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TTEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, UA„ SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1913.
Famous Tech Leader Says All Elevens
In S. I. A. A. Displayed Marked
Improvement—Declares Jackets
Should Be Formidable Next Fall.
By J. W. Heisman.
I
r\HE All-Southerns have been
picked—each picker to his fan
cy—and the ranking of teams
it. still being wrangled over; and now
a hort review of the work of each
team during the season should not be
■u iliout interest.
The heavyweight teams—those av
eraging 170 stripped to the man and
ovi r—were Auburn, Vanderbilt. Lou
isiana, Georgia and Tennessee.
The middleweight teams—those av
eraging 105 or thereabouts—were
t mson, Alabama, Sewanee, Missis
sippi A. & M. and Tulane.
The lightweight teams—those aver-
mring 160 or less—were Tech. Florida,
i iadel. Mercer. Furman and Missis
sippi College.
The veteran teams—those having
inure old men than new on the team—
were Louisiana, Auburn, Georgia, Al.
abamaand Tennessee.
The mixed teams—those whose
< imposition was about equally divided
between old and new players—were
Sewanee, Florida, Citadel, Tulane,
Mississippi and Clemson.
The green teams—those that had
more new men on their roster than
were Tech, Vanderbilt, Mercer
and Furman.
The ranking of teams In the S. I. A.
A. according to actual performnaees
against other teams throughout the
season is one thing, but the question
of awarding credit according to the
talents confided to each team’s care is
quite another.
« * *
\\TE And the names of Auburn,
*' Georgia and Louisiana included
in both the heavyweight and the vet
eran lists; and, accordingly, we might
expect to see them all taking high
rank as a result of their season’s play
With Auburn taking first place.
Georgia second and Louisiana tied for
third, ii needs only to be said that all
three of these teams lived up to the
measure of their responsibilities and
made excellent use of both their phys-
leal strength and their experience.
The Commodores are found among
the heavyweights, but In the primer
.lass when It came to individual
knowledge of the game at the outset
of the season. With good coaching,
•we might reasonably have expected of
the Vanderbilt team to find them
somewhere down about the middle of
the ranking at the close of the jubilee.
As a matter of fact, though, we note
their location to be a tie for third
with two other teams. This is doing
better than their followers had a right
to expect, and thus they measured up
to considerably more than their full
obligation, and their season may well
lie characterized as having been an
minentlv successful one.
But if this is true of Vanderbilt,
bow much more so is it true of the
Tech team, for here we have an
eleven t'hat is found in the last divi
sion of both the weight and expe
rience classifications. A couple of
line-ups of the Tech team during the
season did average slightly above 160.
though never much more, while most
of their playing was done rather un
der that figure than over it. As for
the experience end, it needs only to
be pointed out that 28 men saw work
in varsity games during the season,
vvhiie only six of these had ever ap
peared in a varsity line-up previous
to this season. From this point of
Yew it would appear that the Tech
team has again deserved just a lit
tle more than most any other South
ern team of the season.
This view' is further supported by
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the fact that out of eighteen coaches
and sporting writers who picked All-
Bouthern teams, not a single one of
them chose a single Tech man for a
place on this all-star aggregation. In
other words, everybody agrees that
Tech had absolutely no stars of the
first magnitude, not even among her
few old players.
But, if such was the case, does the
team not deserve even greater credit
for the high stand and ranking to
which it attained than one that was
blessed with an abundance of excel
lent material to start with? Con
sider for a moment what any of the
other teams that were in the second
or third lists in the above classifica
tion did NOT succeed in accomplish
ing, and the reader will then be in
position to Judge for himself.
* * *
/""‘OING back for a moment to a con-
sideration of Auburn’^ play, I de
sire to point out that Auburn, in my
opinion, reached a higher stage of
line development than any Southern
team heretofore has attained.
Vanderbilt backflelds have in the past
carried off the palm, but no S. I. A.
A. line ever before has shown the
class that marked the work of the
Orange and Blue forwards this sea
son. And as the Plainsmen lose, but
few of their veterans of this season.
It may be counted as a certainty
that Auburn w r il 1 produce an even
stronger eleven next year.
Louisiana had an almost entire vet
eran team this season, so it is likely
she will lose many of her players for
1914. As a result she may not stand
quite so high, relatively, at the close
of the next season as now. However,
It should be said that the Pelicans
have advanced the standard of foot
ball very materially in their section,
and have given the other teams of
their vicinity a standard of play to
pattern after.
Georgia’s team was high grade and
about on a par with her elevens of the
preceding two years. Their fine game
against the strong Virginians shows
the class of ball to which we are at
taining in this neighborhood. While
the Red and Black loses several of its
stars, the quantity and excellence of
the remaining material are such as
to insure the Athenians another team
next year of at least equal rank with
that of the past couple of years.
Vanderbilt, I consider, will be right
in the lists again next year with a
team that will make Auburn hustle to
the limit if she wishes to retain her
title.
This Js not to say that there will
not be other teams that will give
them both a rup. Still I believe the
Commodores are the real dark horses,
for the reason that the men she will
have next year all received varsity
coaching and varsity experience this
past season. It will be an almost vet
eran organization, and it will have
the necessary weight. It already has
that.
While the Vanderbilt stuff was very
raw and green to start with this sea
son, it can not be denied that it came
w'ith a tremendous rush the last quar
ter—and if it could do so well against
Auburn's old guard and against Se-
wanee’s more seasoned aggregation^
W’e may look for it to start off in 1914
with a rip and a roar that will make
them favorites almost over Auburn
right from the first week. Watch
Vanderbilt!
• * *
TF Tech returns the players she has
i * developed this year, she should
have a better team than she has been
able to turn out in several years. Not
many will have been lost by gradua-
! tlon. while enough have been worked
on and polished up this year to give
her a stronger nucleus for the start cf
next season than she has ever had
before. The team should also be con
siderably heavier than for several
years past. As thir last point has
been the one on which Tech has suf
fered most in her big games of the
past couple of years, it may be that
she will find easier and smoother sled
ding in her big games next year.
Altogether, the outlook is promis
ing, and Tech should be able to do her
share to making the Southern season
of 1914 notable for distinct advance
ment in football excellence.
All things considered, the records of
both Sewanee and Alabama should be
accounted as satisfactory for 1913 by
their followers. The former suffered
several rather severe defeats, but
their outlook for next year Is such as
to warrant hope of better things.
Then, too, they will not make the mis
take of going away out to Texas .n
1914. They will be able to plan their
season and their team’s development
more carefully—not to any more log
ically—and we may be sure to find
the Tiger a most dangerous antag
onist again next season.
Alabama will lose, at last, the great
Vandegraaf: and the rest of us heave
a sigh of relief at that welcome pros
pect. There will bo other names miss
ing from the Red line-up. but the
Tuscaloosans have built a firm foot
ball foundation in the past four years,
and there is no danger of retrogres
sion on their part. Their season may
have shown no material advance this
year, but it is equally certain that
they have lived up to their motto of
“No steps backward.”
...
C ^LEMSON and Tennessee" Well,
- what would you nave? If they
were to win ALL their games they
would win the championship. But that
would not entireiv fall in with th*’
ideas of the other four or five teams
that have been ahead of these two In j
matters footballlc for the last ha:f |
dozen or more years. And yet thes • |
two would almost HAVE to win ill j
their games to make your casual ob
server believe they had made material
advance.
In reality, though, these two HA5 E
advanced ’their standard during the
season Just closed, and greatly, too,
whether the inexpert observer notes ^
it or not. An advancement of the j
standard of play is not necessarily |
dependent upon the number of games
won, for you must always allow tliatj
boxer who whipped every 133-pounder
of his day. He won, honorably de
fended and finally lost the world's light
weight championship. Incidentally Ad
earned a forture of over $200,000, waved
the greater part of it, and suffered a
string of misfortunes, km startling a line
of accidents and ailments us ever fol-
lowed a man of the ring 1909 Bridge of none caved in. Sur-
A detailed list of Ad's mourning pe- gioal operation necessary,
riods Is as follows: 1910- -Ann broken in bout with Jack
1906 Left ear “caullflowered” into a Redmond. Rebroken in battle with
bow knot. Tommy McFarland.
1907 Right ear scrambled to match 1911 -Stricken with appendicitis. Suc-
1908—Bones in both hands cracked cessfully operated on.
and knocked out of Joint. 1912—Bores In both hands injured
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again.
1913-—Suffered serious attack 9t pto
malne poisoning. Riba cracked in bout
with sparring partner.
At the present gait Wolgast should go
into his fortieth year with a cork leg.
a hickory arm, a glass eye or two an<i
a couple of rows of store teeth.
This clever
Scotch
professional
is fast
developing the
new course
into one of
the best in the
South. It takes
a mighty
clever player
to turn in a
good card as
many of the
holes are very
“tricky.” The
fair course is
already in
grand
condition, and
the putting
greens will
be immense
before long.
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it is quite possible for your opponent
to advance his standards also. And
yet you may be able to go at a faster
clip than he, and to gain markedly
on him, even if still behind in the
race at any given point.
These two teams started off the
season in high hopes. They had ma
terial and coaches and spirit. They
were willing to work hard, and they
had traversed the lane of defeat so
long that it seemed to both its turn
ing must surely be close at hand.
Now, at the season’s close, they are
possibly somewhat discouraged. But
they need not be, nor should they be.
Besides making admirable scores
against weaker opponents the Vol
unteers held Sewanee and Vander
bilt closer than ever, and gave Ala
bama a fine run of it. Is not that
doing things? I think so.
Clemson held Auburn well, turned
the tables heavily on South Carolina-
annihilated Mercer and played a truly
wonderful game against Georgia. Are
not those distinct advances? I am
sure of it. If they will but stick to
their guns, both Clemson and Ten
nessee will be heard from in even
more emphatic language in 1914.
• • *
M ISSISSIPPI A. & M. about held
her own. They suffered one
unexpectedly heavy setback at the
hands of Auburn, but they held the
very strong Louisiana team to a
draw, did likewise with Texas A. &
M and defeated the staunch Ala
bamans. This team has now been
playing ball for a number of years
with a fine consistency of perform
ance, which indicates clearly that it
has come to stay. It is by the notice
able building up of the game like
this in one formerly isolated spot
after another that the standards of
the entire Southland are advanced.
And ultimately that means that we
shall occasionally produce, some
where in the South, a single team
or two that will not alone be able
to lord It over the rest of the Dixie
teams, but will show ability to face,
on equal terms, the best of the West
or the Hast. The time is coming.
Florida and Citadel started the sea
son weakly, but noth caught a fine
stride before the race was half run
and finished with good trains and
with colors dying.
Mercer met with misfortune from
first to last. They wore lacking in
material and, unfortunately, their
spirit seemed also run down a oit.
Everybody sympathizes with the Bap
tists. and everybody would like to
see them get togethe# and come along
in the running. Mayhap they wiP
next year. Here’s hoping.
Tulane fared not quite so well as
in 1912. It is a difficult matter,
somehow, for the New Orleans insti
tution to get going good. In fact, it
always is difficult in a big city. See
how many years it took Harvard to
get together to where she could beat
Yale or Princeton. I well recall how
long it took us at Pennsylvania to
get sufficient concentration on our
athletics to hold our own with the
country colleges. It took many years
for Vanderbilt to do the same thing,
and it has taken Tech years and
years to get to the point where she
could say she had a standard
maintain. Tulane's tin?e will also
come some of these days.
• * *
F * OR the first time in many laps
arotjfi Old Sol the bunting goes
not to Tennessee. Auburn brought
the bacon home to Alabama; but ulie
composite standing of the best TWO
teams in each State shows tor 1913
the .State of Georgia in the lead.
However, the Commodores have, by
valiant work, kept their fair State
well in the foreground,.while L. S. U.
has done the same thing for Louis
iana. Thus football excellence is
shown to be a well scattered com
modity through the South.
While for the southeastern section
public interest was greater than ever
before. I do not hestate to say that
it will be greater still in 1914. The
teams will be stronger and the games
better played; the crowds will be
even larger and the public interest
greater.
Look out for 1914!
Hurler Shawkey Was
Forced on Athletics
The story has often been told about
Connie Mack endeavoring to trade
Catcher Behaflg for Pitcher Paddy
Green, a Yankee recruit, but it is not
generally known- that Pitcher Hoo
Shawkey was practically forced upon
the lean leader of the world a charn-
^ Shawkey was tipped off to Johnny
Evers, manager of the Cubs. Manager
Dunn, of Baltimore, in fact, was the one
who urged Evers to buy his ri ght-
hander, but Evers bethought him tnat
Connie Mack had an interest in the
Baltimore team. So he mused thusly:
“No manager in the country is in
greater need of pitchers than Connie
Mack. Now, if this man Shawkey is so
good why does not Connie Mack take
him? If’Shawkey is not good enough
for the Athletics, I don't think he is
good enough for the Cubs. I’ll pass
him tip.” .
No other big league manager seemed
to care for the Baltimore pitcher, and
finally when Mack saw that Shawkey
might go for the draft price of 32.»00.
he decided to pull him over to Phila
delphia.
Prichard Is Elected
Cadets’ 1914 Leader
WEST POINT, N. Y.. Dec. 6 —Cadet
Vernon E. Prichard, of the second class,
has been elected captain of next year's
Army football team.
Prichard has played quarterback on
the team for two seasons and got in
every game except one on the Army’s
schedule this season. His brilliant for
ward passing, spectacular open field
running and excellent generalship have
made him one of the season’s leading
quarterbacks. He is 22 years old and
was admitted to West Point from the
Eleventh Congressional District of Iowa
in June, 1911.
Report Puts Fultz
At Head of Reds
CHICAGO, Dec. 6.—From Pittsburg)
comes the story that at the recent j
meeting of the Federal League in this l
city, Dave Fultz, head of the Baseball I
Players' Fraternity, was elected presi
dent of the outlaw organization. The)
yarn also says Christy Mathewson is to
be elected president of the players’ body. .
Fultz is to receive 57.000 the first year
and an additiona' $1,000 the second with
a salary of 19.000 for the third. 1
‘Bud 1 Anderson Meets
Barrieau Tuesday
LOS ANGELES, CAL.. Dec. 3.—The
“Bud” Anderson-Frank Barrieau bout
next Tuesday will be practically a wel
terweight affair.
At a final conference yesterday morn
ing the managers of both boxers agreed
upon 135\*2 pounds four hours before en
tering the ring. Promoter McCarey de
cided that the contest would be staged
as a night event.
Wolgast Has Surely
Been Unlucky Boxer
Ad Wolgast is the young man with a
bank roll and jinx attachment, both be
iug full grown and well developed:
For the benefit of strangers let it be
explained that Wolgast is a savage little
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