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DONAHUE PICKS ALL-AUBURN TEAM FOR ALL TIME
Bv Coach Mike Donahue.
■ Coach of the Auburn Football Team.)
selection of an all-Auburn
team or an all-time team from
any college is always a diffi
cult matter. Changes in conditions,
in the rules, in the strength of op
ponents all cause difficulties that
might make any one balk at such
a contract.
The.old-timers will all swear that
iere never were such players or
<u,h teams as those used to be
, hen they chased the pigskin.
< >f course, the youngsters listen
with apparent respect and belief,
but privately they laugh in their
■deeves and compassionately set
down these boasts as the meander
ngs of addled old age.
With such a wealth of makers of
football history as Auburn has had,
this job of picking an all-Auburn
team for all time is especially diffi
cult. because a football team Is
composed of only eleven players,
and Auburn could All many more
places than that with famous play-
However. with the aid and coun
sel of eminent authorities and with
a due sense of my own incompe
tence, I undertake the job.
Have Played Since 1891.
Auburn first contracted the foot
ball game in the spring of 1891.
Those first inoculated with the
germ were Hare. Atkinson and
Kimbali, all of whom were connect
ed with the college in various ca
pacities. The germ kept up its work
of infection all during the fall of
1882, when things were put on a
business basis, with Dr. Petrie and
Atkinson in charge. A picture of
the first football team is still in
the president’s office in Auburn.
The absence of padding and the
wearing of nightcaps make its ap
pearance some-what different from
the teams of the present day. In
stead of headgear, natural hair was
relied on as a protection to the
brain cells.
Auburn’s first regular game was
played against Georgia on February
22. 1892, and Auburn has had the
football fever ever since.
Then Came the “Tournament.”
The following fall, under the spe
cial manageanent and Instigation of
Dr. George Petrie, now at the head
of the department of history and
Latin in Auburn, was conducted the
famous football tournament in At
lanta. Games were to be played
every day for a week, and Auburn,
feeling chesty because of a victory
over Georgia, was scheduled for
four games. In the first game,
against Tech, Aubyrn was victo
rious by a big score, and in the
second game, against Trinity. Au
burn again won. The team begun
to think itself invincible. The next
game was against North Carolina,
which college wiped up the ground
with Auburn, to the tune of 63 to 0
in the first half. Auburn did not
think a second half necessary, on
the advice of Toomer. Lafton and
other players who were taking a
prominent part.
The next day Auburn was sched
uled to play Virginia, and as Vi> -
ginia was reputed stronger than
North Carolina. Auburn decided to
play a team of substitutes. The
substitute team was the North Car
olina team, and the Auburn players
contentedly watched the battle from
the sidelines
Auburn then realized that there
were some things about football
that were not known at that insti
tution. so they began to employ
Eastern coaches, and the founda
tion was laid for the game of today.
One of the earliest coaches was
Hall, of Princeton, who weighed
something like two hundred and
fifty. Most of the coaching consist
ed in tearing up the Auburn var
sity, which had a wholesome re
spect for his prowess. An incident
that happened in practice one day
illustrates this. The scrubs, aided
by Hall, were advancing the ball
into the varsity territory and were
bent on scoring. On the ten-yard
line Hall plunged into the line, fum
bled the ball, which was pounced
on and picked up by a varsity end.
Down the field he sped, pursued
by the angry Hall. At the middle
of the field Hall had gained only a
little, but as the little end heard
the potinding of the leviathan pur
suing him. his muscles refused to
work, and on the fifteen-yard line,
when the dreaded tackle was in
evitable. he threw the ball at the
giant’s feet, exclaiming: "If this
is the d n thing vou want, here
It Is.”
As to Tichenor and Dorsey.
Two of the players who made
early football history in Auburn
were “Tich” Tichenor and “Dutch’’
Dorsey, both now residing in At
lanta.
Dorsey’s fame rested on his speed
and dodging ability in the open
field. "Dutch" played in 1892-93-94.
no was captain in '94.
1 icii was h quarterback and
■i’ll his enthusiasm ami knowl
»f the game, he was able to
J-et the best, results out of his team,
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“jersey stunt” made famous by the
Carlisle Indians against Ha vard in
later years. By sticking the ball
under his jersey he made a touch
down against Vanderbilt in ’95.
These were the of Hying
wedges and the hidden ball was a
very profitable stunt when per
formed by a skillful player under
cover of the wedge.
“Tick's” closest rival in those days
was Ed Huguley. now of West
Point, Ga. He was rated as a great
player and of tremendous speed,
though very light.
Another great halfback in those
days was Hilly Williams, now in
Montgomery. He was reputed as
being fast and extremely hard to
tackle. He was one of those play
ers that was nothing but knees
when in action.
As to Later Day Stars.
Getting down to later football
teams, we find such backfield men
as Hardage, Bradley, Street, Hum
phrey For). Phil Lacey. McLure,
Reynolds, Penton and the rest. As
Hardage has gone to another col
lege and will this year play against
Auburn, I will leave him out of con
sideration in picking an all-Auburn
team. Vanderbilt will have as
much claim to him as Auburn and
the same might be said of Bradley
and Bill Street.
For line plunging ability Bradley
was probably the greatest fullback
that Auburn has ever had, but he
has gone to Princeton and will aid
in making football history there
unless Princeton is so fortunate in
its mate’lai that it will be head and
shoulders above all other colleges,
which doesn't seem probable in the
light of recent events.
For the same reason w • will
leave out Bill Street, who was one
of the lightest tackles who ever
played on a winning team at Au
burn. Bill went to Washington
and Lee, where he was the whole
show in the backfield for a couple
of seasons.
With thes< men out. the remain
ing position in the backfield would
lie among Foy. Lacey, Penton and
Shafer. Shafer's reputation is a
mighty good one. but on the whole
the fullback position lies between
Foy and Lacey. Foy played half
back. but weighed close to 180 and
was very hard to bring down, In
tiiis respect there was very little
difference between him and Lacey,
but as a kicker is needed on the
team I would give Foy the place.
Ho was a first-class kicker and was
fast enough to work fakes of any
kind. Another man who is close
up is Tom McClure, who had no
superior as a field gene: al in Au-
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CE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1912.
burn football history. He could
drive a team and get better results
than any quarterback Auburn has
had in many a day. His tackling
was superb, so 1 would put him
with Huguley close up to Tichenor.
Perhaps the gieatest defensive
back that Auburn has ever had was
Randolph Reynolds, who captained
the team in 'O4. He was a close
student of the game and it was im
possible to fool him.
Auburn Had Ends Aplenty.
'Kith my backfield picked, then
so I will try for the ends. Going
back into ye ancient times, the
name Byrum has been handed
doyvn as the one best bet. He was
end in 1893-94-95-96. and during
the Geoigia game of’9s he had
thiee libs broken early in the game,
but did not let that fact interfere
with his brilliant playing. Another
end that was prominent in those
days was Bill Stokes. He was
changed about considerably so that
his- developement as a player in
any one place was,interfered with.
Another great end was "Preacher”
Parks, who was captain in 1901 and
who played for four years. Getting
down to later periods, wo have
"Scrappy" Hill, Dan Wilkinson.
Haygood Paterson and Homer Cog
dell. Paterson and Wilkinson were
a very efficient pair of ends in 1904,
but were very light and soim-what
100 light tor an all-Auburn team.
< 'ogdel! was- a g . at end ami tackle,
but his ’ laying was somewlutf errat
ic. Iv. ill v ■ him for a later role.
I am going to bring in another man
who, ti ough he did not play end
very much, still had all the qualifi
cations for that position, and when
I-oy became tired with rushing at
fullback we could swap the two
and have a fullback who would be
as hard to stop as any of them. I
am bringing John Davis into the
end company, though he made his
reputation at fullback. Both he
and Foy could handle'the ball well
and could receive forward passes
under th? new rules or plunge un
der the old rules So I have my
ends.
Linemen Galore!
For the line positions Auburn has
a plethora of candidates. Starting
in with the tackles, we have
"Blondy” Glen, the Gwins, Pierce,
Dan Martin, Mitcham, Street, the
Patel sons (Jim and Will), Jones,
Esslinger. Bonner, Caton, Hughes,
Culver, Harvey and others.
From all accounts, “Blondy” G:cn
stood pre-eminent in the early rays.
A giant in size, he was a terror to
opponents. He played in 1893-94-
95-97 and was undoubtedly one of
Auburn'.- greatest tackles.
The Gwins, too. were gieat plat-
ers and a sample of the spirit that
animated them came under the per
sonal observation of the writer. In
1906 Houston Gwin sent a nephew
down to Auburn with a note of
introduction to the writer. Out
side of a cordial invitation to come
out and try for the team, he was
not noticed particularly, on the
field that evening one of the candi
dates was noticed kicking the ball
very far. using a good stiff-legged
swing from the hip. He looked
promising and in the practice at
blocking and breaking through he
was put at one of the ends. When
the two lines were crouched wait
ing for the signal to charge, the
writer noticed that this player’s leg
stuck out straight behind. On be
ing told to bend his knee, he glanced
up and then looking at the offend
ing limb with a grimace of disgust
said: "Coach, that d—n thing won't
bend.” It was a wooden leg.
To play opposite Glen I would
pick Frank Jones from a host of
good placers. including such great
players as Harvey and Esslinger.
Weighing close to 200, Jones used
his hands in such away that it was
impossible to block him and he had
the ability to sense opponents' for
mations so as to know just where to
hit them and effectively spill them.
Great Was Mitcham.
For the guard positions the man
who towels above all is Mitcham.
He did what very few even great
players can do—that is, shine ef
fectively against opponents when
playing with a weak team. The
team he starred on certainly does
not look like much, even in a pic
ture book. The men appeared to
try to make up what they lacked in
ability by fierceness of mien. It
looks like an all-hair team. With a
team such as this "Mitch" turned
what was apparently an over
whelming defeat into a glorious
victory by practically his own un
aided efforts in the Georgia game
of 1898. None of the backs being
able to advance the ball, he left
his guard position and, going into
the backfield, carried the ball up
and down the field until three
touchdowns were scored and the
game won, 18-17.
The other guard position lies be
tween Bonner and "Daddy” Locke.
Locke was the steadier of the two,
but he was hampered by the fact
that he was called on to play in
several positions. He played guard,
tackle, end and in the backfield, so
that he was prevented from reach
ing his highest development in any
one position. Bonner's guard play’
at times was good enough for any
team. He was tall, rangy and ac
tive, and had four years' expe
rience. Other guards close up are
Dan Martin, who made up in foot
ball knowledge what he lacked in
weight: "Scut" Allen. “Goat" Da
vis and Moon.
Caton Gets Center.
This leaves only the center posi-
COMPANY F WINNER
OF GRIDIRON GAME
AT FORT M’PHERSON
The ones that braved the cold winds
yesterday to attend the football game
between Companies F and B at Fort
McPherson certainly were treated to an
open game. Though the battle was one
sided, it was more than interesting, and
every one seemed to be sorry when P
ended. The final score was 68 to 0 in
favor of the F team.
The F boys played a swell game, and
the feature of the activities was long
end runs of 80 yards each by Schwartz.
Hampshire and Shicfflin. Every one of
the boys on the winning eleven played
good ball, and too much praise can not
be given to the Company B boys for
tlie pluck they showed through the en
tire combat. These boys have not had
as much practice as the Company F
boys. They’ also played against odds,
as none of them had cleats on their
shoes.
The second quarter was the most
spectacular one of the game. Four
touchdowns were made —two by
Schwartz and two by Hampshire.
Hampshire was laid out in the last few
minutes of the game with a wrenched
knee.
The line-up was:
Company F. Company B.
Diggers, c. Chase, c.
Benson. I. g. Nance. 1. g.
Center. Crust, r. gHarrison, r. g.
Medwid, 1. tClements. I. t.
Leary, Scharf, r. tLeavitt, r. t.
Hampshire. 1. e Ryan, 1. e.
Grace, Kennedy, r. e. .. . McShane, r. e.
Schwartz, q. b Esseln, q. b.
Schifflin, r. h. b. . Strolenmeyer. r. h. b
Young. 1. h. bßedman. 1. It. b.
Moore, f. b, McKissisck, f. b
Touchdowns —Hampshire 5, Schwartz
2, Schifflin 2, Grace 1.
Referee Lieutenant Burdett. empire
—Lieutenant Creed. Linesmen—Lieu
tenant Severson and Captain aßnkhead.
tion. Os the old-timers the name
of Culver is often mentioned as
being a great center, but never hav
ing seen Culver and knowing Ca
ton’s work at center, I will give the
place to him. An accurate passe:
and impossible to fool, he got op
ponents, whether they tried to come
through the line or around the endr.
He was fast and a deadly tackler.
Other good centers were Beaver
and Batson.
As substitutes on this team. I
would use Parks, Locke, Lacey and
Walker Reynolds, who would do the
kicking. These players could fill in
any possible, vacancy on the team
and do it so well that the difference
between their work and the regu
lars would hardly be noticeable. Os
course, no one that Is now play ing
has been considered.
The line-up:
Caton, e.; Mitcham, rg.; Bonner.
Ig.; Jones, rt.; Glen, It.; Byrum,
re.; Davis, le.; Tichenor. qb.; Dor
sey, !h.: Williams, rh.; Foy, fb.
Substitutes: Lacey, Locke, Cog
dell. Reynolds. T. Bragg, manager.
RED SOX WILL STAND PAT
ON TEAM FOR_NEXT YEAR
BOSTON, Nov. 4. —"We have shut
up shop. We're out of the baseball
market. We have all the players we
want for 1913. We’re satisfied with
what we have. No more purchases or
trades.”
This is the last word of James R.
MeAleer. He will start next session as
he finished the past season. And, con
fidently, it means that he expects to do
as well next year as ne has done this
year—or better.
He is confident that he will win the
1913 pennant more decisively than he
won this year's, even if the opposition
is stronger. MeAleer is the fiist major
league magnate to announce that he is
out of the baseball market, and he is
satisfied with what he has. He breaks
all records of early announcements.
The others will be buying and selling
and trading until well into nexf season.
But MeAleer has ail he wants. He has
"nothing to do till tomorrow.” He need
not worry all winter.
YALE ELEVEN BACK TO WORK.
NEW HAVEN. Nod. 4.—After a
three davs lay-off c iused by the death
of Theodore York. Yale resumed foot
ball practice todav. Scrimmaging was
ordered for this afternoon.
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