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THE ATLANTA OKOROTAN A
TT7ne Levels AU-the Football Hero Finds Xo,SU>s in the Classroom
COACH
And the Paper Is Still Waiting for Jeff’s Story
By ‘Bud’ Fisher
IS EXKEIU
Tech, Vanderbilt and l. S. V. Arc
Tied for Third Place In
1913 Standing.
1 ~' T is a simpb* enough
write a revie w of the fuotb.nl j
*• season in th* Southern
coltogt&lu At hURlc A>. oiu-n, but t
attempt •* ranking of « : Li* t. «’•*,
therein \* a .»»k front which ’li t
atoulast ha*rt (or nerviest dopeM'-n j
may well quail.
No on«- deni**.- that Auburn Is < n- I
titled* to the < hampioji.sl: |> hut that \
1m about the only vwwl-* l
plavv. In the ranking Enough has |
bean said and written about th* •
Plalnnmen and thfir play t*» n nd* i ,
nn> extended review **f their sen son j
aupeffluOUH They hah -plcitdld nri
terial and lots of it. and th< v<vu H
knew how to utilise >> N°t 1 * v <■ i
jer-f O'jT v toR Y A.iftou r rut J
<.pr*Jr BATI4A ttbwY V*i«,tSUY v*/F v (
t^na to wau tr co rm PAPfcfc. vkoov tmc
tWtJUCAM S/06 GO ir WILL. Had I A d
OM IT OR ***** f» VjjUL RN(d» u r )
AtoUi TONi4»HT V0O*Wfe GOT To &NCK*
t*to JAUKLeT. AND *ss.tL J~;
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college or m l of coache* knows how
to handle good ami ple ntiful material,
. vyn if they linv it. and Auburn r
greatest achievement lay..,, in making
the most of her opportunities
The strength of the AphiiiHi ic.im
was revealed by the fev.t that 111*■ >
did not need < gf-aiiy diver, di
stylo of p)»> in order to v. n th-u
rri$* Their piox v.. > at moat n
tlwdv straight fool nail, without <‘ Vr *'
forward v ,ssin ^ hgut upK to
tent' In their work Tti-is, sH’vtw i"
show* how poweHt.il lie i* nu ll - >\ *‘ 1 ^
and how well,; ilu> were drilled u
the rudiments,* It „ was ve»v
trjitn, and Auburn triay well >»<• proud
of it- i )
fi T®
tt0ue»0«-^
'tb "id ■ ah
urn
ting *
show .
saek«
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|a-e sn*ash-
i season.
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, e rt, but ne
"ravath is
Ivprage et
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POLLY AND HER PAL
There Were Two Low Necks I
Dm y’5t£ twf- wav L~
TtoLiy DREwT OUT LA6~l
MI6HT WTH LoWNtCK.
AM SHC^I ALEVES.
AU'1HE -TMEeMOMPldi
Tea Aticwtv^
*>\jRE I StFKl IT 1
Put vwo ls' The
6oon OF/W6U/W6
ytflTM HtfeA
<H1 IX/UNI HSTEN
T’NuTmH'!
N OW cotn<-s Khe big job in trying
to d*-ivrtnine the order of prior
ity between (!**orgia, Samlet hilt,
I«ouifttanu and Tec h.
That (Jeorgia deserves t«» ran*
a head of Te-h i 41 at *-ulv -on. eu u
but it i» n*»t so vicar that she «!■
serves to in* rat**d ahead v.f the* other
two. Ami. on thr oilier lian.l. It i
nni ,-lfnr ihnt I lio»r other two non
n hitcher rating than iloe“ Te. n An,I
here's the e«ua« of all our Irouhle:
After a vnu"' earoful and thoronith
eonstderation of the foots, in the . . .
1 believe It rt*lu to rank
ahea.l of A* <h. .other three, with
elealt hold ml seoonit |>loe... \ all
rterhltt will regUter a big "hoHer" ..l
this point on the kround that tint
held Auburn elowr than did (io'h'i
Ho thev. did. hut they r.iilod to no
anything iiRnlnnt Virginia that w ,
at all eoenparable to what the tleor
glans aeeomidlshed against the line
^£NNIt ;
Wl-AWlS AfttA
/M'jUcP IM' J
THEE D6EP-)
I(aoT a IDL4! iu 6a]r^BE-SiPAPt,
tiMT HEW/ BEAU OF •* 11
HEJ?i5 To LECTURE-
HER ABOUT BUMDLIH6-J
(JP HER Che5T ‘
T
ICOJ11.
Vanderbilt will point to her i>iR
score ajgainat Sew a nee. but. with ; >d
due respect to Sewanee, he r i* >ni w
not up to atandurd this year, and •
do not rate that victory a« any K'«
c*r th in tk**>rgia's agatnat North ‘ n -
ollna. And after you have eonaid-
ered these two games of the ('omnuv
doree. what have rh«> left worth
dwelling on in their season's rec*ord"
Nothing. And what ha» (,k>orgin left
ouUide of h* r k*mm1 vic tory over Ala-
hHmrt—a teuni that heat Tennessee
worse than Vanderbilt could beat
them—and a clear victory over th*
strong Tech team And these nv
the reasons I place Georgia ahead
of the ronimodortM.
gel -WAH-E
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CAth a buddV LiSrtri
-To “Thl Mij9.C
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HoiO Heisman Ranks Teams
N OW for JjftutsiAoa They hid a
strong team, .gnd they have a
eatlsfa-Ctory season*# work to their
credit But five of the games *»r
their schedule were very easy; and
vet thev were ocored on in two of
those Three of their other games
w. re with S 1 A A. teams Mis
Mlsstppi A. & V Auburn ami Texas
A M These wen* the onl> strong
teams Louisiana played. One of them
*he lost and the other *two she tied;
so that she can i take no very loud
c laim on what she acedmpliHhod in
RldAt, game* And that ts wh> I
td.we Louisiana second to Georgia
on just what basis should teams i*<
rankel any wav* There could he e
lot of hefty argument on that point
itself It’s something like in colleg*
baseball no two teams play the
same oppc'nents. nor the same mini
her of games nor under icienn*.*'
conditions. Therefore at best the
whole thing is a gTiChSS
Yes. t>Ut a guess aff to what a- to
which of two teams ha* made the
better record throughout the reason
or which is the stronger at the cl..**
of the season, or which of the tw
would win if thev encountere.l ga h
other in a game: and if so, on what
dfUe are you supposing such n came
tc> take, or to have taken, place.’
And there you are
So much deperK pon the houI*
from * which you are vie winy, tip*
*i irstion. It ts ea»v to understan*
that for good and sufficient reasons
one team might be much further
along in its development early in
October than another, and would
probably win the game were those
two team* to come together at tha.
time On the other hand, th** brut
t»*tm might have retrograded, rela
tively. hv the latter pan of N<jvc*m-
ber while the other had gone <m to
.triiiea <»f her situation In such i
wa> as to be exceptionally strong
right near the* dose of the season,
whereas \\ showed practically no
strength during th* firs-t half »nc
could n"t therefore he expo* ted toju
able to make mu* h **f a a : I hi
der these ciicumstantes should th*-
comparative rcTCorda rt-lie 1 ui<‘n
to show which was the-bettor team
< »r ehould we just look a. the two
(Nms in acUdn at tha same or at
different times during the season and
express an expert opinion as to
wnich would win if thev wen* to
i’me tog ether*.' And if the latter is
t i tes-r. let us not forget that we
bear in mind what the
moment of eac h team
fair to both and
. cltUe dur-
1. Auburn.
2. Georgia.
Tec-li, Vanderbilt and
Louisiana.
li. Srwanof* and \lis>. A.
and M,
S. Alabama.
f). (henisou and Tennes
see.
11. Florida and .Missis
sippi College.
Id. Tulane.
Citadel.
14.
Id. Miner.
Hi. Charleston,
Ritchie starts Work 4 Harvard Stars on Ail-
For Championship Go
With Tommy Murphy
ing the oeuoon us w*>uld do justice
to Hi * top-notch playing, strength qf
both which would bo n thing Im
possible t*» do.
So you see we have here a very
omplicated propoaltion to handle.
season form,
the season.’
T "WILL frankly say that 1 try ’o
‘ take ALL these points into eon
h n In att« mptlng a - l
ii xxin not griva le^ral aattefootton
for anyone to rank ill the teams
according to hi** opinion ms to their
relative strength on Uie lust playing
*l.i X of the season, although «uch a
plan would have much argument in
Its favor. The SKA SON record of a
team MIST largely I*** taken into
account even though it raa> ha\
planned more definitely for* a par
ticular rival or two at a particular
time of the season, rather than *>n its
whole »**a-s»m’fi record.
And after that me must still leave
room for the injection or a little per-
Modal opinion into the «*quation as ttx
which team would win were they to
* ome \ ogetIfcf
Vanderbilt played neither Tech n*vT
Louisiana, nor did either of th** oth
ers play * It her of the remaining two
Mow is one to decide which would
| win iti the case of an encounter h**-
[ txvecu any ? There is no sure wax to
deride 'f there were, ho such thing
>is betting on the outcome of games
would take place; the tact that peopl*
I>< t and br j ■ iivt-s that they an* ol
different minds. Hut tt is put upon
my shoulders to hazard an opinion
atid a duty that 1 must face. «Mb**r?
n - Hi x disagree with me -and plenty
, i th’“in xx’.ll V'e shuN not g<* tx> xx a
.on that account.
but form at the * lose of
tun puow- Very well; could any
team show nv r* iirilllant^jdax’lng form
on Thanksgiving Day than TechV To
heat this stroo - team f '"in .
downs better than even Auburn could
score against the; < should certain'.'
he a classy enough performance to
suit anybody.
And U one inquires ini*- Tech’s
early season form they find tin* bel
low Jackets going at n clip that none
can surpass, for they detrated both
Citadel and C*hatiaiuH)ga c-"'l> in the
season by scores .that xverc not even
approached by any oUut*.. mams at
any time during the*entire season.
Now. while VapderbiU did nothin
■specially worthy *f im-ntion in th*
arlx part «*f th. season, and stil
SAN FRANCISCO, Pec. 1.—With a
crowd of something more than 20U fans
on hand to watch him, Willie Ritchie,
went through his first Sunday’s grind
prior t" his approaching mill with Har
lem Tommy Murphy, with th* light
weight championship at stake. His per
formance, so far as the crowd was con
cerned, consisted chiefly of six rounds
, f boxing with three sparring part
ners. and, although gym work is not
the truest test of a man’s ring ability,
the San Franciscan displayed quite
enough to warrant the assertion that he
is improving
Harlem Tommy Murphy started work
at Shannon’s place, and the gym was
packed with the followers of the game.
Murphy <lid his boxing with Frankie Kd
wards and Fiddle MilHer, three rounds
apiece.
as line as 1 can venture to draw
e lino.
Carlisle Players Also Honored
. ... * , • . -1. t.. .. .. * . . .1 ViiknH arwt
Frank (*. Mntk
VTOW. ms be’ ween Louisiana Van
ii* rbi.t and TV< a I m not -
hut what Tech is FI'LIA deserviu
*»f a ranking on a par with the otbei
two. Let us look again at what all
three teams did.
Vanderbilt beat Sewanee badly . but,
on the whole, hardly any woi * in ..
football sense- than did Tech when
it is reiii.d that the Ts:;*. rs s > or* '!
twice on Vanderbilt, whereas she
couldn't so©!’** at all "i* Tech. Su tins
comparison nt*ts neither team any -
tl)in£.
Vanderbilt held Auburn closer than
Tech. But In mid-season the Com
modore^ could defeat Tennessee but
one pQlnt. while Techs mld.->eas<m
victor' over Sewanee was achieved
after the otter had already decisive
ly defeated T**nhbfa©e. Of <*ours*,
Vanderbilt comes back and says.
1 t ii , * ■»:! <
nothing in mid-sea-*.n,
to a tine height at its c
came to her height i
against Auburn The
in r season shows m-
over, nor does the i •-
good slH>xving in one
season at the top of her
lets her out.
Rut Tech lid thiny
son. and at the end
; «lent gia. but jo* a t
■ Mad in the field her
' of the year, due to lbs
; but bad luck. I >> this
| that s-ht v* ould lu x. x
xvith a <Md**i . nt Hr.<-
J w'ould. no <ioiib*. ' ax -*
! burn and Georgia ca
These l consider gov
I r, :isun« for -o ing pla
I very least i **eh is ti
Ixiuisiaua ami Vandei
Place. . . .
\ LABAMA and Clomson perhaps
won and lost about the same
number of games during, ih** season,
but inasmuch ms Alabama won over
the Palmettos by a decisive margin
t*f '_**> ixdnts the laurel wreath must
h* handed th** former, for where a
direct game does take place between
two teams the results of tha:
contest must be accepted for their
fa* <* value regardless of what com
parative scores in other encounters
may show.
In ninth place I must rank Tennes
see as tied xvith Clemson. Both won
from Davidson by low scores, and
both have to their credit one corking
good game against a strong learn —
T - -»v.* against Vanderbilt and
Flemson against Georgia. Tennessee,
ms xv* 11 as Olemson, were snowed un
der by Alabama, while both had their
victories against ’esser teams.
N BW YORK, Dec. 1. And now we
approach the most difficult t ask
of our giddy young life the
selection to-day of an _ All-r.a.-tern
eleven, an All-Western team to-mor
row and All-Ameri* an aggregation
on Wednesday as dur final football
job of the year.
Never before has the picking been
harder, in other years there was
only a sprinkling of real football stars
in the Last and West. This season
practically every t*am in the
try has brought to light *me
luminaries, who by all the 1?
fairness ought to be given po
on the all-star outfits.
Merrillat take® rank as -one
greatest ends that ever play*
game. He is a hard, sun- t
gets down under punts with
mg speed and seldom during t
started around 1 s \\ :ng. On
fense he is ex’* n a n-ighti*. s -
As a broken runner he has few
and he handles the forward p i
perfection.
Hogsett was one of the big factor
in the great showing made during the
Harvard Tackles Picked.
Storer and Hitchc* . the Harvard
tackles, loom up as the best men th
>f the
th«
ok lei
imaz
past
. that
le of
tower,
peer
, with
fullback job. Briekley stood head and
shoulders over any man that played
in the center of the baekfield. Mahan
has made a wonderful record this
year, and possesses marvelous abil
ity as an open field runner. Guyon,
the Indian? a terrific .line smasher, a
great open field runner, a drop kick
er. a punter, and a wonderful tackier,
completed the baekfield quartet.
First Eleven.
Merrilldt (Army) ...
Storer < Harvard) . ..
Brown (Annapolis) .
Garlow (Carlisle) ...
Weyand (Army) ....
Hitchcock (Harvard)
Position.
.End
.... Tackle
Guard
... .Center
. . .. .Guard
. .Tackle
Bridwell Is Slipping and Chicago
Fans Believe Johnny Can Win
Flag With Shortstop.
(Dartmouth) End
Ghee (Dartmouth)
Guyon (Carlisle) ..
Mahan (Harvard)
Briekley (Harvard) .
Second Eleven.
Hardwick (Harvard)
Talbott, (Yale)
Ketcham (Yale) ...
Mar ting (Yale) .....
Gaunns (Cornell) ..
Ballin (Princeton)
Wagner (Ik of Pennsylvania) ...End
Prichard (Army) Quarter
Whitnev (Dartmouth) .Left Halfback
Spiegel (W. & J.) ....Right Halfback
Calac (Carlisle) Fullback
Quarter
..Left Halfback
. .right Halfback
Fullback
Position.
End
Tackle
G uard
Center
* Guard
.Tackl
d their
i.i almost
buck -
loth men
■ {Tensive
ihe sea-
A. A M.
I also cifftvited \iabama, h may In ;ir-
j be put sixth as Sewanee and 1 date-
sax they have. Sewmoe won ovtr
| v/ibama l »> - l Lum »M>ints'- margin.
margin. In addition. A. & M. play<*d
(he strong Louisiana team . ti**
gam* On the other hand, Sexvan*>e
<iid about cquaHy xva ;<* ia’M Texas
F L(">R1DA and Citadel lost to all tne
big teams, but played pretty fair
ball, all things considered, throughout
the season. The former won from
the latter and so must be rated high-
**r. Both of them deserve betr r
ranking than Mercer, although th>*
game between Citadel and Mtercer
Tula ii* belongs down there some-
vvh*but at exactly which notch it
would b« hard to say—probably be-
tvvoon Citadel and Florida.
Mississippi College came into
prominence throughout the first half
1( f tr.e season xvith some nice games
and creditable victories. Her work
for the season entitled her to a place
• - -io of Florida.
Texas A. A- M. has been left out
of the ranking as she is so far axvuv
it Is impossible to keep good track of
her over in this neck of the woods
They had a good team all right..as is
shown by t:ioir playing Louisiana io
standstill.
Consideration of the Kentucky
i ojlegt s is omitted for the same ru t- :
a stand-off. and a tie
L
l
Chattanooga is not in the assoeia- ,
tion. l»ut she made a fine fight of »t
.. ; i .ns( x erx team *\e« iy Te«*h Her
seaaon's record would be on’a plane
with that of Florida.
played at their poMti ms in
Time and agai’i dur t;g the
son the rival ' lev'ens dire’
attack against these men. ai
as often were they throw
many times with a loss, i
demonstrated their value on
)>lays ih every game during
son.
Brown, th* big Navy guard, and
Weyand, of the Army, had no equals
on the Eastern gridiron this year.
Brown was a stonewall on the de
fense and a ; re at offensive player as
well.
Brown, in the "pinion of the crit
ics, i> one <>f the ' ' placement kick
ers that ever' donned the moleskin.
Weyand all reason has shown almost
uncanny abillt fT» breaking through
his opponents line and either blocking
bums or dumping a play almost as
Garlow. of Carlisle, was the strong
est part of the Carlisle Fine on de
fensive i> ay, and f* v a h- avy man
got down the field faster mder punts
than ar.' center t rat played in the
East.
Ghee at Quarter,
Making the selection f the All-
Eastern quarter was the hardest task
all. Ghee "f Dartmouth; Logan,
of Harvard: Huntington of Colgate;
Prichard, of the Army, and Welch, of
Carlisle, all are wonderful players—
each s. x-mingly entitled to the honor
of being * .Fed the best But an al
most microscopic e^OlT.natlon of the.r
records m%de it seem to us that Ghee
is worthy of first choice
There was no hesitancy about the
Ban on Willard May
Be Lifted To-morrow
C hicago, iul,, d*c. x,—Like a,
duck takes to water, th© Chi
cago fans are taking to the
announcement that there is a slight
possibility that Joe Tinker will return
and play shortstop for Johnny Ev- rs
and his bail club. "Give Evers Tinker
at short and lie'll'win the flag in the
National League ne\t year," is ' he
talk that one hears around sporting
circles these days.
And, after all, there is a chance
(hat Tinker may return to the Cubs.
Tinker is willing; Evers ,1s willing
in fact, anxious—and . there Is no
doubt. that President Murphy
would be pleased to have the peppery
Joe back within the Cub fold, "it
there is one other who must be will
ing for a trade—vGarry Herrmann, the
president-manager-czar of the Cineiti-
nati club.
But Herrmann is sadly in need nt
a first-class catcher and it may he
that he will cast his eyes Cubward
when looking for a working partner to
Clarke. You know Johnny Kling
Is out with his annual retirement n
ttoes, so Garry will have to look
around and find a first-class receiver
to assist Clarke.
He can look all around the Nation.t
League circuit and still not do as 'vel
ap he can right here in Chicago. Thu
catcher wo now refer to is, of courses
Roger Bresnahun. Ever since thk
closing of the 1913 season the winter
If ague -rribes have been trading Rep
er First we had him going to Brook
lyn. and as a manager, but wheij
Wilbert Robinson affixed his Jomj
Hancock to a Superb,a contract thal
let Bresnahan out.
Player aa
pigling H
McDonald-
Hubert, B
filler. Phfi
[ravath, 1
vatt. P'tt
valsb. Pbi
Jolline. Be*
jroxvn. B*><
’lex. Htt?
'inker, Cii
poker. Cl
[artier. N
immerma
less. Bost
ileyerp. N<
Jchmidt. 1
randall.
,.'heat, Br
[iobert, PI
agner. F
ooper, N<
letcher, 1
liar sans, 1
tus Boa
linn Bos 1
imith, Br-
takps, St.
Jnodgrass
[aier. Chi
Uam8, f ]
Hauser. S
shafer, N
p»arh, Cl
lurna. N*
Herzog. >
llcLean. i
[iftblitzeli.
,-ers. Ch
[juggins.
Egan. <\t
ronnollx'
^roh, N.
joyle. N<
Sutler, P
Slbsnn, P
Schulte. *
Bites. Cl
’arex. Pi
ionetchy
ficOcmu
(fyen, B
Hendrix,
Kling, Ci
filler, P
jtengel,
Al’ller. B
fvellv. P
Murray,
"’utshaw
ilagee. g
lecher,
.
Hltrhell,
ploran, i
Urcher.
Byrne, T
Clarke. <
Devore,
Lnabe. I
.uderua,
'Isher.
hlmeiria.
‘lerkle.
Harmon,
ilowrey,
•finer,
lackbui
(escher.
Irwin, I
iweenev
>ooin. 1
J' ingo, :
!!
■ UggS. <
llann. F
fiood. <;
Iriffith
^rd. B
ivanp, |
‘helan.
iaranvi
llmon.
Jlrkpat
lillifrr.
DES JARDIENS LEADS CHICAGO-
CHICACO, Dec. 1 Paul Des .larfilen-J
(•enter rush on the University of Chleagd
championship football team, has berg
elected captain of the 3,916 elevep.
NEW YGUK, Dec. 1.—It was an
nounced’ to-fmy that the suspension of I
Je?s Willard by the State Athletic Com
mission. which has been.in force against I
the Texas heavyweight-since last March,
will l>e raised to-morrowsby the commis- j
sion. and W'illarti will be able to fill
his engageim with (’arl M>>rrls at the |
Harden Athletic Club Wednewlay night.
1 b»i'ing for some such favorable verdict,
both boxers have been hi active training •
for more than a week, so the late actio)
in no way will affect the condition o
the men when th^jf step into th*- ring.
Vae Cigarette of
** "Quality
AFTER POLICEMAN’S JOB.
John Anderson, puce a noted major
league first baseman and outfielder, has
piven ui* the real estate business at
Worcester. Ala^ s -* I s seeking an ap
pointment as policeman.
TINKER MAY SELL RANCH.
1*0 RTLAND. OR EG . l H c. 1 --Owner
McC'redle, of the.Portland Coast League
baseball dub. is going into ranching as
c si»Ie issue He has already secure*!
an option on some property owned by
Joe Tinker near this city.
"SHONO” COLLINS BUYS HOME
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residence.
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