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Vanderbilt Students
Confident McGugin
Will Give ’EmWinner
>; ASHVILLE, TENN., Sept. 23.
is no special air of confidence
~, , lt the Vanderbilt camp this early
the season, except the general con
i, n ce of the Commodores that, Mc
llgin will fix ft all up ail right. They
,vc seen him in decidedly worse sit-
Aions and seen successful teams
1 t. and they expect to see another
, but are not too sure about it.
The problems are hard to meet,
he e must be a new quarter, two or
r, linemen and an end. The end
■ r ,position is not so very difficult, but
, other two are causing much con
rr Stein Stone has been retained
eially to work on Vanderbilt’s
t h, r light line material and put it in
thting shape.
It is probable that in the early scrub
ones the coach will use Dale Mor
?on. younger brother to the departed
as quarter, and also have
urlin, of drop kick fame, and Rob
n? a substitute for the past three
•ars, tried in the place. The back
1,1 will remain unchanged, with Coi
ns, Hardage and Sikes.
In the line. Buddy Morgan, who is
iw down to 200 pounds even, will be
renter, and Tom Brown and Joe
ovington, of last year's squad, will be
i. Alexander and Reyer, freshmen,
Huffman, a sophomore, will be tried
ft.
In the end positions. Nuck Brown will
nr his old place back, while Martin
hester and Peck Tuiner, last year's
ar scrubs, will be tried at the other
id.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Games Today.
Minneapolis in Milwaukee.
St Paul in Kansas City,
only games scheduled.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. PC. W. L. PC.
I polls 104 59 .639 M’kee. 78 84 .4,6
idc.lo ,98 66 .570 S. Paul 77 90 .410
'9B 68 .560 L'ville. 66 101 .361
City 84 82 .512 I’apolis 56 111 .289
Yesterday's Results.
I.rjisville 3. Indianapolis 2 (first gamg. )
Indianapolis 2, Louisville 0 (second
Kansas City 7. St. Paul 0 (first game.)
St Paul 6. Kansas City 5 (second game)
Milwaukee 5. Minneapolis 0 (first game)
Milwaukee 4. Minneapolis 2 (second
CHAMBERS OUTLINES HIS VIEWS ON MUNICIPAL PROBLEMS
CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR ISSUES STRONG STATEMENT
TO THE PEOPLE OF ATLANTA:
Several days since I made a statement which referred
to some of the things which the Government of Atlanta
had recently undertaken, partly completed and part still
under construction. I now feel that it is proper to go a
little more extensively into what ought to be done within
the next two years.
TAXATION.
lam opposed 4o any increase in the tax rate. The
worst strain on the city treasury occasioned by the exten
sion of the limits, providing sinking fund and interest on
new bond issue, etc., has been met and overcome. A read
justment of the tax system, so that Atlanta pays only its
just proportion of the state ad valorem taxes, will give us
ample money without increasing the amount paid by any
one.
HEALTH.
Every encouragement ought to be given to our health,
sanitary and hospital officials in their efforts to eradicate
and prevent disease. The crematory will be completed so
that by another summer no garbage dumps will be left in
any part of the city. The sewers should be built with in
creasing rapidity so that no earth closets can be found with
in the city. The best facilities obtainable should be added
to the equipment of the Sanitary Department, such as ad
ditional automobile trucks, so that the garbage and trash
can be gathered with increasing efficiency and dispatch.
The Grady, Detention, Contagious Disease and Tuberculo
sis hospitals ought all to be supplied with every needed im
provement in the way of equipment so that every sick per
son can receive immediate and adequate attention. New
methods of prevention should be installed as rapidly as pos
sible and every facility afforded the people to ascertain
what can be done to prevent infection and contagion.
SCHOOLS.
Additional grammar schools are already needed in sev
eral sections of the city—attesting the rapid growth of our
population. They should be built without unnecessary de
lay. The Girls’ High School and Boys’ High School build
ings are out of date, and there is no Technological High
School building.
We must and will have as early as possible, modern
buildings, spacious grounds, ample light and air for these
institutions.
STREETS.
There is nothing of more importance to the conven
ience of the people as a whole than broad, well-paved thor
oughfares. Many of our leading streets are too narrow,
and every encouragement should be given to the ideal of
widening wherever economically possible. Grades should
be changed on many streets, and then permanent pave
ments put down. There should be special attention given
to the plan already under way to build boulevards from
Clemson Has No Kick
Over Material; Plenty
Os Heavy Men Report
CLEMSON COLLEGE. Sept. 23
There is something doing on the Clem
son gridiron these fine fall afternoons.
Much of the added enthusiasm is due
to the presence of the new assistant
coach. Pat Murphy,' who looks every
inch his name. The jolly good Irish
man. if such he be, hails from the Uni.
versity of Pennsylvania, where he was
plunging lineman of no small note.
Coach Murphy will give his entire at
tention to the coaching of the line,
while Coach Dobson will handle the
back field.
It is customary in some quarters to
send out a wail at the beginning of the
season of the poor prospects, no matter
whether the grounds are sufficient or
not. There is no need to complain at
Clemson this year on the score of lack
of material. There is plenty of it here
of excellent caliber. The only ques
tion Is getting the men out. Sixty or
seventy men have been out on the
grounds, and now that things are look
ing more hopeful, it is likely that many
more will come out.
Logan and Doc Ezell, both six-foot
ers, are trying for places in the back
field. They both look good. Parker is
making a try for center, and Turbe
ville is showing good form at right
guard.
The Big Race
Here is the up-to-the-minute dope on
how the "Big Five” batters of the
American league are hitting:
PLAYERS— A. B. H. P. C.
COBB 527 215 .408
SPEAKER 538 210 .390
JACKSON 536 205 .382
LAJOIE 404 140 .347
COLLINS 498 163 .337
Collins was the only "Big Five" hit
ter to play yesterday. The Athletics’
second baseman got five bingles out of
seven trips to the plate.
axuS ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY. SEETEMBKK 23. 1912
Tech Coach Tells of Football Practice Under New Rules
HEISMAN’S WEEKLY REVIEW OF GRIDIRON GAME
By J. W. Heisman.
Tech's Football Coach.
IT is interesting to note what va
rying possibilities of play, under
the new rules for 1912, are pre
senting themselves to the minds of
the various coaches, as manifested
by the different kinds of practice
they appear to be putting in.
At Harvard, for instance, they
are putting in a tremendous amount
of time daily on punting and study
ing the kicking game generally.
But the on-side kick being elimi
nated this year—at least, the usual
one of the last five years—there ap
pears little left in the rules to make
it worth while putting in extra
practice on punting of any kind,
so long as a team has a man of rea
sonable proficiency in putting them
high and far. Goals from the field
are also relatively on the decline,
so there is not likely to be nearly
so much time spent by any of the
teams on this sort of work.
And no matter how high and far
a punter puts them, his own side
has no right to even touch the ball
until it has first been touched and
fumbled by the other team, and in
the classy circle that Harvard
moves In they don't fumble punts
after touching them. Then. too. as
Harvard will be permitted four
trials tn which to advance the ball
ten yards by rushing, the same as
is permitted every other team, it
is difficult to see what they can
have up their sleeve in going
through so much punting practice.
Well, well; no doubt we shall see
what we shall see.
* ♦ ♦
Princeton Tigers’
Pick-Up Game.
p EPORT has it that at "Old Nas
*' sau" they are putting in a mo
ment or two each day on picking up
a loose ball on the roll, on the run.
on the bound and every other way,
instead of falling on it as we used
always to do in the good old days.
Well, that sort of game paid well
for Princeton last year, as, it won
the parks to the various sections of the city, and from the
center to all sections, especially the parks. Bridges and
underpasses ought also to be built wherever needed so that
as far as possible grade crossings can be eliminated. Not
enough attention has been given in the past to repair work.
When a street is paved or graded, it should be kept in re
pair.
This general scheme of public improvements should
be projected on large lines, and we should build not only
for the present, but for the future. In doing this, it is of
course necessary that we should be subjected to’some tem
porary inconvenience, but the spirit of broad citizenship,
which builds the city, and maintains it, will patiently and
cheerfully give it full co-operation.
PARKS.
No municipal property can be of more real value to
our people than our parks. In various sections of the city
and adjacent territory Atlanta owns nearly two thousand
acres of land. It ought all to be improved. Not only is
this important as an advertising asset, but the neople find
in the parks rest and recreation. As the population be
comes denser, the importance of parks becomes greater and
more apparent. A well devised general plan of improve
ment should be agreed upon, and work to this end begun
at once. The driveways in our parks which have already
been laid out should be constructed with permanent mate
rials so that repairs are not so often necessary, and then
the energies of the department be devoted to other lines of
development.
The Lakewood improvements need no comment here,
as this matter is in the hands of the people themselves, and
can be voted on by them in December.
WATERWORKS.
Atlanta draws her water supply from the Chattahoo
chee watershed. On this watershed are many thousands
of people, and this population is rapidly increasing. It is
therefore of supreme importance that a plan should be
inaugurated whereby the city may acquire a watershed of
her own, which for all time will preserve our water supply
from contamination.
ECONOMY.
In the conduct of the affairs of the city the same rules
of rigid economy which apply to every business ought to be
enforced. Public improvements must go on, but there
must be neither waste of the city’s money or the citizens’
time. Every improvement that is started ought to be finish
ed within a reasonable time, and all contingencies ought to
be foreseen and provided against so that the several de
partments of the government and the public service cor
porations do not get in each other’s way.
CO OPERATION.
Inasmuch as the county taxes are largely raised in the
city, and the great majority of the population of the county
both her Yale and Harvard games
for her and, incidentally, the cham
pionship. So it's not to be wondered
at that they deem it worth a fur
ther trial this year.
But Princeton should observe
that by the new rules possession
of the ball counts for a deal more
again than it did last year; and.
that being the case, every effort
and care should be made and taken
to get possess-on whenever oppor
tunity present.-. There Is a big
risk of not getting the ball at all
every time a player tries to pick it
up from the ground instead of fall
ing upon it, and a sure falling on
it by Yale or Harvard this year
may mean that in the four or more
trials that will follow the securing
of the ball, it may be shot across
Princeton's goal line for a touch
down and the game.
But if Princeton has another Sam
White who can always pick it up
without fail, and get away for an
unassisted touchdown, of course
she may win more Yale and Har
vard games by this method than
she. will lose in falling on the ball.
It’s a two-edged sword, and you
simply take your choice of which
edge you prefer to risk. .
♦ ♦ ♦
Commodores Throwing
The Pigskin Some.
itrH learn that Vanderbilt put in
* ’ almost her entire second day on
the field this fall by making mile
long forward passes and sprinting
the players down under them, to
see if they couldn’t get there by the
time the ball had arrived. Well, all
that is permissible enough under
the new rules, and, provided you
have the long, sure passer, the fleet,
sure catcher, and the line that can
hold while the ball Is being de
layed in the back field a sufficient
length of time to permit the eligi
ble catchers to get away down the
field, why, then, it's fine business.
If you figure that you have a
bunch of men who can do all these
things, it will certainly be well
worth while to put in some time
on extra long forward passes; but
unless your material is adapted to
every phase of this work you will
find the play a real and perfect
boomerang—the ball coming right
back to where it started from,
either returned with much polite
ness by the referee or with rude
ness by opponents’ full back.
* « •
Concerning Weight of
Players This Year.
-p HAT all coaches are agreed as
to the extreme utility of avoir
dupois is clearly indicated by the
efforts all are making to crowd on
every last ounce of the stuff that
they can get hoffi of. and by the
wall that Is going up from those
who have none to put on.
That's about the only fault 1 have
to find with the new rules. They
make the game largely a matter of
man to man superiority, instead of
team superiority.
The First Game
Os the Season.
tN Atlanta the first gatne of the
season comes next Saturday.
This will be between Tech and the
Eleventh cavalry team from Fort
Oglethorpe, and if you don't know
where that Is we will stop for a
moment to impart that It is near
to that dear old rival-—Chattanooga.
But, thank the Federal government,
if Tech is beaten by the soldier
boys it will be by a team from our
own state, for the fort, you must
know, is at Dodge, Ga„ not Chat
tanooga.
Already the reader is asking him
self: "Does he really mean to in
timate that there is a chance for
the cavalrymen to ride rough shod
over the Yellowjackets?” Yes. my
dear sir; it Is not merely the inti
mation of a chance, but the plain
statement, of a probability; for you
must know that this Eleventh cav
alry team is picked from I don't
know how many hundreds of ma
tured men —not boys; that the very
nature of their work and vocation
keeps them in tiptop condition;
Heisman to Write for The Georgian
Here is the first of “Heisman’s Weekly Review of Gridiron
Game.” It contains many interesting facts about how the big
colleges are forming their plans under the new rules. The
Georgian will print every Monday a story by Coach Heisman,
who. as instructor of tootball at Tech, is recognized in the
South as Yost is in the West and Haughton in the East.
that a •preliminary training season
for the college boys will have been
on but a couple of weeks, and that
they can't have acquired much real
conditioning as yet; that on ac
count of the game coming so early
in the season the college boys will
not have had time or opportunity
to imbibe much more theory, or
team play, or strategy, than have
the soldiers, and so what advan
tage a college team is generally
supposed to have in this respect
will not as yet have had a chance
to develop.
When you add to these facts a
statement that only about four of
Tech's team this year are regulars
from last year, and that no first
elass new men have yet put in an
appearance, and that the team as
it stands today will average about
155 pounds, whereas It is highly
probable that the cavalrymen will
average something like 175 —and
you can judge for yourself which
way the main chance of the game
lies.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
No games scheduled
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P C W L. p.c
Boston .98 44 .690 Detroit .68 76 472
Wash. . .87 58 .600 C'land. .68 76 .172
I’hila . 85 59 .590 N. York 48 9.1 .340
Chicago .70 72 .493 8. Louis 48 94 .338
Yesterday's Results.
Washington 6, Chicago 3 (first game.)
Washington I. Chicago 1 (second game.)
I’htlr.Olphia 8. St. Loots 2 (first game.)
Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 1 (second
game.)
Other games postponed: rain.
READ FDR PROFIT
USE FO3 RESULTS.
GEORGIAN WANT ADS
is located in the city, it has always seemed to me proper
and right that the county authorities should do a great deal
of permanent improvement work inside the city limits.
This being true, I have advocated such a system of co-op
eration as would not interfere with the county authorities
determining the best method and order of doing work, but
that they should do such improvement work in the city as
was agreed upon between the two bodies. This plan has
resulted in much sewer work, and in doing these things
without friction. I think this ought to be continued, and if
elected mayor shall see to it that the city does its part to get
the desired results from this source, and in this way the
city’s forces can be kept largely on repair work. There
should be the closest co-operation between the several de-
Sartments of the city government in all matters, and there
y much lost motion and money can be saved.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Our police authorities should be encouraged in their
efforts to break up crime. At the same time, we should
institute methods for increasing the facilities of this de
partment, whereby discriminations between the criminal
and the merely unfortunate may be made, to the end that
our efforts will result in prevention and correction, rather
than making criminals.
FIRE PROTECTION.
There should be an increase of modern equipment in
the Department of Fire, which is both more economical and
efficient than the present use of horses. New signals should
be installed, and new houses established, in those sections
now without adequate protection.
PUBLICITY.
The public should know everything their officials are
doing. To this end, I will have published regularly a mu
nicipal record which will contain all the expenditures of
money, and other improvements. This record to be dis
tributed to the citizens, free. There should be given to
every citizen of this city the same degree of attention that
he would receive in any well regulated business concern.
There must be at the city hall such officials as will be able
to give the proper direction to every one having business
with any department, so that there will be no delays, and
no lost motion.
I submit these propositions as being matters of very
great importance to our people at this xime, and ask you to
carefully consider them.
If elected mayor, I will give the office all of my time,
and the best efforts of which I am capable. An active par
ticipation in the city government for four years has famil
iarized me with the details of the departments, and their
needs. I believe that I can be of service to the taxpayers
of the city in the administration of their affairs.
ALDINE CHAMBERS.
Tech's losses this year have been
something to marvel over. Not only
have nine out of thirteen "T" men
gone, but twenty out of the whole
varsity squad of 28 men of last
year have made their get-away.
Out of a total of 109 men who re
ported for practice at some time or
other last year 82 of them have,
thus far at least, failed to put in an
appearance on the athletic field
this season. Add to this the fact
that no new material of worth has
presented itself, and you are bound
to have some idea of what Tech is
up against in a football wav this
fall.
But the boys have the spunk;
they are no< much for either
weight, speed or experience, but
they are long on spirit. I wouldn't
ask for grittier men than the ’five
"T' men we hold over, and their
united example is going to give the
youngsters the right Idea—of that
I am satisfied.
You may not see Tech win many
football games this fall, but you
are going to see some awfully hard
and mighty game fights in Atlanta.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Cincinnati in Boston,
St. Louis in Brooklyn.
Pittsburg in New York.
Chicago in Philadelphia
Standing of tha Clubs.
W. L. P.C w l. P.C
N. York 97 45 .683 Phila. .67 74 .47$
Chicago .87 54 .617 S. Louis 59 84 .413
P'burg. .87 56 .608 Br'klyn 52 88 .871
C'natl. . .73 70 .511 Boston .46 97 .325
Yesterday's Results,
No games scheduled.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUfe.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. 1,. P C. W L. P C.
Toronto 91 62 .595 Buffalo. .70 77 .476
Roch. .86 66 .566 M’treal. 69 80 .463
N'wark. 79 71 .527 .1. Cftv .70 82 461
B'more. .74 74 .500 P'dence. 61 88 .402
Yesterday’s Results.
Newark 1. Jersey City 0 (first game.)
Jersey City 5, Newark 2 (second game.)
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