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GEO»« WOW EDITED Ar 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 On Name. Age. Height. Wgt. Team Name Age. Height. Wgt. Team Position. Turner .2 5 ft. Ilin. 165 11. e Hearty .21 5 ft. 9 in. 168 2 Shipp. .21 •■f. Sin. 210 11. t. Lamb. .33 sft. Sin. 175. 3 Haves. .21 5 ft. '.Un. 175 11. g. Lockw’.l 19 5 ft. 10 in. 208 1. Morgan .19 lift. tin. 215 3 c. Hurns. .22 6 ft. 2 in. 186 2 Swafford. .22 5 ft. 11 in. 170 1 r. g. Thigpen .21 5 ft. 11 in. 185 1 T Brown .2.1 6 fl. 3 in. 180 3 r. t. Louisell 18 5 ft. 9 In. 175 1 E. Brown .20 5 ft. Bln 160 3 r. e. Robinson 20 5 ft. 8 tn. 165 2 Curlin. .21 5 ft. 10 in. 157 2 q. b. Major .22 5 ft. 10 in. 150 3 Collins .21 > ft. 9 in. 161 2 r. !>. Hart. ..18 5 ft. 8 In. 165 2 Hardage. .23 5 ft. 10 In. 167 2 1. h. Newell .20 5 ft. 6 in. 146 3 Sykes. . 21 sft. 11 in. 165 2 f. b. Ressljac 21 sft. Sin. 165 2 By Percy IL Whiting. Birmingham, ala., Nov, 23. Till- is- the day of the big game —the game that settles the football championship of the South. Rickwood park is the place. Two-thirty p. in. is the time. You’ll get the result in the football extra. The stage is all set, th«* players ;-:re here, and spectators, rootert and mere football sharps are gath ering from the four corners of the South. A good part of Atlanta is here, intieh of Nashville and absolutely all of Auburn. And Birmingham doesn’t know wl>at to make of It. This is no col lege town, but rather a dull mining and manufacturing burg. The sight of college men parading the streets —the advanced dressers, loud with college colors and recog nizable anywhere by high-rolled ti onsets and anarchistic socks —has given it rather of a turn. It will be davs in calming down again. »> « * I HAVE visited the camps of both * teams. 1 have talked with coaches, players, eamp followers, “experts" ami just plain rooters. And out of it all comes only a jumbled idea that Vanderbilt OUGHT Tit WlN—but may not. The confidence of the Alabam ans is beautiful to behold. “What has Vanderbilt got on Auburn—but a big bluff?” asked a former Auburn player this morn ing—a player, by the way, who had suffered at b ast once at the hands of a Vanderbilt eleven. “We have weight, strength, training, clever ness, speed, headwork, teamwork, everything. EVERYTHING." He got positively hysterical about it. And I admitted it all. Over on the Vanderbilt side of the fence the enthusiasm is not so convincing. “If al) our men were right we'd murder them." is the plaint. But all the men aren’t right. That's settled. No use going back ove it. “Buddy" Morgan. Vanderbilt's liest man on defense and the man wile smashes the line bucking ef forts of opponents is just recover ing from grip, but will play . Lewis Hardage. who is a full half oi the Vanderbilt offense this yea), as far as the running attack is con cerned. and who is far more than half of the offense when forward passes arc needed, is in wretched condition. They say they will not put in Hardage at all. Rut then they may. The man who has an old grudge to 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 keep AUGUSTA WANTS CLUB IN SOUTH CAROLINA LEAGUE AUGUSTA, GA., Nov. 23. It is pos sible that Augusta will enter a new league to be<formed in South Carolina within the near future. The poor management of the Sail) league caused this city to drop from tho ranks and the place where Cobb, Ruck er. Engle. Cicotte. Stallings and other diamond celebrities really secured their start has had no professional baseball for nearly two years. Charleston also was compelled to .drop out of the Sallj and now Columbia has done the same tiling. With a league composed 01 Augusta, Charleston. Columbia. Spurtanburg, Gieeuville and Anderson and a salary limit of $1,500. some money should be made and a iiunibi : of local business men ate planning to secure a franchise for Augusta. COLLEGIATE X COUNTRY RUN AT ITHACA TODAY miAi’A. N. Y’.. Nov. 23.—Record breaking performances were looked for today in the six-mile intercollegiate cross-country race, in which eleven colleges were entered. Ideal weather conditions prevailed and the course was in fine shape. Yale expects to retain her supremacy, but there was certainty of a three-cornered tight between Har vard, Cornell and Dartmouth. Syra cuse, Pennsylvania. Princeton and Brown were expected to fight for fourth place, with the Yale. Colgate and City of New York teams bringing -up the rear. Because of his wonderful record, Joan Paul Jones, of Cornell, was re garded as a winner of individual hon ors with Tabor, of Brown, second. CONWAY VS. BRANNIGAN. PITTSBURG. Nov. 23. Frankie Conway, of Philadelphia, ami Patsy Brannigan, the local fighter, are in line trim for their six-round bout lure to night. Both are confident ul* being able ■jjiput a’ v uy th* other in tr<- limit'd him our He would gladly break a leg to win this game. The rest of the Vanderbilt team looks good enough, as far as ap pearances go; but Dr. Owsley Ma ntel, head of the training depart ment, says they are a set of spa vined. doddering wrecks and maybe they are. Shipp’s ankle is twisted up like tissue paper—to let them tell it. Collins, however, is in fine trim. All joking aside, Vanderbilt is not right—or anywhere near right. Whether or not the Commodores are so badly shot to pieces that they will lose to Auburn the after noon's performance will tell. I’m inclined to like Vanderbilt, even considering all things. • * ♦ ep HE Auburn crowd hasn't any ■* ante-game excuses. The team has play ed one whole season to get ready for this game. AND IT IS HEADY. .Seldom has any team so brazenly saved itself for one single struggle as Auburn has this year. The Ala bama Polytechnics have not played a really tough team this season. They .started with their own alum ni. Then they hideously walloped Mercer. Then they got away with Florida, but the Floridians scored 13 points. The next Saturday they rolled up 27 points on Clemson, but were scored on themselves to the extent ot 6 points. Then came the game with Mississippi A. & M.. which Auburn won by a touch down. The next Saturday Auburn rolled up 27 points on Tech, but were scored on once. The follow ing Saturday came the game with L. S. U., which Auburn won by a single touchdown. This is a moderately- good sched ule, but not by any means a hard one. The Auburn team was forced to “get right” but once this season -and that was for today’s game. Apparently Auburn must have a lot that hasn’t been turned loose yet—in plays, in tricks and in re serve strength and power. Take this as a certain fact: Unless Auburn plays better to day than ever before this season Vanderbilt will win. That much is certain. So is the fact that the Auburnites plan confidently to turn loose more than they have before this season and more than they ever turned loose in their lives. » • • 'THIE weather here today is fair and warm. Everything has combined to make today’s game a big drawing card. We shall soon know how the peo ple 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 Atlanta, where it really belongs. BROOKHAVEN CLUB OPENS LINKS AND SHOOTING TRAP The Brookhaven Golf club will be of ficially opened this afternoon at 3 o’clock. Elaborate plans have been made for the opening. Some well known local celebrities will be present. Mrs. William Lawson Peel has con sented to officially christen the course by driving tho firm ball from the first tee, after which the regular program set for tile day will be carried out. All the golfers of the club will par ticipate in a driving, an approaching and a putting contest, prizes being hung up for the winner in each event. But golf will not hold the entire center of the stage. The Gun club w ill officially open and hold its first shoot on the traps, for which a handsome silver loving cup is offered to the win ner. Tim finals in the golf tournament for the j. K. Ottley trophy will also be played. GORDON BEATS RIVERSIDE IN HARD BATTLE, 12 TO 7 BARNESVILLE. GA. Nov 28. Gordon defeated Riverside on the grid -1 Iron by the score of 12 to 7 and as the , result the whole town celebrated, the students parading the business section , in night shirts. Gordon's victory brings about a triple tie in the prep school ranks. Gor- I don tied Georgia Military college, 7 to ! 7. Riverside and Gordon have met , twice, each winning a game. The Georgia Military college-Rlverside game at Athens Thanksgiving day will have much to do with the ultimate • | ranking of the two teams. REMATCH WHITE AND MOORE. t'Hlt’AGo, Nov. 23. —That classy llt tle ten-round engagement at Kenosha on Thursday night, in which Charley 5 White handily bested pal Moore, is to ' b< staged again. The misfit feather- J weights :ay conn right back for the - next show or may be held over for the thin, c.i d, but they vill battle again. J Moo:< is satisfied that he can do bet ter and wants the cha net to ptov< it. TITE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1912. Trio of Vanderbilt Stars Who Are Sure to Give Auburn Trouble Here the fleet Collins is shown hooting. This great sprinter tI <ffXnf hL Z" n g - expected to make main gains for the Commodores this after- , .-.-t:’’tdro ■» kicks —W W' ' 1 \ A > 3 KJSSh f |L --- z J / ' Ar ri IV " %W. >' / /3m / . A --4 V J v \ \ . \v w k JMIMf //• T \’ \wir / Msa jWF \ / '*/' t \fit/ \ • r" NN’ // p si /a \ ' i x X George Burns, Giant Youngster, Rapidly Developing Into Star By Sam Crane. (This is the fifth of a series of articles on youngsters who have made gocd in the big leagues.) George burns. one of the Giants’ second string of out fielders, lias the stuff in him to make a big league star if given the opportunity. What few chances he has bad to "show” since he joined the team demonstrated that he has class 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 Burns was put in as ti 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 iPSs, by reason of Becker, who was first substitute outfielder, showing very strong when he was put out In cen ter at the time Snodgrass filled 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 only 21 years old he can afford to wait. He was in 28 games during the sea-, son of 1912, however, and that en titled him to a share of the Giants’ world series receipts. Last season he was given a half . hare, so he has no reason to complain of his short career in the major league. He is ambitious, though, and would be the happiest youngster on earth could he 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 their 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. Mack's success with Eddie Collins and the sensational result of that plan shows the benefits to be derived from such wide hand ling. Arthur Shafer, of the Giants. Is in 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. Burn-, is a crackajack outfielder already. and covers lots of veldt. He is a sure catch and has a good strong itrnt. He knows, too, wae - e to thbow tl . ball, something that e..ita.il> veterans in the business do not appear to be any too apt at But Burns is a very wise youth. He is not adflieted to a whole lot of conversation, but does plenty of i thinking. He is in line with Otis Crandall on talk, and it is his retir- | ing disposition that keeps him somewhat in the backgibund as re gards flashiness. Excellent Base Runner. Burns excels at base tunning. He is nearly as fast on the bases as I Shafer or Devore, and they are some speed boys. He has never reached the coveted .30.0 mark as a hitter, but he 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 ail 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, he is a McGraw style of player from head to feet. Utica. N. Y., was the city In which Burns first attracted the at tention of big league scouts in 1911, and "Sadie” McMahon who was a star pitcher for the old Baltimore Orioles when McGraw was a mem ber of the same team, spent nearly a month in the New York State league getting a line on Burns ex clusively. As a result of this thor ough investigation. McMahon ad vised McGraw to secure the prom ising player. This was done, and $4 in cash was paid the Utica club for his release. This was in the fall of 1911. Showed Sudden Flash. Burns joined the Giants late in the season and reported to McGraw in Marlin with the first bunch of recruits. He wisely took things easy in practice, and for a fort- | night failed to show up to expec- I tations. But suddenly he flashed one day like a meteor. He had gotten himself into fine trim and then cut loose with all he had, and 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 he knew he was In form and then made himself known. McGraw was “dead stuck” on the youngster’s work and the headwork he showed in not playing himself out at the start. Burns hangs up his hut irr* St. Johnsville. N. Y., where he resides with his parents. A freight ear might possibly hide the little town, but it is Burns’ home, ami he Thinks there is no other burg like it imt even excepting the big city. End Chester snapped just a liad 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 witnessing one of the most thrilling and desperately contested battles in football history was the magnet that drew 35,000 persons to this lit tle town today for the thirty-third annual clash between Yale 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 ol grad uates and under-graduates of both institutions, together with pretty college girls, all garbed in multi colors lent brightness to the scene. The day was bright and eleaj with little wind —an ideal day for the blue ribbon event of the 1912 football season. The field was dry and fast. ••••••••••••••••••••••••a* • RECORD OF TEAMS • : IN GREAT EASTERN ; J STRUGGLE TODAY; • Yale. • • Yale 10, Wesleyan 3. • • Yale 7, Holy Cross 0. • • Yale 21, Syracuse 0. • • Yale 16. Lafayette 0. • • Yale 6, West Point 0. • • Yale 13. W. & J. 3. • • Yale 10, Brown 0. • • Yale 6, Princeton 6. • • Total—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. • • Harvard 3. Dartmouth 0. • • Toti >l 1.56, oppoi • •••••••••••••••••••••••••a • HOW HARVARD AND • • YALE WILL LINE UP • ; IN BiG STRUGGLE* • • • Yale. Harvard. • • Avery, leFelton, le. • ® Talbot, ItStorer, It. * • Cooney, lgPenner, Ig. • • Ketcham, cParmenter, c. ® ® Pendleton, rg Hitchcock, rg. • • W. Curran, rt. .. .. .. Driscoll, rt. • • Bomeister, reO'Brien, re. • • Wheeler, qGardner, q. • • Spaiding (capt.), Ih. ..Harding, Ih. • • Philbin, rhßrickley, rh. • • Flynn, fWendell (capt.), f. • • Yale—Average weight, 180 • • pounds; average height, 5 feet 11 • • inches; average age, 21 1-2 years. • • Harvard—Average weight, 171 • • pounds; average height, 5 feet 10 • • inches; average age, 21 years. • ••••••••••••••••••••••••a* Harvard's hopes rested largely on Brickley, the wonderful drop kicker, whose booting has won so many games for the Crimson this year, and Felton, the port side punter. Yale rooters hanged their faith on "Lefty" Flynn, whose 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 chance to show his ability whenever the Blue is within drop-kicking distance of the Crimson goal posts. Harvard, with a team lighter than Yale’s by nine pounds to the man, was a 10 to 8 favorite in the bet ting. The 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 and today has sel dom been equalled. Old graduates of 20. 30 and 4b years ago joined with the students of today in their enthusiasm. The Harvard squad at New London came here this forenoon. eooaeoneoecoeaee®®®®®®®®*'* I RESULTS OF PAST I : HARVARD-YALE Z : GRIDIRON games: e . • « 1375—Harvard 4 rou ■ V • • 1876 —Y ile 1 goal, H :vard 0. * • 1878 —Yule 1 goal. Harvard 0. • • IS79—Yale 0, Harvard 0. • • 188(1—Yale 1 goal. 1 touchdox i, • • H: • • 1881—Yule 0, Hu vurd 4 safetl • • 1882—Yale 1 goal; 4 to * • Harvard 2 safvtirs. * • 1‘ • 1885—Y;i'i 48. Harvard * • I<BS—Yale 29. Harvard 4. * ® 188’7—Yale 17, Harvard 8. • ® 1889—Yale 6, Harvard 0. • • 1890—Harvard 12*, Yale 6. * ® 1891—Yale 10, Harvard 0. • • 1892—Yale ti, Harvard 0. • • 1893—Yale 6, Harvard 0. * • IS94—Yale 12, Harvard 4. • • 1897—Yale 0, Harvard 0. * ® 1898—Harvard 17. Yale 0. * • 1899 —Yale 0, Harvard 0. * • 1900—Yale 28, Harvard 0. * ® 1901—Harva-.d 22, Yale 0. * • 1902—Yale 23, Harvard 0. • • 1903—Yale 16. Harvard 0. • 1904—Yale 12>. Harvard 0. • • 1905—Yale 5, Harvard 0. • 1906—Yale 6, Harvard 0. • 1907 —Yale 12, Harvard 0. • 1908—Haivurd 4, Yale 0. • 1909—Yule 8, Harvard 0. • 1910—Yale 0. Halved 0. ® 1911—Yale 0. Harvard 0. • ••••••••••••••••••••••••• They were confident of victory' am. hoped to shatter i twelve-yea i re' ‘ ord by scoring a touchdown " J Yale. The Blue team is making n*‘ boasts, and lacks no confidence, but expressing the gritnness typical the Bulldog ran through a light -is nal drill in the morning and b-" coaches said they were ready for the fray. With Victory Goes Title. , Victory' for Harvard today meant the undisputed football champion ship as the Crimson so far had • 11 gaged in and won all of Its eif< ht games, scoring 136 points to th< ' r opponents' 9. The Yale team had played eigi ' games, scoring 89 points agai ls 12, winning seven games and tying one, the battle with Princeton ena ing 6 to 6. Before today Yale and Hart had met in 32 battles since footl*’* was introduced in the colleges, v had won 22, Harvard 5. and " , ' ed in ties. Their 1910 and games ended in 0 to 0 scores THORPE AND BRICKLEY MAY BOt CARLISLE, PA.. Nov. 23.—Arran ments are being made for a boxing between Jim Thorpe, of Carlls Charles Brickley. of Harvard. *■>' heavyweights in their respective lexej