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12 ME OW® *WM LPITLD fy W. 9 FARNSWORTH _ 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 !M>lAN.\i'< it.is, Nov. -Pankey 11*- •'arlanil won a teii-r. -.ir.. I- . wHh' Har te The • • ■ on points. 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. n> ni ij ri. v n ’it. ' ‘to-x \ LSSk-" 3k - x / ji y B 'w JBIW' 1 "'. . Hutton stiitppeti as h<- dove atan opponent 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- itir, ATJANTX GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Till KSDAY. NOVEMBER 28, 1912 L 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. // v 78K z 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. « 4 • 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. cy s / / i ! /! h I I w // r / // '■ ’ t. ■ / / 'Wsaf // *>' • <■ V ''” •* ■■ tFWTZZzI K y M W ■ W’ ■ :• X. 1 his is Colley. I cell liiK’tnau, making a Hying tackle. 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 ....... *•* *•* *•* * -+ *** *** *** *** 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 'Tyf \ \ /MMbS X atehc.. \ \ bMlbx ■ / It JTh x && Jf --My* W-' / v JkOOMIEffL Tdrx. / 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. • 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.