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Sporting Dope Badly Upset Yesterday;
Bunch of Odds-On Favorites Defeated
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flashJn-the-pan. This morning Willie is the second
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Orleans boy that enabled him to stand Jo the’li Jt ’*
In both fights the odds-on favorite in the betting was trimmed.
C ° f f ° n “ that sta^ered the Southland. Note that
\andtr lit beat Georgia 46 to 0, and that Auburn tied Vanderbilt. 7 to 7. Therefore, when Au
burn faced Georgia it was good doping io predict a victory for Auburn by 7 touchdowns. As a
matter ot fact Bob McWhorter and his clan rallied and trimmed Auburn 12 to 6.
There were mild form reversals in other games. Tech and Clemson looked even, but Tech
won, _0 to 0. Carlisle and Brown looked moderately even, but Carlisle won, 32 to 9 largely
due to Jim Ihorpe s marvelous work. Vandy-Sewanee looked a toss-up. but Vandv won 16 to 6.
Even the local road race was an upset. Gilbert Cheeves looked the winner, but In* didn't
even finish. Locke, of Wesley Memorial, copped.
Harold Ketron Selects All-Southern Football Team
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.)
EAKLY in the season 1 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, I might say, all of them, ex
cept those in the extreme western
part of the S. I- A. A. division,
which I consider to be almost in a
group to themselves, that I attempt
this.
I shall not go beyond Mississippi
fn 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-Southern 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, I 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 any of them.
First Blood For Vandy.
At center we have but little trou
ble in making a selection; in fact,
this position lias given little worry
for u season or two now, and but
few will dispute the decision when
the award goes again to 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. He weighs 215 and carries
three years' experience and U
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 ami
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.
Guards Not Notable.
Now. when it comes to naming
the guards, we find anything out
easy sailing, for the teams that I
have seen in action this fab v ere
somewhat weak in this depart
ment. Peacock, right gu..id
captain of the Red and B.ack out
fit; Lucas, his running mute;
Swofford. of Vanderbilt, and Means,
of Georgia Tech, can usuallj be
counted on. both on offense and de
fense, but of that numbe • Peacock,
of Georgia, gets ii st can. He ’*u»
given this position last year aim
one player who l:as not alloweu u.-.“
cures of captaincy to affect his
playing in the leant and tlie
same steady forward ol last sea
son. In everj ga n< at >u
played any guard I have seen. He
has, tin weight and h's delens-- L
all that could If wanted. He is
übie to stop any line bucks dirt -t
--ed at his side, is speedy in his
tackling and possesses his shale of
football gray matter. But few
linesmen are better on sizing ui>
the opponents' offense; neither Is
there a better charger in the
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J “HERE IS BEST IN •
J ALL SOUTH”-KETRON:
• Center—Morgan, Vanderbilt. •
• Left Guard—Burns, Auburn. •
• Left Tackle —Henderson, Geor- •
• gia. •
• Left End —Vandergraaf, Ala- •
• bama. •
• Right Guard—Peacock, Georgia. •
• Right Tackle—Lamb, Auburn. •
• Right End—Brown, Vanderbilt. •
• Left Half—Hardage (captain), •
• Vanderbilt. •
• Right Half —McWhorter, Geor- •
• gia. •
• Fullback—Sikes, Vanderbilt. •
• Quarterback —McDonald, Geor- •
• gia Tech. •
• •
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Southern country.
It's mighty hard to keep such
other players as I have mentioned
off the team, for each of them is
an Al, but all lack some of the
requisites that mark the stellar
linesman, so I give the other guard
position to Burns, of Auburn, al
though he has played center 4nis
season. Burns has demonstrated,
however, that he can play guard,
this being his regular position here
tofore. His backing up of the line
was the feature of the Auburn-
Vanderbilt game, while his 186
pounds of weight and his two years
of experience make him a fit run
ning mate for Peacock.
Tackles Are High Class.
Now, for an inventory of the
tackles.
Here we have a better array of
talent to pick from, for there ii?
hardly a team 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 180 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
the ability he lias 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, ho often
rips through the line and throws
the man with the bail for a loss.
End Positions Easy,
At the end positions we butt
right into another Vanderbilt man
the very first, thing, and what’s
more, it’s a member of the famous
Brown family. L- Brown is the
player who will hold down the right
wing of the line, and we find it no
hai. job in recommending him. He
is marked on the score card at 160,
and tills is his third year of serv
ice on Dudley field. His tackling
on defense makes him a very val
uable man, while his smashing and
getting down under punts stamp
him as about tlie best In the coun
try. He gets the place.
For the other end of the lim we
must shift over to Tuscaloosa and
get acquainted with a member of
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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, lie is the life of his
team. Turner, of Vanderbilt, and
Gillem, of Sewanee, would be my
choice for 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
ters and fullback men. But few
teams have had 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 the others,
and these are Hardage, of Van
derbilt, and McWhorter, of Geor
gia. The Commodore captain is
without a doubt one of the greatest
halfbacks the South has 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
anil so extremely fast that he is a
bard man to handle in tackling.
His defensive work is also good,
and he seems to be the main
strength of the 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.
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 him play when in condition
must unquestionably concede Bob
his place on this year's all-South
ern.
Sikes Wins a Job.
With due appreciation of the
work of Vandergraaf, of Alabama;
Webb, of Clemson, and Parker, of
Sewanee (the last two of whom are
extremely good at line bucking),
tlie 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 years. In both
defensive and offensive, his play
ing is good, while in the Auburn
game his line plunging wa- 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 be has been
ruled ineligible v.e will not,con
sider him. and will award the gen
eralship job to M< Donald, of Geor
gia Tech, though Major comes in
for a strong bid, on account of ids
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. .
old. had been having fits and spasms
for two years. She expelled a monster
42-foot tapeworm, head and all com
plete, after taking Quaker Extract for
five days, and is now a blight, healthy
child. She resides at No. 7 Richards
street, corner of Tumiin. The father is
a well known carpenter of this city.
Rev. B. 11. Phillips, who resides at East
Point, has been in a weak, run-down
condition —stomach bad. indigestion,
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GAME ST PONCEY
ANTI-GLIMAX
affair
By Fuzzy Woodruff.
ANTI - CLIMAX games will
never pay in Atlanta, or any
where else. Tech athletic au
thorities probably realize the fact
today For with a perfect football
day, a holiday, anil practically no
rival attraction, so meager a throng
witnessed the Thanksgiving strug
gle between Clemson and the Yel
low Jackets that it was lonesome
out at <)once 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 the Howers that bloom in
the spring, tra-la.
The crowd —“gathering" would bo
a better word—had the opportunity
of seeing tile first football battle
ever waged in the snow in Atlanta,
but football fans seem rather to
prefer the comforts of a cozy fire
side to the pigskin pastime, with
any sort of trimmings.
Anyhow, they weren’t on hand.
Even the 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 the season wasn’t quite
over, that there was a meed of
glory in trampling on Clemson's
carcass, before he could engender
enough pepper in his cohorts to
season a hard-boiled egg.
It’s 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 gam&. So
had the hearts 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.
Tech’s 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 1 wo 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, wheti
they make their next batch of con
tracts, will in all likelihood re
member the Thanksgiving paucity
in attendance and arrange their
games accordingly.
GEORGETOWN EASY VICTOR.
W tSHINGTON. Nov. 29. By the defeat
of Virginia I’olytechni institute here by
the score of 24 to 3, Georgetown univer
sity practically was assured of the foot
ball championship of the 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
bail championship for the second consec
utive time from Tulane university, 21 to 3
procured one bottle of Quaker Extract ,
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League Meets in Little Rock, Not Birmingham
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Billy Smith Will Fight “Sliding Scale” Limit
By Percy H. Whiting.
' T4HE. fall meeting of the South-
[ ern league will be held in
Little Kock and not in Bir
mingham. as was first announced.
This change is made because of the
illness of tile wifi of Judge W. M.
Kavanaugh, president of the South
ern league. President Kavanaugh
asked that the change be made if
agreeable to the club owners and
naturally all consented, despite the
fact that it makes the trip longer
for every club president except one.
It is likely that the spring meet
ing will be held in Birmingham, a
it is customary to hold one meet
ing each year in the city which won
tile pennant the previous season.
$ # e
ZANLY one point of interest will
come up at the Southern league
electing officers, and that will be
meeting except the formality of
the question of the salary limit.
At tlie recent meeting of the Na
tional Association of Minor Leagues
in Milwaukee the salary limit ques
tion was taken up, but the way it
was handled was a joke. The rep
resentatives of the various leagues
knew well that no national associa
tion could handle the matte, of sal
ary limits and that each league
should be allowed to legislate for
itself. So naturally nothing was
done. ,
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THE matter of a salary limit is
therefore up to the Southern
league, in all its pristine freshness
—an old question that is new with
each succeeding fall.
The local notion is that it is all
right to let well enough alone.
Charley Frank’s scheme of a.
“sliding scale” has met with no
warm response from Bill Smith.
Frank’s idea is to make it possible
for a club to carry as many as
eighteen men. If the club carries
eighteen its salary limit is $3,600.
If it carries seventeen its limit is
$3,400. if it carries sixteen the limit
drops to $3,200 and so on down tn
thirteen men a,nd a $2,600 limit.
That's the "sliding scale" idea. It
would also be provided, under the
Frank scheme, that no player
should be paid over $250 a month
and not under SIOO.
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CAYS Bill Smith: “I don’t like
Frank’s plan. In the first place
I don't see any sense in a change.
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epO the rank outsider this salary
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They nil take it mighty serious,
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