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6 NEITHER SIDE COULD SCORE IN FIERCE GRIDIRON BATTLE JACKSONVILLE'S HEAVY BACK FIELD WONDERFULLY STRONG. YANCY BROTHERS DID THE GROUNDGAINING. HOGAN YANCY MADE HUNDRED YARD RUN. BIT WENT OUT OF BOUNDS. Crowd Snreed on tin* Field at Dusk and Game Won Called With Two Nlinuten to Flay—Cope’s General alitp All That Saved Savannah. Both Teams Made Touchdowns Which Were Disallowed—Superior Weight of the Visitors Was a Telling Factor—Christmas Game Arranged. Savannah <V—But Jacksonville O! Gen. Sherman once said something epigrammatic about war. but he had never seen a really earnest competi tion between two bitter football rivals. All the hellish spirit of war was In the Jacksonvllle-Savannah battle yesterday. Only the weapons were lacking, but such as the Lord gave the rival teams were made use of to the limit of ingenuity and courage. Neither side obtained results, but so fierce was the battle that the field was strewn with victims. Nor is this only a figure of language. Scarcely five minutes could pass with out some hero calling for first aid to the Injured, if indeed he would not measure his full length over all, un conscious for the while on the soggy sod. Mach Time Was Lost. The ittene occupied in repairing physi cal damages, in reviving unconscious players, in replacing the disabled men, or in making decisions on rough-house plays, was fully a third of the period that elapsed between the hour when the first whistle blew and that dusky moment of turbulence when two bleed ing and battered remnants of line smashers limped wearily off the scene of carnage with the figures of the score set at 0 to 0. Playing fully 50 per cent, better than In the recent game with the soldiers, relying upon individual brilliancy, and a tricky assault against a much heavier team, the men of Savannah fought through the dragging minutes of a long November afternoon, several times with bright pinioned victory seeming but to be had for one single added effort. One man in the light blue and white, keen, dangerous and heady to the last, made a splendid stand for Savannah. This was the wily little general. Cope, who will forever be honored in Sa vannah’s athletic hall of fame. Others worked hard with wonderful endurance against a team which outweighed them twelve pounds to the man, but it was Cope’s ingenuity which saved the day against the onslaughts of the heavy Jay backfield. His line crum bling to right and left about him, his resources never quite exhausted, fac ing a steadfast barrier of gold and block, the blue and White captain flung the staggering line again and again against the unequal odds. Here was a leader whose example, had there been any to follow as he had planned in the unequal conflict, might have turned seeming defeat Into a glorious victory. Harmon’s Brilliant Work. There flashed into that second half of the struggle another football star, whose luster shall never be dimmed in local gridiron annals. Fleet-footed, -eager, unflinching, the one man who would have preferred not to don the moleskins this year, and played only because of the great and pressing need of him. stood staunchly and courage ously against the opponents who would not be denied. All is not said of the local heroes with this, for all fought nobly,- however, disappointingly, and the greatest surprise was the great strength of the Jays. Savannah, whatever her misgivings of an uncertain early season, came on to the field serene and almost nocha lant. Scarcely a minute of play suf ficed to filch from Cope’s men their easy pride of superiority, and the man who seized the fitful chance of the moment was Hogan Yancy. It was the making of the Savannah team for the time being, the unexpected shock that welded the blue into an engine at once remorseless and cruelly certain. The heavy backs on the opposing team were downed in their tracks, until the ball finally came over. In that supreme effort of stem ming the tide in the first five minutes of play, when the unanticipated flutter In the blue net aroused little Cope to the crying need of the moment, some of the fierceness of battle w’as stayed in the attack of the locals, and there was no one available to fill the demand when it was made for Harmon, Rossi ter and other noteworthy local ath letes. Jackaonvlllp Stronger Team. Unquestionably the Jacksonville team as It lined up was the strongest of the two—and all of this strength was In the back field. It was H. Yancy here with the 'ball and W. Yancy there. Tireless, with long strides fairly eat ing up the Savannah territory, these two brothers played side by Bide, and formed nearly all there was to that great offensive game which kept the Blue and White enthusiasts on tip-toe. The tackle back, headed by the big, broad-chested Jones, were turned loos-' on Savannah's crumbling line. Jones. Windsor, H. Yancy and W. Yancy, were flung into the light blue's defense, their comrades dragging, pulling and pushing, adding inches to yards In their greed for Sa vannah territory. Sullivan Went In Injured. Matched against these smashing tac tics were the swinging wide circling plays of the lighter back field on the opposition. In this first half, Sullivan, with a crippled ankle, showed little of his old time speed and was finally displaced when he could stand no lon ger. In the first half there was little of fensive work for the locals to do, and it was not until twenty-five nerve wrecking minutes had dragged by, and the too short ten minutes had been en joyed before Savannah awoke with the real Savannah spirit, and flashed down the field Iri great gulps of ground gain ing, with one slender youngster, with the eye of an eagle for an opening, and the speed of an antelope, carrying the ball most of the time. Straight across the coveted mark the oVai was hurtled, only to be lost on a h#art breaking technicality, brought about by the en thusiasm of a local rooter. •*■* Fleet YIb.I. An Indian summer sun took all the si log out of the gentle westerly breeze that shifted over Holton Street Bark shortly before the officials and captains of the two elevens held a pow-wow Ui the middle of the Said concerning | SAVANNAH WILL PLAY JAYS HERE ON CHRISTMAS DAY. -Manager Frank Mclntire announced last night that arrangements had been made with the management of the Jacksonville team for a return game here on Christmas day. Black and Rossiter will probably be added to the Savannah team by that time, and the men will have had the benefit of much careful coaching. JOHNS HOPKINS WON FROM RANDOLPH-MACON. Baltimore, Nov. 24. —Johns Hopkins University football team defeated Ran dolph-Maeon College to-day, 6 to 0. The game abounded in brilliant end runs by both teams and terrific line plunging by Hopkins. The local play ers by a series of line plunges pushed Blank over the line for a touchdown early in the second half. Blank kicked goal. Line up: Johns Hopkins. Randolph-Macon. Stewart R. E Smith- Cross Benton (Capt.).. R. T Leavitt- McClintic Stone R. G Philpotts Preble center James Brothers L. G Mills Kelly L. T Mast Boyce L. E Davis Iglehart Q. B Randolph Betts R, H. B. Walters (Capt) McDonnell ... L. H. B Schenck- Trevillion Blank F. B Thrasher Touchdown—Blank. Goal kicked from touchdown, Blank. Referee, Bray of Lafayette. Umpire, Hart. George town University. Timers. Dill, Johns Hopkins; Lipscomb, Randolph-Macon. Chief linesmen, McGetftan, Georgetown University. Time of halves, 20 min utes. LAFAYETTE TEAM WON FROM LEHIGH. Easton, Pa., Nov. 24.—The Lafayette football team defeated Lehigh this aft ernoon by the score of 40 to 6. The first half was productive of fine foot ball, each side scoring 6 points. In the second, however, Lafayette braced up and tore her old rival to piece, scoring almost at will. The game brought out the largest crowd that has ever been on March Field, fully 10,000 persons being present. STETSON UnTvERsTtY BEATEN AT TALLAHASSEE. Tallahassee, Fla.. Nov. 24.—1n a warmly contested football game here this afternoon, the Florida State Col lege defeated Stetson University of DeLand, by the score of 18 to 6. A large crowd witnessed the game. rules of the general conduct of the game. The crowd of 3.000 forsook its furs and overcoats to settle down to com fotable enjoyment of the struggle, oc casionally to be aroused by a pretty run or a small bit of line breaking. The first thrill of alarm went through this great gathering of enthusiastic suponters of the Blue and White al most with the first shriek of the ref eree’s whistle. After Cornwall had sent the ball sailing well Into the Gold and Black territory, Dodge re ceiving it without gain, Hogan Yancy made bis first bow to a Savannah foot ball audience. Bob Kennedy’s whining chant of the elaborate series of signals had almost been forgotten when the ball was final ly snapped. The sturdy quarter seem ed hold It interminably long, while In front of him the struggle between the two lines was going on as though the play were being sent crashing through every art. Crouching low, waiting for the su preme moment when the coast seemed clear Hogan Yancy finally received the delayed pass and went crashing around Savannah's right end for fifteen yards clean, and -but for a fast, hard tackle by Landsberg, he was in a fair way to play hare to the hound in a chase for the coveted goal. Then there was a true realization that the task for Savannah was no easy one. Panting a Feature. Greart in line charging, magnificent in grazing tackle and circling the end, Worth Yancv, the real all-Southern fullback, was wonderful In the consist ency of his punting. No less than seven times was he called on in the first half to kick, and each time he measured out from forty to fifty yards. Capt. Cope was not up to his usual punting game, once falling to get the ball on a fair catch In a try for field goal. The kick was blocked before he finally got it away. The sensation of the game was Ho gan Yancy's run from Savannah s ten yard line to a touchdown. Nothing like it has ever been seen on a Savan nah field, and even among the most loyal Savannah rooters "too bad” found free expression when the referee sus tained claims of “out of bounds" as Yancy was crossing the thirty-yard line. Twice Yancy carried the ball across the goal line with no one near him, only to lose the touchdown on going out of bounds. That this was not a fault of his was evident. His interfer ence carried him too wide In each in stance. Savannah In Second Half. In the second half the blue and white flashed down the field without seeming opposition. In the tired and bleeding blue backfield there was anew figure, as yet untried this season, but with past laurels won on the gridiron to recommend him as worthy of the trust to be placed in him. To the spectators on the side line he reminded one of the peerless Har mon, and in action he was more like that whirling, wiggling, ducking, dodging halfback who ha* never failed when called on. Only once from the sixty-yard line right on down for a touchdown was he relieved of carry ing the ball, and each try brought the play from ten to twenty-five yards further down the field. On the five-yard line It was this Wil- |I OLUITT, PSAMODV A 00. ■ I g naiMWBrtIIWIIWMIMI f SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 25. 1904. RESULTS YESTERDAY ON THE GRIDIRON. University of Virginia 12; Charleston 39; Georgia School of Technology ...18; Vanderbilt 22; South Carolina College 25; Virginia Polytechnic Institute ...17; A. & M. College 18; Fort Monroe Artillery School ...17; University of Georgia 5; Carlisle Indians 23; University of Tennessee 5; Ohio University 6; Dickinson 10; Lefand Stanford University 33; West Virginia University 17; Kansas State University 29; Gettysburg 10; University of Rochester 16; Davidson College 32; Howard University 0; son who again took the ball and scored a touchdown. The crowd went wild with enthusiasm, only to be hushed a few moments later when a claim of the visitors that some uniformed Sa vannah man had rushed behind the goal post, making twelve men in uni form on the field, was sustained as a technical violation of the rules of the game, and the goal was lost. Too Mncli Wrangling. All through the contest there was en tirely too much kicking and wrangling. Each time the ball was snapped "time out” w'as called for opposing players to engage in an argument. Capt. Cope permitted none on the Sa vannah team to engage in these argu ments, and Jacksonville’s kicks were registered with the umpire and referee alternately. The officials were not positive enough, ‘and the retirment of one or two of the offenders to the side lines would have greatly assisted in keeping down rough house performances. Following is how the game was play ed: First Half. Cornwell kicked off for Savannah, Dodge receiving the ball was downed by L&ndsberg without gain. Mitchell was hurt in the scrimmage and was relieved bv Artlv. H. Yancy netted fifteen yards on a delayed pass around left end. and added two more on a buck. W. Yancy eight, H. Yancy ten, Ferris fumbled, Landsberg falling on the ball. Sullivan ten yards in two attempts. Sullivan failed to gain, Artly two, Art ly failed and the ball went over. Ferris lost one. Kennedy fumbled, Dodge falling on the ball for a gain of three. Penalized fifteen yards for forward pass made by W. Yancy when tackled hard by Landsberg. Fer ris one. H. Yancy four. Ferris lost two, Windsor lost two. With ten to gain W. Yancy punted forty yards. Cope received the ball advancing it ten yards. Doty one, Artly one, Doty three, Sul livan four. Cornwell one, Sullivan two, Sullivan one, ball going over on downs. W. Yancy one. H. Yancy lost one on pretty tackle by Artly back of the line, H. Yancy eight, Kennedy lost two on a quarterback run, Cubbedge making a sensational tackle. W. Yancy kicked. Cope receiving the ball and returning it ten yards. With the ball on Savannah’s ten yard line, Capt. Cope ptinted twenty five yards. On a triple pass to Ferris five yards lost. H. Yancy no gain, W. Yancy kicked, Cope returning the ball fifteen yards. Cope kicked again. After receiving the kick Jacksonville rushed the ball to within ten yards of goal. On a delayed pass close to the northern side line Yancy went the required distance for a touchdown, but claims that he went out of bounds were sustained, and the ball went over on downs. Cope kicking twenty yards. Time was up with the ball in Jackson ville's territory on the twenty yard line. Second Half. Wilson replaced Sullivan, fbr Savan nah, at left half back. W. Yancy kicked off, Johnson receiving the ball without gain. With gains of from eight to twenty yards, Wilson was sent around the ends, through tackle and over the line for a touchdown, which was disallowed because a claim of sub stitutes In uniform on the field was made by Jacksonville. One of these, In his enthusfasm, touched the ball be fore the referee had declared a touch down. The ball was put back on Jack sonville's fifteen-yard line, with Jack sonville in possession. On a delayed pass, with perfect in terference, Hogan Yancy eluded the entire Savannah team, and ran the entire distance of the field for a touch down, but was forced out of bounds as he was crossing the thirty-yard line, and this touch down, too was disal lowed. When the teams finally lined up. after much wrangling over the de cision of the referee in disallowing the touchdown, a fisticuff among the play ers brought the crowd on the field, most of whom were boys curious to see just what was going on. It was then so dark that the game was called by mutual agreement. Savannfah. Position. Jacksonville. Cubbedge L. E Dodge Mitchell L. T Windsor (Artly) Hlghams L. G Walters Futch C Frazee Hicks R. G Townsend Cornwell R. T Jones (Collins) Landsberg R. E Cuyler Cope Q. B Kennedy Sullivan R. H. B Ferris (Wilson) Doty L. H. B H. Yancy Johnson F. 8... W. Yancy Substitutes for Savannah—Artly, Smith, Colquitt. Monsees, Morgan, Levy and Shortridge. Time of halves 25 minutes. Referee, Capt. Harry Blun; umpire, Mr. Dillon; headllnesman, Mr. E. A. Weil. BRAVED bTtTnG WIND TO SEE THE GAME. Roanoke, Va., Nov. 24.—Four thou sand people braved a biting wind here to-day to witness the annual game of football between the Virginia Poly technic Institute and the Virginia Mil itary Institute on Fair Grounds grid iron. The score was 17 to 5 In favor of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute eleven. Ileliman Goes to Gordon. Atlanta, Nov. 24.—J. W. Helsman, considered the best football coach In the South, who has done such good work for the Tech this season, has gone to BarnesvlUe to coach the Gor don Institute football team, prepara tory to Us coming game with the team of the Bowen School of Nashville, Tenn., on Dec. 3. Tuskeitre Negroes Won. Tuskegee, Ala.. Nov. 24.—The Tuske gee Institute won the second football gome of the season here to-day from the Atlanta Baptist College for Ne groes by a wore of 5 to 0. I'ool al M. Louts. St. I jails, Nov. 24.—The opening block of 200 points in the 00 points challenge match for the pool chum - ptonshlp of the world played here to night was won by Alfredo !>e Oro of New York, the pnreent holder of the title, who defeated Thomas HutsHofi of •t I Artjiff, tM chuJltni'T, by a wjort 1 of 212 U> 1401 University of North Carolina 11 Furman University 0 (Greenville, S. C.) Cumberland University of Tennesse 0 Cumberland University of Tennessee 0 Washington and Lee 0 Virginia Military Institute 5 Clemson College 0 Mount Washington Athletic Asso ciation of Baltimore 5 Alabama Polytechnic Institute ....17 (Auburn). Ohio State University 0 University of Alabama 0 Bethany .. g Washington and Jefferson 6 University of Colorado 0 Marietta College o Missouri University 0 Franklin and Marshall 6 Tufts 5 Guilford College g Shaw University, (R'aleigh, N. C.). 0 RACES AT BENNING. Benning, D. C.. Nov. 24.—The broken track records, an unprecedented crowd and the running of the Wash ington cup and the Chevy Chase sell ing steeplechase events were the feat ures of to-day’s Thanksgiving racing of the Washington Jockey Club. Upwards of 15,000 people watched the sport. There were seven races, in most of which large fields started. The contest for the seventh Wash ington cup clipped one and two-fifth seconds off the record for the distance at this course, the favorite, Go Be tween, winning easily. King Carter, a 15 to 1 shot, furnished a surprise in the handicap steeplechase for three year-olds, winning in time that cut the three-mile track record from 6:13 2-5 to 6:07 3-5. Summaries: First Race —Maiden two-year-olds, five furlongs. Golden Sunrise. 13 to 1, won, with Yeoman, 8 to 1, second, and Bohemia, 4 to 1, third. Time 1:02 2-5. Second Race—For three-year-olds and up, non winners since Nov. 2, 1904, seven furlongs. Neptune, 10- to 1. won, with Mary Worth, 20 to 1, second, and Payne, 3 to 1, third. Time 1:29 2-5. Third Race—Renewal .of the Chevy Chase selling steeplechase, gentlemen riders, about two miles and a half. Imperialist, even, won, with Con nover, even, second, and R. B. Sack, 6 to 1, third. Time 5:14. Fourth Race—Handicap, steeple chase, for 3-year-olds and up, about three miles. King Carter, 15 to 1, won, with Lavator, 4 to 1, second, and Wooleatherer, 5 to 1, third, Time 6:07 3-5. Fifth Race—The seventh Washing ton cup, for 3-year-olds and up, two miles and a quarter. Go Between, 7 to 5, won, with Short Hose, 3 to 1, second, and Graziallo, 10 to 1, third. Time 4:03 2- 5. Sixth Race—Selling for maiden two yeaj-olds, s)even furlongs. Columbia course. Critical, 4 to 5, won, with Lit tle Buttercup, 6 to 1, second, and Priority, 60 to 1, third. Time 1:31. Seventh Race—For 3-year-olds and up non-winners of $1,250 in 1904. One mile and a sixteenth. Kilogram, 6 to 1, won, with Skela, 8 to 5, second, and Arrah Go wan, 25 to 1, third. Time 1:50 2-5. CHARLESTON NOW DANGLES THE SCALP OF FURMAN Defeated the College Players by a Score That Wet Grounds Kept Down to 39 to 0. Charleston, S. C., Nov. 24. —On a field, the greater part of which was covered with soft, sticky mud, Char leston defeated the football team rep resenting Furman University this aft ernoon by the score of 39 to 0, the ball being in Furman’s territory the greater part of the time. The score would have been larger in Charleston’s fav or, but for the fact that the field near the Ferman goal was four Inches un der water, and the ball was fumbled by Charleston, when within one yard of the line. Furman was hopelessly outclassed throughout the game, and never had a ray of hope during the entire contest. TECH WAS NO MATCH FOR BOYS FROM ALABAMA Macon, Nov. 24.—Five thousand peo ple saw the University of Georgia go down in defeat before the Alabama Polytechnic Institute eleven of Auburn on the gridiron here to-day to the tune of 17 to 5. It was an intensely fierce battle throughout and at one time during the progress of the game players on opposing sides came to blows, but were separated ‘before serious damage was done. The gathering of enthusiasts was the largest ever seen in Central City Park and the Georgia boys fought gallantly amid the continuous cheering, but PENNSYLVANIA DOWNED CORNELL, CLOSING A SUCCESSFUL SEASON Philadelphia, Nov. 24.—The Univer sity of Pennsylvania football eleven to day closed one of the most successful seasons In the history of the Institution by defeating the Cornell eleven by the score of 31 to 0. Pennsylvania scored four touch downs In the first half and two In the second. Had It not been for penalties Inflicted on the red and blue, Cornell would never have been within striking distance of the Pennsylvania’s goal. The Ithaca boys were powerless on the offensive until near the close of the game, when Pennsylvania had in an almost entire new team and on the act like Exercise."] |(ouauav! the Bowels All PrwggUuJ VIRGINIA BEAT THE CAROLINIANS FOR SOUTH’S CHAMPIONSHIP BY THE CLOSE SCORE OF 12 TO 11 AT RICHMOND. It Wna by an Accident That Virginia Won—One of the North Carolina Flayer* Slapped a Low Ball for Goal, Coaxing It to Mount Over the Bar—North Carolina Mined an Eny Goal. Richmond, Va., Nov. 24.—The Uni versity of Virginia defeated the Uni versity of North Carolina in their an nual game for the Southern cham pionship at Broad Street Park this afternoon by a margin of but one point. The score was 12 to 11, the Carolinians failing of a drawn battle by their inability to land a rather easy goal. It was the irony of fate that the point that won the game for the Orange and Blue was the result of an accident in which a Carolinian player figured. With the score 11 to 11, Virginia had a try for goal. The ball was booted straight enough, but too low to get over the bar and a Carolina player standing beneath the posts, jumped into the air and’ struck the ball, deflecting it upward and over the bar. , The two 'teams were as evenly matched as it was possible for them to be, and the offense of each was su perior to its defense. Virginia played \Yale football, straight line plunges and mass plays being used effectively against the Carolina line, until the Blue and White were hammered back over their own line. Carolina, played Princeton style, depending on end runs chiefly for gains. Carolina had a star back field and one of the heav iest ever seen In this city. Carpenter, an old V. P. I. player, was the star of the game and Caro lina‘s main dependence as a ground gainer. It was he who made all of the Carolinians’ best runs and their second touchdown after a thirty-yard dash. The first touchdown of the game made by Carolina, was due to a Virginia muff of a punt on its own goal line, the ball rolling over and a Carolinian falling on it. For Virginia Right Tackle Council made the first touchdown after the ball had been rushed almost the length of the field. Hammond Johnson carried the ball over for the second. In a brilliant fifteen-yard dash into the line. Both yielded goals. The line-up was as follows: Virginia. Positions. Carolina. Warren L. E Townsend Cooke L. T Webber B. Johnson C Stewart (capt.) Murphy R. G Siegrel Kite L. G Maness Council (capt.)..R. T Story Graham R. E Barry Pollard Q. B Bear Randolph L. H. B Jacocks H. Johnsoij....R. H. B Carpenter Lankford F. B Roberson (Poult) Referee, M. J. Thompson; umpire, Mr. Sharpe, Yale; chief linesman, Mr. Suter; time of halves, 30 minutes; at tendance, 15,000. Gray, the Furman captain, delayed the game very much by requiring a meas urement at almost e' ery third down. Fifteen hundred people witnessed the game. The team lined up as follows: Furman. , Charleston. Mills C Henry Phifer L. G Chaney Gray, (Capt.) ...R. G Sapp Poster R. T Smith Montgomery L. T Sullivan Stone R. E... Frazee McOwens L. E Ancruin Grimball R. H Reeves Edwards L. H Gunter Laval Q. B Tutwller Nichols F. B Hanvey Halves, 20 and 18 minutes. were unable to win from their aggress ive Alabama opponents. Much money changed hands on the result. The lineup was as follows: Georgia. Position. Auburn. Brown C Butler Ritchie R. G Moon Black, (Moore) ,L. G Brasweil Rossiter R. T Hughes Hoke L. T Streit Moore R. E....... Wilkinson Sullivan L. E Patterson Horsey Q. B Perkins Wadley, (Raoul)R. H. 8...i. Reynolds Martin L. H. B Poy Sage F. B Lacey Time of halves, 35 minutes; Umpire, Prof. Brown, Emory; referee, George Butler, Augusta, Ga. defense they were equally weak. Not a first down was earned by the visitors in the opening half, and only once during this period did Cornell hold for downs. Pennsylvania was penalized 46 yards In the first half, and was set back forty yards In the closing period of the game. Fumble after fumble occurred In the Cornell back field, and on nearly ev ery offense she would lose the ball. A feature of the game was the fierce tackling of the Pennsylvania boys. On nearly every scrimmage when the Cornell team had the ball there would be one of the visitors laid out. Stur son, Pennsylvania's quarterback, was finally sent to the side lines by Um pire Edwards for rough play. KALOLA (Crystallized Mineral Water) Nature’s Perfect Harmless Remedy, Cures by removing the cause of disease. Hundreds of voluntary testimonials by home people among whom is numbered Mr. B. Dub, the popular pro prietor of Screven House, this city. Kalola restores the weak and feeble to perfect health and vigor by giving strength and appetite. "Take Kalola Six Days and Eat Anything You I Nant” Not equaled as a morning laxative. Recommended by physicians and all who try it. For sale by all druggists, 50c and SI.OO. KALOLA COMPANY, 23-21 Bay Street, West, ----- Savannah, Ga. A HARD FOUGHT BATTLE WAS r THAT OF CHICAGO AND WISCONSIN Chicago, Nov. 24.—Chicago, 18; Wis consin, 11, was the score to-day in the hardest-fought football game played on Marshall Field this season. The game was replete with surprises and critical situations, which kept the 18,000 spec tators on the qui vlve from the time of the first kick off until the final whis tle blew. The climax was reached In the mid dle of the second half. Eckersall caught the ‘ball on the kick-off on Chi cago’s three-yard line and started to ward Wisconsin's goal. The Wisconsin men came thundering down upon him. Some of them were stopped by Chi cago interference and others. Eckersall dodged until only Sromqulst, Wiscon sin’s fullback, blocked the way to a touchdown. Dodging dangerously near the side line the speedy little quarter back rushed by the outstretched fin MAJOR DELMAR SOLD FOR $15,000 TO C. K. G. BILLINGS It Was Announced That Billings Would Race the Major and Lou Dillon. , New York, Nov. 24. —Major Delmar, the world’s champion trotting gelding, with an unpaced trotting record of 2:01*4, and a paced trotting record of 1:59%, was sold at the Old Glory sale at the Madison Square Garden to-day for $15,000. The purchaser was C. K. G. Billings, owner of Lou Dillon. It was announced that Mr. Billings would race Major Delmar and Dou Dillon In an effort to break the world’s record. Major Delmar was consigned by E. E. Smathers, who bought him last year for $40,000. The record price thus far at the sale AT CUMBERLAND PARK. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 24.—Ivan the Terrible, at 3 to 5 in the betting, was easily the best of the field of five 2-year-olds in the Press handicap at five and one-half furlongs at Cumber land Park to-day. The card was at tractive and the attendance of holiday proportions. Anna Fitzhugh, at 25 to 1 In the last race, proved the surprise of the day. Weather, fine; track, fast. Summaries: First Race—Seven furlongs. Our Way, 5 to 2, won, with Columbia Girl, 2 to 1, second, and Tottenham, 10 to 1, third. Time 1:29. Second Race—Five furlongs. Savoir Faire, 8 to 1, won, with Gossy, 5 to 1, second, and Besterllng, 5 to 1, third. Time 1:0214. Third Race—Short course, steeple chase handicap. Cardigan, 7 to 2, won, with Spripg Water, 2 to 1, second, and Russell Sage, sto 1, third. Time 3:05%.’ Fourth Race—Five and one-half fur longs, handicap. Ivan the Terrible, 3 to 5, won, with Omealia, 6 to 1, sec ond and Scinda. 7 to 2. third. Time 1:08*4. Fifth Race—Mile and a quarter. Scortle, 11 to 5, won, with Drummond, 16 to 5, second, and Prism, 18 to 5, third. Time 2:10. Sixth Race—Seven and one-half fur longs. Anna Fitzhugh, 25 to 1, won, with Lady Chariot, 11 to 2, second, and Carnival, 16 to 1, third. Time 1:36. RACES ATTEW ORLEANS. New Orleans, Nov. 24. —Floral King’s victory in the Inaugural handicap was ■the most popular feature of to-day’s racing. Rose Ben made the early run ning, but Floral King caught him at the stretch and won with plenty to spare. Ideal summer weather and the promise of high-class sport brought out a very large crowd, strongly sprinkled with the society element. Summaries: First Race—Mile and seventy yards. Forehand, 3 to 2, won, with Exclama tion, 5 to 2. second, and High Wind, 13 to 1, third. Time 1:47 2-5. Second Race—Five and one-half fur longs. Edith May, 4 to 5, won. with Presentiment, 8 to 1, second, and Ha drian, 15 to 1, third. Time 1:07 1-5. Third Race—Seven furlongs. Gus Heidom, 3 to 1. won, with Lady Free Knight, 10 to 1, second, and Lord of the Valley. 9 to 2. third. Time 1:28. FV>urth Race—The Inaugural handi cap, all ages, six furlongs. Floral King, 2 to 1, won. with Rose Ben. 12 to 1. second, and Rams Horn, 10 to 1, third. Time 1:13 3-5. Fifth Race—Mile and a sixteenth. Gregor K.. 4 to 6, won. with Alladln, 25 to 1. second, and Autolight, 3 to 1, third. Time 1:48 2-6. Sixth Race—Mile and a quarter. Prince Halm Salm. 5 to 2, won, with Bengal, 6 to 1, second, and Homestead, 5 to L third. Time 2:08 2-5. HMINAL IKRVII'B IX MODKRX WAH. Commander Keeps In Constant lunch With Ills Scoots by Telephone. From the Chicago Chronicle. The method of preparing a system of communication for use In the field In war time Is Interesting, Where the nature of the country and conditions will permit the reels of wire and the batteries are carried In wagons. The line ie so laid tut to become permanent, a detail tallows tbs wagon at leisure gers of his opponent, grazing his leg as he passed. Two seconds late he was beneath a pile of squirming humanity behind the Wisconsin goal posts. He had made the record run of the sea son, covering 107 yards, to do which he actually ran 115 yards. The crowd went wild,Wisconsin root ers joining with the Chicago men in cheering the play. All sense of parti sanship was lost in the general admi ration for the magnificent play. A few moments later Vanderboom, who played a star game for Wisconsin, was given almost as gTeat an ovation when he made a fifteen-yard run for a touchdown. His play was the cul mination of a series of line smashes by which Wisconsin had worked the ball from their own twenty-yard line to Chicago’s tvventy-flve-yard line. The game was particularly notable for the tenacious grit with which both elevens fought for every inch of ground. Wisconsin near the end of the second half, succeeded in holding Chicago for downs on Wisconsin’s one yard line. was paid for Sadie Mac, another of the E. E Smathers’ string, who was bought by Miss Kate S. Wilkes of Galt, Ont„ for $15,500. Prince Alert, the world’s champion pacing gelding, with a race record of 1:59*4, and a record of 1:57 with a wind shield, was sold to Edward Mitchell of New York for Walter Wy man of London, for $2,600. He was consigned by James Hanley of Provi dence, R. I. Grace Bond, the champion 3-year old trotter of 1904, consigned by James Y. Gatcomb, was sold to Alonzo G. Maynard of New York for $13,000. and attaches the wire to trees or hast ily erected supports. For flying lines, or lines in the zone of action, lines connecting the com mander's headquarters with the vari ous divisions, the detail following the linesmen merely lay the wire In pro tecting places where it is least likely to be damaged. The lines may be taken up, moved or abandoned, as the occasion requires. Where the nature of the country or other conditions ren der the advance of the wagon impos sible or inexpedient, the line is ad vanced by men carrying coils of wire on their shoulders. A scout advancing into the enemy’s country beyond the point where the wagon must stop is accompanied by a telephonist, who uncoils his line from his shoulders as he moves forward. To the inner end of the coil is attach ed the telephonist’s instrument. Thus he is able at all times to report the scout’s observations direct to the scout’s commander and to receive in structions from headquarters. When the scout is called or forced to fall back the line may be recovered by the telephonist or abandoned after cut ting the instrument loose. If the scout Is taken the operator at the oth er end of the wire is made instantly aware of the capture by the cessation of signals, and the line is useless to the enemy. It will be seen that the use of the telephone In the field eliminates the time element in the transmission of or ders and intelligence and guarantees against mistakes. It also affords the means of communicating orders with absolute secrecy. Frequently in great battles It has occurred, as in the first battle of Manassas, that batteries were kept Idle for hours and much-needed reinforce ments held In check with resultant dis aster because the means of rapid com munication was lacking. It has oo curred, too, that a retreat at one point and qn attack, real or feigned, at an other would have saved an army from defeat—movements that were not made because the commander lacked information of what was taking place at those points, or if he was informed lacked the means of promptly ordering the necessary moves. That the com mander of to-day Is at no such disad vantage is made clear in the accounts from Manassas recently and the re ports of the efficient work of the sig nal corps. The tactics of to-day are based, as were the tactics of other days, upon the assumption that the opposing forces are equally well equipped with death-dealing weapons, and that In a general way all soldiers are men of great physical courage. But the op erations and strategy of the older time would not do for to-day. Modern weapons are In a great meas ure responsible for the new tactics, but the strategic operations of modem warfare are made possible only by the highly developed efficiency of modern methods of transmitting Intelligence. The Importance of a superior Intel ligence department was shown by the operation* of the American forces dur ing the war with Spain. It Is more clearly *hown In the operations of the Japanese against the Russians, where other things, to all Intents and pur pose*. are equal. The birth of the modern signal corps occurred during the Civil War and Immediately after the battle of Ms nassas, and while much lip the way of advance baa been accomplished from time to lime by other nations engaged In war, It le not claiming too much to eased that the Intelligence depart ments of tbs armies of the world ere In a great degree patterned after the signal corps of the United States •rmjr.