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12 ®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 r-\ ■ 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 ..■ •... i- :y supporting lb" c-■ - or.- f Auburn. I ■.. . I.;i . Tirin' . • • e A i dtor’ 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. ■ ih ~c i; I K wihUs \ \ V / \ V- \ o \\ ®'' ' X 'r f Vi. was Hutton snapped ns he dove atan opponent 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. * » • \\’ 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 t / ] / / v'\-W z / ■.'Sw .-n,' / - j# I® ''v i. m : i i / / \ '/ // rt'" * ' / ■ ' - a 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 « • • /A N mere pe thl 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. EDITLD W. 9 TAFNSWOETH ..Wk > ■A. s </ 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 •b.-:- 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 \ mMMmM L. \\ W x .' / I I i I / / I / a # v// ■■ r f 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,