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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2G, 191v.
[OF LIVE SPORTING NEWS
) THE NEW FOOTBALL
1AKE 6000? AN ANSWER
ten’s Football Expert Reviews the Season and Expresses
, an Opinion That the Revised Code Has
Proved Its Worth.
By INNIS BROWN.
,}„ of V«nd»rbilt Team, 1905.)
k«r Thanksgiving Is past and
phsm college football season Is
L fifth year In succession the
[j “new game" lias been tried
Cyearly modifications, the evl-
C , all In and the verdict Is anx-
Svalted. That greatest of all
, public opinion, must pass
EL and It Is a decklcd-edged,
'ound cinch that the question
or failure will be hotly ar-
1 both rides.
lit great army of keen-eyed
[who watch with a vengeance
opportunity to hammer the
bd those ultra-zealous critics
Ease nothing In the sport but an
fmlval of the gladiatorial days
Ljt Rome, the season will doubt-
mouldered as having furnished
vends for a renewal of thllr
otosts.
ant statisticians
firmed the public that no less
of the promising youth of the
rs mitered the death of a niar-
ithfy the rapacious maw of this
I slaughter. Of course, the fact
rsn) of these mi
before the new
ison went Into effect makes no
c- r arguments against
Md coda Neither does tbo fact
least one of that number was
sblle playing the English "soc-
uudatlon game subtract from
1 charged against the Amerl
Ml
ef those who oppose the game
Mcause of personal prejudice,
ton are milled by simple Ig-
. Rome In addition, knowing
i situation, are still honestly
to ths game.
rhat of the game from the
tot of those who stand ready
zt any manly sport founded on
• of fair and honest competl-
his class outnumbers by a con-
i Dumber either or the other
and Its members aro vitally In
in ths development and growth
ime under the latest revisions.
•Die flams Look* Locally.
•mo as played locally, and In
mghout Dixie, this seson has
itrongly In support of the new
is. It can hardly be eald that
ally new features were brought
i change has surely worked for
•finest of the game In ellml-
hantu of Injury. Reference Is
made to the rule which protects a man
In the act of receiving a forward pass.
Under the old rules, or to be more
exact, the rules of the 1909 season,
thero was nothing to prevent an oppos
ing player from dumping his heft and
avoirdupois Into a man receiving a
pass while the latter was wholly unpre
pared to protect himself. This was
bad, and the remedy has proved a wor
thy and acceptable one.
As to the use of the forward pats,
practically the only change has been
the elimination of the long heaves.
These furnlahed some really spectacular
stunts, and were not more dangerous
than the shorter ones which have taken
their places. The change was not aimed
at them because of the fact that they
were especially dangerous, however.
They were eliminated to give place to
a further latitude In the short passes,
and It was thought that some restric
tion should be placed on the play. In
order not to have the game resolve It
self entirely Into a basket ball affair.
In thl* respect the move may be said
to have been successful- Forward
passes have been used with more fre
quency, probably, and certainly with
more consistent success this season
than ever before. This much Is true
on Southern gridirons at least, and
will probably hold true for the game
generally.
On-sid* Kick Is No More.
The new rules practically eliminated
the so-called I'on-slde" kick. That Is
to say, no kick put the kicking side
"on-side" when It touched the ground
of play until It had gone SO yards from
where It was put in play. For this
reason, short kicks were rarely re
sorted to, and more rarely succeeded.
The rule forbidding pulling or “hik
ing" also worked well, tho some teams
found It hard to get away from the
practice. No doubt In many cases In
dividuals on the defenao often found
themselves overrun and doubled back
Into dangerous situations on account
by sheer force of superior strengi
after he had been tackled and checked
by on* player on defense. The rule Is
a kood one, too, because It calls for
greater resource from Individual play
er* when carrying tho ball.
Viewing the situation from a techni
cal standpoint, the above points about
cover the situation as far as we see It.
As to the standpoint of the spectator,
the season ju*t past has been a satis
factory one, locally at least. The gome
las brought out some notably brilliant
PERRY ADAIR-HARRY SMITH.
The smaller of the two men Is Ferry
Adair, the smallest candidate for the
Marlst basket ball team. The larger
Is Harry Smith, the largest man on the
squads. While Smith has It over his
opponent somewhat in weight and
reach, Adair makes up for lost time on
speed ■ ‘
player.
HOT GAME AT EMORY.
Emory Colleae, Oxford, Os., Nov. 26.—
The Sophomores and a team composed
Of members of all the other teams In col
lege played a 6-6 football game Tha
giving afternoon. The Sopha scored «
In the first half and seemed.to hai
lut aa tho gumo progressed
got to playing together and
Sophs and then threatened
with them.
the All-Stars
first held the
to walk away
contests both In the new and old game.
Some high-class line plugging, end
running and forward passing have been
not always satisfactory from a pai
viewpoint.
No Serious Injurie*.
As to Injuries, local teams have suf
fered none of consequence. It is re
ported that one of the Clemson team
sustained a fracture of the collar bone.
If such be true, It la the most serious
Injury that has marred any local con
test. Cromartle, an end on tho Gor
don eleven, sustained a rather had In
jury In the Georgia game,-but he has
fully recovered. Apart from these no
other accidents of Importance have been
reported. Now, when the - number of
men and boys who were engaged In tho
game here In Atlanta and In near-by
towns Is considered, these Injuries ap
pear very' Insignificant, and hardly
more serious than might be expected
from a red hot croquet tournament.
The season appears ta have been a
successful one.
low Do You Buy
a Motor Car
hen you buy
estate you
to the fu-
as well as to
'resent. Do
buy your motor car in the
way? Do you ask your-
he same questions?
u can buy an automobile—
ly a piece of machinery
)le of giving you and your
y untold pleasure—or you
>uy an automobile and get
service—service that pro-
you as long as you own
ar. That is what Stearns
:e means.
js Branch House is part of
Stearns organization. It is
to stay-here to stand back
B Stearns car permanently
—to offer Stearns
owners a service
that is secured in
no other way. It
is as though the
Stearns factory itself were lo
cated at 30-32 James Street.
! *\\
When you go upon our records
as the owner of a Stearns car,
you throw about yourself a wall
of protection that remains as
long as you drive a Stearns car.
You receive attention, care and
consideration that can be given
onlv by such an organization
al you always will receive it.
We cannot emphasize too
strongly the Stearns service. It
means as much to the owner as
the Steams car itself. 4
New* has been received that the famous "Reo Challonger" "1-30," driven
by Percy Haycock, won the Oliver cup In the ten-mile race at the Empire
City tracks recently. Owing to heavy rains, the track waB heavy and
sandy. Tho Ileo’s time was 13 minutes and *2 seconds, which Is an average
of 13.3 miles per hour. The "Reo Challenger” has now been doing stren-
. uoaa dally service for over a year, during which tlmo It has figured con
spicuously In four national endurance contests and has covered over 11,000
miles In- fifteen different states. This Is the same Reo with which R, M\
Owen won a perfect score In the 1,100-mUe New Yprk-Atlanta reliability
contest, at the finish of which ho challenged all the other perfect score
cars In the conetst to a rigid physical examination. The challenge was not
taken up.
Surprisingly few people realize tho magnitude of the extent of the
equipment required in a modern automobllo factor)-.
One of the most Interesting features of this equipment I* the drop forg
ing department. The great, roaring furnaces burning crude oil, the hugh
drop hammers weighing 3,000 pounds beating out of the hot steel varloue
parts of tho automobllo in one operation with nolso likened unto the firing
of many cannon, contrasts vividly with the methods of the village smiths
of yesterday, who laboriously shaped Iron by hand with the aid of hammer
and anvil and a forgo fanned by hand bellows.
It Is only by the Improvements In the process of manufacture that has
made the manufacture of popular priced automobiles possible.
• The IVJllys-Ovrrien.l Company has Just installed twenty new drop ham.
mers and erected a mammoth new building tor Its drop forge shop at Its
Toledo plant. This, in addition to Ita already large drop forging equip
ment, gives It one of tho largest drop forging plants In the country.
A Portuguese scribe te responsible for the following graphic descrip
tion of tho winning of & hill climb In tho country from which King Manuel
recently took hurried leave. H. E. White, manager of the. continental sales
department of tho Ford Motor Company, has forwarded tho clipping which
reads:
"Tho steepest hill In Porto Is tho one of Cortlcelra, which, from Ala
meda das Fontalnhas, runs down almost perpendicularly, with Jthe river
flowing at the bottom between high rocks.
"It we are well Informed the famous Henrlqueta (who was a great
venture-seeking woman who went about In men’s clothes and had a great
reputation for daring In Oporto when our grandfathers were still young
sters) Is the only person who ever succeeded In ascending this long, steep
and dangerous hill galloping on a horse.
“Today we found In the office an Invitation to assist at 3 o’clock this
afternoon, to the rapid ascent of tho terrible hill by at least twenty horses.
These twenty horses being those of the American Ford touring car.
“At tho appointed tlmo we went to tho Promenade of Fountalnas,
swarming with people going to and fro under the splendid sun which
made tho river look like a ribbon of white metal. On the walls which line
the ascent like a staircase, at the windows of the house built upon the
rocks and all along tho hills we noticed great crowds and all the time
we hoard the people saying: 'What If their brakes fall them? They will
plungo into the river.’
“Suddenly we heard the trepidations of the motor and everybody
turned toward the river, end soon after a bright light automobile, with
out any effort and almost without any noise, ran up this stesp hill there
was a great burst of applause.
"The automobile took hardly 40 seoonde to climb the hllL and thero
were three persons In the rear seat. They tell me that the grade of tho
hill Is over 29 per cont."
Having accomplished his mission abroad—tho formation of the United
International Motors. Ltd., President Benjamin Briscoe, of the United States
Motor Company, has sslled from Liverpool to New Tork on the Maure
tania, accompanied by Mrs. Briscoe and W. R. DeVoe, the former's pri
vate secretary.
Tho English concern will manufacture products of the United States
Motor Company for European trade. The designs, patents, etc., of the
Maxwell, Brush. Columbia, Stoddard-Dayton, Courier and Sampson IS will
be transferred to the English company, but the machinery and factory
equipment will bo purchased abroad. Tho United International Motors,
Ltd., have openod salesrooms at 114 Wardour-st„ London, West, where
models of the affiliated companies are now on exhibition.
The new concern makes the following announcement: "We have com
pleted arrangements with the United States Motors Company, of the
United States of America, by which we became the concessionaires of
that company, with the sole and exclusive right to manufacture and sell
In the United Kingdom and on the continent of Europe the. type of motor
cars which have beon brought to such a high state of development by that
company. We will Install a manufacturing department, which, having tho
full co-operation of our affiliated companies, will have
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advantages which
To remove from public view the unsightly Impediments of the run
ning boards of motor cars has claimed the attention of motor car engi
neers and body builders from the very start.
In the new Colombia for 1911 this difficulty ha* been adequately met.
Instead qf the running board pan taking the form of an Inward curve and
following the line of the step Iron from the frame to the running board,
the sheot metal housing extends outward In a straight and horizontal line
from the top of the side frame member to a point directly over the Inner
edge of the running board to which It falls directly below and is attached.
This la a permanent metal housing, and Into this housing there la built
the tool and battery storage boxes, and behind thl* protecting guard there
Is, as well, the Preat-o-llte tank.
“From Wameutter to Granger, the Worst section of the transconti
nental trip le encountered over the Red desert nnd the terrible Bitter Creek
sections,” says the tour book of the Automobile Club of America. If that
Is true—and there seems to be no good reason to doubt It—ths World-
Touring Hupmoblle has put the worst behind It, so far as the United States
I a concerned. For the Hupmoblle traversed the stats of Wyoming the third
week of Ita journey from Detroit.
After leaving Denver, the week's run was a continual battle In the bleak
wilds of Wyoming—where for miles and miles the party traveled without
Sight of a human being or sign of humsn habitation.
On November 21 the Hupmoblle climbed to an altitude of 1,609 feet,
which Is as high as It will hare to ascend before reaching San Francisco.
-4a one hour that day the car had a straight climb or 1,000 feet Into the
Rockies. The following day the car, having reaobsd Laramie, Wyo„ - the
previous night, made the upgrade run to Medicine Bow In the teeth of a
60-mtle gale. On that day 70 miles were traversed without seeing a sign
of a ranch house.
The “rumor factory" at Detroit has It that there Is a lull In ths au
tomobile business, but this should refute It:
In the month of October the Ford Motor Company sold 791 care and
up to the present date In November 130 Ford Model "T" care have been
shipped from the Detroit plant
This total of 1.U8 care la very damaging testimony against the current
reports that the automobile business 1* stagnating.
Apparently Henry pord thinks no more of a broken record than did An
drew Carnegie, who, when one of his steel mill superintendents told him
that all production records for a day had been broken, replied: "Why not
do It every day?"
rhe F. B. Stearns Co.
2 James St., Atlanta, Ga. JNO. F. TOOLE, Mgr.
President Steams Delighted
With South and Southwest
Probably no man In the automobile bus
iness Is better qualified to talk Intelli
gently on present conditions than F.
Steam-, president and exeoutlve head of
the F. B. Steams Company, Clavaland.
During lha paat month Mr. Bteama haa
visited practically even - atate between
the Rockies and tha Atlantic- lie haa
fnsde a close itudy of general bualneas
conditions, aa well as thnsa peculiar to
the motor ear trade,. and his opinions
carry considerable weight.
On hie recent trip thru the South,
Southwest and Weat tha proa perl
tlona of tho country and
west and Waat are In eplendld rondll.u,..
that the cotton, tobacco, wheat, oats and
In fact all ataple crops are excellent,"
said Mr. Steams. "We all know that
e sugar yield la vary surprising. But
— * —r country are learn-
rosperlty, to make It
at home the entire twelve
month* of the year.
“But that la exactly the real condition
of mffalre. This opinion Is not snap
Judgment, but to arrived at after my ser
ai trips, covering Boston, New Tork,
ashlnzton. Baltimore. Richmond. At-
_nta. Birmingham, Memphis. Naw Or
leans. Han Antonio. Houston. Galveston,
Little Hock. St. Louis. Kansas CUy, gt.
Paul. Omaha. Minneapolis. Milwaukee,
Chicago, Dayton, Cincinnati, Louisville
id numerous other point*.
"Business created In the West, South-
-st and South to doing more for thnee
sections of the country than It sssrhas In
the past. People firing there are Inreet-
In land, erecting du(
Ing what a vast power they can wield."
Mr. Steams' recent travels have enabled
him to forecast future buatnass conditions
accurately, and he statee that the present
season will be a good on* for automobiles
in the South and Southwest aa well aa In
the Weat. ”1 have no patience with
Jhoee manufactuera who are forever sell
ing care on paper, nor with that class
whose product haa little or no genuine
merit. But In the Interest of All I feel
warranted In saying that motor cars of
the better class are going to have un
precedented bualneas below Mason and
Dixon's fine, and In the West. While we
are certainty getting our share of tho
business—more. In fact, than ever before
—I can't help but feel that all high-grade
car* will benefit."
20-30 Touring Car; two models; gasoline.
T|l0 20-30 Toy Tonneau; detachable; gasoline.
20-h. p. Touring Car; steam.
U/hlf A 40-h. p., 7-passenger Tonring Car; steam.
VVIIIIiG* i120-122 Marietta Street. .
4-Cyl. Shalt Drive, 20-H.P., Bosch
Magneto. $750f.o.b. factory
. B. D. CRANE Sc CO., Gen. Agts.
Atlanta, Ga.
Schedule For New Basket Ball League
I the Atlanta Basket
_ rlday the schedule for
the sooson o 1910-11 was adopted, play
beginning December 9. All basket ball
"dope artists' and fans may dtp tb*
schedule below and paste It In their head
gear If they are looking for aomethlng
to do every Thursday evening from now
to the end of tha aonaon. All six tennis
have oo far shown up strong In practice
and a closely contosted aeason is looked
forward to.
Following to tha schedule:
■ - --Courts- — ■
it q-r
ember
January
January
January
r 21 B-l 9-1 3-4
1:5 fe
SSy*V:::::::::::::f| r-t «
February 9..1 9-1 «-* 4-3
ho teams are:
o. 1—Wesley House Athletic club.
No. 6—Atlanta Georgian.
The court designated A la looated at
Wesley Memorial; li court is Knights of
Columbus hall and C court Is the Audito
rium drill hell. The direotors of tho
Icsguo selected Thursday as *»•* —
lar game night* and every
“■ * ~ poned gai .
- ----- - rst entertained that
Goorgla Tech nnd the Atlanta Athletic
dlub would dome in with a team each,
but they have so far stated that It Is Im
possible for them to get In Just now.
All the games, unless otherwise an
nounced, will be played free to the public,
and It is thought that the league will be
a success, not alone this season, but for
many more to follow.
If you like basketball, as It should be
played. Ju«t remember beginning Thurs
day, December 8, and continuing to Feb
ruary 0, you can see a cmckerjark game
at any of the three courts In the schedule.
Just a Few Notes
By EVERETT MILLICAN.
Hughey Jennings ha, made all plans
for tho spring and tho Tiger* will
train at Shreveport, La.
'Edward Ashenback, formerly of tho
St. .Paul dub. will load the Syracuse
club, of tho Now Tork state league,
next season.
Outfielder Mclver, of tho San An
tonio club, baa been signed by the St.
Louis National! for next aeason.
Trls Speaker haa finished his trip In
an automobile from Boston to Texas.
Christy Mathewson’s younger brother,
Hank, ha* been algned to pitch for the
Oklahoma City club next year.
John T. Brush ha* renewed hie leaao
on tho Polo grounds for ton more yean
at 340,000 at year.
Dick Regan will play second base for
lha Athletics while th* team Is In
Cuba Eddt* Collins to on hla honey
moon.
Tommy Atkins, ex-Craekor, will he
farmed out next aeason. Monty Croao.
of tho Scranton club, has mad* a bid
for Tommy.
The Athletics cleared 1170,000 In the
regular American league season.
Jack Quinn *nd Earl Gardnor, of tho
Yankees, have algned their 19it'con
tracts.
Patay Donovan wna married In Bos
ton recently. The honeymoon will be
spent In Europe.
Tommy Rtouch has algned to man
age Augusta next season.
> The members of the American
■ Association of Advertising Club*
> who live'In Indianapolis and ex-
> pert to attend the next annual
> convention, which will be held at +
> Boston, are preparing to make th* 4*
’ trip In Overland automobiles as +
- the gueata of Will H. Brown, vice +
I iresident of the; company. These +
nk doctors, who represent many +
- of Indianapolis* largest manufac- +
’ taring concerns, expect to mix +
’ pleasure and profit on this trip +
- and are looking forward with keen +
- anticipation to the "gasoline va- +
- cation.” +
“FROM ANOTHER ANGLE”
By WILL H. BROWN,
Vice President of the Willys-Overtand Co,
Time and dlatanco—these two have always baffled men.
Next to production ranks distribution.
Whatever In man's history haa given him a longer hour and a Shorter
mile haa raised hla standard of civilization.
Men do not ask for leas work and a smaller world.
They ask for more poorer to "cope with time and distance."
From thl* angle, thsn—Is the automobile a menace?
Add to this tho fket that man. I* "a movable air plant"—that the au
tomobile carries him at hla will tram ths fumeu of tho street Into the
sun, wind and fresh air: that It rebuilds a man from a pale, hollow-
chested. office-desk star* Into a sun-bronzed, refreshed creature with an
even pulse and a prodigious appetite. Then doe* tho motor car render n
service?*
Aside, from tho commercial aspect. If the automobile enables a man
to be with hla family more—If It helps him to breathe more—oo* more-
feel more—know more—why, It helps him to live more.
"I can not afford to buy or operate a motor car,” to the antiquated
excuse of tho man ten years back.
A shorter mile—longer .hours—mors health, happiness and comfort Is
th* vales of a motor car. Can a man afford to buy It—or can he afford
not to? Would such an Investment pay dividends?
He who refuses I
This to tho ags of I
existing.
ich an Investment pay dividend#?
is to become a gasoline convert Is living the ox-cart life.
1 automobiles. The man with one Is Urine, not merely
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