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8 EDITED ty W. S FARNSWORTH RECORDS PROVE LEAGUE IS SHE ON CLASS By Percy 11. Whiling. THE mote a titan -.udi<-i- tin batting and fit-ding av'-ap . which have just »>••' u issued by the Southern lengm-. th" more it Sweeps over you what a really me diocre league it whs last yettl ami what h HORRIBLE club Atlanta must have had to finis! 4# points behind <'lialtano.iga mi »s»> behind .Montgorm The league lacked class and me records show It. Tsk< tlm fir.-l” basemen: Sykes. Agler, M.eGH vray and Doi Johnston were the best: and ■‘Doi-,” while he went up." was not among the star bat fe ters. and was Uw worst fielder of the entire lot. Wales. .Marfan. Alp»rman and Jordan were the real second base men—and the stars were Al pc: - man and Jordan, though the rec ords do not show it. Elberfeld. Ellatn. Balenti <T.in- , dall and Harbison wet. m-eful shortstops, though EHam batted most feebly. The third basemen had nothing on the. rest. Almeida batted mat vclouslj well so: i while, and had a good record t'oi the year. Hui bit fielding was off. There wen three or four wood Outfielders, but they won tiieit fame by good batting rather that good fielding Ceitainly theie will b< tew med als given to the Southern of last ' season for Its pitch* rs. Xitehisoll. of Montgomery, really did great I work w ith a poor < hili. So did Demaree —but hardly a Smit hern leaguer believes he I- good enough to stick in the National league. Wagner had a good year, but he isn't any Walter Ed Walsh. Foxen is u tine old has been—with a good team behind him. Boyd, of Birmingham, was 25 per cent pitchet and 75 |j»;v cent j support. Cavet ami Smith were a couple of skinny youngsters Win may fill out some day and amount to something, but who haven’t ar rived yet. aS usual, there me a lot of feu * * tures of interest about th" fig tires. For instance. Bill Bernhard got through the season with a batting | average of 1.000. (if course, he didn't get to bat so very often. Then there was the amazing per formance of 'Natural Stuff" Wai- i dorf. The big German worked in 12 games and lost 11 of them. Another notable pitching effort was that of Bair. In 1911 Im won 20 games and lost 17. In 1912 he won S games anil lost 21. It is also worth recalling that At lanta had one pitcher whose aver age for the season was .75(1. This man was Pi ice. Ho started in only | four games and won three of them. The best average of ant regular At lanta pitchers if you could call any of ’em "regular"- were those of Sitton and Becker. Sitton won 10 and lost 10. Becker won 7 and lost 7. Both, accordingly, had a pitching average of .500 for a team that finished with an average of ."94. It Is also worth noting that the only first baseman who was sent up to the big leagues tor anything but a cover-up was "Doc" Johnston, and his fielding was the worst of any Southern league first baseman. Several players who wore canned for one reason or another through out the season made good show ings. Al O’Dell, who wasn't good enough for Atlanta, led the league third basemen in fielding and hit Well. Earl Sykes, who was also let out by Atlanta, was second among the first basemen in fielding. Sea bough, who was tanned by Nash ville. proved, according to the rec ords, the second best catcher in lite league An interesting happening was j that Atlanta let out two pitchers to Montgomery—Johns and Paige. Each man won 1-1 games and lost 15 for the season The only difftfi'- ence was that Paige worked in one more game—and got a tic. THORPE AND PENDLETON TIED ON TOUCHDOWNS NEW YORK Nov S ’rhe tots i grist of tom hdow ns for I'aptain Thorpe,; of the Indians, rose to fmn teen last j Saturday, which n <kes him and Pen dleton, of Princeton, the leaders of tin- I season tn that department. Each has made fourteen. Thi Indians always have been a big scoring team, but it also is characteristic of them that they are scored on at a more extensive rate than is generally the case with a tean* of so much strength otherwise It would appear that there is a wider gap between their strength in offense and defense than is tine of most teams of their caliber. A better Idea could be had of jmt . how strong the red men are this year if they played Harvard. Ys'e nr Prince ton. None of these three is on the Car , title schedule. Still th< Indians have a game on for next Saturday which Is likely to test their scoring ability bet ter than any preceding game. Thej ir to play the Armv. and owing to the , effeetlvi.nes. of thi Ano <etensi. it is aeldorn that anv uppum nt thrives n, eh _ in point milking • v«-n if it b at- t Pointers B Here’s What Vanderbilt Is Up Against Tomorrow at Harvard This is the great Brickley in the act of kicking a goal. This i £* field goal phenom, who scored nine of Harvard's points against Princeton with his educated toe. is feared more by Vanderbilt \\ '* ian in ' ot * ler inan 011 le Crimson eleven. The Commodores ' ♦ U W fl® Z ' "'ll G’eep close watch on him in tomorrow’s struggle at Cain- britJire. ■ ' - // i l // / / \ 1 ■ I 'V. lol' . ('ho-. ,u - n ( \ fl jJII ; ' ' '■I 1 l t.ii I" I’.iieklr; Z^-'.\ i ■ :-i -i.l l- \ fl B’ ■ WORKS IN STADIUM TODAY FOR HARVARD C-a AM BRIDGE, MASS., Nov. S The Vanderbilt team, twen ty strong, has arrived within I th< shade of Cambridge’s historic I rUns and tills afternoon fake the first football work out that ever a • Vanderbilt team took on Massa chusetts soil. The Harvard to; in has extended to Vanderbilt the courtesies of the ■stadium and they will go through' good, fast .signal practice there this a ‘ '(••FHuoii. Met login's greatest tear is that | his men may go stale mentally rather than physically, and to avoid I any such thing lie sought to put the Commodores at case. He point- I ed out to them that while Har- I • vard possessed a big. rugged team j and would outweigh Vanderbilt something like six pounds to the man. still they need not be looked upon as being exactly invincible. No one ever accused John Har vard of having that splendid cour age of the Vale Bulldog or the Princeton Tiger. And MeGugin im pressed upon his charges the fact ! that when the 1910 team clashed j with Vale the Vanderbilt backs lit erally made a monkey of End Kirk patrick. who was chosen by Walter Camp for his All-American team. Collins Outshines Neely. Wilson Collins, one of the stars of this year’s back Held, lias it all over Bill Neely, of the 1910 team, while Sikes outshines Kent .Morri son in every department of thy game. When it comes to compar ing Lewis Hardage to Bo Williams, who was the best of the 1910 back Held Well. Georgia sent Vander bilt a great man in Williams, but Williams' going in the football hall ot fame will have to go a long ways before lie meets Hardage coming out. There are many who make the claim that A'anderbilt caught Vale in 1910 when the Bulldog was lam entably weak, but they all overlook the fact that that same "weak" team played both Harvard and Princeton to a standstill. So far as the linesmen go. Buddy Morgan at center has improved in his work 100 per cent, and the same is true of Nuck Brown at end. No man in the 1912 line can approach the matchless Frog Metzger, but Tom Brown is far and away better than he was when he appeared . against Yale. Shipp, at tackle, is Improving every day and right now Is at the top of his stride and should he round into shape in time for th< Harvard affair he will prove a haul nut for the Harvard lines men to crack. It's just as well not to make any comparison at the quarterback position since such brilliant performers as Ray Morri son appear about one time in a dec ade. But there is a chance that Zach Curlin's broad toe. backed by Liu pounds of muscle, will figure in the affair with Harvard, and if he do. s get going right - - well. Brick ley may be a pretty fait sort of player, but Curlin. when he is right, is a wonder at booting the ball over the goal. This Year's Team Is Best. Taking . verything into consider ation. the team of 1910 could not < ompar. with this year's Commo dore«. who have shown the most j nuzzling speed ei i r se. n on a Sou:uern gridiron. Vanderbilt, howtv. .. nt ria.n.‘ i ! mighty Brt( i>!. is ~n,f p j ATi.-.XTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1912. Afe l *—< - \ \\ v ' \ \ \ bI'W I > * r W • ■'S s /OS Xfc 4Blh\ ' \\'v flaggwMK jJi. wSofll ■in "i ii'vr S,U " I‘inl, who will (In liioxi II the frame, but .i <■ i v . I / BSssmßßi k once thw gH the ( ommodores> BhBL. // , .. // a commanding SWIMMING TEAM IS ORGANIZED BY THEA.A.G. i r-TAIIE Atlanta Athletic dub has I branched out—or rather swam out —into a new field of sport: for the club lias at pres ent a swimming team that prom ises to give an excellent account of itself. Being something entirely new In Atlanta, the club members are taking much interest in the practices and welfare of the water squad. Tom Winans, a member of the swimming team of the Illinois Ath letic club that represented the Stars and Stripes in the recent Olympic meet, ranks as one of the team’s stars and is doing much toward its success by his able coaching. The first appearance of the team will probably be against the Bir mingham Athletic club. This club also has a water squad that seems to be the pride of the Iron City. It also boasts of an Olympic athlete— in fact, a teammate of Winans The meethtg of these two clubs on the water will undoubtedly cause much interest. RIVERS WINS A BRIDE IF MORRIS LOS ANGELES. Nov S. When Ray mond Rivet.-, the pugilist, stands toe to toe with "Sam" Morris in the artyna next Tuesday lie will put up the fight of his lite If hi beats Morris and gets the purse Rivers will marry. Miss Anns Mal.er. an actress, on Wednesday night If Rivers i- whipped—well, be isn't | thinking much about that today. Miss Maher will wait at her home to i hea- the result of the battle upon him as representing about half »f Harvard's team. But Me- Gugin has mapped out a clever de fense by which he hopes to spoil I any effort that Brlckley may make at drop kicking. Then is a chance, and it's not ii long pne. either, that the Commodores forwards may break through Harvard’s line and -mothe: the great Briekley before he can get ills kl.’k off MeGugin has conceived a number of freak formations and trick play s | which he will uncover nt the sta dium. ni'il between thesi and the- . forward pass there is an even ' ehatiee that the Commodores will , ■ . ,;1 I 7 i«ve««AvTy *♦" \t // the men for the •ci • ii-in Dartmouth and lins picture shows Wendell 7 / ii’id Briekley about to hit the line Yale games, in one of their famous rushes. With Clemson Out of Way, Georgia Has but 2 More Games to Play ATHENS. GA.. Nov. 8. The Georgia players are back home, aftpr a victo- 1 rious trip to Augusta, and have settled down to get ready for Tech. The Geor gia men have no game Saturday. The following Saturday they play Tech and the closing game of the season comes Thanksgiving day with Auburn. All the Georgia players will be in Atlanta for the game between Tech and Se wanee. Yesterday’s defeat of Clemson. 27 to t>. was easy sailing for the Red and Black. At no time were the Georgians in danger, and the only guess among the 2,000 present was "how great will be the defeat?" The Georgia team was much heavier than the Tigers. Bob McWhorter was the individual star of the game. He ran repeatedly around Clemson's ends for gains any where from 25 to 50 yards. He carried the ball over the goal line twice tor a touchdown. Second to McWhorter on the offen sive work was Charlie Thompson, the Atlanta boy. This lad play ed great ball and his line-plunging counted one touchdown. Bowden got the other. Thompson kicked three of the four tries at goal. Clemson's one touchdown was the re sult of some beautifully executed fol - | ward pusses. Kangeter taking the ball over. Clemson was outclassed in every de partment of play. NAP PITCHER ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF MURDER l’E< >1:1 v ILL . Nov. 8.- Roy Walker, i a member of the Cleveland American league pitching start', was arrested here this afternoon upon advice of the chief of detectives of Nashville. Tenn., where ■a warrant is out for his arrest on a charge of attempted murder. Walker denies having been In any trouble in Nashville. Ik will be returned there tomorrow. TAD JONES IS INJURED PLAYING WITH SCRUBS EXETER. N H., Nov 8 -Tad Jone . forme. Yale quarterback, who has been ....wilting the Exete academy team this fall, is conllned to his rooms here by injuries .e. l ived w, lie playing with the scrubs this week. 11l a -eiimmiige he stifle id a b okin tib and an injury to I ■ . .. ■. MORRIS AND KEATING ON WAY TO ATLANTA WITH Carl Morris and Jack eKating on the rattlers and" with the Dixie Athletic club’s new boxing emporium in good trim, everything seems to be shaping- up in fine style for the opening battle of the new boxing organization. Both Morris and Keating wired yesterday that they had left. They should be here tomorrow. This will give them a few days on the ground to get acclimated and to give fight followers a hint as to what they really have in the way of Queensberry ability. The work on the club rooms is The Last Shall Be First r— In considering the purchase of a pair of I Shoes, the “last” represents your own foot. The styles and seasons change, but your foot never. Therefore consider the last. 1 11 —11 FIRST, the last we give you is / t\ the kind of tit which makes / you forget that you have on • /r new shoes; no special rub or pressure / al any particular place. And you can absolutely depend upon the stitching. toe caps, welts and counters. Thev f I’LTRA and CONSERVATIVE, with every variation of style between those two extremes. Low heel English styles, tan Patent Colt. French Calf, black and ta n Russian calf. $4 to $6. Rubers for Men, Boys' and Chil- and black, lace and button, the <- hl i dren 'g. Bovs' and YoutlVs , COMFORT shoe. $4. $5 and $6. Shoes. $1.50 to $3. <lnen, 60c to sl. 37-39 Peachtree Street COMPANY II Atlanta, Georgia i I progressing well and they promise to excel in comfort and appearance anything ever shown in Atlanta. ■ The club promises some long needed reforms. For instance, they claim that they will cut out the long waits between the bouts. For another thing, they have provided real ring clothing for- \he prelimi nary performers and there will be none of this appearing in nonde script apparel that has been so badly ’ bush league” in other fistic entertainments here. TECH HI DOWNS ALUMNI. Tech High school defeated the alumni of that school yesterday afternoon at Piedmont park by the score of 14 to 6. »HOPE TO HOLD TIGEHS TO CLOSESCORE j rTXHE Yellow Jackets have fin ished their week’s work. No scrimmage was held Thurs day, but a hard signal practice was gone through and the team is now putting on the finishing touches for the battle Saturday. Hutton will be in the game at end, though for a while it looked as if he was not likely to be in good shape. He has, however, come around all right and will greatly strengthen Tech’s defense. Hunter is a good man at end and knows the game. This is his third year under Coach Heisman. Moore is all right again and will be seen at his place on right end. All of the injured men will be able to start in this game and every man is more than determined to bring another English cup to Tech's trophy hall. It is privately and re luctantly- admitted, however, that this seems to be the wrong year to turn the trick. Tech Not Up to Mark, This time last year Tech men were in high spirits, for they out played Auburn from start to fin ish and had met defeat only be cause of one small incident—a SO - run by one Mr. Newell. A year ago the team was in good physical shape. This year the men are not actually injured, but abso lutely every man has some vulner able spot. The whole bunch is playing on pure grit and nerve. Loeb has a broken hand and a sprained ankle. Hutton has a brok en nose; Fielder both ankles ■sprained; Luehrman, shoulder smashed, while McDonald one of the mainstays of the team, had to be taken out of last Saturday’s game on account of old injuries re hurt. These are but a few* exam ples, but they give an insight into the kind of stuff the men are made out of, who will tackle the Sewanee Tigers with colors flying. Georgia Men Watch Game. Very few new plays will be un corked Saturday, as the entire Georgia team will be here to wit ness the game and to get what in formation they can for the “big show” on the Saturday following Loeb will be played at center to morrow. while Montague and Means will play the guards. Captain Luehrman and Calley will look aft er the tackles, while Hutton and Moore will play the ends. This is the best line Tech has and one that is always there with the fight. In the backfield Cook will play a half, with Fielder as his running mate. McDonald will play the quarter and Thomasson the full back. FOGELMAYCALLON COURTS TO HELP HIM PHILADELPHIA, Nov. S.—Though he faces expulsion from the National league for his ill-advised criticism of the umpires of his league and their handling by President Tom Lynch. Horace Fogel, president of the Phila delphia club, today dug up a new scheme to further prolong the agony. According to a story current here. Fogel’s lawyer has served notice on Lynch and the presidents of the seven National league clubs other than the Phillies, that Fogel will go into court in case they continue their crusad* against him and will endeavor to force the government to prosecute the club owners of the National league unde the Sherman anti-trust act and try to prove that the National league, in con junction with the American leagw ; constitutes a conspiracy in the restraint of trade.