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Stauffer’s All-Southern Is An
Awful Joke; Man Who Picked
It Saw But Few Big Games
(Partly for the fine unconscious humor it contains, partly because foot
ball fans are interested in anything purporting to be a football feature,
r o ||ier’s All-Southern football team is here presented, as picked by Nathan
o Stauffer. Passing gently over Stauffer’s standing in Southern football—
he coached Mississippi last year, at which time the trouble started that cul
mated in Mississippi’s expulsion from the S. I. A. A.—the comment is made
at to a dead certainty he did not see enough football in the South this
.car to have the faintest conception of the playing ability of the perform
er,. And lastly, any All-Southern, with the Southern football territory
Stretching from Virginia to Texas and from the Atlantic nearly to the Pa
cific, is a joke for the obvious reason that no man can possibly see even a
small percentage of the important games. Here is the joke team, as it will
be perpetrated in the magazine of December 21.)
r-rNHE season of 1912 in Dixie
land was remarkable for the
small number of injuries; for
tit-feat of Vanderbilt. Dixie’s
;911 champion, by Harvard; for the
'miination of intersectional boun
iaries; for the absence of place
jeks and the lessened number of
rwaid passes, and for an unde-
id. ,1 championship.
The new rules eliminated all se
ious injuries, and the South,
therefore, upholds the new rules
emphatically. With the entrance
of Texas into Southern intercolle
giate ranks, through its meeting
;th Mississippi and Louisiana uni
versities, and with Virginia battling
on Vanderbilt’s field, we find breaks
all along the intersectional boun
daries.
In the first year these bounda-
. are broken a confusion arises
.ver a champion. Apparently Tex
as A. and M., Vanderbilt. Auburn,
Georgia, Georgetown. Virginia and
Sewanee are the leaders. Texas
. vsily defeated Tulane, 41 to 0, and
trounced Mississippi A. and M. 41
points, while Auburn, after tying
Vanderbilt, could barely twist out
vs Mississippi A. and M.’s grasp by
one touchdown. Vanderbilt and
Auburn will not meet Texas to de
cide. but comparison favors Texas.
Vanderbilt, 1911 champions S. I. A.
A., blessed with the best prepara
tory school talent and a large num
ber of experienced players, was ex
pected to retain its laurels in 1912.
Overconfidence and too ambitious a
schedule proved Vanderbilt’s un
doing, After a lapse of many years,
Vanderbilt in 1912 met Virginia,
and for the first time defeated the
Charlottesville team by two touch
downs—while Georgetown (cham
pions of the South Atlantic, 1911-
12) could barely nose out Virginia
by three points. After seeing them
play, 1 believe Vanderbilt is at
least three touchdowns superior to
Georgetown.
Fresh from the Virginia triumph,
Vanderbilt went 1,000 miles to chal
lenge Harvard. All Southern sym
pathizers hoped Vanderbilt would
extend Harvard's resources to the
limit, many believing the fast
playing Southerners could win, but,
ala-, their hopes were vain. A com
parison of Harvard’s Vanderbilt and
Yale games proves that the Crim
son defeated Vanderbilt with two
regulars and nine substitutes. Au
burn husbanded its resources
hrough the Florida. Mississippi,
Louisiana and South Carolina vic
tories. hoping to win the laurel
<rown from Vanderbilt, and suc
ceeded in tying. The score was 7
io 7. Five days later Auburn found
t had overlooked the strength of
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: ALL-SOUTHERN TEAM;
: PICKED BY STAUFFER’
• First Eleven. •
• kndGlllem, Sewanee •
• Tackle .. .. T. Brown, Vanderbilt •
• Guardßurns, Auburn •
• Center Adams, Mississippi •
• Guard Lambert, Texas •
• Tackleßarker, Mississippi •
• Endßobinson, Auburn •
I • Quarter .... Costello, Georgetown •
• Halfback .. Vandegraaf, Alabama •
• Halfback.. . .Hardage, Vanderbilt •
• Fullback .. Reule, Miss. A. & M. •
• Second Eleven. •
• End K. Brown. Vanderbilt •
• Tackle .. . .Bowler, Texas A. &M. •
• Guard Peacock. Georgia •
• Center Morgan, Vanderbilt •
I • Guard Carter, Virginia •
• Tackle Lamb. Auburn •
• End Montgomery. Texas •
• Quarter .... Kern, Texas A. & M. •
• Halfback Newell, Auburn •
• Halfback .. McWhorter, Georgia •
• Fullback Veamirovsky, Tex. A.&M. •
••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Georgia, which, although beaten
earlier in the season by Vander
bilt, 46 to 0, presented a Thanks
giving 12 to 6 defeat to its ancient
rival. On the same day Vanderbilt
buried the clawing Sewanee Tigers,
16 to 0.
The choice of players for the all-
Southern team is a difficult task.
For center, Adams (Mississippi),
with his 6 feet 2 inches and 185
pounds of brawn, leads the field.
Morgan (Vanderbilt), another giant
of 6 feet 2 inches, unfortunately
was handicapped by illness. Hen
derson (Georgia), another giant,
was the bulwark of his team.
Among the guards, first choice
falls upon Burns, of Auburn, and
Lambert, of Texas, with Peacock,
of Georgia, and Carter, of Virginia,
as the respective second choice.
At end we have a number of ster
ling performers. Gillem (Sewanee)
did not allow the captaincy to de
tract from his skill. His drop
kicking and punting were matched
by his brilliant defensive end work.
Robinson (Auburn) played one of
the finest defensive games I have
seen this year. E. Brown (Van
derbilt) was the best end in cover
ing kicks, but his lack of weight
prevented him from being used for
all tackle purposes in the new
game. McGee (A. and M. Missis
sippi) was another fast and deter
mined end. Baker (Tulane) was a
splendid receiver of forward passes,
and Montgomery (A. and M. Texas)
one of the best of the Texans.
At quarterback no one approach
ed Morrison (Vanderbilt’s 1911 star)
as a general, but several equaled
his work as a runner and excelled
in the kicking game, Costello
(Georgetown) was a spectacular
player to watch.
Good tackles were plentiful.
Barker (Mississippi) displayed a
marked advance over his 1911 form,
and gave a line exhibition against
Vanderbilt, saving Mississippi many
points by his great defense. Brown
(Vanderbilt) was a fine tackle, and
Lamb, of Auburn, was another good
tackle. So was Bowler, of Texas.
Closely pressing him were Fletcher
(Mississippi) and Kern (Texas),
two fine dodgers.
In the back field were many play
ers of high caliber. Hardage (Van
derbilt) was one of the South’s best
forward passers, a hard tackler,
and a plucky player at all times.
He merits the place of halfback on
the all-Southem. Reule (A. and M.
Mississippi) was a fast, powerful
back of the line player, and H.
Vandegraaff (Alabama) one of the
i most certain tacklers I have seen.
These three make a back field of
j high rank.
This 1912 all-Soutbern team, as
chosen, has a fast, charging line of
great defensive power, a back field
composed of a great line plunger
in Reule. two never falling tacklers,
fast end runners, and forward pass
ers in Hardage and Vandegraaff,
with a wonderful kicker in Costel
lo. As captain I would choose
Hardage.
MIKE DONOVAN'S SON
WINS TENTH STRAIGHT
NEW YORK. Dec. 17. "Young Mike”
Donovan, son of the famous middle
weight of a decade ago, won his tenth
straight victory by easily defeating
Y'oung Hickey in a ten-round bout.
CROSS AND RIVERS SIGN’.
NEW YORK. Dee. 17.—Articles have
been signed for a ten-round bout on
January 8 between Leach Cross and Joe
Rivers.
MUNNS LEADS CORNELL.
ITHACA. N. Y„ Dee. 17.—James .1. ,
Munns, of Pittsburg, 'eft uii.ir.l, w |
elected captain of the Cornell eleven so ■ '
1913.
MOTORCYCLISTS WILL RACE.
(’(iLI’MHCS. (lA.. D< ■ . 17. Th. <
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I'HE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEVViS.TUh.IS DAY, DEUKMBEK 17, l!)i„.
AL KUBIAK MEETS
CARL MORRIS
TONIGHT
THIS is the day of the Morris-
Kubiak battle at the Dixie
Athletic club. Tonight, before
what win unquestionably be one of
the largest crowds that ever greet
ed two pugs in Atlanta. Carl Morris
and Al Kubiak will hook up for ten
rounds.
This battle means something to
everybody concerned. If Kubiak
wins, it plants a ten-ton grave
stone on the ambitions of Oklaho
ma’s gigantic son. As a warrior
Morris will pass into the Goliah
class.
To Kubiak this session means an
opportunity to wipe out several
scores. If he can win it, he will
get some profitable fights.
To the Dixie Athletic club this
affair means a chance to demon
strate to the fans that they are run
ning things on a high plane. In
order to make this demonstration
impressive, “frost checks” will be
sold with every ticket. If the fight
is a frost, the patrons get their
money back. This looks like an
open enough proposition, and the
fans all feel satisfied.
The is offering some excep
tional preliminaries, and seems de
termined to give the spectators
their money’s worth.
FARRELL UNABLE TO GET
INTERVIEW WITH CHANCE
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—Negotiations
for the engagement of Frank Chance as
manager of the New York American
league baseball team were further de
layed yesterday when a message was
received from Chance stating that he
would be unable to meet Frank Farrell,
the owner of the team, in Chicago on
Thursday.
Farrell is trying to arrange for a
later conference.
Arthur Irwin, the club’s business
manager, is going to Bermuda this
week to investigate conditions with a
view of having the Yankees train there
next spring.
CROWDS TURN OUT TO
SEE WHITE HOPES WORK
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17.—Interest is
already at fever heat in the Palzer-
McCarty bout, to be staged here New
Year’s night. It is the second of the
battles to be fought to locate a “real
white hope."
Big crowds of fight fans trooped to
the training quarters of both men to
day. Palzer is a slight favorite in the
early betting.
WELCH DEFENDS TITLE
AGAINST HUGH MEHEGAN
LONDON, Dec. 17. —Fred Welch, the
English fighter, defended his title of
lightweight champion of England last
night against Hugh Mehegan, the Aus
tralian lightweight champion. The
contest was fought before the National
Sporting club and it went the twenty
rounds. Welch won the decision.
CRACKER PITCHERS MAY
BLOSSOM OUT AS MOGULS
Harold Johns and Vedder Sitton may
become managers of teams in the newly
organized North Carolina State league.
Durham has written about Sitton,
and Charlotte is after Johns.
NAVY ADOPTS SOCCER.
ANNAPOLIS, MD„ Dec. 17.—A squad
of midshipmen is practicing soccer
football at the Naval academy. Inter
class games will be played this winter.
Next season it is proposed to compete
outside the academy.
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Much-Desired Thorpe
Tried Ball Once With
Anadarko and Failed
Hooked On With Oklahoma Team
as Pitcher, But Wasn't Good
Enough to Stick.
# UTHRIE, OKLA., Dec. 17.
I y When Jimmy Thorpe, as he
is called around the Sac and
Fox Indian agency in Oklahoma,
attempted to make good as a pitch
er for the Anadarko baseball team,
he did not come up to requirements
and was released.
This was several years ago. and
Thorpe believed that he had the
making of a good pitcher in him.
He was a terror with the stick,
however, and had he been switched
to the outfield, he would no doubt
have made good.
Thorpe plays independent ball
every summer in central Oklahoma
and it is figured that he will con
nect with a big league when he
finishes at Carlisle.
Another Oklahoma Indian who is
going into fast company next year
is Mike Balenti, also a Cheyenne.
He started with El Reno in the
Western association in 1909 and
last year was with Chattanooga.
He has been drafted by the St.
Louis Browns.
Pitcher Bader, who goes to the
New York Giants for next season,
was unearthed in western Okla
homa two years ago by Jesse Clif
ton, catcher for Guthrie in 1909
and 1910, and manager of Tom
Hayden’s Burlington team in the
Central association during 1912.
Clifton saw Bader work and rec
ommended him to Howard Price,
who had the Western association
team at Independence, Kans., in
1911. Bader soon made good by
pitching a no-hit game against Sa
pulpa. The Western association
“blew up” in June and Price sent
Bader to Dallas, Texas, and he was
sold to McGraw during the recent
playing season.
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KNOW “HURRY-UP” YOST
CHICAGO, Dej. 17.—Fielding H. Yost
Is well known In the middle West—
almost as well known to ball players as
to college men. Joe Tinker. "Three
Fingered” Brown. Ed Sweeney. George
Morlarity. and several other diamond men
were In the lobbj of the hotel today when
Yost entered.
"Mr. Tinker, meet Mr. Yost.” said a
friend of the Michigan coach, who wanted
Jo introduce him to the new manager of
the Cincinnati Reds
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the old hurry-up kid. Glad to know
you!”
SIX CITIES IN GEORGIA LEAGUE.
BRUNSWICK, GA., Dec. 17.—The
new Empire State league, which will be
launched next May, will be composed
of Waycross, Americus, Valdosta, Cor
dele. Brunswick and Thomasville.
“Recollections of
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By Mrs. John A. Logan
Did you think there was a great deal of bitterness in
the recent Presidential campaign? It was a “Pink Tea”
compared with the excitement, rancor and turbulence
of the campaign of 1860.
Political differences that meant Her recollections are History——
probable war —a bloody war be- a most important addition to
tween brothers. Speakers and the history of that period of our
writers felt that the very life of country. They fire the imagi
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MASKED GOLFER ILL; WILL
SOON VISIT IN THE SOUTH
NEW YORK. Dec. 17. -The sudden dis
appearance . from public gaze of the
masked golfer of Van Cortlandt park
has caused considerable comment in golf
ing circles and it was rumored yesterday
that he had tied back to England, dis
gusted with the determination of the golf
ers at Van Cortlandt park to mask every
time he did.
It is now learned that he has been ill
for some days in a Manhattan hotel, and
that as soon as he recovers he will make
a visit to the Southern golf courses, be
ginning with Pinehurst Whether he will
wear his mask there or not IsWnot known,
nor has he learned whether bls presence
there in a disguise would be welcome.
SEATTLE GETS DUNN.
Joe Dunn, catcher last year for the
Mobile team, has been sold to the Se
uttle (Wash.) club.
NEW YORK PLANNING BEST
STADIUMJNJHE WORLD
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—New York city
will soon have in Riverside drive about
the best stadium for athletic sports in the
world, if plans for combining the re
sources of the city. Columbia university
and the Hudson-Fulton association go
through. At a meeting in the office of
Park Commissioner Hover, at which two
Columbia architects. Dean Goetze of Co
lumbia's school of mines, and representa
tives of the Hudson-Fulton association,
were present, It was decided to unite
the three forces for a 710,000,000 stadium,
near Columbia.
The stadium, as planned, will seat 80,000
to 100,000 persons The arena will be on
tllled-in land, and the seats will be on the
bank. It will be possible to use the
arena for all kinds of public sports and
for naval reviews. A water gate ha i
been proposed for the holding of public
naval ceremonies.