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Vanderbilt Loses Stars; New Rules Hurt Chances
McGugin to Have Real Team, However, as Usual
By Percy 11. Whiting.
-w t ANDERBILT can not hope to
\ ' 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.
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No u»e talking about it, I get
alt stirred up myself when I reflect
on the fine 0001, Intelligent spirit
and play that Vanderbilt teams
have tiamed lose in games In the
North and East.
—DAN M’GUGIN.
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rp HYTRH are. In the San th, foot
ball twins and foot ban teams
Alam, there la the Vanderbilt elev
en. And thaCs another thing en
tirety.
Rome Atlantans poll for the
Tech team beoanae ft 1s a local tn
rtttntlon. Home root for Georgia
beoawee they went to the Athens
collage, or their brother did, or
arryhrrw sorrwdtodv went there.
Others pall for Merrer—because
they are Baptista And so It goes.
But all football cranks of ths
Middle Booth consider the Vander
bilt team one of thetr own Institu
tions—a matter of sectional pride.
And an because the Commodores
tted Annapolis d to 3 In 1910; tied
Tale 0 to 0 last year; beat Carlisle
4 to 0 tn 1900. and held Michigan
to a 9 to 8 defeat last year. Little
enough it may seem to soma Yet,
it was enough to put Southern
football on the national map—a
thing no other Southern team has
ever been able to do
• • •
rp HIS year Vanderbttt will take
* on the most ambitious sched
ule of Its history. In addition to
Georgia. Mississippi, Auburn and
Sewanee, ail mighty teams of the
5 I. A 4. it will go after the Uni
versity of Virginia and will play
Harva rd.
For that reason football cranks
o- th. •titii-.- South are watching
he i :'i>> i.nd wondering on Its
~ nccs of making a good showing,
suwlalli in the Harvard game
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TN ESIRING information about
A- Vanderbilt football, one na
turally turns to I>an McGugin I
did, anyhow And In reply to my
letter, received one, full of the ever
-•■adv 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 t» sure to b® given a
«octr!nr ovation when be marches mrt
0D the pnstnre at Fancy this afternoon
WilHarn 1» hare with his Ixiokotita for
fts final serie, O s the IFI2 season on
the local lot. Three trainee are sched
tflafl between the Crackers and Izook
»M« an<l while there 1® nothing to gain
ftrr either, the trio of contests should
prove peached nos
After the three games with the
Ikiokonta the Crackers move over to
Memptrfs tor there battles, winding up
the Bchednle on Saturday Tomorrow
WTH be the last ladles’ day and it’s a
cinch an the fair fans will he on hand
to cheer fbf Rilly. even though he will
NEWS FROM RINGSIDE
All tbe noted and the cleverest expo
nents of the glove game will appear at
the Garden Athletic club In New York
within the next seven weeks Starting
on September 13, the club will offer a
bout between Abe Attell and Harry Thom
as No one will argue that this Is not
going to he a scientific treat Six daye
later Johnny Kilbane is scheduled to
meet Eddie O’Keefe Then will come the
Paekey McFarland-Ad Wolgast bout.
This will be decided on September 27.
provided Ad's arm mends sufficiently for
him to box Early in October .lohnnv
Coulon and Kid Williams will mix The
latter has been creating a sensation
around Gotham of late, and will likelv
git. the champ a lively argument fur tvn
rounds
Dick Curley who is managing Tommy
Coleman, tbe I’liiia ielphia welterweight,
says all the Gotham pugs simply draw
the color line because tin y tine afraid of
his protege. Curley says be is willing to
post SI,OOO that Coleman can defeat Mike
Gibt>< t s. tl;< money to be given to charity
If he loses
Johnny Thompson is carded to tight
George K. <> Br-’wn In I’e 'ta tomorrow
nigi-t Tommy mys he would like to have
one tie ’ a week fol an indefinite period
Hefnsheim CigaiO
i/lllways !
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equiqe.
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, PJnoch 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 Kay Morri
son, "Frog" Metzger, "Rig Tin"
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 Rny Morrison for the
excellent reason that there never
was one such before. He was the
star of the open Held 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
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'J'O fill the gaps there are 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
tranwmuter of base dubs Into solid
gold football players, McGugln’s
equal hasn t ever been seen In
Dixie, or anywhere else, as far ns I
know.
In addition, some good new men
are looked for. Here is the list as
promulgated by McGugln:
McWilliams—A back field man
of repute from the Branham &
Hughes school.
White—A lineman from Bran
ham * Hughes school.
Shipp—A lineman from Mooney
school.
Porter—A llnemnn from the Cas
tle Heights school.
Reports from the prep experts
are that Shipp and McWilliams are
useful men, with Vanderbilt varsi
ty possibilities this year.
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A SKED for an expression of opin
ion about the new rules and
how they would affect the Vander
bilt team, especially In the Har
vard game. M<-Gugln said:
. “I agree with you and your opin
ion that the new rules have gone a
str backward in putting a pre
mii i o n heavy men. We will not
be tolth the opposition.
Since the Lookouts were here last
they have undergone wholesale changes
in their personnel. Cracker fans will
hardly- know- it for the same team.
, An entire new outfield, composed of
Cruise tn left, Moran having been sold
to It iwhlngton, Gaston tn center and
Gray in right, will greet the eye, while
Tutwiler will be found on the third
station, with the rest of the Infield the
same.
Glddo, a new catcher, who. paired
with Harry Covaleskle, is the only
Polish battery In baseball, and Priest
and Grover, new pitchers, ase the other
acquisitions
Harry Coleman, Joe Mandot's manager
Rays the Southern champ was not in the
best of condition when he fought .Mexi
can Joe Rivers laibor dav Mandot
trained four solid weeks for his match
with the Mexican, while before he had
never trained more than nine davs for
any match Coleman says this is the rea
son Joe did not show his usual pep
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Mandot will make an effort to Induce
Ad Mo,gust tn the ring for a twentv
round engagement Thanksgiving dav bitt
will take Rivers on in a return match,
provided the champion will not meet him
M estern fans are already clamoring for a
return bout between the two lads
Ijeach Cress has been signed up to box
ten rounds with Jimmy I >uff\. a Buffalo
lightweight at the St Nicholas Athletic
club, in New York, tomorrow night
Jim Cot Troth, the San Francisco pro
motor, who has been dubbed Sunny
Jim. lived up to his reputation Labor
' .'i I f ere was plenty of sunshine at
the arena Immediately after Flvnn was
• ■ the winner over Miller, clouds
appeared on tie horizon. and before the
cr. w ■ returned ... wntown there was plen
ty of min
TITE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1912.
go back to anything like the game
under the rules before they practi
cally changed, as there 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 were 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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T J A NDERBILT enthusiasts need
’ not be particularly worried
over the prospects. it is quite
probable that the Commodores will
not be quite as strong this year as
they were last Rut they will un
doubtedly be strong enough to up
hold the honors of the South in
that Harvard game. And they will
be 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
best sort of football material. Rut
more particularly they will do it
because of M-Gugin.
Dan Is the Wizard of the Pigskin
game. He has yet io score his first
failure—and he's been with us in
the South since 1904. Just how he
does it nobody really knows. But
he does do it, year after year. And
he hns put the South on the foot
ball map.
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X ‘- y "LOOPING THE GAP."
Wolgasfs “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
w ith which Ad Wolgast opens his pock
etbook is the belief of a number of
followers of the lighting game here to
day waiting the outcome of art inter
view between the champion light
weight and Tom Jones, his manager.
Whether Ad's arm is sutlieiently recov
ered to carry on his fight with Packey
McFarland In Nevy York depends on
the ability of the .Michigan tighter to
“punish" the New York promoters for
another $5,000.
Inside figures on th. match have
come out. instead of $22,500 for his
end. picture rights barred, it has been
discovered that Ad agreed to battle for
$15,000 and a share of the picture re
ceipts- When Jones got the facts it
hurt Ad's arm
Now. according to t ■ worried man
ager of the little tight, r. it will re
quire a poultice of t',.000 to put the
" shai ■ to go into the ring. At
first it was thought it would be neces
■ try to put on a $15,000 plaster, but five
will do the trick.
5 HERE’S A REAL DEMON
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HIS RACING FACE.
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| 1 ki s oiinix motorcycle racer is t-ousitlered to he the host
I, in tile South lie hold? track records o-alore, and has never ycl
turned down a challenge. At a race meet held in Rome a few
weeks ago Gilbert cleaned up good and proper. Although a
fast rider, he is not reckless, “lie wins with his head,'' is the
claim ot his admirers. I here is only one other rider in this
part of the country who can be classed with Gilbert, and that
is Harry Glenn. A match race between this pair on good
roads would be a corking affair. Thei are firm friends, hut
each believes he has an edge on the other.
“GOING ON LONG JOURNEY.”
CHILD SAYS: MEETS DEATH
LAMONI, IOWA, Sept. 9 t'ha r l<-y
i I Ellison, two years old. charge of a
i children's home, playfully batte matron
and p tymat.'S good-bye, say ,ng he wit
"going <>n a long journey " Five min
utes later he fell to his death from a
porch.
JOHNSON COTTON MOVING.
WRIGHTSVILLE. GA.. Sept. 9. The
cotton crop of Johnson county is be
ginning to move. There 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.
Roy Foster’s corset as she was at work
in her kitchen. She was uninjured.
FIRST COTTON AT DALTON.
DALTON. GA.. Sept. 9.—The first bale
of this year's cotton reached Dalton Sat
urday. being brought in by David Bear
den. of Chatsworth. Murray county. The
bale weighed 500 p< ends and sold at 14’,
cents, bringing $71.25 In addition to this,
local merchants made ip a purse for the
"first bale" man.
Pittsburg Coin May Make Giants
Choice Over Red Sox for Title
By AV. 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
portions as to bring out the very’
last ounce of fight.
A month i 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 Roston
Red Sox appear to have such stran
gle holds on the 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 ail concerned
in the national pastime, a better
post-season attraction could not
tic arranged. In the matter of pure
ability, it is doubtful if two better
matched rivals ever faced each oth
er. These prospective challengers
for a world's title represent the
two greatest baseball cities of the
country. New York will undoubt
edly be the popular favorite over
R iston—at least, in the speculative
fields. Pittsburg money is bound
to l ave such an influence. It is
al wavs a simple question of Na
! tional league sentiment against that
I 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
Inca! 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 ne
ver:. prevail in Roston. The Huh
■a-i not see the National league
' i :’i a glass. Rut the prepon
derance of • ional league money
from- New o k and Pittsburg is
like >o go lo gging, 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 .
I ’rice, p 4 9 0 3 333
Harbison, ss 77 "sip 34 77 oog
Bailey, If 13t 450 S( ; j 39 285
Alperman. 2b. .. . 1 ffk 475 02 134 .282
Aglet', lb fi7 227 gg 63
Callahan, es. ... HO 338 33 90 .266
Graham, c .-64 197 20 48 .244
McElveen, Sb. ...136 492 52 118 .240
Reynolds, c 25 79 12 75 IHO
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 18 0 1 .056
Maldrof. p 11 28 0 1 036
EALENTI SIGNS CONTRACT.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.. Sept. 9.
Mike Balentl. the Lookouts' Indian
shortstop, has 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 y>m j 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
make such brilliant season'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 Moat.
Usually—other things being at
all equal—this short dash puts it
right up to the batteries. Mure
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 Ked
Sox lay it all over the Giants in
the matter of outfield strength.
Boston boasts the greatest garden
trio of the game. But Netv 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 Bostons
infield. However, the Hub's supe
rior hitting power and the outfield
advantages make it just about a
toss-up. 1 speak now of the short
series.
It's pretty nearly- a question of
pitching, then. Both teams have
wonderful catchers. Meyers. Mc-
Graw’s classy Indian backstop, has
nothing on Carrigan, except pei
haps a shade in hitting ability. It
is liis 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«
best step to ttie 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.
New York will have the time of
its life beating any one of these
five pitchers, unless the Giant toss
ers fling shut-out ball. New York
never lias seen such speed as Wood
will show, O’Brien is a better
spitball tosser than Hendrix, of the
Pilates. 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
reau looms up as the great hope.
Strangely enough, the Red Sox fear
this green, inexperienced tosser
more than they fear Matty or the
''Rube." Tesreau is big enough to
work every other day. if necessan
and he has just tlie kind of a spit
ball that the Red Sox do not rel
ish. in fact. Boston murders most
anything but the spitball.
BIRMINGHAM AND
RETURN $2.5C
Tuesday, September 17th. Specia
trains leave old depot Ba. m SEA
BOARD.
BRIGHT’S DISEASE
Let there be no evasion -we mean
chronic and supposed incurable cases hi
volving dropsy, albumen and casts The.*
are curable in many cases.
Let us cite a typical case—that of M'
R F. Nitscke, of 1246 Spaight stre*-
Madison, Wis. There had been eight
physicians on this case and it got so ex
treme that he finally had one of the last
symptoms: namely, failing eyesight In
January, 1907, the doctors admitted that
nothing further could be done, and the\
sent him to Eureka Springs, Arkansas
He continued to get worse, the drops’
finally reaching the stomach, heart hr.-!
lungs. He stated that at one time th*-
tests showed albumen as high as 75 per
cent.
He learned of Fulton’s Renal Com
pound and began to take it July 3. Drop
sy began slowly to decline anti the alb’
men dropped to 40, then to 20, then to I'-',
and finally to 2 per cent in May. 1908
He had returned to his employment a'
last, advices.
Fulton's Renal Compound can be Had
in your city at Frank Edmondson £ 8~-
14 South Broad street and 106 North Pr> -
or street.
Send for fret pamphlet and write uh
if not improving ny third week. John 1
Fulton Company, 645 Battery street, San
Francisco.
TETTERINE FOR POISON OAK
J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah. Ga
Dear Sir: I Inclose 50 cents in stamp’
for a box of Tetterine I have poison oa3
on me again, and Tetterine is all that ever
has cured it. Please hurry it on to yours
respectfully. M. E. HAMLETT
Montalba. Tex., May 21, 1908.
Tetterine 50c. at your druggist, or by
mail from manufacturers. The Shuptrine
Company, Savannah. Ga.