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Harold Ketron Selects All-Southern Football Team
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Names 4 Vandy Men, 3 Georgia and 2 Auburn
By Harold Ketron.
(Assistant coach of the University
of Georgia, center on the Georgia
team in 1901-2-3-6 and captain of
the 1903 team.)
EARLY in the season I was
asked to make an all-South
ern football selection at the
end of the season, and have there
fore followed the playing of the
teams in the South with unusual
interest and it is not until I have
seen most of them in action, or at
least. 1 might say. all of them, ex
cept those in the extrem. western
part of the S. 1. A. A. division,
which I consider to be almost in a
group to themselves, that I attempt
this.
1 shall not go beyond Mississippi
in my comparison of the relative
ability of the players, although
there must be some players in
Texas and Louisiana that are so
far above the average that they
deserve serious consideration.
Picking an all - South ci n this fall
is no easy job, for in some depart
ments there is an over-abundance
of material, while In other posi
tions we find a reverse situation.
As a whole, however, 1 think about
as strong a team could be gotten
together from the elevens of Dixie
as in any recent years and that the
1912 team will hardly suffer in com
parison with anv of them.
First Biood For Vandy.
At center we have but little trou
ble in making' a selection; in fact,
this position has given little worry
sos a. season o.- two now, and but
few will dispute the decision when
the award goes again io Morgan, of
Vanderbilt. He is without a doubt
the best center playing in the South
this year. He has about every
qualification that- a lineman could
possess. Ho weighs 215 and carries
* three years' experience and is
known for his accurate passing. In
the games against both Auburn and
Georgia he played a defensive
tackle and at this position he was
the power of the Vandy line and
clearly demonstrated that he could
play defensive center, so he gets
the pivot place undisputed.. Loeb,
of Tech, and Covington, of Geor
gia. are good men in their positions
and deserve an honorable mention.
The former, however, with all his
gameness and tight is too light foi
the best tin- South has this fall, and
unfoi innately Covington was
switched from his regular position
early in the season and given a
tryout at quarter and only played
center the last of the season. After
all, though, he is the truest passer
in the business, and this is saying
quite a deal under Cunningham’s
style of play, where the center has
to make so many direct passes.
Both of these will be heard from
nejtt yea should they decide to
return for their last season.
Guards Not Notable.
Now. when it conies to naming
the guards, wo find anything but
easy sailing, for the teams that I
have seen in action this fall were
somewhat weak in this depart
ment. Peacock, right guard and
captain of the Red and Black out
fit: Lucas, his tunning mate;
Swofford. of Vanderbilt, and Means,
of Georgia Tech, can usually be
cotinted on. both on offense and de
fense. but of that number Peacock,
of Georgia, gets first call. He was
given this position last year and is
one player who has not,allowed the
cares of captaincy to affect his
playing in the least and is the
same steady forward of last sea
son. in every game lie has out
played any, guard I have seen. He
has the weight and his defense is
all that could be wanted. He i*
able to stop any line bucks direct
ed at ids side, is speedy in his
tackling and possesses his slime of
football gray matte . But few
linesmen are b< tter on sizing up
the opponents' offense: neither Is
there a better charger in the
Southern country.
It's might* hard to keep such
other players as I have mentioned
off the team, for each of them is
an Al. but all lack some ot the
requisites that mark the stellar
linesman, so 1 give the other guaid
position to Burns, of Auburn, al
though he has played center this
season. Burns has demonstrated,
however, that hi can plaj guaid,
this being bis regular posith n h”i'--
tofore. His backing up of the lint
was the feature of th- Aiibuni-
Vanderbilt <ame, while his 186
pounds of weight and Ills two veals
of experience make him a tit run
ning mate for l’> acock.
Tackles Are High Class.
Now. foi an iiiviiitoiy oi tin
tackles.
Here we have a better
talent to pick from, for theie
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; ALL SOUTH - '—KETRON
I • Center—Morgan, Vanderbilt.
• Left Guard—Burns, Auburn.
• Left Tackle—Henderson, Geor-
• gia.
• Left End—Vandergraaf. Ala-
• bama.
I • Right Guard —Peacock, Georgia.
< * Right Tackle—Lam, Auburn.
• Right End —Brown, Vanderbilt.
' • Left Half—Hardage (captain),
• Vanderbilt.
8 Right Half—McWhorter, Geor-
• gia.
• Fullback—Sikes, Vanderbilt.
• Quarterback—McDonald, Geor
l • gia Tech.
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hardlj a (earn in the- South that
can't ‘boast of one, if not two,
tackles above the average. But to
any one who has seen the different
teams in action there is but one
conclusion—Lamb, of Auburn, and
Henderson, of Georgia, are the
players who will plug the tackle
places on the 1912 all-Southern se
lections. Donahue's pupil is, with
out a doubt, the pick of the season.
Weighing from 175 to ISO and hav
ing had three years’ experience, he
is the mainstay of the Auburn line
and is a bearcat on both offense
and defense.
Henderson carries more weight
than the Auburn player, but is
shorter on experience In college
games. He makes up for this in
tlie ability he has shown in every
department of the game. He is
exceptionally fast for a man play
ing this position, and besides
charging like a pile driver. ie often
rips through tlie line and*throws
I tlie man with the ball for a loss.
On recovering fumbles he is the
wonder of the season and one of
the few tackles who can be depend
ed on to carry the ball when called
on. He is my second choice. Leuhr
tnan, of Tech, is also a good tackle,
as is Malone, of Georgia. Dob
bins, of Sewanee, is also a find and
with a little more experience will
be heard from. Shipp, of Vander
bilt, is another player who deserves
honorable mention.
End Positions Easy.
At the end positions we butt
right into another Vanderbilt man
the very first thing, ami what's
more, it’s a member of the famous
Biown family. E. Brpwn is the
player who will hold down the right
wing of the line, and we find it no
hard job in recommending him. He
is marked on the-seore card lit llhi.
and this is his third year of serv
ice on Dudley field. His tackling
on defense makes him a very Val
uable man, wfijle his smashing and
getting down under punts stamp
him as about the best in the coun
try. He gets the place.
For the other end of the line we
must shift over to Tuscaloosa and
get acquainted with a member of
the Vandergraaf family, whose
name is legendary to that college,
just as the Morrison and Brown ti
tle is in Vanderbilt. In H. Vander
graaf we undoubtedly have a grand
little player and the best end in
the South. He runs well with the
ball and is the best ground gainer
that Alabama possesses. His defen
sive work is indeed spectacular,
and, moreover, he is the life of his
team. Turner, of Vanderbilt, and
Gillem, of Sewanee, would be my
choice fdr a second team.
Good Halfbacks Plentiful.
Now that the line and end places
have been disposed of, we find our
selves confronted with an unusual
amount of available halfback ma
terial and a scarcity of good quar
ter- and fullback men. But few
teams have bad the good luck to
possess a quarterback and fullback
of any special merit this season,
surely none of the type of Davis
and Morrison of last year. At
half, though, even with an unus
ual array of good players, there are
two who loom far above tlie others,
and those are Hardage, of Van
derbilt, and McWhorter, of Geor
gia. The <'oinmodore captain is
without a doubt one of the greatest
halfbacks the South lias ever pro
duced. His carrying the ball has
been Vanderbilt's strongest point,
and in this department of the
game he has had but few equals.
He is a speedy broken field runner
and so extremely fast that he is a
hard man to handle in tackling.
His defensive work is also good,
and he seems to bo the main
strength of tlie Vandy team. His
absence in the Auburn game seem
ed to take all the fight and dash out
of his team mates. We would have
him captain our all-Southenn.
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29. 1912.
At right half we should put the
best half playing in the South, if
not in the entire country. Bob Mc-
Whorter. He is as good as Har
dage in broken field running and
a much harder man to tackle, by
reason of his weight. • His line
plunging is also good, while
throughout the year he has been
strong on defense. Those who have
seen hint play when in condition
must unquestionably concede Bob
his place on this year’s all-South
ern.
Sheldon, of Sewanee; Cole, of
Clemson; Cook, of Tech, and New
ell, of Auburn, are also good back
field men anil really above the av
erage for Southern halfbacks. Col
lins, of Vanderbilt, is also a fair
half, but I prefer the three above
named.
Sikes Wins a Job.
With due appreciation of the
work of Vandergra if, of Alabama;
Webb; of < 'leinson, and Parker, of
Sewanee (the last two of .whom are
extremely good at line bucking],
the fullback position must go to
Sikes, of Vanderbilt, without much
argument. He is the best fullback
of the 1912 Southern season, and
one of the best I have seen in this
section in several yeans. In both
defensive and offensive, his play
ing is good, while in the Auburn
game his line plunging was great.
So it’s Sikes for full.
One Tech Man Named.
•Quarterback (in my estimation, if
all reports are true, I have not seen
him play) should go to Fletcher, of
Mississippi, but since he has been
ruled ineligible we will not con
sider him, and will award the gen
eralship job to McDonald, of Geor
gia Tech, though Major comes in
for a strong bid, on account of his
punting. McDonald runs his team,
however, in good style, and in every
game that Tech has played this
season he has been their best
ground gainer. Tolley, of Sewanee,
is another quarter who has shown
up splendidly this season, but is
hardly all-Southern caliber. Pad
dock. of Georgia, is the real find
of the season, however, and since
playing quarter in the game with
Clemson has put new life into the
Red and Black team, and had he
been at this position all season he
would make a strong bid for the
all-Southern. Watch him next
season when he has gained more
experience. With the selection of
McDonald at quarter and Hardage
at half the punting end of the game
will be well taken care of, for both
of them can be depended on to
boot the ball out of danger when
necessary.
KILBANE DODGES BOUT:
BIG EVENT PENDING
CLEVELAND, Nov. 29. -Johnny Kil
bane. featherweight champion, has made
known why he will not tight Eddie Mor
gan, the English boxer, for the world's
championship at San Francisco on New
Year's day. The champion expects the
stork to visit his home in February, and
declares he would not leave Mrs'. Kil
bane -at this time for the fattest stake
ever offered.
Kilbane was tendered a purse of $7,500
to meet Morgan. His manager says that
he has turned down offers of $3,000 and
$7,500 for other fights on the coast be
cause of the impending event.
CORNELL. HOLDS PENNSY
TO MIGHTY LOW SCORE
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29.—Pennsyl
vania added another victory to her long
string of successes over the Cornell foot
ball team by winning the Thanksgiving
game on Franklin field by the score of
7 to 2. It had been snowing for almost
ten hours before the game began, and the
field was soaked from the slush, causing
both teams to frequently muff or fumble
the slippery ball. This condition of the
field was indirectly responsible for all
the scoring.
BATTLING NELSON BEATEN
BY CROSS IN TEN ROUNDS
NEW YORK, Nov. 29.•• Leach Cross
outpointed Battling Nelson in a ten
round bout here. Nelson took a great
deal of punishment, but was forcing the
fighting at the finish.
TIE GAME AT WAYCROSS.
WAYCROSS, GA.. Nov. 29.—Columbia
university, of Lake City. Fla., and the
Way cross, Y. M C. A. football teams
played a scoreless game here. Both teams
made some spectacular plays, and each
came within ten yards of making a touch
down A big holiday crowd was out to
see the game, which proved one of the
best ever played in Waycross.
CHATTANOOGA TEAM WINS.
CHATTANOOGA. TENN . Nov 29. -The
University of Chattanooga eleven defeated
the Eleventh cavalry here by a score of
13 to 0. The locals were superior in every
department of the game. Dexheimer and
Tampton, of Chattanooga, proved the
stars.
GLOWNEY BEATS HOMELAND.
LANSING, MICH., Nov. 29.- Joe Home
land, of Chicago, was outpointed in a ten
round bout last night by Lou Glowney, a
Detroit lightweight. Glowney was the ag
gressor and although no decision was
rendered, it was apparent that the De
troiter displayed greater skill.
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Rev. B. H. Phillips, who resides at East
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ME AT PONCE!
ANTI-CLIMAX
AFFAIR
By Fuzzy Woodruff.
< NTI - CLIMAX . games will
AX never pay in Atlanta, or any
where lit. . Tech athletic au
thoiities probably realize the fact
today. For with a perfect football
day, a holiday, and practically no
rival attraction, so meager a throng
witnessed the Thanksgiving strug
gle between Clemson anti the Yel
low Jackets that it was lonesome
out at Ponce DeLeon park.
And, by the way, the score was:
Tech 20, Clemson 0. But the score
has nothing to do with the case
just like tlie flowers that bloom in
the spring, tra-la.
The crowd —“gathering” would be
a better word —had the opportunity
of seeing the first football battle
ever waged in the snow in Atlanta,
but football tans seem rajther to
prefer the comforts of a cdzy fire
side to the pigskin pastime, with
any sort of trimmings.
Anyhow, they weren't on hand.
Even tlie Tech rooting section was
noitceably small, while the rest of
the outpouring consisted of a few
policemen and some forlorn indi
viduals who didn’t have any other
way of spending a Thanksgiving
afternoon.
No "Pep” For Tech.
Though the Tech team played
their usual machine-like game, the
anti-climax spirit was present in
their ranks with a vengeance. When
they trotted on the field and warm
ed up. Captain Leuhrman was com
pelled to exhort them time and
again that tlie season wasn't quite
over, that there was a meed of
glory in trampling on Clemson’s
'■arcass. before he could engender
enough pepper in his cohorts to
season a hard-boiled egg.
Its true that when the team
started playing it worked with the
same old dash that has made ft
formidable, despite its miniature
size. But they went about it as if
it was a day’s work instead of an
afternoon's play. Their hearts had
been left in the Georgia game. So
had theh earts of the Tech stu
dents. So had the enthusiasm of
the Atlanta patrons of the pastime.
There wasn't as much enthusiasm
apparent at Ponce as there would be
in a prohibition convention in
Louisville, Ky.
Nothing to It but Tech.
As far as the game went, it was
a practical procession for Tech.
Clemson fought some in the first |
half, but then seemed to lose spirit
and allow Tech to parade. The
South Carolinans seemed to out
weigh Tech by a wide margin, es
pecially in the backfield, and at
times the Tiger backs successfully
bucked Tech’s line. Their work
was never consistent, though, and
whenever the Jackets’ line was im
periled they braced wonderfully and
held for downs.
Webb, the Carolina fullback,
proved a powerful bucker. but his
slowness in starting frequently per
mitted the Tech men to get through
and halt his advance.
Techfs entire team played splen
did ball. McDonald and Moore made
sensational broken field runs time
after time, while Leuhrman hit the
line for substantial gains. The
Jacket offense was as varied as a
Thanksgiving celebrant's path
homeward, which made the game
pleasant to watch, even if those
present would have appreciated a
yell or two or some other sign of
life.
Ball Wet —Little Fumbling!
Though the ball was wet and
slippery, the game was practically
free from fumbling, and It was a
striking fact that whenever either
team let the ball slip that same
team recovered.
A high school inclination to
wrangle marred the last two quar
ters, but by that time nearly all
the spectators had left the park,
and it didn't make much differ
ence.
But the Tech authorities, when
they make their next batch of con
tracts, will in all likelihood re
member the Thanksgiving paucity
in attendance and arrange their
games accordingly.
RIVERSIDE BOYS EASY
WINNERS OVER G. M. C.
ATHENS, GA., Nov. 29. -There was a
side show to th»* Auburn-Georgin game
hen* yesterday which equalled in import r
anee the b’g affair insofar as prep honors
are concerned. Th*. Riverside team locked
horns with the aggregation representing
the Georgia Military college, and were re
turned victors by the score of 20 to 6.
The result of the contest will tie Gordon
institute and Riverside for the prep ( bum
pionship of the state.
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he was unable to walk His ears roared
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I “LOUISIANA” GETS VERDICT
OVER JOHNNY SINCLAIR
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, Nov. 29.
“Louisiana." the Philadelphia feather
weight. was given the decision over John
ny Sinclair, of Cleveland, here last night
at the qnd of twenty rounds of fast mill
ing, but the fans thought that Sinclair
should at least have had a draw. He
made a god showing.
Bud White, of New York, knocked out
Jack Tierney, of Louisville, in the first
round of their preliminary.
UNHOLZ HOLDS SHERMAN
TO EIGHT-ROUND DRAW
MEMPHIS, Nov. 29.—Making the grun
est kind of a battle against disheartening
conditions Rudy I’nholz. the Denver vet
tjran lightweight, held the youthful and
vigorous Joe Sherman, of this city, to a
draw after eight rounds of interesting
milling here last night. '
TOM KENNEDY DEFEATS
WILLIAMS IN 6 ROUNDS
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29. Tom Ken
nedy, “white hope," returned to form
yesterday bj soundly trouncing Barry
Williams, Quakertown heavy, in their six
round bout.
BIKE RIDERS FROM 14
COUNTRIES IN BIG RACE
NEW YORK, Nov. 29. — Fourteen teams
recruited from many countries of Europe,
as well as different parts of America, are
expected to compete in the six-day bike
races, which start December 9.
VIRGINIA AN EASY WINNER.
RICHMOND. VA . Nov. 29 The orange
and blue of the I'niversity of Virginia
trailed the white and blue of the I'ni
versity of North Carolina in the snow- I
made mud yesterday- afternoon to the
enormous score of 66 to 0.
GEORGETOWN EASY VICTOR.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. By the defeat
of Virginia Polytechnic institute here by
the score of 24 to 3, Georgetown univer
sity practically was assured of the foot
ball championship of tile south Atlantic
states.
L. S. U. DOWNS TULANE.
NEW ORLEANS. LA.. Nov. 29. Be
fore the largest crowd ever assembled at
Tulane stadium, Louisiana State univer
sity today won the Louisiana state foot
ball championship for the second consec
utive time from Tulane university, 21 to 3
ALABAMA DOWNS TENNESSEE.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.. Nov. 9—Although ;
outplayed, the I'niversity of Alabama
football team fought its way to victory
over the I'niversity of Tennessee aggre
gation on Rickwood field here yesterday
afternoon by a score of 7 to 0.
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