to O O be preaent In New York at the O O meeting of the National League. O O Preiident Dtckinion will alio at- O 0 tend the meeting. Manager Smith O 0 plana to put through tone deal, 0 0 for player* at that time. C O O 00000000000900000000000000 817-818 Century Bldg. j FOOTBALL INJURED ' Pell hats cleanyd and reshaped in ' lat*«t Ciiftt-y, 29 1-2 White hall Street. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO” O o O “PREP8" MAY PLAY. • i> O . O O Representatives of 8tone Moult- c O tain and Gordon Institute will 0 O meet In Atlanta Monday and try u O to inak© arrangements for a game 0 O t to be played *between the two 0 O teams on Saturday. Prospects for O O :tn antic?ble agreement look bet- O O tor than ever before. ° O o 00000000900000900000000003 RACE TRACK AT A8HEVILLE. New York. Dec. 3.—A plan la on foot for the establishment of n flrst-cla.«' race track at Asheville, N. C. Th Southern railway, following the ex ample of the New York Central an 1 Canadian Pacific and other big trim* line developers, may put a.shoulder to the wheel, v