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THK ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEWS.
Time Levels All--the Kootlxill Hero Kinds No Subs in tlie Classroom
COACH HEISMAN RANKS GEORGIA ELEVEN SECOND
And the Paper Is Still Waiting for Jeff's Story
By ‘Bud’ Fisher
AS EXPECTED
Tech, Vanderbilt and L. S. V. Are;
Tied for Third Place In
1913 Standing.
By .1. \V. Ilei.smau.
I T is a simple enough matter to
write a review of the foot ba d
MAlon in the .Southern Inter-
^f^legiete Athletic Association. but t .
■ ttsm.pt a ranking of all the
i herein in h task from which th
stoutest heart (or nervleet dopastei
mar well quail.
No orte denies that Auburn • en
titled to th« championship, but that /
» about the only well-establiaii** T 1
place In the ranking Enough ha'
oeen »aid and written about th
Pialeemen and their play to render I
any exlended review of their season j
superfluous They had splendid mi
'*rial and lots of it. and the < ouch >>
knew how to utilise it Not **ver>
college or »et of roaches knows how
to handle good and plentiful material,
evan if they haw it, and Auhur.i r
greatest achievement lay In making
the moat of her opportunities
The strength of the Auburn tewm j
was revealed b> the fa« t that the>
did not need a greatly diversified
atyla of play in order to win th**ir I
g a mas Their pin \v.,s almost en i
11 roly straight football without even
forward passing figuring to ant e\
tent In their work. This serves i
■ how how powerful their nun \v»
and how well the> ware drilled n ,
the rudiments It tvati a very flm* j
team, and \uburn may well be prot;<<
of it.
• » •
VOW comes the big job in trying
^ to determine the order of prior 1
Ity between Georgia, Vanderbilt |
Louisiana and Tech.
That Georgia deserves to ranK )
ihead of Tech is at ones conceded.;
but it is not ho clear that she de
serves to be rated ahead of the other
two. And. on the other hand, it
not dear that these other two meri’
i higher rating than does Tech. And
cra’e tbs cause ,.f all our trouble:
\ffer a ver\ careful and thorough '
consideration of the facts in the case. ’
I beltova it right to rank Georgia
L eant of al r /»•.:>*• three, with u .
clean hold on second place. V an- J
derbilt will register a big "holler" t |
this point on the ground that they J
held Auburn closer than did Georgia.
So they did. but they failed to do
anything against Virginia that w is
at all comparable to what the Geor
gians accomplished against the sam-
team
. Vanderbilt will point to her big
•core against Sewanee. hut, with all
due rasped to Hewanae, her team w
not up to standard tills year, and !
do not rate that victory as nn> great
er than Georgia's against North Gar
olina. And after you lmve consul-
1 red these two games of the Com mo
dorea, what have they left worth
dwelling on in their season's record"
Nothing And what has Georgia left
outside of her good victory over Ala
bama—a team that beat Tennessee
worse than Vanderbilt could heat
them—and h clear victory over the
strong Tech team. And these (re
the reason a 1 place Georgia ahead
of the Commodore*
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1. Auburn.
12. Georgia.
9. (’lom.son and renties-
ser-.
H. Tech. Vanderbilt and "• 'dorida and Missis-
sippi College.
KJ OW for I.oulaiann THie\ hsd a
1 ^ strong team, and they have a
satisfactory season’s work to th. ir
credit. Rut five of the games on
their schedule were ver\ raw nn 1
\ et they were scored on In two of
those Three of their’ other gam. s
were with S 1 A. A. teams Mis
sissippi A. A’ M , Auburn and Texas
A. & M, These were the only strong
teams Louisiana played. One of them
she lost and the other two she tied;
so that she can make no ver\ loud
. lalin on what she accomplished >n
RFAl. games. \nd that is why 1
place Louisiana second to Georgia.
On just what basis should teams he
ranked anyway? There could he a
lot of hefty argument on that point
tself It’s something like in college
baseball no two teams play the
<gme opisments. nor the same num
ber of games nor under identical
conditions Therefore at best the
whole thing is a guess
Yes. hut n guess as to what" as to
which of two teams line made tile
better record throughout the season,
or which is the stronger at the close
»f the season, or which of the two
w ould win if they encountered e i h
»ther In a game and if so. on what
date are you supposing such a game
o take, or to have taken, place?
And there you are.
So much depends upon i e angle
rom which you are viewing the
{iiestion. It '» cssv to understand
hat for good and sufficient reasons
me team might be much further
along 1o its development early in
lctober than another and would
probably win the game were 'hose
w« team® to come together hi that
•ltde On the other hand, the first
earn might have retrograded, rela
tively. by the latter imrt of Novem
ber, while the other had gone on to
•ulflil her destine, the exigencies ..f
'iet schedule and the local peculi-
<rities of her situation in such a
wa\ as to In- exceptionally strong
right near the close of the season,
whereas it showed practically no
strength during the first half and
•ould not therefore be expected to be
‘ible to make much of a record. Fil
ler these circumstances hi.ould the
omparative record* be relied upon
• ■ show which was the better team?
i iouisiana.
<>. Srwanco and Mis>. A.
and M.
S. Alabama.
lit. Tula in 1 .
14. ( itadel.
15. Mercer.
Ili. Charleston.
ing the season as would do justice
to the top-notch playing strength of
both- which would he a thing im
possible to do.
So you see we have here a very
complicated proposition to handle.
* • •
I WILL frankly say that 1 try to
* take ALL these points into con
sideration in attempting a ranking.
It will not give general satisfaction
for anyone to rank all the teams
according to hia opinion ai to their
relative strength on the last playing
day of the season, although such a
plan would have much argument in
its favor. The SEASON* record of a
team M I’ST largely be taken into
account even though it may have
planned more definitely for a par
ticular rival or two at a particular
time of the season, rather than on its
w hole season’s record.
And after that 'tie must still leave
room for the injection of a little per
sonal opinion into the equation as t<\
which team would win were they to
come together.
Vanderbilt played neither Tech nor
Louisiana, nor did either of the oth
ers play either of the remaining two.
j How is one to decide w hich would
win in the case of an encounter be
tween any? There is no sure way to
decide. If there were, no such tiling
ns hotting on the outcome of games
would take place; the fact that people
hot end bet proves that they are of
different minds. But it is put upon
my shoulders > haxnrd an opinion
and a duty that I must face. Others
ina.v disagree with me—and plenty
of them will. We shall not gi» to war
on that account.
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jXOVv. i between Louisiana. \ an*
< *' derbilt and Tech i can not set
j but what Tech is Ki’LLY deserving
of a ranking on a par with the othei
two Let us look again what all
three teams did.
Vanderbilt heat Sewanee badly ; but,
on the whole, hardly any worse in a
football sense than did Tech when
it is recalled that the Tigers scored
twice on Vanderbilt. whereas sin*
j couldn’t score ai all on Tech. So this
j comparison nets neither team any-
I t lung
Vanderbilt held \ i ».;. 11 closer than
• Tet Rut n mio - mv >on the r’otn-
jnodoi e- cotdo mv :ii Tennessee but
one point, w bile Te« h s mid-season
victory over Sewanee was achieved
after the latter had already decisive
ly defea eu IVnn. ss-« of course.
Vanderbilt hark ami sa\s.
! season form, but form at the close of
j the season." Very well: could any
team show more brilliant playing form
| on Thanksgiving I>ay than Tech? To
j beat this strong team two toiieli-
! downs better than even Auburn could
score against them should certainly
be a classy enough performance to
j suit anybody.
I And if one inquires into Tech’s
I early season form they find the Yel
low Jackets going at a clip that none
can surpass, for they defeated both
Citadel and (’hattanooga early in the
season by scores that were not even
approached by any other teams at
any time during tlie entire season.
Now. while Vanderbilt did nothing
especially worthy of mention in the
early part of the season, and still
nothing in mid-season, but did come
to a fine height at its close, Louisiana
came to her height at mid-season,
against Auburn. The first part of
her season shows nothing to w'onder
over, nor does the last. She made a
good showing in one game in mid-
season at the top of her form, and that
lets her out.
But Tech did things early in the
season, and in the middle of the sea
son, and at the end of the season.
| Yes. she lost to both Auburn and
Georgia, but just at a time when she
j had in the fL ld her weakest line-tips
| of the year, due to absolutely nothing
; but bad luck. By this it is not meant
that she would have won from these
with a different line-up. but she
! would, no doubt, have held both Au-
i burn and Georgia closer » had she
| been able to encounter either team
I earlier or later.
These l consider good and sufficient
reasons for saying plainly that ai the
! very least Tech is tied w ith both
{ lA*uisiana and Vanderbilt for third
I place
. . .
AS Sevnanee won from Alabama and
Tennessee she must be handed
sixth place; for Alabama defeated
Clemson. the only other possible con-
: tender outside of Mississippi A. and
M.
inasmuch as Mississippi A. & M.
also defeated Alabama, it may be ar
gued that they hav* as much right io
be put s».\th as Sewanee. and 1 dare-
! say they l a\- . Sewanee won over
j Alabama by .. i re. points' margin.
while A A M won by a seven-po*at
I margin In addition. A. & M. played
j the strong Louisiana team a Me
1 gann On th* other hand. Sewac-'e
,d : ? about oqu.L \ well to lio’d Texas
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Ritchie Starts Work
For Championship Go
With Tommy Murphy
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.—With a
crowd of something more than 200 fans
on hand to watch him. Willie Ritchie
went through his first Sunday's grind
prior to his approaching mill with Ilar-
lern Tommy Murphy, with the light
weight championship at stake His per
forrnance, so far as the crowd was con
cerned, consisted chiefly of six rounds
of 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
«t Shannon's place, and the gym was
packed with the followers of the game.
Murphy did his boxing with Frankie Kb
wards ami Eddie Miller, three rounds
apiece.
is as fine as i can venture to draw
the line.
ALABAMA and ' iemson perhaps
won and lost about the same
number of games during the season,
but inasmuch as Alabama won over
the Palmettos by a decisive margin
of 20 points the laurel wreath must
be handed the former, for where a
direct game does take place between
two teams the results of that
contest must be accepted for th» ir
face value regardless of what com
parative scores in other encounters
may show.
In ninth place I must rank Tennes
see as tied with Clemson. Both won
from Davidson by low scores, and
both have to their credit one corking
good game against a strong team
Tennessee against Vanderbilt and
Clemson against Georgia. Tennessee,
as well as ('Iemson. were snowed un
der bj Alabama, while both
victories against ’es«er teams.
* * *
T7 LORIDA and «'itadel lost to ah :.ie
* 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
er. Both of them deserve bett >r
ranking than Mercer, although th*
game between Citadel and Mercer
was a tie.
Tulane belongs down there some
where. but at exactly which notch it
would be hard to say—probably be
tween Citadel and Florida.
Mississippi College came into
prominence throughout the first half
of the season with some nice games
and creditable victories. Her work
for the season entitled her t* a place
alongside of Florida.
Texas A. A* M. lias been left out
of the ranking, as she is so far atv iv
it is imnosslble to keep good track .-f
h**r over in this neck of the woods.
Thev ad a good team all right, as is
shown by their playing Louisiana to
a standstill.
<’ousidera Mon of L>e Kentucky
colleges is omitted for Lie same rea
son.
t* attanooga is not iu the assoc -
tior. hut she made a . ne fight of .
against every team except Tech. IT r
pension's record would in* *»n a plan*
xx all ! ha i of Florida
4 Harvard Stars on
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Carlisle Players Also Honored
Bv Frank <1. Menke.
N ’ffiW YORK, Dec. J. -And now we
approach the most difficult task
of our giddy young life—the
selection to-day of an All-Eastern
eleven, an All-Western team to-mor
row and All-American aggregation
on Wednesday as our final football
Job of the year.
Never before lias the picking been
l arder. In other years there was
only a sprinkling of real football stars
in the East and West. This season
practically every team in the coun
try has brought to light one or more
luminaries, who by all the laws of
fairness ought to be given positions
on the all-star outfits.
Merrillat take* rank as one of the
greatest ends that ever played the
game. He is a hard, sure tackier,
gets down under punts with amaz
ing speed and seldom during the past
season did he fail to spill a play that
started around his wing. On the
fense he is even a mightier p > •
As a broken runner he lias few p*»« r>.
and he handles the forward pa s vv.in
perfection.
Hogsett was one of the big factors
in the great showing mad • during tiie
season by Dartmouth.
Harvard Tackles Picked.
Storer and Hitchcock, the Harvard
tackles, loom up as the best men that
played at their positions in the East.
Time and again during tlie past sea
son the rival elevens directed their
attack against these men. and almost
as often were they thrown back—
many times with a loss. Both men
demonstrated their value on offensive
plays in every game during the sea
son.
Brown, the big Navy guard, and
Weyand, of the Army, had no equals
on the Eastern gridiron this year.
Drown was a stonewall on the de
fense and a great offensive player as
well.
Brown, in the opinion of the crit
ics. is one of the best placement kick
ers that ever donned the moleskin.
Weyand all season has shown almost
uncanny ability in breaking through
his opponents’ line and either blocking
bunts or durhping a play almost as
soon as it started.
Garlow, of Carlisle, was the strong
est part of the Carlisle line on de
fensive play, and for a heavy man
got down the field faster under punts
than any center that played In the
East.
Ghee at Quarter.
Making the selection of the
Eastern quarter was the hardest i..
of all. Ghee, of Dartmouth: Log.ii.
of Harvard; Huntington, of Colgate:
Prichard. *f the Army, and Welch, ot'
Carlisle, all are wonderful players-
each seemingly entitled to the honor
of being called the best. But an al
most microscopic examination of their
records made it seem t * * us that Ghee
> worth' of first choice.
Tbere was no he-cMm' ab.or lie
fullback job. Brickley stood head and !
shoulders over any man that played i
in the center of the haekfield. Mahan i
has made a wonderful record this |
year, and possesses marvelous abil- i
ity as an open field runner. Guyon. j
the Indian, a terrific line smasher, a ]
great open field runner, a drop kick
er. a punter, and a wonderful tackier, I
completed the backfield quartet.
First Eleven. Position.
Merrillat (Army) End I
Storer (Harvard) Tackle J
Brown (Annapolis) Guard
Garlow (Carlisle) Center
Weyand (Army) Guardi
Hitchcock (Harvard) Tackle)
Hogsett (Dartmouth) End!
Ghee (Dartmouth) Quarte*-I
Guyon (Carlisle) Left Halfback )
Mahan (Harvard) ....right Halfback'
Brickley (Harvard) Fullback
Second Eleven. Position. I
Hardwick (Harvard) End)
Talbott (Yale) Tackle
Ketcham (Yale) Guard
Marting (Yale) .....Center
Gaunns (Cornell) Guard
Ballin (Princeton) Tackle
Wagner (U. of Pennsylvania) ...End
Prichard (Army) Quarter
Whitney (Dartmouth) . Left Halfback
Spiegel (W. & J.) ....Right Halfback
Calac (Carlisle) Fullback
HIS INFIELD
Bridwell Is Slipping and Chicago
Fans Believe Johnny Can Win
Flag With Shortstop.
C , 111' AGO, ILL., Dec. 1,—Like a
duck takes to water, the Chi
cago fans are taking to the
announcement that there is a slight
possibility that Joe Tinker will return
and play ’Shortstop for Johnny Evers
and his ball club. "Give Evers Tinker
at short and he’ll win the flag in the
National Ltague next year," is the
talk that one hears around sporting
circles these days.
And, after all. there is a chance j
that Tinker may return to the Cub?.
Tinker is willing; Evers is willing
in fact, anxious—and there is no
doubt that President Murphy
would be pleased to have the peppe; \
Joe back within the Cub fold. Ru
there is one other who must be will
ing for a trade—Garry Herrmann, the
president-manager-czar of the Cincin
nati club.
But Herrmann is sadly in need < "
a first-class catcher and it may be
that he will cast his eyes Cubward
when looking for a working partner to
Clarke. You know Johnny Klin?
is out w41i his annual retirement n -
tices, so Garry will have to look
around and find a first-class receiver
to assist Clarke.
He can look all around the National
League circuit and still not do as we
as he can right here in Chicago. The
catcher we now refer to is, of course,
Roger Bresnahan. Ever since the
closing of the 1913 season the winter
league scribes have been trading Roe
er. First we had him going to Brook
lyn, and as a manager, hut when
Wilbert Robinson affixed his John
Hancock to a Superba contract that
let Bresnahan out.
DES JARDIENS LEADS CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1.—Paul Des Jardiens.
center rush on the University of Chicago
championship football team, has been
elected captain of the 1915 eleven.
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Ban on Willard May
Be Lifted To-morrow
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—It was an
nounced to-day that the suspension of
•less Willard by yie State Athletic Com
mission. which has been in force against
the Texas heavyweight since last March,
w ill be raised to-morrow by the commis
sion. and Willard will be- able to fill
his engagement with Carl Morris at the
Garden Athletic Club Wednesday night.
Hoping for some such favorable verdict,
both boxers have been in active training
for more than a week, so the late action
in no way will affect the condition of
the men when they step into the ring.
AFTER POLICEMAN’S JOB.
John Anderson, once a noted major
league first baseman and outfielder, has
given up the real estate business at
Worcester. Mass., and is seeking an ap
pointment as policeman.
TINKER MAY SELL RANCH.
PORTLAND. OLEG.. Dec. 1.—Owner
UcCredle, of the Portland Coast League ;
•useball club, is going into ranching as
i side issue. He has already secured |
• n option on some property owned In 1
Joe Tinker near this city.
"SHONO" COLLINS BUYS HOME.
j PITTSFIELD. Dec. 1 —John F. j
j '"Shone" i Collins. of the Chicago!
I American League Baseball team. has j
g
1 this an-i will make Pittsfield h s I
' residence
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