Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, November 30, 1912, FINAL, Image 10

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Newspaper Page Text10 I- Tech's Famous Football Coach Fails to Select a Single Yellow Jacket for His Team HEISMAN’S ALL-SOUTHERN ELEVEN ■ | * jMayer Position College Morgan Center 214. . \ anderhilt j Thigp en .. . . .Right Guard. . 185.. A uhum Barker .. . Left Guard 191 . . .Mississippi T. Brown .... Right f ackle 181 V anderhilt Nleadows .... Left lac kle. ... 176 A üburn E. Brown Right End 160 Vanderbilt Gillem . Left End 160 Sikes Quarterback 162 Vanderbilt McWhorter Right Hall 174 . . Georgia Hardage . . Left Half . . 167 Vanderbilt Reulle Fullback 192 MissA-Mj By J. W. HEISMAN *TMIK Southern riitereolligiatf- Athletic ;t>-<i 1 ion - iiibrai - s 1 I the following members: .Alabama, \ulnirn. Howard. G<-(?r /.a. Mercer. Tech. Tulane. L S L. I tiiversity Mississippi. M’ss. A. A M.. Mississippi college. Milsaps College, Trinity. Clem son. Wofford. Theti'iadel. University of I lorida. Van h rbilt. Sewa f tie-. Te nnessee. College of Charleston. T< xa- A -k ,\l . ami three colleges in Kentucky. Excluding tin Kentucky and | T' xas eolleffi’s on the ground of ' gi ographieal .remoteness iny sec j lections will be confined to teams ; repr seiitinp th** above colleges. ! Center Again Goes ’ To Vanderbilt. -ptli: first-c .-.*-» '-it' ■: lie car' * have not been as numerous as here- , | tofoi’e, and 1 am swinr to seriously consider but four of them rhese are Adams, of Mcsi -U'pi; Dutton, of 1. S. I Loeb, ot Teel'., ami Morgan, of Vanderbilt. \ dams and Dutton are muei alike In size, general abillt) and styl. ot play. They are excellent snappers. know the possibilities of I heir position, and are grand football players. Either of them I would prove entirely acceptable In ihe I position on any team In the South s land. They an- experienced lin- snien, I and play with great vigor. It w .old b -1 a hard task to decide wlm .1 is the bet -1 ter of the two M Loeb, of Tech, is nil the lacking one P*?titns. and tlmt Is weight Al first I thought it would seem absurd to dis cuss for this position a man «ho weighs but 155 pounds. Y- t Loeb >■ i*oss-sse-1 , | of such tremendous energy, such abso- 1 lutely indomitable fighting spirit and < such splendid vitality that ho com- I pels consideration: he overcomes a han dicap of from ten to twenty pounds in! an opponent by these factors, with ease, j Thus, while differing from the other two in genera’ style, he ranks pa: with them, and a selection from one of the three would be just as difficult land just as easy) to make as one from the first two. I will say for Loeb that when it comes to pure grit he merits the highest possible ranking 1 Morgan Good ! Heavy Man. e Morgan, of the Commodores, is the man who helps me out of my diffi culties, for he puts it n shade on the others. This 1s In large part due to the fact that he la many pounds heav ier than any of the other three weigh ing, us he does, about 220 pounds. A good big man is surely better than a good little man. and that’s all there is to it. If Morgan couldn’t do any of the things that the, other trio -io. It would be a diffen-nt case. Rut you can certainly find no fault with Morgan's snapping, nor hfs charging and block ing. nor yet his tackling and generally tine spirit in the game And when you add his high-grade experience to the list of his other good points, there la - Morgan would, J think, make any team in the country at center * • * Guards a Puzzle To Coach Heisman THE selection of the most suitable pair of guards for our team Is a profound puzzle. Hardly .<• Southern team is without at least one man who has some claim on this position Probably the beet of th. lot 1s Thlg oen, of Auburn This chap is well i' qualified In every respect to hold down the job. and If Auburn not so well fortified with tackles I daresay w would see him playing this position on the Orange and Blue lineup, Guar-if have little opportunity to shoe, off or k null brilliant stunts Steadiness am’ good consistent hard w,ai, th things that are needed tn a man If he Is to play the position to the satisfaction of his coaches. These qualities Thig pen possesses to an etuinttt degree along with lots of weight, strong: ; . »x perlence and knowledge of" th. Insl-i --fine points of the position 1 think, will be dispose-! to din- 1.-. it * this estimate of the man, or his lig t to a position. The man forth, other flank ot' out center is indeed a problem. Consider ing merely the men who have at the guard position all season I I would have little trouble in selecting Cassanova. of Mississippi A ami M. This big fellow also .an claim every natural qualification f-u such a posi tion, «and he has put up a gam*' all season that must diuw -tt-'tit' >i, Two men who are right :i ■- das with Cassanovu ar. Dai-'s. ot Vander bilt, and Sehlllettei . of <’l-nts.m. Th former of these is heady and a 11- player: the latti • i.as l-eei pl. it 2 a •oug. energ- iic game -11 season. But I _ I • Dave* I » li h ,; 1-t •' «>n ih« k round of t Ilightiv - '<mi< ack of experience; ■ whib tl.« litft» r iiihei <1 ii cn tbc j I gnniiHl «»f I; e of >■»•»! -iindi | h*. too, . ed - - litt ■■ ■■ ■ ■ soning. 1 I Botli ha\« put up a sph iiui< g-ame and I < <i* i ptu'ial | Hut to bo perfocHy f.unk : b<»ut it, ii I <lo not consiihT «u\ -if these thro quite ’ j r< ady for Dim es oil au all-Soiithern, and j i rn\ <phiti Wf»«hl really be too fa> belov stuiidu d at th,it pot wen- h < to I one of lliest‘ men this y ar. Switches Tackle To Guard. The difficulty is rounded by selecting ■ one of tile numerous - x' i |>ti--nally good tackles and putting him In the post I tion This may not seem quite fair to I strictly" guard candidates, nor would I do it in years when 1 considered the regular guards of tin- year able to hold their own ami maintain a. standard of | play reasonably up to that of the rest , of our team. It is particulai ly advisable that tv-- j this year switch a tackle into the guard’s place, on account of the fact , that this all-S. I. A. A. represents, in general, the best rounded-out eleven players of th- year, ami to » xclude any | one of at least tlffee tackles that can be ■ named woultin ot only work, a great ! hardship on that one man, but would I make our team look like a chain with] 1 ou>- w- yk link when we had plenty of . good, strong links lying around idle j that we could insert nt the weak spot 1 with the greatest ease. Now I do not say that this substf itutlon would be possible or advisable at every or any old position. Thus It would lie a wild guess to say that a good guard would make an equally good fullback, or that 11 fine halfback would do equally well at snapper. But guard and tackle are ntlrely alike In their work, the only difference being that tael,!.’ is a harder place to play suc . cessfully than guard, requires more ex perience and agility and, generally . speaking, takes a better man to play It. , But this admitted, it follows clearly that if a man can play tackh succ. ss fuliy he can certainly play an entirely satisfactory guard. Barker at Left Guard. For thest reasons I have decided to j put Bark, r, of Mississippi, ar left t guard. This man weighs 190 pounds, | has play--.', .-x.'i'ptlonaliy well at tackle for three years, and is able to run 100 yard* In 10 12 seconds. He is one of the fiercest tacklers to lie found any where. and bru ks up a in.* in faultless 1 fashion Now, imw -an such a player ( be kept off my team merely" because there aux* two other nun Who play the ' tackle position about as well as he does? And when there is no satis factory regular guard to nominate for lour second guard position? And the reason I want the other two men to whom 1 refer for regular tackles » on both offena and defense is that they 1 do their best work in the line, while 1 Barker is a stat of the first magnitude ' when It comes to backing up the line in secondary u-tense. Playing the guard’s position on offense, he could 1 be drawn baec v -n it cam*- to de > tense and ph*y it that a*-eondary ,le ’ fetish, line. He nc Reulk of Mis sissippi A. M , '■ lid make the best 1 ba, kers-up of an; men of the year. This would leave Morgan and Thigpen r to hold things steau; in th" middl* of 1 the ine. and would capital ar ,> rangement. 1 let it go nt that Tackles Also Give Trouble » n 1:1: muel 1 '* tl,oiough inquiry and thoughtful I . ansi -'ration. I lia\. omc to the coll- usion that Tom Browii. of Vander blit: M. idows. of Auburn, and Barker, ’ of Mississippi, are the three best tac kles of the year. 1 It is with much reluctance that I re j< 1 lolibins, of Sewanee, and Shipp, of 1 Vanderbilt, liotii of whom have done 1 remarkably tin-' work for men in their '■ first year on a college team: and I suf • f-v equal mental spasms in setting ' ajside 1., I.l>. of Auburn, and Kelley and " 11.-yl- y. of l’i nness-. Lamb has not I be-n in the b- -of condition tills y v ar ami his gam-' has. inconsequ- nee, not been quite ,s g.,u,. straight t! i.c-gh as ■ it was last s-. 1-1,1:. Th,.- T- nn- e< . ■ kl-*F ar- about tl ■ I- s ,u. 1 of -hat • team They h r. w-.rk- I>. i.,-. ■ th,- I 1 WOUid gl ' ' I ' .■ 4 . py. THE ATL.\.\'TA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.SATI'I»DAY. NOVEMBER 30. 1912. [TT BIT OF HEISMAN DEFENSE BY TECH '| \Lfe’ * llfeb ‘ -Wkslv- Jk. < I WyA, \\ .a***'' x *• s- / /ra \ I / okdMnß 1r * 1 iMPIMMh W /> . : \ Wwy \ ■ mmlwi v iwwiiijti The Yellow Jackets’ light for wards held so well that finally This photograph was snapped the ('l-msou attack was forced to by a Georgian camera - Xpert at practically hurdle over them. ' ~~~the Tech-Georgiii game. I : I sition did T not have Barker on my ihands; while at tackle they are shunt ed off because of the fact that they have not had the same experience as the other men I have named, either witli or against high-grade teams. Tom Brown Great Player. I am satisfied no one will argue with Ime about Tom Brown's fitness for a tackle’s commission, for lie has been one of the mainstays of the Vanderbilt lino tor several years. There seems no limit to his ambition to improve and to learn all the football there le to know. His build for the position is ideal, and he has a full and perfect working use of his hands that faculty so rare among Southern linemen. Su perb on making openings, he is an even better man when it comes to defensive work, and we must look upon him as a well-nigh finished linesman. Meadows, of Auburn, is not quite as heavy a man as I would like to have at tackle, .and it might be beter were he shifted to guard, leaving Barker to come out to the tackle's place. Either of them 1- quite quick enough for the place. Meadows forte is In accurate diagnosing of the play, coupled with simultaneous action on the judgment. He has a tine knack of knifing through and nailing the runner in his tracks with a clean low tackle. Altogether, he appears to be the best 'ineman Au burn lias this season, and that Is say ing rnuci whet w< reflect what a high grade lot of forwards the”- ire. Mead ows will do evry well. • * * Sewanee and Vandy Get the End Berths. U“OR the end positions there are quit, | a number men who stand out , I well above the average. These include . I Robinson, of Auburn; Conklin, of Geor gia: V’andegraaf. of Alabama. Pounds. , of Florida; Gil tin, of Sewanee, and E. , Brown, of Vanderbilt. For defensive purposes I would not .task a better man than Robinson. He ; has weight and strength and is excep tionally clear-headed on sizing up a p. >■ Ami In plants himself in such a manm as to make ft a mighty hard thing t<> get him off his feet. This malt ■< it pos-.bb for him to handle a , heap of inte -fe. eucc and still get the ■ runner hints. If. I Conklin, of Georgia, is mu .1 the same I style of player, though In comes in faster to sii i-a. interference (probably 'only a difference 01’ detail in team sys 'teni-. Hut his judgment is almost equally infallih. . and lie is one of the . surest tacklers to be found anywhere. 1 Pounds, of Florida, is as shifty, nifty at, 1 altogether brilliant a player to: his inches and ounei s could be . found. On no two downs does he play his position the same, tint uses ills judgment as to just where and how to • play each attack by Itself. He is ex f ceedingly clever In handling forward “ passes, and he can spill mote ends go r Ing down field under mints than any • other man I have seen this season. H< t is too light for consideration in the i pies nt connection, but deserves, none t the less, a world of praise. Gi iVBI, <>l S» W :<!)*'♦•. lb <»!lv <>f 'ill!’ t best players. He ha- the m-< u y • W.fight. -pe. d and i-xpei i.-ne.-. tie has - the an,.l - fighting in.-tinei. |{,- i> ' a spb-n-’.:,l to. wil'd passer, and one of 1 tit pun* - 11 Ifix . 11. haul down ppuuents' lorware |-a<w.- HEISMAN’S 1911 TEAM Player Position College Morgan Center Vanderbilt Peacockßight Guard Georgia Metzger.Left Guard Vanderbilt LambßightTackle Auburn Freeland Left Tackle Vanderbilt J Walton Right End Mississippi Goree Left End Tech Hardageßight Half Vanderbilt McWhorterLeft Half Georgia Davis Fullback Auburn Morrison Quarterhack Vanderbilt in quantities. There can be little doubt of Gillem’s right to a place, tin de fense I would play him at side-back. ’Nuck" Brown, of Vanderbilt, has been tolling away now for several years at that end position, and has always put out a jam-up good game Last year lie was almost ripe enough, and this year he is so beyond all doubt. Brown is not a big man, yet lie is big enough, and he is as tough as wire nails. He can smash any old Jrind of . interference, can get down field like an aeroplane, and then tackle for keeps. He handles with accuracy and dispatch all kinds of forward passes, and he is almost immune to injuries. Then, too. Brown has been playing >vlth a high grade team against other classy teams for years now, and he knows the game as few Southern players ever get to do. The ‘e are few surer men for places on our team than Brown. <<>■** Quarterback Job Is a Conundrum. TN attempting the solution of the quarterback problem, a difficulty of! . an entirely different nature from that of picking out star players <■ infronts i us. I refer to the different systems of I play and tlie different ways that teams i use their qaurters nowadays. Formerly the question of how the quarter handled his ba'l from snapper to runner entered 1 very largely in the determination of his | fitness for premier honors. But more' and mor, each year wc sen teams dis pensing with Hie intermediate handling of the ball by the quarter, and on some teams Tech and Auburn, for instance , the quarterback .carcely ever relays . the ..snap. . <Ui such teams there is little or no ( real distinction between the quarter and the fullback, or any other of the 1 backs. To be sure, they have to be ilh d something in the official lineup and so the coach of such a team picks out some one man and calls him the quarterback; sometimes, perhaps, be , i cause he is th” man who gives the Ii signals. <>r because lie plays iear guard on tin- defense, ■>. because anotile buck does most of the line bulking (for ij which reason the othei man is deliotnf . n it- 1 fullback L ,vhi. 1 neces-ari!'- f lea. HIC title -if quo te .1 tc first ■ mm. ‘stieugtli 111 the '-a< kn- ld. pal tl.i / 11 1 heavy interfering, I would probably choose Major, of Auburn, for my quar ter. If 1 wanted a man who could run the ends, punt the ball and return punts, I would not overlook McDonald, of Tech. If I wanted a skillful handler of the ball from snapper to runner, and one who was a good field general, no doubt I would choose Fletcher, of Mis sissippi, or Cameron, of Tennessee. And so it goes. Then there is Tolley, of Sewanee, who certainly handles the center’s snaps nicely, and who runs himself with the ball in good form and with fine drive. Still he is not a very’ fast man, else Loeb, of Tech, would never have run him down and caught, him from behind. Neither is ho a sure man on catching punts, notwithstanding he caught them ali In tlie Tech game; tn nth. r games he missed a number of them. But Tol ley makes a v»ry satisfactory quarter back and one who stands out from the general field on his season's work. I find it hard to turn him down very ha rd. Curlin Best Drop Kicker. Vanderbilt's quarters afe all pretty fair men, but none of them seem to have given entire satisfaction to their coaches. Curlin is the la st drop kick er of the year among tin quarterbacks, although lie seems to 'lie somewhat be | hind his last year's form. Cameron, of Tennessee, ami McDon ald. of Tech, are brilliant for flrst-year men. Cameron Has had but op- drop ped punt the entire season. He is a. cool and self-confident player, handles the ball in jam-up -tyte. and runs like an antelope. He i- ~n'y nineteen, ami lis sure to make his mark Next yea' he will bear watching for all-Southern honors. M- Donald. of T- 'i. is one of ;h<- sur prises of the year Along with Major. Reulle and Gillem. he helps to compose th” South's b. -t quartet of punters: in my opinion, he is quite as good here .-is any of the others. He weighs but 150 and how lie can make the ground la does around tlie - nd and through tin lim when that line is the least bit brni en up is ami iia.~ iieen one () f the mysteries of the . as.-n. Hi ■ , . j itch tlmo.-t anything ev-t et -mt of the ■ in th- sl,u| . forward pas. , ii.-I : bl- king 1, -x,, >:< n<Hi- ' ggreßslVi as it will or a o irotn i now Also, lie lias some tendency- to! drop the ball, which he will doubtless I overcome. Coming back io those first mentioned: Fletcher is beyond all cavil the very . best quarterback of tlie year. His play deserves half a colunih. But right at the tall end of the season Fletcher was disqualified: so what's the use in say ; ing a word about it? If he Is ineligi ble to play, on his own varsity team, he is equally ineligible for my all-S. I. A. A. Os the remainder who have figured in the various coaches' line-ups as quar terbacks the next best man is probably ' Majors, of Auburn, and he is a tip-top player. But is he really any more of a . I quarterback in his team’s system of play than any other man in the back jfield? He is not called upon to relay the snap and lie does not play rear guard in receiving opponents’ punts. In only- one usual respect is he a quar ; terback for his team, and that is in calling tlie signals. But I can not give Majors much when it comes to his sig naling ability, and so I can not select ■ him for an all-Southern quarter on the i strength of this point. Sikes Is Heisman's Quarter. t But after eliminating Fletcher and t Majors there are no quarters left that 1 I consider quite worthy to uphold the I standard of the rest of th-- team, so . what are we to do? It happens that I there is playing this year one man of superlative backfield excellence who , would make an Ideal quarterback—one . almost as good as Ray Morrison. That , man is Sikes, of Vanderbilt. He has been playing fullback and halfback all , season, and he plays one of these as ) well as Hu- other. It is idle to say lie could not play as good a quarter as Majors, for. as 1 'nave pointed out, Ma jljors. in fact, plays no more quarter- I back under Auburn’s system of play [than does Sikes in Vanderbilt's system. What can Sikes do? He is one of the very fastest, runners of the year. He is the best blocker I have ever seen 1 in the South. His tackling Is the fiercest, keenest and surest of any man South this season. N> xt to Reulle and along with Ressijac, ho Is the best bucker down here. He can run th< ends ’ ainiost as well as Hardagr. and cer r tainly quite as well as any other man • of the yen His weight of 162 pounds . would be just th-- thing for a quarter back. while his spirit would keep any team in the world going at top speed ■ all tlie time. His general play reminds - m-- mor,- of M-> tis-m’s than any man 1 ■ piave seen this y.-a-, and he is certainly ijthe best rounded football player that ’has shown this campaign. ■ Ami that's why I put Sikes at qua - ;; te hack. And if he couldn’t call signals [ .-.tl-factorily (though I believe fr , could), I have no doubt that Hardage could, so what’s the difference? • • • Fullback Goes ' To Miss. A. & M. -l/'AI'TSIDE of Auburn no colb-ce in the S--uth stems to have the luck or I the ability, w hichever it takes, to turn lout fi bai k<. True Winderbill put out t in Mabie th, very best the South ha.- ■ develoj ed. but in- and Edgerton let the i ('oniinodines out. Aubu n has leeord-d the mimes <f SI if" Lay. I.a-y I'- y. Ri-lditig, two I’, ■ -n- St-- ■ • Si. --i- I ■ D.iy’- An-' I i now . a.-- ..-1,, ~.m« w itii -till auutu- : i w> is worthy t- - mingle his bon>-w with Honorably jYlentioned By Heisman On account of lack of space. Mr, Heisman was unable to discuss a num ber of players. Following are those that he a*so wishes to boost for their good playing: Player College CENTER StoneySewanee GUARDS Hicks Alabama Black . . . Tulane Lucas Georgia Means Tech tackles WoodwardTTulane Myers Mississippi Lamb Auburn Kelley T ennessee ENDS BowdenGeorgia Long Alabama QUARTERS Marks Tulane Robins Vanderbilt Martin Citadel Paddock Georgia HALFBACKS Newell Auburn Arnold Auburn HaxtonMississippi Evans Tulane Folg erCitadel | his illustrious predecessors. Ressijae. lis a v-ry fine plunger, indeed. He gets started quickly and with great snap; he plunges in as though sure the op j posing lin-- is nothing but a feather b?G, land he keeps on ramming till something gives evei’y time. Ressijac’s defense i- I also excellent. Really, though, he ought to weigh a little more for an all-Bouth ern fullback. Webb, of Clemson, is a splendid full back. He weighs only 165, but is tai! and rangy, and slashes in with great: abandon. He is undoubtedly one of the best players Clemson has ever devel oped As yet I would not say that he I had had sufficient experience to be put on the all-S. I. A. A. Probably the best man for the place iis Reulle, of Mississippi A. & At. This man weighs 192 and is very fast, in deed. for his weight. He has the Ideal build for a fullback. In addition to these natural advantages, he is a tip top forward passer, and as good a kick er as either Gillem, Majors or McDon ald. And if it’s bucking you demand of a fullback, why, here’s the man can give it to you. There Is little doubt that with liis weight and speed com bined he gets up more momentum than any other man playing the game down here this fall. So I give tlie place to Reulle, with a regret that I haven’t another one for Ressijae as well. Norman, of Mercer. des Tvea * veu honorable mention. t> « • Halfbacks a Hard Job. | HAVE reserve,i my hardest task tv the last, and I know this chapter of my mirthless monogram is going to trace even more wrinkles in my brow than any of the others. Os superior halfbacks this year there is no end. Let’s see: Hardage, Sikes and Collins, of Vanderbilt; Sheldon, of Sewanee; Fonde, of Tennessee; Wil liams, of Missfssippi A. & M.; Vande graaf, of Alabama; Evans, of L. S. L’.; Haxton, of Mississippi; Newell, of Au burn; Cook, of Tech; Taylor, of Flor ida; McWhorter, of Georgia, and Fol ger, of Citadel. That’s a baker's doz- 11 ior more right there, and lots of folks 1 I are going to be mad that I do not I mention still others. Now, the only way I see to approa- a , this task Is not to stop to put down 1 every las: little thing that every one ot ■ I then men does well—no matter how ■ 1 much 1 should like to do this. Tho point is that I have to select two men, 1 on each of whom, after selection, 1 may be able to spare ten words. But ’ the rest I must eliminate quickly. Well, Sheldon is in his first year in the S. I. A. A. That’s no crime; but it’s a vital weakness when we remem ber so many of the other good onts that hat-' been serving two or three or four years. Some don’t think much of Sheldon, any wa? : but t fflffer from . tii-'in rsidi--:illy . Sheldon is a born loot b.-Uer. and a sure comer for All-South* -in honors. Put a pin in this. Fonde i» a tine-spirited player. He lias ha-i his chances spoiled by injuries. Williams is great with the ball, but too weak on defense. Vandegraaf Finished Player. Vandegraaf Is a very finished football player and has the heart of a Hon. He , is too new as yet to the position, hav ing played end nearly all of his career. Hats off to this fellow, boys! : Evans is a fairly satisfactory half- back, but lie has too many moments of l*t-up in his play. He deserv- , how ever. more words of prals. than I have room for. Cook is a very graceful and finished 1 i,.-' I. No ■ an - xe. I liitn in , getting tnrough - slightly scatter", field He has the football fighting spir 1* 811-I Is n . x-'i 11'"It "ti- ia I: him! i Continued on Next Sport Pane