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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Time Levels All-the Foothtill Hero Finds No Subs in the Classroom RANKS GEORGIA ELEVEN So Saying, Mutt Proceeded to Pull the Trigger By ‘Bud’ Fisher IS EXPECTED Tech, Vanderbilt and L. S. U, Are Tied for Third Place In 1913 Standing. Bv -J. W. 11< isninii. I ' T is a slmplf* enough matter t<» write n review of the football reason in th*> Southern Inter collegiate Athletic Association, but to attempt a ranking of all the teamjj therein Is a task from which th® stoutest heart (or nerviest dopeste.-; may well quail. No one denies that Auburn is en titled to the championship, but that is about the only well-established place In the ranking Enough has been said and written about the Plainsmen and their play to render any extended review of their season superfluous. They had splendid ma terial and lots pf it; and the coaches knew how to utilize It. Not every college or aet of coaches knows bow to handle good and plentiful material, even If they havj It, and Auburn h greatest achievement lay in making the most of her opportunities. The strength of the Auburn team "hs revealed by the fact that they did not need a greatly diversified style of play in order to win their games Their play w.»s aimost en tirely straight football, without even forward passing figuring to any ex tent in their work Tills.serves to snow how powerful their men were and how well they were drilled ir the rudiments. It was a very fine team, and Auburn may well be proud of it. • • • X T OW comes tlie lug job in trying! to determine the orfler of prior Jty between Georgia, Vanderbilt. I lyouisiana and Tech. That Georgia deserves to rang ! ahead of Tecdi is at once conceded, j but It is not so clear ttint she de serves to he rated ahead i.f the other two. And. on the other hand, it i- 1 not clear that these other two men - « higher rating than does Tech. And here's the cause* ,,f all <>ur trouble: After a very careful and thorough 1 consideration of the fac ts in the case, I I believe It right to rank Georgia ! ahead of all the •tber three, with i I cleAn hold on second place. Van derbilt will register a big "holler" ..t i this point on the ground that the; ( held Auburn closer than did Georgia. So they did, but they failed to do) anything against Virginia that wis at all comparable to what the Geor glans accomplished against the same team Vanderbilt will point to her big •core against Sewanee, but. with all due respect to Sewanee, her team wt s not up to standard this year, and I do not rate that victory as any great er than Georgia's against North Car- olina. And after you have consid ered these two gam«*8 of the Commo dores, what have they left worth dwelling on in their season's record? Nothing And what has Georgia left outside of her good fktprj ovei I i hama—a team that beat Tennessee* worse than Vanderbilt could beat them—and a clear victory over the strong Tech team. And thes** are the reasons 1 place Georgia ahead of the Commodoret * * • \T OW for Louisiana They had a I ^ strong team, and they have a satisfactory season's work to their credit. But five • f the games on their schedule were very easy; an 1 yet they were scored on in two of those. Three of their other games were with S I A A. teams—Mis sissippi A. A- V Auburn and Texas A. & M, These were the only strong lenms Louisiana played. One of them she lost and the other two she tied; so that she can i lake no very loud claim on what she accomplished in REAL games And that Is why I place Louisiana second to Georgia \On just w hat basis* should teams be ranked anyway? There could be a lot of hefty argument on that point itself It’s something like in college basehall—no two teams play t lie same opponents, nor the same num ber of games nor under Identical conditions Therefore at best the whole thing is a guess Ves. but a guess as to what? as to which of two teams ha* made the better record throughout the season, or Avhich is the Stronger at the close of the season, or which of the two would win if they encountered each other in a game: and if so. on what date are you supposing such n game to take, or to have taken, place? And there you are. Sc* much depends upon the angle from which you are viewing the question. It is easy to understand that for good and sufficient reasons one team might he much further along in its development early in October than another, and would probably win the game were those two teams to come together at that time. On th*» other hand, the first t«»ani might have retrograded, rela tively. by the latter part of Novem ber, while the other had gone on to fulfill her destiny, the exigencies of her schedule and the local peculi arities of her situation in such a way as to he exceptionally strong right near the close of the season, whereas it showed practically no strength during the first half and could not therefore be expected to be able to make muc h of a record Un der these circumstances should 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 ex press an expert opinion as to v ich would win if they were to come together? And If tiie latter is the test, let us not forget that we still have to hear in mind what the PLAN of development of each team was in order to bo fair to both and put game at such a date dur- See. YHAUKS&WfNG AND A/0 DINNER .\ I HAVICN’T SATEN J I’M SO HUNIiR^ 1 COUI.O RAT THAT CAC-YUS I* VT VkJOU-CN’T STICK. NSE . UlEU., TH6Rf.-» ON6 THIN6 To BS S THANKFUL FOR , THCV CAUGHT JtFF j AND PUT HIM. IN PRISON! .I’M THANKFUL T RBjCAPtD POLLY AND HER PALS Has Dress Anything to Do With It Anyway? n HErl^hev Come AT LAW AH' ill . ie Poll'/ Amt DEFIED ME AH’ WORE. Lo\u 5H6ES ah Silk gfockiHtiS! J — Pcuy! mi have 1 Into { Axj ABOUJ WEARin ’ HICrH SHOES J 'This kimd of { wi a CM PLEASE LETS NOT] discuss That how \pa : Hou) Hckman Ranks Teams 1. Auburn. ft. <’lemson and Tennes- 2. Georgia. see. ?>. Tech, Vanderbilt and 11. Florida and Missis- sippi (’ollege. (>. Sewanee and Miss. A. Id. Tulane. 14. Citadel. and M. Id. Mercer. S. Alabama. Hi. Charleston. ing the season as would do justice to the lop-notch playing strength of both —which would be a thing im possible to do. So you sec we have here a very complicated proposition to handle. * • * 1 WILL frankly say that I 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 his opinion as 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 MUST largely be taken into account even though it may have planned mote 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 one must still leave room for the Injection of a little per sonal opinion into the equation as tc\ 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. How Is one to decide which would win in the case of an encounter be tween any .* There Is no sure way to decide. If there were, no such thing 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 to hazard an opinion and a duty that 1 must face. Others may disagree with me and plenty of them will. We shall not go to war on that account. • * • MOW. as between Louisiana. Yan- derbilt and Tech I > m not see but what Tech is FULLY deserving of a ranking on a par with the other two. Let us look again at what all three teams did. Vanderbilt heat Sewanee badly; hut, on the whole, hardly an\ worse—In a football sense than did Tech when it is recalled that tHe Tigers scored twice on Vanderbilt, whereas she. couldn't score at all on Tech. So this comparison nets neither team any thing. Vanderbilt held Auburn c loser than Tech. But in mid-season the Com modores could defeat Tennessee but one point, while Tech’s mid-season victory nver Sewanee was achieved after the latter had already decisive ly defeated Tennessee. Of course. Vanderbilt comes back and says, Yes. but we are not comparing mid- i season form, but form at the close of the season." Very well; could any team show more brilliant playing form on Thanksgiving Day than Tech? To beat this sfirong team two touch downs better than even Auburn could score against them should certainly he a classy enough performance to suit anybody. And if one inquires into Tech's early season form they find the Yel low Jac kets going at a clip that none can surpass, for they 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 the early part of the season, and still nothing In mid-season, hut 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 wonder over, nor does the Inst. She made a good showing in one game in mld- season at the top of hot* 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 had in the field her weakest line-ups of the year, due to absolutely nothing hut 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 burn and Georgia closer had she been able to encounter either team earlier or later. These I consider good and sufficient reasons for saying plainly that at the very least Tech is tied with both Louisiana and Vanderbilt for third place. * * * AS Sewanee won from Alabama and ' * A 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 he ar gued that they hav* as much right to he put sixth as Sewanee; and I dare say they have. Sewanee won over Alabama b\ a three points’ margin, while A <N- M won by a seven-point margin. In addition \. A- M. played the strong lamisiana team a fie game On tile other hand Sewanee did about equally well to hold Texas to a close score. Altogether, it is a stand-off, and a tie for sixth pla c 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 RJtcjie went through his first Sunday's grind prior to his approaching mill with Har lem Tommy Murphy, with the light weight championship at stake. Ills per formance, 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 at Shannon’s place, and the gym was packed wlfh the followers of - the game. Murphy did his boxing with Frankie Ed gwards and Eddie Miller, three rounds apiece. 4 Harvard Stars on All-Eastern V*V *!• 9 V *1* • V V«V V • V V • V Carlisle Players Also Honored is as fine as I can venture to draw' the line. * • * ALABAMA and Clemson perhaps 1 1 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 he handed the former, for where a direct game does take place between two teams the results of tha: contest must be accepted for their 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 Clemson, were snowed un der by Alabama, while both had their victories against ’esser teams. * * * FLORIDA and Citadel lost to all me 1 big teams, but played pretty fair ball, all things consid red. throughout the season. The former won from the latter and so must be rated high er. Both of them deserve better ranking than Mercer, although the 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 ganivs and creditable victories Her work for the season entitled her to a place alongside of Florida. Texas A, & M. has been left out of the ranking, as she is so far away 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 their playing Louisiana io a standstill. Consideration of the Kentucky colleges is omitted for the same rea son. Chattanooga is not in the associa- I tion. but she made a fine fight of U against ev ery team except Tech. Her | season’s record would be on a plane j with- that of Florida. * ( Bv Frank G. Menke. N EW YORK, Dec. 1. 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 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 fall to spill a play that started around his wing. On the of fense he 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 Ify 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 the past sea son the rival elevens directed their attack against these men, and almost as often w f ere they thrown back— many times with a loss. Both men demonstrated their value on offensive plays in every game during the sea son. Brow'n, the big Navy guard, and Weyand, of the Army, had no equals on the Eastern gridiron this year. Brown was a stone wall 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. 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 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. Rut an al most microscopic examination of their records made it seem to us that Ghee is worthy of first choice. There was no hesitancy about the fullback job. Briekley stood head and shoulders over any man that played in the center of the backfleld. 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 backfleld 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 Briekley (Harvard) Fullback Second Eleven. Position. Hardwick (Harvard) End Talbott (Yale) Tackle Ketcham (Y'ale) Guard Marting (Y r ale) Center Gaunns (Cornell) Guard Ballin (Princeton) Tackle Wagner (U. of Pittsburg) End Prichard (Army) Quarter Whitney (Dartmouth) . Left Halfback Spiegel (W. & J.) ....Right Halfback Calac (Carlisle) Fullback Ban on Willard May Be Lifted To-morrow USE TINKER ON HE 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 (’libs.| Tinker is willing; Evers is willing - in fact, anxious—and there is no doubt that President Murphy would be pleased to have the pepper/1 Joe back within the Cub fold. Bn: 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 of I a first-class catcher and it may be that he will cast his eyes Oubwardl when looking for a working partner to I Clarke. You know Johnny Kling] Is out with his annual retirement no tices, so Gait/ nil have to look I around and find a lirst-class receiver' to assist Clarke. He can look all around the National| League circuit and still not do as we 1 as he can right here in Chicago. The I catcher we now refer to is, of course.! Roger Bresnahan. Ever since the I c losing of the 1913 season the winter j league scribes have been trading Rog er. First we had him going to Brook lyn, and as a manager, but when I Wilbert Robinson affixed his Jolinj Hancock to a Superba contract thai let Bresnahan out. DES JARDIENS LEADS CHICAGO CHICAGO, Dec. 1.—Paul Des Jardiens.1 center rush on the University of Chicafil championship football team, has been| elected captain of the 1915 eleven NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—It was an nounced to-day that the suspension of Jess Willard by the State Athletic Com mission, which has been in force against the Texas heavyweight since last March, will he 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 aet4ve training for more than a week. so the late action in no way will affect the condition or the men when they step into the ring The Cigarette of “ Quality AFTER POLICEMAN’S JOB. John Anderson, once a noted major I league first baseman and outfielder, has ' given up the real estate business at j Worcester. Mass., and is seeking an ap pointment as policeman. TINKER MAY SELL RANCH. PORTLAND. OREO.. 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