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1G THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1907 SPORTING PAGE FIRST SIZZLE OF FOOTBALL GRIDIRON COMES SATURDAY I EDITED BY IP. H.WHITING iiMiiimmmNiNHMHuimmti | 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. ’ — * - * • • ~ 99 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. “Emmons for Quality The New Fall Suits at Emmons’ Cut full and loose with plenty of armhole room and full enough to button freely across the chest, some made with full box back and others medium loose back, without vent in skirt, and shoulders broad with high close-fitting collar, are the Emmons sack suit styles for fall and winter. Patch but toned pockets and cuff sleeve styles prevail in the novelty suits—trousers cut medium full. Blues and blacks and dark mixtures in the regula tion conservative cut. Brown and Champagne are the prevailing shades, though the Gun Metal shade is good and will be as popu lar as ever. As to fit! No matter your size, whether 32 to 40, or 42 to 50, you’ll find a fit in this big stock that will more than satisfy you. The perfect fit of all Emmons suits is the result of good, honest tailor ing. Prices range for youths’suits, $10 to $25—men’s suits, $15 to $40—Top Coats, $15 to $40—Rain Coats, $12.50 to $30. Two Smart Telescope Hat Styles For Fall and Winter Forty-cent box of W.Uey’t best candy free with etch thlrty-cent "wtot** ■d. la Bstur- daj’s Georgian. In light broWn, dark brown, pearl and black, bound edge—a shape espe cially attractive for young men, $3. A shape that’s becoming to most any age man—and face. In pearl, light brown, dark brown and black, bound edge, $3. Smmcnd 39 and 41 Whitehall St.