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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. SATURDAY OCTOBER, 20, 1006.
' EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITiNG
TECH AND SEWANEE BOYS CLASH
BOTH TEAMS ARE READY
FOR TODAY'S BIO BATTLE
Means Has Been Declared Ineligible, But
Otherwise Tech Is in Fair Condition.
McGugan and HuIIihen He;e to
Get Line on Teams.
The line-up of the tearaa with the correct wdghta of the players fol
lows:
SEWANEE.
Watkins. 1«S
Evans, MS
Lumpkin, 1(>
Harris, 171
Stone, 17(
Lewis, 1(8
Williams, 148
El sale, 158
Markley, 1((
Barrett, 15*
Shipp. 1(8
....center
..left guard
..right guard
. .right tackle
..left tackle
,...right end
....left end....
....quarter
....left half
..full back
...right half
TECH.
Monroe, 1(5
Bell, 167
...Henderson, 218
McCarty. 170
Luck, 173
Hill. 145
Brown, 172
Robert, 147
...Hightower, 132
Sweet, 1(3
Davies, 141
The Sewanee team Is in town. The
Tech team la ready to the minute. Dan
McOugln, of Vanderbilt, Is here to see
the fun. The officials are chosen, the
field Is ready, and
At 3 o'clock Sewanee and Tech will
llne-tlp In the first big championship
game of the Southern season.
: What will happen after that Is for
football history to record.
Prom early morning Indications, the
weather Is to be pleasant, though a
little warm for fast football.
, With good weather the crowd which
goes out to the field will be the largest
lot the year—larger, probably, than all
it he others put together, and perhapa
the largest early-season crowd that
Tech Hold has ever known.
: The Sewanee team Is In first class
condition, the men arc trained down
fust to the right fineness, and both
Coach Quill and Captain Watkins be
lieve that the Sewnnee Tigers have
rather the better chance for success.
"The team Is In good condition nnd
we hope to make a good showing,” said
Coach Quill.
"I am not making any predictions
but we shall do our best," said Captain
George Watkins.
"I wish to correct one misapprehen
sion." said Mr. Quill, “and that Is Ilia"
Sewanee has a heavy team. Our aver
age Is 1(0 10-11."
Means is Ineligible.
Out at Tech there Is sorrow over one
fact, Means has been declared Ineligible
by the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic
Association. It Is claimed that he did
not put In a full year last year, and
that, therefore, he Is debnrred under
the one-yenr rule. Coach Helsmnn
says that Means was out of school last
vear but thnt he left because of se
rious 111 .health, that he can show n
doctor's certificate to that effect, and
that Menns was operated on after ho
left Tech, and was In serious condi
tion. lie does net consider that, under
the circumstances, Means ought to ba
debarred, but he feels that If the mat'
ter comes up before the association,
Tech's case will be thrown out.
In consequence of the Ineligibility of
Means, Sweet has been sent to full
back. This puts a substitute In th*
line and hurts Tech's chances.
Except for the loss of Means, the
Tech team Is In fair condition. Luck
still has a bum leg. and Sweet has a
htlff knee, hut otherwise the men are
In fair condition.
The betting 1s 5 to 4, with Sewanee
at the long end.
Tutwllor, a University of Virginia
man, will be the referee and Sibley, of
Vanderbilt, the umpire.
Dan McQugan Talks.
Dan McGugan, who la In town for
the game, seems fairly well pleased
with Vanderbilt's prospects for the
year. "Wo will have a fair team, I
think,” he said. "We loet six men, and,
of course, that crippled us—especially
as we lost both center and quarter. But
we are doing fairly well. We had to
mako up our-team out of substitutes
and scrub material, but It Is all show
ing up well."
Mr. McGugan Is here for the game
and goes hack to Nashville tonight.
Distinguished Visitors.
Coach HuIIihen, of the Grant Uni
veralty. Is here also to see Sewanee
play. Ills team tackles Sewanee. and
ho wants to get a line on the Tigers'
game.
Another distinguished visitor Is W.
D. Mooney, of Murfreesboro, Tenn.,
whose fnotball team Is annually the
best In Tcnnessefc, and who Is one of
the best versed men In the South In
football loro nnd tho theory and prac
tice of the game.
“We hope to have a championship
team at our school this year," he said,
"and to get another trial with the Gor
don boys. Our team lyeld Sewanee to
four touchdowns and Is doing very
well."
Georgia Tennis Matches
Furnishing Good Sport
Unlveralty of Georgia. Athens, Ga„
Oct. 30.—Nearly all the matchea of tho
first round In the tennis tournament
have been played, and the second
round la about to begin.
On account of the Inclement weath
er the matchea scheduled for Thurs
day were postponed until Friday. Tho
following matchea have been played,
the winners' names appearing first and
tbs losers last: ....
Reynotds-FItts, 6-2, (-3.
R. Scott-WItham, 6-1, 6-0.
Gary-MIddtebrooks, 6-7, 6-4, 6-3.
Swift-Brooks, (-4, 5-7, 6-3.
T. Anderson-J. Scott, 8-3, 2-6, G-2.
Graves-E. Anderson, default.
Fort-Newman,' 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
Maye-Cox, 6-8, 6-2.
Carter-Smith, 6-1, 6-3.
Weltner-Robcrls, 6-3, 6-1.
F. Allon-8. Taylor, 6-3, 6-1.
Branson-K. Walker, 6-1, 6-1.
arlffllh-Rngan, 6-0, 6-3.
wmiams-TIUey, 6-4, 6-2.
Holmes-Brafilley, 6-2, 6-2.
Missouri Expert Favors
Hitting in the Clinches
Owing to the discussion between two local fighters as to whether or
not to allow butting In the clinches In their coming bout, the following from
the pen of M. J. Burke, which appeared In The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1s
of interest: \
“Our old friend, Mae Doyle, telegraph operator, boxing and wrestling
promoter, former manager of fighters, wrestlers, dogs and numerous other
things, calls attention to the fact that was brought out once before, name
ly, that If the referees of boxing matches would Interpret the rules proper
ly that they would save themselves much work.
"At present the Western A. A. U. is considering asking the national
body to frame up a new set of boxing rules, or to especially define If men
can hit In the clinches. Sam Berger and Jack O'Brien could not agree on
their match because Berger wanted to hit In the clinches nnd O'Brien
said no.
"Wnat is a clinch? If the men wrap their arms about each other It Is a
clinch. In other words, a fond embrace Is a clinch. Now, If the men have
their arms in use holding each other, how can they hit? The rules of box
ing state that all contests are to be fair, stand up matches. That, of
course, makes It Impossible for a man to hold on with one hand and belt
away with the other.
‘The rules, however, do not mean that because a man weakens nnd
clings to his opponent to delay the game so as to regain his strength nnd
wind that his opponent, as long as his hands are free, can not smash away.
Many referees rule otherwise. Harry Hhurpe, who will handle the amateur
boxing bouts at the M. A. C. next Saturday night. Is one of the men who
( believes that as soon as one man grabs his opponent that It Is a clinch nnd
’ that both men must stop fighting and step buck at his, Sharpe's, com
mand.
"It certainly do^s not seem fair. It also spoils good bouts. The man
who is the stronger And better fighter should not be forced to stop fighting
every time his opponent throws his arms about him to save himself from
punishment. The point came up last winter. The West End Club was
bringing off amateur boxing bouts at the time. Unless both of the men
were holding, Doyle would not Interfere. There were some rapid bouts and
many knockouts. The man that held on found no respite, as his opponent
continued to hammer away at him. It made the bouts fast from start to
finish. One or two boys tried to hold and hit at the same time. These
Doyle disqualified and the rules were strictly adhered to, afterwards.
"It would not be n bad Idea to try the plan. In the strict meaning of
the term It would lie Impossible for im*n to hit while clinched. There Is
nothing In the amateur rules about hitting In the clinches. Such matters
are left to the discretion of the referee. As long as the bouts are supposed
to be 'fair, stand-up contests,’ t^iere seems no reason for making one man
stop boxing as soon as his opponent grabs hold of him, even though the
man that does the holding Is supposed to be penalised by the judges of
the bout, when they render their decision, which Is very seldom done. As
the W. A. A. V. wants new boxing rules, why not give the plan that there
U no such thing as bitting in clinches a trial?"
SEWANEE TEAM WHICH MEETS TECH TODAY
Here Is the fufc squad from which the team was picked which meets*Tech In the first championship battle of the year:
Top Row, left to right—Gaines, Grant, Bennett, Lyne, Cox. Knight, Pope, and Coach Quill.
Second Row—Atkins, assistant manager; Prentiss, Adler, Markley, Elsele, Barrett, Knight, manager; Shipp. Jones, Ellis, Pastrano.
Third Row—Cheape, Lewis, Harris, Claypool, Watkins, captain; Klrby-Smlth, mascot; Evans, Stone, Poynor, Williams.
Georgia in Poor Condition
for Game Against Clemson
Special to The Georgian.
University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.,
Oct, 20.—The Georgia football team
left Athens Friday afternoon to tackle
the Tigers In their lair at Clemson.
Just how the game Is going to come out
there Is no saying, but It's apparent to
tho student body here that the team
Is In rather badly crippled condition.
Several of Ihe men are bunged up so
they walk with difficulty. Several tnen
wore hurt In the Davidson game and
others have been Injured during the
week's hard practice. • Harold Ketron's
ankle Is In a very bad condition.
Parental objections to football have
played havoc this year with the squad.
Several of last year’s veterans have
been kept out of the game because their
families forbade their playing.
George Battey, of Atlanta, who
year, Is out of the game for this season.
Georgia will put up a game fight
against Clemson, but her chances are
not as bright as they were a week ago.
Assistant Coach Kyle Has
Charge of Vanderbilt Today
GEORGIA MAN BOOSTS JENNINGS
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 20.
Sporting Editor of Tho Georgian, City:
Dear Sir—You printed In Thursday
afternoon's paper an Interesting article
on Hughey Jennjngs, In which thnt
ones great player-was accorded the
praise that all who know him believe
n> deserves. Jennings Is well known
in Atlanta, having coached tho Uni
versity of Georgia hnsebnll tennis back
In '85, '96 nnd '97, when Tech was
pnylng little attention to athletics nnd
the University tennis received unani
mous support In this city.
In 1886 Jennings put out n team
that won the undisputed championship
of the South by defeating Vlrglnin and
also licked the University of PCnnsyl-
vnnln, with "King" Dickson In the box,
by the senro of 4 to 0.
Among those, ffho played on this
team wore Reynolds Tlchenor, Douse
Brudwell. Jock McBride, Jim Dougher
ty and Fred Price, who wns captain,
all of Atlanta: Will,Sanford, of Craw-
fordvllle, who was the star pitcher,
after Frank Sparks, now one of the
premier twlrlers. of the Nntlonnl
League, was declared Ineligible: Threat
Moore, of Jackson: Hatton- Lovejoy,
county school commissioner of Troup,
nnd Floyd Foster, now of Athens.
And If 1 um not mistaken, Wilson
Matthews, who nfunaged the Savannah
tenm that this year won the 8. A. L.
championship, played third base part
of the season, subsequently going to
Princeton.
Your article speaks of Hanlon's
breaking Jennings of iho habit of pull
ing away from the plate while batting.
Jennings evidently profited well by It,
for he broke every Georgia player of
the habit by throwing a idle of bats
right nt the batter’s box In prnctlcc.
The result was thnt he who pulled
hnrk stepped Into the bnts nnd tumbled
onto Ills head. Six days of this would
cure nny player of the habit, nnd so
Jennings had a tenm of collegians who
would hug the plate, choke the pitcher
by forcing him t6 put ’em over nnd
sting the ball like professionals.
If Billy Smith will try this treatment
on Bob Wallace next spring his center
field problem will be solved.
Although n professional nnd n mem
ber. of the muggslest baseball team
over got together, those old Orioles,
Jennings was ns fine an Irish gentle
man ns one ever saw nnd counts his
friends In Georgia by the score.
U. OF GA. ALUMNUS.
Special to The Georgian.
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 20.—Frank
Kyle. Vanderbilt's greatest of all quar
terbacks, and probably the greatest tho
South has ever seen, has been selected
as assistant coach to Dan McOugln and
has charge of the eleven today In the
game with Alabama on Dudley field.
Coach McGugln Is In Atlanta to wit
ness the Tech-Sewance game.
Kyle Is a close student of the game,
has a clear Insight Into tho finer points,
is quick to take In a play or to figure'
out one and lias the happy faculty of
showing others what he knows.
Kyle was by fur the most remark
able quarterback Vanderbilt or proba
bly the South ever saw. Heavy enough
for a half back (In which position he
was very effective, too), fast enough
for an end, n strong tackier, fine at
framing a defense and picking the
weak spots in nn opposing team, and
equnlly as good at directing attacks
on the less vulnerable points.
He always varied his attacks so as
to confuse the opposite team, and it
was with Kyle os quarter that Van
derbilt " In two yenrs rolled up 824
points against 26 for their opponents.
Last year Kyle enjoyed the distinc
tion of carrying the ball 766 yards
during the eight games, with an aver
age of 23 1-2 yards at each attempt.
Ills record In distance wns next to
that of Craig: his average gain at each
trtal exceeded even Craig.
The members'of the Vanderbilt team
are for the most part former team
mates of Kyle, and they respect and
obej him implicitly. Every ■ one at
Vnnderbllt feels that the university has
been fortunate In securing such an as
sistant to McGugln and no apprehen
sion Is felt In McGugln's leaving the
team to Klye today.
RELAY RACES
RUNJ10NDAY
BIG DOINGS IN THE SPORTING
LINE AMONG CLA3S TEAMS
AT EMORY.
NEW YORK RACING SEASON
COMES TO CLOSE OCT. 20
By J. 8. A. MACDONALD.
New York, Oct. 20.—In a little less
than a month from today, or, to be
exact, on the eventide of November 16,
the curtain will fnll on the flnnl day
of 1906 racing for New Yorkers, at
Aqueduct. L. I. The very next day tho
cavalcade of horses and turf followerH,
which annually scurries away to the
Southland in the face of the cutting
breeze of a coming cruel winter, will
move on toward Washington, D. C-,
where the game will be taken up again
on Friday, November 16, to run to the
first day of December at tho snug lit
tle course out beyond the Potomac
river, known as Benning. With the
eighth running of the famous annual
champion steeplechase, the White
Plains handicap, and the Belmont Park
weight for age race at Belmont park
this afternoon, the last of the real
flrst-clAss fixtures of the year were
decided, and from now to the "blow"
the army of race track "regulars"
which has hud Its nose to the grind
stone, so to speak, from the early days
of April right up to the present time.
will find a moment In which to "go up
to town" and enjoy a relaxation.
The outcry against the hated
tt alghtaway racing" In .vogue nt Bel
mont Park has continued from the
very first day of the meeting .right up
to the present time. Racing thorough
breds down a long straight lane, and
then, again, sending the horses toward
the left Instead of toward the right—
the "reverse running." as It Is called
—does not meet with the democratic
notions of American racegoers. For
over a hundred years New Yorkers
have been accustomed to seeing fac
ing gerund circular courses where
every happening In the running may
be discerned, and they still Insist on
having It that
The new-fangled ideas
from the Eifglish turf. But they are
not new, but rather.obsolete, since the
"reverse metimd" has been observed
across the Atlantic for yearn and
years. Manager 8. 8. Howland, rela
tive of August Belmont. Is responsible
for the deiwtrture In this country. Here,
at Belmont Park, he has made a fad
of It. The public Is up. In arms, with
the result that the attendance has hce:i
very light all through the meeting.
Talking with R. MacKenxie, of Winni
peg, Man., at the Waldorf-Astoria one
morning this week. Judge Clarence
McDowell came valiantly to the de
fense of Belmont Park nnd the strange
Innovations now holding sway there.
Said the well-known authority; "Bel
mont Park Is the grandest racing
course In the world today.
"There Is nothing like It In either
England or France. The trouble Is that
the great plant Is about twenty-five
years In advance of the times.’ New
York racegoers will have to be edu
cated up to It. They will learn to ap
preciate Its advantages. For lnstan.ee,
It will be proved that straightaway
racing conserves to better form and
more uniform racing. It Is the fastest
course in the world, too. The soil Is
as fresh and springy a# virgin mead
ow earth, which really Is responsible
for the many world’s records now to
Its credit. Most of the courses now
adays are slow because there Is no life
in the soil of the course. At an ex
pense of $15,000 the top cushion ut
Belmont Park is changed every year."
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bTg auto meet.
New York, Oct. SJ.—Wlint proud*#'* to be
tic of the most successful auto truck
meet* ever run off will be held this after
noon ut the Empire track. Youkers.
The feu tare event Is a 100-udle rnee for
stripped stock onr*. for which nine entries
have been received. Following this, a
number of short distance races will l»e run
off. The free-for-all event will bring to
gether *«*vend fast cars nnd well-known
Foremost among the contestants In the
100-udle rfcee
Special to Tho Georgian.
Emory College, Oxford, On., Oct. 20.—All
the contestants for the various class relay
teams have run for places, and everything
Is In readlueas for Monday’s race. Although
the contest for the peunnut will Ik* vir
tually between the juniors and sophomores,
much excitement is being manifested over
the outcome.
Illalock nnd Dewar, for the juniors, and
F. T. Wilson ami Young, for tho sopho
mores, are In stiff training gear.
The results of the trial* In the order
of the runner’s places are ns follows:
Heniors, 1907—BJrfcJp/, round), W. T.
randier, Duvnl, Wltscnhnkcr, T, It. King,
McGregor, Altnnnd, Brinkley, Murphy.
Time, G:20. Committee for selecting team,
I*. K. Bryan.
Juniors, 190S—Blalock, Dewar, Marvin
Smith, lVnrsou, Blair, G. C. White, Heard,
Felker, Robertson, R. M. McGhee. Time,
5:54. Committee* for selection of tenm, Ar
nold, Cotter, Armour.
Sophomores. 1909— F. T. Wilson, Young, 8.
Brinkley, Culbreatb, Mobley, IV. Evans,
Joe Bryan, E. C. Wilson, Wade, 8. Green.
Time, 5:62. Committee for selecting team,
C. C. Hinton, Linton K. Htarr aud T. C.
Johnston.
Freshmen# 1919-Rumble, Butler. Enflnger,
Clay, Maunders, Tanner, It. P. White, W.
M. Ilsrnett, Cbambllsa, Perry Hnmllford.
Time, 5:41. Committee on selecting team.
Woodruff, Osborne and Arltne.
Hub-Freshmen, 1911—Ranks, Greer, W.
Clininbtlss. G. I>. Barnett. Prbldy, G. M.
Jackson, Mhldlehrooks, Hatcher, Emory,
Jones. Time, 7.04. Committee for select
ing team, Hatcher, Bank*. Greer.
LITTLE PUGS
ARE ALL BUSY
AMBY M’GARRY AFTER YOUNG
CORBETT'S GAME AND 80
IS TERRY.
GAME8 IN THE WEST.
mg the contestants in tne
■ Guy Vaughan and Charles
.he two welbknown nr^ —
long distance track drivers.
NEW “SQUOZE.”
it felt hat can lie cleaned
Ohio State and Michigan, nt Columbus.
Ohio Medics mul Otterbeln, at Wester
rllle, Ohio.
Denison nnd Washington and Jefferson,
nt Washington, Pa.
Western Reserve and Wooster, at Woos
ter.
Case school nnd Kenyon, nt Clevelam
Wittenberg nnd Miami, nt Oxford, Ohb
Marietta and Bmklmuiiun, at Buekhatt-
Ohio Wesleyan nnd Olierlin, nt Dela
ware.
Mount Union and Hcio, at Sclo.
Haskell Indians and Kansas City Athletic
Club, nt Kansas City.
Washburn ami University of Colorado, ai
Topeka, Knns.
Nebraska aud Ames, nt Lincoln.
Missouri anil Drury, at Columbia. Mo.
Wisconsin nnd South Dakota, at Mndlson.
Notre Dame nnd Michigan Athletic Club,
at Notre Dome.
Beloit nnd Monmouth, at Monmouth.
Drake nnd Do* Moines college, at Des
Moines.
Purdue and Chicago, at Chicago.
DcPnuw nnd Michigan Agricultural, at
That felt hat can be cleaned and
reshaped like new at Bussey’s. 28 1-2 j Lansing. Mich.
Whitehall street. ' I Wabash ami Bore Polytechnic, at Craw-
aaeaan^sbss^sbbbss fordsvitle.
NAT KAISER & CO. | Lawrence and Ilamtiue university, at Ap-
Bargains in unredeemed Dia-1 1 Kansas stud Oklahoma, at Lawrence,
monds. Confidential loans on val-! K»n«.
u „bles INmiona college aud University of Cnllfor-
a * . , „ __ I nla, at Ijw Angeles.
15 Decatur SL Kliubj.ll House. oregou cud Whltuuu, at Eugene, Oreg.
New York, Oct. 20.—There will !>o big
doing* In the tight world ns n result of the
recent McUovern-Corbctt mill, nnd the do
ings of Amity McOnrry, the pride of the
llroux, on Thursday night, nt Baltimore,
when he disposed of Kid Sullivan, tho
nmeh-vnnnted lightweight, who wu* touted
ns the logical uisn to bent Rattling Nelson.
Malinger Al Hereford wns so Impressed
with the style of the Bronx pride thnt
today he Intimated to Harry Pollock, the
malinger of Young Corbett, Hint he would
make It worth while for the Denverite to
appear lit Baltimore In n battle with Me-
Garry. There was nothing definite stated
iu the parley, hut Uerefonl feel* that he
could offer a purse running Into four fig
ures for Corbett and McGarry to step Into
the ring.
*anwhlle, there Is plenty of Jnt?sflug be
tween the 4ilil-tiiue rivals, Terry mid Cor
bett, and If the Ilroklyuite will toe Cor
bett's mark with n $6,000 side bet, they
will undoubtedly have a haul*.long enough
to decide Just which one Is the iH'tter
man at the present stage of affairs. Sev
eral clubs are In the Held for another fight
between McGovern and Corbett nt present.
The Lincoln Athletic Club, of Chelsea,
Mas*., has offered $10,000 ns nu Incentive
for them to batter each other before the
Boston fight fans, aud n rutuor comes from
Frisco that the offer for either to meet
Jimmie Britt for a purse of $20,000 hns been
offered.
BUSY DAY FOR
FOOTBALLISTS
BIG GAMES IN THE SOUTH AND
MANY MINOR ONES IN OTHER
SECTIONS.
SOUTHERN GAMES.
Arkamma nml Wnabtughm ljtil
nt Fayetteville. ••
Mlulaeippl nuil Loulslnnn, at Biton
Rouge.
Sewnueo aud Georgia Tech, at At
hinta.
North Carolina nnd Lafayette, nt Nor
folk.
Tennessee nnd Kentucky State, at Lex-
Ingtoiu
Georgia and Clemson. nf Clemson
Virginia and Virginia Military instl.
tute, nt Charlottesville. 9 u
West Virginia nnd Virginia Polvtprh-
tile institute, nt Itoauoke.
Vnuderbllt nnd Alnhnnm, nt Nashville
Mercer nnd Florida, nt Macon.
New York, Oct. 20.—The flnnl round of
ie ao-cnlled practice gamea for the hi*
Northern college football elerens will I*,
played today. It will lie the Inst cou?p»t
for most of them before entering on the
big games of the season's schedule, nf.
ten times In the last few years these "prnc.
tlce” games have proven disastrous, inns,
much ns they have resulted its u black
mark on on otherwise brilliant record, but
ones scheduled for today do not fore
bode much, If nny, trouble for the son#
t John Harvard. Old Ell, the Tigers and
Father Penn. All of them will play on
their own grouuds. Yale will line up
against the Pennsylvania State eollega
team on Yale field. Harvard takes ou the
Springfield Training school at Builders'
field. Princeton lines up against Buekuell
In the Tigers’ lair, and the Brown univer-
slty eleven has Journeyed to Philadelphia to
icet Pennsylvania.
Other colleges lit the East will piny today
ns follows: Dartmouth and Williams, nt
Springfield; Wesleyan nnd Tufts, at Med
ford; Johns Hopkins nud Stevens institute,
at Baltimore; Carlisle Indians nnd West
ern university, of Pennsylvania, nt Pitts-
burg: Amherst and Vermont, nt Amherst;
Naval Cadets ntul Lehigh, at Annapolis;
Swarthniore and George Washington, nt
Hwarthmore; Dlcklrfson and Urslnus, nt
Carlisle; Colgnte and Syracuse, at Syracuse;
Cornell nnd Howdoln, at Ithaca; Frank
lin nud Marshall and St. John's, at Anuupo
iis.
MERCER WILL
TRY FLORIDA
Special to Tho. Georgian.
Macon, Ga., Oct. 20.—Macon's foot
ball season opens this afternoon at
Central City park, when the Mercer
eleven goes up against the eleven from
the University of Florida. As a result
of hard practice ever elnce the trim
ming at the hande of the Gordon Insti
tute cadets, the Baptists are In excel
lent condition, and Coach Tarr Is well
satisfied with his men.
So far the line-up for Mercer has not
been announced and the men will not
know the positions they are to play un
til Just before the game- begins. There
aro twenty-five good candidates, from
which the team will be selected and all
of the men are in good shape.
While tho line-up has not been given
out, from present indications it is prob
able It will look something like this:
Ends, Oglesby, Harris or Melton;
tackles, Sams and Scogglngs; guards,
Hill and Bussell; center. Ware: quar
ter, Conner; halfs, Dickey and New
man; full back, Shaw.
VANDERBILT
IS TO MEET
ALA. TODAY
Special to The Georgina.
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 20.—Vanderbilt
and Alabama will fight It out Saturday
In the mud. Dudley Field yesterday
was a sea of mud and water and the
boys when they had finished the scrim
mage with the scrubs looked as though
they had attended a hog-wallowing
conteet. Coach McOugln and his team
are expecting a hard fight with the
Tuscalooaa team. Alabama put up u
stiff argument last year against Van
derbilt and at first gained considerable
ground by using the famous Yale tan
dem formation. In fact, the Tusca
loosa team held the Commodores to a
single touchdown In the game last year
In the second half. On the dope Ala
bama does not seem ns strong as Mis
sissippi. which college Vanderbilt de-
feated 29 to 0. Mississippi heat Mary
ville 16 to 0, Alabama beat Maryville
6 to 0, hut short halves were played In
the Alabamn-Maryvllle game and the
dope may all be to the bad.
Store than one eleven Is coming to
Vanderbilt this year to try and take
the scalp of the Commodores. In
formation comes from Austin, Texas,
that with Texas It Is "anything to heat
Vanderbilt." The Commodores pul it
CLEMSON TEAM
IN BAD SHAPE
Special to The Georgian.
Clemson College, 8. C., Oct. 20.—
Clemson will meet the University of
Georgia today In a hot and doubtful
contest. Clemson was never so badly
crippled as now. Derrick, her oldest
and largest player, can not go Into the
game because of Injuries received be
fore the game with V. P. I. Lykcs, one
of the moat promising players Clemson
has ever had. Is suffering from general _
poor condition and .will not be allowed
to play again soon. Even the popular
captain nnd mainstay of the team. Fur-
tick, is so bruised from the conteat
with V. P. I. that It will be practically
Impossible for him to go into the game.
Coach Williams is In a dilemma. He
will have to meet the strong Georgia
team with practically a new team of
raw recruits. Summers, McLaurln and
Gaston are the only old players likely
to get Into the game.
Unless the Clemson players can re
cover from their Injuries they will be
in bad shape to meet the strong A. &
M. tenm at the state fair In Columbia
next Thursday.
ANOTHSUWmR.
Boston, 0(*t. 20.—In a footbnli
game nt Wlntheop yesterday be
tween the local high school nn«!
the Milton High School. Jntnc*
Dodd, left halfback for the
cloven,- Wiik kicked in the hack
nnd In the head, lie finished out
the game, hut hi* behavior mi*
so peculiar that he wss takeu to
hospital. He la now delirious
over the Steers lost season by a Juicy McGugln.
score. This season, however, Texes
has two coaches, a Yale and a Colum
bia man, and they are going to try ana
turn the trick at any cost.
It Is not certain, however, that any
one, not even Michigan, will have an
easy time in handling Vanderbilt this
year. The defense Is even stronger
than last year, the line is more aggres
sive and more evenly balanced. Neither
of the two teams that, have played
Vanderbilt has been able to gain fi'#
yards through the line or around end.
The Commodore* have their same great
back field and Jtoo new and good quar
ters have bjjen developed by Co»*-‘a