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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1907
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FIRST SIZZLE OF FOOTBALL GRIDIRON COMES SATURDAY
I EDITED BY
IP. H.WHITING
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| NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
By PERCY H. WHITINQ.
The sporting editor and hi* camera journeyed down to Ath
ens Thursday and had a look at the University of Georgia foot
ball team at'work.
And the said team looks good.
The momentous question always is: Can Georgia beat Techt
And, as usual, we don’t know the answer.
Our opinion is this:
If Tech can get into college all of her star candidates for the
football team—Davis, Cofer, Johnson, Brown and the rest—the
Yellow Jackets ought to beat Georgia.
If Tech doesn’t, then Georgia is going to be a powerful bidder
for first honors in the state.
What Tech has on Georgia is weight.
What Georgia has on Tech is speed and experience.
Georgia ought to have as fast a team as the state has ever
turned out. Wliat the Georgia players haven't got in weight they
have in activity and they will undoubtedly put up one of the
speediest articles of ball that Atlanta and Athens have ever seen.
When Coach Whitney reached Athens in September he found
things in a bad way—though not as.bad as on the previous year.
Georgia returned five old men—Sam Hatcher, left end j Harry
Harman, right guard; Delaperriere, right tackle; Graves, right
end, and Kyle, right half back and captain.
Harman and Delaperriere are good-sized men, Smith is about
medium and the other two are rather smnll.
So Coach Whitney had a rather small, light nucleus around
which to gather a team.
However, Georgia prep schools sent a world of good mate
rial to Athens—men who were trained football players, though
mostly light. And with these non-hcfty but speedy youngsters
Coach Whitney is .filling several of the gaps.
The center position will undoubtedly be filled by Wray, a
217-pound gentleman, built along the classic lines of a sack of
meal, but aggressive and strong. He was in college two years
ago, but was out last year.
Harry Harman, the Atlanta boy, will be back at his old stand
at right guard, where he can be counted on to put up a great
game of football. He is bigger, stronger and faster than 'last
year. And last year he was among the best in the South.
Arrendale and Nnnn are working for the other guard posi
tion. Arrendale was on the scrub team last year and with his
185 pounds of weight will make somebody hustle for a position
with the Varsity this year. Nunn, n fast 170-poundcr, is making
a nice bid for the position, too. Like Wray, he was in college two
years ago, but was out last year.
The right tackle position will be filled by Delaperriere. This
gentleman with the lengthy name put up nice bnll last year and
can be counted on for a better game this year. He is strong and
knows the game.
The other tackle position is a matter of considerable uncer
tainty. MacDonald and Maclnry aro being worked there altei-
natcly and neither man has shown quite enough class ns yet to
clamp down on the job.
Madary, a chubby youngster, with a surprising amount of
speed, is putting up a nice fight for tho job. He can punt and
kick goals, and this fact/is a decided point in his favor.
The end positions will be filled by old men—Sam Hatcher and
Graves, Both these men are larger and better than last year.
Graves will do the punting for the team and his equal will be hard
to find. He is practically certain to outpunt anything that Tech
has uncovered this year, and tt is unlikely that he will be beaten
at the punting game by anybody in the South. If anything hap
pens to Graves, Hannan or Maclary can cither of them do the act
In good style.
Behind the line there is only one veteran—Captain Smith.
He is a faat man and can easily hold down his position in good
style. He has not a lot of weight, but is an experienced player.
Whitney was fortunate in drawing two cracking good quar
ter-backs from prep schools and he need have no worry over this
position, except that the two men are so evenly balanced that it
is bard to choose between them. These two men are Woodruff and
Grace, the former from Stone Mountain, the latter from Gordon.
Grace has the advantage of weight. He is a 145-pounder and
knows the game, according to Frank Blake. Woodruff tips the
beam at only 130 and plays Sandy Beaver football.
On the strength of his name, speed and ability to drop-kick
Woodruff is likely to get the call. Ho is one of the best open-field
runners that Georgia eter saw, is fast as lightning, has a good
head, and can be counted on in a pinch. But Graco has almost
everything that is required of a quarter and can drop-kick some
himself. Probably Woodruff will do the bulk of the work, but
Grace ought to make the best sub-quarter in the South.
Napier seems to have full back position cinched. He weighs
160 pounds and as he was the sub last year he knows “Whitney
football.”
Just who will play opposite to Smith in the half back posi
tion is a matter of great uncertainty, but there are several extra
good candidates.
Other candidates for various jobs are C. Hatcher, a sub-end,
who is doing wonderfully good work ; Thurman, a sub-end last
year, and McWhorter, who was a tackle on the scrub team last
year.
MERCER SCRUBS DEFEAT
GRESHAM HIGH SCHOOL
Macon, Ga., Oct. 4.—The Mercer
scrubs beat Gresham High School to
the tune of 13 to 0 In a practice game
here Wednesday. It was never In
doubt which way the game tea* going,
but the Uttle follows from the high
school put up a nice article of bnll.
During the game two men were hurt.
Bozeman received a fracture of both
bones at the jrlst of the right arm and
Parker received a bad sprain.
The following was the line-up:
Mercer Scrubs—Chapman, c.; Knight,
lg.; Dunaway, rg.; Gillespie, rg.: Bell,
rt.; Leard, It.; Parker and Melton, re,;
8purlln. le.; Jameson and Nesmith. qb.;
Landrum and Jameson. Ihb.; Nicholson,
fb.: Griffin and Bozeman, rhb.
Gresham High School—Wachtet, e.;
Mitchell, qb.; Hose, lg.; Maze, rg;
Broun. It.; Bmlth. rt.; Jones, le.; Byron,
re.; Conner, Ihb.; Grace, fb.; Mitchell,
rhb.
In the drat half Nicholson made a
touchdown and Jameson kicked goal. In
the sfcond half Nicholson. Melton and
Jameson made touchdowns, and Jame
son kicked two nut of three goals. Mel
ton made a pretty 40-yard run front a
fumble to the third goal. Nicholson
made a splendid flying tackle Just in
time to keep Gresham from scoring
when Conner had received the ball on a
fumble and run SO yards.
A valuable gold bracelet was lost by s
young lady one morning. It was advertised
in the '•Cost” column of The (ieorglan In
the afternoon and returned the nest tnnrn-
fnrty-cent bos of Wiley's heat candy free
with each tblrty-cent "want" ad. In Batur-
dny'a Georgian.
THURSDAY'S RE8ULT8.
Dvirtiu ir nniumiuiii •>
Philadelphia 4. Cleveland 0.
New York *, Chicago 0.
Boa ton 1. 8t. Louis 0.
National.
Philadelphia 1. Pittsburg 0.
FOOTBALL RESULT8.
At Birmingham-Harvard College S, South*
area tern Presbyterian University 0.
THE GREAT AND ONLY TY COBB
Haro It Ty Cobb, tha Georgia boy whoaa work haa dona more than
that of any ona man toward bringing a pannant to Dotroit. His batting
and baaa running hava been tha wondar of the American Leagua, and on
tha batting count ha wil lead the league thia yaar with a marvelously
good percentage.
Standing of the Clubs.
CLUBS-
Detroit 147
Philadelphia Ill
Chicago 141*
Cleveland 150
.New York 147
Hi. Louis 149
Bnatoti 148
Washington 147
American.
Played. Won. Lost. p. C.
r>r» .619
National.
CLUBS- Played. W«
Chicago 147 10!
Pittsburg 148 »
Philadelphia 144 W
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Amarican.
Boston at New York.
Philadelphia at Washington.
National.
Chicago at 8t. Louis.
New York nt Philadelphia.
Brooklyn at Boston.
Pittsburg at Cincinnati.
WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
OPENS ON TUESDAY IN CHICAGO
Wednesday and Thursday
the Teams Play in
Detroit.
Cincinnati. Oct. 4.—The,coming ae
rial’ for tho baseball championship of
the world will opon In West Side
Park, Chicago, on Tuesday afternoon
next.
After the opening game the two
teams will board a train for Detroit,
where they will battle on the two suc
ceed ing days. Friday will be an open
date, left vacant to be filled In In ease
of rain or a tie on any of the previous
three days.
Saturday and Sunday will find the
two crack clubs back In Chicago. If
the series Is unsettled after five games,
the sixth game will he played in Detroit
on Monday.
Should the series be tied at the end
of six games the deciding contest will
be played In Chlcagd Tuesday, Octo
ber 15. *
of course, the series may not extend
for sev^n garties. No previous world’s
championship contest has gone- the full
Friday An Off Day—Next
Two Days in the Windy
City.,
limit, And this will be a, record-beark
er if it does.
Tho series will end ns soon ns either
team has won four games, so It ny*y
possibly dose on Saturday. This, how
ever, Is very unlikely and the schedule
has been made out for the full seven
games. ’ — * - * • • ~
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DAHLONEGA PLAYS "STRAIGHT FOOTBALL
AGAINST GEORGIA'S TEAM ON SATURDAY
8pedal to The (Ieorglan.
Dahlonega, Ga., Oct. 4.—Professor
Johnson has his team ready for Georgia
and brings the Dahlonega bunch down
off the mountains Saturday for the first
game for thia Beiuon with Georgia. Pro
fessor Johnson Is doubtless the coach
Dahlonega has been needing for some
time. His style of play seems exactly,
to suit the usual Dahlonega material.
Dahlonega** new coach does not seem
to think much of the-forward pass and
considers it an experiment. Heplnslsts
that his team must play straight old
football, which exactly suits the "big
boys" from Dahlonega. They have
been taught straight football for two.
years and Profeaifor Johnson has spent
considerable time In teaching them* to
break through the line. All heavy prac
tice is stopped and the finishing touches
are being put on.
Captain Davis, the-star end of 1906 *ls
back at his old position.'bidding fair to
stop end runs and forward passes' for
every team he meets,this season. He is
well satisfied with the work’and condi
tion of the team and says his team
is 30 per cent stronger than former
teams of Dahlonega.
The members of last year’s team who
are In college are: Moore, Henderson,
"Lople” Davis, captain: "Daddy" Creel,
"Big" Bell. Harbour, “Togo" Galloway.
The recruits are: Ed Dormlny, E. L.
Dormlny, Morris, Hope, Sims, Gober,
Burch.
The probable line-up against Georgia
will be as follows: Sims, rh.; Dormlny,
c.; Dormlny, lh.; Bell, |g.; Galloway,
rg.; Hope, It.: Creel, rt.; Davis, le.,
captain; Henderson, re.; Moore, fb.;
Clodfelter or Morris, quarter; subs,
Burch and Gober. ,
Only a Mathematical Possibility
That Detroit Lose That Pennant
TECH AND GORDON
CLASH SATURDAY
The first real game of the Tech
football eeaaon comez Saturday after
noon, when the Helsman machine Ilnee
up against Gordon in what promises to
be a rattling good game.
The Tech team will not put anywhere
near Its full strength In the field. Chip
Robert anad Captain Sweet will both
be out of the game, and the regular
aggregation will be otherwise shot to
pieces. In addition to physical Injuries,
the men have Just been under the men.
tal strain of examinations, and the re
sult Is that their minds have been far
from football for some time.
The Gordon team, on the other hand
la extremely strong. This aggregation
threw a shock Into Clemson by hold
ing the Shaughneesy machine to one
touchdown last Saturday, and Coach
Blake hopes to do equally as well on
Saturday.
o Clothes to Wear” Is
Sad Plaint at Vanderbilt
By JOHN CRAIG.
Nashville, Tenn., Oct; 4.—'VVjth the
first game of tho football season of
1907 one day off, Vanderbilt supporters
are holding up their hands In "wholly
horror."
While other teams of the' country
have been playing games and having
vigorous scrimmages trying out new-
material. Vanderbilt haB been com
pelled to stand Idly by and only Indulge
In desultory signal practice.
one cause of the anxiety at Van
derbilt exists because the suits for the
season have not yet arrived, and It Is
very possible that Vanderbilt will have
to go Into the game Saturday In old
rags, without pads, without headgenrs
and with shoes which barely cover the
feet. The delay In the arrival of the
clothes Is especially bad for Vander
bilt this year, because In the line-up
one half of the faces will be new.
With the old players back this would
not make so much difference, but with
new material to try out, which can
only be truly tried out In scrimmages,
Vanderbilt Is left in an uncertain posi
tion indeed.
Upon the top of this condition of af
fairs comes a letter from Kentucky
State manager, which states as fol-
lows:
“Our team le a team average about
180 pounds. We-have been In practice
since the last of August, especially to
beat Vanderbilt, and If Vanderbilt
thinks she Is going to run Into a pud
ding with us, she will be vastly dis
appointed. We defeated a team Satur.
day In 16-mlnute halves 30 to 0, and
this team averaged 170 pounds.
Surely the old guard nt Vanderbilt
will have to be depended upon to save
Vanderbilt from disgrace against Ken
tucky State and the Navy.
For the game tomorrow It Is doubt
ful who will be called upon to till the
great Manler’s shoes, but It Is probable
that both Morrleon and Morton will he
given a trial. The team will probably
line-up as follows: Stone, center; King
and Sherrll or Souby, guards; McLain
and Sherrll or Pittman. tackles:
Vaughn Blake and Captain Bob Blake,
at ends: Costen, quarter; Williams, left
half; Craig, right half, and Morton,
fullback.
By SAM CRANE.
Washington, Oct. 4.—Mathematically
It can be figured out how the Athletics
can beat out Detroit In this race, which
Is now setting baseballdom crazy.
But no one except Horace Fogel and
a few other Philadelphia fans can look
at the situation calmly and dispas
sionately and see any visions of the
American League pennant floating in
any other place than on the flagstaff at
Bennett park, Detroit, Mich.
If the Athletics should beat the
Washingtons today anil tomorrow In
both double-headers and the Detrolts
•hould loee all three of the games—
they have yet to play the Browns In
St. Louis Saturday and Sunday—then
Quakertown could get the torches
ready to touch off the red Are, for Con
nie Mack's team would be In the lead.
A bunch of player* who have only
lost one game on a trip, which Is the
Tigers' record for their Eastern trip.
Just finished. Is not going to take any
such slump. Of enurae auch a thing Is.
possible, but one would have to take a
lantern and travel all through the Qua
ker city to find a fan who would bet
more than a plugged nickel on the Ath.
letlca' chances.
Because both Detroit and the Ath
letics w«n yesterday, the agony Is pro
longed a little longer. That's all. But
the Detroit peopti are perfectly safe
In getting everything ready for an Il
lumination.
The Detroit management must have
taken my tlp-that their team was go
ing to win the pennant, for two weeks
ago they began to .construct extra
grand etands for the happy denouement,
and now. Bennett park Is prepared to
accommodate pretty near she whole
state of Michigan, and allow me to
whisper they will have to take care of
all the natives of their own common
wealth as well as part of the populace
of the Windy.City.
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Brown and Champagne are
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though the Gun Metal shade
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