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EDITED fy- W. 3 FARNSWORTH
Vanderbilt Loses Stars; New Rules Hurt Chances
McGugin to Have Real Team, However, as Usual
By Percy IL Whiting.
\tANDERBILT 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.
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
have turned lose tn games In the
Worth and East.
—DAN M'GUGIN.
• • •
'"p’HER.'E are, In the South, foot
ball teams and toot ball teams
Aiwo, there i» the Vanderbilt elev
en. And that’s another thins en
tirety.
Some Atlantans pull tor the
Tech team becaraae ft Is a local tn
rtttrrrton Home root for Georgia
beoatiee they -went to the Athens
coßegw, or their brother did, or
anyhow somebody went there
Others pnTl tor Memer—-because
they are Baptista And so It goes.
But an football cranks of the
Middle South consider the Vander
bilt team one of their own Institu
tions—a matter of sectional pride.
And all because the Commodores
tied Annapolis 6 to H In 1910; tied
Tale 0 to 0 Inst year; beat Carlisle
4 to 0 In 1908. and held Michigan
to a 9 to 9 defeat last year. Little
etrrngh tt may seem tn soma Yet,
1t was enough to ptrt Stmthem
football on the national mnp—a
thing no other Southern team has
ever been able to do
• • •
qp HIS year Vanderbilt wfl! take
on the most ambitions sched
ule of Its history. Tn addition to
Georgia. Mississippi, Auburn and
Sewanee, all mighty teams of the
S. I. A A., it will go after the Uni
versity of Virginia and will play
Harvard.
For that reason football cranks
tho "tilire South are watching
h< ' . n and wondering on Its
- mccs of making a good showing,
•<ei. 'y In the Harvard game.
• • •
rx F.SIRING Information about
Vanderbilt football, one na
turally turns to I>an McGugin I
did, anyhow And In reply to my
k t terr received one, full of the ever
twi.dy McGugin enthusiasm, though
modified a bit by the really dis
tressing fact that the best man of
BILLY SMITH IS DUE
BIG OVATION TODAY
Blrty Smith 1b sure to be given a
rising ovation when be marches curt
on the pasture nt Pnncy this afternoon
William le here with hie Lookout* tor
the final nertre of the 1911 reason on
the local lot. Three games are ached
tfled between the Crnckers and Look
outs and while there is nothing to gain
for either, the trio of contest* should
prove peachrrlno*
After the three games with the
Itookonts the Craofcore inovv over to
Memphis for three battles, winding up
the schedule on Saturday Tomorrow
wTII be the last ladles’ day and It's a
crtne-h all the fair fans will be on hand
to cheer fbr BJIly. even though he will
NEWS FROM RINGSIDE
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AJI the noted and the cleverest expo-
S? 1 Kamo 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
ae No one will argue that thia is not
froing to be a scientific treat Six days
ater Johnny Kilbane is scheduled to
meet Eddie O’Keefe Then will come the
Pfcckey Mr Earland-Ad Wolgast bout.
This will be derided on September 27,
provided Ad’s arm mends sufficiently for
him to box Ear!) in October Johnny
Ceub'h and Kid Williams will mix The
latter has been creating a sensation
around Gotham of late, and will likely
givt the champ a lively argument for ten
rounds.
• • •
Dick Curley, who is managing Tommy
Coleman. th<- Philadelphia welterweight,
says all the Gotham pugs simplj draw
the 'olor line because they arc afraid of
his protege Curley says he is willing to
pos S'.oGO that Coleman can defeat Mike
Gibbons. tin money to be given to charitv
if he loses
.b onny Thomt son Is carded to fight
<h-o!ge K <» Brown in Peoria tomorrow
night Tomin) says l.e would like to have
on< dght a week for an indefinite period.
‘ Hessheim Ogar
F —l
v /l Good.srnokf
equiqe,
y/ porto Pic<kn
last year's wonderful Vanderbilt
team will not be with the eleven
this toll.
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, “Prog" 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 1f a 8. I. A. A. team in his
tory, excepting the Vanderbilt team
the year of tho "Big Strike," ever
lost 84i many valuable men tn 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 tho
star of the open field offense;
Freeland was the vertebrarfum
(cheese word tor that overworked
one, "backbone”) of the defense,
and Metzger was the guy who
opened up tho holes In the line.
• • •
"po fin 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
transmuter of base dubs Into solid
gold football players, McGugln’s
equal hasn’t ever been seen in
Dixie, or anywhere else, as tor as I
know.
Tn addition, some good new men
are looked for. Here Is the list as
promulgated hy McGugin:
McWilliams—A back field man
of repute from the Branham &
Hughes school.
White—A lineman from Bran
ham A Hughes school.
Shipp—A lineman from Mooney
school.
Porter—A lineman from the Cas
tle Heights school.
Reports from tho prep experts
are that Shipp and McWilliams are
useful mon, with Vanderbilt varsi
ty possibilities this year.
• • •
SKKD 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. McGugin said:
"1 agree with you and your opin
ion that the new rules have gone a
ste backward in putting a pre
mium on heavy men. We will not
be with 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
Crulae in left, Moran having been sold
to Washington. Gaston In 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.
Giddo, a new catcher, who. paired
with Harry’ Covaleskie, la the only
Polish battery tn baseltall, and Priest
and Grover, new pitchers, are the other
acquisitions
Harry Coleman, Joe Msndot’s manager
says the Southam champ was not tn the
best of condition when he fought Mexl
»™L,fV,', H ' VPr, ’„ J ljabor da y 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 flits Is the rea
son Joe did not show his usual yep
a " 111 ” ,ak « an effort to Induce
Ad Wolgast In the ring for a twentv
r?<n,l<! < ' n *'“gement Thanksgiving day, hut
, will take Rivers on In a return match,
, provided the champion will not meet him
w»‘»iern fans iIIP already clamoring for a
i return bout between the two lads.
Cross has been signed up to box
ten rounds with Jimmy Duff), a Buffalo
lightweight ut the St Nicholas Athletic
club, in New A <>rk. tomorrow night
f • • •
> Jim Coffroth. the San Francisco nro-
> muter, who has been dubbed "Sunny
Jim.' lived up to liis reputation I.abor
day There was plenty of sunshine at
tie arena Immediately after Flvnn was
t <ie tar,.l the winner over Miller, clouds
aj’pt ared on tin horizon, and before the
er- wd returned downtown there was nlen
ty of rain
THE 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.
‘‘l 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.”
• * •
VANDERBILT 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. But they will un
doubtedly be strong enough to up
hold the 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. 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. Just how he
does it nobody really knows. But
he does do it. year after year. And
he has put thefiSouth on the foot
ball map.
■/ -
OEaHraß'
Ifigegpß
J
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
with which Ad Wolgast, opens his pock
etbook Is the belief of a number of
followers of tlte fighting game lu re to
day waiting the outcome of an inter
view between the champion light
w - ight and lom Jones, his manager.
I) hether Ad's arm is sufficiently recov
ered to carry on his fight with Paekey
McFarland In New York depends on
the ability of the Michigan fighter to
"punish the New York promoters for
another $5,000.
Inside figures on the mati ii have
come out. Instead of $22,500 for his
end. picture rights barred, it has been
discovered that Ad agreed to battle for
$i:.,000 and a share of the pit ture re
ceipts. When Jones got tlte facts it
, hurt Ad's arm.
.Now a< cording to the worried man
i-lifer of the littl. fighter, it will re-
Iquir. a poultice of $5,000 to put the
l.irm 'tt shape to go into the ring At
I first it was thought it w ould be neces
| -.1 i to put on a $15,000 plaster, but five
will do the trick.
HERE’S A REAL DEMON
ON THE MOTORCYCLE
HIS RACING FACE.
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HAL GILBERT.
| Thi< youn>r motorcycle racer is considered to be the best
in the South He holds track records galore, and has never vet
turned down a challenge. At a race meet held in Rome a few
weeks ago Gilbert claimed up good and proper. Although a
i last rider, he is not reckless. "lie wins with his head." is the
claim of his admirers. There is only one other rider in this
part of the country who can he classed with Gilbert, and that
is Harry Glenn. A match race between this pair on good
roads would be a corking affair. They are firm friends, but
each believes he has an edge on the other.
“GOING ON LONG JOURNEY,”
CHILD SAYS: MEETS DEATH
■ LAMONI. IOWA, Sept 9.—Charley
, Ellison, two years old, charge of a
il children's home, playfully bade matron
land playmates good-bye, saying he was
i "going on a long journey." Five min-
[ | ut- s later he fell to his deatii from a
porch.
. JOHNSON COTTON MOVING.
' WRIGHTSVILLE. GA., S pt. 9 —The
cotton crop of Johnson county is be-
. ginning to move. There will he 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.
I'ALTON. 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 pounds aqd sold at 14'.
cents, bringing $71.25. In addition to this,
local merchants made up a purse for the
“first bale" man.
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
onl; 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
poftions as to bring out the very
last ounce Os 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
tq an absolute certainty. Yet the
New York Giants and the Boston
Red Sox appear to have such stran
gle holds on the laurels that, for
the sake of argument, well 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 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
Boston—at least, in the speculative
fields. Pittsburg money is bound
to have such an influence. It is
alwavs 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
local 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
vers prevail in Boston. The Hub
■an not see the National league
with a -pyglass. But the prepon
derance of ’ Honal league money
from New k and Pittsburg is
likely io 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 Crackers:
Player— g. ab. r. h. p. c.
Price, p 4 9 o i .333
Harbison, ss77 261> 34 77 "gg
Bailey. If mi
Alpe-.man 2b. ...126 475 62 134 .282
Agler. lb 67 227 38 63 .278
Callahan, cf. ... 90 338 33 90 .266
Graham, c 64 197 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 J6B
Wolfe, utility 2 60 6 10 .167
Sitton, p 29 67 11 10
Johnson, p 8 18 0 1 055
Waldrof, pu 33 « j 03S
BALENTI SIGNS CONTRACT.
CHATTANOOGA. TENN,. Sept. 9.
Mike Balenti. 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 yeai's contract. How
ever. it :s 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
ail equal—this short dash puts j t
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 over 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
series.
Il's pretty nearly a question of
pitching, then. Both teams have
wonderful cat'chers. Meyers. Mc-
Graw's classy Indian backstop, lias
nothing on Carrigan, except per
haps a shade in hitting ability, it
is his 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.
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
Pirates. Collins is the best left
hander in the American league.
Against this brilliant array of
box talent the Giants will have t«
stack Mathewson. Marquard and
Tesreau. And of the three, Te«-
reau looms up as the great hope.
Strangely enough, the Red Sox feiir
this green. Inexperienced tosser
more than they fear Matty or the
"Rube.” Tesreau is big enough to
work every other day, if necessary,
and he has just the kind of a spit
ball that the Red Sox do not "el
ish. in fact. Boston murders most
anything but the spitball.
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are curable in many cases
Let us cite a typical case- that of M’
R. F. Nitsckp, of 1246 Spaight stree
Madison, Wis. There had been eight
physicians on this case and it got so ev
treme that he finally had one of the la?t
symptoms; namely, failing eyesight *"
January, 1907, the doctors admitted
nothing further could be done, and
sent him to Eureka Springs, Arkansa'
He continued to get worse, the drm*’
finally reaching the stomach, hearthJ 1 11' 1
lungs. He stated that at one linm the
tests showed albumen as high as 75
cent.
He learned of Fulton s Renal *' !! *
pound and began to take it July 3 '
sy began slowlv to decline and the
men uronped to 40. tH>en to 20, then to J",
and finally to 2 per cent in May, DA'S
He had returned to his employment h
last, advices.
Fulton's Renal Compound can be h«*
in ; our city at Frank Edmondson A’- •
14 South Broad street and 106 North H-*
or street.
Send for free pamphlet and write U T
if rot improving ny r third week J"’ ;n ,, r
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Francisco.
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for a box of Tetterine. 1 have poison " a *
on me again, and Tetterine is all that <■'
lias cured it. Please hurry It on
respectfully, M E. HAMM- 1,
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Tetterine 50c, at your druggist- or
mail from manufacturers. The Shuptrio
Company, Savannah, Ga.