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Tigers Picked to Trim Tech
Today; But They Are Likely to
Have Their Hands Quite Full
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By Percy 11. Whiting.
THE third-from-last game of
the Tech footbii «<h.-dule
will be piped off t ie slate
this afternoon. At . "o tie Yellow
Jackets line up against their radi
tlonal and Justly reaper ted foeuien
from the mountains of Twim .see,
j the cohorts of the I’niversity of the
South, located a: See .me.
This game isn' so; an'
Tech lost it last look-in for fiist
or second plac* last. Saturday .■ h n
Auburi tool i i ! '
cal eleven. took it <!' ■•■. ;vei> in a
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isn’t for anythi.ig bit ju: t
< bi od and good spc-t-
Sewa. ■ - 't.. Ito
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do it. Tv it 1.1 i.- .it. 14
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t ■ thi b.'. t '■”* fall “ ' v ’'°
, ■ I >o> st raggle will a
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B I', ~ •<- . < h nothing b-.r. tit best
l,< I : « itld
■ S ould 1 t i’ing except the best
I e! sport m" Both
I t<am- it. ve been 'eiiß’it f '>• '
,r. g ■ -op st-.’. however,
F‘ a.-d v *1! <1 • it.
Sc ■■ ’ no.- i. : 1’ . b: tv." to so ir
touehdo’vrt ■ ■ ■ Bui
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rml th* ■ wP! se*' i-nnv footbfi ’ t‘iai
I will 8U . -*•• th-tn
Tech ph modern game m
its most m’“rt form. ’ r > b" '
that the G orgin i '•' ' s ’■
the gnnu ill hnrdlv n even. th .11
from uncorking al’ taey have m
the shop They did that against
Auburn. So they haven’t »> ■■'. to
hide. Os course. Coach Heisman
always saves up a few "brainstorm’’
I plays for Georgia, but in th.- main
he will instruct ills team to go
the limit against Sewanee Ami all
the Georgia men can learn they ,
are entitled to.
The Sewanee team as it stands
today is « strong on*. It played
Georgia to an intensely exciting
tie If Georgia defeats Auburn on
'thanksgiving din as It may or
may not do—Sewanee will be tied
with the Red ami Bia. k for second
place in the ranking, always pre
suming that Vanderbilt will go
through its 8 I. A. A season with
out a defeat, as seems probable.
This Sheldon a Marvel.
From al) reports, Sewanee has a
man who will beai watching so
all-8. I. A. A. honors In Sheldon.
Charley Wahoo, former ( arils.e
L player and prominent official, says
of Sheldon: "That man really
:[ knows football. He is not only one
of the most brilliant players I have
ever seen in the South, but more
| than that he plays the game with a
style that is only attained by the
average man afiet six 01 seven
.years on the gridiron —the soil of
etyie that is attained by players
who have three or tom years in
prep school and then tour in col
lege. He is really a marvelous
player.”
The work of the Sewanee team
always holds a special interest to
the ioven. of true sport, tor Se
wanee Is giv.i.g a cateful try -out to
the graduate system of coaming,
and for sex tai years the team has «
been bandied by Harris Cope, of
Carteravllle. Ga.. a man who played
brilliant football so. Sewanee for
years and who ha. been remarkably
■L successful in coaming the elevens.
Sewanee has a number of proni-
Ineut and wealthy alumni In At
lanta and the Sewanee-Tech games
have a social .mgh that make them
second only in so-ial prominenc- 1
to the Georgia-Tech b ittl», the big
' game of the year in Atlanta from
every angle.
SUNDAY BALL WANTED
IN OLD PURITAN STATE
BOSTON, Nov. 9 -The New England
league of baseball clubs will devote its
energies this winter to advocating the
I passage of a bill in the leglslatur- al
i lowing the playing of professional base
ball in Massachusetts on Sunday*
Specific Blood Poison
Everyone realizes that this disease is a blood infection of the most pow
erful nature, the virus of which so thoroughly poisons the corpuscles of
the circulation that its symptoms are manifested over almost entire
body. First comes a tiny sore or pimple, then the mouth and throat ul
cerate, glands in the groin swell, the hair begins to fall out, skin diseases
break out on the body, and even the bones ache with rheumatic pains.
Onlj' a real blood purifier can have any curative effect on a blood poison so
powerful as this. S. S. S. is the greatest of all blood purifiers; it goes
into the circulation and by thoroughly cleansing the blood of every parti
cle of the insidious virus makes a permanent and lasting cure of Specific
Blood Poison. If you are suffering with this disease
S- S- S. will cure you because it will purify your blood
»* *C- and enrich its health-promoting corpuscles. S. S. S. is
so absolutely safe and certain in its results, that every-
Ska Ska one nia - v cure themselves at home and be assured the
cure will be permanent and lasting. S. S. S. is a purely
PHMEDI vegetable remedy. Ixing inade entirely of roots, herbs
and barks, and it will certainly cure Specific Blood
Poison in all of its forms aud stages. Home Treatment Book and medical
free to all. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA. GA
The Line I p:
Sewanee. Tech.
Mc< ’lurir.iihan. Paikti. 1. e... Hutton. I. * .
Dobbins, It L uhrrnann (e.i, It.
MacCalluni. L g Montague. J. g.
; Stoney Ham, <• <■.
I Magwood, r. g Menn*, r. g.
I Moore, r. i CoHey, r. t.
GiHespio, r. *• Moore, r. e.
I Tolley, >|. b MacDonald, q. b.
Gilleni (c>. 1. h. b Cook, I. h. b.
Sheldon, r. h. b Pielder, r. h. b.
Parker. Meeks, f b. . Thornaeon. f. b
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ATHENIANS HERE
TO GET LINE ON
TECH ELEVEN
» THENS, GA.. Nov. 9. -Several
of the University of Georgia
football warriors left thia
morning for Atlanta to witness the
annual gridiron struggle between
Tech and Sewanee. The local play
ers will watch the game closely so
as to get a line on the real strength
of the Yellow Jackets, as they fig
ure that Coach Heisman will turn
loose everything in his category in
an effort to get the decision over
the Tigers.
As regards the Tech game, Geor
gia supporters believe that the Red
and Black will win by a narrow
margin and not by a big score, as
has been predicted by many of the
"wise ones.” The prowess of one
J. Heisman is too well known and
commands too much respect in
the»< quarters and for this reason
alone a small score is expected.
Georgia has at last struck its
stride, as is manifested by the work
of the players in the Sewanee and
Clemson games. The playing
strength of the line has Increased
40 per eegtt within the past two
weeks and the interference is now
all that could be asked for.
Through a series of unfortunate
injuries, Coach Cunningham has
unearthed a wonderful tackle in
Henderson, tn the Sewanee game
Harrell was laid up for repairs,
and Wood, a substitute, was sent
into the game. Wood’s work did
not satisfy Cunningham, who sent
Henderson to the rescue. The tac
kle position was entirely new to
him. but the great game he put up
will long be remembered by all who
witnessed the contest He also did
magnificent work in the Clemson
game, and as a result will be re
tained at tackle for the remainder
of tlte season.
riTE ATI./XTA GEORGIAN AND NETVS.SATL’RDAY. NOVEMBER 9, 1912.
A Trio of Tech Gridiron Stars Who Will
Sure Give Sewanee Warriors a Hard Battle
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Guard Montague getting off a > •
long punt in a practice game at
Tech flats. Quarterback McDonald kicking.
Morris Became a Fighter to
Uphold White Race Reputation
By Eeft Hook.
C ARL MORRIS, who fights Jack
Keating at tlte Dixie Athletic
club Tuesday night, is a well
meaning young man, even though
he isn’t the greatest fighter in the
world. He took up the game of hit
and getaway because he thought he
might have a chance to regain the
heavyweight championship for the
white race when Johnson won it
from Jeffries in that memorable
July 4 battle.
Morris was manipulating the le
ver on a big Western engine, and
late on tlie afternoon of that never
to-4»*-forgotten Fourth, he drove
the black nose of "Big 66ti” around
the winding curve into the station
of his home town, Sapuli'fl, < »kla.
Leaning far out of his cab win
dow, he jelled to the station mas
■ ter:
"How’d tile tight come out ?
"Johnson won in fifteen rounds,"
replied the S. M.
Right then and there Morris, a
300-pounder, of muscle and bone,
climbed down from his engine and
declared that he would never again
turn tlie wheels of "Big 666" until
he had defeated Johnson and
brought back the title to the white
; race.
H>* started training th* next day,
and for month.- and months he
worked with boxing instructors, se
; cured at fancy jc ic 's One of these
1 was Joe Jo uinettc. who has fought
Joints.m. and tlnal'j reai ix tlte
point a herein he v. a- • •■adj for his
! debut in the aren 1
At first be looked lik ;i h .-:i'al
and visions of him .imiex’iig th*
title t'-sting "ti the heai! of the no
torious black began tojl 'l> up be
sot. our eyes. Rut tluallj lie met
i Jim Flynn In Mad" >n Biiuar > Gar
den. and suffered .- !• rribh beat
inc Rut )<<■ was dead game and.
itlibnugh verllA torn to ribbons,
with friends pleading that he quit,
he stvi' k out the ten ronini.-.
But Riat ligli' took a lot out <>f
timi, mid after t! t proved easj
nlekltig for nearij «v tyliidj h*
»’»-H F’t»r thoi•! I i'.ii iib'Dlli*' h*‘
l»' -11 lvM illfe*, ‘lb l ■' ' -a\ l» liv\
that he is as good as he was the
hour before be climbed into the ring
with Flynn
Tuesday night will tell w hether
he is back in the "white hope” race.
He ought'to beat Keating, for down
in these parts we are unable to g< t
any kind of a line on this man. He
may be a near-champion and he
may be the worst kind of a bum,
for all we know.
BROOKHAVEN WILL OPEN
COURSE WITH TOURNEY
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A handicap golf tournament will be
, held on the Brookhaven course next
I week, and the committee in charge has
announced that all entries must be in
by tonight. A silver cup has been do
nated by J K. Ottley, and must be
won twice in succession before it be
comes the permanent property of the
victor.
j The final round of the match play will
I be held a week from today, at which
■ tim< tlie formal opening of tlie course
wil' be held.
instructor MacKenzle is making
great progress at tlie club and is fast
wl'.ipping a bunch of recruits into real
golfers.
TRAP SHOOT ON TODAY
AT BROOKHAVEN CLUB
Tlie Brookhaven club lias installed a
! trap for claj pigeons and today will
j hold a tournament for club members
aud invited guests. A silver cup will
be he prize for the best shot.
Trap shooting lias been a dead sport
here in Atlanta for some time, and It
is tlie hope and intention of tlie Brook
haven members to revive it. There are
quite a number of good < lay pigeon
shots in tlie vicinity, ami it is to be
hoped that tile game is again put on a
firm standing.
BOYS HIGH AND G. M. A.
WILL PLAY FOR TITLE
Tlie b. st ginny of tin* prep s. aeon will
in played w an B. II S. and G, M, A.
| meet Monday afternoon in i giiiiiron
'batjh t I'once I>• 1.. on park.
Th. i oni* st wIU p ’ tieallv de. ide
th. pennant wltinera. If G M. A wina
i tin rag 'III li) In t'. 'o gi I'aik. but If
lit losos. anothi i .Jill, will havt to b<
played Io deel.P a t i'-
ll! th a- < ;i. - 'U'. i G \! A won.
I bug I -i. B II S his string',;
Greatest Football Play I Ever
Saw—Written by Tom Kittrell
By Thomas G. Kittrell.
IA member of Vanderbilt's eleven of
'93, and one of the best linemen in the
South at that time.)
THE spectator tn the grandstand
and the experienced critic may
have very different notions as
to whether a certain play is really
a great one. If the spectacular fea
tures are present, producing the de
sired thrill, the crowd in the grand
stand will not be nice about weigh
ing the strength, agility, skill or
good judgment displayed in a per
formance which the experienced
football man may condemn as very
bad playing.
But on the merits of the star per
formance of Vanderbilt's fourth
game with Sewanee, in the autumn
of ’93, the grandstand and side
lines were in entire accord.
Billy Cleveland, the Purple’s fa
mous half back, furnished the sen
sation.
Vanderbilt had already been de
feated in an earlier game that sea
son on the Mountain, but it was
believed that the team had been
rounded into shape for retrieving
that disaster. On tlie toss Vander
bilt took the ball, defending the
north goal.
By persistent hammering at
straight football, by which the re
quired distance was barely covered
on each series of downs, Sewanee
was forced back to within three
yards of her won goal line. Here it
was first down. On the next play
Sewanee secured the bull on a fum
ble and onlj inches away from the
goal.
Any well ordered mind would
have rested with sedate confidence
on the certainty of a punt at this
crisis, and the prompt dispositions
of the Tigers seemed about to jus
tifj - such a reasonable expectation.
Rut these dispositions w» re only a
fake.
Tin oval was passed to Cleve
land, at half. Hi was tall, well
built, weighed about 170 pounds,
aud locked the verj picture of an
athlete, while there was a dash
about Ills plajillg that Would have
made him n favorite with the
grandstiiiKi. no mutter what hl
other qualities lidglit lutVe lieen.
He was also a ten-second man, a
tact whieli no uno p l ' sen; at Hint
game would have cared afterward
\t . ,11 til, hoo ..as I ,--ed lu.
End Hutton snapped just as
lie o-athered in n lonj; pnnt down
the gridiron. This boy is light
ning fast.
was no loitering to gather flowers.
; The play had been well conceived,
i and was faultlessly executed.
Sewanee's quarter and left half
back passed outside of Vanderbilt's
right tackle, as the interference
against the latter’s back field, with
Cleveland on their heels. The ruse
of tlie punt had paved the way,
and Cleveland's speed and dodging
did the rest. Soon he was head
ing a procession of the Old Gold
and Black players down across the
field for a touchdown.
In Sewanee's first play she had
scored a touchdown after a run of
something over 107 yards.
While Cleveland was the star per
former, his support was all that
could have been desired; every man
performed his part with the preci
sion and thoroughness that ordi
narily results only from the most
careful coaching.
With this beginning, aided by
her superior offensive work, Sewa
nee scored a decisive victory, her
first upon Dudley Field.
A. A. C. SWIMMERS~WORK
FOR MEET WITH B. A. 0.
The swimming pool of the Atlanta
Athletic club is alive every night with
the members, and the "hope-to-be
rnembers” of the swimming team.
Valiantly they have applied themselves
to the work of perfecting their water
powers. The majority of club members
are taking unusual Interest in the
team, and if encouragement counts for
anything, the squad already has a big
headway. At present the work is most
ly on the crawl stroke and the speed
with which these athletes are plowing
their way through the pool every night
seems sufficient proof that it has been
mastered.
The members of the squad are Hav
erty, Plant. Huff. Mclntire, Crane. Du
bard, Weaver. Hoyt, Kelly and Wynans.
Crane Is an old New York Athletic
club swimmer and is fast rounding Into
I shape. Wynans holds the world record
for the 40 and 50-yard sprint, repre
senting the Illinois A. <’. in th* recent
Olympic meet.
LEO HAUCK OUTPOINTS
AUSTRALIAN FIGHTER
PHILADELPHIA, PA.. Nov. 9—Leo
Houck. L.ima.-t'.. Pa., outpointed
Dav" Smith, the Australian mlddle
v. igh i h.'.mi'ion. in tix-round bout
her* Inst night. In Hie last two rounds
H"U< k fairly smuthen'd the Australian
with straight left Jabs.
DELL AND DIXON DRAW.
KANSAS I’ITY. Mu. N'm 9. Harry
I tell, nt' San Francfsc* . a Tommy Dix
on. . Kansu I'ity. leutlietweights.
!• w .1 uii an... i ~■ , « here last
night The bout »u- hist, honors even.
PITCHING SHORT
ROUTE TO FAME
IN BASEBALL
By Damon'Runyon.
IE your young son manifests an
incurable desire to become a
baseball player, and you And
him fooling around first base, or
the outfield, or the second or third,
or even peering with infantile eag
erness through the meshes of a
mask, lead that youthful party out
behind the barn and have a speech
with him.
Put on a catching glove and ex
amine the condition of his shooting
arm. He may have a wholly un
suspected hope to his fast ball,
along with a nice curve and some
change of pace. Such being the
case, it becomes your parental duty
to admonish him to enter life as a
pitcher of baseballs.
Speak to him as. follower
"Son, there is a great deal of
class to a Cobb, but consider the
skinnetl thighs which come from
the sliding appertaining to the run
ning of bases. Consider, too, the
daily labor —the 154 games of base
ball, during which the man who
would be a Tyrus must pound the
pill for better than .400, or lose
caste among his people.
"Consider the enormous amount
of energy- which must be expended
every two hours out of the 24 by
the Hal Chases, and the Honus
Wagners, and the Larry Doyles of
our time. Each and every day they
have the same<>ld strain and wor
ry; each and every day they must
perform their work with marvelous
efficiency or be panned to a whis
per. No alibis go in their cases.
"And then, my son, pause and
think of the life, of the slothful
ease of the pitcher, who works two
or three times a week, but who gets
practically as much money, and
eke as much fame. He wins his
game and the labors of the Cobbs
and the other men behind him are
forgotten in the gossip of his prow
ess; he' loses and the men are sacri
ficed for their shortcomings, and he
is excused on the ground of an off
day.
"Be a pitcher, my gon—be a
Mathewson, or a Wood, or a John
son. and you will find the path to
the vaudeville stage as easy from
the mound as it is from the out
field.”
Scout Sent to Take a Peep.
Having concluded your lecture,
all you have to do ik to turn your
son loose with a baseball in his
hand and let him wander through
the bushes until such time as some
big league manager locates him on
the advice of friends. A big league
scout may stumble across him ac
cidentally, but nowadays the man
ager usually hears about the phe
noms and then sends the ivory
hunter to confirm or deny the news.
The demand for pitching material
ik never satisfied in the big leagues.
The box is the surest short cut to
fame. A manager may have two
or three men sitting on his bench
who are better in sheer ability than
men playing in his regular line —
and the manager may know that to
be a fact—but lack of experience,
or other reasons, may keep them
long in the background, whereas
the pitcher usually finds big league
opportunity crowding him at all
stages.
It is sometimes only after two
or three years of steady playing
that an infielder or an outfielder
reaps the reward of ability, where
as a young pitcher may step im
mediately into the limelight. Claude
Hendrix, a two-year man; Larry
Cheney and Jeff Tesreau, who have
had only a year of big league ex
perience, are the pitching leaders
of the National league. Hugh Be
dient gained great fame after a
few months on a major bench, while
Jimmy Lavender, another first-year
man, mopped up much glory this
last season
Os course, a Ty Cobb or Tris
Speaker can not long be denied,
but these are exceptional cases
Every big league manager is
grooming youngsters who will one
day be stars of the baseball world,
but meanwhile, while they are gain
ing their education, young twirlers.
who joined on after they did, are
slipping into sudden fame.
It might be argued that while the
pitcher does not work as hard as
the other players, neither does he
last as long in the big league, but
that argument is answered by the
fact that several of the foremost
figures in the game today are vet
eran heavers.
Mathewson in Harness 12 Years.
Christy Mathewson has been
pitching for twelve years, and is to
day one of the highest salaried
men in the game. He is accounted
well off in this world's goods. He
Is good for several years more. Ed
Walsh is a comparative veteran,
and still one of the five greatest
heavers in the world. There is no
reason why a man ilk* Walter
Johnson should not go on as long
as Mathewson, or why Ma qtiard
should not last as long a* Eddie
Blank, who is an old-timer, as bn I
players go, but who finished sec
on< ■ ’ ; • - U t 1 ' *
league a*' -ea-otl.