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®OWAM ®OBB GOVEW * EWETS’
Auburn Picked to Beat Georgia
In Gridiron Struggle That Has
Athens Wild With Excitement
By \V. 8. Farnsworth.
A THENS, GA Nov. 28.1 f the
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■ non in front of the <■!ty hall
hadn't been spiked years and years
ago it probably would ring forth a
pair of charges tonight that would
shake tins antiquated village to its
ve foundation if GEORGIA DE
FLATS AUBURN.
On Sanford field this afternoon
the gridiron warriors of Cunning
ham mid Donahue clash In a strug
gle that will undoubtedly go down
in football history as one of the
greatest buttle- of all time.
Aid v. • such an attraction
sla.t Atl.ir,.* has gone mad.
Hvialr" of visitors are hero
ft.. . . ' ..a is of the South, some •
ni. . 1,.g the colors of Georgia and
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or.- f Auburn. I
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ve.\ but the oujo.lty of them
’ ::i h's ii i ,i.g on special
t:ai is from Xt’unta. \ugusta.
Gai.list ~ an. Milledgeville.
it ■.<■; ;. good-mi lui ■ d mob. the
i,'.ieur.i er t tuning every cheer
f ■ : ’ ' ts o' - tle i h orgians.
And topi; ii il v.".l still be the
si. m i oil’ -i ■ . .ir.-d mob.
C.:t ■'< 1 two hours this aft-
e.i.U'C ’ v !!’ boa fighting tnob
Frit nd.siiip v. ill eoa-e while the
git’.ne is on
Auburn Slight Favorite
V for th< game and the v. into i — t
we:’, it is beyond me. 'uburn is a
slight favorite with tin betting
contingent, but a favorite in foot
ball is beaten as many time.-- as il
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
ago last Saturday, when they de
feated Tech tn Atlanta, have Cun
ningham's charges been in battle.
As a roault they are primed.
Auburn's biggest game of the
season was the one with the Com
modores. For weeks, yes, for the
•nttre 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 nt its best would verily
beat Georgia at its best. Condi
tion is going to toll today, an It al
ways tells In n football game. I
look for Auburn to play rings
a’ound 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 be 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,
176: 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—Kear.ey. left end 165.
Meadows, left tackle. 176: Thig
pen. left guard, 190. Pitts, center,
180; Burns, right guard, 186; Lamb,
right tackle, 176: Robinson, "Ight
end, 165: Major (captain), quar
terback, 180: Newell. ’eft half
back. 145; Arnold, right halfback,
150; Ressijac. fullback. 168.
Georgia’s eleven will weigh 1.-
946 pounds, an average of 176 9-11
pounds to the man. Auburn'.- 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 J. 239 pounds, an average of
177 pounds to the 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
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 28 —Packer Mc-
Farland won a ten-roun ban wl'h’ Har
ry Donahue, of Pekin. 111., here lust night
The decision went to the stock cards
on ncilnUr
will weigh 907 pounds, an average
of 181 2-7 pounds to the man, an
av rage of « pounds to the man In
Georgia’s favor.
Georgia's hackfield will weigh 690
pounds, an average of 172 1-2
pounds to the man. Auburn’s back
field will w< igh (143 pounds, an
average of mo ;i-1 pounds to tin
man. an advantage of 12 pounds o
the man in Georgia's favor.
Have Met Seventeen Times.
This struggle today will be the
eighteenth between the teams.
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 has
oiled up 202 points, while Georgia
lias secured only 83.
The feeling here ns the teams
await the horn is: Auburn SI RE
■ il' victory; Georgia HOPES to win
~ men believe they can
stop McWhorter and they say that
with McWhorter stopped Georgia
will be a cinch. Georgia doesn’t
believe Auburn can slop McWhor
ter.
And there you are. Take your
pick.
Yours truly isn't a betting man.
Hut if I ware, welt--M'\\ HoRTER
IS A BEAR, and the short end in
football marly always looks good.
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Tech-Clemson Battle at Poncy
Today Should Be a Classy One
By Percy IL Whiting.
ONE more game—and then
ding, ding, ding—they ring
down the final curtain oti
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 Jong,
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 ami
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 tn 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 nr 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, tricky 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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\\’ HEN the gentlemen who in
trust themselves with the
serious task of ranking th* various
teams of the S. 1. A. A. are attend
ing to their knitting work, which
thej will be doing right after
Thanksgiving, they are asked to re
member that the Texas A. & M. is a
member of the organization and
one of the strongest
This Texas team defeated Mis-
IHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND XEW& TIIERSDzIY. NOVEMBER 28._1911
Trio of Jackets Who
Battle Clemson Today
Here is Cook getting off a long
forward pass. This gridironer
is a bearcat in heaving the pig
skin. He gets plenty of distance,
and is verv accurate
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sitsippi A & \1 It to 7. Tulane 41
to University of Oklahoma 2<
to 6, and University of Arkansas
27 to 0.
Says The Houston Chronleh
Head Coach Charley Moran and
\sslstant Coach Joe Ctay. of Tox
as A & u . have about given up
all hope of getting recognition for
• heir victorious eleven nt the
hands of southeastern critics
I'tay recently said:
"i guess tlie boys over m Geor
gia and Alabama don’t know that
we are on tile map. I'm sorrj they
have overlooked us, for when we
Joined the S. I. \ A we did ex
pect to figure tn the running.
"I have no knock to hand either
Georgia or Auburn, far from it.
tmt when any set of critics un
dertake to raid; either eleven
ahead of ours I believe that 1 have
a waii coining 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
■8- M. defeated Mississippi A. X M
41 to 7, and during the same week
the Texans walloped Tulane by
the score of 41 to 0 and used sub
stitutes nearly all the 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
I Diversity of Georgia played to
a 13 to 13 tie.
We thought we were about
through, but another little hap
pening comes to ntind- Mississippi
A. & M . tlie team that Texas A.
A- M. defeated 41 to 7, defeated
Alabama 7 to o.
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. & M. from their
minds
There Is one eleven in the South
east, namely Georgia Tech of At
lanta. that admits the strength
that Texas A. & M claims. I ess
than two weeks a«o the football
authorities at College Station be
gan malting plans for next seas
on’s schedules Among letters
sent out requesting da'es 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 d'dn't con
sider Tech strong enough vet r -
successfully copc with the <’•al
lege Station squad
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rank so clos-- to the top that
there would be no disregarding it.
The Toxas A. & M. wants a came
in Atlanta next yea. It is willing
to take on Tech. Georgia. Mr rcer.
Auburn or A'anderbllt he: e. It w ill
try its very best to form one of
those clubs to play.
b'rotn inside information from
Houston, this team could make the
best of the S 1 A. A. bust . .mid
probably beat any of them easily,
save Vandy. Auburn and Georgia—
and might nut stop the'e.
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This is Colley, Tech lineman, 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.)
B\ 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
l lished 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 tile em
bryo star to show his caliber.
Mantiger McGraw, of the Giants,
■mil too many high-class infielders
the past season to permit of Groh
being played frequently and for
that reason the little fellow man
age 1 to get Into only 27 games.
This w.-’s 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 ami learn before showing his
real caliber, being but 22 years old.
lb was picked up by McGraw on
on.' of the Giants’ W estern t:ips in
midseason of 1911. Fletcher. Doyle
and Briilwell were crippled at the
time and McGraw wanted a utility
jntielder badly. He had heard many
glowing reports about Groh and
finally prevailed upon the Decatur
club to part with him.
Mistaken For Batboy.
W hen Groh put in an appearance
at the Polo grounds he was mis
taken for the 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 time was
leading 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, leMcClanahan, le.
Shipp, ItDobbins. It.
Daie-', ig McCollum, Ig-
Morgan, Stoney, e.
Sv,ft ord, rgMag wood, rg.
T. Brow :.. rt ’Moor-, rt.
E. Brown, re • • Gillespie, re.
Curlin, Tolley, q.
Hardage, IhSheldon. 111.
Collins, rh.Gillem. rh.
Sikee, fParker, f.
N’ ASHVILLE. TENN . Nov. 28.
Sewanee and Vanderbilt
hook up on the gridiron
here this afternoon, and lhe 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 luck 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 lie 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
knocked out George Cltrls
t an in the eight round of their scheduled
10-round bout ere last night.
WHITE AND MANTELL DRAW
DETROIT. MICH , Nov. 28 -Jack
W hite. of Chicago, and Battling Mantell,
of Buffalo, fought an eight-round draw
here last night.
INDIANS ARE FAVORITES.
PROVIDENCE. R. 1.. Nov. 28 The odds
slightly favored the Carlisle eleven when
it laced the Brown squad today In their
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 Jive 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 tne late bitting
will have to done by the Tigers—
among themselves.
A few are willing to pfti up a
small amount that the Commodores
will be on the right side of the
ledger, but it must be at even
money. Tile 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. tlie magnates, who yester
day unanimously’ expelled him from fur
ther participation in National league
baseball and found him guilty on five of
tlie seven charges marie against him by
President Lynch.
"I have one big offer from a magazine
to write about inside baseball, and I have
an offer of JIO.OOO to write a series of
articles on the. same subject for a great
Western newspaper syndicate, so, you
see. I've plenty of avenues open through
which to air my troubles and explain
what 1 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 mo
when the right time comes.”
While not criticising his attorney, A.
L. S. Shields, Fogel said today that he
had brought many witnesses with htm,
through whom he could have refuted
even' 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 tny 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:
II! >ois College vs. Wesleyan Uni
versity. at Bloomington.
Txyola 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 < 'hattanooga, fought eight
fast rounds to a draw here. Neither
man seemed able to solve the defense
of his opponent. Abel missed repeated
ly witli itis 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 match to be
Hayed 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
backs that resulted from the fero
cious tackling- of the pigskin by the
Auburnites. It Is a cinch that
Coach Cope has ii. ructed the Ti
gers to pursue the same sort of tac
tics.
Both Curiin 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 .vill have
a decided advantage, and that fact
is causing coaches lots of worry.
AVith 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, nope
—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 lie 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 met .
Manier has tipped McGugin off e
t ie dope that Parker is a powerful
line plunger, who is apt to go cla -
tering through the line at any time.
He has two fine running mates in
Gillespie and Sheldon, who are de
mons at battering down their oppo
nents’ wall.
Back of lhe line the ConunodoTis
are greatly outweighed, and they
have little on the Purple men when
it comes to fleetness.
Cope says that while he will no:
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, 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
coach, ’'Hardage is 25 additional
per cent strength to Vanderbilt,
and I believe they’ are going to
play mighty hard, good ball against
us.” Tlie Sewanee men all real
ize that the batpe 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 o
rivals, and they are going to ext •
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, did not
think he “tried hard" during the year,
and because the dub lost money, accord
ing to a letter Bresnahan’s attorneys pro
pared today to submit to the directors
of the National league.
The letter quotes Mrs. Britton as say -
ing:
"I have decided to make a change in
managers and will not need your service;
any longer I feel that you have not
tried hard during the past year. The club
has not made nearly as much money as i'
did in 1911. Y’ou do not seem to takf
much interest in the club.”
The letter also gives President Jones
of the club, as authority for the state
ment that the club earned 815,000 ,lii;
year. Jones: offered Bresnahan *2,500 Di
his contract, which calls for 510,000 an
nually and 10 per cent of the profits.
Jones, how ever, the letter continues, re
fused to pay Bresnahan his percentage . 1
this year’s profits unless he would
render his contract, which has four yi ar.-
to run
BRICKLEY SCORED OVER
HALF HARVARD POINTS
CAMBRIDGE. MASS., Nov. 28.
Charles Edward Brickley, the hero "
yesterday's Harvard-Yale football eoc
test, celebrated his twenty-first birt.’
day with his family at his home in E'
erett today.
Os the 176 points scored by Harva
during the present season, Brickley ha
counted 94 points, over half of what h i
team has made. Nine touchdowns, i
field goals and a goal following a touch
down is his record. As a drop kick l
he stars and he made this his special’:
seven years ago, with the one hope ' :
assisting Harvard to defeat a Yah
team.
He prepared for Harvard at the E'
erett High scjtool, where be piay <
halfliaek for four years, and then .-.p
a year at Exeter. He captained bl
freshman team at Harvard, and 'iu“
the varsity at right halfback from 1
start.
Brickley is a wholesome, democrat!'
fellow. He does not like football as w.-i
--as baseball. He stands very high 1:
his studies and declares that history
his favorite study. He Is 5 feet b
inches tall, is an all round athlete ano
weighs about 184 pounds.
RICH PICKINGS ABROAD
FOR AMERICAN JOCKEYS
NEW YORK, Nov. 28. Fred Tara'..
the American jockey, who arrived m
New York on the steamship K:ii* fir
Wilhelm der Grosse, brought with !dm
a story of remarkable financial su> ' •
of American jockeys in Europe.
Taral, who lias been training
some wealthy race horse owner.*
Russia, said that Jockey Frank <» N'' : .
had recently turned down an offer o'
SIOO,OOO for a season to ride for a
known stable in Europe, which was az
indication that he was in no dire nee*
of money.
Taral said that Tod Sloan ha>.
eently made a "killing" on the I‘ j
tracks which had netted l l,rn ai,o “
$160,000,