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8 GKJKHAH SKI® CO» *GW ■ LPITLD ty 9 fARWWRTrf . » _ 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, WWs- x*"'-*-*' * ~tw . ... ~J , . . , _ 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. A' I • -A 'aHKHEfe.y \ \ / w. x w ”' ' Hutton snapped as he dove atan opponent 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. * • s 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 lEta ymSKKr / / / / Z" JK > / T;._ - r. >1 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. * « • 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 / ’ . fl and tuigbß not stv > there. ' J I /// I I / / / II \ '{■/ // H K X V / / i I \ X Jr X 7.1 / X v 'x. 7 ll t- T ?, lyl SF.- iA ” w..: \ ’ 7 / ' k Spw ’ ■ This is Colley making ,a flying 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. 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 v»'i- v*-i- +•*!’ 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 Til IF J*" / •V k/ kt *ir k Pit. \\ HH I SQb* \\ H™ - ®* y 1 ■ /I - / 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 '■