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Percy Whiting Says Georgia
Should Win, But He Looks for
Grudge Fight of the Season
By Percy 11. Whiting.
HE finest "spit, light of the
I aennon is on this afternoon
at Ponce DeLeon park. The
histories of war anti sport are
crammed with the accounts of
grudge engagements. You could
bring it right doa n from Napoleon’s
time to today and fill the paper
telling about them.
But in all the history there would
be, no more bitter grudge than
Tech bears for Georgia and no
deeper spite than Georgia enter
tains for Tech. It is a toss-up
which hates the other the worse
a-OW, when two college teams
’ meet in a grudge battle you
can count on it they will play tor
blood. Both elevens will give up
all they have in the way of
strength, speed and cunning. AU
the. "ifs” and “and*** "f condition,
training and such at> swept away.
The teams meet m the same psy
chological basis. It is the game
that forms the topmost pinnacle of
the season. If it is won, the sea
son was a success. If it Is lost,
the season was a fai.ure. The othet
games don’t matter. Tech at
tempts to create the impression
that thi game with Clemson is a
big affair; and Georgia makes the
some stall about, the contest with
Auburn. Hut they don't Mol any -
body—and least of all themselves.
Today’s game is THE GAME. The
others are interesting, but • t cry. <
thing depends on this.
• • •
\X?(TH the “if ami but ’ ellmi
’’ nated, as aforesaid. today's
game narrows down to a test of
ttreng h, skill and .cunning.
Sizing the two te.ims up on the
ImisLs of these three poitr •■. it ap
pear? that Georgia has a.I the ad
vantage in strength, that Tech lias
the skill cornered, arid that it s a
toss-up in the cunning department.
So the question comes: Can a
team with a preponderance of
weight beat a team with a mate
rial advantage in skill’.’ There’s
only one answer to that one: Yes;
if the preponderance of weight is
big enough. Surely all will admit
that a team of 200-pounders could
beat a team of 100-pounders,
Apparently Georgia lias enough
advantage In weight and strength
to win the game. Just hotv much
the advantage In weight is can't be
told. It has been announced as
anywhere from 6 pounds to 20.
Probably ft is nearer to the latter
figure than the former. The Geor
gia squad Is made up of big men.
The Tech squad is made up of lit
tle men.
Un weight and strength, Gevigia
has an advantage that, if all other
things were equal, should give the
Rod and Black an advantage of 40
to 60 points,
to*
I T is therefore up to Teen to detn
* onstrate enough skill to even
things up a bit. It is no reflection
on anybody to say that the Tech
team of this year is the smartest
thing of Its inches that ever was
seen in these parts. It isn't alto
gether the coaching, by a long
ways; for this same Tech coach
has had some mighty dull teams In
ills day. But this year Mr. Heis
man has had brainy, speedy, scrap
py- material to work with. And he
has developed a team with a •'kick,'*
mental and physical.
The Tech t< am has shown more
this year, for Its ounces, than any
of its opponents. If this team av
eraged 185 to 190 pounds, it would
win the Southern championship, or
come mighty close to it.
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HOW much will Tech's clever
ness serve to offset Georgia’s
strength'* Certainly- nobody sup
poses that Tech will be beaten any
40 to t>o points. You can’t get a
bet at evens on the continent that
Georgia will win by’ 25 points. The
few who have risked their money
on the chance that the Red and
Black will win by 20 points have
kissed their coin good-bye.
The prevailing opinion is that
Georgia will win by a couple of
touchdowns. That seems fair
enough, too.
There also seems a good hunch
that Tech will score.
• • •
J T ought to be a game of mod
-1 erate scoring. The Tech eleven
has a marvelous offense for its
weight. And if it might luck
through with a couple of forward
pass's. It would be sure to tally. It
may do ft without the pass.
Georgia if it were contented with
straight ilne plunging could teat
up and down the field for a couple
of touchdowns sure, just by the use
of superior weight. But in addition
to line plunging ability-Georgia has
the most brilliant half back in the
STONE MOUNTAIN AND
GORDON IN BIG BATTLE
s< on 1 "niy fn importance to the big
41 ,• this afternoon between Tech and
•'-■"’Kia was the contest this monring
. Ponce DeLeon park, which began at
10 ", Gordon and Stone Mountain
•’> ’ing m t’a-ir annual struggle
South, bar Hardage, in McWhor
ter. With a combination like that,
there can be nothing to it but
Georgia
However. Tech will give the Red
and Black a battle -a tremendous
battle.
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Statistics of Men in Today's Big Struggle
TECH-- Wt. Ht. Age. GEORGIA— Wt. Ht. Age.
Hutton, 1. • ... I.'h- 5.1a 20 Hitchcock, t. e. ... 154 >; 19
Leuhrmann, I. t .17' .‘>.ll 23 . Malone, r. tl7O 5.10 19
Montague, I. g....,5f> •; 22 Peacock, r. g 174 5.10 21
Loi'b, e. 15.. 5.09 22 <’ovlngton. e.161 5.08 20
Means, r. g 172 5.11 20. Lin as. I. k 183 5.10 22
Colley, r. tl6B 6.01 20 Henderson, 1. t.... 197 6 20
Moore, r. el4O 5.09 19 Conklin, 1. e143 5.07 20
McDonald, ql5O 5.11 18 Paddock, q. b 147 5.08 is
Cook. I. h. b 159 5.10 21 McWhorter, r.h.b..177 5.10 20
Fielder, r. h. b.. . .148 5.09 19 Bowden, 1. h. b... .162 5.11 19
Thomasson, f. b.. .165 5.1 1 21 Thompson, f. b...!58 5.10 18
FODDER FOR FANS~
Hans I Albert is following thr example
of the renovated Haus Wagner in invest
ing his savings He has Just purchased
a poultry farm and will devote the win
ter months to raising ehickena.
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Wolvestons relea.se (*muma<l a deal of
regret among the Yankee players, every
one of whom had a warm spot in his
heart for the manager. There never was
a leader who stood better with the men
tinder him than Wolverton.
K> ♦ •
If the Milwaukee club agrees to pay
Jimmy Block the same amount he drew
from the White Sox the former Chicago
catcher will consent to play in the mln
ors a few seasons and forget what he
said about quitting the game.
9 • •
Fort} - six games in the box without a
miscue Is the proud record of Harry
Griffin, a member of the Richmond pitch
ing staff The past season he worked in
eighteen games and last year pitched
twenty-eight without a fielding error.
♦ • •
The Toronto club, of the International
league, will train at Macon, ’la., next
spring, according to announcement by
Owner MeCaffrej There was some talk
of a trip to Cuba, but this plan has been
abandoned.
♦ ♦ •
Just a« Hnnk o l>a ? whs about to wire
a message of congratulaiion to Joe Tin
ker on his escape from Cincinnati, Char
le> Murph} announced that the deal is not
off, and Joe ma' still be snared by the
Reds.
♦ » •
Trie f’hicago plwnogrsiph. sometimes al
luded to as C. Webb Murphy, further
deposes and says that he never asked
for Hob Bewher nor did ho nave any
unpleasant words with Garry Herrmann.
• • «
Earl Hamilton, the Browns’ twirler of
no-hit fame, added to his prominence in
a small way by opposing Walter John
son In a mound due! a few days ago in
Pittsburg, Kans. Johnson's team won
by a 1 to 0 score Hamilton allowed
only two hits, to three off the “Speed
King ’’
a • «
Chief Meyers Is passing the Indian
summer days of California by playing
first .base .on the San Diego team
• • •
Joe Tinker, when not busy asserting
he will not play with the Cubs next
season, is putting in a few hours on the
vaudeville stage Joe hands out a bunch
of adjectives in explanation of pictures
of the world’s series
• • •
Clarke Griffith rarely grows enthusias
tic over a player the way he has with
Joe Engle. The nineteen year-old school
bov is a marvel in the estimation of the
“Old Fox. ’
...
II Youngman, of Homestead. I’a .
wishes t< deny that he is the discoverer
of Ty Cobb President Navin once jok
inglt Introduced him as such, ard tb.c
report has gained prominence. Bill Ar
mour is the t’hrlstopher Columbus •>(
the ’’Peueh, ’ and Voungn ar nas ’ in
t«ntl<Ti "f s'ealmg bi- t»' tfr<
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATTRDAY. NOVEMBER 16, 1912.
A Trio of Men Who Are Expected to Star Today
- - -—— - - ." ... Captain Leuhrmann, of Tech,
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chick Gandil, the Nationals’ classy first
sacker, underwent an operation at his
i home in Shreveport to have his tonsils
removed. Chick, like most of the other
members of the Senators, suffered from
the throat affection said to be due to the
, climate of the Capital City.
i Bill I'allien, with a newly signed eon
i tract tucked away in his coat, will start
I for the South in a few days, to find a
training camp for the Dodgers. Georgia
and Texas will be the destination of the
. • Brooklyn leader.
. • •
i l 'me Infielder and one outfielder, both
I bitters, are all Manager Callahan asks
> to put the White Sox tn the pennant
I race. Can anj gentleman accommodate
him?
• « «
They say Clarke Griffith semis a letter
to Tol Pendleton, of Princeton, every few
days, reminding Pendleton of his prom
. ise to join the Washington team if he
ever goes in for baseball.
• • •
, The Washington critics and fans <le
; dare that Eddie Foster is the best place
1 hitter since the days of Willie Keefer.
i Larry Doyle says that the hardest work
i he ever did was to write the world's se
i ries for a newspaper. Since Poyle did
not write a line and received S6OO vou
might wonder why Doyle thought It such
a tough job. Larry answers that one of
' the stipulations was that he must read it.
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Charles W Murphy, president of the
Cubs, Is said to be dickering for Eddie
McDonald, released by the Boston Braves
to the Sacnimento team, of the Pacific
Coast league. MacDonald refused to play
•at the coast.
• ♦ »
Ret! Dooin. of the Phillies, says be
wants youngsters and not veterans, and
, Is present with the statement that he
will not ask for Frank Chance and Roger
Bresnahan
i
Germany Schaefer, of the Senators, de
. dined to go to Sacramento. Cal., as the
manager of that team. Jack Atkin came
East and talked it over with the eome
i dian. but the latter did not think well
• of the proposition.
IPLAYER SWAPS “PANTS”
FOR SOME POKER CHIPS
i
DETROIT. MICH.. Nov. 16.—William
Verne appeared In police court attired
I in a dress coat and some underwear—
> ho had bet the trousers in n poker
i game and lost.
' He begged the loan of the trousers
to go home in but the “bank” took no
. risk.- and declined So William started
in his dress coat and underwear. That’s
f ho v the policeman happened to grab
him.
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Lucas t»f Georgia, getting off a long forward pass, at
which he is a bearcat.
HORSE GUARDS DEFEAT
MARIST RIFLES TEAM
The last half of the 60 serfes in the
Fifth Regiment Basketball league was
played last night, and also a post
poned game.
The Marist Rifles sustained an ex
pected defeat by a somewhat larger
score than was anticipated at the hands
of the Horse Guard. The Marist team
was simply outclassed, though the en
tire team put up a stiff tight. A large
number of fouls werb called, about
equally divided between the two teams.
Marist's points were scored as follows:
Taylor, 4; G. Williams. 6. and Harrison.
2. Hudson refereed and’ Weaver um
pired the game.
The Fulton Fusilliers were defeated
for the second time this week, the At
lanta Grays easily winning by the
large score of 49 to 10. The Grays
scored 30 points in the first half and
29 in the last. The Fusllliers looped 4
points in the first and 6 in the la§t
stanza. Maiiok near establishing
a record at shooting field goals, shoot
ing a total of 17 during the game. The
team work of the Grays was the fea
ture of the game. Green again won
honors for the Fusllliers, playing a very
i fust game, and scoring 6 of the 10
i points.
JESSE MERCER HAS WORD
TO SAY TOJSPORTSMEN
The following letter sent The Geor-
I gian by Game Warden Jesse Mercer ex
plains Itself:
The Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta. Ga.
Dear Sirs: This department Is send
ing the following letter to wardens in
every county in the state:
“The law, section 14. in designating the
open season, uses the language, “Between
the following dates.' The supreme courts
in several states have held that neither
the first nor the last day named can be
included where the word inclusive’ is
not used, but the Impression has gone
out that, and It seems to have been the
purpose of the legislature to have, the
bird season open on November 20. and
the deer season October 1. wood duck
season I tecember 1. and so on; there
fore you are advised not to prosecute
for hunting on November 20 or on the
date first mentioned in any instance.
“'My ruling is that the partridge sea
son opens on the 20th. the morning of
the 20th day, of November, and that It
closes with the month of February; that
it will be unlawful to shoot partridges,
doves, turkeys or plover on March deer
on December 1. and so on."
The bird season opens on the morning
of the 20th. next Wednesday Sincerely,
J. E. MERCER. Commissioner.
Atlanta. November 15. 1912
SIOO,OOO OFFERED FOR PHILLIES.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. L» , -It was re
ported here today that the Philadelphia
National league club will be sold to a
I syndicate, represented by W J Gilmore,
theatrical man. and Robert \ Balfour, a
i broker tor a price of approximately *1
AAA 00fl
I-J-'i-J-H-M-HH-H-i-H-
IFOOTBALL GAMES :i:
:: SCHEDULED FOR ;l;
GRIDIRONS TODAY t
• • South. -*■
A Georgia vs. Tech, at Atlanta. -P
• • Stone Mountain vs. Gordon, at At-
•!• lanta. J-
• ■ Vanderbilt vs. Central Kentucky, 4-
• •at Nashville. -k
• • Mercer vs. Clemson, at Macon
4- Alabama vs. Sewanee, at Binning- 4
■• ham.
A Mississippi vs. Tennessee Medicos, 4“
•4 at Memphis. 4-
•• Tennessee vs. Kentucky State, at A—
Knoxville. A—
Virginia vs. Georgetown, at Wash- 4-
4- ington. y
• • Mississippi Agricultural and Me-
•b chanical vs. Texas Agricultural and --
• • Mechanical, at College Station. •'-
A M ake Forest vs. Gaudulet, at Ra- ••
• • leigh.
• • Washington and Lee vs. North -p
A Carolina, at Greensboro. a—
Louisiana State University vs. Ar- A
4- kansas. at Little Rock. A
Virginia Polytechnic Institute vs.
West Virginia, at Blacksburg.
•p East.
•r Princeton vs. Yale, at Princeton A
-r Pennsylvania vs. Carlisle, at Phil-
• • adelphia. -J-
• • Harvard vs. Dartmouth, at Cam- •<•
A bridge. 4.
A Tufts vs. Army, at West Point.
•• North Carolina Agricultural and • •
•• Mechanical vs. Navy, at Annapolis. • •
• • Colgate vs. Syracuse, at Syracuse, 4-
A Brown vs. Lafayette, at Provl- • ■
A dence. y
• • Ursinus vs. F. and M . at Lan- A—
caster. 4.
Y Bucknell vs. Swarthmore. at • •
• ■ Swarthmore. ••
4- I/ehigh vs. Muhlenburg. at South • •
Bethlehem
4- Williams vs. Amherst, at Amherst, y
Y Yale Freshmen vs. Harvard Fresh- A
•>• men, at New Haven. *■
West. y
Minnesota'vs. Wisconsin, at Min- • •
-• neapolis. • •
4- Nebraska vs. Kansas, at Law- y
4» rent e.
A Cornell vs. Michigan, at Ann Ar- A
Y bor. 4,
Penn State vs. Ohio State, at Co- A
Y lumbus. -J.
4- Chicago vs. Ilinois. at Urbana.
4- Missouri vs. Washington, at Co- • •
luinbla. y
4- Marquette vs. St. Louis, at St. y
4» Louis. A
•!• lowa vs. Ames, at Ames.
4- Rose Poly vs. Perdue, at Lafay- 4-
4- ette. --
4- Case vs. Oberlin, at Oberlin.
30,000 POSTAGE STAMPS
STOLEN BY BURGLARS
COLUMBUS. OHIO, Nov. 16.—Rob
bers early today battered open the
postoffice safe at Orient, near here, ami
secured 10.000 two-cent stamps and
20,000 one-eent ‘tamps, as well as a
small quantity of tobacco. Federal au
thorities are investigating. The saf-’
was blown several years ago ami as it
neve: had been fully tepai: -.1 it of
fered itt’e resistance.
CORNELL IN ANN ARBOR
TO BATTLE MICHIGAN
ANN ARBOR. MICH., Nov. 16.—With
the arrival of five hundred Cornell
rooters on a special train, the spirits
of the Cornell team rose considerably
for their game today with Michigan.
Notthat the Cornell players were down
cast. but the Michigan rooters have
spared no pains to make Cornell men
believe the game is as good as won
by the Wolverines.
Blazing bonfires, marches and pa
rades, cheering and fireworks were the
forms taken to express Michigan op
timism. Both teams were ready when
the time came for calling the game.
Several of Yost’s men were "cripples,’’
but were as eager for the referee's
whistle as any of the other players.
DREYFUSS WON'T ALLOW
PLAYERS TO GO TO CUBA
PITTSBURG. Nov. 16. Rainey
Dreyfuss has refused to allow Wagner,
Hendrix and O'Toole to go to Havana
to play ball this winter. The president
of the Pittsburg club explains his at
titude In the following words:
' Barnstorming under reasonable con
ditions Is all right, but there is a limit.
An athlete who is acclimated to the
temperate zone should not go into the
tropics and play ball. In Cuba a man
Is liable to contract malaria or other
fevers that one does not know in the
temperate zone.’’
GORDON SCRUBS WIN.
BARNESVILLE, GA.. Nov. 16—The
Gordon Scrubs defeated Lanier High.
School of Macon, 18 to 0, heie. The
features of the game were the playing
of Slrmon and Brooks for Gordon, and
Dunbar and Clements, for Lanier. La
nier tried tlie forward pass several
times, hut was unsuccessful. Gordon
made most of her gains bv line plunges.
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THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA-
810 JOY AT TECH
FDR HEISMAN
HAS SIGNED
That Tech authorities intend
to see to it that the students
of the local college are well
represented on the athletic fields
was assured when they signed J. W
Heisman for another five-year term
as instructor of every branch of
sports. Mr. Heisman had received
offers from all over the country
but Tech held an option on his
services, and today .they exercised
it.
As a result, there is much joy in
the vicinity- of Tech flats today, f.. :
Heisman has earned himself a
warm place in the heart of every
Tech man.
Is Oldest Coach in South.
Mr. Heisman is the oldest college
coach in the South in point of serv
ice, and also stands at the top in
developing athletic teams. He grad
uated from the University of Penn
sylvania, where he played an end
on the football team, also making
the nine. Although not making in
All-American player while in col
lege. on account of his lightness,
he was one of the headiest players
in the East, and soon after gradu
ation adopted coaching as a pro
fession.
At Oberlin college Mr. Heisman's
teams attracted attention on ac
count of their showing against the
i much stronger schools of the East.
In his latter years at that college
he defeated Ohio State, at that
time one of the most feared elevens
in the country.
Realizing the ability of Heisman.
Auburn got busy and persuaded
him to come South. His success
at the Alabama school w-as marked
and Auburn jumped into the front
ranks among the Southern colleges.
Clemson college next secured Mr
Heisman’s services, and reaped a
harvest of athletic victories, whici
they have never equaled since hi?
departure.
Jackets in Sore Straits.
Thp Jackets were young at this
time and were having the worst
kind of a struggle to keep head and
shoulders above the water. It was
nothing but defeat for Tech year
in and year out, and it did not seem
as though the tide could be
stemmed. It was decided to secure
a first-class coach who could bring
the Jackets out of the wilderness
Heisman was brought down from
Clemson and put at the helm in
full charge of athletics at Tech.
This was In 1904, when a contract
was signed with him for three
years, with an option at the end of
this period.
In these three years Mr. Heisman
turned out elevens that snowed the
Jackets’ rivals under and gave Tech
a standing in Southern athletics.
In these three years Tech's growth
was remarkable, and it was due
largely, to Coach Heisman’s ability
in putting an eleven on Southern
gridirons that advertised Georgia
Tech as an institution of the high
est rank.
CY SEYMOUR GOES TO
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
MILWAUKEE, WIS„ Nov. 16. J
Bentley (Cy) Seymour, of tlw Newark
Indians, and former Giant outfielder,
has been sold to the Los Angeles club
of the Pacific Coast league. The deal
was put through by George L. Solo
mon, acting president of the Newark
club, who Is here to attend the meet
ing of the National Association of Pro
fessional Baseball Clubs. The amount,
paid for the veteran was not made pub
lic.
Seymour was secured by the Newark
chib last season from Baltimore He
held down center field for the Brave-'
and batted above the .300 mark
NEGRO ELEVENS TO MEET
AT PONCY NEXT SATURDAY
Georgia Tech has no game In 1
lanta on Saturday. November 23, ■<
on that day Ponce DeLeon park w;
given over to a game between tw
the strongest negro elevens (n th* HP 1
—Tuskegee and Atlanta Baptist
lege.
The Atlanta Baptist college until • -
year held the Southern champion"
for several years. In 1911 the
team defeated Fisk 6 to 0. Tusk< g
did not plaj- Fisk, but defeated
Atlanta Baptists by the narrov
gin of two field goals. Dope, there:
assigned the title for 1911 to Tuskege".
goes into the circulation and removes ever'"
particle of impurity, humor or poison 1
the blood. S. S. S. acts most pleasant* y•’
■ beneficially on thestomach, assists in toninc
up the digestive members.and contributes i'