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VMHILT
By R. Creekmore.
(Coach Freshman Team. University of
Georgia.)
The Georgia football team, together
with 300 students, i- here ready for the
game with Vanderbilt this afternoon.
Within the past two days an added
spirit of confident • has crept into the
students and every man in the Geor
gia delegation believes that 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
confidence.
Vanderbilt is not feared now as it
was three weeks ago. and the team
that takes the field this afternoon will
be 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 Coach Cunningham refuses to
make a statement relative to the out
come of the struggle, but after prac
tice was over last evening “Cunny”
was wearing a broad smile and was
evidently pleased with the condition
and showing of the men.
Assistant Coach Ketron remarked
this morning: "I don't see how Vandy
can heat us. and I have figured the
merits of the respective players from
every standpoint in arriving at this
conclusion. Man for man. we have,lust
a» 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 he any more of a
handicap to the Red and Black than it
will to the Commodores, as they figut'.
both teams to be evenly matched in
both weight and speed.
FINDS HER BABY KILLED
BY SPEEDING TRAIN
LA FORTE. IND., Oct 19.—Mrs. Wes
ley Cavin found the body of her two-year
old child on the Baltimore and Ohio
tracks. The baby bad wandered out of
the yard and into the path of a fast
train, which sped on
Are you looking for Real Estate to in
vest in or do you want to sell your,prop
erty? Then read the Real Estate Ads
in The Georgian. Every dealer of Im
portance tn me real estate business tn
this section, advertises in The Georgian's
Real Estate columns.
Vanderbilt's Famous Coach Writes His Opinion of the Contest
M’fiUfilN EXPECTS TOUCH CAME WITH GEORGIA
By Dan McGugin.
"I T TE are expecting: a very hard
yV fight with Georgia today.
■ We have in no way under
estimated their strength. From all
reports that have reached us they
have a team that will give any
Southern team a tussle to win, and
we are looking for that tussle.
Vanderbilt enters in the game in
fairly good physical condition.
There will be no lack of prepara
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 tight.
XVe can not afford to reach our
top speed this early in the season
and risk going stale sot the X’ir
ginia. Harvard, Auburn and Se
wanee games.
The team Is not yet perfected in
team play, either, as much of the
early season has been devoted to
fundamentals.
Schedule Is a Tough One.
Vanderbilt faces what is prob
ably the hardest schedule we have
ever undertaken by a Southern
team, but we realize that the
Geotgia 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 yea' than
last, and that naturally gives us
cause for soint uneasiness about
the game.
We hope, and 1 might say we ex
pect to win, but we will be satisfied
with a bare victory We are work
ing# for tin season’s r. >rd this
year, rather than for am particular
game, but that means that we will
put up the very best gam. we can
In all our big contests.
Team Fast. But Light.
As to the Vanderbilt Gam this
year, It is rather light, but is excep
tionally fast We have ti 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.
Th® quarterback's place, left va
cant by Ray Morrison, was a great
problem early in the year, but J
think that in Curlin and Robbins
we have i satisfactorj solution of
1 hex ar< unfot tunate ip one
coming just aftet Morrison,
• Interesting Facts
• About Today's Game:
• Th.' contest will be called at 3 •
• p. m. o
• Wahoo (Carlisle) will referee. •
• Tw! Coy (Vale) will umpire •
• Inni- Brown (Vanderbilt) will he »
• head linesman. «
• The length of the halves will •
• not bo determined until the last •
• minuti befori the starting of th>- ®
• game.
• Last tear Vanderbilt defeated •
• Georgia 17 to 0. •
• The scores of Vanderbilt this * .
• v. ar have been. Vanderbilt. ]hs. »
• Bethel College, 0: Vanderbilt. 100: •
• Maryvilb 3: Vanderbilt, 54: Rose •
• Pollytechnic. 0. o
• The scores of Georgia this year •
• have been: Georgia. 33: Chatta- •
• nooga, 0; G< Citadel, 0 •
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Whorter nt his specialty —running
with the ball. At this perform
ance he is tlu* best man ever
turned out at the University of
(leorgia.
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
Nude Brown, one of the best Van
derbilt has ever had, while on the
■ other wing we have Peck Turner,
reserve fullback last year; Milhol
land, a California 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 175, and Daves, the other, but
170. In spite of this, however, we
have no fears for the work of the
line, 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
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
TORNADO KILLS 400
NATIVE FILIPINOS;
TWO ISLANDS SWEPT
MANILA. P 1.. Oct. 19.—United
States soldiers are being dispatched for
relief work into the typhoon-swept dis
tricts of Cebu and Leyte islands, where
more than 400 natives were killed and
$1,000,000 damage done. Over 2,500
buildings were blown down and crops
were wiped out.
Two government boats tilled with
foodstuffs, blankets and medical sup
plies for the injured were sent today.
Although the storm struck Wednes
day night and raged for IS hours, de
tails of the devastation were not re
ceived until today.
Twenty villages were destroyed.
Scores of fishing boats we e sunk.
Thousands were made homeless by the
storm, and, as a result of the destruc
tion of crops, starvation will soon
menace the inhabitants. The sugar,
cocoanut and hemp crops were almost
wiped out,
Cebu and Leyte islands lie nearly 300
mill s southeast of this city. There are
United States military depots on the
Islands.
Among th' h o ... fl >. a number of
Ameriv.n: planters w hos> sugar and
hemp ranches ) HJ j n t) 1( . p:i tH of the
tornado.
Warwick barracks and the military
hospital of the islands were damaged.
THI'J ATLANTA GEOKGJAN AM) NEWS. SATI’RDAY, OCTOBER 19. 1912.
Among the Best Performers in Dixie Are Me Whorter, Covington and Peacock
'GEORGIA'S THREE BEST GROUND GAINERS
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Captain Peacock going at full speed. :x
subs this year, and we plan to use
as many as possible all through the
season, to lighten the work. Ches
ter, Huffman and the others already
mentioned are 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 teams who have been given
the varsity signals.
Os course, this rain of last night
and this morning is unfortunate.
Both teams are so dependent on
dry fields for getting pff their fast
plays and for working the forward
pass 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 efrie 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 da to be. Barring
the fact that Covington isn't with
us and that Sikes is suffering with
malaria, we haven’t an alibi in the
world. We haven’t quite the power
and drive that I should like. But
we shall do our best.
CHARGES AGAINST
WINN REFERRED TO
VETS' HOME BOARD
1 Governor Brown has referred to the
i- board of trustees of the Confederate
. Soldiers Home th, charges of miscon
> duct brought by Hugh Colquitt and
i Mrs. Clare, head nurse, against Thomas
j E. Winn, one of the trusties.
5 The trustees hesita.ted to considet
these charges, because of the fact that
, Winn is a member of the board. The
. governor, howevm. has informed the
board that that tact need cause them
. no hesitation whatever, as their au
. thority is ample.
The governor desires the trustees to
go thoroughly into the charges, and set
forth the exact truth of the dispute be
tween Winn, on the one hand, and Col
, quitt and Mrs. Clare on the other.
No statement has been given out by
. Winn since the charges were lodged
with the executive, but he is expected
, to defend himself vigorously
NEAR-BEER MAN ARRESTED.
) COLUMBUS. GA„ Oct. 19—Z A.
Brooks, a well known near-beer dealer of
, Columbus, has been arrested on a charge
of conducting a disorderly house and re-
[• leased on bond pending his trial. P. W.
I Echols, tried in city court this week in
connection with operating the same house,
was convicted anh sentenced to the chain
gang for one year. Brooks' case will not
. come up until next term of court.
• Statistics About
• IL of Georgia Men •
• e
• A.verage weight of players. 179 »
o pounds, average height 5 feet, 11 •
• inches; average age, 21 years; av- e
• erage years of service, 2 1-2. •
• Average weight of substitutes, «
• 168 pounds: average height, 5 feet •
•11 inches: average age, 20 years. o
• Heaviest man—Harrell, 208; •
• lightest—Awtrey, 145. •
• Oldest men—Parish and Lucas, •
• 22 years; youngest men—Hender- •
• son and Awtrey, 20 years, •
• Tallest man—Hitchcock, 6 feet, •
• 1 inch' shortest man—Peacock, s
• 5 feet, 8 inches. •
COLUMBUS BUSINESS
MEN KICK AGAINST
PHONE RATE RAISE
COLL’MBI’S. GA., Oct 19.—For the
purpose of protesting against a raise in
telephone rates in Columbus, committees
have been appointed from city council and
the local board of trade to investigate,
and. if necessary, to take the matter be
fore the state railroad commission.
Four years ago when the Southern Bell
Telephone <<• Telegraph Company pur
chased the Automatic Telephone Com
pany. owned by local capitalists an agree
ment was entered into between the city
and the Bell telephone people that as soon
as the company had 2,500 stations in the
city a raise in rates could be made Those
protesting against the raise in rates do
not deny the company’s legal right to
make the raise, but they are protesting
against the raise on the ground that the
service that is being given does not jus
tify it.
Superintendent Bawzell. whose head
quarters are in Atlanta, has been in the
city several days trying to straighten out
the tangle. A large number of subscrib
ers are threatening to cut out their resi
dence telephones.
REMODELED CATHOLIC
CHURCH READY FOR USE
Renovation of tlie interior of tbe
Church of the Immaculate Conception bus
been completed and the congregation will
worship in the church auditorium for
the first time in weeks tomorrow morn
ing at 9:30 o'clock, when solemn pontifical
mass will be celebrated by the Right Rev.
Beniamin .1. Kelley, bishop of Savannah,
assisted by Father Quinlan and Father
Rapier, of Marist college.
U. D. C. DELEGATES NAMED.
COLUMBUS, GA.. Oct 19 -Lizzie
Rutherford chapter, I'nited Daughters of
Confederacy. lias selected delegates to the
state convention at Athens the latter part
of this month. The delegates are Mrs.
W 11. Tucker and Miss Anna Caroline
Benning, while the alternates are Mrs.
\\ end Thweatt and Miss Mary Lewis
Redd.
"Greatest Play I Ever Saw”—as Told by "Mike” O'Connor
HOW PHIL CONNELL, OF VANDV, BESTEII VIRGINIA
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
Vanderbilt.)
PHL CONNELL, whom I be
lieve to be the greatest all
rourtd 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 1595 Vanderbilt had its first
professional football coach, Upton,
of Pennsylvania, and he had taught
us a play, the signal for which
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. X’irginia
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 ball,
as the rules then demand that
every ball pass through tbe quar
terback's hands. I had no sooner
passed the hall to Phil than Pen
ton, a star guard of the Virginia
team, broke through the line and
I blocked him just as Phil and
Rougher started around Vandy's
right end. Phil smashed through
the right side of the Virginia line
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This is Covington, the Georgia
back, going full tilt down the
field. At running in a broken
field he is second only to the sen
sational Bob McWhorter.
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
tent that he was forced to retire,
and Fred Dortch went in at full
back in his place.
After the touchdown we attempt
ed to kick goal, Tom Davis doing
the kicking, if I remember correctly.
The ball swerved to the left and
passed directly over the left goal
post. The umpire said was a goal,
but the referee ruled “no goal,”
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.
X'irgtnia’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 pla-y,
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-■
clsion.
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
best 1 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 yas as elu-
TEGMIHEB
TO EIGHT IT GUT
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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 hav»
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
wbek, 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, leMcKnight le
Leuhrman (capt.). ItKelly it
Montague, Huguley’
Stegall, IgAultman. lg. ’
Loeb, Heinaohn. Carson
Welchel, c .. Holman, c.
Means, rgMills, Edwards, rg.
Colley, Hodges, rtForrester rt
Moore, Phill’ipsi
Goree, reStribling, re.
McDonald, qlrwin, q.
Cook, IhCochran. Ih.
Fielder. Goebel, rhForxworth. rh.
Thomason, fNorman, f.
CAROLINA LEAGUE WILL
MEET AND REORGANIZE
CHARLOTTE, N. C., 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 be
held in this city and general plans for
next season will be taken up. Thue is
a strong belief that Asheville will be
allotted the berth of one of the South
Carolina towns which has been in th
league since its organization, but th. :
with this exception no changes will
take place.
L. V. HARKNESS”PAYS
$20,000 FOR MANRICO
LEXINGTON,, KY., Oct. 19.—E. T. Bar
nette. of Pasadena, Cal., has sold to 1,.
V. Harkness, of New York and Lexington,
the 3-year-old bay colt Manrlco, by Mok<.
dam Silurian, for $20,000. Manrlco won
the Kentucky Futurity of six heats here a
week ago today. He trotted the last heat
in 2:07'4, a world's record for a sixth heat.
SMITH FIGHTS STEWART.
NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—Gunboat
Smith, the clever California heavy
weight, was matched today to box ten
rounds with Jim Stewart, of Brooklyn,
at Madison Square Garden Monday
night.
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.
I could name several other great
plays. One of them was the long
forward pass that beat Sewanee.
17 to 12, on Dudley field in 1907.
Another was a famous tackle by
Jack Dye when X’anderbilt was
playing X'irginia 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 scored
a touchdown on this occasion.
But, taken all in all. Phil Con
nell's run was the most sensation
al I have ever witnessed.
$75,000 SUIT FOR BREACH
OF CONTRACT IS SETTLED
CHARLOTTE, N. C., Oct. 19—A sud
den termination was reached in the
000 suit against the Southern Power t’em
pany, brought by the Northampton 1
trie Power Company in Federal court,
when a mistrial and judgment by con
sent was ordered, after the withdrawal <’•
a jury. The action, brought for alleg’' ll
breach of contract, has been settled by
the companies out of court. An agreed
sum will be paid the plaintiffs and ■
side will pay its own costs in the case.
ROADS TO EXHIBIT AT
GEORGIA-ALABAMA FAIR
COLUMBUS. GA., Oct. 19. Secretary '
B. Banks has returned from Macon, wliete
he had been attending the state fair in
the interest of the Georgia-Alabama fan
in this city November 27 to December,,
While in Macon he closed contracts ww' l
the Central of Georgia railroad anil
Southern railway to bring their exhibit i
to the fair in this city. Each has nv,t
ears of exhibits consisting of agricultural
dairy and live stock exhibits.
HIGH SCHOOL SPOONERS
MUST OBTAIN PERMITS
BOSTON. Oct. 19. —Spooning in th’
corridors of the Lynn High school mus'
stop until spooners have permits ft"!
parents, is the latest ruling of Pl'ini’U >'
Charles S. Jackson, whose previous
Ings abolished cigarettes and hobb.t