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>1 . , 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* Jtl-r vjf’vtt \x?- c.aeAT OATrce (#or io »oau_ MgJlir.AN %»OC ... * FA ■AC* 0*4 < r cm TS C ***** L ¥ NOW / fA*iN4. aroNK^i ^l»/S fcO( T/» 'KTC JAuej?** A*<0 HAN »T. iru ®e* pArr ' 0*0 *r<0.1 a%o«< r rae vsfc tS&isrr iPt.Sn io tar oam* r * sore rat / ir «a.i HAur a Mg jut an \ NM»V. *v/t yU m 19' J Bj). STys» <-?, POLLY AND HER PALS There Were Two Low Necks j DIO Y5ee Twf WAV I Potty WEUT ouJ LA&T WI6HT 'WITH Low HICK. AH' 5>'HOGl LZ.VES. AtJ'THt THWMCMLltR* ~TtH ABcMl It T ^tlRE I SEEM IT! But vWoTs The (JOOO OT /tPOU/W(j VJ^/ITH HER * 5me (WUNl Z-BTfW T'MuThik ! 'r^ 1 MENNlE. BRAVE. HE -/l R ~TS Mi M THEE DIIP I 6o7 A IDL4! Ul6it] Lo BE WARE. THAT NEW 8E4U Of- u " DIO VbiJ HAIL , HE, M4TE1 /j (TREAT (juHS! , CART A BODDy LlSUH t I ~\o 'The. mcS»c f without Buyriw'n ' ) OPlHE P4RT-/T =^| C lf f- JweatT\. Hou) HeismanRetries 7earns 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. i • ■ * 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 i i" a « lose score \Log-iher it i- . "land-oil .iii.l a li. !'. :■ Mvn p!;. f 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 *;*••;* v#.;. 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. /T‘ 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 « CI «S%' • These famous cigarettes are J made of choice high grade tobacco selected for its un- | usual mildness and tempt- ■ ingly satisfying flavor. I Thesearemarvelouslygood —as anyone who smokes them will tell you. I And they are alxvays of the same unapproachable qual- l ity. You never lose your i likingforPiedmonts. Whole J coupon in each package. tv; L -IO for^*--