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Auburn Picked to Beat Georgia
In Gridiron Struggle That Has
Athens Wild With Excitement
By W. S. Farnsworth.
m THEN'S GA.. Nov. 28.—1 f the
/A liis-toric 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 AI’BURN.
On Sanfoid field this afternoon
the gridiron warriors of Cunning
ham and Donahue clash in a strug
gle that will undoubtedly go down
in football history 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 paits of tiie South, some
wearing the colors of Georgia and
others proudly supporting the col
ors of Auburn.
Last night many of the visitors
arrived, but the majority of them
pulled in this morning on special
trains from Atlanta. zXugusta,
Gainesville and Milledgeville.
It was a good-natured mob, the
Auburnites returning every cheer
■ from the 1 throats of the Georgians.
And tonight it will still he the
same good-natured mob.
But for about two hours this aft
ernoon it will be a lighting mob
Friendship will cease while the
game is on. .
Auburn Slight Favorite.
As for the gapie and the winnei
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 by holding Vanderbilt to a
tie that has 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 up. Not since a week
ago 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 tit today.
Auburn at its best would verily
beat 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
around Georgia early in the game,
but whether they can pile up
enough points to pull them through
safely when their strength starts to
"waSie is a question that is far be
yond me.
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, ISO; Mc-
Whorter, right halfback, 185; Bow
den, left halfback. 170; Thompson,
fullback, 175,
Auburn—Kearley, left end. 166;
Meadows, left tackle. 175; Thig
pen, left guard, 190: Pitts, center,
180; Burns, right guard, 186; Lamb,
right tackle, 176; Robinson, right
end, 165; Major (captain), quar
terback, 180; Newell, left half
back, 145; Arnold, right halfback,
150; Ressijac, fullback. 168.
Georgia’s eleven will weigh 1,-
945 pounds, an average of 176 9-11
pounds to the man. Auburn’s elev
en will weigh 1.882 pounds, an
average of 171 1-11 pounds to the
man.
Georgia'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 end will
weigh 1.239 pounds, an average of
177 pounds to the man, an advan
tage of two pounds .. the man for
Georgia.
Georgia's line from tackle to
tackle will weigh 935 pounds, an
average of IS7 pounds to the man.
Auburn’s line from tackle to tackle
HARVARD WILL LOSE BUT
4 MEN FROM 1912 TEAM
CAMBRIDGE, MASS . Nov 28. - Har
vard men today began to figure what the
prospects will be for the football season
of 1913 and have found them excellent.
Only four members of this year a team
will leave the eleven. They are Captain
Wendell. Parmenter. Gardner and Fel
ton.
Storer, who made the first touchdown
against lale on Saturday is suffering
from a badlj wrenched km e and water
on the knee is fcHrev
are th. iori-nioiit lamhdutes for
vaptaiucy ut tu- lajj team,
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will weigh 907 pounds, an average
of 181 2-7 pounds to the man. an
average of 6 pound: to the man in
Georgia’s favor.
Georgia’s backfield will weigh 690 1
pounds, an average of 172 1-2
pounds to the man. Auburn's back
field will weigh 643 pounds, an
average of 160 3-4 pounds to the
man. an advantage of 12 pounds tu
the man in Georgia’s favor.
Have Met Seventeen Times.
This struggle today will be the
eighteenth between the t' ams.
Eight times has 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 lias
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 feels confident they can
stop McWhorter and they say that
with McWhorter stopped Georgia
will be a cinch. Georgia doesn’’
believe Auburn can stop McWhot
ter.
And there you ate. Take your
pick.
Yours truly isn't a betting man.
But if I was, weII—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 ganfe—and then
ding, ding, ding—they ring
down the tlnal 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
ising 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 for Clemson and will prob
ably win. if it plays the ball
against Clemson that It did against
Georgia or Auburn It Is all over
with Frank Dobson’s team.
But then Tech can't be expected
to take this game as seriously as it
did the Auburn or Georgia con
tests. Clemson, on the other hand,
regards this contest as the biggest
of the season, possibly excepting
the game with South Carolina.
Dobson has pointed and groomed
and sandpapered and steam-cleaned
his eleven for this contest. They
will play better ball today than
they have played before, and fully
as good as they are capable of play
ing
It will be a corking game, mark
that prediction. When light, fast,
clever, trick) teams meet —teams
that are as evenly balanced as a
gnat's hind legs -there is always a
lot of clean, classy play.
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yyilEN the g entlemen who in
trust themselves with the
serious task of ranking the various
teams of the 8. I. A. A. are attend
ing to their knitting work, which
they will be doing right after
Thanksgiving, they are asked to re
membm that the Toxas A. w- M. is a
member of th organization and
'«>• of the sti -ng. st.
This Texas team dvltmlcd Mia,
iHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.THFRSDA Y. NQ\ EMBER 28, 1912.
Trio of Jackets Who
Battle Clemson Today
Hero is ('ook getting off a long
forw.ti'tl This gritlironer
is a bearcat in heaving the pig
skin. He gels pl'lilv of ilislance,
and is ver\ accurate
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sissippl A. & M. 41 to 7, Tulane 41
to 0, University of Oklahoma 28
to 6, and University of Arkansas
27 to 0.
Says The Houston Chronicle:
Head Coach Charley Moran and As
sistant Coach Joe I'tay, of Texas A.
* M . have about given up all hope of
getting recognition for their victorious
eleven at the hands of southeastern
Critics. Ltay 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 8. 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,
hut when any set of critics un
dertake to rank either eleven
ahead of ours I believe that I hive
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 the woefully
small score of 7 to 0. Texas A.
A M. defeated Mississippi A. A M.
41 to 7. and during the same week
the Texans walloped Tulane by
the score of 41 to 0 and used sub
stitutes nearlt all the wav through.
The University of Alabama de
feated Tulane 7 to 0 and Ala
bama tied Sewanee 6to 0 Just
a short time before the Sewanee-
Alabama affair Sewanee and the
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. 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 I. A. A elevens this fall must
depend mainly upon comparative
scores the critics can not afford to
dismiss Texas \. & M. from their
minds.
There is one eleven in the South
east, namely Georgia Tech of At
lanta. that admits the strength
’hat 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 with the Col
lege Station squad.
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Q N 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. Geo'gla, Mercer,
Auburn or Vanderbilt here. It will
try its wry best to force one of
these clubs to play.
Front inside information from
Houston, this team could make the
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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.
H ANK 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 sot
that reason the little fellow man
aged to get into only 27 games.
This was enough, however, for him
to show that fie 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
inflelder 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 the batboy, bei<>g of such
diminutive siz-. .McGraw had no
imnii diate use for liim that <» ason
IK tutjied ')il‘> oci..- to, George
Stallings., who at : .-.t thn* v. us
aadiiii the 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, le McClanahan, le.
shipp. It Dobibns, It.
1 'aves, lv. ... ... ... .. McCollum, lg,
Morgan, c Stoney, c.
Swafford, rg .Magwood, rg.
T. Brown, rt Moore, rt.
E. Brown, re Gillespie, re.
Curlin. Tolley, q.
Hardage. Ih Sheldon, lh.
Collins, rh Glllem, rh.
Sikes, f Parker, f.
N’ ASHVILLE, 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
fiom playing until late in the sea
son.
\\ hen he did cut loose, though,
he surprised the fans of the Inter
national circuit. In a short time he
was /he 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 fail 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.
Discovered by Kinsella.
It was Dick Kinsella who dis
covered Groh when he first began
to play the game on the sand lots
of Rochester, the town in which he
was born and reared. At that time
he was but seventeen years old. He
broke into the professional game in
1908 with the Oshkosh club, play
ing short, and that season led the
Wisconsin-Illinois shortstops in
fielding. He remained in Oshkosh
in 1909 and 1910 and improved won
de full.) In liatting and fielding, hit
ting .289 in 19<’9 and .297 in 1910.
In the fall of 1910 he win drafted
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 he 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 elan, and right now the ’urple
PENNSY ELEVEN IS
2 TO 1 CHOICE OVER
CORNELL MEN TODAY
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 28.—With
th-: Universitj of Pennsylvania the fa
vorite at odds of 2 to 1, indications
pointed to a record 'crowd for the an
nual football battle between Pennsyl
vania and Cornell on Franklin field this
afternoon. The weather was cold and
cloudy.
Although both teams made a misera
ble showing in the early part of the
season, they “came back” for the cli
max and the coaches predict the best
play- of the year today.
Special trains brought more than
2,000 Cornell students here, while other
specials from New York and other
nearby places brought Uieir quota of
Pennsylvania and Cornel] rooters.
The Cornell squad spent the night at
Atlantic City, arriving here during the
morning.
A thorough try-out of the open play
was promised, as both teams have been
driled for speed for nearly two weeks.
Trick plays were also expected, as the
coaches have spent about an hour a
day preparing the men for “queer”
plays.
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 oFaRMY.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 28.—Many
even money bets are being made on
the Army-Navy game, to be played
here Saturday.
by the Decatur club, and joined
that team in the spring of the fol
lowing season. He played just half
the season with Decatur when the
Giants bought him for $3,500.
Manager McGraw thinks Groh
will prove a mighty valuable
youngster in the near future. Mc-
Graw himself proved that a player
need not be a giant in stature to
shine on the diamond, and he has
ileVulolad some mighty good little
meu in time.
brute is a nightmare.
Desperately have the Comm,),
dores worked to prevent a repetl
tion of the unholy fumbling by the
backs that resulted from the fero
clous tackling of the pigskin by the
'Auburnites. It is a cinch that
Coach Cope has instructed the Ti
gers to pursue the sam. sort of tac
tics.
Both Curlin and Robins are woe
fully deficient in locating the weak
spots of the opposition or i n ,i e .
signing a winning form of attack.
In this respect Setyanee win have
a decided advantage, and that fact
is tausing coaches 1 ts of worry.
With Captain Lewie Hardage
back in the game, Peek Turner
will go back 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 hope—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
tile weight of her back field men. ;
Manier has tipped McGugin ~ff tn
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 fine running mates in
Gillespie and Sheldon, who are 1; ,..
mens at battering down their oppo- !
nents’ wall.
Back of the line the Cotnmodoie?
are outweighed, and tln-y
have little un the Purple men wl u
it comes to fleetness.
Cope say's that while he will nut
say that Sewanee is going to lick
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, tl'a: i
if Vandy plays against Sewanee a
she did Saturday against Aubin,
fumbling, etc., that Sewanee wi"
win, notwithstanding the strength
Hardage will give the Commodor
"Rut,” continues the Sewanee
coach. “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 team all real
ize that the battle will be a sturl
one, and that only' the better team
win, but they have it in their
hears that they' have the b-.-s’
chance in years to trim their old
rivals, and they are going to exert
every' effort to do so.
Sewanee' fears one thing only.
That is that one of their players
will suffer some accident. Last
year! “Johnnie” Myers their cap
tain and mainstay, had to be taken
from the game before it had scarce
ly started, and several times in ths
past few years misfortunes bare
happened at the last moment tn
spoil Sewanee's chances for victory.
Vanderbilt is going to find Se
wanee’s ends well protected, also
with Gillem and McClanahan play
ing the wing positions on the de
fense, Sewanee’s flanks are un
doubtedly protected from all at
tacks, and all efforts there will
prove of no avail.
The fact that Gillem’s foe is in
perfect condition also gives the Ti
gers good defensive strength, air
this is only further strengthened
by the fact that,Sheldon and Park
er are some kickers, too. It wii
be long before any team in th'
South can outpunt Sewanee's to*
artists, even looking far into d
future.
RICH PICKINGS ABROAD
FOR AMERICAN JOCKEYS
NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—Fred Ta ,
the American jockey, who arrived ’
New York on the steamship k '
Wilhelm der Grosse, brought «itn
a story' of remarkable financial sue<’
of American jockeys in Europe. ,
Taral, who has been training
some wealthy race horse owners
Russia, said that Jockey Frank '
had recently' turned down an "fl l,
$160,000 for a season to ride f
known stable in Europe, white
indication that he was in no ;
of money.
Tftral said that Tod Sloan be
cently made a 'killing” on th
tracks which had netted
$150,000.
ABE ATTELL, BEATEN BY
KIRK. QUITS FOR GOOD
ST. LOi’IS, MO.. Nov. 28 V"’
former featherweight chunm ■; ~
night announced his retirenu nt
ring after In- had been badl.'
in a tight with Oliver Kirk. 1,1
When the gong sounded at l ' ( ' ’ /.jn
the sixth round of what was t" f
an eight-round light. Attell. tin?
retiring to his corner, stepl " 1 . ii;
ropes and announced he had en""z ■ 1 -
he had given the "best that «‘ w .. (11
and that he was forever tl't"
prize fighting.
MTARLAND WINS. BUT
BY NO GREAT MARGIN
INDIANAPOLIS. Nov 2« • /’f' H ",.-
Garland won a ten-round Lou ( ? ■
ry Donahue, of Pekin, 111-,
The decision went to the -*-•
lad on points.
will play for 18.'
NEW YORK. Nov. 28
ingstar, 18.1 balk line bilhar' ,
today accepted George J;,. (1 . •'
lenge for a champ! insb'p ’
played In Pittsburg within '■