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GKJIKM COVaO EXPllßffq EDITED W, S FARNSWORTH “ 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