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Spick Hall Picks an All-Time Vanderbilt Team +e .j. His Commodore Eleven Sure Would Be a Bearcat SPICK HALL, one of the leading football critics of the South, who has seen every Vander bilt team since 1893 in action, and who has played on two of them, picks an all-Vanderbilt all-time team for The Georgian. His selec tion and his reasons follow: By Spick Hall. IT has been the rare fortune of the writer to have witnessed the majority of the games ;<Hyed by Vanderbilt teams since 1893. and in those years to have been personally- acquainted with more than a majority of the play e s. Before making my selection, I have consulted a number of men who have been following the for tunes of Vanderbilt elevens since • he beginning. Choosing a team of this charac ter offers many points different from selecting an all-American, all - Southern or all-sectional team. In these latter cases the men are judged by what they have done in their big games of the year. They play under the same rules, and for the most part their style of play is the same. But in choosing an all-time team there is a great handicapping fea ture. For instance, could a given end of 1895 handle a forward pass as well as the given end in 1912? <» could the given fullback of 1912 hurdle as well as the given full back of 1895? In other words, the only method of selecting the team is to Judge as nearly as possible how fit a certain player would be under all the various rules of the past twehty years. Brom the time when Vanderbilt and Sewanee used to play two and thee games of football each year until the present day the Nashville institution has been peculiarly for tunate In having splendid material '■ om which to build strong elevens. There have been years, of course, when the Commodores were weak, but they have been so scant that in m king an average they are scarce ly perceptible. There have been so many star players at Vanderbilt .at before we give reasons for our action of a first and second team ft it be understood that space will lot permit even the mention of many players who were far above he average in all-around playing tbility. Morrison Best Quarter. The quarterback is the general of he football team, hence let this position be attended to first. It so happens that in seiacting an all time quarterback from Vanderbilt players the task has been lightened to almost zero bv the appearance in the Vanderbilt teams of Ray Morrison. Mechanically, according to many, he has had few equals in the game in the United States and no superiors. He ran with the ball with rabbit-like alacrity: his run ning was not confined to any one position. He ran equally well from his regular place, from kick-off. from the punt receiving position, or from anywhere else. His tackling was sure and hard. He punted well, passed perfectly and inspired his team with the greatest confidence. As a field general there is dnlv one T f V Remington Cube demon- rrUMr UUN Solid-Breech, Hammerless, Safe. Bottom Ejection —empty shells are thrown downward —smoke and gases must go the same way, too —insuring uninterrupted sight —rapid pointing always. Solid Breech —Hammerless-—per- fectly balanced —a straight strong I sweep of beauty from stock to muzzle, j Three Safety Devices accidental I discharge impossible. Simple Take-Down —a quarter turn of the barrel does it —carrying, cleaning, interchange of barrels made easy —your fingers are your only tools, a p or f astest natura ’ P°i nler « Your dealer has one. Look it over to-day. Remington Arms-Union g li Metallic Cartridge Co. 299 Broadway zi New lork City hj All-Vanderbilt Football Teams Selected From All Her Elevens First Team. Yrs. on Team. Positions. Second Team. Yrs. on Team. Howard Boogherlß94-5-6-7 I. e. Chambers Keller. . 1893-4 Joe Pritchardl9o3-4-5-6 1. t. Tom Grahaml9o2-3-4 Will Metzgerl9oß-9-10-11 1. g. Chas. Hassettlß96-7 J. N. Stonel9o4-5-6-7 c. J. Ham Brownlß96-7-1903 Lucius Burchlß92-3-4-5-6 r. g. W. K. Chornl9os-6 Tom Brownl9lo-11-12 r. t. Hillsman Taylor. ... 1904-5 Robert E. Blakel9o3-5-6-7 r. e. Enoch Brownl9lo-11-12 Ray Morrisonl9oß-9-10-11 q. b. Prank Kylel9ol-2-3-4-5 John Craig 1904-5-6-7 r. h. Vint ent Campbell. .1907 Phil Connelllß94-5-6-7-8 1. h. Lewis Hardagel9ll-12 Owsley Manierl9o4-5-6 f. b. John Edgertonlß99-1900-1-2 man who may take his laurels among Vanderbilt quarterbacks— Etank Kyle. Kyle has been chosen for the second team rather than the first, because in the mechanical part of the work he did not com pare with Morrison. On the Ends. There is one man who played on end at Vanderbilt who is deemed by a great many to have been the best all-around football man the Com modores ever had. This is Bob' Blake. In nearly every year of his career Blake was mentioned by some writer as all-American cali ber. and if he had been a member of a Yale team in any or all his four years he would doubtless have been selected by Walter Camp without a moment's hesitation. Blake was a great punter and placement kicker. As a defensive end lie was un playable, impenetrable, if such a term can be applied to one man. He carried the ball well from his position. The selection of the other end is more difficult. There have been such stars as Captain Chambers Keller. E. R. Smith. Dick Barr, Harry Howe, Stringfield, Walter Simmons, Ed Hamilton. Enoch Brown and Howard Boogher. To the last mentioned we are inclined to give the place. Boogher was a wonder on defense; fast, carried the ball well and used excellent judgment when captain of the fa mous 1897 championship team, For our second team. Captain Cham bers Koller, the greatest of the early-tiay players, we select fpr an end, and strange to say. the next best, bet looks to be Enoch Brown, who has yet another year to play. The Fullback. Owsley Manier gets the plum tor fullback. His abilit*y was marked to such an extreme that he easily made one of the best teams the University of Pennsylvania ever turned out. under the captaincy of the famous Bill HolJenbaek. While at Vanderbilt .Manier gained a rep utation as a line plunger never equalled in the South. In 1906 he ripped through one of Fielding Yost's best elevens as though the line had been paper. Against the Carlisle Indians he made more ground than any other Vanderbilt man. The second choice for fullback is John Edgerton, a plunger of as great power is Manier. but not so good in a broken field. The Halfbacks. Vanderbilt has surely had her THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31. 1912. share of the great halfbacks. There are so many men from whom to choose that it is splitting hairs to put one above another, yet we make the stab by placing John Craig and Phil Connell in the first two positions, with Lewie Hard age and Vincent Campbell in the second. Both Craig and Connell played four years on Vanderbilt teams, while Hardage at the close of the present year will have had but two and Campbell played only one. Phil Connell was probably the greatest of all the stiff-arm run ners at Vanderbilt. He was fast, shifty, side-stepped well, and at the same time had fine driving power. He was almost immune from injury and as a punter, drop and placement kicker he has never had a superior. John Craig, as a ground gainer, was superb. He handled himself very much as Hardage does.* Both men use the sidestep and straight arm, and both are hard to throw. As a purely ground-gaining propo sition there is nothing to choose betwe n them, but Craig has an advantage on the defense and on blocking. Vincent Campbell might have shown above the entire field of Vanderbilt halfbacks had he re mained longer, but his one year of play puts him out of first place honors. Center. At center. Stein Stone looms high above the lield. His accurate pass ing to the quarterback, backs and punters were factors in many Van derbilt victories for which he got no credit. As a defensive man he was equally good al filling up a hole in the line o’- backing it up. <>n the offense Coach Dan Mc- G.'gin developed many plays for the express Purpose of having them pass- over spots cleane ' out by the mighty Stone. As Bob Blake de feated the In. inns by a single play, so, assisted by Bob, Stein Stone de feated the Sewanee Tigers on Thanksgiving day, 1907, by catch ing a forward pass while complete ly surrounded by wearers of the Purple. Another center of merit whom we select for the second team was. “Bull” Brown. Guards and Tackles. For tackles and guards there are many, and many high grade men at that. We give the first tackle positions to Joe Pitchaid and Tom Brown, because of their ability not merely as pure tackles, but because they, followed the ball under punts and elsewhere better than the rest. For the second team we lake the twot< animates, Red Taylor and Tom Graham. Neither was quite as shifty as Brow n or Pritchard, but their play was consistently line. In making these selections it lias been a ques tion, particularly in the ease of the second team, to put them above such men as Freeland. Jenkins, Hasslock. McAllister, Fitzgerald and others. At guard. Dr. Lucius Burch and “Frog” Metzger were certainly a shade above any other Vanderbilt men. They were never outplayed in their careers, and it is doubt ful if any man could have done any great amount of damage against them. On the second team w choose Hassett and ('horn. 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If you can't call, write. Free consultation and examination. Hours, 8 a. rn. to 7 p. m. Sundays. 9to 1. DR. J. D. HUGHES. Specialist, Opposite Third National Bank 16'/z Nortn Broad St., Atlanta, Ga. MARTIN MAY < 19y 2 PEACHTREE STREET UPSTAIRS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL UNREDEEMED PLEDGES y X FOR SALE X* ■RD LISTENS TO PURSING OF TIGERS CAMBRIDGE. MASS.. Oct. 31. Harvard and Princeton, two football teams that handed two aspiring elevens for 1912 cham pionship honors, rude, hard jolts last Saturday, are due to meet this Sat urday in the stadium in what, from all indications, should prove one of the greatest contests of the season. The Crimson, emerging from its gam? w ith Brown triumphant, 30 to 10. looks most formidable, and "the followers of the eleven are confi dent of victory. Down in Princeton, after tram pling Dartmouth under foot 22 to 7, the Tiger is purring with satisfac tion and is sure that its trip into the enemy's territory Saturday will be highly successful. The undergraduates are howling for a win by a greater margin than last year, when Harvard was sent home defeated by a score of 8 to 6. It will be the first time that Princeton has come to Cambridge for sixteen years, their last trip re sulting in an Orange and Black vic tory. 12 to 0. Harvard, like Dartmouth, will outweigh tlie Princeton eleven, and again the game will revolve around the question of whether a light ning-like attack will get the best of beef and brawn. Critics who saw the Dartmouth- Princeton game say that the Han over team was simply w eighty and that unthinking brawn proved that it wasn't worth much in football. Princeton will find the Crimson team an entirely different proposi tion. It will find the brawn, but it will find an eleven fast on both the offense and defense, quick to diag nose plays and with a variety of attack. Dartmouth against Princeton in dicated that it had not awoke to a knowledge of how to use its re markable innate power. The Dartmouth forwards towered over those of Nassau, but did too. much towering and not enough of getting down to business either on attack or defense, so that the "jump” was with Princeton throughout the game. Princeton will without a doubt play the same kind of a game against Harvard as against Dart mouth, relying on getting that “jump.” HARVARD TEAM PLAYS AGAINST 11 VETERANS CAMBRIDGE, .M ASS , Oct. 3t.—Harv ard is preparing for Saturday's game with Princeton with an old-fashioned football scrimmage between the first and second teams. This afternoon's scrimmaging called for a second team composed of veterans who have been coaching the eleven. This was in order to harden the first string players. All of the cripples are now back in the game and the coaches declare that they are fit to go against the game at any time. YORK, YALE’S GUARD, DIES OF PNEUMONIA N'E \\ HAVEN. CONN'., Oct. 31. Yale was plunged in gloom today by the death of York, the big football guard, who died after a short illness of pneumonia con tracted on the football field. Head Coach Howe announced today that Bomefster, the greatest star on the team, would not be able to play Saturday and probably would be out of the game against Brown as a result of bis injured shoulder. A hard session of practice under the expert eye of Tom Shevlin was the order for to- fv 1 " Y ouths 4 Norrolks | $ 16 ' 50 This picture illustrates in de v 0 ■ ta, l a ew Brown Scotch Nor u a F S folk we ve just received for Young ' f 1 Chaps from 1G to 19 years of i f Ll' a^c U I At the price it is considered test value of the season CtdtKu Has lots of Snap and Style to The Sandhurst 1 it, fits fine—and the tailoring is Bwell done. rown an( f Other Norfolks in B rown. Gray Gray and Scotch mixtures—also English models at sl3, $18.50, $ l 5 0 S2O. $22.50 and $25. Eiseman Bros. INCORPORATED 11-13-15-17 Whitehall St. CHAS. HEMPHILL MAY SUCCEED PHILLIPS AS YOUNGSTOWN MOGUL Charley Hemphill, deposed as At lanta's manager in mid-season, may lead tlie Youngstown club next year: taking the place of Bill Phillips, former New Drleans pitcher. Hemphill is now in Youngstown. H says that he is not an applicant for the job and will not be as long as Phillips is in the position. Just now tile former Cracker mana ger is the property of the Columbus club. A fact not generally known herb is that Columbus took him with re luctance and that they fought the mat ter clear to the national commission before they paid the $1,500 they agreed to give the local association. Hemphill reported to Columbus in bad condition and his behavior at that time makes it doubtful if the American ass-ovation team will try to make use of him. ATLANTA GRAYSWIN; SO DO HORSE GUARDS IN ARMORY CONTESTS CLUB STADINGS. CLUBS— Won. Lost. P. C, Atlanta Grays 4 0 1.000 Governor's Horse Guard. 3 0 1.000 Grady Cadets 2 1 .667 Fulton Blues 11 .500 Atlanta Guards 1 2 .333 Fulton Fusilliers 1 2 .333 Maris Rifles 1 2 .333 German-Amer. Guards. . 0 4 .000 Results Last Night. Governor’s Horse Guard 45, Fusil liers 11. Atlanta Grays 34. Marist Rilles 22. The Governor's Horse Guard defeat ed the Fulton Fusilliers in a hotly con tested game, 45 to 11. The score stood 21 to 9at the end of the first halt'. The Fusilliers shot two field goals in the first half and none in the second, seven of their points being made by free shots. The small score of the Fusilliers was largely due to the work of the Horse Guard's sensational guard, Graves. Grays Win Fourth Straight, The Atlanta Grays defeated the Mar ist Rifies in a sensational game by a small margin. 34 to 22. The Grays led at the end of the first half by three points. 17 to 14. Although the Marist team was strengthened by two of the best players of the Atlatna Athletic club. Jim Harrison and 'Sis" Falvey the Marist team was unable to win the game. Harrison played a great game, scoring l(t tof Marist’s 22 points, and blocking many sure goals BRESNAHAN GETS <7 CAN:” IS SICK AT ST. LOUIS ST LOUIS. Oct. 31.—Roger Bresna han has been released unconditionally by the Cardinals, and official notifica tion of the fact foi warded to President Lynch, of the National league. As soon as the release is officially promulgated, if It ever is, Roger becomes a free agent. Roger's five-year contract with the St. Louis club, however, is something the court of the National league will have to straighten out. This contract is an exact copy of the contract Roger signed with tlie St. Louis club when he came here in 1909. with an additional clause covering the ten pet cent share of the clubs profit. A lawyer who has seen the document said that if it did not stick no ball player's cont:act is worth the paper it is written on. Bresnahan is ill at the Planters hotel with a bad cold. FRANK MORAN KNOWS TOO MUCH FOR A GREENHORN < lAKLAND. CAL.. Oct 31. Frank Moran gained a ten-round decision over ('barley Horn last night in the main event of the Oakland Wheelmen's club boxing show. The Pittsburg heavyweight knew too much for Horn, and had him in a bad way on several occasions. TECH HARDENING UP FOR AUBURN BATTLE WITH the Auburn game al most here, the Yellow x Jacket team is fast round ing into shape and, barring in juries, will go in Saturday in tip top trim. The line is charging better every day. the backfield is working well and Tech will put a team in the field Saturday lig'.H but well bal anced. and determined to fight ev ery inch of the ground ' Loeb is In good condition and was back at center in Wednesday’s scrimmage. Moore who has been plating the right end. but who was injured, is not quite well, but is playing on offense. Ho is counted as to do a great deal of grand gaining. 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LOUIS, MO y W ‘ In the old days you paid a hundred or more fora bicycle. To-day you can buy a better one for a fifth as much. Now —big production is bringing automobile prices dow n . And Ford as usual is the first to reach bottom. Runaboutss2s Touring Car 600 Delivery Car 625 Town Car SOO These new prices, f n. b. Detroit, with all equipment. An early order will mean an early delivery, (let particulars from Ford Motor Company. 311 Peachtree street. Atlanta, or direct t'ruin Detroit factory. i—w ■linnn- 1 . ,1. I over on the Yellow Jackets for the last few years. They will probably repeat Saturday, but the local team is determined to make the going hard. The Tech line-up has not been dl[finilel.v x decided upon, but will be about the same that has been used all along. TIGERS OFF TODAYTOR GAME AGAINST HARVARD PRINCETON. N. J., Oct. 31.—Light work was tin- let es the regulars today. The squad will leave this evening for Au burndale. Mass., to put on Hie final touches tomorrow for Saturday's big game against Harvard. In yesterdaj s scrimmage, the coaches devoted most attention to the ends. WHOLE MESS OF FIGHTS DECIDED AT MILWAUKEE MILWAUKEE. ('d. 31.—Jimmy Sweeney, of Chicago, drew with Young Mahoney after ti n rounds ij fast fight ing here hist night. Ba.nev Griffith wen over Joe Arndt in six rounds and Ed Fass an l Young Wallace went six rounds to a draw. 7