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Alabama Polys Boast Some of Best Men of Ail Southern Football History 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, rich was tin originator of the lb" boy's appetite is often the source ’ •amazement, it y oll would have such • le ’ ,al4 " * 'hamberlain’s Tab , y not ~n’ > create a healthy ap 'n-.m '."l str “'>S'hen the stomach and " j’’ do Its work naturally. For ‘ ale by all dealers. < Advt ., ONLY $19.35 WASHING. TON AND RETURN Via SEABOARD, l', jd' November Bth to 14th, limit Ist. T’.t . through trains ID rieket i mice. Ss Peachtree “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- K M Had to Have B His Nerve I with Him— 11 strong for that moment of action.- No time to figure out —just time Wfft to i/(? it. That’s why the policeman likes a good chew that keeps a man’s machinery working good head machinery and hand machinery. ig And "’h at a h ea P of comfort it is at t^loSe ot her times when the day’s work is—just being quietly on the j°b- That’s when a man really has t ’ mc 10 notice the difference between one chew and another. That’s when he stops to pick out f DRUMMOND "sr I | CHEWING TOBACCO I Vf’ , Dru , mmond ’ l s the mild fragrant, nat- get a chew that is a chew. Get the whole ural leaf-the very best natura leaf, selected some, nerve-steadying comfort of a perfectly carefully from the finest Burley-aged till grown, perfectly cured, perfectly prepared its mellowed up to that high Drummond Burley tobacco. Ask the tobacco man to- H standard, luck away a bit of Drummond day to hand oter that snug metal box of and get that splendid natural leaf flavor— Drummond. B 10c --. J—r ‘fr**^* 2 *- | ..--x;:-"'- ■■«'»* V:- _ Z* a i»«i ■ '\ w J.JMr >< s. J l•■ JK* 4 '' 'Z ’; tfrk x£ | * r 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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