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X11W ATXjAJNXA UJMJKH1A.N AMU NEWS. MONDAY, OCTOiiKK 7. 19U7. SPORTING PAGE BUSY DAYS ARE THESE, IN FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL j EDITED BY IP. H.WHITING NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS THREE GOOD TECH PLAYERS By PERCY H. WHITINO. Well, what we said before still goes. ■ Vanderbilt probably and Sewauee maybe will defeat Tech this year. The rest will be lucky to cross the Yellow Jackets’ goal line. When we uncorked our first prediction one week ago the Tech football people asked for the prompt application of the soft pedal. They said the star men were not in college yet, and tljat there was nothing to be cheerful about until they were. So we spread on the gloom as thick as we could and waited. And while we waited all the good men got into college with one notable exception. And this said notable exception gets an other chance at his exams on Friday and as his aspirations are no higher than the prep department he ought to make it. Saturday Coach Ueisman put in the game only the men who had been allowed to matriculate. And look what they did to Gordon I Davis and Fitzsimmons divided first honors among the new men. Davis at tackle is a wonder.' Plays are not likely to go either by him or through him this year and his position is one that opposing quarters will steer very clear of when they need gains. At advancing the ball he is a hummer and this year when Tech needs a short distance and “needs it bad” Davis is more than likely to get tho call. Fitzsimmons is going to bo one of tho most brilliant hacks in , the South. He has weight, speed, a head and grit. Doubtless ho will be Tcch’B best ground-gainer this fall. ' Brown and Johnson showed well as guards. Both are fine specimens physically and know football. When they get in trim both will be Tnrtars. Hill did nice work at his end and Buchanan played a spec tacular gamo at quarter. ■ This last-nnmcd chunky gent is a cool- headed performer and his punting is picking up fast. The coach ing he is getting is improving his kicking form and he is not like ly to bo outkicked much this year. The rest of, them—Snyder, G. Smith, Luck, Robert, High tower. Anderson nnd Coleman—klid nice work,. especially Rob-« ert. “Chip” is proving a wonder at advancing the ball and is a cool-headed performer at all times. Barring hard luck from injuries or the “flunking-out” of star players you can tako it from us that Tech will have a peach team this year. Tho nico work that Georgia did Snturday wns most encour aging. Tho Athenians accounted for the Dahloncgn- team with all caso and downed the mountaineers by a score of 57 to 0. Tho players proved fast ns could bo hoped and 'made their gains with painful case. You can tako it from us also thnt Georgia is going to havo a hummer of a team this yenr. It is doubtful if tho South has over had a team of its weight that could compare with it in strength pnd speed. It seems likely thnt Toch will down Georgia this fnll purely bccauso of superior weight. But it will bo a most spectacular gamo and fought to tho very last gasp. G. SMITH. BELL. SNYDER. Hers ars three men who ought to do good work for Tech this year. Snyder Is practically sure of his placo at center. While not a very large man, he is steady, nervy and aggressive, He passes the ball well and is not likely to be "shown uthis year. Owing to the cfassio outline of nil features and the slight auburn tinge of his hair, he it commonly known as "Fritzi Schott" by his team mates. Gordon 8mith and Bell are putting up good claims for positions in the line. Smith played Saturday and did exceptionally well. DETAILS ALL ARRANGED FOR THOSE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES DAHLONEGA WAS CINCH; GEORGIA SHOWED UP WELL Athens, Go., Oct 7,—Georgia defeated Dahlonega here Saturday afternoon by a score of 57 to 0. Dahlonega could not score, although several times she was within striking distance of Georgia's goal. In tho second half Dahlonega took a braes and ololwed only three touch downs. Hatcher, Oravee, Smith and Wood ruff were Ooorgta'a stare, while Davie, Galloway, Clotfelter, Creel and M<mis performed most creditably for Dahron- ega. The llno-upi Georgia Dahlonega Wray, Dormlny, K„ c, Harman. Moclory, rg....Henderson, rg. Arrendale,'lg ,. ..Bell, lg. McWhorter, r .. Creel, r. DeLaperrtere, I Davie (capt.), 1. Graves, re Galloway, re. Hatcher, le Harbour, Blms, le. Woodruff, Grace, q Moore, q, Smith (capt.), rh.. ..Dormlny, H., rh Fleming, Napier, lh..Barber, Morris, 111 McDonald, fb . .Clotfelter, fb. Touchdowns, 10 (Bmlth 6, McDonald, Harman, Graves, Woodruff, Fleming, 1 each. Deforce, Docnck. Umpire, Glenn. Field Judge, Cox. Timekeeper, Dorsey. Time of halves, SS minutes. IHMIMIHIMHIIMHHIIIIIMI i FOOTBALL RESULTS I IN FULL •(•••••••••••••It 80UTH. *' Tech 6L Gordon 0. Georgia 67, Dahlonega 0. Vanderbilt 40. Kentucky 0. Auburn 21. Howard 0. Virginia 22. St. Johns 4. Ilandolph-Vacon 11, Roanoke High School 11. Virginia Polytechnic Institute 20, Itoanoko 0, Washington and Dee 0, North Caro lina 0. Alabama 17. Maryville 0. Davidson 36, Oak Ridge 0. Tennessee 24, Tennessee Military Col- lege 0. Kentucky University 0, Kentucky Military Institute 0. Castle Heights 22, Sewanee Grammar School 0. Kentucky State 16, Kentucky Wes leyan 0. EAST. Indians 16, Pennsylvania State 0. Navy 15, Dickinson 0. Army 22. Franklin and Marshall 0. Harvard 20, Maine 0. Cornell 22, Oberltn 5. Yale 11, Syracuse 0. Dartmouth 6, Tufts 0. Pennsylvania 22, Bucknell 2. ( Brown 24, Norwich 0. Williams 12, Holy Cross 0. Swarthmore 22, Rutgers 6, Lafayette 21, Urstnus 0. Dartmouth 6, Tufts 0. Princeton 47, Stevens 8. Lehigh 26, Pennsylvania Reserve 6. Union 0, ColgatesO. west. Michigan 2, Case O. Ohio State University 16, Muskingum College 0. Miami UnlverslV 42, Antioch Col lege ii. Ohio Wesleyan 22. Wittenberg 2. Kenyon 17, Otterbetn 0. Western Reserve 22, Wooster 0. Obcrlln University 66, Plainvllle Standing of the Clubs. —i National. ‘Si CLUBS— Chicago . . Pittsburg . Philadelphia New York . Brooklyn * • Cincinnati . . Boston . • . 8L Louis . « 71 SATURDAYS RE8ULT8. American. T\85& game). Cleveland 6, Chicago 4. National. Philadelphia 7. New York 2 (Srst game). Philadelphia 3. New York 2 (second game). Plttahtirg I. Cincinnati 0. St. Louis 2, Chicago 0 (forfeited; drat game). St. Louis 4. Chicago I (second game). Huston 5. Ilruoklvu 6 (Ant game). Boston 12, Brooklyn 0 (second gsme). SUNDAY’8 RESULTS. American. SI. Louis 1. Chicago 0 (second According to Harry Vaughn, First Baseman Ltater, whom Cleveland draft. from Nashville, Is the find of the year. “He is the greatest tnflelder I have seen since the debut of Lajote In the big league," says Vaughn. High 0. * Rose Polytechnic Institute 0. Eastern Illinois Normal 0. Wabash College 25, Earlham 0. minorTesults. Phllllps-Exeter 22. Bowdotn 0. Yale Freshmen 22, Hartford 0. Amherst 5, Springfield 0. Massachusetts Agricultural 11, Rhode Island 0. Western Pennsylvania 6, Marietta 0. Chicago, Oct. 7.—Chicago and Detroit will start their series for the world’s championship In Chicago tomorrow. , Wednesday the two teams will meet again on the Chicago grounds and on' Thursday, Friday and Saturday they will battle In Detroit, returning to Chl- o for the Sunday game, o matter what tlo or postponements Intervene, tho Sunday game will be played In Chicago. The players' share of the receipts will be 60 per cent to the winner and 40 per cent to the loser. The national committee met yester day at the Auditorium Annex and final ly decided on the question Involved In the world's championship series. Chair man August Hermann. President Pul liam, of tho National League, and Pres ident Johnson, of the American League, met with Secretary Navln, of the De troit club, nnd President Murphy, of the Chlcugo dub, and . reached nn agreement regarding dutes and division of receipts. Hank O'Dnjr, of the National League, and Jack Sheridan, of the American League, were accepted os umpires, nnd J. Planner, of St. Louis, and J. Richter, of Philadelphia, were chosen as ofllclal score r». The following players will be eligible to participate In the games, and no others; Chicago National League Club— M. Brown, O. Overall, F. L. Chance, Frank Otis, B. Durbin, J. Pfclster, J. J. Evers, E. M. Ruelbarh. C. C. Fraser, J. T. Sheckard, A. F. Hoffman, J. F. Single, O. B. Howard, F. Schulte, John K. Kllng, II. C. Stelnfeldt, C. L. Lundgren, J. B. Tinker, P. J. Moran, Thomas J. Walsh,'J. I). McCormack, H. Zimmer man. Detroit American League Club—Ja*. Pareher, George Mullen, T. R. Cobb, M. McIntyre, William H. Coughlin, Charles O'Leary - . S. Crawford, Fred Payne, William Dohovan, C. Rossman, J. W. Downes. Charles Schmidt, D. J. Jones, E. Sclver, H. Jennings, H v Schaefer. Ed Killian, Edgar Wlllets, Robert Lowe. Detroit lost both games at St. Louis, but that result did not affect the Tigers so far as the pennant was concerned. Nothing of a startling nature was developed by the games played yester day except that Detroit will not be the favorite in the world’s series. "The Tigers had to fight hard until the very end of their season, while the Cubs could have rested on their percentage some weeks back. Still it woe the same last year, and the American Leaguers took the championship. The scnle of prices for admission was fixed at 21, 21.50 and 22 for the Chicago games, and 21, 22 and 22.60 for Detroit. The larger seating capacity at the Chi cago park Is the reason for tho lower prices. The games will bo called at 2:30 In Chicago and at 2 o’clock In De troit. j BILL KIRK’S COLUMN By Wm. F. KIRK. The graphic’accounts of the terrible battle between “Boshter" Bill Squires and Jack (Twin) Sullivan give us to understand that during most of the nineteen rounds the men “stood toe to toe nnd fought like demons - ’ Whether they fought like demons or not. we may never know, but i n most of the battles pulled off nowadays “standing toe to toe" has Its ad- vantages, especially If the acoustic properties of the arena give loud whlsl pers a chance to carry. ‘’Boshter.’’ by the way, has lost his second gamo away from home and his percentage now stands .0000. He may get another chance to fight here but it looks to most of us as though Burns and Sullivan have hit Bill hard' enough and often enough to knock the last three letters off Ills queer nick name. Danny Maher, the wonderful little Jockey, wants to return to the United States and give up racing, according to an English correspondent. "This little chap," says the dispatch, "who rides for a king and lives like a king can not eat the things ills stomach craves!” Think of nil tho race track bettors whose families can not eat the things their stomachs crave. They need more sympathy than Danny Metier. Dear Sir; I am a young mnn Just learning the sporting life of New York, and I wont to become a poet on sporting topics. I got a happy thought the other night nnd made It Into a verse, which I want to submit I played some games In a Broadway billiard hall with a man who looked very much like Kid McCoy. We played six games of pool, and after each of us won three we made a bet on the odd game and he beat me a mile collecting n nice fat bet and sticking me for all the games. Here la the poem I wrote, a parody on “School Days:’’ Pool days, pool day*. Dear old Broadway fool days. ' Playing with fellows like Kid McCoy, Drinking a lot of liquid Joy, I had about six points to go, He cleaned the table off, you know, Then he wrote on the slate, “I stuck you. Bo,” When I was a couple of Rubes. E. Z. MARK. Dear Mr. Mark: You ore starting well. Write more poetry and play less pool. Wooing the muse pays better than wooing the cues. MOBILE GETS FRANCHISE; SHREVEPORT TO WITHDRAW Mobile, Ala., Oct. 7.—An agreement lias been reached for the purchase and transfer to this city of the Shreveport franchise In the Southern League by the Mobile Baseball Association. The price has been agreed upon and all that remains for Mobile to become a mem ber of the major baseball organisation of the South is ability to withdraw from the Cotton States League. HARRY VAUGHN HAS QUIT AS BIRMINGHAM MANAGER It has been learned In Atlanta, that Harry Vaughn will positively not man age the Birmingham bosoball club next year. This has been the rumor for some tlmo and has been predlclted all along. But this time the report comes In aucb a form that It can not be doubted. The Barons will not have Harry Vaughn for mogul in 1908. GORDON HAS. STAGE FRIGHT; TECH TEAM PLAYS GREAT GAME The Result, 51 to 0, in Favor of the Yellow Jackets. Outweighed a dozen pounds or bo to the man, and Buffering from stage fright of the most acute tort, the Gor don team, of Barnesvllle—the self-aame aggregation that only one short week before had held the mighty Clemson down to one touchdown—waa deft on Tech Held Saturday by a score of 01 to 0. (Gee, that’s a long sentence; but we had to get It all off our system at once!) If Gordon had played with as much confidence as Tech did, the score would have been about half what It was. But the Barnesvllle boys saw that they were up against bigger and older men and against a team that they could not hope to beat, and a few of them weak ened. The result wns an utter rout. The Tech team did not get enouglv opposition to bring out their strong and weak points. It was just a practice spin for the Tellow Jackets, not nearly so strenuous as the usual scrimmages with the scrubs. It was rather too bad that the Gor don team did not put up as good a game against Tech ns It did against c’lemson. for dope Is likely to go astray In consequence. Certainly nobody sus pects that Tech Is eight touchdowns better than Clemson, but that Is what the dope” Indicates. Unquestionably the Gordon team was are capable of better things. Coach Blake has a husky crew, and they can play cracking good football. Give-them u month more of practice to get them together and then trot out your prep school team—and Gordon can stack up against It with the utmost certainty thnt the decision will be the right way. Prout, captain of the cadets, In spite of Injuries, played a wonderfully good game. He Is fast, cool-headed nnd ag gressive. But the star of the field—barring no man—was littlo Joe Smith. There he was—a 16-year-old, slight, pink-cheek, ed, slip of a boy—trying to run an ut terly demoralized team and to play football against a bunch of men who must have uvernged nearly fifty pounds to the man heavier than he did. But. with the coolness of a veteran, he ran the team, got the best out of them that was to be gotten and pluyed the most spectacular game that has been seen here in years. He was in every piny that came within a block of him. always "got his man” when he tackled and punted like a “Lobster" Brown. And not satisfied with punting, he generally got down under the kick so fast that he was the man who down ed the Tech runner who got the ball. They say this chap, after another year at Gordon, goes to Mercer, and, If he does, the Macon college Is due a football “bruca" all right. Quarterback Buchanan, of Tech, gave his team a general work-out on all the regular plays they knew. In order to get an Idea of how they would go In a real game. As a general proposition, end runs were used for the biggest gains, though they #. ere varied by attacks on all points gPthe line. The on-side kick was worted nicely a few times, and so was the forward pass. With a little more practice YheBe plays are going to Smith of Gordon and Whole Tech Team Are Stars. way oft its game. The Barnesvllle boys be decidedly useful, especially against a of halves. 20. 18. strong team. Toward the end of the some Conch Helsinan put In several substitutes In order to give them a trial. Ah Henderson and Sweet, two men of known ability, w - ere out of the game, Coach Helsman was able, before the excitement was over, to get a pretty good idea of what he had In the way of material. The crowd that turned out was a large one for a first of the season af fair and seems to Indicate a large pat ronage this year. The line-up: Tech. Gordon. Snyder, c. Henley, c. G. Smith, r. g .. Zellner, r. g. C. Brown-Johnston, 1. g. . .Johnson, 1. g. Davis, r. t. Lawrence, r. t. Luck, I. t Mercer, 1. t. Hill, r. e Hogg. r. e. Robert, 1. e Grlffln-Prout», 1. e. Buchanan, q J. Smith, q. Fltislmmons-Emerson, l.h. Cochran,I. h. Hlghtowor-Coleman, r. h. . .Binlon, r. h. Adamson, f. Moore, f. ■Captains. Summary—Touchdowns, Robert 4, Davis 1, Adamson 1, HIM 1, Hightower 1, Fltxslmmons 1; goals from touch down, Buchanan 6; referee, W. R. Tlch. enor (Auburn); umpire, Joe Ralne (So - , wanee); head linesman, P. H. Whiting (Vanderbilt); linesmen. Means (Tech), Peebles (Gordon); timekeepers, Hen- dree (Tech), Adamson (Gordon); time VANDERBILT PROVES STRONG IN GAME AGAINST KENTUCKY , By GRANTLAND RICE. Oh, the gloom wns thick and heavy at tha start— They were shedding tears of angulBh weeks ago; Quite distinctly I remember In the forefront of September How the sobbing "Sophs” and "Freshles" walled In woe. There was longing for the "Nlneteen-SIx Machine”— For the bunch that put the Indians on the blink; But Just take It from me, brother, Dan McGugln’s got another That le very punkerlno—I don’t think! They may not trim the Navy when they meet. They may not put a crimp In Mr. Yost; But if they keep on Improving they will have somebody moving All tho way, and that’s no empty, Idle boasL The "Nlneteen-SIx Machine" was very tine— They set the echoes flying North nnd East; But you’ll And this year’s "machine” isn’t quite so "punkerlne”— Not so as you could notice it, at lo aat. SOME FEW COMMENTS ON THE GAME Among the Interested spectators at the Tech-Oordon game Saturday was Dan Rlake, roach of the Bowen School team and the Vanderbilt scrub team. Mr. Rlake rome down to assist his brother, Frank, In coaching the Gordon team for the game Saturday, and Inci dentally Dan had no objection to get ting-a line on the Tech team In order to give Vanderbilt any desirable tips on the defense to be used against the Yel low Jackets when the local team goes to Nashville November 16. For the first time In seven years Dan Blake was missing a Vanderbilt game and for the first time In five years he was not playing with the Commodores. "I never was so nervous over a game before,” commented Dan. "I was never a bit worried when I was playing. But now that I am coaching I am trembling at the knees when the team goes on the field." When asked about Vanderbilt’s chances, Dan was not over-talkative. "I believe Vanderbilt will have a good team this year and that she will not be beaten In the South. But.I realise that Tech has a tremendously strong team and that Vanderbilt will have her work cut out for her.” players appeared with thel on. These are made to pull over the arm In which the player carries the ball to assist him In holding to the slippery bunch of leather, rubber and air. Last year the Tech team tried emery paper sewed on at tho point where the ball was held, but this came off too easily to make the scheme a good one. The best run of the day was when Chip Robert grabbed the ball from the kick-off and ran the entire length of the field for a touchdown. The Interfer ence was perfect. For a man suffering—or at least threatened—with malarial fever, Chip Robert certainly played some football. He will be a hard man to keep off the all-Southern this year, os will Davis and Fltxslmmons: A social organisation has been form ed In Binghamton, N. Y„ called the Order of Baseball Fans. Branches of the order are to be established In all the state league cities after the plan of the Elks and Eagles. "It Vanderbilt’s got a bum football team this season, as I had been told, tersely commented Captain Adair, of Kentucky State, after the game, "then all I’ve got to say is that I’d hate to go against one of her good ones." Out from tho piercing gloom of hard luck wall Mr. McGugln’s people ’ Ipped blithely Saturday afternoon id while two thousand astounded cltl- sens. Including their lady friends, look ed on, the supposedly wretched Com modores, proceeded to rumple Ken tucky Into a shapeless mass. Scoro 40 to 0, an average of one point to the minute, as two twenty-minute halves were reeled during the afternoon’s play. Admitting that a portion of the play was a bit ragged, Vanderbilt’s work In the main was above par. Tho line held stoutly against the Blue Grass forwards, although Hendrickson man aged to wiggle outside of Hasslock once or twice and batter up the play. Still there was no complaint to register here, as every man used, from tackle to tackle, was in the thick of the fight, Stone, of course, stalling, but Sherrell and McLain, as well as Hasslock and King, gave a far better account of themselves than any one figured they would give ten days back, opening up gaps wide enough to drive an eight- horse tandem through time and again. Before digging Into any features of e gala afternoon It n ' mention how some of delivered. As a-starter It is only Just to head this list with Morton, the rangy full back, who debutted In Owsley Manler’s place. Ten minutes’ play was enough to show that this spot was no longer vaenftt. Right off the reel the dashing Morton began to pulverise the bpposing line. Jamming hts way up and down the field from 10 to 20 yards at a clip. The lanky fullback not only picked his openings well, but kept his feet amazingly after being tackled, plough ing along after the manner of the cele. brated Steel Chilled groveling up the humble potatoes which lay In Its path. The line waa doing its part all along, but this shouldn’t detract from Mr. Morton's performance a whit, as he broke through Kentucky’s secondary line of defense on several occasions with but little aid from his own peo ple. Line-up: Vanderbilt Kentucky 8tats. V. Blake, le ..Barbee, le. McLain, It Hendrickson, It Sherrill, Pittman and Pickens, lg Dunlap, lg. Stone, c . .Adair, c. King, Hall, rg.. .. . .Clark, Brewer, rg. Hasslock, rt Payne, rt. *B. Blake, re.. Elgin, re. Coeten, - Potts, q Stone, q. Williams, Campbell, lh... .Chisholm, lh. Craig, rh Rhodes, rh. Morton, Morrison, fb., Rout, fb. ■Captain. Touchdowns, Morton 2, Costen, V. Blake 2, Craig 1, Morrison. Goals from touchdowns, B. Blake 5. Referee, Walker, of Virginia. Umpires, Ander son, of Michigan; Hamilton, of Texas. Head linesman, Bryan, of Vanderbilt. Timers, McGee, of Alabama, and Bry- Tlme of halves, 20 minutes. (Nashville Tennessean.) Davidson Wins From Oak Ridge Special to-Tbe Georgian. Davidson, N. C„ Oct. 7.—Tho David son ’varsity had little trouble In run ning through the Oak Ridge team hero Saturday, piling up a score of 36 to 0. Oak Ridge made first down only once, when Captain Moore made eleven yards on a quarterback run. Klutz, tho freshman, played - a bril liant game at left end, both on defense and offense. Clark and Wilkinson played well. For Oak Ridge, Captain Moore, 1906, played his usual fast game. Forty players have been signed by the Detroit Tigers for next season. That’s four clubs giving each team fif teen players. AMERICAN LEAGUE OFFICIAL STANDING OF CLUBS Detroit.. Phlla. . . 8 Chicago. . 13 Cleve. ... 11 New York. 8 St. Louis. . 8 Boston. . . 8 Wash. ... 4 Games lost.58 Det. Phil. Chi. Cleve.N. Y. SL L. Bos. Wash. W. P.C. .613 17 88 .607 IS ’ 87 .576 15 85 .659 15 , .70 .471 13 : 69 .455 9 59 .194 — 49 .335 102 —