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1 Ii li A I LA.YJ'A OJOJKUIAN AM) NEWS. '»•? wflyg.■•■'» 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 1913 Standing, Bv \\\ I Cl '111,1 II. Jtrr u*'v4. wtiT rpM o'# vro<»r A%o«>r i mt ) BATTt.t \M9t r ' (#OT TO *AAM. IT *0 <K» : PAPf r r^CiNS rHf 1 MBKJCAH V\>A SO /T WR.I MAMf» A M* «TANVT> r«f- <uH.L * NOW Wt 1 ^ / FAK<N<*. ihNi^U A3«/*N»i <£or r© J INTO JAOr.g? IT. »T*t4 Wr,/ wuo»*t 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- V^lfl '' J £3 r A fcsV'\'~" It’"' twi ryij By Sw»r^ POLLY AND HER PALS There Were Two Low Necks Did e T«e mV PollY VJMEWT OUT LA6~( M6HT vWfTH LovUHLCK AH' 5Ho«?T tCVES, AH1HE THrpMOMfTCR- 6uRl I^EMtTi BUT k/oTS T*E 60cD Of/4(?<rtH«6 yfflTH HER * MgSWlt 8R.AVL Hl-AK-lS 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. N" 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. C 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 The Cigarette of Quality "SHONO” COLLINS BUYS HOME. PITTSFIELD, Dec. 1 - John F. 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