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12 TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1907. 1 SPORTING 1 PAGE j CHICAGO Cl IBS A RE WO R! .D S CHAMPIONS | | NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS 1 The football engagements of Saturday let in a little illumi nation on th,e gridiron situation. After Saturday’s set-tos we are prepared to opine several things, among them these.- That Tech is all there with a football team that can play when urged—all reports to the contrary notwithstanding. That Vanderbilt is better than we (as a Vanderbilt man) dared to hope. That the Navy’s reputation has a dent in it that a battery of 13-inch guns could not have put there. That Georgia is going to lose several games this year because of a lack of weight. That Tennessee is strong enough to make it decidedly inter esting for Tech on Saturday. That Gordon has not lost her gameness. All the Southland is proud of Vanderbilt’s showing at An napolis. Handicapped by rank work on the part of the officials, tired after a long trip, afflicted by near-stage-fright as a result of her first appearance in the East, and with practically a new team, Vanderbilt held a strong Eastern eleven to a tie. If it hadn’t been for two fumbles—but what’s the uset On Saturday morning we agreed to be delighted if Vanderbilt was not beaten worse than 18 to 0. One thing we want to say though, when Michigan comes South they had better look out The Tech-Dahlonega game gave about the expected "line” on Tech and Georgia. It seems evident that Tech had no notion of running up a big score on the North Georgia boys Saturday. The tenm went r.ito tho game thinking that they had a cinch. Nobody tried to play much. The line left it to the interference to look out for the man with the ball and the interference left it to the runner. And, as usually happens in such cases, the runner didn't care to bother much if there was nobody to run behind. It was awful football. The Dahlonega meu filtered through the Tech line, circled the ends, smashed up the Tech interference —on the rare occasions when there was any—and raised Billy gen erally with Heisman’s widely-advertised machine. Of course Tech ran up 17 points during the first half, but against a team that wns outclassed in age, weight, training, ex perience, condiiion and knowledge of football it was a sorry exhi bition. We are informed by witnesses that what Coach Heisman told his team between the halves was something caustic and cutting. On his recommendation as then set forth the best of them could not have drawn a trial on the High School third eleven. Thus encouraged the Tech tenm went in and played real foot ball in the second half, rolling up 53 points. Tho Tech team gets its first real college work-out Saturday with Tennessee and unless there, is a vast ‘improvement before next Saturday, the Yellow Jackets will have to fly some to avoid extermination. Georgia takes on an easy game next Saturday—Mercer—and shonld be in fine shape for the Alabama game the following Sat urday. Some few other contests for next Saturday—and the dope, if any, follow: ,. ... 1 Arkansas vs. St. Lonis University." I Auburn vs. Sewanee—the Tennessee team lyins sure by a large majority. Mississippi A. and M. vs. Southwestern Baptist -University— the former easily. North Carolina vs. William and Mary. S. W. P. U. vs. Southern Kentucky College, Virginia vs. V. M. I.—n pippin game, nil , right, whichever wins. Really the only big game next Satnrday among S. I. A. A. colleges is to be played in Atlanta—and it will bn n "rouser.” THE TEAM THAT DID NOT LAND BILL KIRK’S COLUMN THE PHILADELPHIA AMERICANS. Reading from left to right, top row—Bartley, p; Seybold, rf; Bender, p$ Waddell, p: Coombs, p; Da vis, 1b (captain); Schreck, c; Plank, p. Middle row—Lord, aub; Nichols, ss; Cross, ss; Jimmy Collins, 3b; Murphy, 2b; Oldring, cf. Front row—Dygert, p; Hartsel, If; E. Collins, sub; Powers, c. Several of these Philadelphia players will be remembered by the present generation of Atlanta fans.“ Bartley used to pitch for Shreveport, Nicholfs was with Memphis fast year, Oygert was with Charley Frank's last pennant winner at New Orleans, and Oldring used to play with Montgomery. BAD FUMBLES, RANK OFFICIALS KEPT VANDY FROM VICTORY A SHAKESPEARIAN STUNT. THEOAST: Jawn McGraw, a Witch. Clark Griffith, another Witch. Father Knickerbocker, a Fall Guy. ENTER McGRAW. How dark It Is, bow cold! I scarce cso breathe; The marrow crumples In my poor, poor Iwncs. The blood so slowly runs In tuy’ proud veins Thnt I compnre snld blood with Lady Ann, A horse 1 put my hunk roll on Inst week. MrOraw (for I am tnlklii/; to myself). McGraw. I charge thet*: fllug away ambi tion. Ambition has confounded me. Who comes? EXTB GRIFFITH. My name is Griffith. On the Washington Heights My father fed his goats In days gone by. I had some pitchers once—proud, noble youths. Who used 1 lie spit Lull, chnuge of pace and fill night I have not shown true managerial speed. And nil my peuuant hopes have gone to .seed. HXTKU FATIIF.lt KNICKERBOCKER. Well, well! My old pals, Griffith and Mc Grow. The finest quinces I hnve ever saw! McGRAW. Hold, Father Knickerbocker; hold, I any! GRIFFITH. And I. good Father Knickerbocker, I Have come so close to winning New York pennants That 1 hnve filled my baseball park with tenants. FATHER KNICKERBOCKER. Oh. very well! But listen for a moment: Our city, as you doubtless are aware, Is quite the largest city In the land Wo hove as much ns any city has Ami much that other cities can uot get We have fine theaters, sublime traced Inn* Great porch climbers and many fit polJcV* ,We have fine parks, great bulldlngi tfcjj Their .flagpoles to the very heart o* th. heavens; ,n * We hair " weet g,r,s w,,h w«vy Hlnliig with men that hnve no hair at oil J\e have, on this grand Island by the it Everything save n pendant, and I swear * lh * hair • b ° rtCOn ? lng nu,k< * 8 me tear uiy .. McGRAW. How short and fickle Is your memory' ‘"‘"hi&V *°“ l FaU " r Knl< '" r - When I n-ni quite the enndy In New York Dost recollect the year I won the pennant Ami followed up with n world's ehainplnn. Dost recollect the many kindly ternu SI 1 -** In those rtaya designated? rite I .It lie Corporal, the Napoleon. And Mae, the Scrappy Uttle Manager- Tbeae were a few at the kind epithet, Now I m the victim of the hnaebal! knock, er— Now I am -Moiny," Father Knlckerlm-k. done the very Wet I could. . • .. .. “‘•mil. have fnllen down. And Jim McGuire became ao old and atnld bml to send him clear to Hn.ton town mu m> orator like Jnwn MetJraw, Rut If I were a first-class orator I might cxpluln away soinp little faults And smooth a few rough places o'er. How. I do demand thnt we begin at once The witches' dance. FATHER KNICKERBOCKER. When shall we three meet again? Griffith hath given Farrell pnln. Old John T. Brush hath drooped his Jaw At this year's showing by McGraw. Ho I echo this refrain: When shall we three meet ngaln? ALL IN CHORI-H. Nineteen six was full of trouble. Nineteen seven wns Its double. Though we've suffered nameless pain. NEXT YEAR WE SHALL MEET AGAIN. SEWANEE TEAM SHOWING IMPROVEMENT THESE DAYS Bewanee, Tenn., Oct. 14.—Tho only way to Judge a football team la by the way It playa. And measured by that atandard Sewanee w-aa not found want ing In the game agatn.t Mlaalaalppt A. ft M. here Thursday. It Is history now but the talk of the way the Tigers showed up Is still humming round the mountain. Sewanee won the game it to 0 and only once did A. ft M. get a chance to score. Sewanee lost the ball on a fumble and the Mississippi fullback dropped back for a 15-yard try at a Held goal. He made a beautiful kick, but tho ball paased about a foot to the right of the goal, and Mississippi had lost her only chance to ecore. The Sewanee lade have been work ing hard this past week, nnd they showed up to a good advantage Thurs day. Shipp, the famous half of -06 repu tation, waa a tough proposition for the Mississippi bunch, and behind beauti ful Interference he circled the ends for long gains. He haa an arm that only the swiftest tacklers can get under. Markley, as left half, waa another star of the game. He Is probably the most consistent player on the team. He can always be rountod upon for a' few yurds, and -runs an excellent Interfer ence. Captain llarrett was on the side lines. He wan substituted at full by a new man, Lanier, who Is rather light, but plays the position well. In the line Stone, the '06 All-South ern tackle, was the most prominent. He Is a great player, nnd crossed the lino for the first touchdown by tnckle-'round-tackle play. During the second half he scored again for Se wanee. The two new men In the line, Faulkenberry, at right guard, and BUI Evans, at right tackle, are both heavy men of prop, school reputations. They are showing up well In the scrim mages. , It Is evident from the ease with which Sewanee gained In Thuraday's game that the men ore playing more as a team. Erwin Is rough on Individ ual stars, and Is aiming at a unity In his machine that will result. It tr hoped by Sewanee men, In a chant plon team. The game with Georgia Tech In At lanta, November 9th, Is one of the big. Best games on Sewanee's heavy ached, ule. Sewanee playa University of Vlr- glnla on November 1, and the game the following week at Tech Flats will prove good --dope" on the Southern championship. Tennessee Is Now Preparing Her Heavyweights For Tech Special to The Georgian. Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 14.—The Uni versity of Tennessee team Is home aft er Its game with Georgia and has set tled down to prepare for Us strenuous engagement with the Georgia Tech ag gregation next Saturday. Coach Levene realises that he has his work cut out for him and will go at It with a will. He hopes to spring something new- on the Tech bunch In the way of plays, formations and tricks. Both he and Coach Heisman learned their football at Pennsylvania, but Coach Levene's learning Is of recent vintage, while Coach Heisman has been away from "Penney" so long that he has practically developed a new gome of his own. Thennessee will send a team against Tech which is a well rounded aggrega tion physically. Leach and Johnson, Tennessee's ends, weigh 165 and 160 pounds, respectively, and are track men with good records. Word, at left tackle, weighs 195 and Is In better condition than at any time during his football career. Walters, who Is holding down right tackle, played the same position last season, and was unusually strong on defense. Dougherty, at guard. Is also on old man, and is a few pounds heavier than he was In 1906. He weighs 186. Dlnges. 180, the left guard, la fast and heady with his weight, und ts being called "Stonewall" by his friends. Cody, last year’s second team's cen ter, made good this year nnd puts every ounce of his 157 pounds Into fight In every play. .. Loucks Is playing a steadier game than ever at quarter, and has devsl- oped Into a good ground gainer. Peevy, the big 1906 tackle. Is sta tioned behind the line, where he Is do ing more execution than ever. The Chattanooga High School sent a big half to Tennessee—McCollum by name—and he made good the first week. Ills weight Is 170. West, also a Chattanoogan. Is at full, where he has been plowing holes through the seconds for days. Taken altogether, Tennessee has • fast, experienced and weighty team. To all Southern football cranks the greatest football game of Saturday was that between the Navy and Vanderbilt, which resulted In a 6 to 6 score. This was virtually a victory for Vanderbilt. According to all the dope, Vanderbilt would have won If she had received a square deal from the officials. In Orantland Rice’s special to The Tennessean, he says: The officials selected by the Annap olis contingent were awful. No wonder the Navy crowd refused to allow Van derbilt the right to one official out of three: no wonder midshipmen officials went back on their contract and barred Bradley Kalker from the playing field ns referee. Without any doubt the work of Woodruff and Tyler should go 1 down In history as the most saffron colored exhibition ever witnessed on any field. Time and again Vanderbilt | was penalised without excuse. Time j and again fouls committed by the Navy were overlooked. "Never In all my I football career have 1 seen a' team as I badly treated or as unfairly penalised as Vanderbilt was today,” stated Dan McGugln after the game, nnd Dan Isn't the kind of man that ever squeals un less he has one coming good and hard. "It was worse than outrageous,” raged the famous Wolverine coach up and down the lines after the contest had ended. "It simply made me sick at heart to see my men smash through them nnd batter their way toward the goal, only to be called back without any cause.” Hare are the opinions of some of the notables on the game: By Coach McGugln. "Vou con say for me that we should have won by two touchdowns, and even ut that we did not nearly play up to our form, In either half. The work of the officials was the most outrageous thing I have seen In my entire career. They were the most prejudiced and partisan lot of - Incompetents 1 ever hope to meet. Twice they ruled against us at critical stages of the gutne which kept us from scoring when the rules showed we were right, and I offered to prove It, but wns given no chance. With fair officials we should have won easily. •i am confledent that we have 30 per cent the better team, and a team 11 know now, will come pretty near lifting Michigan's scalp. I consider it a victory, and I cannot say enough for every man on my team. We were caught off guard early in the game when costly fumbles and two rank pen alties gave them a chance to score, but after that there waa nothing else to It but Vanderbilt. In Campbell 1 know now, that Vanderbilt has a new star, one that will rank with the best the South has ever known. But all my men did good work, magnificent work, and we are going to come pretty near going through tho schedule without a defeat. We have a team that will rank with the best in America, barring none. 1 consider that Vanderbilt has won a great vietory. "Here Is a summary of the game which shows how far Vanderbilt out classed her confident rival. In the first -half the Navy rushed the ball 75 yards,. while Vanderbilt ripped off 60. In the second halt Vanderbilt rushed the ball 310 yards against 45 for her opponents. Vanderbilt was penalised 115 yards during the tame against 30 yards for the Navy, a net loss of 105 yards, due to the officials. Vanderbilt finished with every man In the game Hnd every number of the orlglnnl line up In fine shape. The Navy finished with four men badly used up and six substitutes In the game, all put In because the oglnlnal line-up was In no shape to continue and not for any trial of their work." BY CAPTAIN DOUGLAS. "This was the bitterest pill I ever had to swallow. I am frank to say with the team we had I expected to win by a big score. We were In excellent shape and have no excuses to offer, but I had no Idea Vanderbilt hod any such team. Why. this ts the greatest team the'Navy ever had, a team I am confident wlil beat Harvard and West Point, so you can figure how I feel. After playing on teams that have beaten Princeton, West Point and others, it Is an awful Jolt to feel we were lucky to tie Vanderbilt. I am willing to admit, however, that they have a great football team, and one that HI rank with the best In America." BY CAPTAIN BLAKE. "We should have won. If ever a tenm outplayed nnother Vanderbilt outplayed the Navy today. We were greatly handicapped by the work of the officials who did not follow us up on our fast line-ups, and this kept us guessing. I nm more than pleased with the re sult. as I know we outplayed them at every point In the last half, after we had hit our true stride. We finished fresh and they were in bad shape, consider that we have won a big vic tory." BY PAUL DA8HIEL. (Chairman Intercollegiate Football Committee.) Vanderbilt has a wonderful team. Al though we were confident of winning, all expected a hard game. We are now- well convinced that football ae played by Southern teams Is fast. Vanderbilt played a remarkably clean game,- and 1 hope they will be Included In the Navy's schedule next year. , BY GEORGE WOODRUFF. (Referee. Former Pennsylvania coach, who Invented tho "Guard's Back.") George Woodruff said: “Vanderbilt seemed to grow stronger, as the game progressed. Never have I seen a team line up so fast and run plays so quickly os they did during tho close of the game. A great team, and the South certainly has won a place In the foot ball arena now. The Navy was simply badly outplayed all during the second half." BY COACH ROCKWELL. ‘Vanderbilt has a great team end It displayed remarkable football skill. The Navy played much the best ball all dur ing the first half, but Could not with stand (he rushes of the Vnn's machine In the second half, which seemed to grow stronger as the game progressed. Vanderbilt played a very clean game, and we have no kick coming. We were shown up In the second session.” BY GOVERNOR PATTERSON. (Of Tennessee.) I am exceedingly pleased to learn of the team's splendid success," said the governor, "and nm sure that they de serve many compliments. Vanderbilt, you know, Is my alma mater, and I am always deeply Interested In Its achieve ments." BILL SMITH IS HOME; WILL DRAFTMANYMEN Bill Smith has returned to Atlanta, bringing with him the promise that he Is planning to draft a lot of good play, ers. Who these players are Is not for pub lication. For Bill has spent a lot of time and money In rounding up some good men. However, It will all be his. tory Tuesday or Wednesday, when the matter of drafts Is settled. October 15 Is the first day for draft ing In class A, and Bill Smith and every other class A manager gets In his drafts at that time. As soon as they are sorted otu and a coin tossrl to see who gets the players who were drafted by two or more manage™ the announcement will come from national association headquarters. Bill Smith Is well satisfied with his trip and will now settle down t6,th« pleasant task of getting Ponce DeLeon park ready for the big opening and flag raising next spring. GORDON PLAYED PLUCKILY AGAINST FAST AUBURNITES TECH MAKES LARGEST SCORE OF YEAR AGAINST NORTH GEORGIA AGGREGATION The modest score of 70 to 0—the largest run-up by any college team In America this year—was all that Tech rolled up against the North Georgia Agricultural College tenm here Satur day afternoon. A little first-class play ing In the first half would have made It a "century run.” The agriculturists—known generally as Dahlonega—were at every possible disadvantage. Three of the men on the team had not seen a game of foot ball before last Saturday, und only n few were really experienced men. They were outweighed very considerably, and Tech, with her score of substitutes, was able to put In a fresh man In nlmost every position and In several cases the new men played more brilliantly than the performers .whose places they took. In the first half Tech’s playing was decidedly ragged. A fumbled kick-off by Dahlonega gave the Yellow Jackets a touchdown within a minute of the start. After that It was hard scratch ing. And only 17 points were rolled up In the first half. Now, as Georgia hnd scored 57 against Dahlonega tho previous Saturday, this made the fig ures look bad for Tech. Coach Heisman worked out his vo cabulary of respecttble Invective In ex ecutive session with the team between the halves, and In the second half the Yellow Jackets went In and played real ball. They simply ran away from Dah lonega, and the game was a farce. Th* North Georgians played plucklly, but they didn’t have a chance. The line-up: Dahlonega. Tech. H. E. Dormlny, e. .. Snyder, c. T. G. Bell-Hope, rg. .. G. B. Smith, rg. F. H. Henderson, lg. .. H. A. Anderson- C. Brown, lg. R. C. Davis, rt., J. R. Davls-Johnson, rt. Creel, It VV. A. SIms-Lurk-C. Brown, It. Sims-Martin, re WUcox-HIU, re. H. Smith and F. H. Henderson, le. .. Robert, le. E. L. Dormlny, Gober, rh Jones Hightower, rh. Morris, lh. . .Fltxslmmons-Emerson, lh Clodfelter, f 8 weet-Adamson, f. Galloway, q Buchanan, q. Officials—TIchenor (Auburn), ref eree; Ralne (Sewanee), umpire; David son (Dahlonega), head linesman; Bell (Tech) and Harbour (Dahlonega), linesmen; Hendrle (Tech), time keeper. Touchdowns—J. Davis 2, Robert 3, Adamson i. Hill 3, Buchanan 1, <?. Brown 2; goals from touchdowns, Bu chanan 10. Time of halves, 22 1-2 min. utes. SATURDAY SCORE OF EVERY BIG FOOTBALL TEAM SOUTH. Tech, 70; Dahlonega, 0. —Vanderbilt. 8; Navy, 6. Mercer. 6; Florida, 0. Virginia Polytechnic, IS; Hamp- den-aidney, 0. V. M. I., 37: Navy Yard, 0. U. of Va, 40: Oallaudet, 0. North Carolina A. ft M„ 7: Rich mond College, 4. Alabama, 20; Mississippi, 0. North Carolina, 39; Oak Ridge, 0. Tennessee, 15; Georgia, 0. Mississippi A. & 51., 12; How ard, 6. University of Chattanooga, 0; American University, 0. Virginia A. & M., 7: Richmond, 4. EAST. Yale. 62: Holy Croas, 0. Pennsylvania, 16: Swarthmore, 8. Harvard, 18; Williams, 0. Cornell IS; Colgate, 0. Princeton, 52; Bucknell, 0. Carlisle, 14: Syracuse, 6. Army, J2; Trinity. 0. Lafayette, 43; Hamilton Col lege, 0. liaverford, 12: Delaware Col lege, 0. Franklin and Marshall College, 17; Susquehanna University, 0. Western Maryland. 12; George Washington University, n. Dartmouth, 6; Massachusetts A. C„ 0. Amherst, 17: Bowdon, 0. George Junior Republics, t 4; Cor nell Freshmen. 9. Groton School, 23: Harvard Freshmen, II. Phillips Andover, 4; Brown Sec ond Team, 0. Vermont, 10: Wesleyan, 5. Phillips Exter, 11; Harvard Second Team, 0. Brown, 41; Maine, 0. Hobart, 10; Niagara, 4. Tufts. 16; Norwich. 0. Lehigh, 16; Rutgers. 6. Urslnus, 34; Lebanon Valley, 0. WEST. Chicago, 27; Indiana, 6. Minnesota, 8; Ames, 0. Notre Dame, 24; Physicians and Surgeons, 0. University of Michigan, 48; Mich igan A. C„ 0. Nebraska, 80; Gunnels, 4. Utah, 24; Denver. 4. Ohio State, 28; Denison, 0. Special to The Georgian. Auburn. Ga.. Oct. 14.—In an uneven game of football here Saturday Auburn won an eaay victory over Gordon Insti tute of Barnesvllle, On., the final score being 34 to 0. Auburn's first touchdown came early In the first half on a series of end runs by Sparkman and Reynolds and cross bucks by Hughes. This was quickly followed by another touchdown for Au burn. Reynolds falling to kick goal, making the score, Auburn 11, Gor don 0. The visitors then settled down and began to play snappy ball, holding AUr burn for downs frequently and In turn making their distance In advancing the ball. On the last down of this half Moofe, the stocky fullback, who had been playing a great game on the of fense and defense, was Injured and re tired from the game. This seemed to demoralise the visitors greatly, for when they returned for the second half they lacked the aggressiveness and ginger which had characterised their playing during the latter part on the first hnlf, when they kept'the bnll safe ly In Auburn's territory. Auburn received the kick at the be ginning of the second half and In a few minutes had planted the ball behind Gordon's goal line. It was easy after this, and Coach Klmholx began run ning In his fresh men, McCoy taking Hughes' place at full and Harris taking Sparkman's position at right half. These men had no trouble In advancing the ball for long distance on the preps, who were showing the effects of the fierce effort they had made In the first half. About five minutes before the end Coach Klmholx put In his entire second team and they came within five yards of scoring. On the other hand, the Gor don boys pushed them back to their own 30-yard line and were rapidly gaining on the recruits when time was called. Many were of the opinion that Gordon would have scored on the team that about two evenings a week either beats the 'varsity team or holds It noth ing to nothing If the half had been a little longer. It waa seen When the visitors first came on the field that the terrific sched ule which they are being forced to play was having Its effect on them, for the j absence of Captain "Tubby" Proul, I whose great playing here last season held Auburn to such a low score against the prepa, was keenly felt by the cadets. Many of the spectators remembered his defensive playing as the feature of lost year's game and, regretted not see. Ing him again In the line-up. For Auburn Hughes and McCnv did great work at full, while Harris, Spark man and Reynolds time nnd again clipped off nice gains around ends. Smith, the little,quarter of the visi tors, was easily the star of the game, outpunttng Reynolds on every ex change. Cockran and Blnton were con spicuous at ends, often donning the runner back of the line. Moore played well at full until he retired with a sprained Anger. The line-up: Auburn, Gordon. Jones C Peebles Spence R. G Camp Everett L. O Johnson Davis R. T. Lawrence Batson L. T Zellner Wtlkerson, Capt..R. E Hogg Reynolds L. E Mercer Sparkman R. H Blnton Harris L. H. Cockran Hughes-McCoy F. . .Moore-GrlfiUh McClure Q Smith. Cap!. FOR MORE SPORTS 8EE PAGE TWENTY-THREE. Mercer’s 1907 Schedule Best School Ever Had Special to The Georgian. Macon, Gu„ Oct. 14.—Mercre has a splendid schedule this tall. There le no reason why the Baptists should not make a better showing this year than last. It Is conceded among football experts that the Improvement from the first to the second year Is greater than at any other period. All the young men on the Mercer team are striving hard to fulfil! this Idea this year. The echedule below will show that they have one of the best ever secured by them: October 12—Florida, at Macon. October 19—Georgia, at Macon. October 26—Open. November 2—Howard, at Macon. November 9—Auburn, at Macon. November 16—Gordon, at Macon. November 23—Tech, at Atlanta. November 28—citadel School, at Charleston, S. C. The principal difference be tween Mocha and Java and Afbockles’ Ariosa Coffee is that Arbtickles’ Ariosa costs you less and has more Coffee taste. JLHSUCKLE BROS., New York City,