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Time Levels All—tlie Kootljall Hero Hinds No Subs in the Classroom
COACH HEISMAN RANKS GEORGIA ELEVEN SECOND
And the Paper Is Still Waiting for Jeff's Story
By ‘Bud’ Fisher
US EXPECTED
Tech, Vanderbilt and L. S. V. Are
Tied for Third Place In
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I ’T is n simple enough matter to
write n review of the football
season In the Southern Inlet -
■ ollegiate Athletie Association. hut in
attempt a ranking of all the team*
therein is a task from which th
"•foulest heart i<>r ner\i< “t dopeslrr*
may well final!.
No one denies that Auburn f^n
titled to the championship, hut. that
is about the only well-catab!lsh*'I
place in the ranking. Enough liaa
been said and written about the
Plainsman and their play to render
any extended rexiew of their season
superfluous. They had splendid m i
erial and lots of it; ami the conrlie.-
knew how to utilize it. Not evcr>
college or s*-t of coa< lies know s o »
lo handle good and jdentiful material,
even if they hay * it, and Auburn r
greatest achievement lay in making
the most of her opportunities.
The strength of the Auburn *team
was revealed by the fact that they
did not need a gr<atlv di vet wified
style of i la , in order to win th
games. Their p!a> w.s nmost en
tirely straig ■ t football w thout even
forward passing figuring :o any »*\
tent in their work. This serve?* t i
show how powerful their nu n wet •
and how well they were drilled n>
the rudiments It was a ver> fine
team, and Auburn may well be proi •
of it.
• * •
V f'»\V t omes tlie big Job In tryiir;
io determine thr order of prior
lty between Georgia, Vanderbilt,
Louisiana and Tech.
That (Georgia deserves to rank
ahead of Tech is at f- icv cotuPil -u.
but it is not so clear that she de
serves to be rated ahead * f the othei
two. And, on the other hand, it
not clear that these other two m- 11
« higher rating than does Tech. And
here’s the cause of all our trouble:
After a very careful and thorough
consideration of the facts In the « ,i -« .
I beliet <* it rigett w rank (leorgc
a lead of a i the • ‘her three, with
• lean hold on second place. Van
derbilt w 1 register a b ; g “holler ' ;
this point on the ground iliat the.'
lie Id Auburn closer than did Georg i.
So thev did, but thex failed to d>>
anything against Virginia that wis
at all comparable to what the Geor
gians a<'conip!i>hed against the same
tea m
Vanderbilt w point to ' • i
•core .against Sewanee. hut. witn all
duo respect to Sewanee, her team w. <
not. up to standard this year, and I
do not rate that victory as any great
er than Georgia's against North I'.ir-
oltna. And after you have consid
ered tlie.se two games of the Commo
dore", what have thev left worth
dwelling on in their obi sou's record?
Niuidng. And what has Georgia lc f t
outside of her good victory over Ala
bama a team that beat Tennessee
worse than Vanderbilt could beat
them—and a clear victory over the
strong Tech team. And these ire
the reasons I place (ii org a ahead
of the Commodore!
M OW for Louisiana. Thev had i
* rong team tm tin have a
satisfactory season’s work to their
credit. Rut five •“ the games ■.
tlieir schedule wet • very easy, an 1
et : ty wen 9 In two < f
tliose. Three of their other games
were with S'. I A. »A. teams Mis
sissippi A X . Auburn and Texas
A & M. These were tile only strong
teams Louisiana played. One of them
she lost and the other two she tied;
">» that *’’e can i.mke no verv loud
claim on what she accompli abed in
REA I. games And that is why I
place Louisiana second to Georgia.
On just vvliat basis should teams be
ranUe 1 any wav? There could be n
lot of heftv argument on that point
itself. It's something like in college
baseball no two teams play the
same opponents, nor the same num
ber of ganies nor under identical
conditions. Therefore at bi-st the
whole thine is a guess
Yea, but a guess as to what” as to
which of two teams has made toe
better record throughout the season,
or which is the stronger at the . lose
of the season, or which of the two
would win If they encountered *• h
other in a game, and if so. on vvliat
date are von supposing such a game
to take, or to have taken, place?
And there you are
So much depends upon t'e angle
from which you are viewing the
question. It ‘s eas\ 10 understand
that for good sr>d sufficient reasons
one team might lie much further
along in its development earlv in
October Thun another, and would
probable win the game were those
two teams to cpme together at that
time On the other hand, the first
t*»»m might have retrograded, rela
tively by the latter part of Novem
ber. while tlie other had gone on to
fulfill iter destiny, the exigencies of
her (Schedule and tin- local peculi
arities of her situation in such .1
wav as to tie exceptionally strong
right near the close ..f the season
whereas it showed practically no
strength during the first half ami
« ould not therefore he expected to be
able to make much of a reoord. ru
der these oircu nstant es s cild the
comparative records be relied upon
to show which was the better team
< >r should we just look at the two
(teams in action at the same or at
different times during the season and
express ui ex per opinion as •
which would win if they were to
• •me loeelher’.’ And the latter >
I he test, 'et ns no* force 1 that we
still have to hear in mind what the
PLAN nt development of each team
v a • in o-dei t * he fair to both and
1 the -amt ai -uch a datw dur-
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I low I leisman Ranl^s Teams
1. Auburn,
li. Georgia. .
l>. Torli, \ andfiTiilt and
Louisiana.
(i. ffcnvam-e and Mis>. A.
and .\r.
8. Alabama.
ing the ‘♦e.i“on ns would do justice
to the top-notch playing strength of
both -whir. 1 would bo a thing im
possible to do.
So you see we have here a very
complicated proposition to handle.
n. Clemson and Tennes
see.
11. Florida and Missis
sippi College.
Id. Tulane.
II. Citadel.
15. Mercer,
lb. Charleston.
I WILL franklv say ...... . ..
■ take ALL these points into
that
1 t ry to
on-
Mth ration in attempting a ranking.
It will not give general satisfaction
for anyone to rank all the teams
according to his opinion as to their
relative strength on the last playing
dav of the season, althougn such a
plan would have much argument in
its favor Hu* SEASON record of a
team Ml'ST largely- be taken into
account even though it max have
planned more definitely for a par
ticular rival or two at a particular
time of the season, rather than on its
whole season's record.
And after that *ie must still leave
room for the Injection of a little per
sonal opinion into the equation as t<y
whivh team would win were thev to
• otne together.
\ a nderbilt placed neither Tech nor
Louisiana, nor did either of the oth-
‘ rs play cither of the remaining two.
• low is one to decide which would
win in the vase of an encounter tv
tween anx ? There Is no sure wnv to
decide. If there were, no such tiling
as betting on the outcome of games
would take place: the fact that people
bet and bet proves that they are of
different minds. But it is put upon
my shoulders u> hazard an opinion
and a duty that I must face. Others
may disagree with me- and plenty
of them will. We shall not go to war
on that account.
VOW. t between Louisiana. Yan-
d rbi11 and reel 1 « 11 > 1,, > ■ ^,
I but what To h is I'l'Ll.Y dese rving
! <>f a ranking on u par with the tuber
[two. Let us look again at what all
feiinve teams did.
Vanderbilt brat Sewanee badlv but,
«>n the whole, iiaullv any worst*- in a
I football seii>« than «ii*i Tech when
i; is recalled that the Tigers scored
I twice on Vanderbilt. wlo ieas *he
; couldn't score at all • • n Tech. So this
j • omparisou nets neither team any
thing.
Vanderbilt held Auburn closer than
' Tech. Rut in mid-season the Com-
I niodores could defeat Tennessee but
'Tie point vvlu!'' Techs id - sea son
• victory over Sewanee was achieved
laftci th• ■ lattoi had cRtcarix decisive-
I v defeated Tennessee Of course.
Vanderb comet back and says.
V*s. bm we are not ••mparing mi'i-
season form, but form at the close of
the season.” Very well: could any
team show more brilliant playing form
on Thanksgiving I>ax than Tech? To
beat this strong team two touch
downs better than even Auburn could
score against them should certainly
be u classy enough performance to
1 suit anybody.
i And if 011c inquires Into Tech's
I early season form thev find the Yel
low Jackets going at a clip that none
can surpass, for thev defeated both
Citadel and Chattanooga early in the
season by scores that were not even
approached by any other teams at
any time during the entire season.
Now, while Vanderbilt did nothing
especially worthy of mention in tlu*
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 seasoti shows nothing to wonder
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.
Rut Tech did things early in the
season, and in the middle of the sea
son, and at the etui of the season.
1 Yes. she lost to both Auburn and
Georgia, but just at a time when she
j had in the field her weakest line-ups
• •f the year, due to absolutely nothing
j but bad luck. By this it is not meant
I 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
j earlier or later.
These 1 consider good and sufficient
reasons for saying plainly that at the
1 very least Tech is tied with both
J liouisluna anti Vanderbilt for third
' place.
• • •
AS Sewanee won fi*>m A .tbaiuu and
* * Tennessee she must be handed
' mxtil plat **; tor Alabama defeated
• Clemson. the only otiur possible con
tender >.,itsi(le of Mississippi A. and
I - Nl
Inasmuch is Mississippi A. & M.
1 also defeated Alabama, it may be ar
gued that they hav* as much right 10
be put sixth as Sewanee: and 1 dare
say they have. Sewanee won over
Alabama by a three points' margin,
while A. A- M won by a seven-point
margin In addition. A. M played
the strong Louisiana team a tie
game On the other hand. Sewanee
did about equally well to, hold Texas
to a close score. Altogether, ii <
stand-off. and a tie for sixth pla e
Ritchie Starts Work
For Championship Go
With Tommy Murphy
SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 1.—With a
crowd of somethtrfg more than 200 fans
on hand to watch him. Willie Ritchie
went through his first Sunday's grind
prior to his a.pprc<achlng mill with Har
lem Tommy Murphy, with the light
weight championship at stake. His per
formancf*. 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
ai Shannon's place, and the gym was
packed whh th** followers or the game.
Murphy did his boxing with Frankie Ed
wards and Eddie Miller, three rounds
apiece.
is as fine as I can venture to draw
the line.
* <• * .
ALABAMA and Clemson perhapa
L1 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 w her. a
direct game does take place between
two teams the results of thi
contest must be accepted for their
face value regardless of what com
parative scores in other encounters
may show.
In ninth place T must rank Tennes
see as tied with Clemson. Roth w m
from Davidson by low scores, and
both have to their credit one forking
good game against a strong team
Tennessee against Vanderbilt and
Clems'iti against Georgia. Tennessee I
as well ns clemson. were snowed u?i- !
dor by Alabama; while both had th rl
victories against 'esser teams.
* * *
FLORIDA and Citadel lost to a!! !;»e
* big teams, but played pretty fair :
ball, all things considered, throughout j
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 Merc r
was a tie.
Tulane belong" down there some
where. but at exactly which notch it
would be hard to say—probably be-
tween Citadel and Florida.
M iHMssipjd College .nmr into
prominence throughout the first half
of the season with some nice games
and creditable victories. Her work
for th** season entitled her to a place
alongside of Florida.
Texas A. & M. has been left out
of th** ranking, as she is so far away
it is impossible to keep good track iif
her over In this neck of the woods.
They had a good team all right, as is
shown by their playing Louisiana to
a standstill.
Consideration of the Kentucky
colleges is omitted for the same r a
son.
Chattanooga is not in the associfl-'
tion. hut she made a fine fight of >'r
against every team except Tech. Her
sea«»r»n « record would be on a plane
with that of Florida. I
4 Harvard Stars
V*V V • V v*v
Carlisle Players
on All-Eastern [K COULD
Also Honored
Bv Frank Ci. Me like.
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KW YORK, Dec. 1. And now we
approach the most difficult task
of our giddy voun’g 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 has the picking been
harder. 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 of
fense lit 1 is even a mightier power.
As a broken runner he has few peers,
and he handles the forward pass with
perfection.
Hogsett was one of the big factors
in the great showing made during the
season by Dartmouth.
Harvard Tackles Picked.
. Storer and Hitchcock, th** Harvard
tackles, loom up as the best men tliat
played at their positions in the East.
Time and again during the past sea
son the rival elevens directed their
attack against these men. and almost
as often w’ere 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.
Brown 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 dumping a play almost as
soon as it started.
Carlow, of Carlisle, was the strong
est part of the (’arlisle 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.
Makiug the selection of the All-
Eastern quarter was the hardest task
of all. Ghee, of Dartmouth; Logan,
of Harvard; Huntington, of Colgate:
Prichard, of the Army , and Welch, of
Carlisle, all are wonderful players—
each seemingly entitled to the honor
of being called the best. But an al-
mosr microscopic examination of their
recoids made it seem to us that Ghee
is worthy of first choice.
There was no hesitancy ab<*ut* the
fullback job. Brickley stood head and
shoulders over any man that played
in the center of the back field. 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 backfield quartet.
First Eleven. Position.
Merrillat (Army) End
Storer (Harvard) Tackle
Brown (Annapolis) Guard
Garlow (Carlisle) Center
Weyand (Army) Guard
Hitchcock (Harvard) Tackle
Hogsett (Dartmouth) End
Ghee (Dartmouth) Quarter
Guyon (Carlisle) Left Halfback
Mahan (Harvard) ....right Halfback
Brickley (Harvard) Fullback
Second Eleven. Position.
Hardwick (Harvard) End
Talbott (Yale) Tackle
Ketcham (Yale) Guard
Marting (Yale) ('enter
Gaunns (Cornell) Guard
Ballln (Princeton) Tackle
Wagner <l’. of Pennsylvania) ...End
Prichard (Army) Quarter
Whitney (Dartmouth) .Left Halfback
Spiegel (W. J.) ....Right Halfback
Calac (Carlisle) Fullback
Ban on Willard May
Be Lifted To-morrow
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—It was an
nounced to-day that the suspension of
Joss Willard by the 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 ho able to fill
l.is 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, lias
given up the real estate business at
Worcester, Mass., and is seeking an ap
pointment os policeman.
TINKER MAY SELL RANCH.
PORTLAND, DREG.. Dee. 1.—Owner
McCredie, of the Portland Coast League
baseball club, is going into ranching as
a side issue. He lias already secured
an option <>n some property owned by
Joe Tinker near this city .
HIS INFIELD
Bridwell Is Slipping and Chicago
Fans Believe Johnny Can Win
Flag With Shortstop.
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HICAGO, 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 League next year,” is the
talk that one hears around sporting
circles these days.
And, after all. there is a chance
that Tinker may return to the Cub^
Tinker is willing; Evers is willing-'
in fact, anxious—and there is rl
doubt that President Murphf
would be plea.sed to have the pepp**’J
Joe back within the Cub fold. Bui
there is on/* other who must be wilU
ing for a trade—Garry Herrmann, till
president-manager-czar of the Cini
nati club.
But Herrmann is sadly in need •!
first-class catcher and it may M
that he will cast his eyes Cub ward
when looking for a working partner t|
Clarke. You know Johnny Klinj
is out with his annual retirement no
tices, so Garry will have to lool
around and find a first-class receive!
to assist Clarke.
He can look all around the Nationa)
League circuit and still not do as w>
as he can right here in Chicago. Till
catcher we now refer to is, of cours*
Roger Bresnahan. Ever sinYe th<
closing of the 1913 season the winH
league scribes have been trading Rog«
er. First we had him going to Brou'M
lyn, and as fi. manager, but wheil
Wilbert Robinson affixed his JoluJ
Hancock to a Superba contract tha]
let Bresnahan out.
DES JARDIENS LEADS CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Dec. 1.—Paul Des Jardieoi
center rush on the Hniverslty of ChicaW
championship football team, has beei
elected captain of the 1915 eleven
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"SHONO” COLLINS BUYS HOME.
PITTSFIELD, Dec. 1 - John F.
CShonn”) Collins. of the Chicago
American League baseball team. has
bought a house on Fpringaide avenu* in
this oity. and will make Pittsfield his
residence.
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