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6 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. - i - 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 ' . I '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. I 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 toon. f \ drop kicks. j —-—W* W \ i u I s. y " Or , I^,—s . / m. . ju \ ./* r C • ¥ . <-■ - ’ \C ,Jk T ; ■ e \ \ / % * \\'4fe < I //"X \ // f . I H 4 X? - ’ /. * - \QP4> \ * x 3/ /3tbr\ x •*W // i ' v® \ -EgMlasjjgra 4 %s, * / / \\- t SMtH-MMKKIPSj , ■ / / \ wx&W x' . X -- - - -x z fflMlfcxßiß’yAi /a A / 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 \- % j * V\ \ * rt; ..» ' 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. •••••••••••••••••••••••••« • 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. • ••••••••••••••••••••••••a ••••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. • • e •®«®®®®®®®®®eeoe®®«®®®e®e® 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 ’ l «••••••••••••••••••••••••• 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 • » * o®®»®»c90®e«®o••»»••••••♦’ 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.