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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, '.SEPTEMBER 30,1907.
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By PERCY H. WHITINO.
Tech! ^
The football wonders of 19071
Best football team Tech ever had!
Will beat Gordon, Dahlonegn, Tennessee, Auburn, Georgia,
Mercer and Clcmson, give Scwance so nenr a beating that the
Tigers will never know what hit them and give Vanderbilt the
closest coll of the Commodores’ Southern season.
We rush into this somewhat incoherent prediction in order to
get there ahead of anybody else.
Wc want to go on record ns believing that there is only one
team in the S. I. A. A. that has any license 'to make one more
touchdown than Tech does in any game, and that sole exception
is Vanderbilt. Sewanee is talking loud, but right now on mate
rial and dope our money would go on Tech. This is long-rnngo
prediction and is not much good, because the writer bas not seen
Sewaneo in action. But ho has seen Southern football since the
fall of 1900, and previous to that time he was in pretty close touch
with Eastern football. And he figures out that he knows enough
about tho game to foci pretty sure of Tech.
About Coach Ileisman’s ability to make a team nobody who
knows anything about tho (jame ever has any doubts. All he
needs is material. And this year he most certainly has it.
The first work-out of the Tech team enmo on Saturday and
Coach Ilcisman certainly, uncovered some wonders.
Tho new men on tho varsity team were Davis at right tackle,
Kofcr at right half and Fitzsimmons at left half. And they nro
throe wonders for fair. Davis nnd Kofor—in footbnll togs—look
enough aliko to be brothers—big, square-rigged, low-built, fast,
aggressive chaps, with strength, courage and speed to bum.
In tho game Snturday they did not give the ball to cither of
them very often. But when they did the gains those two mnde
wero awful to behold. Thoy ripped through the Recruits’ line
and went down tho field for tho limit. Either one can wrap two
ordinary players around their necks, let one hang from each foot
and then walk ns fast as “Tiny” IJonderson runs.
Foster Fitzsimmons is another star ond will make all of them
hinatle for a job on tho all-Southern this year. Just at present he
is oni of training and was not given tho ball much, but ho has B,
position cinched.
AH of tho old men showed up in marvellous stylo. Luck nnd
Buchanan have made vast gains in weight nnd aggressiveness
over last year and will bo wonders this senson. Hill, who was too
slight to make a good man last year, has blossomed out and plays
well. G. Smith got into plnys in fine stylo, nnd Henderson has
picked up a lot over last yenr. Luck is going to havo far nnd
away his best season this fall and Adamson can bo counted on
for a good game.
A decidedly oncournging foature of tjio game Saturday was
the marvellously good showing of some of the members of the Re
cruit team. Jones, who played full back, is almost certain to get
a job on tho varsity nnd will hustle Adamson hard for tho full
back position. Though not large, he is well built, strong as an ox,
fast and marvellously aggressive. Besides that, ho scorns to know
some footbnll.
Coleman and Wilcox, tho other two men in tho back field for
the Scrubs, did nice work, nnd when they learn somo footbnll
will be terrors. Bell did groat work at left guard, nnd Spaulding
did well for nn inexperienced innn. Mlzo played a nice gamo at
end and Erio Smith showed well at quarter. But the four stnr men
on tho Recruit team wero Jones, Wilcox, Colomnn and Bell, and
tho best of thoso four was Jones.
Ono mnn who is likely to bo nn extra special star—Johnson,
tho big “Swede”—-was not in the game. He lias not been at prac
tice long nnd was a trifle stiff nnd sore, so Coach Ilcisman put
him at refereeing.
Johnson is built moro like the famous John Tigert, of Van
derbilt, than any mnn who has shown up in recent years, and will
undoubtedly moko as good mnn as this famous Commodore—now
a Rhodes scholar nt Oxford.
With this hunch of material nnd with a coach like Ilcisman,
thero can bo no doubt about Toch this year. It is going to take
tho best squad in the South to cross her lino nnd the Rcorcs she is
likely to pile up will bo something awful to contemplate.
CRITICAL PERIOD
IN PEHN ANT RACE
Detroit and Philadelphia Play Double-Header
Today Which May Settle Big
Race.
By SAM CRANE.
Philadelphia, Sept. SO.—The eye. of
all haeebolldom will be centered on thla
city ngoln today.
The question of which club will carry
oft the pennant In the American League
In tho closest, moat Interesting and ex
citing race In the long history of the
national game, will doubtless be decided
by the raoult of the two games to be
played between the Detrolts and Ath
letics today.
Tho Detrolts won last Friday's game
by the close score of 6 To 4. In one of the
most thrilling contests ever played. ■■
Tho two teams were tied before that
j~Sfanding of the Clubs. \
Pntrolt
I’bllmWphU. • • . . US
Chleago l«
Cleveland 14S
N>w York. . .... 143
St. 145
145
Wueblngtoti 142
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National.
... 244
. ... 147
. . . . 140
. . . 142
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. . . 145 <4 M JIT
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TSice In succession Je.se Burkett
ha* ...it the Near England League pen
nant ItL i Wi l. i inr t* u:e.
game and the victory gave the Tigers
tho lead by 7 points—.60S to .Ml.
It will be necessary for the Athletics
to win both games to regain the lead,
while an even break will enable the
Tigers to retain the leadership. Hughey
Jennings eaya the Tigers will surely
win one game, but Is counting on both,
and gives his reasons.
Connie Mack rays the Athletics will
win both games.
Philadelphia Is baseball craxy and a
record crowd la sure to peck Columbia
Park to witness the double-header.
There was never a series played
where the Interest was so Intense or
where partisanship was so rampant.
SATURDAY'S RE8ULT8.
American.
8L Louis A New York 1 (Brst ximr).
Hr. I.011U A New York 1 (second game).
Wa>hln((oe A (Tereland 1.
Cblrafu A Boston I.
National.
8*. Louis A New York ft.
Pittsburg 7, llo.ton 2 (Brat garnet.
Boston A Pittsburg 6 (second game).
YESTERDAY'S RESULT8.
National.
Brooklyn A Chicago I first game).
Brooklyn A Chicago 2 (five Innings; dark-
Philadelphia 1. Cincinnati ft (Brat game).
C incinnati t. Philadelphia I (second game).
New York 7, 8t. Lonls S (first gam/.
St. Lonls L New York 0 (second game).
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Americrn.
Detroit at Philadelphia.
Chicago at Beaton.
raavt
National.
New York at Chicago.
Pittsburg at Philadelphia.
Brooklyn at ClDrinnat!.
Boston at ht Louis. -
THIS LAD CAN HIT 'EM
TIM JORDAN.
Hers it tho boy who is hammering out the binglea, two-sackers and
the rest, for the Brooklyn team. His work at first base ranks right
alongside of tho best In the National League.
M’CAY STILL BELIEVES
THAT NOBILE “GETS IN”
Thinks That Meeting of Mobile Club Will
Settle the Question—Ball Dope •
by Bernie.
The annual meeting of the Mobile
Baseball Association will be held Mon
day, and at that time something ,may
drop that will shed some new light on
Mobile's aspiration* to be a Southern
Leaguer.
Bemle XlcCay, manager of the Mo
bile club, left Atlanta for Mobile Sat
urday. He will atop over for the meet
ing and then go on to his old stamping
ground—the conat—where ho will bo
for a month and a half.
McCay believes that Mobile has u
chance to go Into the Southern League.
He says that—all reports to the cor*
trary notwithstanding—Shreveport la
willing to sell the franchise she now
owns at a reasonable price and that
Mobile la willing to buy It and hoa the
money In hand.
Interesting announcement! are ex
pected after Monday'a meeting.
Bemle McCoy la enthualaattc over
the proapects of the ao-calted "A. and
V.” circuit, to auccecd the present Cot.
ton Slates League—though under the
old name.
The proposed new circuit would be
made up of the cities of Meridian,
Jackson, Vicksburg, ' Hattiesburg,
Natches and Monroe, and all of them
are located on the Alabama and Vicks,
burg road. The two farthest apart ore
Meridian and Monroe, and they are
tvlthln 700 miles of each other.
This would be a snug little circuit,
and with a <1,200 salary limit Bernie
McCoy believes that It would be a big
success.
McCay certainly did wonders with
the Mobile team this year. He started
out with a miscellaneous collection of
Southern League discards and semi
proa and ho ground a pennnnt winner
out of them. He made only two changes
In his line-up over the opening day.
Larry Hoffman was secured to play
third base and Dale Dear was grabbed
to play In the outlleld. Bernie started
out the season with ihrse pitchers, one
“old head" and two kids, and he went
through the entire eeoson with thl*
trio. And at the end two of them were
sold and one will undoubtedly be
drafted Just as soon as tbs Soqfhem
League teams get a shot at the little
leagues.
Malarkey. of Montgomery, got the
best In the collection when he bought
Nolly—according to the McCay dope
anyhow. This past season Nolly won
17 games, lost ( and tied I. Lost year
he was In the bushes.
■Bruner, the man bought by New Or
leans. will do well with the Pelicans,"
says McCay. "He has a great head and
plenty of curves. He never puts the
ball twice In the same place and usu
ally be can out-figure the batter. Hf
used to play with Chattanooga and
Nashville In the Southern League and
later with Meridian In the Cotton
States. I think that he Is due to 'come
back.* ’*
McCay believes that two of his play,
era—Ray and Bryette—will be draft
ed sure. He says that Charley Frank
GREAT RECORD, THIS.
Special* to The Georgltn.
Nashville. QOm Sept. <0.—The Nosh-
vlllo third nine has disbanded after a
most prosperous season. They havo
lost only three games this year. Fol-
'owing Is the schedule played:
has tils eyes on Ray. This youngster
was rescued by McCoy from the bushes
around Portsmouth, Ohio. He had
pitched one year of professional ball
with nn l.tdependent team when McCay
got him. Willi Mobile he won 22 games
and 14 of them were shut-outs.
Another playor who will make good
In the Southern, according to McCay,
BERNIE M’CAY.
Bemle Is on Ills way to the coast
for n six weeks' vacation.
Is Thornton, the outfielder who goes to
Montgomery. "Ho was the beat in the
league,” sakl Bernie. "Batted .100 and
was fnst os lightning." He was with
Montgomery In 1*06 when that team
won Its title of "Climbers," and played
with them In the early part of 1006.
McCay -says there Isn't a chutes that
he will fall to make good this time.
"Another thing I want to say before
I go.” said Bernie, “and that Is that
nobody in Atlanta seems to be giving
credit to the man who did the biggest
part In bringing a pennant to Atlanta.
"That mnn Is Otto Jordan, though
nobody seems to know IL That Is no
reflection on Bill Smith, either. You
have to ‘slip It to' BUI. He knows
players and how to get 'em.
"But tho bench manager can not do
anything unless he has somebody to
moke the team play. And Otto Jordan
did that. He modi- the Atlanta team
play his game. Maybe some of the men
on the team liked some other style, but
he whipped them all In line. Otto Jor
dan did not win the pennant, but he
did os much as any one man.”
Nashville 4. High School 2; Nashville
g High School 1; Nashville A Adel ft:
Nashville 17. Hustlers 6; Nashville 14,
Hustlers 1; Nashville third nine 11,
Nashville second nine 11.
Nashville won three games from the
High Schorl. Scores; IS to 0, S to 7
and 6 to 0.
ashvtlle lost two games to Sparks,
res: 8 to 1 and 13 to 7.
;.(■ lil. u. till l.iM gam. I he
-on from the High School team, the
re being 1 to 2.
TECH REGULARS DEFEAT RECRUITS
The Tech Regulars and the Tech Re.
crults pulled off a football game Sat
urday afternoon at Tech Park before
quite a sizable crowd of enthusiasts,
who braved a lot of bad weather to Bee
the first work-out of the Yellow• Jack
ets.
Tho game was. of course, a cinch for
the Regulars, who piled up 22 points,
and who could have plied up 22 more
If they had cared to.
Right at the Jump the Regulars lit
Into the Recruits and It took them two
minutes of play und four downs to
make the flrst touchdown.
Four minutes more of play gave the
Regulars another touchdown.
After that they took things easy. Sev.
eral times a Regular would take the
ball clear through the Scrubs and with
a clear field for a touchdown would
sit down on the ball and wait for the
Recruits to catch up.
After the flrst ten minutes It was a
practice sctlmmage, nothing more. The
Scrubs were allowed four downs in
stead of three, and were given every
advantage. But they could do noth
ing against the Regulars.
And at that, the scrub team of this
fall could have given an awful argu
ment to the regulars of last fall. Which
rather goes to prove that Tech has a
team this year that la somewhere be
tween 109 and 1,000 per cent better
than last year's.
The forward pass was given a work
out or two. Cofer sailed one forward
to Robert that was a peach. The big
half handled the ball a* easily as
though It had been a baseball, and will
be a handy man on forward passes
this year.
The only men hurt were Wilcox and
E. Smith, and neither man was seri
ously Injured. The 'varsity wen*
through without acquiring so much a
a scratch.
Buchanan did the kicking for tht
team, and his punts were long and
true. He kicked two goals out of three
chances.
The line-ups follow:
Regulars. Scrubs. '
Snydftr. c Moore, c-
Henderson. l.g. Bell, L g- j
G. Smith, r. Spalding, r. si'
Davis, r. t Burt, r. t,v
Luck. 1. t .. .. Malhott, L L ,
Robert. I. e Mize, L e.
Buchanan, q E. Smith, q.
Fitzsimmons, I. h Coleman, 1. h.
Cofer. r. h Wilcox, r. h.
Adamson, f. Jones, f.
GORDON HOLDS CLEMSON 0 TO 5
Special to The Georgian.
Clemson. 8. C„ Sept. 10.—On a mud
dy field the Clemson football team de
feated the Gordon team here Saturday
by one touchdown.
A drizzling rain fell during the con
test, and as a consequence the field was
very slippery.
It Is hard to figure Just which team
gained the advantage In consequence of
tho sloppy going.
The Clemson team, being a little
heavier, gained some on that score,
but on account of the bad footing their
plays didn't gain as they probably
would on a dry Held.
Clemson’s touchdown came after a
20-yard buck ofT tackle by Captain
McLaurln, after 10 minutes of play.
Clemson kicked off to Gordon's 26-
yard line and after two trials at Clem-
son's line, Gordon was forced to punt
and Smith booted 26 yards, with Clem-
son making a 10-yard return.
After a series of short end runs and
tackle cross bucks, Clemson planted
the ball nn Gordon's 20-yard line and
with third down 6 yards to gain, Cap
tain McLaurln was called on and pre
sented his team a touchdown. No goal.
Score: Clemson 6, Gordon 0.
Gordon kicked to Clemson’s 26-yard
Hue ami eioniM.n Kradiiiillv u .irked the
ball to Gordon's 10-yard line, where
they had flrst down nnd the goal to
gain. Throo trials netted 6 yards and
the ball went to Gordon on her 6-yard
line. Narrow escape that, but the ca
dets deserved IL for they mode a
mighty stand and Clemson never had
another chanco to score.
Second Half,
Gordon kicked to Clemson and after
several exchanges of punts Gordon got
the ball on her own 20-yard line. This'
was as near as Clemson came to the
prep goal In the second half.
The half ended with the ball In Gor
don's possession on Clemson's 60-yard
line.
The second half wns featured by the
remarkable rally of the preps. With
the score against them and a knowl
edge of the fact that they had been un
able to gain against their heavier and
stronger opponents, they came back
with a rush and soon had Clemson on
tho defense.
The prep boys were frequently seen |
tackling the runner tor a loss and the!
spectators were loud In their praise of ■
tllo gnm.-n.ns • .r tin- youngsters. I.
For Clemson McLaurln anil Gaston I
did a bulk of the work, ond after Go--!
ton's retirement In the second half ■
Clemson failed to gain any material t
distance.
Gordon's quarter wan the bright and I
particular star of the game, being In I
• •very play. Tim.- after time McLaurln t
or Gaston would break loose only to bo I
downed by this plucky little player, f
Not a single man passed him, nor did ho |
fall to tackle all over tl.o field.
On several occasions after punting j
tho ball out of danger he was down tho 1
field nnd tackled the runner. •]
He clearly outclassed his rival on tho I
Clemson team In every department of \
tlie game. He never hobbled on a punt. ■
rnn his team with moro confidence, was
surer of his tackles In the back field :
and averaged 16 yards moro to his
punts.
With a little moro age and experience I
he would make any college team In tho
country, i in st voral occasions It look. ■! j
ns If ho would bo smothered by tho pile
of largo men who tackled him.
RECRUITS ARE DOING WELL AT MERCER
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, On.. Sept. 30.—The practice at
Mercer Friday and Saturday was
marked by keen-edge playing.
In addition to the swift work of the
old men. several new recruits wero
showing up In splendid form.
Coach Schencker expressed hlmsolf
as well pleased with practice, summing
It up by saying, "the best yet."
The largest crowd yet out was on
hand and hard practice was marked
the entire evening.
Nearly every man on both tho teams
Is being tried hard In every possible I
position.
Tho coach may bo seen going fron ]
ono team to tho other constantly. H-
always has some word of encourage
ment, nnd frequently shows the men c
different positions by his splendid work j
AUBURN WINS HER FIRST ENGAGEMENT
Special to Tho Georgian.
Auburn, Ain., Sept. SO.—Auburn play,
ed her first gams Saturday against the
Montgomery Athletic team and won, 24
to 6. While the field was very muddy,
the game at tlmea was fast, fierce and
furious.
Seven of the Montgomery team were
old stars from Auburn, who had been In
many hard battles.
In the flrst half of 20 minutes Auburn
scored two touchdowns. In tho second
half two more, kicking gonl four times.
Although Montgomery failed to make
flrst down, she made one touchdown by
getting the ball from Auburn In a
scrimmage, the runner carrying It
across the field to goal. The line-up of
the teqms was:
Montgomery—Pierce, center: Morf-
arty. right guard; Poundstonc, left
guard: Will Patterson, right tackle;
Levy, left tackle; McQueen, right end;
Ilaygnod Patterson, left end; Perkins
quarterback; Bills, right halfback!
Herndon, left halfback; Jim Patterson]
fullback.
Auburn—Batson, center; Pentz, righij
guard: Motley. left guard; Everett
right tacklo; Locke, left tackle; Wllker-1
•on, right end; Hughes, left end: Mc-[
Clure, quarterback; Reynolds and Har-j
rls, right halfback; McCay and Spark-j
man, left halfback; Wynn, fullback.
Umpire, Donahue.
TENNESSEE PREPARES FOR GEORGIA
Hpeelal to The Georgian.
Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 80.—Tennes
see's prospects for a fast team are bet
ter than for several seasons.
Nine old men of the loot team re
turned, and an unusually large bunch
of good new material entered school.
Csptaln Proctor, who played center
two years, did not re-enter the univer
sity, and for a time luwas thought hts
place could not be filled. Walters, a
tackle, and Cottrell, a guard, are both
showing up well for snapper-back, and
are rapidly dispelling any doubts ns to
strength at that point
Word, who Is generating the machine
for the third time. Is In excellent con
dition, and all Tennesseeans are count
ing on him for all-Southern tackle.
Pennsylvania tactics under the In
struction of Coach Lsvene are meet
ing with much favor on the volunteer
squad, and fast, hard scrimmage Is the
result of each day's work.
In addition to field work. Levene Is
giving his youngsters a thorough
course In rules. Illustrated by black
board diagrams.
The Volunteers have not met a team
outside of the university organizations
ns yet, nnd no dope on scores Is avail
able.
Indications, however, are that when
the Volunteers Invade the University of
Georgia, October 12. a dose, hard game
will result This contest will open the
S. I. A. A. season for Tennessee, as the
following schedule shows:
October 12—University of Georgia, at
Athens, G.v
October 19—Georgia Tech, at Atlanta,
petober 21—Clemson College, at
Clemson.
October 26—Mnryvllle, at Knoxville.
November 2—Dahlonega, at Knox
ville.
November *—Kentucky State, at;
Knoxville.
November 16—Mississippi Agricul
tural and Mechanical, at Memphis.
November 18—University of Arkan
sas, at Little Rock.
November 28—University of Alaba
ma, at Birmingham.
GEORGIA TEAM
DOWNS SCRUBS
Special to The Georgian.
Athens. Go.. Sept. 30.—The Univer
sity of Georgia football team and the
Georgia Scrubs played Saturday aft
ernoon and the ’varsity won In line
style. The score was 15 \o,0, but it
might eoally have been more' (f the
coach had cared to nee a*big tally
piled up. %
The line-up was followa:
Varsity.
V. > .
Harmon, r. g. .. .
Arrendale, L g. •
McWhorter, r. L
Dellplerre. 1. t. ..
Thurman-Grave*,
Hatcher* L
r. e.
Berube.
Nixon, e.
.Cleveland, r. g.
.Boat wick, 1. g.
.. Derrick, r. t.
. .. Nunn, 1. t.
..Hatcher, r. e.
Dailey, L e.
Smith - Williams, r. h. .. Newsome, r. h.
Farming, 1. h. .. •• .. Bostwlek, 1. h.
l#r, f. .. Simpson, f.
Woodruff •Grace, q. .. Scott-Porter, q.
Time of halve*. 15 minute*. Referee.
Cox. Umpire, Foley. Lineman, Brown
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