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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1907
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SPORT HAPPENINGS OP THE DAY—MOSTLY FOOTBALL
! EDITED BY
IP.H. WHITING
TENNESSEE
TEAM MUST
BE DROPPED
Tech Schedule Too Hard and
Will Be Changed
Next Year.
HOWARD COLLEGE FOOTBALL SQUAD
• The Georgia School of Technology I*
quite likely to cut either Vanderbilt or
Sewanee off her echedule for next fall.
Thle buslnese of meeting the two best
team* In the South In a row Is far and
away too giddy for J. W. Helsman, the
wizard coach.
“We have not made any decision
about dropping any teams as yet, but
I'm afraid that we shall have to pass
up either Sewanee or Vanderbilt," said
Mr. Helsman Monday.
"You see our big games are with
Georgia, Auburn and Clemson. We
can't hope to play our best every Sat
urday and we ought to have some easy
■teams to slip In between our hard
gomes. But Instead we get Vanderbilt
nn<l Sewunec this year. And our finish
Is clearly In sight."
ton, while Ashtnhack gave Hcranton Its
assume active management of the club.
first in 8. I. A. A. tootosll, but tbs
Mercer Saturday.
Here Is s photograph of ths squad from which the Howard team was picked. Thie year it Howard'e
is Risking s ereditablo showing, despite that fact. Ths Howard tsam played Gordon Institute Friday and
The men in the picture are: Top row, Jonet, 8. Moon, B. Duke, Cruise, Allen, Vaughn (captain), Denny, D, Moon, Miller, Grenade, C. Allen,
Second row, Couneelman (eoacn), Blount, Longshore, Smith, H. Vaughan, Burns, Cook, Watts, Hagood (manager).
Third row, Caffes, H. Cook, Davis, Ellard, Hundall, Street.
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I NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS S
j
Well, what are we to think of Clemson now?
Also of Auburn?
SEWANEE WILL BRING
POWERFUL “MACHINE”
Something About the Purple Aggregation
Which Plays Tech Saturday and
Georgia Monday.
Special to The Georgaln.
Sewanee, Tenn., Nov. 4.—At Sewa
nee. through all this football aeaaon
the "dope artleta" have been predicting
three hard games for the purple team.
■These are the onea with Virginia at
Norfolk on November 1. with Georgia
Tech at Atlanta on November 3 and
the final umaah-up with Vanderbilt on
Thanksgiving day In Nashville.
On Hardee Park for the past two
weeks Coaoh Erwin hae been pushing
hie squad for all It la worth. Thara
are about tbirty-flve men who report
for practice every afternoon, from
which number a strong scrub team
has been picked.
Ths ‘varsity Itaelf, as far as raw ma
torlal goes, la ths beat that Bewanea
has ever seen. The Sewanee football
crank points back to tha team of '»
that atartled the Southern etatee with
Its record of five garnet won In elx
days, but the team of '07 la aiming still
higher. The season's schedule Is a
heavy one, ten games In all with sev
eral long trips between.
Half of this schedule has already
been played and there are it! points
In Sewnnee’a favor while her five op
ponents have tallied only 10.
Thle shows what possibilities are In
the mountain squad. For three years
past Sewanee has engaged Yale
coaches, and their tactics seem to suit
particularly well the game os played
ny the Tigers. Easy work throughout
the first of ths season with Increasing
endurance and hardness to accom
pany the gradual training Is the plan
pursued by the Yale coaches at Bc-
wanee. The result Is that when
Thanksgiving day dawns, one would
have to look far and wide to And a
squad of men more capable of ex
treme endurance or of better physical
training.
There are eight of last year’s play
ers now on the Purple 'varsity. "Lex"
Stone, who needs no Introduction os an
All-Southern tackle, Is better, bigger,
heavier and fiercer than ever before.
He has In addition to his mass of bone
and muscle, an unlimited supply of
that Indefinable thing which has been
technically termed tho "Sewanee
Spirit." He can be' tackled and hla
broad shoulders pinned to the ground,
but the spirit In "Lex" can never be
downed.
Next to Stone on left end le a little
fellow named "Bike" Williams. He Is
quiet and unassuming, but when tho
backfleld player catches a punt “Bike"
Is always right there. On forward
passes, too, he la as fast as a bird.
Cheape, at left guard, tilts the scales
at lit pounds this year, and with his
■0* experience and Coech Erwin's les
sons has been playing a hard, consist
ent game throughout the season.
Captain Watkins, of '04 fame, hns
been well substituted at center this
year by Tom Evans. Tom weighs
170 pounds and played guard all last
year, but seems more at home at cen
ter. With the exception of Williams,
at left end, he Is the lightest man In
the line, but although he seldom
stars, Tom never lets anyone run over
him.
Lewis, an '06 veteran, Is starring this
year at right end. His "specialty" Is
the forward pass and hns already dono
sensational stunts several times with
this play. He made one of the touch
downs against Auburn by tho neat ex
ecution of a forward pass.
Right guard and right tackle are
filled by new men. Faulkenborry Is
one of the biggest men that ever don
ned a purple uniform. He weighs 116
but aa yet le very slow In charging.
He Is, however, meeting with plenty
of attention at Coach Erwin's hands
and shows dally Improvement.
"Smiling” Bill Evans, at right tackle,
Is one of the etrongest players on tho
team. At the West Texas Military
Academy he made a great prep, school
record for himself, and his Sewanee
record promises to be equally bright.
He weighs nearly 200 pounds, Is re
markably fast for such weight, plays
like a demon and smiles all the time.
He Is something of a kicker also, as
was seen -at Memphis recently when
he kicked ten nut of eleven goals In
the game against the University of
Mississippi.
In the backfleld are Captain Barrett,
"Fish" Markley, "Skinny" Shipp and
Lanier, the Iasi named being thn only
new men. Captain Barrett has shifted
from full, whore ho was last year, to
quarter. The change at firat seemed a
doubtful one, but Coach Erwin knew
hla bualnesa and the team Is material
ly atrengthened by the shift. Barrett
runa the team with the coolness of a
Scarborough, and he makes his for
ward passes long and with accuracy.
Lanier caine to Sewanee with a big
prep, school reputation, and has easily
made good. Although only 16U pounds
In w eight, he bucks I he line like a
catapult, and on end runs affords ex
cellent Interference. He plays In the
backfleld on the defense, handles punts
safely and dodges like u rabbit In a
broken field.
Everybody knows “Skinny" Shipp.
One of the greatest halfbacks In the
South, ho has already exceeded his
recoct of last year for ground-gaining.
In the first half of the Mississippi game
he covered 200 yards alone. Under the
direction of Erwin his defensive work
has greatly Improved.
Markley, at left half. Is considered
by *"ma admirers to be the best all-
around man on the team. He Is at
least the most consistent player Se.
wnnee has had In many a day. He ad
vances the hall well. Is strong on the
defenetve. but shines especially In the
Interference he afTorda on end runa and
tackle pluys.
The mountain lads may be a bit bat
tered up by the Virginia game, but
there will be something doing In At
lanta next Saturday afternoon regard
less of bruises.
TECH MUST DISCOVER
TWO NEW “QUARTERS"
Georgia Game Knocked Out Two Valuable
Men and Heisman Is Now Searching
For Field General.
The Tech team Is light op against It.
On Bsturdsy tho Yellow Jackets must
meet Hownnee, and tho following Hsturdsy
thoy go to Kushvlllu to Inks on Vanderbilt.
A month ago it looked as though Tech
bod a chance with Sewanee. Up to tho time
oven of lout Saturday's game It lookud aa
though Tech could at leaat make a good
■bowing in that game.
But Saturday's play put Robert out of
the game for the aeaaon, anil Buchanan for
some time and perhapg for tha entire sea-
""Robert baa n dislocated elbow. Hut It la
a bad one. In trying to ward off a Georgia
tackier hla arm waa not only dlflocatnl,
but the bones wore rammed, up Into tho
muscles—a serious and painful accident. It
la utterly out of ths question to otqiect
that he will be sbTe to plsy during the
remainder of the season, and hardly worth
w ^h".ru'zt B i..d hla kn«*e, but not **-
rlouNly. In fan. tho Injury waa to alight
at firat that hla kiu*« waa bandaged un
nm! he went back Into the gatn«\ It pained
him ao, however, thnt he hail to retire.
Just how long Buchanan will l»e out of
tha gann* reuinlna to be seen. Certainly
be will not be bnck for the Hewanee gnuie,
and probably not for the Vanderbilt game.
To underatand wbat the loaa of tbeao
two mon nteaiiN to the team. It uiuat lm
known that Buchanan waa tho first quarter
back, the enfeat man In catching pnnt* that
Tech ever ha<l, and a wonderfully good
player; and that Itohert waa the second
quarterback, the faateat runner on the team
(with plenty of weight behind the apee<ll (
and thnt he waa tho mon who called the
signal*.
Tech could better have spared any other
two men. Only one other man on the team
ranked In vnlne with tbeae two.
The had part for Tech cornea In the fact
that roach Ilelatuan muat grind out two
uuarterhacka Insldo of a week mid hnre
tnein In ahnpe for the Rewnneo game. Aud
this la an nltnoat hopeleaa took.
“Piggy” Hightower, In spite of a atahle
of “chnrley lior*es,” will undoubtedly get,
flrfct call on the vacant Job. Whether “Pig.
gy“ can go through a whole game or not
la a question, on account of tn* Mid “aul*
mala, but he will try It.
The problem of a second an
beyond solving. Two memiic
noum-el them hopeleiia for the Hewaneo
game. Maybe they ran be trained Into good
men before tho end of the eenaon, but
they can’t be whacked Into shape for Batur-
fto tho problem of a aeoond quarter la
an open one, nnd there la little ehnneo of
making any kind of a showing agalnat
Sewanee.
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O It's more than passing strange O
0 that "Hans" Wagner nnd “Ty" O
O Cobb, the two batting kings, O
G should have soused the sphere to 0
0 the very same tune. Officially, 0
0 Wagner's average Is .350. Unof- 0
0 ficlaJly, Cobb's Is the same size. 0
0 Magee, the N. L. runner-up, went 0
0 .338, and Crawford, the A. L. place 0
0 member, .326. 0
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We refuse to be interviewed.
Evidently both teams are “in-and-outers.”
In the four preliminary games Auburn showed up poorly
enough. Then came the Sewanee game and the Aubumites opened
the eyes of the Southern football world. Against Tech Auburn
did not show Yniich and with any display of form Tech would have
won..
Now the Auburn Polys turn around and hammer the padding
ont of Clemson.
And now look at Clemson, and she’s worth looking at, for
she plays Georgia here November 16 and Tech here Thanksgiving
Day.
Clemson was played off her feet in the opening game by Gor-
don. Then Tennessee trimmed the South Carolina Tigers. After
that came the big form reversal and Clemson pinned it on North
Carolina. , , .
And now Auburn gives Clemson a decisive defeat.
Some slight line on Clemson can be secured Thursday after
she meets Georgia in Augusta. But very little, In the first place
there is no knowing what team Georgia will.use nnd in the second
it is reported that Clemson wilL put in a line-up of subs in thnt
game.
. The Clemson-GeQrgia game in Atlanta and not the one in'
Athens is to he considered the decisive affair and besides Clemson
has to finish up the week by playing Davidson and the North Car
olina team is too strenuous to be treated lightly.
So the Atlanta public will hardly be able to form an opinion-
of Clemson until the team plays Geongia here the day Tech is in
Nashville.
MATTY M’INTYRE MAY
PLAY WITH YANKEE8.
New York, Nov. 6.—Matty McIntyre,
the great outfielder of the Detroit club,
may wear a Yankee uniform next
spring, If the leg which he Injured ear
ly last season shows that it Is as strong
as ever. McIntyre would like to play
In New York, as. his home Is o* Staten
Island, where he has lived all his life,
and Manager Griffith Is making an ef
fort to secure his services.
LOCUST GROVE WIN8.
Special to (Ths Georgian.
Locust Grove, Qs., Nov. 6 Locurt
Grove scored her fourth successive vic
tory this afternoon by defeating the
second team of Mercer 6 to 0.
McDaniel made the only score of the
game on tha last three minutes of ttie
first half by running 70 yards for a
touchdown. This was easily the star
play of the game.
Officials—Turner (Locust Grove),
referee; Mallory (Mercer), umpire;
Professor Holmes (Mercer), head lines
man.
SIXTEEN QUALIFY IN
TRAWICK TOURNEY
Tho qualifying round of tho Trawlck tour
namont at tha Atlanta Athletic Club hna
been played off; and, aava for the need of
a play-off for a tie for fifteenth and six-
teonth place*, tho player* are ready to be
gin on the mntcU round*.
Thomna B. Paine had the beet net qualify
ing round, playing the conree In 92, with
an 8 handicap. V. G. Byrd’a 87 waa the
beet groee score.
That the handicap* wore rather even waa
Indicated by the fact thnt the qualifying
acorea ran fr4>u> #4 to 92 and that nn even
doxon playera were bunched nt 90, 91 nnd 92.
The result of qualifying round* wan an
follow*: „ ..
Grow. Iland’p. Net.
I Thoma* B. Paine.... 92 8 84
2. Percy Whiting 92 6 86
8. W. /. Tllaoo W 4 86
4. fc\ G. Byrd 97 0 87
6. F. M. Uxton 100 12 W
6. W. B. Stovall 102 14 88
7. Frank Holland 96 7 89
8. Fulton Colville 102 12 90
9. H. C. William* 100 10 90
10. P. T. Mnyre 94 4 90
11. C. K. Corwin 106 16 90
12. W. K. Stone 103 12 91
13. Clarence Angler 99 8 91
It. 11. Clay Moore 99 8 91
>r the last two place*, No. 13 and No. 16,
live playera are tied, a* shown below:
Gross. Hand’p. Net.
C. P. King 106 14 92
G. W. Adair 104 12 92
I,. D. ffcott 1M M , 92
Harry llnll 108 16 92
Lowry Arnold 99 7 92
The** four player* will make another
round of 18 holee and the loweat net iqedal
•core will fill place No. 15, the next loweat
goen In n* Nn. 19, and complete* the nnmber
allowed In the play-off for the eup.
The gulf committee of the A. A. C. haa
completed the drawing with the remit aa
•hown below. Player* drawn agalnat each
other must play their matebe* on or before
November 9.
Clarence Angler va. Thomas B. Paine,
C. K. Corwin va. II. Clay. Moore.
Fulton Colville va F. G. Byrd.
No. 13 va W. J. Tilton.
F. M. I.uxton va. No. 16.
W. B. Stovall va. Percv Whiting.
W. K. Stone va P. T. Mayre.
H. C. William* v* Frank Holland.
Ah to who So. 15 and No. 16 will lie de
pend* up4>n the result of the play-off be*
tween the nvc golfer* who tied with a 92 In
the qualifying round.
The aeoond rouhd In thla tournament will
Ite iduyetl during the week ending Noremtoer
16. the third round during the week ending
November 22, nnd final* dating the week
nil tig November 30.
Mr. Truwlck expects to be In Atlanta to
witness the flnala
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By WILLIAM Q. EVAN8.
(American League Umpir*.)
Tyrus Cobb, outfielder extraordinary,
champion swatter of the American
League, sensation of ths league race
and disappointment of the world's se
ries, Is an exampls of the strenuous
life. Mr. Cobb waa the most-tatked-of
man In ths country during the last six
months, not excepting Terrible Teddy.
' Although ths season Just closed was
only Cobb's second as an American
Leaguer, he was ths real lire wire of
the organization. He was a big draw
ing card, and he delivered the goods as
a rule in large packages. The wonder
ful work of Cobb In the field, on the
Nwa and St th- hat had much to do
with the winning of the pennant by
Detroit He should be a tower of
strength to the Tigers again next year.
Cobb's sudden rise to fame In the
baseball world makes his debut Into
the big league Interesting. He waa die.
covcred by BUI Armour, the former De.
trott mlaager and now leader of the
Toledo team. Cobb, who. by the way.
has Just reached bis maturity, was then
II yews of age, and was a member
of the Augusta tram, of the Mouth At
lantic League. Cobb looked good to
X
Armour and he purchased him for the
Detroit team.
The story goes that Augusta was to
receive 1500 for Cobb In case he made
good. The Detroit club paid 1250 down,
with the understanding that the re
maining amount was to be sent to the
Augusta club at a certain specified
date. When the appointed time came
around the club management hesitated
about paying the additional amount,
but when Armour offered to put up the
3250 out of his own pocket, the club
owners decided that he must be the
goods and came across.
With only two years' experience tn
the minors. Cobb's entry Into the big
league wasn't anything out of the or
dinary. IVna any he would look like S
diamond In the rough, the next be
would appear correspondingly bad. Hts
fiery Kouthern disposition didn't make
a hit with some of the veteran mem
bers of the team, and It wasn't long
before Cobb was In bad. Trouble
brewed, and the youngster from the
South mixed It up with several of his
teammates and the breach waa opened
all the wider. In one sense of the
word, Cobb was as much to blame
for Detroit's poor showing In 1306 as he
waa for the good showing of the present
year.
Naturally Armour favored Cobb. In
asmuch as he was a protege of Toledo
Rill. Armour had a number of close
friends among the players and they
sided with him. The players who had
a grievance against Cobb opposed Ar
mour. and as a result the club was
divided Into two warring factions. With
such conditions existing Detroit’s poor
showing was not to be wondered nt.
It seems that the mighty Cobb of to
day broke Into the big league for the
"bush salary," 31.200, or 3200 a month.
Those on the Inside claim this was
the cause of all the trouble. The re
sult was Armour lost Ills job.
•’The Man of the Hour," In the eyes
of the Detroit populace, then appeared
on tha scene. Hughey Jennings took
charge of the tame Tigers and infused
a fighting spIrIL as well as one of
harmony, that brought the American
League pennant to the City of Straits.
In this march to victory no man helped
more than Tyrus Cobb, the former dis
turber. Jennings all but disposed of
hint In the spring, and had he done
so the Chicago Cubs might have had
a different contender for the world's
honors. McIntyre was Jennings' se
lection for left Held, while Cobb played
center. Matty and Ty didn't agree any
too well, und Jennings had about de
cided thut he preferred McIntyre to
Cobb. Just then a happy Idea struck
him. IK- shifted Crawford to center
and Cobb to right. The scheme worked
like a charm, and was a lucky one for
Jennings, as shortly after the season
opened McIntyre broke a leg and was
out for the season. Had he sold Cobb
he would have been up against it.
During the mason Just closed Cobb
pulled nit many a spectacular stunt In
the field, at the bat, on the bases. Be
cause of his great speed he always had
his opponents on edge when he stepped
to the pint,-. They realised that the
play must be made fast In order to get
him, and consequently many an error
was made on Cobb because the fielder
tried to handle the ball too quickly.
Lots of people claimed Cobb was lucky.
He wasn't, and he deserves all the
laurels that are now coming hts way.
. Cobb's best performance In the field
took place at Washington. In the first
game of a double-header played about
the middle of August. Cobb had four
assists. He cut two men down at the
plate by great throws, qnd doubled
two men off lint boss on shoe-string
catches.
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