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Vanderbilt Loses Stars; New Rules Hurt Chances
McGugin to Have Real Team, However, as Usual
By Percy H. Whiting.
-< tANDERBILT can not hope to
X have as good a team as in
' 1911.
• • •
As nearly as I can learn, we
have two excellent new men com
ing.
• • *
The new rules have gone a step
backward in putting a premium on
heavy men.
• « •
We are not in as good a position
as we were to make a good show
ing against Harvard.
• • t
No use talking about it, I get
all stirred up myself when I reflect
on the fine, cool, intelligent spirit
and play that Vanderbilt teams
nave turned lose in games in the
Morth and East.
DAN M’GUGIN.
• • •
rp«FTF7RTI are. In tb« Smith, foot
* ball trams and fontball teams
Alar, there la the Vanderbilt elev
en And that's another thins; en
tirely.
Rome Atlantans pull for the
Tech team because It Is a local In
stitution. Rome root for Georgia
beoauste they went tn the Athens
college. or their brother did. or
anyhow eomebotTy went there
Otthers pull for Mercer—because
thyry are Baptists. And so It goes.
But all football cranks of the
Middle South consider the Vander
bilt team one of thetr own Institu
tions—a matter of sectional pride.
Amt all because the Commodores
tied Annapolis R to <1 In 1910; tied
Yale 0 to 0 last year; boat Carlisle
4 to 0 In 1900. and held Michigan
to a 9 to 8 defeat last year. Bittle
enough It may seem to some Yet,
It was enough to put Southern
forrtttall on the national map—-a
thing no other Southern team has
ever been able to do.
• • «
np HIS? ywr Vandertrflt will t».ko
' on the most ambitious sched
ule of tts history. In addition to*
Georgia. Mississippi, Auburn and
Sevan**. all mighty teams of the
5 I. A A . It will go the Vnl
vcrsltx Virginia nnd will play
Harvard
H'" •h” reason football cranks
■■ 'h. South are watching
•nd wondering on its
n« » s <>f making a good showing.
' - ; • in the Harvard game
• • •
i x HUNG Information about
1 tnderbllt football, one na
turally turns to Dan McGugin. f
did, anyhow And In reply to my
lett-t., received one. full of the ever
ready- McGugin enthusiasm, though
modified a bit by the really dis
tressing fact that the best man of
BILLY SMITH IS DUE
BIG OVATION TODAY
Billy Smith is sure tn be given a
ronsing ovation when he marches out
rm the pasture at Poncy this afternoon
WflHam ts here with hie Ixiokrmtß for
th* flnnj series of the 1912 season on
the local lot. Three games are sched
aled between the Crackers and Ixiok
frnts and while there 1s nothin,; to gnin
for either, the trio of contests should
prove peacherlnos
After the three games with the
Tjookouts the Crackers move over to
Memphis for tlnve battles, winding up
the schedule on Saturday Tomorrow
Will be the last Indies' day and It’s a
cinch all the fair, fans will be on hand
to cheer for Billy, even though he win
NEWS FROM RINGSIDE
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All the noted and the cleverest expo
nents of the glove game will appear at
the Garden Athletic club in Now York
within the next seven weeks Starting
on September 13. the club will off. r a
bout between Abe Attell and Harry Thom
as No one will argue lliat thia Is not
going to be a sclent lb.- treat six days
later Johnny Kllbane is scheduled to
meet riddle tl'Keelv T1 • n will come the
Packer McFarland-Ad Wolgast bout
This will la decide.’, on September 27,
provided Ad’s arm mends sufficiently for
him to box Kails in October Johnny
Coulon and Kid Williams will mix. The
latter has been creating a sensation
around Gotham of lute, and will likels
give the champ a lively argument for ten
rounds
• * •
Pick Curley, who is managing Tommy
t’olfman, th«* I “bilad» iphia welterweight,
says all the Gotham pugs simply draw
the color line because the? are afraid of
his pr<deg» Curie? says be is willing to
post $! •»<• ’hat Coleman ran defeat Mike
Gibbons, ti e money to be given to charitv
if he loses
• • •
Johnny Thompson Is carded tn fight
(haagf K ft Brown in l , v«»rla tomorrow
nig: Tomin? s..vs he would like to I. .vc
un< ’ gut a W"ek ’or an ind» finite period
Hernsheim Ogar !
Good,srqoke ' j&r
' v y /Jporl o Hjc XT n
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last year's wonderful Vanderbilt
team will not be with the eleven
this fall.
It seems that of the 1911 men
only those who are counted on are
Tom Brown, Enoch Brown, Mor
gan. Hardage, Sykes. Joe Coving
ton and Collins.
Almost any Southern coach
would cry with Joy to get those
men. But consider that McGugin
must face the loss of Ray Morri
son, "Frog" Metzger, "Big Un"
Freeland, Charley Brown and Kent
Morrison. Kent Morrison will drop
out for a year Ray Morrison has
been graduated. So have Freeland
and Metzger.
Imagine trying to find three men
who can replace Ray Morrison.
Metzger and Freeland. It Is
doubtful If a S. I. A. A team in his
tory, excepting the Vanderbilt team
the year of the "Big Strike,’’ ever
lost as many valuable men in one
year A lot of folks say that no
team ever before lost a man as
valuable as Ray Morrison for the
excellent reason that there never
was one such before. He was the
star of the open field offense;
Freeland was the vertebrarlum
(cheese word for that overworked
one, '’backbone") of the defense,
and Metzger was the guy who
opened up the holes In the line
♦ • •
'l’o 1111 the gaps there arc a good
lot of high-grade subs and
scrubs to draw from—no wonders
now, of course; but they will be
wonders after McGugin gets
through with them. For, as a
transmitter of base dubs Into solid
gold football players. McGugin’s
equal hasn’t ever boon soon In
Dixie, or anywhere else, as far as I
know.
In addition, some good new mon
are looked for. Hero ts the >i«t as
promulgated by McGugin:
McWilliams -A back field man
of repute from the Branham &
Hughes school.
White—A lineman from Bran
ham A- Hughes Seoool.
Shipp A lineman from Mooney
school.
Porter A lineman from the Cas
tle Heights school.
Reports from the prep experts
ire that Shipp and McWilliams a.e
useful mon. with Vanderbilt varsi
ty possibilities this year.
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for an expression of opin
ion about the now rules and
how they would affect the Vander
bilt team, especially in the liar
vnrd game. McGugin said:
"I agree with you and your opin
ion that the new rules have gone a
ste backward in putting a pre-
T ' ’ On heavy men. We will not
be with the opposition
Since tlte Lookouts wore here last
they have undergone whoksale changes
In their personnel. Cracker fans will
hardly know it for the same team
An entire new outfield, composed of
Cruise tn left. M„ ran hnvlng be ,, n
to Washington, Gaston In center and
tlr.ix in tight, will greet the eye. while
I utwller will be found on the third
station, with the rest of the infield the
Fame.
Giddo, a now catcher, who, paired
with Harry Covaleskle. is the only
Polish battery in baseball, and Priest
and Grover, new pitchers. n . t e the other
acquisitions
Harr.' Coleman, loe Mandot's manager,
sate the Southern .lump was not in the
best ”t . .Wuiiu.c When In- fought Mexi
l!lv"s, Olbor day Mandot
wth n f “xl Sl> ‘‘ for his match
with the .Mexican. while before he had
novel tunned more than nine davs for
an> match Coleman says this is the rea
son Joe did not Show his usual pep.
• • •
M.'ii'iol Will make an effort to Induce
Ad \Xol*ast in the ring for ■ twenty
w'm’,..'u' IKa o l h “hksgiving day. but
nr vi’tl k t'.I kl ''7 s nn n 11 re, urn match,
pr ’Moe.l the champion will not meet him
'' •’‘•tern fans at, already clamoring for a
return bout between the two lads
Ix-Iteh Cross has been signed up to box
ten r.mn.ls with Jimmy Duffs. n lt u ff a i o
lightweight at the St Nicholas \thletlc
club, in N»'w York, tomorrow night
Jim Coffroth. the sun Francisco pro
mote; who has been dubbed "Sunny
Jhn. live., up to his reputation Labor
uay There was plenty of sunshine at
the arena Immediately after Flvnn was
declared the wini •” ver Mm, r. clouds
app. au d on tin horizon, and before the
crowd returned .i. wrt. wn there was plen
ty of rain
TTTE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 9. 191_.
go back to anything like the game
under the rules before they practi
cally changed, as are too
many other hindrances in the way
of rules to make the 1904 game
practicable, but we have taken a
step backward and are not in quite
as good a position to make a show
ing against Harvard as we were
before the downs vs ere increased
from three to four.
“I do not know how to comment
on the Harvard game. We have
made our good showing against
teams outside of the South largely
on account of the diversified and
rapid fire attack and also on ac
count of the most splendid deter
mined spirit when on the defense.
In other words,, we have never
failed to gain ground rapidly dur
ing certain periods of the game
and have then been able to hold
our own upon the defense.”
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xrANDERBILT enthusiasts need
* not bo particularly worried
over the prospects It is quite
probable that the Commodores will
not be quite as strong this year as
they wore last. But they will un
doubtedly- be strong enough to up
hold the honors of the South in
that Harvard game And they will
bo certain to show Atlanta some
real football when they tackle the
Red and Black at Ponce DeLeon
park October 19.
They will do it because Vander
bilt naturally draws a lot of the
host sort of football material. But
more particularly they will do it
because of McGugin.
Dan is the Wizard of the Pigskin
game. He has yet to score his first
failure -and he's been with us in
the South since 1904 5 ' Just how b»
does it nobody really knows. But
he does do it, year after year. And
he has put the South on the foot
ball map.
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Wolgast’s "Injured"
Arm Is Only a Stall
For an Extra $5,000
CADILLAC, .MICH. Sept 9 That
the automobile crank that recently
kicked back severely injured the arm
with which Ad Wolgast opens his pock
etbook Is the belief <>f a nuuber of
followers of tiie fighting game here to
day waiting the outcome of an inter
view between the champion iight
w. ight and lom Jones, his manager
" hether Ad’s arm is sufficiently recov
ered to carry on his fight witl I’ ickej
M< Parian in Nt w Yenk l< ■. n
’hi ibility of the Michigan fighter to
"punish th< New York promoters for
another dm
Inside figures on the match have
eonie out. Instead of S22.MW for his I
end. picture rights barred, it has been i
tiiscovered that Ad ;igr< < <1 to battle fori
I share of the plctu
ceipts WI .II Jones got I'll. facts it
hurt Ad - arm
Now. a.cording to tip worried man
ager of the little fighter, it will re
qiifr, a poultice of $3,000 to put the
" shapt to go into the rm : \t
first it wits thought it would be tieces
'•> ' I" put on a $1.7. 0(1 plaster, but five I
will do the trii k.
HERE’S A REAL DEMON
ON THE MOTORCYCLE
HIS RACING FACE.
■ ■ -''aje-rtee-Z-Y mo-*? 1
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HAL GILBERT.
I iii' young motorcycle rficei is considered to lit 1 the best I
in the South lie hold" trad; records galore. mid has never v< I
turned down a challenge. At a raeo meet held in Rome a few
weeks ago (filbert cleaned up g toil ami proper. Although a
fast rider, he is not reckless*. He yy ins with his head.” is the
cla.ni oi his admirers. There is only one other rider in this
part of the country who can be classed with (filbert, and that
is Harry (fl tin A match race h.-tween this pair on good
roads would be a corking affair. They are firm friends, but i
each believes lie has an edge on the other.
“GOING ON LONG JOURNEY."
CHILD SAYS: MEETS DEATH
LAMONI. IOW \ Sept 9. I'harhy
, I*.bison, two years old. charge of a
Ichlltlrens hmm. playfully bade matron
land playmates good-bye. saying lie was
•
(iit.s .ater he fell to Ills death from a
■ porch.
JOHNSON COTTON MOVING.
WKIGHTSVILI.! ’ G\ Sept 9.-The
1 cotton crop of Johnson county js be-
I ginning to move. Theie will be a large
shortage in the crop over last year.
'LIGHTNING RIPS OFF HER
CORSET: WEARER UNHURT
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. Sept 9 A
bolt of lightning here ripped off Mrs.
Hoy Foster s corset as she was at work
in 'mi kitchen. She was uninjured
FIRST COTTON AT DALTON.
DALTON. GA Sept 9. The first bale i
of this year's cotton reached Dalton Sat- •
unlay , being brought In by David Bear- ,
n. of Chatsworth. Murray county The
bale weighed 500 pounds and sold at 14U 1
C. nts, bringing $71.25 In addition to this. ’
local merchants made up a purse for the •
'first bale man i
Pittsburg Coin May Make Giants
Choice Over Red Sox for Title
By W. J. Mcßeth.
NEW YORK. Sept. 9.—The
world's series of 1912 is one
likely to be remembered as
long as the game endures. Not
only will it bring together, in the
respective major league champions,
an unusually well matched pair of
contestants, but it will also fur
nish a stake of such gigantic pro
p rtions as to bring out the very
last ounce of fight.
. A month is left of the major
league schedule. Much may hap
pen in that time. In neither league,
so far. has the pennant been won
to an absolute certainty. Yet the
New York Giants and the Boston
Rod Sox appear to have such stran
gle holds on tfie laurels that, for
the sake of argument, we’ll elimi
nate the rest of the fields. Unless
some miracle happens, the big an
nual pow-wow of the clans will be
staged jointly in this city and in
the City of Culture.
For every one at all concerned
in the national pastime, a better
post-season attraction' could not
be arranged. In the matter of pure
ability, it is doubtful if two better
matched viva’s ever faced each oth
er. These prospective ehallehgers
for a world’s title represent the
two greatest ba-ebaß cities of the
country. New York will undoubt
edly be the popular favorite over
Boston —at least, in the speculative
field-. Pittsburg money is bound
to have such an influence. It is
always a simple question of Na
tional league sentiment against that
of the American league, and Pitts
burg money invariably backs its
sympathy for the old major organi
zation.
World of Money on Giants.
Os course. New York, in view of
Io :il baseball conditions, is a hot
bed of National league enthusiasm,
and will .string along with the
Giants to the bitter end on that
account. Conditions just the re
verse prevail in Boston r The Hub
■an not s'?e the National league
with a -py glass But the prepon
derance oT iional league money
from New . k and Pittsburg is
likely to go begging for odds, no
Here's How Crackers
Are Hitting the Ball
Right Up to Date
’These averages include all games played
by the <’packers:
Player— g . ab. r. h. p. c.
Price, p 4 9 q 3 333
Harbison, ss 77 269 34 77 286
Bailey ,if 13! 456 86 130 2g5
Alperman. 2b. .126 475 62 134 282
Agler, lb 67 227 38 63 278
Callahan, cf. ...90 338 33 90 .266
Graham, c. 61 197 20 48 .244
McElveen. 3b. ...136 492 52 118 .240
Reynolds, c 25 79 12 15 .190
Becker, p 16 38 2 7 184
Brady, p 23 71 3 12 .168
Wolfe, utility 2 60 6 10 .167
Sitton, p 29 67 11 »10 .149
Johnson, p 8 IS n t .056
Maldrof. p 11 2g n • j 035
BALENTI SIGNS CONTRACT.
' II ATT.y.V o 'GA. TENN. Sept. 9
-Miki Balcnti. the Lookouts’ Indian
shortstop, ha.- already signed a 1913
contract to play with the local team,
and will report here in the spring.
Catcher Hannah left the team yester
day for his home In Seattle without
signing a next year's contract. How
ever. it is believed he will return here
next year
matter how loyal and game the
Bostonians may be.
If the Giants and Red Sox meet
and both are in the same sort of
condition that enabled them to
niake such brilliant geason's rec
ords. the world’s series is bound to
be worth while. Personally, I think
the Red Sox the better of the two
teams. , To., my mind, they have
proved as much by going through
the whole season without one se
rious slump. I think that in a
long race like a season's champion
ship of 154 games the Giants would
suffer greatly by comparison. But
a world's championship series and a
154-game series are different prop
ositions.
Batteries Will Count Mort.
Usually—other things being at
all equal—this short dash puts it
right up to the batteries. More
than ever will battery strength fig
ure in this fall's big series. Outside
these points the teams shape up as
of about equal strength. The Red
Sox lay it all ove/ the Giants in
the matter of outfield strength.
Boston boasts the greatest garden
trio of the game. But New York
fully equalizes this in the infield.
McGraw has an exceptionally classy
inner defense; Boston’s first line Is
not brilliant.
Larry Gardner, at third, is the
best of the lot, and there are three
or more third basemen in his own
company that are ranked higher
than the Boston man. But the in
field four of the Speed Boys cover
a multitude of sins by heavy stick
work. Every one of them is a
slugger. Heine Wagner is almost
as much of a terror as his illus
trious namesake of the Pirates.
Jake Stahl is a fence buster. In
defensive speed and skill New York
undoubtedly lays it over Boston’s
infield. However, the Hub's supe
rior hitting power and the outfield
advantages make it just about a
toss-up. I speak now- of the short
sefies.
it's pretty nearly a question of
pitching, then. Both teams have
wonderful catchers. Meyers. M<
Graw’s classy Indian backstop, has
nothing on Carrigan, except pel
haps a shade in hitting ability. It
is bis superior strength in the box
that should give Stahl a shade ad
vantage at the start. He has five
rattling good tossers, any- one of
whom is likely to make McGraw s
best step to the limit—Joe Wood.
Bedient, Hall. O'Brien and Col
lins.
Wood Has Heap of Speed.
Wood is one of the most won
derful pitchers of the age. He
Is a speed marvel of the Walter
Johnson type. Bedient is another
fast ball pitcher, and a dandy, too.
Hall is a good curve ball manipu
lator. "Bucky” O’Brien, just
rounding into effectiveness for the
first time this season, is one of the
greatest spitball flingers in the
big league. Ray Collins is a south
paw, and a crackajack, too.
Nev. York will have the time of
its life beating any one of . these
five pitchers, unless the Giant toss
ers fling shut-out bail. New York
never has seen such speed as Wood
will show, O’Brien is a better
spitball tosser than Hendrix, of the
Pirates. Collins is the best left
hander in the American league.
Against this brilliant array of
box talent the Giants will have to
stack Mathewson. Marquard and
Tesreau. And of the three. Tes
teau looms up as the great hope.
Strangely enough, the Red Sox fear
this green, inexpeiienced tosser
more than they fear Matty or the
Rube.’’ Tesreau is big enough to
work every other day. if necessari
and he has just the kind of a spit
ball that the Red Sox do not rel
ish. In fact. Boston murders most
anything but the spitball.
BIRMINGHAM AND
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Tuesday, September 17th. Specie
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BRIGHT’S DISEASE
there be no evasion we inear
chronic and supposed incurable cases it.
volving dropsy, albumen and casts. The?
are curable in many cases
us citp a typical case- that of Mt
R. r. Nitscke, of 1246 Spaight stree
Madison, Wis. There hail oeen eigh’
physicians on this case and it got so o
treme that he finally had one of the last
symptoms; namely, failing eyesight. i:
.January, 1907, the doctors admitted tha
nothing further could be done, and tb»
sent him to Eureka Springs, Arkansas
fie continued to get worse, the drops
finally reaching the stomach, heart ar.
lungs. He stated that at one time the
tests showed albumen as high as 75 pet
cent.
He learned of Eulton's Renal Com
pound and began to take it July 3. Drop
sy began slowly to decline and the alic
men dropped to 40, then to 20. then to 10.
and finally to 2 per cent in May, 1908
He had returned to his employment a’
last advices.
Fulton’s Renal Compound can be ha
in your city at Frank Edmondson Br
it South Broad street and 106 North Pry
or street.
Send for free pamphlet and write us
if not improving by third week John T
Fulton Company, 645 Battery street. San
Francisco.
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