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6 ttOMM SOW A ‘ . EDITED Zr VZ S FARNSWORTH GEORGIA HOPES to mm 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 • •«•••••••••••••••••••••••• / QB. X X. ' \[ tzxX *■. <JHHF\ \\ 4*»- \\ I WEfcwr . v< ■ ci® > i , Mgs J \ This picture shows Boh Mc- 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 | I _ '3»>, E9 X<-- TRI? W) W M*tF- / . .J > \ \ Wl> A / uX 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 < Tk M > 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 ■' T 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 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