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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1907.
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sr ?%£ a \ HERE’S A RECORD OF THE DAY’S DOINGS IN SPORTLAND
[ NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
The football outlook for the South Saturday is reasonably
rosy. Eight games of some importance are due, of which the
most entertaining promises to be the Tech-Sewanee game in At
lanta.
If Tech can make as good a showing against Sewanee as Au
burn did and then do the right thing by Cleraaon on Thanksgiv
ing day it may yet be possible to put the local bunch in third
place in the ranking of S. I. A. A. teams.
But to do as well as Auburn did is doing pretty well. The
Alabama Polya held the Sewanee Tigers 12 to 6, and it is not rea
sonable to suppose that Tech can do any such thing.
Last Saturday, however, Tech uncorked the unexpected and
the Yellow Jackets may have still another surprise in their sys
tems.
Another game set for Saturday is the Arkansas-Tnlane affair.
This battle is without the pale of the S. I. A. A. and looks to be
a case where “ringer” meets “ringer.” However, it ought to be
a good game, with the chances decidedly in favor of the New Or.
leans team.
The Auburn-Mercer game is a practice affair for the former
team, so is the Missisaippi-Vanderbilt game—for the Commodores.
Clemson and Davidson ought to put tip a nice exhibition. It
is pretty hard to tell what Davidson has by now, but maybe it’s a
winner. However, our guess is Clemson.
The following. Saturday, November 12, will see these games
on the bill of fare:
Alabama vs. Auburn at Birmingham.
Clemson va. Georgia at Atlanta.
Davidson vs. North Carolina A. and M.
Mississippi vs. L. S. U. at Baton Rouge.
Mississippi A. and M. vs. Tennessee at Memphis.
North Carolina vs. Richmond at Chapel Hill.
Sewanee vs. 8. W. P. U. at Sewanee.
Tech vs. Vanderbilt University at Nashville.
Virginia vs. Georgetown at Washington.
That’s a line looking array.
Of course the Atlanta interest centers on the Tech-Vanderbilt
and Georgia-Clemson games.
The Nashville affair is of eourso conceded to be strictly a
runaway for the Commodores. Thoy are bound to win with all
ease from the crippled Yellow Jackets. But for all that Tech will
give the Nashville team a good game and far be it from any
body—McGugin and the Vanderbilt players least of all—that the
local team is going to prove any cinch. The Commodores re
member to their sorrow that their pride was punctured Inst year
when Tech scored on them and they will do well to escape a rep
etition this year.
The Georgia-Clemson game looks a bit like Georgia. Coach
Whitney ought to have that team of his together by now. And
there was never any doubting that individually it was the most
marvellous collection of football humanity ever gathered in one
Georgia arena.
However, Glemson has no slouch of a team herself and might
play some ball, ioo.
Over in Alabama the state championship is on tap. And un
doubtedly Auburn is “ it. ” It is reported everywhere that the
Alabama team is not what it might be in regard to athletic puri
ty, while Auburn seems to be above reproach this year. So of
course our best wishes are with Auburn.
I guess that s about all we know today. You can search us
on that Virginia-Georgetown proposition. Sewanee eliminated
the Virginia team from championship consideration the other
day and Georgetown does not cut much figure in this neck of the
woods.
But local people will have a lot to think of in a football way
November 16, and it is really one of the big football days of the
year for Atlanta.
THESE ARE THE BRITISH FIGHTERS, NOW IN AMERICA
NMSIHHIMINHIIMHHHtHHIt
! EDITED BY
jp. H. WHITING
BIG TEAMS
WORKING
HARD
Eastern and Northern Elev
ens Getting Ready For /
Saturday.
SEWANEE
EXPECTS
A_CINCH
But Will Spring Everything
She Knows On
Tech. i
GEORGIA AND CLEMSON
PLAT A SNAPPY GAME
They treated u« to some -nappy foot,
bell down In Ausueta Thursday st the
fair around* when Georgia end Clem-
son played a neat same that ended S to
S In Oeorale'e favor.
Of course nobody tried to make out
that either collese put out her beat
team.
In fact, there wae an agreement that
bealde tha captain of each team neither
ehould use more than one man who had
played regularly on the team In the pre.
vtoue game. That barred nine Georgia
man who figured against Tech and nine
(Mention men who played against North
Carolina
So It waa practically Georgia's second
'varsity playing damson's second ‘vaf-
•ity.
Also, there could he no claim that
Georgia wu S points better, than dam
son, though that waa the way the score
pointed. The member* of the Athena
team admitted that.
Tou have to hand It to the Oeorgia
men. though. They played their luck
to (he limit and thou two goals were
pippin*.
flcott mad* the first one and It wee a
drop kick, a rare feat In these day* of
goals from placement.
The play waa called on only as a last
resort. Tbs Oeorgia team had about 35
yard* to go and It was third down. The
wind was quartering against the kick
and It looked like a poor chance for a
placement affair. Fleming, who acted
as captain after Kyle Smith retired,
decided that as a forlorn hope he would
give Scott a chance at a drop kick.
And Scott responded with the real
good*. There was never any doubt
about It. After the bell left his foot It
breasted the puasllng wind and soared
over the cross bar and between the goal
poets as neatly as anything ever went.
The placement kick was also good,
though It was made from a position
lust In front of the other goal and had
the advantage of a favorable wind.
Sam Hatcher kicked It and It went true
as an arrow.
Outside of these kicks neither team
had an earthly chance, except that
Clemaon made one futile effort at a
placement kick.
As for touchdown*, though, there was
nothing doing.
Probably Georgia gained the more
distance, but the Red and Black per
formers could not keep It up lung
enough to get ecroe* Clemson'* line
At straight old football Georgia had
the edge. On trteka and forward
passes It wae all Clemson.
The South Carolina bunch knows a
thing or two about forward pass. They
have got a lew on* that does not gain
more than len yards or so, but that 1s
safe as a tackle over tackle piity. The
■nan who passes the bull throws It
low and the man who catches It squats
to ilo It. The play looked like an ac
cident the first time It came off, but
the bunch worked It several times and
always the same way.
It was a good deal such a pass as
Auburn used with such good succeas—
short and sure.
The Cletnson bunch also had a trick
or two that was good and they did
not mind working them.
But when It cam* to making tha dis
tance by straight football they regret
ted to report that It wae not In them.
On the whole, It was a pretty good
football game. The Georgia teem
showed n lot better team play than
did the bunch that appeared on Ponce
DeLeon park last Saturday and the
msn played with fine determination.
The field on which the game was
played was very dose to tho limit.
It had many of the fine points of a hit
of plowed ground and It was Impossible
to do any fast running over It. Alsu,
the dust was stilling.
The handling of the crowd was also
notably bad. The field was not eveV
roped In and about half the afternoon
waa spent In a foolish and futile effort
to get the crowd back nnd keep It there.
Here Is how the bunch stacked up
against each other:
Georgia. Clemson.
Hatcher, le Hankel. II.
McWhorter, It Boykin, It.
Arrendale. Is Wheelock, |g.
Nlckson. o Keddler, c.
Smith (('apt.), rg White, rg.
Lucas, rt McLaurln. rt.
Holcomb, rg Odom. rg.
Scott, q Pinckney, q.
Fleming. Ihb Woodard, Ihb.
Newsome, rhb McPadden. rhb.
Napier. fl> Robbs, fb.
Referee, G. Butler. I'mplre, Gordon.
Linesmen. Porter and Holland. Time
of halves, 2S minute*. Attendance. 4,(00.
Annapolis. Nov. I.—Tbs work of the navy
football tram yesterday was highly pious
lag to the reaches. It tree the tint Ions
practice of the weeh, end every member o|
!l.e dctci. ehoaed to adToau«... The fea
ture wee the Doe work <>f the bark held
as now arranged and the .laablng playing
of Relfsnrder. who la playing kft and In
place af Itemott, who Is suffering from a
cbarlay boras.
West Point. N. T.. S"V. (.-The «rat secret
practice of the West Point teem was held
yraienlay.
Ileorge Foster Hanford assisted In coach
K f. and It la said several saw tricks will
naad against Cornell Saturday. It now
looks as If Weeks will be n flttnre la
tha bach field, and tbs rhang* I* wslesmsd.
Sewanee, Tenn., Nov. I.—Sewanee If
ready for Tech. Yesterday afternoon
Coach Erwin put his men through a
few minutes of fast signal practice,
followed by a light acrimmagq with the
second team. Some of the member* of
the team are etui a little stiff after the
heavy game with Virginia. “Tex'
Stone, the big left tackle, le suffering
from a badly brulned leg and was
barely able to hobble out to practice.
When the whistle, however, blows, Tex
will be there to help Sewanee eat her
Tech pie. Williams, at loft end. Is
somewhat crippled, but will report for
duty Saturday.
The Hewanee-Tech game Is always
one of the biggest In the South. Both
Institutions generally produce strong
teams, ami the winner of this game
has a big "drag on" the Southern
championship. Sewanee knows that
Coach Heisman le a crafty teacher, and
always regards him and his team as
one of the most formidable gridiron
foei.
But Coach Erwin la not to be out-
dona and he, too, has been scratching
his head and formulating some foxy
move*. A major part of the time at
this afternoon's signal practice wo*
devoted to the pollehlng over of a few
new plays that will constitute the sur
prise party at Saturday's performance
at Ponce DeLeon. Last year It was
said of Sewanee that she was master
of the forward pass, but the suecsss
with which the Tigers havs executed
this play throughout this season en
titles them to a monopoly ownership,
Barrett Is never satisfied with less than
a twenty-five yard pass, and someone
Is usually there to receive It.
Special attention has been given for
the past three weeks to the practice
of placement kicking. "Smiling'' Bill
Evans, who holds down right tackle
with his 196 pounds, hat a foot that
knows how to drive a ball. In the
Mississippi gams ha kicked ten out of
eleven goals, and In practice has shone
that he can kick “placements" as well.
In case the game with Tech la close.
Bill may try hla foot. The defense of
the team haa been much Improved bj
this week's practice and Coach Er
win has a smile on his face.
CASTRO SAYS HE HAS
QUIT BALL FOR GOOD
By CLIFFORD HORTON.
After eleven years on the diamond,
Louie Michael Caatro will quit baseball.
Castro stated Friday morning that
he had retired from baseball for good
and that In 1903 he would be In the un
dertaking business either for himself or
would be connected with the firm he I*
now with.
If the assertion le true and If he
really means It. the Atlanta Baseball
Association will lots n valuable man.
The Count la a good heady player and
knows the game from A to Z.
Castro haa been In baseball for eleven
years. Ha ls one of the fastest man on
his fett that ever performed on the
Ponce DeLeon or the Piedmont park
grounds. If he does leave the team
Wilke*, the new Infielder, will probably
get the Job, providing he makes good.
But, then, he came from Waterloo.
History of the Count.
Louts Michael Caatro was born In
ths United 8tates of Colombia, South
Amsrlrs. in ths year of ISIS. He came
to America when quite young and waa
educated nt Manhattan College. New
York city. While at Manhattan Col
lege he learned the art of playing ball.
Hie first professional engagement was
with New London, Conn., and from
there he went to Philadelphia, being
drafted by the Quaker*. Ho was with j
Philadelphia two years and then In
1993 he cast hie lot with the Baltimore
ciub.
In 1904 the Count waa with Portland
In the Pacific Coast League. In 1905
he went to Kansas City In the Ameri
can Association. He wss with Nash
ville and Birmingham In 1900, Birm
ingham winning the Southern League
bunting that year. In 1007 he came to
Atlanta and helped tha Crackers win
the rag.
He haa been on five pennant-winning
teams—New London. Philadelphia (2),
Birmingham and Atlanta—nnd on alt
of them he has played his best and has
made good records.
If Castro sticks to his threat to retire
the Atlanta club will lose one of the
hardest working players that ever
played on tha Atlanta diamond.
Castro was one of the most popular
men on the Atlanta team last year and
the Atlanta fans alncsrety Hope he will
be In his old position at shortstop when
the whistle Is blown for tha,opening ol
the baseball saaton of 1001.
AUGUSTA TEAM
ANNUAL GAME
The Georgla-Clemaon game Is going
to be an annual affair In Augusta here,
after.
The athletic authorities of both teams
have decided that Augusta la a proper
half-way point and will pull off their
gomes there for the next lew years at
least.
The game Thursday was a profitable
one for both organisations, and there
Is no doubt but that first-class football
will always be a good paying proposi
tion In that burg, especially during fair
week. -
HEISMAN
EXPECTS TO
HOLD ’EM
Is Trying to Patch Up Team
Which Will Bother
Tigers.
The finishing .touches will be put on
the reorganised Tech squad Friday
afternoon and after they are applied
Coach Heisman will be ready to take o
chance that his bunch will make a fair
showing against the Sewanee team In
the gam* Bstunlay.afternoon.
The local aquan has no chance of
besting Sewanee. but every man from
the coach down to the lowliest fresh
man-scrub believes that the Yellow
New Haven. Conn., Nov. 3.—The Mg
•tuike-up of the Yale football tssm yr»-
terday resulted practically la s new eleven
for the Ells. It looka as If the Yale eleren
which will flnleb the season «in niff, rent
from the one whleb bss played an unsuc
cessful game thus fur. end the coaches be
lters It will be s much stronger team.
Bryde, who. after ploying guard in such
a way as to make him sure of the all-
American team, was shifted to left end, and
In that position became Yale's heat end. If*
has now l>een moved again to bait bark,
In order to have a heavy back. In that
position he plays a fast game, breaking
through the strong second eleven line for
toug gains. Cooney wss sent bark to cen
ter on the 'varsity, wbsr# he was at ths
beginning of the season. Foster, who. with
Cooney, hns been playing left gnard, waa
put lu hla old position st left tackle, suc
ceeding Falge, who waa In the scrimmage
for s few minutes. Brown, who bss hero
playing at left tackle, went In at left
guard. H. Jones and Aleott were the first
eleven ends, and Goeliel and Boggs ths
right guards.
Coy. for the first Urns In two works, was
In the scrimmage. He has lieen suffering
from a bed knee, and baa It baked eTery
day.
Jacket! can hold the Tigers pretty well
nnd keep the "Terrible Tennesseans"
from scoring over a thousand points.
Just the line-up which will be used
le a matter of doubt, but probably
Snyder will be at center. Smith nnd
Henderson nt guard#. Davis and Brown
tackles, Hill and Jones or Wilcox ends.
Hightower quarterback. Sweet and
Fltxslmmon* halve* and Johnson full-
back.
This Is a long ways from being ths
team that we thought, some five or six
weeks ago, would be turned out to face
the Tiger*. But for all that. It Is likely
to moke a fair showing and anyhow It
will do Its best.
If the Yellow Jackets can hold tha
Tiger* to three touchdown* they will be
doing well. And it look* now a* though
they could accomplish the feat.
Assistant Coach Hall, who has seen
the Sewanee team play twice this year,
estimate* that the Tiger* will do well to
run up three touchdowns on the local
players.
“Emmons for Qua.ity”
About Good Clothes
for Men
VANDY SUBS AND SCRUBS
GETTING LOTS OF PRACTICE
Mooney— 27-4.
andnolnt, th# j
waa a great aaccaaa. aa Mooney fiirnL
atlff opposition moat of the time. nn«l inch
men na Potta. llall nnd Morrison, who are
'varatty aubf. received more actual «spe-
IHence than during all of the season up to
date, roach McOugln made suggestions dur
ing the halves to the Moonev team, and
they seemed well satisfied. While Mooney
waa derated, her men got good esperlenee.
I Right here let me state that nothing de l
relopa a team more than going up against |
atroug opposition. Brery tunn on the Van- •
derhllt team learned football In large «|unn-
title* In the game against Michigan. Tricks
of the line were mastered by the Vander
bilt forward under the able, though uncon
scious. tutelage of the Michigan star line-
men. Ho far this week a good deal of the
practice on Dudley field has lieen light and
While the ’varsity will prolmbly start
agglnat Mississippi, a great tunny of tha
second team men. It U eipeeted, will 1m>
used early In the game. Coach Mctjugln
In all probability will bs gone to Atlanta
to uke In the Teeh Rewtnee game.
While VandeHillt eapecta a good, hard
game from Tech, the tueu feel coutldent of
vlrtory In the Tech-Vanderbilt game, but
not In the Hewanee contest on Thanksgiv
ing day.
There la not the slightest question bat
what Sewanee haa the atrongeat team since
MetIngta cauie to Vanderbilt, and thoee
who have seen Hewsnee play claim she hsa
the best team In the history of the unlver-
Private dope Indicate# that Sewanre'a
average Is more than 177 pounds, which Is
the heaviest team seen In the Mouth lu
K eara, not barring Vanderbilt's team of
ist year, which averaged slightly over 173
pound*.
Kieeptlng the Virginia teams of aereral
years ago and the Vanderbilt team of IW.
Hewanee’e team In the aggregate weighs
more than that of any other team ever put
together south of the Ohio river.
U. S. B. PLAYS
B. H. S. TEAM
Stone Mountain, Ga., Nov. 3.—Much
Interest I* manifested st the Mountain
over the game to be plsyeil here Friday
afternoon between U. 8. B. and Boys’
Hlfih School of Atlanta.
Since their victory over Tech Bcrubs
last Saturday, the Mountain boys have
been down hard st work In preparation
for this contest.
On account of Injuries the line-up
will be slightly different from that
which faced the Scrubs.
The High School usually has a
speedy aggregation and one that plays
the game for alt (list there Is In It. As
a rule, too, their game Is scrupulously
clean.
When these teams met lost year 17.
S. B. won the decision. This year tile
Atlanta boys hope to turn the tables
A buttle royal la therefore expected on
Hill field Friday afternoon.
Auburn Expects
To Trim Mercer
Special to The Georgian.
Auburn, Ala.. Nov. 3.—The football
game which was scheduled to be played
with Mercer In Macon tomorrow will
be played In Auburn by consent of
both teams. This will give Mercer sn
extra trip and allow Auburn to use her
many subatllutea who are very anxious
to play a good team In the S. 1. A. A.
While Auburn la confident of win
ning, s large score on the Baptists la
not expected.
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BASEBALL DIRECTORS MEET
AND ELECT NEW OFFICIALS
Good tailoring is where
the value lies in clothing.
Machine made clothes
smoothed over by an art
ist with a pressing iron
look good, but the good
looks do not last.
Hand-tailored mean s
long life for a garment and
good shape till the end.
vTake an Emmons coat
and examine it.. Start at
the collar and carefully
look it over to the hem of
the skirt—you’ll sec the
best hand-work that can
be put into a garment.
But Emmons clothes
don’t stop at good tailor
ing—we are just as care
ful to see that all-wool ma
terials are used and, too,
you get the smartest style.
Suits and Overcoats,
$12 to $40
Raincoats, $12 to $30
The directors of the Atlanta Baseball
Association held a meeting Thursday
afternoon, at which time J. W. Hels-
man. coach of the Tech teams, waa
elected president of the association and
T. K. Glenn was elected secretary.
No action was token In regard to se
curing the service of William Smith for
the good and sufficient reason that the
old board of directors some time ago
slgnqd William to a two-year contract.
The directors voted to connect the
two grand stands at Ponce DeLeon
park and to run a platform over from
the stands to the street, so that patrons
entering the stands ran do so from the
level of the street without pulling up
end dawn so many step*.
It was also decided to raise the dia
mond. somewhat after the fashion of
the famous Memphis “turtle.'’ In order
that the water may drain off quickly
after a rain.
I'bllsilelpbls, Nov. 3.—The Quaker tram
I. working desperately for the same against
Mlffcljrm. If Pceesy Iranis wine, the vl--
lory will tie the result of nbl style tur
tle*. ss the Quakers have failed to awake*
to the advantage* of the new game.
Ithaca. V Y.. Not. 3.—The f'oruell team
went Into Itn Inst srrliumsge yesterday tie.
fore meeting the cadets Saturday. The
R rsrtlre wss s hard unr, and was uni.inn
■ that the 'vanity played a game of
twenty anil twenty-fivr-ailttutr knives, lin
ing np lu the first half against the arrnli*
ami In the seen ml half against the fresh
men. A touchdown against the latter gave
the 'raralty a victory by the sroce of 5 to *.
Itljli hope* are expressed of defeating the
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