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Auburn Picked to Beat Georgia
In Gridiron Struggle That Has
Athens Wild With Excitement
By \V. S. Farnsworth.
Athens. ga„ Nov. if the
historic double-barreled can
non in front of the city hall
hadn't been spiked years and years
ago it probably would ring forth a
| pair of charges tonight that would
shake this antiquated village to its
very foundation if GEORGIA DE
FEATS AUBURN.
On Sanford field this afternoon
the gridiron warriors of Cunning
ham and Donahue clash in a strug
gle that will undoubtedly go down
In football histoyy as one of the
greatest battles of all time.
And with such an attraction
slated Athens has gone mad.
Hundreds of visitors are here
from all parts of the South, some
wearing the colors of Georgia and
others proudly supporting the col
ors of Auburn.
Last night inanj of the visitors
arrived, but the majority of Them
pulled In this morning on special
trains from Atlanta. Augusta,
Gainesville and Milledgeville.
It was a good-natured mob. the
Auburnltes returning every cheer
from the throats of the Georgians.
And tonight it will still be the
same good-natured mob.
But for about two hours this aft
ernoon it will be a fighting mob
Friendship will cease while the
game is on.
Auburn Slipht Favorite.
As for the game and the winner
well, It is beyond me. Auburn is a
slight favorite with the betting
contingent, but a favorite in foot
ball is beaten as many times as it
wins.
It was the holding of Vanderbilt
to a tie that made Donahue's men
the choice With the wagering ones.
But will the Auburn of today be as
good as the Auburn of last Satur
day? I doubt It.
On the other hand, Georgia
should be at its very best this aft
ernoon. For twelve days has Geor
gia rested. Not since a week
agtf last Saturday, when they de
feated Tech in Atlanta, have Cun
ningham’s charges been in battle.
As a result they are primed.
Auburn's biggest game of the
season was the one with the Com
modores. For weeks, yes, for the
entire season, they worked them
selves to a perfect edge for that
one struggle. They fought until
their strength was exhausted. They
can not possibly be as fit today.
Auburn at Its best would verily
heat Georgia at Its best. Condi
tion is going to tell today, as it al
ways tells in a football game. I
look for Auburn to play rings
v around Georgia early In the game,
but whether they can pile up
enough points to pull them through
safely when their strength starts to
wane is a question that is far be
yond me.
All Athens is covered with two
inches of snow this morning The
weather is fair and chilly.
Sanford field will he In fair
shape for the game this afternoon,
as the entire streets sweeping de
partment is cleaning off the snow
before it melts.
Auburn Is the Heavier Team.
Auburn will outweigh Georgia
five pounds to the man and weight Is
a mighty fine thing In football.
Presuming that Auburn will line
up the same as against Vanderbilt
and Georgia will hurl the same
team against them that they did
against Tech the following dope is
interesting:
Georgia—Conklin. left end. 155:
Henderson, left tackle, 200; Lucas,
left guard, 190; Covington, center, *
175; Peacock (captain). right
guard. 180; Malone, right tackle,
190; Hitchcock, right end, 165:
Paddock, quarterback, 160; Mc-
Whorter, right halfback, 185: Bow
den. left halfback, 170; Thompson,
fullback, 175.
Auburn —Kearley. left end. 165;
Meadows, left tackle. 175: Thig
pen. ft guard, 190; Pitts, center’
180; Burn.-. right guard, 186;'Lamb,
right tackle, 176: Robinson,flight
end, 165; Major (captain), quar
terback. 180: Newell, left half
back. 145; Arnold, right halfback,
150; Ressljac. fullback. 168.
Georgia's eleven will weigh 1,-
945 pounds, an average of 176 9-11
pounds to the man. Auburn's clov
en will weigh 1.882 pounds, an
average of 171 1-11 pounds to the
man.
Geo: gia's line from end to end
will weigh 1,255 pounds, an aver
age of 179 2-7 pounds to the man;
Auburn’s line from end to emi will
weigh 1,239 pounds, an average of
177 pounds to tlie man, an advan
tage of two pounds to the man for
Georgia.
Georgia's line from tackle to
tackle will weigh 935 pounds, an
average of 187 pounds to the man.
Auburn's line from tackle to tackle
M’FARLAND WINS. BUT
BY NO GREAT MARGIN
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will weigh 907 pounds, an average
of 181 2-7 pounds to the man, an
average of 6 pounds to the man in
Georgia's favor.
Georgia’s backfield w ill weigh 690
pounds, an average of 172 1-2
pounds to the man. Auburn’s back
field will weigh 643 pounds, an
average of 16u 3-4 pounds to the
man. an advantage of 12 pounds to
the man in Georgia's favor.
Have Met Seventeen Times.
This struggle today will be the
eighteenth between the teams.
Eight times lias Auburn been re
turned the victor. Six times Geor
gia has earned the decision. Three
games have ended in a tie. In
these seventeen games Auburn has
rolled up 202 points, while Georgia
has secured only 83.
The feeling here as the teams
await the horn Is: Auburn SURE
of victory; Georgia HOPES to win.
Auburn men believe they can
stop McWhorter and they say that
with McWhorte stopped Georgia
will be a cinch. Georgia doesn’’
believe Auburn can stop McWlui:’-
ter.
And there you are. Take your
pick.
Yours truly isn't a betting man.
Rut if I were, well M’WHORTER
IS A BEAR, and the short end in
football nearly always looks good.
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Tech-Clemson Battle at Poncy
Today Should Be a Classy One
By Percy 11. Whiting.
ONE more game—and then
ding, ding, ding—they ring
down the final curtain on
the football season of 1912. Os
course, there will be a game or two
on Saturday. And then the all-
Southern pickers will have an in
ning. After that come a few agon
izing wind-ups, captains are elect
ed for next year and it’s "So long,
football —so long, until 1913.”
This afternoon, despite the snow
and whether the weather be fair
or foul, the Tech and Clemson
teams will tangle for the Light
Heavyweight Championship. It's
nice to have a title at stake and
there is one sure. The Tech and
Clemson teams are the prize
“spider” aggregations of Dixie. The
Tech eleven Is perhaps the best
team of Its weight the South ever
knew. Os course, it may be handi
capped today by the fact that some
of its players are not in top notch
shape. But It will make it inter
esting lor Clemson and will prob
ably win. If it plays the ball
against Clemson that it did against
Georgia or ~ it is all over i
witli Frank Dobson's team.
But limit Tech can’t be expected
to take this game as seriously as It
did the* Auhu n or Georgia conr
tests. Clemson, on the other hand.
:egari!< this contest as the biggest
of ib> season, possibly excepting
the game with South Carolina.
I Hibson has pointed and groomed
and sandpapered anil steam-cleaned
liis eleven for this contest. They
will plaj better ball today than
they have played before, and fully
as good as tin y are capable of play
ing.
It will be a corking game, mark
that prediction. When light, fast,
clever, tricky teams meet —teams
that are as evenly balanced as a
gnat's hind legs—there is always a
lot of clean, classy play.
yX” HEN the gentlemen who in
trust themselves with the
serious task of ranking the various
liaiii- of tli< S. I \. A. are attend
ing to their knitting work, which
they will be doing right after
Thanksgiving, they are asked to re
li., tuber that tlie Texas \. * M. is a
member of tin organization—ami
one of th- strongest.
litis Texas team defeated Mis-
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Trio of Jackets Who
Battle Clemson Today
Here is Cook gel ting off a long
forward pass. This gridironer
is ;i bearcat in heaving the pig
skin. He gets plenty distance,
and is verv accurate.
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sissippi A. & M. 41 to 7. Tulane 41
to 0, University of Oklahoma 28
to 6, and University of Arkansas
27 to 0.
Says Tlie Houston Chronicle:
Head Coach Charley Moran and
tsslstant Coach Joe Utay, of Tex
as A. A M.. have about given up
all hope of getting recognition for
their victorious eleven at the
hands of southeastern critics.
Utay recently said:
"I guess the boys over in Geor
gia and Alabama don't know that
we are on the map. I’m sorry they
have overlooked us, for when we
joined the S. I. A. A. we did ex
pect to figure In the running.
"I have no knock to hand either
Georgia or Auburn, far from it.
but when any set of critics un
dertake to rank either eleven
ahead of ours I believe that I have
a wail coming my way.
Now a statistic or two just to
show that neither Georgia nor Au
burn has a claim on second place
this year. Auburn defeated Mis
sissippi A. & M. by tlie woefully
small score of 7 to 0. Texas A.
A M. defeated Mississippi A. & M.
4 1 to 7, and during tlie same week
the Texans walloped Tulane by
the score of 41 to 0 and used sub
stitutes nearly all tlie way through.
The University’ of Alabama de
feated Tulane 7 to 0 and Ala
bama tied Sewanee 6 to 0. Just
a short time before the Sewanee-
Alabama affair Sewanee and tlie
University of Georgia played to
a 13 to 13 tie
We thought we were about
through, but another little hap
pening comes to mind Mississippi
A. & M., the team that Texas A.
A M. defeated 41 to 7, defeated
Alabama 7 to 0
Inasmuch as the ranking of the
S. 1. A. A. elevens this fall must
depend mainly upon comparative
scores the critics can not afford to
dismiss Texas A. A M. from their
minds.
There Is one eleven in the'Soutli
east. namely Georgia Tech of At
lanta. that admits the strength
that Texas A. A M. claims. Less
than two weeks ago the football
authorities at College Station be
gan making plans tor next seas
on's schedules. Among letters
sent out requesting dates was one
which found its way to Tech. The
athletic council of that institution
said in reply that Tech would not
be able to give A. A M a game
next season because it didn't con
sider Tech strong enough yet to
successfully cope witli the Col
lege Station squad.
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fAN mere dope this team would
rank so close to the top that
there* would be no disregarding it.
The Texas A. & M. wants a game
in Atlanta next year. It is willing
to take on Tech. Georgia, Mercer,
Auburn or Vanderbilt here. It will
try its very best to force one of
these clubs to play.
From Inside information from
Houston, this team could make the
best of the S. 1 A. A. hustle—could
probably beat any of them easily.
t. Vandy. Auburn and Georgia—
ami might not ste'j/thefc.
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Hank Groh, Giant Recruit, Has
Makings of a Great Performer
(This is the ninth of a series of
articles on “Youngsters Who Made
Good in the Big Leagues” last sea
son.) >
By Sam Crane. •
HANK GROH, the little infield
er, who George Stallings
says will eventually- develop
into one of the best shortstops in
the majors, has actually accom
plished little so far as a big leaguer.
It is not because the youngster
lacked any of the essentials of a
first-class ball player, however. If
there was anything lacking it was
sufficient opportunity for the em
bryo star to show his caliber.
'Manager McGraw, of the Giants,
had too many high-class infielders
the past season to permit of Groh
being ‘played frequently and for
that reason the little fellow man
aged to get into only 27 games.
This was enough, however, for him
to show that he will have no trou
ble in holding his own later.
Groh still has plenty of time to
wait and learn before showing his
real caliber, being but 22 years old.
He was picked up by McGraw on
one of the Giants’ Western trips in
midseason of 1911. Fletcher. Doyle
and Bridwell were crippled at the
time and McGraw wanted a utility
infielder badly. He had heard many
glowing reports about Groh and
finally prevailed upon the Decatur
club to part with him.
Mistaken Fo- Batboy.
When Groh put in an appearance
at the Polo grounds he was mis
taken for tlie batboy, being of such
diminutive size. McGraw had no
immediate’ use for him that season
and turned him over to George
Stallings, who at that tim-. was
leading tlie Buffalo club.
Sewanee and Vanderbilt Warriors Await Battle
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Commodores Refuse to Give Odds on the Result
THE LINE-UP.
VANDERBILT. SEWANEE.
Turner, leMcClanahan, le.
Shipp. ItDobbins. It.
Daves It McCollum, Ig.
Mmgan c.7 Stoney, c.
Swafford, Mag wood, rg.
T. Brown, rt, Moore, rt.
E. Brown, re • • Gillespie, re.
Curlin. Tolley, q.
Hardage, IhSheldon, Ih.
Collins, rhGillem, rh.
Sikpe, fParker, f.
Nashville, tenn., Nov. 28.
Sewanee and Vanderbilt
hook up on the gridiron
here this afternoon, and the battle
should prove one of the greatest
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Soon after Groh reported to Stal
lings he was taken down with
typhoid, and this prevented him
from playing until late in the sea
son.
When he did cut loose, though,
he surprised the fans of the Inter
national circuit. In a short time he
was the sensation of the league.
Despite his lack of pounds and
inches, he showed he could cover
ground with the best of them and
also bang the horsehide.
In 22 games with the Buffalo
club that season he hit at a .333
clip and fielded .909 at short field.
He made 26 hits, including three
doubles, three triples and a homer,
McGraw recalled him under an
optional agreement in the fall of
1911, and last season Groh got his
first chance to mingle with fast
company.
In the 27 games he played as a
Giant he did not do as well as in
the International league, batting
only .271. In many of these con
tests. however, he appeared only
for an inning or so. He showed up
remarkably fast in the field, and
this suited Manager McGraw, who
demands speed above all things in
a player.
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JEANNETTE WINS ANOTHER
COLUMBUS, OHIO, Nov. 28.—Joe
Jeannette. the Hoboken, N. J., negro
heavyweight, knocked out George Chris
tian in the eight round of their scheduled
10-round bout ere last night.
WHITE AND MANTELL DRAW
DETROIT, MICH., Nov. 28.—Jack
M bite, of Chicago, and Battling Mantell,
of Buffalo, fought an eight-round draw
here last night.
INDIANS ARE FAVORITES.
PROVIDENCE. 11. 1 . Nov. 28. The odds
slightly favored the Carlisle eleven when
it laved tht Brown squad today in thei»
annual clash.
of the season on Southern sched
ules.
The most' rabid Commodore
backer isn’t willing to run the risk
of being compelled to live on a diet
of snowballs all this winter by
wagering a month’s salary on the
big scrap, which accounts for the
fact that most of the late betting
will have to done by the Tigers—
among themselves.
A few are willing to put up a
small amount that the Commodores
will be on the right side of the
ledger, but it must be at even
money. The Tiger is always more
or less of a bugaboo to the Vander
bilt clan, and right now the 'urple
FOGEL’S FIGHT ON
NATIONAL LEAGUE TO
GO INTO THE COURTS
NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—‘'‘This fight has
only just begun. There is the law of
the land to fall back on next, and if I can
not get justice through that medium, then
I shall tell the American public some
things about inside baseball that may
surprise them.”
This was the defiant retort that Horace
S. Fogel, former president of the Phila
delphia National league baseball club, to
day hurled at the magnates, who yester
day unanimously expelled him from fur
ther participation in National league
baseball and found him guilty on five of
the seven charges made against him by
President Lynch.
"1 have one big offer from a magazine
to write about inside baseball, and 1 have
an offer of SIO,OOO to write a series of
articles on the same subject for a great
Western newspaper syndicate, so, you
see. I’ve, plenty of avenites open through
which ft> air my troubles and explain
what I mean when I say that I was
'framed.' But if I were never-to receive
a cent, the public will get some spicy
and interesting information through me
when the right time comes.”
While not criticising his attorney, A.
L. S. Shields, Fogel said today that he
had brought fhany witnesses with him,
through whom he could have refuted,
every charge, but that he bowed to the
insistence of his lawyer, who he declared
pointed out that the affair was “cut and
dried,” and that Fogel had no chance
anyway.
“As quickly as my lawyer can get the
case in shape I will begin court proceed
ings,” Fogel added.
:many big gridiron games
ON WESTERN CARD TODAY
CHICAGO, Nov. 28. —Notre Dame
and Marquette were ready for their
contest that was to decide the Western
championship for Catholic colleges here
today. More than 15,000 fans went to
White Sox park to witness the con
test. Notre Dame was the favorite in
the wagers placed, and the Indiana men
were confident of defeating their ri
vals. Other games in the West today
were:
Illinois College vs. Wesleyan Uni
versity, at Bloomington.
Loyola vs. Detroit University, at De
troit.
Marietta vs. Ohio University, at Ma
rietta.
Miami vs. Cincinnati University, at
Cincinnati.
Michigan Aggies vs. Ohio State, at
Columbus.
St. Louis University vs. Holy Cross,
at St. Louis.
University of South vs. Vanderbilt,
at Nashville.
SCHWARTZ AND ABEL GO
EIGHT ROUNDS TO DRAW
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.. Nov. 28.
Yankee Schwartz, of Philadelphia, and
Jake Abel, of Chattanooga, fought eight
fast rounds to a draw here. Neither
man seemed able to solve the defense
of his opponent. Abel missed repeated
ly with his favorite left jab, while
Schwartz was extremely wild with his
vicious right uppercut. The decision of
the referee was well received.
CLAY PIGEON SHOOT TODAY.
A clay pigeon shoot will be held at
the College Park Gun club grounds
today for prizes that will be given
by members of the club.
The members of this organization
and their friends will bring out their
blunderbusses and take a trial at the
sailing discs throughout Thanksgiving
afternoon.
EVEN BETTING ON ARMY.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 28 —Many
even money bets are being made on
the Army-Navy game, to be played
here Saturday.
WILL PLAY FOR 18.1 TITLE.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28 —Orlando Morn
ingstar. 18.1 balk line billiard champion,
today accepted George Sutton’s chal
lenge for a championship matqh to be
played In Pittsburg within 60 days.
brute is a nightmare.
Desperately have the Commo
dores worked to prevent a repeti
tion of the' unholy fumbling by the
baaks that resulted from the fero
clous tackling of the pigskin by the
Auburnltes. It is a cinch that
Coach Cope has ii tructed the Ti
gers to pursue the same sort of tac
tics.
Both Curlin and Robins are woe
fully deficient in locating the weak
spots of the opposition or in de
signing a winning form of attack.
In this respect Sewanee .vlll have
a decided advantage, and that fact
is causing coaches lots of worry.
With Captain Lewie Hardage
back in the game, Peck Turner
will go to his old position at
end. Inquiries about that Injured
ankle of the captain's develop the
fact that it is rounding into shape
and it is the hone—mark you, hope
—of the coaches that it will be
ready for the hardest sort of use.
Hardage is expected to perform
brilliantly, and if he gets half a
chance there is no question but
what he will live up to expecta
tions.
There is a very grave suspicion
that Sewanee has been handing out
some bum information as regards
the weight of her back field men
Manier has tipped MeGugin oft to
the dope that Parker is a powerful
line plunger, who is apt to go clat
tering through the line at any time.
He has two line running mates in
Gillespie and Sheldon, who are de
mons at battering down ‘heir oppo
nents’ wall.
Back of the line the Commodores
are greatly outweighed, and they
have little on the Purple men when
it comes to fleetness.
Cope says that while he will not
say that Sewanee is going to licit
Vanderbilt, he thinks that Sewanee
has the best chance this season of
winning that she has ever had. "It
looks mighty good,” says the Tiger
trainer. Cope says, further. that
if Vandy plays against Sewanee as
she did Saturday against Auburn,
fumbling, etc., that Sewanee will
win, notwithstanding the strength
Hardage will give the Commodores,
“But,” continues the Sewanee
roach, "Hardage is 25 additional
per cent strength to Vanderbilt,
and I believe they are going to
play mighty hard, good ball against
us.” The Sewanee men all real
ize that the battle will be a sturdy
one, and that only the better team
will win. but they have it in their
hearts that they have the best
chance in years to trim their old
rivals, and they are going to exert
every effort to do so.
BRESNAHAN WAS TURNED
OUT FOR "NOT TRYING'’
ST. LOUIS. Nov. 28.—Roger Bresnahan
was uncondtiionally released as mana
ger of the St. Louis club, of the Nation
al league, because Mrs. Helen H. Brit
ton, principal owner of the club, di>l not
think he "tried hard” during the tear,
and because the club lost money, ae.- rt!
ing to a letter Bresnahan's attorneys ;re
pared today to submit to the directors
of the National league.
The letter quotes Mrs. Britton »- say
ing:
“I have decided to make a change m
managers and will not need your services
any longer. I feel that you have niit
tried hard during the past year. The club
has not made nearly as much money as it
did in 1911. You do not seem to take
much interest in the club.”
The letter also gives Presi
of the club, as authority for the state
ment' that the club earned $15,000 this
year. Jones offered Bresnahan S' .S'JO
his contract, which calls for S1".OO-' an
nually and 10 per cent of the profits.
Jones, however, the letter continues, re
fused to pay Bresnahan his percentage
this year’s profits unless he would sur
render his contract, which lias four years
to run.
BRICKLEY SCORED OVER
HALF HARVARD POINTS
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., Nov ‘ ;
Charles Edward Brickley. the hero
yesterday’s Harvard-Yale football con
test. celebrated his twenty-first bit' '
day with his family at his home in I-'
erett today.
Os the 176 points scored by Hui'< ! 1
during the present season. Brickley
counted 94 points, over half of what ni
team has made. Nine touchdowns, w
field goals and a goal following ' <ou : -
down is Ills record. As a drop I'* '’
he stars and he made this his stiecmit-,
seven years ago, with the one hope o.
assisting Harvard to defeat a 1 1
team.
He prepared for Harvard at tim r.v
erett High sc.hool, where he pl.iU'i
halfback for four years, and then
a year at Exeter. He captained w
freshman team at Ha; card, aim
the varsity at right halfback from
start.
Brickley is a wholesome. demo< -t
--fellow. He does not like football as
as baseball. He stands very higt 1
his studies and declares that history ■
his favorite study. He is 5 leet ■
inches tall, is an all round athlete
weighs about 184 pounds.
RICH PICKINGS ABROAD
FOR AMERICAN JOCKEYS
NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—Fred Tara .
the American jockey, who urriv-'i
New York on the, steamship k« -'.
Wilhelm tier Grosse, brought wtta ■ ■
a story of remarkable financial sit< <
of American jockeys in Europ’ . r
Taral, who has been tramms
some wealthy race "" n< / ;
Russia, said that Jockey l-'i
had recently turned down an ,n '’
$100,900 for a season to ride for a
known stable In Europe, which " ■ '
indication that he was in no m>e
of money. . ...
Taral said that Tod Sloan a;,
cently mad' a "killing" on I* l ''
tracks which had netted ,tiu
8150,000.