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BRISTOL.—The Kin* College
Tornado (ailed to Increase* Uh tea*
ton's total score or 607 pfc'ntt here
Thursday when It played a score
less tie with Carson Newman col
lege. King made 14 first downs to
their opponent's 6, hut penalties
at critical times, due often to ai>-
I parent over-anxietv. checked their
Kin* three times threatened to j*ct taken up
score on the victors and each time the Runs”—Co
penalties forced the Tornado awayi Conch Bach
from the Parsons’ goal. Once Kin* f something- of
had the ball on Carson Newman's ty ns n coac)
4*ysrd line, hut was penalised 16 former star u
yards. On other occasions the Tor- He took chc
nado was penalised when it had outfit at the
the ball on Carson Newman's 10 nnd If ever n
and 12-yard lines. der» with n t
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.—Vanderbilt
University was Saturday as the
winner of the.Camp Pickens tro
phy, a prise given the southern
'lUiick^from fourteen to
—. „ eighteen
points. s
The line up and rummary fol
low:
> Centre (2)
— Vernon
Left End
— Skidmore
Left Tackle
Lynch
Lent Guard
- Kubale (e)
Center
Anthony Huharth
Right Quard
Bennett (o) Chinn
Right Tacklue
Richard non Thomaiaon
Right End
Kilpatrick Covington
Quarter Back
Clrrklcy Rab.nat.ln
Left Half Back
Httdglna|
Right Half Back
Nelson Gordy
Full Back
Referee: Elcock * Dartmouth)
empire Williams, (Virginia).
Head Linesman: Springer (Penn,
syivanla) ' } ^,
Field Judge: Tlchenor (Auburn)
Goals from field: Bennett. Lemon.
Rupstitutions: For Georgia But
ler for Nelron. Weihrs for Kilpat
rick. Nelson for. Butler.
For Centre Spurlock for RabCn.
stein. 1
work paved the way for many
yard gained by Randall ai
Cleckley. t
Intercollegiate Conference foot
ball eleven who showed the best
team as Judged by leading sport
writers of the south.
The Pickens Cup is the first
trophy awarded In the Conference.
The donor is an alumnus of Ala
bama who has taken great inter
est In the development of sport
not only In. his territory but
throughout the south. The cup Is
twenty-one inches high, of sterl
ing silver and goes permanently
to the first team which wins three
victories.
It will be held by.the seasons'
w'etor each year untij U Is per-
Tnylor
In this Captain Jv« Ee.m«tt, Mark Ar.-
snd over thony. and Sam Richardson, all
received» playing their last game for the
* Red and Black, played excellent
ball and brought to a close theif
work on the gridiron in splendid
fashion.
Jim Tayloi} Spencer Grayron
and “Roose" Day did their ueunl
good work in the line. “Buster”
Kilpatrick returned to his post,
lion at quarter after an absence
of two games and performed nobly.
“Battling Tom” Nytson. Jake But-
l ler and Charlie Weihrs gave all
i they had for the cause,
| “Flash” Covington carried • the
burden forthe Colonels, He threw
a scare in the local camp every-
time he curired the. hall. He was a
terror In nn open field, proved an
, Ideal field .general, and showed
all-round ability. Lemon played
and important role In their attack,
as did Rubarth and Skidmore In
the line.
Grayson
the goal line. Georgia rrrtJrti
the ball on her on tenty yqrd line
and a first don caried it to the/
own thirty-reven yard line. Aftf;
two playa Randall fumbled for
Georgia and Centre recovered on
Georgia's thirty-six yard line. A
forward pass was completed but
Hudgins fumbled. Cleckley . recov.
ered nnd then fumbled, Spur-
'ock recovering for Centre. Three
tucks netted six yards ond Lemon
dropped back to Georgia's thirty-
one yard line nnd booted a pretty
Placement kick. Covington held
the oval on the kick, which split
the uprights.
The work of Hervey Cleckley
was outstanding for the “Bull,
dogs." He did everything s hnck
coud do Irr carrying the ball nnd
nnd was the greatest thorn In the
Georgia oath for the visitor* Time
and again he made sensational
runs and his yardage gained out
ranked any other man on the
f*ld. “Tenney* Randall played a!
whale of n game at one of thei
halves. “Big Job-’* pietchsr. who!
was shifted from *V hackfleld to
Major J. S. Cohen
'Here For Game
Major John S. Cohen, editor
and publisher of .the Atlanta
Journal, spent Saturday In Ath
ens. He came over for the Geor-
ffia-Centre football name and to
visit friends.
while here he, with Richard
Grey nnd Mrs. Grey, were enter-
■' ,—. —, , V” irn,w , on in« near piny rap,
one "Ml after the touchdown this tain Bennett dropped back to Gen-
uilimt Tf» bit* ilrnnnPrt ftin Kali • a. > . ... . _
a 3 0 0— i Jiunninuu.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER l 1923.
FLETCHER ELECTED CAPTAIN OF GEORGIA
No Head For This
Story, Just Read
It And Disagree
B. C. LUMPKIN
With the close of the football
season comes the job of picking
*lhe eleven best football players in
the south, and the Job is even
harder than picking the southern
champions.
The following selection Is offer
ed for your consideration. It • * not
atf authoritative selection for each
JOHN FLETCHER OF
TIFTON, IS ELECTED
TO LEAD BULLDOGS
BY MARCUS BRYANT
John Hamilton Fletcher, known to all his admir-
&and ers as “Big John,*’ was Saturday afternoon follow
ing the Centre game, elected to captain the Georgia
"Bulldogs’* of 1924.
John was chosen as all-southern fullback for
1922, and has been an important cog in the Georgia
machine this year.
“Rig John” if* the son of Mr, with Alpha Tau Omega and he Is
and Mrs. Dan Fletcher of Tifton. on- of the most popular men 1n
On. He prepped at the Titfon A. “ol:»ge
& M. school, and here started to- Following the game Saturday
wards the high pinnacle which he nineteen "OV were awarded by
yours is just as official as ours. In
ptckfpg those men, we have trlef
to lake into consideration every
team in the south, whether in the
S. I. A. A. dr 8. 1. iO.
The selection follows:
Name Collage Position
Wakefield End
Vanderbilt
Botnar En‘l
Vanderbilt
Bennett TackU
Georgia
Newton (halfback) Tackle
Florida
Kubale renter
centre
Kelly Guar*’
Vanderbilt
fleacan • • *...»•* .... Guard
Auburn
Covington (fapt.) . . Quarterback
Centre
Reese Halfback
Vanderbilt
Fletcher Halfback
Georgia
Wycoff Fullback
Tech
At one of the tackle posltV>ns
w* nisce Newton of Florida. He i*
strictly speattn* a halfback, but
The young gentleman whose picture is tak
ing up the greater part of the sporting page
in this issue is “Big” John Fletcher, All-
Southern fullback of 1922 and All-Southern
halfback of 1923, John was elected Saturday
night tc captain the Bulldogs in 1924.
IHffflUBE
MS
oonshine
With the football season draw
ing to a close, plans are under way
at the Universty of Georgia tor/n
great season \n basketball.
In addil'on to the varsity and
scrub squads, great preparation is
being ma deby the various Uhiver-
sity dormitories to have teams ibis
year. An inter-dormitory series of
games will be played, It !s an
nounced.
The dormitories at the state in
stitution are C&ndler Hall, New
College, add Old College. It Is
thought that the co-eds will also
have a team. Their dormitory *s
Soule Hall.
hag Played the uckte position. Hi* I The season Just closed
punting combined with his ,* all
Ground football ability Influences
us to place him among the elect. .
FOOTBALL
SCORES
* Mississippi 19; Fort Bennln* 7.
Washington 26; Oregon 7.
Pacific Unlvem'ty «; University
of Montana 0.
Tulsa 20; Des Moines 0.
Georgetown •; Fordham 0-
Boston College 16; Holy Cross 7.
Ouantlco 7; Third Army Corps 0.
•Mississippi A. and M. 14; Louls-
lnna| State Unlverttty 7.
PLOT DISCOVERED
.VRW YORK—Alleged nlot to
rlflo mail sacks aboard the Amen-
ran Liner Mongolia was revealed
Saturday when three members o!
th. crew were hrousht back on thi
Minnekabdn from Hamburg. The
theft was discovered when the op*
coed* sacks were found floating In
th* 1 river.
Cdach Woodruff to tbt footballlsts
of l»2S. Tne following received
hi. third year on (he Lam. CaptMn. J«
>!><> perform, on th* -cinder fath", Dennett; -Hoose- Day, Shad
I. a -ten aecond" mnn, and ii v H,r. Lvvla "Ike” Joselove,
llkrwlae a luminary In th', Branch I (Irayaon. Mark ,'nthnny,
of sport. When Coach ■ t?m” ,Taylor. Jake . Butler. 8m,■
While oenda out hla call for base- Rlchordoon. J. D. - Thoinnaon.
ball tossera In the eprlnr "Bi*; “Billy’ Phllpnt. “Buster" -KII|Mt-
John" Ii expected, to toe on hand. . rick, ''Scrappy" .Moore, < aptaln-
He tip, the acalea at 200 and i» *•«« John Fldteher, ''Teanny
powerful athlete. He la a great Randall. JIrrvey cleckley, Chlrlic
line.rammer, hill off tackles, can Wclhr-. and -Battling Torn- Net-
dry's the ends, possesses a good ■ou*
stlfc arm, and is good on the de- ; Governor Clifford Walker made
fenee. He playa end equally "a. 1 a ahort talk to the squad pralalng
well ne in the hackfleld. .jihem for their work during the
Fletcher la pursuing the law year and acclaiming the Saturday
course at the university, | same as "the beat he had ever
Hla fraternal affiliation. — '
COVINGTON HELD
MERIDIAN.-Miss—Three hundred
dollars in crisp ten dollar bills
swcrlng the dercrlptlon of money
stolen by bandits fj*om the bank
of Cubs. Ala., last week were
found on J. A. Covington, a
mill man and farmer residing
near there, it waa announced by
police following the arrest of Cov
ington.
East Athens Is
Winner in Fast
Basketball Game
f
South’s Premier End
HER WAKEFIELD
(ho mid-west after the t «l of 20 yard, this season.
Mi, liiyan-Vamljr game this year, Frank Murray, former Princeton
stands in a < !ars by himself os the t'mp-kicker, has tutored Wake-
“ti'h'e,greatest end. 'field until ho stands out as the'tVFletcher'netted . W n. ynra.
Of Georgia, moat dangerous drop-kickor In the Olsckley then made five yard* at
— * center.
, The East Athens Night School
defeated the Tuckston basketball
team here Friday night by a score
Of 23 tn 11, In what was the first
basketball game or the local sea
son.
The locals put up a splendid
brand of ball with Beavers, Bates
and Thompson doing the atelldi
work. For Tuckston the stars were
Hardeman and T. Johnson.
The local team showed great
foim for the early season and
gives prom'sa of developing Into
d.iO U, i'll. h»W„t ,^-i— iw— U*. ‘M
thin section.
The Ilne-up follows:
Ekst Athena Pos. Tuckston
Bearers (11) Myor (0)
Center
James (0) Hardeman HI
Forward
Thompson 14) . . F. Johnson (»
Jtorward
Morris (1) . .. T. Johnson (C) (I)
Guard
Bate, (C.) IS) O'Farrell (3)
Ouard
Refers^: Marlon Wilson.
Doped to Lose, Red
And Black Battles i
Visitors to Draw[
(Continued From Paoo Ono)
yards was gained by the Georgia
iuavliin*. Thv not gain mado by
the Colonels waa very nmnll, na
many times their backs were
spilled for losses.
CAPTAIN BENNETT
KICKS GOAL
Georgia's tally came at an early
stage of the game. Captain Ku.
bale won the toaa and chose to
defend the east goal. Lemon
kicked off tc Nelson, who returned
the ball to his own twenty.nlne
yard line. After making a first
down the “Bulldogs* were held
and Captain Bennett punted to
Covington, who was downed on- his
twenty-five yard line. The
“bulldogs” held here and forced
the visitors to punt., Covington
punted to Kilpatrick who return
ee! the ball to his thlrty.three yard
line. Cleckley then made a first
down. line bucks by Randall and
Nelson and Clecklev made another,
and the ball was on Centre’s for
ty-six yard line. Randall then
failed to gain. Cleckley went off
tackle for eight yards, And Randall
made another first down. a mo.
ment later added another to the
list, and then Cleckley furnished
the punch to make another.
The ball was then In possession
of the “Bulldogs” on their op
ponents twenty-nine yard lint
Randall was nailed for an eight
yard loss on a double pass, and
then a forward pass from Randal!
eight yards
Athens Professor Heads
Committee to Investi
gate Conditions in 12
States. Goes to Rich
mond. <
Picking up a paper Friday w#
noticed that a boy named Bohrtn
playing with Pittsburg, leaped jnt,‘
the gridiron spotlight, when he in.
tercepted a forward pass in the
Steme with Penn State and nfc
seventy yards for a touchdown.
The local ride of this little ite™
is that this same Ooy „ nff
played with the University „#
Georgln. ,
To the be^( of our memory. Bolt,
ren played quarterback on t h*
team In 1920, Having come to th«
University at the same time that
Jimmie DeHart took up his coach.
Jng duties here.
Bohren seems destined to be a
star and more will b# heard from
him next year tor Jimmie PeHart
has. the knack of knowing a foot
ball player when he sees one.
Jimmie DeHart is now he.iil
coach at Washington and i.ee r n i
versify and he is making good with
the Generals.
Htarting with h tenm that waa
recognized as being weak. DeHart
has beaten Virginia, tied Kentucky,
beaten West Maryland, V. p. f.
South Carolina and North Carolina.
That's not u bad record at ail
and DeHart has rtarted building
a team for the future. The eleven
will be better next year than it w a *
this enson. Success to you. Jim
mie.
A report hy Dr. Joseph 8 V Stew, j »
art, as chairman of the committee
I appointed last year to Investigate,
j will be a feature Of the annual
gathering of the commission on ac-
j credited high schools to meet in
‘ Richmond. Vn., the first of next
week and will accurately picture
| the condition? of Inter-scholastic
, athletics In high schools In twelve
southern states.
The states about which reports
are to be made are Alabama,
Florldu, Georgia, Kentucky, Louiri-
ana. North anti South Carolina.
Virginia and West Virginia, Miss,
isrlppi, Tennessee, and Texas.
The members of the committee
who have worked with Dr. Stewart
os chairman in making up the re
port nnd gathering facts for it
are rFnnk Hooper. Chnttnnoogn;
Omar A. Carmichael, Selma, Ala.;
W. E Black. Greenwood, 8 C; L
L TFIend, Charleston. West Vt.
Dr. Stewart of the University ol
Georgia together with Prof W. D|.
Hooper leave* Athens the first of
the week for Richmond to be In
attendance at the annual gathering
of the Association of Accredited
•School* and also the Association of
Colleges and Secondary Education.
KINO
due to the University of C.eoritla
Freshman football team for if*
splendid work this reason. Fresh
man football In the south hn»
improved more this year than Ir
any previous season. The coache?
are beginning to realize that it l*
here they will get their fulure
stars nnd more time is holme de
voted to the first year men.
The Georgln Freshman team this
son son lost only one game, the one
with Alabama, and thht was lost
through a mlsunderstaitdlax »n the
part of Coach Bachman. It *c?mi
that the Freshman conch r.sk*d
permlrslon to come on the fl?Id
nnd the careless nod of the nffi.
dal's head was taken tor that per-
mlslson. Tho locals were penalized
enough distance to put the 'Bami
fresides In a position to nco*9 nnd
they did.
Tho tenm performed In fine
style nil reason, decisively down
all opposition until tho Alabama
game and every single man on that
team Is deserving of more credit
i^r. tvs have room to wrl e.
Morton, a home town product
War the cutstanding star . of the
season, followed closely by HoiUa
Chrriock. Kaln and Luckfr.
way of thinking. Moru-n
la destined to timk« o«»« oC Cm
greatest. If not the greatest foot
ball players Georgia has ever had.
and he will do it barring Injuries
He' has everything a football star
reeds. He can punt, drop.klrk.
pass, run with the ball, and above
nil else, he has a football head and
he never losses It.
WKII,. *,.» l r Ik. ki.mnf Inf
sayin* nice Ullage, the r.cxt sub
ject taken up Is the “man behind
the guns”—Coach Bachman.
Conch Bachman came to
lead. 3 to 0. This lead waa held
throughout the first quarter.
LEMON TIE8
the score ’
Lemon's kick from pncement
came in the second period. Lemon
attempted a kick early In this
Quarter but it went short and over
unknown quanti
ty ns n coach. His status os a
former star was known.
He took charge of the Freshman
outfit at the start of the seaws
nnd If ever o man worked won.
der* with a team, he has done it.
He taught those boys football such
as few freshman teams In the
south have the good fortune to be
taught.
Of courre he had some l»ntu*a«
ability among the plsyore «»n hi*
teair at the atart, but It we* not
developed and It is there wh«-e th*
conch has stood out. He too* the
men who were outstanding an
worked them into nn organization
thst was a smooth working n»a*
chine.
A star I* a good thing to n*v*
or. a footbai team, so long as th*
star works wljh the other ten
men, but a team of Individual star*
don’t get far. . ...
Coach Bachman hn* done *>»■
work well, and the/men he send*
up to the varsity next jw.
you can r bet on It that some of »»»
•boys ad** going to make good.
well verged In the gentle art
chasing the pigskin—or# the ere*
,dl» will go to whom It should—
Coach Bachman.
•— B. C.
FOSTER WINNER
OF COCA COLA
• WATCH PRIZE
. Sam Foster, you a* Athens bn*J -
n«*t man, is sporting » watc •
He won ft. not In a raffle »t thst-
He won ft through merit. FI"
month.-! aso the rocs.Cola coauisn.
Offered- the watch for the **■'*'
man tn the state who would W
the moat Coca-Cola *laaa*a Ip 3
period coreh'nc flee months.
One end a halt montha of th
time had alapaed toefora Mr. Fes
ter bdeame a salesman for U*
company and then In two and on'
half montha he.cantht np .with R
field nnd paased them at the ms*-
Result, he’a wenriny a new wat. n-
HEARST VISITS PRESIDENT
half an hour a, tb.