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GR3IKM SKW
EDITED W, S FARNSWORTH ,
Birmingham and the South
Await Struggle; Vanderbilt,
Though Crippled, Should Win
Statistics of Vanderbilt and Auburn Elevens |
VANDERBILT. AUBURN.
Years On < Years Or
Name. Age. Height. Wgt. Team Name Aqe. Height. Wgt. Team |
Post tion.
Tuner 5 ft. Ilin. 165 I I. e. Kearlj .21 .’.ft •» in 108 2
Shipp. .21 6 ft. 3 in. 210 11. t. Lamb. sfl Sin. 175 3
. .21 5 ft. f* in. 175 11. g. Lockw'd I.? 5 ft. 10 in 208
Morgan .1!' ’• ft. 4 in. 21.» p. Hurns. .22 6ft 2ln 186
5 ii. 11 n. 170 1 r n. Thigpen .2’l • ft. 11 in 185
T. Bro’? n Oft. 4 in. 180 3 r. t. 1.-nisei) IK 5 ft. 9 in. 175
E. Brown .20 5 ft. 8 In. I<>o 3 r. <. Robins..n ‘.n 5 rt. sin. 165
Curlin. . ,21 5 ft. 10 in. 157 2 q. b. Major 22 5 ft. 10 in.
Collins ,11 5 ft. 9 in. 161 r. h. Ilrn. ..18 5 it. Bli
Hefdag 23 5 ft. 10 in. 167 2 1. u. Xnwell .20 5 ft. <• In.
Sykes. 21 5 ft. 11 in. 16,» 2 1 I »h-sija< 21 -It. * in.
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By Percy 11. Whiting.
BIRMINGHAM. ALA.. Nov. :::.
Thi- i's tbi day of the big
game -the game that setlb -
<(ae football championship ot the
South Kickwoo 1 park is ti> pa< ‘
Two-thi: ly p. m. is the time. You' I
got tho. result in th ' footbec » xtr.-c.
The stage is a set. the players
ale be.e. and spectators. i'C'iteis
and mv’e loOthul: situ ps ■ e guth-
!■. eiing •om the tom earners of the-
I Sou;
A good pa t "I Al aill.i is lie i■ .
much Al X:i*ln ills ami ibsolutely
a!' of At'b . n.
And Birmingham do< sn t know
what I • mat.' of it. This'is no col
fS lege toot. but rather .i dull mining ' j
and manul'm tm Ing t»mg. lite
Sight of eo!lr;;i men parading th ,
St <• 1 .**• til- 11 \ lui di t” -T*; s. ■
loud with color.- and > . cog- ■
nixublr* ;npvh' ■ b\ high-idle*; .
trouM - hiul uuui• in-li** socks has
xiwn it rather ot n tu. n. It will be
<lu> I<i calming down again.
I HAVI camps of bol I
‘ teams, I ive talk..! with
couches pitiyi s. camp followirs.
“CXpe: t- " and jus. plain rooters.
Ami mil of it all comes only i’
jumbled idea that A underbill
OUGHT T< • MIN but t i x not
Tin' confidence of tin Alubam- i
ans Is beautiful to behold.
"What has Vandeibll. got on
Auburn- but n big bluff'.”' asked u
former Aubin n player this nmrn
-1 Inga player,jby the way. who hud
suffered a', least once at the hands
of a Vanderbilt eleven "We have
weight' strength, t mining. clever
ness. speed. headwork, teamwork,
everything. lA' Kit YI HI NG.” He
got positively hysterical about it.
And I admitted it all.
Ove 1 on the Vanderbilt side of
tin fence the enthusiasm is not so
convincing
"If all our men were light we'd
murder them." is the plaint.
But all the ‘nu ll aren't ' ighl.
T int's settled. N- use going back
• o\. it
' Buddy" the gan. Vain > i blit's
\ * best man on defence ami the man
who smashes the Unp buckffig ef
forts of opponents is just recover
ing from grip, but will play.
Lewis Ilurddge. who is a full half
of the Vanderbilt offejige this year,
a* fa as lie running attack is con
cerned, and wlm is far more than
half of tile off< i|se when forward
passes are needed, is in wretched
condition.
Taei sai thei will not put in
Hardatje at a'.l. But then tln i.niai.
The man who lias an old grudge to
5 , settle with the Auburn Polys is fair
ly dying for a shot at the represen
tatives of his old alma mater. If
the game is going against Vander
bilt it will take the police to kei p
AUGUSTA WANTS CLUB IN
SOUTH CAROLINA LEAGUE
U iirs r i. i ;a.. Nov. 23. • It is pos
sible that Yugttsta will ••ter a new
Jeuguc to b. formed in Smith Carolina
m Ithin the m u future.
■ The poo management of tin bull)
league cauf-d tid- < iti to drop front the
a. tanks and :In p ~< •• nm is Cobb. Ruck
e . Engh ci.v.itv. Stalling- and other
' diamond ce;ebrhiis really seemed their
start inis hud no professional baseball
i. for m arly tuo in ars.
f t'hjrlesion ~-a was lompclled to
drop out of th' S i ' ami now Columbia
litis dmw tin -am tiling.
With a longue compose ! of Augusta.
Charleston. Cmurnbia. Spartanburg,
G eeni'llli* and Ainb rson and a salary
| limit of Jl.X'M'. some money should he I
made and a numbe: of local business
t men ae pl mining to secure a franchise
i ■ so Augu-ta.
COLLEGIATE X COUNTRY
RUN AT ITHACA TODAY
IK ITHACA, N. Y.. Nov Record
li. caking ijerfornm in es w> r, looked for I
| today in the six-miie inc r olbgiate I
», i tors-country race, in who-n eleven |
colleges were entered. ideal weather |
conditions prevailed and the eoursi was
| in lit)- shape. Yale exiieets ,to retain
her supremacy, but there was certainty
E of a t’iree-Cori)ered tight between Har
\ Vard. Cornell and Dartmouth. Syra
eusi . Pi nnsylvani.i. Princeton and
Prawn W. :-e expected to tight for fourth
place, with tile Yale. Colgate and Chy
of New York teams bringing up the
rear*
|* . Becausi? of bls wonderful record.
John Paul Jones, of Come.ll. was re
garded ns a winner of individual imn
uis. with T dior. of Brown, second.
CONWAY VS. DRANNIGAN.
K , , ’ 1 ’ 1 TSBt'p.i;. Noi. .’3. l-'rnnkii-
Conway. ~f Philadelphia, and Patsy
■ Bnuinhui. th< io tl tighter are in tim '
m. f o r ti, ,-rm.n Imut hen to-
him out II i ottld gladly break a
• bg to win this game.
Tiie rest of the Vanderbilt team
looks good enough, us fa as ap
pt a. ai ees go; but I»r. Owsley Mu
nier, head of tim training depart
ment. says ;hey are a set of Spa
vined. dm • • Ing w el;- and tnayb'
they are, i
' Shipps unkle is twisted up ike
tissue paper—to let them tell it.
Collins, however, is in tine trim.
AH joking aside Vandeibilt is not
iig it—or anywhere near tight.
Whether or not the Commodores
a ■ so badly shot to pieces that I
they will lose to Auburn the after
noon's performance will tell. I'm
inclined to like Vanderbilt, even
i <■■ midi ing nil things. “I
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'T'j-iil Aimu n eioivd uamit any j
‘ anti -game ■xi uses. The team
... played mm whole season to git
e nli tor I'nis game. ANU IT IS
REA l>','.
Si lilom has any team so brazenly
,ved itself foi one single struggle
I - Auburn has this y ear. The Alu
oami Polytechnics have imt played
a .all tough team this season.
Tiioy started with their own alum
ni. Then they hideously walloped
Mercer. Then liny got away with
I'loildu. but tin I'loridians scored
1.1 points. The next Saturday they
i i oik lup Ji points on < 'lemson, but
wi-ri scored on themselves to the
extent, of ti points. Then eurne the
gann witli Mississippi A. & M..
which Aubuin won by a touch
down. The next Saturday Auburn
rolled up 27 points on Tech, But
w*e e scored on once. The follow
ing Saturday came the game with
1. S. I'., which Auburn won by a
yingle touchdown.
This is a moderately good sched
ule, but not by any means a hard
Otic. The Auhltin tea'll was forced
to "get right" but once this season
and that uas for today's game.
Apparently Auburn must have a |
lot that hasn't been turned loose
let -in plays, iti tricks and in re
serve strength and power.
Take this as a certain fact:
Unless Auburn plavs better to
day than ever befo e this season
Vanderbilt will win.
That much is certain.
So is tin fact that the Auburnites I
plan confidently to turn loose more
than they have before this season
and more than they ever turned
loose in their lives.
... |
'pilE weather hero today is fair ,
and warm. Everything lias j
combined to make today's game a |
big drawing card.
We shall soon know how tile peo- j
pie of this burg respond. My own ,
opinion is that after today's game
Vanderbilt and Auburn will have
had enough of this town and that
they will be ready to transfer the
game to Artanta, where it really
belongs.
BROOKHAVEN CLUB OPENS
LINKS AND SHOOTING TRAP
The Brookhaven Golf club will be of
ficially opened this afternoon at 3 I
o'clock. El.iliorate plans have been |
made for the opii.mg. Some well
known local celebrities will be present.
Mrs, William Lawson Peel hits con
sente . to officially christen the course
by clriiing th. first ball from the first
te. . aft. which lite regular program set
for the day will be carried out.
All the golfers of the club will par
ticipate in a chiving, an approaching
and a putting contest, prizes being
hung tt|‘ for tim winner in eac’h event.
But golf will not bold the entire
center of the stage. ' The Gun club will
officially open and hold its first shoot
lon i e traps, for which a handsome
I stiver loving euii is offered to the win
ner.
T • I'maS in ti golf tournament for
the J K. ottlcy trophy will also be
played.
GORDON BEATS RIVERSIDE
IN HARD BATTLE. 12 TO 7
BARNESVILLE. GA.. * Nov 23.
(Gordon defeated Riverside on the grld
! Iron by the score of 12 to 7 and as the
1 result the whole town celebrated, the
students parading the business section
I in night shirts.
Gordon's victory brings about a
I triple tie in the prep senooi ranks. Gor
in tied Georgia Military college, 7 to
Rivi rside and Gordon have met
Itwi. • . .■ ;eli winning a game. The
‘•'■'i c::i Military eollege-Riverside
Lg.i !• at Athens Thanksgiving day will
Rtuivi much to do witlt the ultimate
ranking of the two teams,
REMATCH WHITE AND MOORE.
• Illi Atji >. Nov. 23. That classy lit
tten- ound .-ng gi mi nt at Kenosha
ion Thursday night, in which Charlev
White handily I." st. ci Pal Moore, is to
,b< stagec fain. Tin nlsfit f.-ather-
W' lu’ ts :• ,y com. 'ipiu back for the
■n. xt s ow " ma y be held over for the I
■ Hi'. ,e. ' ut, they v. .11 batt.e again. I
■ is st.ieii'd t ..it in- can do het-'I
I' i i■' ' lib cliaiic. to pion it.
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iHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1912.
Trio of Vanderbilt Stars Who Are Sure to Give Auburn Trouble .
the fleet Collins is shown booting. This great sprinter Chuirierback Zhi'li ( urlni get.
- expcci d t" make niant gains fur the ('onnnodores this after- —--s lintr one oJ his marvellous
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George Burns, Giant Youngster,
Rapidly Developing Into Star
By Sam <’rant'.
(This is the fifth of a series'of
articles on youngsters who have
made good in the big leagues.)
I.ORGE BI RNS. one of the
Giants' si•-olid string ofout
tleldets, hrs the ‘■tuff in him
to make a Ing league sta~ if given
the opportunity.
what few c hances lie lias had to
“show” since he joined the team
demonstrated .that he has cla‘s
enough to warrant his being re
tained on the club's roster. And
the fact that Manager McGraw has
held on to the youngster is evi
dence enough of his ability.
During the early part of last sea
son Bunts was put in as a pinch
hitter quite frequently and .made
good nearly every time he was
called on. and for a while has a
most enviable batting record. He
was kept under cover, more or less,
by reason of Becker, who was tii st
substitute outfielder, showing very
strong when ho was put out in (ten
ter at the time Snoiig.ass tilled in
at first base, owing to Merkle hav
ing a felon on his thumb.
Burns, though, will get his
chance later on, and as he is onlv
21 years old he* can afford to wait.
He was in 28 games during tile sea
son of 1912. however, and that en
titled him to a share- of the Giants'
world s. rii s receipts. Last s ason
he was given a half share, so he
has no t eason to complain of his
short career in the major league.
IL- is ambitious, though, and would
be the happiest youngster on earth
could ho secure a permanent berth
On the regular team.
Often Wait Years For Chance.
Young recruits nowadays some
times have to warm the bench for
three or four years before they ob
tain the chance to show the! worth
and Burns, unfortunately, seems to
be doomed to face that unsatisfac
tory situation. But It is the policy of
McGraw and also Connie Mack to
hold back his youngsters until they
are exactly ripe and then spring
them. Muck's success with Eddie
Collins and the sensational result
of that plan shows the benefits to
be derived from such wide hand
lln g.
Arthur Shafe . of the Giants, is
tn the same boat with Burns, and
had to bide his time, which will be
next season. It Is possible that
Burns may get his long-waited op
portunity. too. next season.
Burns is a crackajack outfielder
already, and covers lots of veldt.
He is a sure catch and lias a good
string arm. He knows, too, whee
to th. >w th' bull, -'-metlilng tiitit
v: t In l et- 1 .ills ,:i ; , business do
not aiibe.i: tk b< am' too ant ut
But Burna is a very wise youth. He
is not addicted to a whqle lot of
conve’.'r-ation, but does plenty of
thinking. He Is in Ihie with Otis
Crandall on talk, and it is his relit - I
ing disposition that keeps him
: som.wh.it in the background as re-
! gatds llasiliness.
Excellent Base Runner.
Hurns excels at base running. Ho
is nearly as fast on the bases as
Siiyfer or Devore, and they are
some speed boys. He has never
reached the coveted .300 mark as-a
I hitte:, but lie stands up well at the
plate and has a good eye. He is a
free hitter and is a difficult man to
size up at bat. for he hits to all
fields. An opposing player can not
‘‘lay" for him with any degree of
certainty . This is a strong point,
too.
Burns is a short, stout youngster,
being five, feet seven inches in
height, and weighs 170 pounds. He
is very active, though, and brimful
of ginger, in fact, lie is a McGraw
style of player front head to feet.
Utica. N. Y„ was tiiq oity in
which Burns first attracted the at
tention of big league scouts in 1911,
ami "Sadie" McMahon who was
a stat pitcl-.er for the old Baltimore
Orioles when .VfeGtaiw was a mem
ber of the same team, spent nearly’
a month in the New York State
league getting a line oiAßurns ex
clusively. As a result of this thor
ough investigation. McMahon ad
vised McGraw* to secu.e the prom
; ing player. This was done, and
I Si in ea-li was paid the I'tiea club
tor bis release. This was in the
fall ot 1911.
Showed Sudden Flash.
Bm ns j ined the Giants late in
the season and reported to McGraw
in MaiHn with the first bunch of
recruits. He wisely took things
• easy in practice, and for a fort
night failed to show up to expec
tations. Hut suddenly he flashed
one day like a meteor. He had
gotten himself into fine trim and
then cut loose with all be had, anil
he knocked McGraw, the Giants
and the war correspondents silly
with his sensational work.
That showed how' wise and"
shrewd a kid he was. He just
waited and piked along until hf
knew he was In so: nt and then
made himself known. McGraw was
"dead stuck" on the youngster’s
work pnd the headwork he showed
th not playing himself out at the
sturt.
Burns hangs up ills hat in St.
Johnsvtlli . N. V.. w here lie resides
with bis parents. A freight cat
might possibly hide thedittle town,
but it is Burns' home, and lie
thinks there is no other btrrg like
it t>.,i , ven • xceuting the hie- eltv
ow’r'. ’ ■ /PwrAji
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End ('hosier snapped just as lie ') * v*
hail punted the pigskin.
Harvard 10 to 8 Favorite Over
Yale in Struggle for Title;
35,000 Will Witness Game
By W. J. Mcßeth.,
NEW HAVEN, CONN.. Nov. 23.-
With the Eastern champion
ship at stake the prospect of
w itnessing one of the most thrilling
and desperately contested battles
in ffibtball history was the magnet
that drew 35.000 persons to this lit
tle town today for the thirty-third
annual clash between Yule and
Harvard.
It was a typical college crowd,
recruited from every state in the
nation, that filled the hotel to its
capacity or paraded the gaily dec
orated streets during the hours
• preceding the game. Mothers, wives,
sisters and sweethearts of grad
uates and under-graduates of both
institutions, together with pretty
college girls, all garbed in multi
colors lent brightness to the seem .
The day was bright and dear
with little wind—an ideal day for
the blue ribbon event of the 1912
football season. The field was 'dry
and fast.
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• RECORD OF TEAMS ;
: IN GREAT EASTERN ]
J STRUGGLE TODAY]
• —__—. •
• Yale. <
• Yale 10, Wesleyan 3. •
• Yale 7, Holy Cross <
• Yale 21, Sytacute tr <
• Yale 16, Lafayette 0. ’
• Yale 6. West Point 0. <
• Yale 13. W. «t J. 3. <
• Yale 10. Brown 0. <
• Yale 6, Princeton 6. <
• Tot^— Yale 89. opponents 12. <
• Harvard. <
• Harvard 6, Maine 0. <
• Harvard 10, Holy Cross 0. ’
• Harvard 26, Williams 3. •
• Harvard 46, Amherst 0. <
• Harvard 30, Brown 10. <
• Harvard 16. Princeton 6. '
• Harvard 9, Vanderbilt 3. t
• Harvard 3. Dartmouth 0. <
• Total—Harvard 156. oppom-n’s -
• 22.
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••••oooeoseooaeeeeeeeeeeof
• HOW HARVARD AND •
• YALE WILL LINE UP •
; IN BIG STRUGGLE®
® Yale. Harvard. ®
• Avery, leFelton, le. ®
® Talbot. ItStorer, It. •>
9 Cooney, IgPanner. Ig. *>
• Ketcham, cParmenter, c. ®
• Pendleton, rg Hitchcock, rg. •
® W. Curran, rtDriscoll, rt. o
• Bomeister, reO’Brien, re. •
• Wheeler, qGardner, q. •
® Spalding (capt.), Ih. ..Harding, Ih. •
• Philbin, rh Brickley, rh. ®
• Flynn, fWendell (capt.), f. o
• Yale—Average weight, 180 o
• pounds: average height, 5 feet 11 ®
• inches: average age, 21 1-2 years. ®
• Harvard —Average weight, 171 e
• pounds: average height. 5 feet
• inches: average age, 21 years. •
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Harvard's hu|.’i s tested largely
on Brii'kley. the wonderful drop
kicker, w hose booting has won so
many games for the t'rimson this
year.-and Kelton, the port side
punter.
Yale rooters hanged their faith
on "Lefty" Ely nit. w hose long spir
als have kept the ball out of Yale
territory in many of this year's
games, and Pumpelly, the sub full
back slated for a el.nnce to show
his ability whenever the Blue is
• w ithin drop-kicking distance of tho
Crimson goal posts.
Harvard, with a team lighter than
Yale's by nine pounds to the man,
was a 10 to S favorite in the bet
ting. Tho presence of much Yale
money and the excellent condition
of the Blue squad had the tendency
of forcing down the odds to 10 to
6 offered last night.
The pre-game enthusiasm shown
here last night ittd today lias sel
dom been equalled, old graduates
of 7 2H. 30 and lo years ago joined
with the students of today in their
enthusiasm. ,
The Harvatd squad ~t New
London t-anu here this forenoon
piXf;,xgW i V ‘tA z Ys|■ I’ t ’
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J RESULTS OF PAST 1
J HARVARDYALE J
:: gridiron games:
9 «
• 1875 —Harvard 4 gbais. Yale 0. *
® 1876—Yale | goal, Hat vard 0. •
• 1878 —Yale 1 goal, Harvard 0. •
• 1879 —Yale 0, Harvard 0. •
® 1880 —Yale 1 goal. 1 touchdown. •
■» Harvard 0. •
• 1881 —Yale 0, Harvard 4 safetie •
• ls--2 —Yale 1 goal. 4 touchdowns. •
® Harvard 2 safeties. •
• iss3 —Yale 23, Harvard 2 •
9 18S.'. -Yale 48. Harvard o. •
® 1886—Yule 29. Harvard , •
» 188?—Yale 17, Harvard 8. »
® 1889—Yale 6, Harvard 0. •
a 1890 Ha 1 vard 12,»Yale 6. •
» 1891 -Yale 10, Harvard 0. •
® 1892—Yale 6, Ha: vard 0. •
• 1893—Yale 6, Harvard 0. ®
0 1894—Yale 12. Harvard 4. *
® 1897—Yale 0. Harvard 0. •
® 1898—Harvard 17, Yale 0 o
® 1899—Yale 0. Harvard 0. •
I ® 1900—Yaie 28, Harvard 0. •
’ 1901—Haiv.iid 22. Yale 0. •
® 1902 - Y.:le 28, Harvard 0. •
• 1903 - Yale 16. Harvard 0. •
® 1904 -Yale 12, Harvard 0. •
o 11015 Yaie 5, Harvard 0.
® I'.'itt, Yale 6, Harvard 0.
1 « 1907—Yale 12. Harvard 0. •
® I'jos i; vard I. Yale o.
• 1909 —Yale 8, Harvatd o. «
o 1910 Yale 0. Httrvat d 0. *
0 1911 -Yale 0. Hr.l’Va d 0 •
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I Tluy wire confident of victory ati |!
hojit d to shatter i twelvi -y ear rei
ord by scoring a touchdown
Yale. The Blue team is making 11
boasts, and lacksino confidence, hut
expressing the grimness ty pi al
the Bulldog ran through a light sir
nal drill in the morning and t
coaches -aid they wete ready fer
tile fray.
With Victory Goes Title.
Victory; for Hat vard today meant
the undisputed football champion
ship as tlte Crimson so far had en
gaged in and won all of its eight
games, scoring 136 points to their
opponents' 9.
The Yale team had played eigld
games, scoring 89 points against
12. winning seven games and tyin L '
one, the battle with Prim eton end
ing 6 to 6.
Before today Yale and Har'ct'o
had met in 32 battles since football
was introduced in the colleges, 'i |! '
had won 22, Harvard 5. am! •' • i l, l
ed in ties. Tlteir 1910 and 1911
games ended in o to o scores.
THORPE AND BRICKLEY MAY BOX
CARLISLE. PA.. Nov. 23. Ariang<
ments are being made for a boxing boo
between Jim Thorite. • f Carlish. .m
Charles Brickley, of Htrv pd. no I” ’
hear yWeights in their respective co'
logos.
