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FAILS tc scone 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.