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EDITED Zy W. S TARN9WORTH
Auburn Here for Game With
Tech Thai Eliminates One
Aspirant for Championship
The Line-Up.
Auburn. Position. Tech.
Kearleyleft end Hutton
Meadowsleft tackle. . . . Leuhrman
Thigpen.. .. left guard.. . Montague
PittscenterLoeb
Burns.. right guard Means
Lambright tackle< 'olley
Robinsonright end.. .. Mooie
Majorquarterback ..McDonald
Newellleft halfback< .k
Arnoldright halfback.... Fielder
Bessijacfullback .. ..Thompson
By Percy 11. Whiting.
REAL football weather and a
real football game have ar
rived in Atlanta together.
For the first time this season the
biting, snappy weather that foot
ball players pine for has hit At
lanta. it arrived last night si
lently—and so did the Auburn
players.
This afternoon the Tech and Au
burn teams will tangle in the first
real game that the Tech \thletlc
association has offered local fans
this j ear.
The championship angle of this
gridiron situation lias been over
looked. It is a fact, however, that
neither team has yet been elim
inated from the Southern Inter
r. collegiate Athletic association
championship.
The Tech team, because of its
light and inexperienced material,
has* been looked down on by ev
erybody. And yet it has managed
to plug along and to win every
game it has played, by a comfort
able margin. It is in the hunt yet
t —though, of course, it is not like- I
, ly to be tonight.
t However, a team like the Y> 1-
lo" Jackets takes a world of beat
/ing. The club is absolutely lack
ing In weight and it is not any
wonder for speed. But It is an ag
gregation of clever, plucky players.
And in every game this season the
Jacket team has played ‘better
than it knew bow." •
Coach Heisman has solved some
formations and some plays this
year, the like of which were never
seen before. It must be so, for be
admits it himself- and Mr. Heis
man isn't given to talking of his
--coaching feats.
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nX the other hand, the Auburn
team is coming along mighty
Well. A lot of people Were misled
by the fact that the Alabamans
had a tough time beating Missis
sippi Agricultural and Mechanical
last Saturday. The truth is that
the A. and M. team is a Tartar this
year. The Auburn team was dub
bing along and refusing to take tlie
seriously, until one
I of their scouts sent a hurry call,
| warning Conch Donahue that if lie
didn't look out he was going to run
foul of tin worst beating that Au
burn ever took. Thus warned.
Donahue got busy and managed to
squeak out with a victory.
This week Auburnites have been
practicing from early afternoon to
dark. In most of the practice this
week Coach Donahue has kept the
ball in the hands of the varsity and
has given special attention to pro- I
teeting the man with the hall. This
would seem to indicate that Au
burn holds the Tech offense rather j
V~' lightly, and that it Is determined
to run up a big score.
The recent practice has been en
ouraging in that the line is charg
ig better and the interference Is
I leginning to find itself. The Au
-Mourn defense has been good enough
to hold the scrubs —due In part, no
doubt, to the fact that Pitts lias
been changed to defensive tackle
and Lamb to defensive center.
Christopher and Arnold have
been showing steady improvement
in advancing the ball reasonably,
while Harris and Fain ett arc show -
Ing up well at tin cuds Esslinger,
In the line, is another new man who
is steadily Improving, and is now
one of the best defensite |.layers on
the team. Thigpen, the big guard,
is suffering with cold and is not
playing up to his usual form, while
Lochwood is play ing much bet
ter, due to the fact that he has
■ worked off about 40 pounds of avor
■I dupois.
? . t its garni this afternoon w >„■
. . .(j at 2: J't .nd -ho.i b
|F. th.oug ■ in good tiim
Cnquestionably It will l>< a tin
contest and beyond any doubt there
will be a good attendance. Next
McFarland intends to
QUIT AFTER NEXT FIGHT
CHICAGO. Nov 1! -"Paekcy" Mi i
I'arland announced today he would ri |
tire from the prize ring after his forth
coming contest with young Jack
O'Brien in Philadelphia next month. H>
-aid !• was tired of the continual rigor
of t .lining, and that the lure of the
holla' had tost some of its draw
"Tr a? are on'y three fights I would
. *f»ie' to: get before 1 quit." McFarland
•‘■air: Td like to take on Ad Wolgast;
Id 1: e to meet Jack Britton, ami 1
■ quid Ilk, to g..-t into a ring with Bat
tling Xgl.-on Just to git' him a whip
ping. '
I ' e O.ldt th,mt SJUIIUUIt II I
L
to the Tecli-Georgla game, this will
be the best affair staged by Tech
this year. Auburn must win the
contest to stay in the hunt for first
or second place in th, S. I. A. A.
ranking.
The game will be played at Ponce
DeLeon park.
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Vanderbilt Picked to Defeat
Virginia Team by Close Score
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; How Vanderbilt and Virginia Will Line Up
Years Years
nn • Position. on
VIRGINIA. Wt. FTt Age. Team. Team. Age. Ht. Wt VANDY.
{■J” 11 ;'' ,K - "Il eO 3 ...R E 3 21 508 IHO ..I-; Brown
\Voolfolk Lb 601 22 3 . .R. T 3 22 800 180 T Brown
?3t 50» 30 2 . ...R. G I 22 6.00 180.... Swafford
Mood if,l, 510 21 3 C 3 20 6 n ' 215 Morgan
lett .185 ti 00 23 2 . ...L. G 1 20 .' > 170 Daves
Blanchard ...202 «.02 22 1 .. .L. T 1 19 6,1 210 Shipp
Harris ... 152 5.09 21 2 ....L E 1 19 5.1 1 175.. Milholland
’SI 800 20 2 ...Q. R 2 22 5.10 155Curlln
I odd It .1. .. . 139 50, 22 4 .11. II .... 2 23 510 16? Ilins
Landes Ihß 800 20 2 . ...L. H..... 2 23 510 IB? Hardage C
Smith 161 5.10 24 1 .... F. R 2 20 5.11 164Sikes
AVERAGE.
Vanderbilt Weight, 175 6-11; height, 5.11 H; age, 20 9-11; years on team, 2.
\ irginia—M eight, 171; height, 6.00; age, 21 4-11; years on team, 2 3-11.
Nashville, tenn., Nov. 2.-
Despite the number of inju
ries and tile amount of ill
ness of which the Vanderbilt team
boasts at present, it Is favored to
ilefeat Virginia today.
It is not supposed that the Com
modores will pile up a big score.
The belief is that McGugin will
open up with the best team lie can
master., and that they will be in
structed to pile up a score If they
can. If \ irginia proves weak and
the Commodores cun get a couple
of touchdowns to the good, all the
regulars will be pulled out and the
rest of the game played with sub
stitutes. if this proves practicable.
If it doesn't and Virginia threat
ens. the regulars will be pint back
in the game and played as long as
they last.
McGugin's main idea is to get the
men through in the best possible
condition for the Harvard game,
and for that reason he will not
talo any unnecessary chances.
The Vanderbilt team has been
written up so often that nothing
more is w orth the saying just now.
This is not true of Virginia, how
ever. The Charlottesville team,
however, is worthy of a lot of
space. Wit it Wood at center. Car
ter and Jett at guards, and Redus,
Woolfolk. Maiden and Blanchard to
take charge of the tackles, Vir
ginia will present the best set of
forwards in a decade.
Wood is undoubtedly one of the
best centers in the country. He
was unanimously chosen by sporting
critics as All-South Atlantic center
last year, and was faborably men
tioned as All-American choice for
the pivotal position. He was in
jured early in the season and has
not appeared much In the regular
lineup, but he is completely recov
ered now and will be ready to
striki terror into the heart of his
Commodore opponents. He 1s a
stocky lad. a sure passer and a
dangerous tackler.
< a rter. who received his prellm
narj training at Lawn ncevllle. N.
1 He was chosen
during his pr. p schools days as All-
American scholastic guard ami last
yo.arwas Vl-South Atlantic choice.
He Is H powerful man physically,
quick to open largo holes and re
liable in a crisis.
Jett, who will work as Carter's
partner at the other guard. Is a
tower of strength. He played for
three y ears at Hampden-Sy dney
college, where he captained the
team his last y car.
Virginia will possibly show its
greatest strength at tackles. Wool
folk and Redus. who held down
these positions last year, are both
out for the team. But they will, in
all probability, be ousted to the
substitute squad. To all appear
an .-s, two new men Malden and
Blanchard han >mu bll»hed a
St iidard <<i; Company nonopoly
on these positions.
Malden is the latg.-t and best
i. poriional man on the team. I
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATL It DAY, NOVEMBER 2. I’Hl.
Here’s Albert Loeb, Tech’s Crack
Center, Making a Diving Tackle
I This Atlanta lad worked up
from an inconspicuous scrub to
one of the stars of the -Jacket
team.
Six feet and a half tall, tipping
the scale at 210, he is a veritable
giant. He is quick in starting and
fearless in charging. This is his i
first year at the university and, al
though somewhat new at the game,
he will develop into the best tackle
that ever wore the Orange and
Blue.
Blanchard, although not so large
as Maiden, is more experienced at
the game. He played a star game
for Colgate last year, and was men
tioned by Walter Camp as his sec
ond choice for All-American tickle.
He entered the university tn Jan
uary and was a member of the
track team, winning fame as the I
best amateur shot-putter ami ham- I
mer-thrower in the South. He is |
especially good in intercepting for
ward passes and blocking punts. In I
one game this season he blocked
three punts, recovered the ball and
raced 30 or more yards for three
touchdowns.
Ed Finlay, of Chattanooga, an old
Sewanee star and All-South Atlan
tic end for two years, will retain
his position at right end. McDon
ald, who played on the University
of Mississippi team two years ago.
and Harris, a last year's letter man.
will hold down left end.
That the line is one of the strong
est Virginia lias ever presented, is
evident. The backfield, although
not comparing with the line in abil
ity, is light but fast. Gooch, who
worked as quarter on last year's
team, will in all probability call
signals in the Vanderbilt game. He
is one of the best sprinters in the
South, tall and rangy in build and
a fine open-field runner. He runs
flip team In excellent manner and
inspires confidence in the players.
Captain Todd, "the Hying Vir
•ginian." will be the mainstay in
the backfield. Although he weighs
only 142, he is one of the best
backs that ever represented a
Southern institution. He is stocky,
makes the lOb-yard dash in 10 fiat,
and is a difficult man to tackle.
Acree, a freshman. will work
regularly at the other half posi
tion. Although he is not as bril
liant a play • ■ as Todd, lie is heav
ier and a hotter line plunger.
t ook, the Phillips Andover star,
will be relied upon at full, lb is ■
especially adept at drop-kicking,
w hich renders him dangerous as a
point winner in the zone of 40
yards.
RED SOX MASCOT RETIRES
WITH FORTUNE OF $2,100
BOSTON. MASS, Nov 2.—" Jerry"
McCarthy, youthful mascot of the Red
Sox. has retired. He has $2,100 in the
bank, but will not be allowed to touch it
until he becomes of age. This repre
sents a conti i....ition of s.">o f om each
player and .*I.OOO by John I. Taylor,
form. . president of the club Jerry has
obtained a position which will prevent
Id- lie. ompanytnc m team next x.
I His nine-yenr-01.l brother Is an’ as- I
Spirant so th. job as mascot and wil i
le..ix ea tl ial tlx xt a -.’U.
IsSsp \
aMHSMR. *
s ’ <
, * ib -■
, If tliL man
•'■"l wiolit Im ■ ,
111
would be an all- • i| 1 | f j ’W l '
southern play- || ' |
i' " hp
weighed 200 A ‘
would be on the / /
al I Soli | h e r u, /
all-Tinic team. v i*%-
For a small ”ii& ' ' toHEka; r
man he is the ' ’
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best who ever
played center
in the South.
Greatest Football Play I Ever
Saw—Written by Vaughn Blake
By Vaughn Blake.
(A member of one of the most
famous football families of the
South and all-Southem end for
several years as a member of the
Vanderbilt team.)
\TANDERBILT lias never yet
/ beaten Michigan, although
they have met the Wolver
ines five times. On several of these
occasions Yost's men were winners
by only the narrowest of margins
and they miy consider themselves
lucky to still have a clean slate
against the Commodores.
Last year only a missed punt-out
after a touchdown prevented the
Gold and Black from claiming a tie
with Michigan, and in 1906. after
outrushing their opponents two to
one in the first half. Vanderbilt lost
in the last two minutes of play,
when Johnny Garrells, on a fake
punt, tan practically the entire
length of the field at Ann Arbor to
Vanderbilt's two-yard line, where
lie was tackled from behind. He
bucked over center for a touch
down on the next play. This was
one of the most spectacular plays 1
ever saw.
After our return to Nashville the
loss of the game was attributed to
a "fluke" run. but T have often
wondered if this play could Justly
come under that term. It was one
of the most perfectly timed plays T
ever saw Michigan was lined up
at the time within five yards of her
own goal line dnfi Vanderbilt wit
tak.n completely by smp'ise when
a fake punt was made, in.-tea I of a
kick. The play came at the psycho
logical ; loment atid it was largely
dlle to this fact that We failed to
stop it.
This gam. at Ann Abo•• was tn
i second one Vanderbilt bad had
with Michigan. the flrst in
a 18 to 0 defeat in 190.".
In the game of which I am writ
ing. Left Halfback MeGoffln, of
Michigan, hail kicks ' a He'd goal
from our 35-yard line in the fl st
half, after a fair Catch had been
made. Bob Blake. Vanderbilt's
right end. had also kicked one. aft
er several attempts tn the first of
the second half and the score stood
4 to 4 until the last few minutes of
flay. Both team- seemed 'X n'.
matched, with Vanderbilt doing
most of the rushing in th" first
half. Craig. Mauler and Dan
Blake. Vaude'blit's backs, ill pulled
off ong gains pound Michigan *
ends and Mantel was unusually
successful in hitting the Both
t'.'ins hud m.idi sex. < ultempl-
at field goals, doing so whenever
they were in kicking distance, but
all of them had proved unsuccess
ful with thi‘ exception of the two
named above.
Vanderbilt had crowded Michi
gan up against her own goal posts
when the play was pulled off. Gar
rolls dropped back to the goal line
on a punt formation and the Van
derbilt defense was caught nap
ping. not dreaming that he would
fail to kick when so near to his own
goal. However, instead of kicking,
lie started around our right end, be
hind the most perfect interference
I have ever seen. Yost has always
had splendid interference on play s
of this sort, and, through the aid of
it, Garrells was able to sweep
around end.
Sammy Costen'. however, stood
between him and the goal. Now.
Costen was one of our suiest and
fiercest tack! rs attd-had played a
great game that day. It seemed
sure that he wouli.l snag Garrells in
mid-field, when Harry Hammond,
the Michigan right end, who had
cut across the field on the play,
crashed into him. Sammy was
downed just long enough to let
the Michigan fullback get by.
Garrells. who was a ttaek man
and a member of the Olympic
team, sprinted on toward the goal
line with several Vanderbilt play
ers (Utting across the field after
him. According to tile newspaper
reports of the game. Bob Blake
overhauled him on Vanderbilt's
two-yard line, tackling him from
behind. How x, r. the , image had
been ilniu and on the m*xt play
Gatt'iiis bucked over tor a tottch
l flown. This play decided tlix game
and time wa- call'd .1 vey few
S' 1 omis afterward.
Garrells' run was vettainfy a
Icil'bint one. but I b.'tiex, that 1
Hamm md, who blocked <'oaten, is
d serving of just as much praise.
\\ii ’ . :;t his . xe, r nt interference.
Garic's would e rtainly have been
snagged by Costen.
Many called this run a "fluke,"
but it never imp • used me as such,
and. if Vanderbilt had been lucky
enough to haxo made u similai one.
no one would havf> applied that
term to the play.
BANQUET JOHNNY EVERS.
I’R< >V N. h Nov. 2. —"Johnny”
Ex ers. recently made manager of the
Chicago National baseball club, was
tendered a banutiet here by a large
number of his friends. Evers is a res
ident of this city.
CENTRAL LEAGUE DISSOLVED
Ft >RT \\ A YNI . IND . N >v. 2. T .
old Cent :■ tayuv. a fxx • Ive-elub 01-
vani/.a;lon. w.» dissolved at a ses-lon
of th. direct.es and in It- place two
-ix-einb league- Were lu'lliebial 1
Sewanee and. Georgia HookUp
In ‘"Spite"* Fight; Two Athens
Stars Hurt and Out of Game
Loeb is the
games! player
who ever per
form c d a t
Tech. He is
small, but a
regular wil d
eat. He has
never been out
played by any
L opponent.
The Line-up.
Sewanee. Positions. Georgia. |
McClanahan Left end ..Conklin ,
Dobbins .. Left tackle ...Harrell
McCallum Left guard . . Lucas
Ham Center .. ..Henderson
Magwood Right guard ..Peacock
Moore . ... Right tackle . . . .Wood
Gillem . . . Right end . . . . Parrish
Tolley .. ..Quarterback ..Sancken
Dorsey
Gillespie .Left halfback .Covington
Paddock
Sheldon ..Right halfback. Bowden.
Parker Fullback ... Thompson.
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SEEHARVftRD
AND TIGERS
The Line-Up.
Harvard. Position. Princeton.
Feltonleft end Wight
Storer. . .. ..left tackle Phillips
Pennockleft guardShenk
Parmenteicenterßluenthal
Trumbull.. .. right guard Logan
Hateheoxk.. right tackle. E. Trenkman
('oolidgeright end Dunlap
Gardnerquat terbaek . . . .S. Baker
Hardwick... left halfback. ..Pendleton
(Captain)
Brickley . . ..right halfback.. ..Waller
Wendull (('apt.) ..fullback ....DeWitt
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., Nov. 2.
Ancient football rivalry be
tween Harvard and Prince
ton was resumed here today on the
gridiron battlefield. The Crimson
and tliv Orange and Black on Sol
diers field this afternoon is expect
ed to go down in gridiron history as
a classic.
The weather was clear and cold,
but the field was a trifle heavy
from yesterday's rain, giving a
slight advantage to Harvard. This
advantage also came from the fact
that Princeton has been relying to
a big extent this season on the
work of the fast backs whose run
ning would naturally he hampered
by a soggy field.
Ha’ vard ruled a slight favorite in
the early betting, odds of 10 to 9 be
ing offered.
Preparations were made to ac
commodate a crowd of 40.000. Tile
advance of out-of-town rooters be
gan to arrive early In the morning.
Every train brought Its human car
go of looters: some shouting for
Harvard and Others for Princeton.
Although the town xvalt ablu’ze in
Crimson flags, there was plenty of
orang! an.l Black to be seen. Am!
of noise t ere was no end nor halt.
The Harvard team Is a Ibtly-
In than the Tige ■ squad, but
exp' I- professed belief that this
''.is n-emraliz d by the speed of tlie
f Ineetonlans. Both elevens have
! 1 ” punt! s 1(1 Felton and
Hrickley and D- witt. Both p tins
I need their strongest men In the
■ field and tin- titanic struggle x\aV
promised from the blowing of the
whistb of the t eferee at 2 o'clock
to tite end.
Princeton has always been a dif
ficult proposition for Harvard and
of the fifteen games played since
1871 Harvard has .von only three.
The university broke off gridiron
relations in 1896 and the annual
sessions wi'i'c not renewed until last
year, when the Tigers beat the
''rims'.m by Hie -core of 8 to 6
YALE X RUN TEAM WINS.
NEW HAVEN. CONN’..-Nov. 2. I
Yale’- cross-country team defeat 1
i’ 111. ( ton ox. th. -xx mile com s-
ATHENS, GA., Nov. 2.—What
looms up like the bitterest
game ever played between
Georgia and Sewangg is set for this
afternoon. There Is open feeling
between the team.-.
The trouble arose because of
charges made by Athens newspa
per correspondents in close touch
with the team that Sewanee was
harboring ringers arid other suspi
cious characters.
This charge angered the Se
wanee officials, coaches and play
er- and they came to Athens with
blood in their eyes and open
threats in their throats. They say
they intend to give Georgia a
trouncing that wiil be remembered.
The Georgia men, on their side,
are not paying much attention to
charges of ringers. But for the last
week they have been attending
strictly- to their knitting work and
losing no time.
I "day finds Georgia desperate.
The Athenians were trained up for
the Vanderbilt game - and met
overwhelming defeat. They then
look on Alabama, determined to
surpass the score Tech made
against the Tuscaloosans—and fail
ed. In fact, they were fortunate to
win.
Last Ditch For Georgia.
Today finds the Red and Black
cohorts in the last ditch. They
must win today to have a chance
for second place in the S. I. A. A.
ranking and to redeem themselves
for recent poor showings.
Through the past Week Coach
Cunningham has worked the Geor
gia men as perhaps no Athens team
was ever worked before. He has
hammered all sorts of football into
them, and he has made decided
progress.
I nfortunately. the morning of
this ciitieal game finds G orgia in
no good condition. McWhorter r.nd
VX heatley, two backfield men whose
brilliant work has kept Georgia in
the hunt this year, are in bad trim
Covington or Paddock will doubt
less be sent into replace .McWhor
ter and Thompson will play full
back In Wheatley’s stead.
The betting, which held Georgia
the favorite ear]yt_in the week, has
switched around and the Tigers a* e
now picked to win by all the wager
ing element and bet- at reasonable
odds are searched for in vain by
would-be Sewanee backers.
Sewanee Looks Strong.
Tt is beginning to break over the
Southern football world that after
all Sewanee has a corking good
team this year. The Tigers wi re
so wretchedly weak last year that
everybody looked for another poor
team this y ear. Howt ver, Har is
Cope lias worked out. from a small
field of candidates, a football team
that is going to give them all an
awful battle for second place honors
in the South and which might pos
sibly catch the Commodores over
trained and stove up on Thanksgiv
ing day and slip them another
trimming.
A corking big crowd is looked for
at today's game. The Atlanta
trains yesterday and today arrived
jammed full of prospective specta
tors and everybody In Athens and
the surrounding country will turn
out for the battle.
NAVY ELEVEN DEFEATS
WESTERN RESERVE, 7-0
ANNAPOLIS. MD., Nov. 2.—After
having called off the football game
scheduled to be played here today be
tween Navy and Western Reserve of
Cleveland, Ohio, as a mark of respect
to the memory of Vice President Sher
man. the naval academy authorities
permitted a game to be played between
the two teams yesterday afternoon.
The game, won by the midshipmen
7 to il, was an ''unofficial” contest, and
the members of the brigade were not
permitted to cheer, applause being re
stricted to handclapping.
MERCER IN BATTLE WITH
COLUMBIA TEAM TODAY
VALDOSTA. GA.. Nov. 2.—Mercer
mt. is Columbia here this and
a hot contest is expected whe.n these
two teams meet. Last year the game
was a tie. th" score being 6 to 6. and
later on in the season when anothei
game was played between these two
teams, the Lake City bunch won by
the score of 6 to 5.
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