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Vanderbilt's Famous Coach Writes His Opinion of the Contest
M’GUGIN EXPECTS TOUGH GAME WITH GEORGIA
By Dan M<Gugin.
X X TE a txpecting . vm hard
yy fight with Geo gia today
We have in no way under
estimated tiiei strength. E'tom ail
reports ihat ha\> reached its they
have a team that wll give any
Southern team a tu.-s e t ■ win and
we are looking for that tussle.
Vanderbilt enters in the game in
fairly good physical condition.
There will be no lack of p'.pata
tion on our part, although,, of
course, with the schedule in front
of us, we have not been able to
bring the men up to the keenest
edge for this fight.
We can not afford to reach our
top speed this early in lhe season
and risk going stale for the Vir
ginia. Harvard, Auburn and Se
wanee games
The team is nth yet perfected in
team play, either, as much of the
early season has been devoted to
fundamenta Is.
Schedule Is a Tough One.
Vanderbilt faces what is prob
ably the hardest schedule we have
ever undertaken by a Southern
team, hut we realize that the
Georgia game will be one of our
hardest, and one of the games on
which the Southern championship
will depend.
Georgia gave us one of our hard
est fights on Dudley field last year,
and McWhorter was especially hard
to stop. We have heard that Geor
gia is much stronger this year than
last, and that naturally gives us
cause for some uneasiness about
the game.
We hope, and I might say we ex
pect to win. but we will be satisfied
with a hare victory. We are work
ing for the season's record this
year, rather than foi any particular
game, but that means that we will
put up the very best game we can
In all our big contests.
Team Fa»t, But Light.
As to the Vanderbilt team this
year. It 1s rather light, but is excep
tionally fast. We have a backfield
trio in Hardage, Collins and Sikes
that equals in speed any that Van
derbilt has ever had, although It
may lack some of the driving power
that marked the heavy backfields
of six and seven years ago.
The quarterback’s place, left va
cant by Ray MorrHnn, was a great
problem early In the year, but I
think that in Curlln and Robbins
we have a satisfactory solution of >
it. They are unfortunate In one
way, coming just after Morrison,
but they are not allowing that to
daunt them and are putting up a
good game.
Ends Are All Corkers.
At the ends we have returned
Nuck Brown, one of the best Van
derbilt has eyer had, while on the
other wing we have Peck Turner,
reserve fullback last year; Mllhol
lanii. a I'aJifornia boy who played
soccer before coming to Vander
bilt, but who is rapidly getting the
hang of the American game, and
Glenn Reams, a former reserve.
The line averages just a little
light, on account of the fact that
Swofford, one of the guards, weighs
only 176, and Daves, the other, but
170. In spite of this, however, we
have no fears for the work of the
Hne, for every man in it is a hard
and aggressive charger With
Shipp or Covington at one tackle.
Tom Brown at the other, and Bud
ATLANTA GRAYS AND
GUARDS LEAD LEAGUE
STANDING.
_ C übs - , Won. Lost. P.C.
Governor s Horse Guard. 2 i) i ooh
Atlanta Grays 2 0 f onn
C l de,s 11 .500
Atlanta Guards ... i i ton
Marist Rifles . J ? ®
Fulton Blues 0 1 ioQO
Fulton Fusiliers o 1 nno
German-A mer'n Guards. 0 2 .000
Two games were played In the Fifth
Regiment Basket Ball league last night
The Atlanta Guards defeated the Mar-
Ist Rifles by a comparatively close
score. 26 to it ] n t h e last half the
Marist team almost equaled the Guards
on account of several changes in the
line-up. the score in th<- last half being
Marist. 10. Guards, 14.
The Atlanta Grays defeated the Gra
dy Cadets after 40 minutes of hard
playing. 21 -to rt In the last half the
Cadets scored 8 points while the Grays
only made 7 points in the half.
CARLISLE BACKS MUST
CUT OUT FANCY RUNNING
CARLISLE PA.. Oct. 19 Carlisle's
so-called star back field has been star
ring altogether too much in the smaller
games, and <'oacji Warner has b.-. n
doing everything possible to n»k, them
realize that if they are going to gain
ground consistent)! and -teadilv
against worthy opponents thei will
have to depend more upon thou speed
and line plunging ability and t. un
work rather that
ping tactics whl< h ha\ e . I:a r.o i. i iz.-d
their work thus far In the .ai'y g ime-
CHAMPION COULON IS
SHADED BY WILLIAMS
NEW YttRK (let 19 Johnny Con
lon awoke today to the realization that
his bantamweight tilte is in dangei
This «,,s brought about by his defiut
by Kid Williams of Baltimore at Mad
ison S'lua ;■ Garden last night. Wil-
Hams mitboxed and outgenera >d Cou
lon a l the way through the ten rounds
nt tneir contest. Fight experts •x
--presser . .i „ u |ou | ~
Wi'
t trained »n"iiy h
• •
: Statistics About •
: IL of Georgia Men •
• Average weight of players, 179 •
• pounds, average height 5 feet, 11 •
• inches; average age, 21 years; av- •
• ® ra 9e years of service, 2 1-2. •
• Average weight of substitutes, •
I • 168 pounds; average height, 5 feet •
•11 inches; average age. 20 years. •
• Heaviest man—Harrell, 208; •
I • lightest—Awtrey, 145. •
• Oldest men—Pariah and Lucas, •
• 22 years; youngest men—Hander- •
• son and Awtrey, 20 years. •
• Tallest man—Hitchcock, 6 feet, a
• 1 inch; shortest man—Peacock, •
• 5 feet. 8 inches. •
Morgan in center the forwards pre
sent a stronger array than we
hoped for early in the season.
Vandy's Subs Plentiful.
Vanderbilt Is especially strong in
ftp*:' i ¥ W w
GEORGIA HOPES
TO PUT MP IN
VANDERBILT '
By R. Creekmore.
(Coach Freshman Team, University of
Georgia.)
The Georgia football team, together
with 300 students, is here ready for the
game with Vanderbilt this afternoon.
Within the past two days an added
spirit of confidence has crept into the
students and every man In the Geor
gia delegation believes tiiat the Red
and Black will be returned the winner
in the battle this afternoon. The stu
dents, however, are not alone in this
belief, as the players are brimful of
contlden ce.
Vanderbilt is not feared now as it
was three weeks ago. and the team
that takes the field this afternoon will
ba an entirely different bunch, as far
as spirit and fighting strength is con
cerned, from the one that has played
the early season games at Georgia.
Head tktach Cunningham refuses to
make a statement relative to the out
come of the struggle, but after prac
tice was over last evening "Gunny”
was wearing a broad smile and was
evidently pleased with the condition
and showing of the men.
Assistant Coach Ketron remarked
this morning: "1 ( »>n't see bow Vandy
can beat us and I have figured the
merits of the respective players from
every standpoint tn arriving at this
conclusion. Man for man. we have just
as good, if not a better, team than
Vandy, and I expect to see Georgia
win."
Georgia men do not think that the
wet weather will be any morn of a
handicap to the Red and Black than it
will to the Commodores, as they figure
both teams to be evenly matched in
both weight and speed.
CAROLINA LEAGUE WILL
MEET AND REORGANIZE
CHARLOTTE, N. Oct 19 Ashe
ville will probably get a berth in the
Carolina league next season. Next
Tuesday a meeting of the league mag
nates of the Carolina circuit will he
held in this city and genera’ p ans for
next season will he taken up The-,. j s
a strong belief that Asheville will be
allotted tile berth of one of the So,up
Carolina towns which has been :n the
league since its organization, but that
with this exception ho , tanges will
take place.
L. V. HARKNESS PAYS
$20,000 FOR MANRICO
I.HMMiToX. KY , Oct. l><. K T Bar
nette, of I'asadena, Cal., has sold to L.
\ llarkne-s, of New York and Lexington,
the Pleat old bay ■ ■■•lt Manrlco. la Mok. .
dan Silurian, for 5.’0.000 Manrlco won
the Kent cky 1 • • trit; . ■ ... heats here •»
Week ag , toda- He trotted the last heat
in L;il7i 2 a world's tecord for a sixth heat.
SMITH FIGHTS STEWART.
NH\\ YORK ttet. Ift Gunbo.i'
So -|> t • . i. California lieavv
wo.ght, was matched today to b >x ter.
rounds with Jim Stewart. of Brooklyn
al Madison Square Garden Mandat
night
HIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 19. 1912.
as many as possible all through the
s-aron. io lighten the work. Ches
ter. Huffman and the others already
mentioned a’e with us in Atlanta.
In addition to these, we have a
number of other very strong subs;
In fact, there are now more than
two full teartis who have been given
the varsity signals.
of course, this rain of last night
and this morning is unfortunate.
Boih teams are so dependent on
dry fields for getting off their fast
playa and for working the forward
puss that the downpour is likely to
muddy both the situation and the
uniforms. However, it’s all In the
day's work and should be as fair
for one side as the other.
We are going into today's
game prepared for the worst
and hoping for the best. We
are in as good shape as we dare
to be. Barring the fact that
Covington is not with us J
and that Sikes is suffering
with malaria, we
haven't an alibi in
the world. We ;.•$&!
haven't quite Lie ;
pou a r and drive
that 1 should 'ike £s%
81l t eI ' 1 ,j 0
our best.
TEGHANDNIERCER
TO EIGHT IT OUT
W
The Tech team, encouraged by a good
showing a week ago against Alabama,
has gone to Macon to play the Mercer
university eleven.
The Baptists of the Central City have
been having pretty rough going. Coach
Strouds has been ill and not able to
give his attention to the team. As a
result, things ran pretty well to seed.
When Coach Strouds was again able
to take the field, which was early this
week, he gave the eleven a trenmedous
shaking up, canned a couple of men,
changed the rest around and now has
the team in good running order.
in years past the Mercer game has
been a romp for Tech. But this year
conditions have materially changed.
The Yellow Jackets sought to win. But
they will have a tough time of it.
The following is the probable line-up
of the two teams:
Tech. Mercer.
Hutton, leMeKnight, le.
Leuhrman (capt.), ItKelly, It.
Montague, Huguley,
Stegall, IgAultman. Ig.
Loeb, Heinsohn, Carson,
Welchel, c,Holman, c.
Means, rgMills, Edwards, rg.
Colley . Hodges, rtForrester, rt.
Moore. . Phillips,
Goree, reStribling, re.
McDonald, qlrwin, q.
Cook. IhCochran, ih.
Fielder. Goebel, rhForxworth, rh.
Thomason, fNorman, f.
HARVARD IS CRIPPLED
FOR AMHERST CLASH
CAMBRIDGE. MASS., Het. 19.—A
though Harvard was not able to pre
sent its stionge"'. line-up against Am
herst here today, Captain Wendall was
sure the Crimson would triumph. The
weather was warm and muggy. Wen
dall was not included in the line-up,
having a tin ear, an injury he received
in practice. The coaches did not an
nounce the line-up.
SAN JUAN WANTS RACING
ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS
NEW YORK, Oct. 19 -John 1.. Gay.
acting as agent for the Porto Rico
government, is in New York city today
for a conference with August Belmont
and otiiei members of the Jockey club.
He is seeking to obtain t.cognition and
assistance from the Jockey club in be
half of a new race course to b con
structed al San Juan The course will
have racing on every Sunday afternoon
tht oughout the year,
MERCER MEN. LEADING
GOATS. MEET TECH TEAM
M ACON GA., Oct 19 Men er stu
dents, 35 sttong. paraded the streets
this morning, through rain and slush,
on their way to th»> depot, where they
met’ the Georgia Tech eleven and Its
supporters The M> rcerians were at
tired in fantastk costumes and w■ ■
armoil with noise.making devices, and
led a dock of fifteen goats, labeled
"These belong to Tech.’’
ZACH CURLIN KICKING
\-Y IB ' * * I?’.J JIM
1 w'WVim .J.
VV A iitZ. I
I lite '
This man is §//////'
shown in the W/7///
act of getting // "
away a drop k///
jL
kick. In mak-
ing this kick he M
is without equal '
in the South. Cmlin
He was used
flayed Quarter-
last year as **
“pinch” drop- TOpt Or an ~
kicker, being derbilt Against
sent in the j
w Georgia 1 oday.
game just for
the purpose of e I s Admirably
Filling the
goal on the
field. He usual- Shoes of the
ly succeeded. jMr Famous
Ra y Morrison
YALE TREMBLES OVER
TODAY'S ARMY BATTLE
WEST POINT, N Y.. <>ct. 19.—The
Yale football squad, accompanied by
about 250 rooters, arrived here this
morning to meet the Artnv eleven
upon the field of battle this afternoon.
The game against the Army was the
most feared of the season by the Blue
coaches.
As the Army had overcome the Blue
In the last two gridiron battles, the
Blues were anxious to retrieve their
lost laurels at West Point.
It was not expected that Yale would
disclose many new plays.
The Yale line-up:
Gallauer. le.; Talbot. It.; Coonex. :g.;
Ketcham, c.: Harbison, rg.. W. War
ren. rt : Avery, re.; Curnell, q.; Piill
bln, lh.; Spalding, th.. Flynn, f.
PENN STATE HOPES TO
DOWN CORNELL'S TEAM
ITHACA, N Y Oct. 19. Although
Cornell did not expect to win against
Petinsylvania Stat,- this afternoon, a
fast gildiron battle was anticipated
No announcement was made by Coach
Sharpe of the lin ti| as some of tin
Cornell vets were indispose I and there
was indecision ovi the seh < tion of
subs. The weather is warm and cloudy.
SHEEHAN BESTS CLABEY
H AMMo.ND. IND., o, t. 19. I’.Huuty
Sheehan shaded Eddie Clabby a ten
r. itnds last night. Battling N. 'son,
Johnnv Thompson ami Georg, Gardner
were sm eta tors
CHANCE DESERTS CUBS
WHEN THEY LOSE SERIES
’ CHICAGO. Oct 19.—Chicago's Na
tional league team was smothered in
’ the final game of the city championship
series yesterday. Comfskey's American
> league players winning, 16 to 0. The
“ Sox won the series by tying the first
two games, losing the next three and
, then winning four in a row.
The slaughter so disgusted Manage:
Frank Cham e that after the fifth In
| ning he went to the club house with
the four pitchers who had been knocked
"tit of the box and four substitutes,
dotin'd his street clotlies and went
home.
MOTORCYCLE RACES PUT
OFF UNTIL NEXT WEEK
The downpour of tain and the result
t ant soggy track caused the postpone
ment of tile inotorcyi le races of the At
lanta Motorcycle club at Piedmont park
this afternoon until next Saturday.
I he enthusiasts then expect some ex
cellent sport. The course is now fairly
fast except at one turn, which is bad
in spots, b it during the week the trick
; will lie illed and -> r ip'd and some ex
i ■ client time is expected.
, In trials yesterday Hairy Glenn on a
I "six" Ex ■ Isim made a lan in 37 see-
•"ids. while <>;• Roberts on a flie”
I I'ho; did the <in tit In 42 seconds, it
L felt .attain titrt this time will be
ita.si ti \ i lit t >l.
“Greatest Play I Ever Saw,”
As Told by Miles O'Conner
By Miles P. O’Connor.
(Quarteback of the famous Van
derbilt team of 1895 and now a
leading attorney of Nashville,
Tenn. He ranks with the greatest
men at this position turned out by
V anderbilt.)
P4IL CONNELL, whom I be
lieve to be the greatest all
round football player the
South has ever produced, was re
sponsible for the greatest play I
ever saw on any gridiron and one
that will never be forgotten by
those who were lucky enough to
see it. I had the opportunity to
witness it in detail, playing on the
same team at the time and having
a slight part in it myself.
This play happened in the first
game between Vanderbilt and Vir
ginia, which was played at Atlanta
in 1895.
Vanderbilt had been trying to get
a game with Virginia for a num
ber of years and had always been
met with some reply to the effect
that the Orange and Blue was out
of our class.
On one occasion the college pa
per at Virginia came out with a
facetious editorial which was head
ed something after this manner:
"Go on, Vanderbilt, and Play by
Yourself.” Consequently, there was
much rivalry between the teams
and when articles were signed we
were determined to beat them, and
beat them badly.
In 1895 Vanderbilt had its first
professional football coach. I’pton,
of Pennsylvania, and he had taught
us a play, the signal for wh.ich
was ‘‘shift right" or "shift left."
On this play all of the line shifted
to one side of the center and the
play was run around the end where
the shift had been made. Virginia
had scored one touchdown when
this signal was called.
Connell Bests Virginia.
Howard Boogher was sent back
to run with Phil Connell, and I
was the only other man behind the
line, being forced to pass the hall,
as the rules then demand that
every ball pass through the quar
terback’s hands. I had no sooner
passed the ball to Phil than Pen
ton. a star guard of the Virginia
team, broke through the line and
T blocked him just as Phil and
Boogher started around Vandy's
right end. Phil smashed through
the right side of the Virginia line
and the bunch, with the exception
of Penton, turned and broke across
the field to cut him off. Phil stiff
armed the Virginia quarter and
shook himself loose from several
tacklers, lighting out for the goal
line. Two Virginia men reached
him just as he got to the goal line
and tackled him as he fell across.
Four opponents fell on top of him
and one of them kicked him In the
head, injuring him to such an ex-
MAX FLEISCHMANN MAY
BUY OUT CHAS. MURPHY
CHICAGO, Oct. 19.—That there is
likely to be a new man at the head of
the Chicago National league baseball
club next season was learned from a
’reliable source today. It was said at
the present time Charles W. Murphy,
president of the club and supposedly
owner of the controlling interest, is
dickering with a party In New York for
the sale of the Cubs.
The name of the probable buyers
could not be obtained, but one who is
on the inside in the affairs of the Na
tional league said it ms Max Fleisch
mann. the Cincinnati capitalist, who
recently purchased the ten shares held
by Frank Chance. There also seemed a
possibility, according to the informant,
that the deal might fall through be
cause Mr. Murphy set a price on his
holdings which would make the Chi
cago club a $1,000,000 investment. At
the same time it was thought Murphy
and the prospective buyer would come
to terms because ft was believed Mur
phy was anxious to get out of the game
after the recent trouble with Manager
Chance.
The Chicago fans undoubtedly are
strong for Frank Chance and for that
reason it is said that Murphy sees he
has made a great mistake and now is
willing to get out of baseball. He has
been president of the Cubs since the
fall of 1905 and ft is estimated that he
has made a million dollars.
PRINCETON GETS TEST
IN SYRACUSE COMBAT
PRINCETON. N. J., Oct. 19.—The
game with Syracuse this afternoon is
the first real test of strength the
Princeton football eleven has had this
year. Yale defeated Syracuse by the
score of 21 to 1 and the game here to
day was regarded as an opportunity to
show the real strength of Princeton
and Yale.
Although the Tigers have done a
great deal of work, it was not expected
they would spring their tricks at Syra
cuse unless compelled to do so.
Line-up: Andrews, le.; Phillips. It.;
W. Swart. Ig.: Bluenthal, c.; Logan
g ; Penfield, rt.; E l>. Trenkman, r< .
S. Baker, qb.; Pendleton, Ihb.; H. Ba
ker. rhb.. E Waller, fb.
PENNSY WEAKENEdTbUT
HOPES TO BEAT BROWN
PROVIDENCE. R. I Oct. 19.—The
Pennsylvania university football team
arrived here today from Philadelphia
prepa ed to put up a stiff battle against
Brown on the gridiron this afternoon.
Pennsylvania was not able tn put up i:.-
st ongest team owing to the absence of
Young, the star • nd. bin even w ith this
omission the Pennsylvania players wore
■ onfidenl of at least a 12 to 0 score.
The weather was warm.
tent that he was forced to retire
and Fred Dortch went in at fur.
back in his place.
After the touchdown we attempt
ed to kick goal, Tom Davis doing
the kicking, if I remember correct'y
The ball swerved to the left and
passed directly over the left g ( , al
post. The umpire said was a goal
but the referee ruled "no goa :
thereby causing us to lose the
game. 6 to 4, the touchdown count
ing 4 points and a goal from touch
down 2 at that time.
Referee Robs Vanderbilt.
Virginia’s touchdown came as
the result of a questionable deci
sion. In some way the Orange and
Blue men had the ball on our five- •
yard line and were held for two
downs. With about a yard to gain,
a play was sent over Left Guard
Hildebrand and Virginia's guard
opened up a temporary hole. Hil
debrand was fooled on the plav
thinking the buck would be over
tackle; and, when he saw the play
going through his position, he
grabbed the Virginia guard and
pulled him in front of it. thereby
effectually stopping the Virginia
back before he crossed the goal
line. The referee called time at
this juncture and ruled that he had
made unfair use of his hands, giv
ing Virginia half the distance to
the goal line, which put them with
in a foot of our goal. They made
the distance on the next play I
have never yet understood the de
cision.
This game was played during the
Cotton States exposition in Atlan
ta and attracted a crowd of some
5,000 people. I think the Vander
bilt team boasted two of the great
est players the South had ever
seen at that time. One of them
was Phil Connell at fullback, the
besi I have ever seen in my life,
and the other was Lucius Burch at
right guard. Connell could put as
well as Bob Blake, buck the line
as well as Manier and was as elu
sive in an open field as Honus
Craig. Burch was unable to play
in the first Virginia game on ac
count of a bad knee.
Other Plays Recalled.
1 could name several other great
plays. One of them was the long
forward pass that heat Sewanee,
17 to 12, on Dudley field in 1967.
Another was a famous tackle by
Jack Dye when Vanderbilt was
playing Virginia for the third time
In Louisville, 1898. Dye found
himself blocked off completely on
this occasion and made a high
jump, entwining his fingers in the
runner's hair and bringing him to
the ground in short order. Had
this man been bald-headed, Vir
ginia would certainly have scoped
a touchdown on this occasion.
Rut, taken all in all. Phil Con
nell's run was the most sensation
al I have ever witnessed.
JOE MANDOT CLEANS UP
$20,000 IN NINE MONTHS
NEW ORLEANS. 1.A.. Oct. 19 - Who
says boxing isn't a lucrative business
In the last nine months Joe Mandot has
cleaned up a little over $20,000 and the
chances are that before the yea’ rounds
out that he will have earned that much
more and then some. On February Ip
the Frenchman put his John Hancock
on a contract whereby Harry Coleman
became his manager.
His first fight after that was with Pa!
Moore in New (cleans, in which his en 1
was a trifle, over one thousand plunks
Then came battles with Jack Redmond.
Owen Moran. Jake Abel. Young Say
Harry Trends!!, Ray Temple. Wide
Richie. Temple again, and then tm'
Rivers battle. In all of these, witl
exception of the coast tight. Mandot -
share was never less than $750. the sum
he got for the exhibition with Abel In
Chattanooga, and in several of them h -
end ran as high as SI.SOf>. The coa"
fight brought nearly $5.0(0 into
Mandot-Colemah strong box and a f*"
weeks theatrical work in New Or!
sweetened the pot considerably Then
Joe came back here and collected $1
•Monday night for showing off !■'“
points with Jot Sherman. Tn •'(''
Frenchman's cash book shows a lr "p
over s2o.non since he started out urt’i 1
the Coleman banner.
“THE SOCIETY CIRCUS”
AT THE BONITA ALL
NEXT WEEK
The Southern Beauty Comedy ' -
pane, which has proven so pop : p ’’
Atlanta during the past few wok '■
the popular Bonita, w ill pr ’-lit r ' p'
week "Tile Society Circus." oro
best small plays ever seen In the
Tliis company is one of the ni" sl p.p"
pable that has ever appeared at
Bonita, the costumes are well eh<
the music in every instance tunefu
appropriate. while the p»-rf>>»’’ *
themselves are more than coi 1
expected at even five times the I’ll'
admission.
Continuous performances .■’•■
both afternoon md ei.nitm
beautiful new motion pictures in
tlon.
Admission for adults. l ft rents,
dren. 5 cents.
FUNERAL NOTICE.
WILLIAMS Relatives and friends
and Mrs. Claude EtheldH-d '■
Mr. and Mrs. William I' ''
Mrs. Thomas U Williams. M
Mrs Evert \. 'Baneker. Ir M>
E Williams. Miss Mattie 1. It ■ ■
Miss Lizz>e Williams and Mr - ■
c. Williams are respectfully
attend the funeral ■ the p
Claude Ethekired Williams ■' '\ p ,
honu' 1 P'nrrPFt avin'R 1 .*iin«la.'
prn«»on. October 20. 1912. al 3 odor*
interment ai Oakland
