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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, NO V EM BEK 11,1907. SPORTING PAGE HERE’S A FULL RECORD Of RECENT FOOTBALL DOINGS i EDITED BY ! P. H. WHITING NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS By PERCY H. WHITING. All that is left of the Georgia School of Technology team after the encounter with the Tennessee Tigers is being carefully patched up by Coach J. W. Ileisman and prepared for another slaughter. The said slaughter comes next Saturday when the local play ers, accompanied by a fair crowd of rooters (fair in size, not nec essarily otherwise) will journey to Nashville for a game on Dud ley Field with the much-dreaded Commodores. This ought not to be such a bad game. The Tech team does not in any way class with the Commodores, but at that it ought not to make such a bad showing. On actual strength the Tech team doubtless ranks third in the South at present. When the official records are gone over and the self-appointed “rankers ” tell us which teams were first, second, third and so on down the list Auburn will presumably be placed higher than Tech. On the strength of a 6 to 12 defeat by Sewanee and victories, over Howard, Maryville, Gordon, Tech and Clemson, the Alabama Polytechnic School will doubtless have to be considered as supplying the third best team in the South. Possibly Tennessee will be placed fourth, but we think not. Everybody who saw Tech and Auburn play knows that the Yellow Jackets had the better team and should have won. It was Coach Heisman’s comment after that game that for the first time in his career his team had been fairly beaten by an inferior foot ball aggregation. All this is a kind of mental cog-slip except inasmuch as it in dicates that Tech has about ns good a team as anybody in the South except Vanderbilt and Sewanee. In consequence Tech ought to make a fairly good showing against Vanderbilt, especially if Coach Hcisman can bring his best team to Nashville. Man for man, in size and experience, Tech will not be so ter ribly outclassed by Vanderbilt. At left end Vaughn Blake will bo opposed by cither Wilcox or Jones. Which one of these sub-ends will fill the place left va cant by the injury to Chip Robert is uncertain. Both arc aggres sive men and hard tacklers. But neither has the experience of Vaughn Blake. McLain at right tackle will find himself against Dnvis and it will not surprise the local talent if the Commodore finds himself decidedly outclassed. Davis is no marvel, but he is a good, steady, aggressive player and a wonder at advancing th? ball. He did not meet his equal until the Sewanee game and he has weight and great strength. Sherrill, short and tub-like, will find himself face to face with Gordon Smith, a long, slatty chap with a good head and an ag gressive way of charging. And the Commodore will have none the best of it. Stone at center will face Snyder. Naturally the Tech man can not hope to plqy in the same class with tho mighty Stone, but he will interest him some. He has a way of playing football to tho limit and when he tackles a runner the said runner is at once aware that something has hit him. King at right tackle will stack up against that mountain of flesh, “Tiny” Henderson, the largest man on the Tech team. And “Tiny” may cause him some momeuts of uneasiness. It took near ly two seasons to teach “Tiny” to charge, but now he gets under way pretty well and knows quite a bit about handling his great weight. He is not a brilliant player, but gains over him are in frequent. Hasslock will be face to face with Clyde Brown. And Clyde is a good man. “Red” Hill of Tech will be the man called on to hold down the end of the Tech line opposite Bob Blake. And it is a large contract. Hill has nowhere near Bob Blako’s weight nor experi ence, but he is a shifty player and has done nice work this season. End runs by.him around Vaughn Blako’s end of the line might possibly be features. Tech has a quartet of pluggers who will do their best at all times and who have shown up especially well as line-plungers. In the back field there is no use in attempting to claim that Tech classes with Vanderbilt. No team in the South has n bnck- flcld like the Commodores, and that is said with the full knowl edge that two of Sewanee’s four backfield men are marvels. When they get back into tandem formation something is due to give way. But in Craig, Campbell and Morton, Vanderbilt has a bunch of wonders, and Costen, when in shape, is a great man at gaining ground himself. Any way you take it, though, the Tech team has a chance to make a pretty good showing against the Commodores, and if they go into the gnme with that “Give-’em-'ell. who-cares?” spirit that characterized the last half of the Dahlonega game, nil of the Georgia game and the last half of Saturday’s little affray, they will hold the soore mighty close. Princeton, Results of Saturday’s Games Nothin* but what almoet everybody knew or thoucht they knew transpired Saturday In the Southern football world. Sewanre'a victory over Tech was by about the expected score. That Oavfdeon would beat Clenuton appeared probable from the start The Arkansaa-Tulane tame was pitted out as a hot contest with any body likely to take the prise. And Arkansas got It by a score of 17 to 12. Washington and Lee pulled off something of a surprise when aha beat Virginia, but atlll Virginia la notably weak this year. This was an other of those « to 5 victories!?) where a kicked goal beat a team that did not kirk goal. Auburn’s defeat of Mercer was about as decisive us might have been expected. Auburn Is a hummer this year and Is showing It at every tum. A 0-0 score between Tennessee and Kentucky was unlooked for and might cause complications If Kentucky were In the 8. 1. A. A. SOUTH. Sewanee 18, Tech 0. Davidson dO, Clemson 8. Arkansas 17, Tulane 12. Washington and Lee 6, Virginia, 6. V. P. I. 22, V. M. I. 0. North Carolina 12, Georgetown, 5. Richmond 28, Hsmpden-8idney, 0. Auburn 63, Mercer 0. * Vanderbilt 60, M!seissim)i 0. Tennessee 0, Kentucky 0. EA8T. Tale 22. Brown 0 Carlisle 22, Harvard 15. Cornell 14. Army 10. Pennsylvania 28. Pennsylvania State 0. Rmu tiiiiiorv IS, Navy C. Princeton 14. Amherst 0. Dartmouth 52. Holy Cross 0. Trinity 28. Stsvens 8. Massachusetts it. Tufts 10. Lehigh 84. New York University 0. Washington and Lee 8, Virginia 5. Gettysburg 12. minus 0. North Carolina 12, Georgetown 5. Vermont 5. New Hampshire 0. - Rochester 4, Union College 0. Williams IS, Wesleyan 0. Phillips Andover t. Phillips E., 8. Tale (Fresh.) (Fresh.) 8. W. U. P. 10. West Virginia 0. Harvard (Fresh.) 6, Dean 0. Haverford 8. Rutgers 2. Lafayette 24. Bucknell O. Jefferson (Mo.) 10. F. and M„ 4. Vlllanova ID, Fordham 11. Dickerson 4. Medico 0. WEST. Wisconsin 11, Indiana 8. .Stanford 21. California 11. Chicago 56, Purdue 0. Wabash 12, 8t. Louis 11. Nebraska 16, Kansas 6. Creighton 21, Drake 11. Iowa 25, 8t. Louis 12. Ames 10. Qrtenel! o. Notre Dame 22, Knox 4. Missouri 8. Of M. II, Washing ton 6. Colorado (8. of M.) 28. Denver 0. Colorado (C.) 10, Colorado (U.) 0. Ohio State 22. Oberlln 10. Case 14, Ohio Wesleyan 5. Marietta It, Wittenberg 11. Reserve 22. Northern 0. Lebanon 4. Wilmington 4. Earlham 24. Butler 6. Culver IS, Grand Prairie 4. 0O000000000O<H}00O000<Ha0000 O SHREVEPORT BUYS O £ TEXAS LEAGUE CLUB. 0 0 0 £ The Shreveport Baseball Asso- 0 O elation has bought the franchise 0 0 and players of the Temple club, 0 O of .the Texas League, and will 0 0 play ball with the Lone Star ag- 0 O gregatlon this year. 0 O 0 O0000O000000000O000O00OO0O THIS MAN IS A GREAT PUNTER Eight Survive in Trawick Tourney The drat match-play rounds of the Trawick tournament have been finished and the survivors are Clarence Angler, H. Clay Moore, F. G. Byrd. W. J. TII- son, F. M. Laxton, W. B. Stovall, P. T. Marye and Bam Williams. Theso players will now be paired off and continue at match play. The sec ond round must be finished before Sat urday night. The results of the first round: Angler defeated Paine, 4 up and 3 to play; Moore defeated Corwin, 5-4; Bryd defeated Colville, 1 up; Tiisnn de feated Scott, 3-2; Laxton defeated George Adair, 4-3: Stovall defeated Whiting, 1 up; Marye defeated Stone, 3-2, and Williams defeated Dr. Hol land, 5 up and 4 to play. Auburn Smothers Mercer Players Special to The Georgina. Auburn, Ala., Nov. 11.—Auburn had no trouble with Mercer here Saturday afternoon, winning by a score of 63 to 0. Auburn used mostly scrubs. Summary—Referee, Hill; umpire, Donahue; linesman. Mlcham; touch downs, Hughes 3. Mays 3, Riddle 2, Sparkman 2. Harris 1. Reynolds kicked 8 goals. Halves. 30 and 20 minutes. This picture shows Phillips, one of Princeton’s star kickers, boot ing tho pigskin for a long punt. RUSHED OFF FEET IN FIRST HALF, TECH HOLDS TIGERS SAFE IN SECOND Sewanee Wins Game 18 to 0, But Tech Gives ’Em Scare. In a game which was a slaughter of Tech by Sewanee In the first half and which threatened to be exactly the re verse In the second half, ihe oewauee team won here Saturday by a score of 16 to 0. In the first half the Tech team was run absolutely off Its feet and up In the air. The Tigers ran faster, charged harder, lined up faster, started plays with more vim and managed to out speed Tech so badly that the local bunch went Into a bad attack of stage fright. In the second half Tech fairly stood the Sewanee team on Its head. Twice the Yellow Jackets ran the ball to the very goal line,of Sewanee, ripping enormous holes In the Sewanee line and making a few good gains with the forward pass. Both times Sewanee held with mag nificent gameness, right at the pro verbial "last ditch.” but not before the Atlanta team had given the Tennessee ans an awful fright. If Tech had showed as good form In the flrst half aa aha did In the second, and If 8ewanee had showed as poor form In the flrut as she did In the sec ond. the Tigers would have been lucky to escape with nothing worse than Au burn gave them, which was a 12 to 6 victor}’. It wasn’t much of a day for football. The sun was hot and the field was hard, but very dusty. So It was small won der that Sewanee ran some of the steam out of herself In the flrst half. The Tech team seemed to be better condi tioned and went Into the second half with a lot more speed than she did In the flrst. Tech had the kick-off and It did not take Sewanee long to make the flrst live points. After receiving the kick off the Tigers made three passes at the Tech line and then took a stab at an on-side kick. Tech broke through and got the ball. Immediately Tech tried a forward pass and It landed plump In the hands of a Sewanee man. A couple of plays brought the ball to Tech’s 40- yard line. At this point Sewanee worked a perfect forward pass, Barrett sailing the leather to Lewis, who was very near the north sideline. With good Interference Lewis had no trouble In sprinting over the goal line and be hind the goal ppsts. Evans kicked an easy goal. After that time neither side could do much for a considerable spell. A va riety of runs, punts, on-slde kicks and forward passes netted not enough ground to do any good. Finally, with the ball In about the middle of the field. Tech was forced to punt and Hill sent the ball down to Sewanee’s 25- yard line. Lanier handled the ball neatly, and with a brilliant run of near- ly SO yards took the leather over the goal line for tho second touchdown. The goal was kicked. Sewanee seemed determined to run up a score, and, urged by the slim purple contingent, they kapt after Tech hard. Without much trouble they car ried the ball down the Held, only to lose possession by making a forward pass that hit the ground over the Tech line. Tech kicked out of danger apparently, but on the very flrst line-up Shipp was given the ball, and on a nice run around left end he covered 45 yards and made a touchdown. Evans again kicked goal and the scoring of the day was over. Once again In the flrst half Sewanee rushed the bnll very close to a touch down. but at the critical moment Tech's line held. Just what brand of ginger Coach Heisman used between the halves Is not known, but It did the work. The Yellow Jackets came back with a gameness and determination that should make Atlantan's proud of their local football representatives, and for a full 25-mlnutes they battered the Se wanee line and came so close to scoring that there was undiluted terror In the Tiger tents. Tech had possession of the ball near, ly three times as much as Sewanee. The Tigers made Just a dozen dow ns, barring those made after kicks, while Tech made 32. During the second halt Sewanee made flrst down only 4 times, once on a 25-yard run, once on a 20- yard run, once on a 10-yard effort and once on a forward pass that netted 15 yards. The other eight tries netted just 12 yards. Tech, on the other hand, made flrst down t times. Setvanee’s average gain during the half was 6.8 yards, while Tech’s was 4.25 yards. In Second Half Local Team Had Tigers on the Bun. No figures.can tell of Tech's great work. To realise It. you had to see the Tech Tigers rush the ball down pretty close to the Sewanee goal line right at the opening of the half, only to lose on a forward pass that went astray. Then, after a few stabs at advancing It, the Heisman machine got running again and this time the Tech backs carried the ball down lo where they fairly tasted the whitewash of the goal line, when they were downed for the fourth time and the ball went over. A second time they missed a score by only a little more. And throughout the game the ball was always In Tech'a territory. What beat Tech more than anything else was poor tackling. The Yellow Jackets tried the "run-up-close-and- fall-agnlnst-’em" tackle, and It doesn't go against Sewanee. The Tigers had a stiff arm for all such attempts, and time after time a runner would get away from a dozen Tech tacklers. UnleBs. our guess goes wrong, the Tech squad will wear a tackling dum my out during the week In getting ready for Vanderbilt. With flrst-class tackling Tech would not have lost over 5 or at the outside 12 to 0. The line-up; Sewanee. Tech. Lewis, re Hill, re. W. Evans, rt Davis, rt. Faulkllnberry, rg Henderson,.rg. T. Evans, c Snyder, c. Cheaps. Ig. Smith, Ig. Stone, It Brown, It. Williams, le Jones. le. Barrett, q Hightower, q. Shipp, rh Sweet, rh. Lanier, Ih Fitzsimmons, Ih. Markley, f. ..Johnson, f. Summary—Referee, McGugin (Mich igan); umpire, Elgin (University of Nnshvllle); head linesman. Moore (Georgia); linesmen. Bell (Tech) and Wadley (Sewanee); Timers. Hendrle (Tech) and Dr. Wllmerdlng (Sewanee); 25-mlnute halves. Touchdowns, Lewis. Lanier, Shipp. Goals from touchdown. Evans 3. DAN M’GUGIN’S VIEWS l8HI6ttl66MIH66l6l4H864l TWO CHANGES IN FOOTBALL RULES WILL BE ADVOCATED BY DR. DUDLEY Special to The Georgian Nashville. Tenn., Nov. 11.—When the National Football Rules committee meets this winter In New York there will be two Important changes in foot ball rules lo be advocated by Dr. Dud ley. One of these pertains to the goal from placement and the other to the old rule of having a team line ud under the gosl poets when an opposing team la kicking goal. To begin with. Dr. Dudley believes that a goal from placement should not count as much In proportion to the value of a touchdown, as Is now the case. He thinks that allowing 4 points for a place kick, when a touchdown It. only 5. Is all out of reason. He states that the place kick as now used jn foot ball tends too much to specialising and Individualizing, and he argues that this la especially true under the rules where a fumbled forward pass at any moment may place one team In kicking distance of another's goal line, whereas the ball could not be rushed over by real foot ball attack. Dr, Dudley thinks the goal from placement should not count more than 2 or 3 points at the outside, and that if It is to continue counting as much as 4 points, then the value of the touchdown nhouiu be raised to 8 or t points Instead of 5. Dr. Dudley favors giving one more point for a drop- kicked goal than for a goal from place ment. a, he reasons that It requires greater -kill to drop a goal than to get one from placement. Again. Dr. Dudley Inquire* concern ing the reason for a continuance of the old practice of letting a team that has been scored on line up under the goal while the scoring team kicks at goal. Dr. Dudley thinks on the contrary that the ecorej.against team should line up within 16 yards of the man attempting the goal. "The only thing I have seen resulting from the practice of lining up under the goal.” says Dr. Dudley, "was to make possible a goal from a kick that would otherwise have been too low. In other words, I have Been the players under the goat In jumping to block the kick, tip the bail over the cross bar when otherwise It would have been too low and gone under It. Then men un der the cross bar could not possibly stop the kick If the ball wae eent high enough to go over In the first Instance. The man.don't live who Is tall enough to do that. On the other hand. If the opposing team were to line up eay In 10_yards of the man kicking at goal some itegree of skill would then attend the effort to kick It and at the same time the ecored-ogalnst team might, have a slim chance to block. By DAN M’GUGIN. About three thousand people were In the new Ponce DeLeon park when the teams lined up for play Saturday afternoon. At the last minute It was found that Referee Butler had wired from hlB train, en route to Atlanta, that sudden news compelled him to turn back. Inasmuch as no other available referee was In sight and as I hated to see so big a crowd disappointed, I was willing’ to help out In that capacity. From the side line a close observer Is perhaps enabled to watch the general organization and team work to a better advantage than one whu acts as referee. However, this official Is constantly within a few feet of the men them- selves. He Is thereby able to observe clodely the many little peculiarities to which every player Is subject, viz., the manner In which the player stands, or carries the ball, the amount of vhn and determination he puts Into his work, whether his work Is steady and consistent, and whether he Is as good making Interference for the other fellow as he Is carrying the ball when the other fellow makes Interference for him. TECH TEAM A BIG SURPRISE. To say that I was surprised, flrst of all at the strength of Tech team was to put It mildly. My Impression from newspaper stories was that the Tech team was composed of a hopeless lot of football Incompetents; that all of the candidates who had any athletic talent, had either been barred by the faculty. Incapacitated by Injuries or had, like Cofer, been unable to pass his entrance examination; and that from brilliant prospects at the opening there were now no prospects at all. I immediately realized at the beginning of the game Saturday that I had been wonderfully misinformed. B00ST8 THE TECH LINE. I expected to see a team of weaklings and saw a team of magnificent strength and power. The Tech line Is heavy, fast and aggressive. Snv- der, at center, while not an enormous man. yet carries around over i';n pounds of bone and muscle. Henderson, at right guard, has been worked down to 205 pounds, which still leaves him something to hurl against an opponent. Smith, at left guard, has 185 pounds left. Brown, at left tackle, Is naturally a fine specimen uf physical manhood. Also his parent* threw away his go-cart some long time ngo. At right tackle stands Davis. He has 190 pounds of as available foot ball flesh as most any fellow you ever saw. He tears up Interference, opens wide holes in the line and runs with tremendous strength and power with the. ball. I always bar my own team, Vanderbilt. In making comparisons, be cause I place them flrst until they are licked. But If any college In the South has any better forwards than Tech from tackle to tackle, I'd like to look them over. While the back Held and ends are good, I don't think they are as good quality as the five center men. Of course all Nashville people know what a splendid line Sewanee has. There Is not the slightest question In my mind but what Sewanee has In- tremendous margin the best team she has had since I came to Vanderbilt four years ago. SEWANEE 18 VERY HEFTY. I am giving the weights of Sewanee by my own close observation and from some Inside information 1 have and I put myself on record as In sisting that they are not four pounds off on any man; Center, Evans 170 pounds Right guard, Falkllnberry 212 pound* Left guard. Cheape 180 pounds Right tackle. William Evans 196 pounds Left tackle. Stone 190 pounds Right end, Lewis * ..175 pounds Left end. Williams 158 pounds Quarter, Barrett , 168 pounds Right half, Shipp 178 pounds Left half, Lanier 165 pound* Fullback, Markley 170 pound* Average these weights up and you will And Sewanee per man weighs more than 177 pounds, which Is the heaviest eleven I have ever seen In Dixie, not excepting Vanderbilt's team, which averaged slightly more than 174. The Vanderbilt team of 1897 was perhaps heavier, ts was the Sewanee team of along about that period, or some of the Virginia teams along about that date and a little later. But the present Sewanee team has anything of recent years beaten on the weight question. When you find out, as I did today, from close observation that this Sewanee team Is fast, lean and muscular, and that it plays with Are, dash and splendid team work, you'll conclude, as I did, that the Vanderbilt- Sewanee game on Thanksgiving Day will be similar to the Carllsle-Vander- bllt game of last year, In that It will be close, and that the winner will have to play to tho utmost limit of Its ability. It Is possible that the victor may score two or three touchdowns, due more or less to the uncertainties of the present game. But this Thanksgiv ing contest will be one of high order and will compare favorably In quality with any contest of the season. HOW SEWANEE BEAT TECH. After having made these remarks about Sewanee, let's go back to Tech a minute. Sewanee was able to score three touchdowns In the flrst half. Two of them were from long runs and the third made possible by a long run. The Tech team was run oft Its feet and did not seem to realize in own strength. Tech let Sewanee work the forward pass on her for a 70- yard run. and touchdown; and a quick line-up after the ball went out of bounds (which caught Tech napping) for another touchdown. Barring these spectacular Incidents, Tech held the magnificent plungei and speedy runs of Sewanee remarkably well. The Tech team In the second half seemed to sort of "come to” and realize that It did really have a good team. And during the second half the contest was a pretty much even-up affair, with no scoring, but with Tech doing perhaps ths best work. Tecli on straight, hard plays, with one or two short forward passes mixed In, carried the ball within one foot and a half of Seva nee’s goal, and then lost It on downs. These observations lead me to be able to state honestly that there art yet two high-class contests • on the Vanderbilt schedule—that Vanderblll should win from Tech after a hard game and that Sewanee menaces verj possible defeat for the Vanderbilt team. THE MISTAKE8 THAT WERE MADE. Two or three minor mistakes were made by each team, which occurred to me. In the flrst place, the sun continually struck the defenders of the east goal full In the face. Notwithstanding this fact, the kick-offs to the east by both teams were low and hard. In my Judgment a high, slow kick off might have resulted In a fumble. Tech, with the ball In her possession on Sewanee's 25-yard line on first down, foolishly tried the forward pass and lost the ball. Her interests would have been batter served by trying to ad vance the ball upon at least the flrst down, especially Inasmuch as she had been advancing It greatly on straight football during the previous ploys. Tech also tackled high and handled kick-offs poorly, allowing them to touch the ground frequently when they could have been taken on the fly. To counterbalance theee little defects, however, each team successfully used the forward pass considerably more times than unsuccessfully—which Is going some against stiff opposition; and each team used the on-slde kick cleverly and. each was fast In going down on punts. Warm Football at Athens When Tigers Meet Georgia A red-hot game of football Is sched uled for Monday afternoon at Athene, when the University of Georgia and Sewanee teams clash In what promises to be a good battle. To Judge by the line-up given out by Georgia, the Athens team will be nowhere near aa strong as the one that tackled Tech here, and can certainly hope to have no chance against the Tigers. However, the Tennessee team Is likely to be a bit stiff as a result of the hard game Saturday and will hard ly try to pile up a score against Geor gia. Here Is the probable line-up; Georgia. Lucas, c. .. .... .. Harmon, rg Arrendate, Ig Napier, rt Detaperire, It. .. ,. 8. Hatcher, re Colby, le K. Smith (capt.), rh. Fleming, Ih Bostock, f. Scott, q Sewzne*. ., .. T. Evans, a .. Falkenburg. r*. Chespe, rf. . .. W. Evens, rt. Stone, IL Lewis, re. .. .. Williams, It. Shipp, rh. Lanier. 111. Markley. f. Barrett (capt). 6- Keep Arbucklet’ Ariose Coffee in the original package, and grind it at home as you use it Warming it slightly develops the flavors and makes the grinding easy. That delicious appetizing aroma is too good to lose in a grocery store. Coffee loses its identity as coffee after a is ground. If you know and want a good coffee buy Arbuckles’ Ariosa Coffee and grind it at home. The cheapest good coffee in the world. ARBUCKLB BRO&. New York Cl hr.