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Auburn Here for Game With
Tech Thai Eliminates One
Aspirant for Championship
The Line-Up.
Auburn. Position. Tech.
Kearley. .left end. . ..Hutton
Meadows.. left tackle.. . .Leuhrman
Thigpen. left guard.. ..Montague
Fitts.. ..centerLoeb
Burns.. right guard Means
Lamb.. ..right tinkleColley
Robinson right end.. ... .Moore
Major.. .quarterback McDonald
Newellleft halfback Cook
Arnold. right halfback. . . Fielder
Bessljac fullback .. . .Thompson
By Percy H. Whiting.
REAL football weather and e
real football game have ar
rived in Atlanta together
For Jhe first time this season tV*
biting, snappy weather that f">»*
ball players pine for has Mt
lanta. It arrived last night si
lently—and so did the Auburn
nla yers.
This afternoon the Tech and Ar
burn teams will tangle in the first
real game that the Teeh Athletic
association has offered local fans
this year.
The championship angle of this
gridiron situation has been over
looked. It is a fact, however, that
neither team has yet been elim
inated from the Southern Inter
collegiate Athletic association
championship.
The Tech team, because of its
light and inexperienced material,
has been looked down oi> by ev
erybody. And yet it has managed
to plug along and to win every
game it has pl ay Ad. by a comfort
able margin. It is in the bunt yet
—though, of-course, it is not like
ly to be tonight.
However, a team like the Yel
low Jackets takes a world of beat
ing. The club Is absolutely lack
ing in weight and ft 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 how."
Coach Heisman has solved some
formations and some plays this
year, the like of which were never
seen before It must be so, for he
admits it himself —and Mr. Heis
man Isn’t given to talking of his
coaching feats.
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QX 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 timet beating Missis
sippi AgricutturaJ 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 the
Mississippiane seriously, until one
of their scouts sent a hurry call,
warning Coach Donahue that If he
didn't look out he was going to run
foul of the worst beating that Au
burn ever took. Thus warned,
Donahue got busy and managed to
squeak out with a victory.
Tills week Auburnttes 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
tecting the man with the ball. This
would seem to Indicate that Au
burn holds the Tech offense rather
lightly, and that it is determined
to run up a big score.
The recent practice has been en
couraging in that the line is charg
ing better and the interference is
beginning to find itself. The Au
burn defense has been good enough
to hold the scrubs —due in part, no
doubt, to the fact that Pitts has
been changed to defensive tackle
uad L»mb to defensive center
Fliristopher and Arnold have
been showing steady improvement
in advancing the ball, reasonably,
while Harris and Faucett are show
ing up well at the ends. Esslinger.
tn the line, is another new man who
is steadily improving, and is now
one of the best defensive players on
the team. Thigpen, the big guard,
is suffering with cold and is not
playing up to his usual form, while
’ achwood is playing much bet
ter, due to the fact that he has
worked >ft about 40 pounds of avor
dupvis.
This game this afternoon will be
called at 2:30 and should he
ttnough In good time.
I’nquestion'ably it will be a fine
■ontest and beyond any doubt there
will b> a good attendance. Next
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McFarland intends to
QUIT AFTER NEXT FIGHT
HICAG<» Nov 2.—“Packey" Me-|
l-'arland announced today he would je- ;
tire from tn- piize ring aftt his forth
coming contest with voting Jack
O'Brien in Philadelphia next month !■
said hy .Wgs tired of the continual rig
of training, and that ih< lure,of ill.
dollar had lost some of its draw
Theie are only three tights I would
like to get before 1 quit." McFai and
said. “I'd like to take on Ad Wo.gust
I’d like to meet Jack Britton, and I
would like to get Into a ring with Bat
tling Nelson Just to gh.. him a whip
ping.
“I hate uiaue about A'llto.tWO iti the
a-i five year-, and tha’ la wi.j 1 ami
lea-A to quit ’’
to the Toch-Georgia game, this will
be the beet affair staged by Tech
this year. Auburn must win the
conteat to stay in the hunt for first
or second place In the S. I. \ A
ranking,
Tb« game will be plave.i at Polio
T»L»on parte,
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Virginia Team by Close Score
How Vanderbilt and Virginia Will Line Up
Years Years
on Position. on
VIRGINIA. Wi in Ag,. Team. Team. \ge. [lt Wt VANDY.
o }S? 2 " l! 3 -' r »-°« 160...E. Brown
Woolfolk 1,1, 6.04 J„ 3 . ..It. T 3 22 6.00 ISOT. Brown
tarter . 231 .>O9 30 2 ..It. G I 22 6.00 180.... Swafford '
' V < lO< l 1 ' 1 ; ‘>lo 21 3 C 3 20 6.04 215 Morgan
Jett .... 18., 1,00 23 2 .... L. G I -20 5.09 170 Daves
Blanchard 202 (1.02 22 I . ..1,. T | I<| t;.04 210. . Shipp
Harris 152 5.09 21 2 .~L E t tn 5.11 175... Milholland
, '■ -" Q B. . 2 22 5.1(1 155 Curtin
Todd (C.L... 139 5.07 22 1 It l| 2 23 5.10 162 Collins
Landes 166 i,.00 20 2 II 2 23 5.10 162. Hardage, C.
smithtill ...111 24 I ....F. U 2 2(1 5.11 164 .Sikes
AVERAGE.
Vanderbilt Weight, 175 6-11; height. 5.11 tx; age. 20 0-11; years on team, 2.
Virginia—Weight, 171: height. ».(>0: age, 21 4-11; years on team. 2 3-11.
N -ASHVILLE, TENN. Nov. 2.
Despite the numbei of inju
ries and the amount of ill
ness of which the Vanderbilt team
boasts nt present, it is favored to
defeat Virginia today.
It is not supposed that the Com
modores will pile up a big score.
The belief is that MeGugin will
open up with the best team he can
master, and that they will be in
structed to pile up a score if they
can. If Virginia proves weak and
the Commodores can 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 prows procticablu.
If ft doesn’t and Virginia threat
ens, the regulars will be put back
tn the game and ployed 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
take any unnecessary chances.
The Vanderbilt team has been
written up so often that nothing
more is worth the saying just now.
This is not true of Virginia, how
ever. The Charlottesville team,
however, is worthy of a lot of
space. With 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 tn the country. Ho
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 tn the regular
lineup, but he is completely recov
ered now and will be ready to
strike terror into the heart of his
Commodore opponents. He is a
stocky lad. a sure passer and a
dangerous tackler.
Carter, who received his prelim
inary training, at Lawrenceville, N.
J., is an A-l \rd. He was > f hos<n
during his prep schools days as All-
American scholastic guard and last
year was All-South Atlantic choice.
He is a powerful man physically,
quick to open large holes and re
liable in a crisis.
Jett, who will work as Carter's
partner at the other guard, is a
I tower of strength. H. played for
thro.' years- at Hampden-Sydney
college, where he captained the
team his last year.
Virginia w ill possibly show* its
gteate.s strength at tackles Wool
tolk ami Redus, who held down
th.se positions last year, are both
out for the team. But they will, in
ill probability, be ousted to the
substitute squad. To all appear
in' "s, two new men .Maiden and
Blanchard -hav .■ established a
■ Standard 'di Company monopoly
on these positions
Maiden is the largest and best
' nroportiona 1 man on the team I
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1912.
Here’s Albert Loeb, Tech’s Crack
Center, Making a Diving Tackle
This Atlanta lad worked up
from an inconspicuous scrub to
on<> of ih<- stars of the Jacket
team.
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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
first year at the university ajtd, al
though somewhat new at the game,
be will develop into the best tackle
that ever wore the Orange and
Blue.
Blanchard, although not so large
as Malden, 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 tackle.
He entered the university in Jan
uary and was a member of the
track team, winning fame as the I
best amateur shot-putter and ham
mer-thrower in the South. He is
especially good in intercepting for
ward passes and blocking punts. In
one game this season he blocked
three punts, recovered tile ball and
raced 30 or more yards for three
touchdowns.
Ed Einlay, of Chattanooga, an old
Sewanee star and All-South Atlan
tic end for two years, will retain
his position at right end. McDon
, aid, who played on the University
of Mississippi team two years ago,
and Ha ris. a last year’s letter man.
will hold down left end.
That the line js one of the strong
i st Virginia has 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 line opqn-fleld runner. He runs
the team in excellent manner and
inspires confidence in the players.
Captain Todd, "th ■ living 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 100-yard dash in 10 flat,
and is a difficult man to tackle.
Ai ree, a fr eshman, will work
t ■ gularly at the other half posi
tion. Although he is not as bril
liant a player as Todd, he is heav
ier and a better line plunger.
Cook, the Phillips-Andover star,
will be relied upon at full. He is
especially adept at drop-kicking,
which renders him dangerous as a
laiint 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 retir'd. IL has $2,100 in the
bank, but will not be allowed to touch it
J until he becomes of age. This repre
sents a contribution oft.. 0 fiom each
I player ami .tl.oou by John I. Taylor,
. form,-, president of tin- club. Jerry ha.-
obtain'd a position w fell will prevent
I Ins a. company Ing the team next year.
.His nine-year-old brother is an as
-1" mt t'o tin Job as mascot and will
I' eceiv t i trial nexi season.
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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-Southecn end for
several years as a member of the
Vanderbilt team.)
\TANDERBILT has never yet
/ beaten Michigan, although
they frave met the Wolver
ines five times. On several of these
occasions Yost's men were winners
by only the myiowest of margins
and they may 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
outrushlng 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, an practically the entire
length of the field at Ann Arbor to
Vanderbilt's two-yard line, where
he 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 I have often
wondered if this play could justly
come under that term. It was one
of the most perfectly timed plays J
ever saw . Michigan was lined up
at the time w ithin five vards of her
own goal line and Vanderbilt was
taken completely by surprise when
a fake punt was made, instead of a
kick. The play came at the psycho
logical moment and it was largely
due to this fact that we fa’iled to
stop it.
This trn'iiK a» Ann Arbor was the
second one Vanderbilt had had
with Michigan, the first resulting in
a 18 to 0 defeat in 1905.
In the game of which I am writ
ing. Left Halfback McGoffin, of
Michigan, had kicked a field goal
from our 35-yard line in the first
half, after a fair catch had been
made. Bob Blake, Vanderbilt’s
right end, had also kicked one, aft
er several attempts in the first of
the second half and the score stood
4 to 4 until the last few minutes of
play. Both teams seemed evenly
matched, with Vanderbilt doing
most of the rushing in the first
half. Craig. Mpnler and Dan
' Blake, Vanderbilt’s backs, all pulled
off long gains around .Michigan's
I ends and Mauler was unusually
successful in hitting the line. Both
• teams hud made several attempts
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at field goals, doing so whenever
they were in kicking distance, but
all of them had proved unsuccess
ful with the exception of the two
named above,
Vanderbilt had crowded Michi
gan up against her own goal posts
when the play was pulled off. Gar
rells dropped back to the goal line
on a punt formation' and the Van
derbilt defense was caught nap
ping, not dreaming that he would
fall to kick when so near to his own
goal. However, instead of kicking,
he started around our right end, be
hind the most perfect interference
I have ever seen. Yost has always
had splendid interference on plays
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 surest and
fiercest tacklers and had played a
great game that day. It seemed
sure that he would 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 track man
and. a member of the Olympic
team, sprinted on toward the goal
line with several Vajjderbllt play
ers cutting across the field after.
him. According to the newspaper
reports of the game. Bob Blake
overhauled him on Vanderbilt’s
two-yard line, tackling him from
behind. However, the damage had
been done and on the next play
Garrells bucked over for a touch
down. This play decided the game
and time was called a very few
seconds afterward.
Garrells' run was certainly a
brilliant one, but 1 believe that
Hammond, who blocked Costen, is
deserving of just as much praise.
Without his excellent interference.
Garrells would certainly have been
snagged by Costen.
Many called this run a "fluke,”
but it never impressed me as such,
and. if Vanderbilt had been lucky
enough to have made a similar one.
no one would have applied that
term to the play.
BANQUET JOHNNY EVERS.
TROY, N. Y.. Nov. 2. —
Evers, recently made manager of the
Chicago National baseball club, was
tendered a banquet here by a large
number of his friends. Evers is a res
ident of this city.
CENTRAL LEAGUE DISSOLVED.
FORT WAYNE IND.. Nov. 2.—The
old Centra! league, a twelve-club or
ganization. was dissolved at a session
of th.- directors and In its place two
six-club leagues were launched
Sewanee and Georgia HookUp 1
In "Spite** Fight; Two Athens
Stars Hurt and Out of Game
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
Mooreßight tackle Wood
Gillem . . Right end .. ..Parrish
Tolley .. ..Quarterback . . Sancken
Dorsey
Gillespie . Left halfback .Covington
Paddock
Sheldon Right halfback .. Bowden .
Parker .. Fullbaek ... Thompson.
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SEEHARVARD
AND II GERS
The Line-Up.
Harvard. Position, Princeton.
Feltonleft end Wight
Storerleft tackle.. ~ ..Phillips
Pennockleft guardShenk
ParmentercenterßluenthaJ
Trumbull.. .. right guard Logan
Hatchcock., right tackle. E. Trenkman
< 'oolidgeright end Dunlap
Gardnerquarterback.. . ,S. Baker
Hardwick. . . left halfback. . .Pendleton
(Captain)
Bi-ickiey.. ..right halfback.. ..Waller
Wendall (Capt.) ..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 the Orange and Black on Sol
diers field this afternoon is expect
ed to go down in gridlroh history as
a classic.
The weather was clear and cold,
b*it 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 be hampered
by a soggy field.
Harvard 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. The
advance of out-of-town rooters be
gan to arrive early In the morning.
Every train brought its human car
go of rooters: some shouting for
Harvard and others for Princeton.
Although the town was ablaze in
Crimson flags, there was plenty of
Orange and Black to be seen. And
of noise there was no end nor halt.
The Harvard team is a Ititle
heavier than the Tiger squad, but
experts professed belief that this
was neutralized by the speed of the
Prfncetonians. Both elevens have
reliable punters in Felton and
Brlckley and Dewitt. Both teams
placed their strongest men in the
field and the titanic struggle was
promised from the blowing of the
whistle of the referee at 2 o’clock
to the end.
Princeton has always been a dif
ficult proposition for Harvard and
of the fifteen games played since
1871 Harvard has won only three.
The university broke off gridiron
relations in 18546 and the annual
sessions were not renewed until last
year, when the Tigers beat the
Crimson by the score of 8 to 6.
YALE X-RUN TEAM WINS.
NEW HAVEN. CONN., Nov. 2.
Yale’s cross-country team defeated
Princeton over the six-mile course.
Athens, ga., Nov. 2.—what
looms up like the bitterest
game ever played between
Georgia and Sewanee is set for this
afternoon. There Is open feeling
between the teams.
The trouble arose because of
charges made by Athens newspa
per correspondents in close touch
with the team that Sewanee was
harboring ringers and other suspi
cious characters.
This charge angered the Se
wanee officials, coaches and play
ers 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 will 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 nd time.
Today finds Georgia desperate.
The Athenians were trained up for
the Vanderbilt game—and met
overwhelming defeat. They then
took 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 inte
them, and he has made decided
progress.
Unfortunately, the morning of
this critical game finds Georgia in
no good condition. McWhorter and
W heatley, two backfield men whoss
brilliant work has kept Georgia ir
the hunt this yeai‘, 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 early in the week. ha.
switched around and the Tigers art
now picked to win by all the wager
ing element and bets reasonable
odds are searched for in vafn by .
would-be Sewanee backers.
Sewanee Looks Strong.
It is beginning to break ovet the
Southern football world that after
all Sewanee has a corking good
team this year. The Tigers irere
so wretchedly weak last year ihat
everybody looked for another poor
team this year. However, Ifari is
Cope has worked out, from a small
field of candidates, a football team
that is going to give them all an
awful battle for second place honers
in the South and which might pos
sibly catch the Commodore® 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 spetta
tors and everybody in Athens ind
the surrounding country will turn
out for the battle.
NAVY ELEVEN DEFEATS
WESTERNJESERVE, 7-0 ■
ANNAPOLIS, MD., Nov. 2.—After
having called off the football gamo
scheduled to be played here today be
tween Navy and Western Reserve of
Cleveland, Ohio, as a mark of reaped
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 midshipmeri
7 to 0, was an ''unofficial” contest, an<W
the members of the brigade were nofl
permitted to cheer, applause being refl
stricted to handclapping. fl
MERCER IN BATTLEWITH ’
COLUMBIA TEAM TODAY
VALDOSTA. GA., Nov. 2.—Mercei
meets Columbia here this afternoon and
a hot contest is expected wheji thesa
two teams meet. Last year the gamq
was a tie, the score being 6 to 6, and
later on in the season when anothen
game was played between these two
teams, the Lake City bunch won bs
the score of 6 to 5.
Don’t waste your money buying
strengthening plasters. Chamberlain’s
Liniment is cheaper and better. Damp
en a piece of flannel with it and bind
it over the affected parts and it will
relieve the pain and soreness. For sale
by all dealers. (Advt.>
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