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TIIE ATLANTA GF.ORG I AN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, 16. 1906.
South's Best Team Here For Big Game
^Edited By PERCY H. WHITING.
VANDERBILT TEAM HERE AND ARE READY FOR TECH
PRITCHARD, Tackle.
E. NOEL, Tackle.
BOB BLAKE, End.
MANIER, Fullback.
Commodores Arrive Friday Morning and Will Do Some Light
Work During the Afternoon.
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O "What’a tlm dopo?" Inquired the tf
O a porting department of Coach 0
o Heiaman on Thursday.
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O Helsman. "Greatest same of the O
O year. Beet teams In the Bouth. 0
O All that sort of thin*. You O
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O Don't fall to see the O
O Great. Grand, Gritty, Uallany. O
0 Giddy. Glorious, Gentlemanly O
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O GAME. O
0 VANDERBILT V8. TECH. 0
0 Como one, come all. O
0 Coach McGurIii taken pleasure O
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0 COMEDY (for them) 0
0 TRAGEDY (for Tech) 0
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The Vanderbilt team has stolen a
march on Atlanta.
When the Nashville train came to
rest In the old station Friday morning
sixteen of the Mouth's huskiest football
warriors, Dan McUugln, coach of the
team, Frank Kyle, hta assistant coach,
nnd Will Ewing, sporting editor of The
Nashville American, emerged from a
alee per and stole silently to the Aragon.
The Commodores "had arrove."
Just what brought them here a day
ahead of schedule nobody seemed to
know—not even the members of the
taam. But they were there, all right;
and as line a lot of Southern athletes
us It was ever anybody's privilege to
ate.
Friday afternoon the Vanderbilt learn
will go to aonte secluded spot and run
signals. Also, they may do a bit of
light work—lust enough to keep them
In-trim for Saturday's contest.
McGUGN 13 WORRIED.
•'I look forward to the Tech game
ns a hard one," said Coach Dan Mc-
Gugln. "The report that Tech la weak
and light i haa not encouraged us aa
much aa It haa aome of our friend*.
"Coach llelsman Is the dean of us
nil down here, and we look • to his
teum to play soino remarkable ball.
"We have seen nothing of tricks nnd
don’t know what success we shall have
In blocking them.
"One thing you cun count on, and
that Is a good game. Vanderbilt la In
grout condition. Outside of Frank
Wynne, who has a bud knee and enn-
not play, llie team Is In good condition.
I expect that Vanderbilt will play her
best, hut I must admit most frankly
that I uni more or less worried over the
outcome."
Will Ewing, who has followed the
Vanderbilt teimi this year In every
game and who Is one of tho most en-
thustustlc uf the Commodores' rooters,
said this morning that ho thought that
If the Vanderbilt team desired they
could run up to or 50 points on tho
Yellow Jackets.
Ewing Talks of Team.
•T think It Is it matter of what Mc-
Gugln tells tho team," euld Mr. Ewing
I think the Vanderbilt team Is one of
the wonders of the world. They cun 1
pretty near do what they want to. But j
It Is not Improbable, In view of the
fact that Vunderbilt plays the Indians
next week, that tho boys will take It
comparatively easy.
“The team weighs about 178 pounds
to the man and Is lightning fast. The
line-up will be:
•'Left end, Vaughn Blake; left tackle,
Pritchardr left guard, McLain; center, I
Stone; right guard, ('horn: right i
tackle, E. Noel; right end. Bob Blake: '
uartorback, Costen; left half, Dan 1
Hake; right half, Craig; fullback.,
Manler.
"This team practically beat Michi
gan. Theio was no doubt about It. 1
Vanderbilt should have won that game,
and they will whip the Indians. The I
learn beats anything I ever saw. Slono
at center Is one of the greatest that
ever played; Bob Blake Is as good a
player aa aver wore a uniform and
ought to make the All-American and
that back Held Is the best up to yet.
"Walt till you ae* them play." .
TECH GETTING READY.
•Tackle some, you fellow*, tackle.
You'll have plenty of It to do Satur
day."
Such «» the prophetic utterance
pf Coach Helsman to hi* squad Thurs
day afternoon when the bunoh of foot
ball material turned out on the soggy
Tech field before tlielr last hard prac
tice In preparation for tho Vanderbilt
game—which Is for them tim supreme
test of tho year.
And for a good ten minutes (he men
run at each other In pairs, tackling
vigorously and giving a life-like Imita
tion of tho way they ure going to stop
the Vunderbilt runners Saturday.
The Tech team Is not quite nt Its
host. Sweet Is out of practice on ac-
count uf a bail cold; Luck's knock lire
In such condition that It Is usually
hard for him to determine on which It
Is best to limp, and ''Lobster'' Brown
bus not quite recovered from the ankle
twist which kept hint out uf the prac
tice all last week.
However, these men are slowly
"rounding to” and will probably be In
good enough condition Suturday to In-
NOT. NEWS, BUT VIEWS
By PERCY H. WHITING.
We khall proach a short sermon today, dearly beloved breth
ren, taking as our text tho wise but often-doubted saw—“Hon
esty is the best policy,” show how it can be applied to athletics
and take as our example the Vanderbilt team.
Just as a reminder it may be mentioned that the Vanderbilt
team is the best in the South today—one of the best in the coun
try- No Southern team, recruited by any means, has over class
ed with it.
Secondly, it may be stated that this team was secured by hon
est athletic methods. No inducements are held out to athletes
to go to Vanderbilt—none, that is, except the promise that every
roan who tries for a team will have an equal chance with every
other man and that they will not have to go into competition
with a lot of professionals and tramp athletes.
This team has been built up by methods which were above
criticism, and it proves one thing—that honesty pays in collego
athletics as well as elsewhere.
Vanderbilt can not only say truthfully “our athletics have
been decent from the first,” but they cau add after “decent”
the words “and successful.”
If the teams which , find it necessary to send scouts among
the “prep” schools, offer “athletic scholarships” and even come
right out and pay athletes for serving would study tho methods
and the results of Vanderbilt they, might leam somo valuable
lessons.
What is true about Vanderbilt is true of other colleges.
Vanderbilt was mentioned as the team most conspicuously honest,
the most successful and the one which will next be seen as Tech’s
opponent in Atlanta.
COACH M'GUGIN.
tereat their Tenneasee rival*.
Change* In Lln*-Up.
"Our llna-up at th* opening of Sat
urday’* game will be the same ae It ha*
been In the most of tho games this
season," **!d Coach Heiaman In answer
to a query. "But what It will be at
the end I can't even prophesy. I'm go
ing'to give them all a chance. I have
a lot of good substitutes who can do ae
well as the regulars on defensive at
least. And that's where they will be
most-of the time,'no doubt," added Mr.
Helnman sadly.
To<-h hopes to score on Vanderbilt.
"of course they will beut us," said
Sweet, one of the oldest and most ex-
pcrlenced men on tho teum. “They sre
larger, older, more exi-erlenced und
better players. Wo arc outclassed. Wo
are not even trying to keep that a se
cret from .ourselves. But It would not
surprise me a lot to sec us score
against Vunderbilt. It might happen
the way It did In that Georgia game—
a good high kick, fast running by some
of our men, a fumble und Tech lias
tho bull and Is away with It and across
the goal line. Of course that may be
an Idle dream, but It Is a possibility—
and we worked It Ibreu times on Geor-
glu," he added i cmlnlsccntly.
That Is tho Tech hope now—to score
on Vanderbilt, and to hold the Com
modores to. a smaller score thun any
Southern team has yet done, or will do.
One remarkable feature of the Tech
team Is Its extreme youth—collectively
and Individually.
Young—Fast—Light.
Davies Is tho Methuselah of the learn. |
He has advanced to. the extreme age of j
23. Sweet is another of tho patriarchs I
and hux seen 21 summers go flitting by. [
Perhaps one other man on the team
boosts of more than a score of years.
The rest are In their teens.
They are a fairly husky lot. how
ever, und almost without un exception
fast.
Not another man on the team, except
Henderson, Is even "heavy," as weight
goes on a football tram, and the spued
•it every one of them Is above the
normal about In proportlun us their
"eight Is below the liormul.
Vanderbilt ran safely count on some
speedy plays being tried against them.
Thursday afternoon Tech ran signals
before they lined up for tlielr Anal
scrimmage. And of all the fancy, dou
ble, triple and quadruple pusses, for
ward and baekwnrd, button-button-
whose-gqt-the-button, now-you-sec-
me-and-now-you-don't play* that were
ever Invented the Tech team haa them.
They have not uncorked many of them
yet, but Vanderbilt gets the benefit uf
the whole outfit.
Fot the Vanderbilt game 1s the last
supreme test for Tech. Mercer, which
team Tech tackles Saturday after next.
Is not ralculuted to cause trouble, und
Clemson, against whlcji team Tech
tty likely
Helsman
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WAISTS GAMES
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SMITH HAS A8KED BOTH CHICA
GO MANAGERS FOR DATES
WITH THEIR TEAMS.
Berate McCay will manage the Mo
bile team of the Cotton States League
next year. Everything In connection
with the deal Is closed, although of
course It Is made conditional upon
Mobile's remaining In the league. That
she will Is regarded as certain.
This Is a great chance for the local
ball player. Mobile Is tho best town In
the Cotton States League and ha. often
been mentioned with great prominence
os the purchaser of a franchise In the
Southern League.
McCay mode a great showing last
year with the Baton Rouge team.
Though he had to run the team on
debts and expectations, be got together
a hustling bunch of players und made a
nice fight for the pennant. As long as
the clubs stayed within the salary limit
McCay’s team was In tho running.
When the other teams began to go out
and spend the money McCay’s team
hud to get along as best It could with
the players It had.
McCay will go out on a scouting tour
for players In the near future nnd
hopes to land some good men for his
team. *
Billy Smith I* after games with the
two Chicago clubs which battled for
the championship of the world In the
Windy City-thls fall,
"I have written to both teams,” said
Billy Smith Friday morning, "and I
hope to get games with them. They
woifld surely be u good feature.”
The only games Atlanta has sched
uled thua far for the exhibition series
are the four with Cleveland.
Gets a Wallop, Lands on Head,
Brain Is Fractured, Mike Is Dead
hOrand Rapids, Mich., Nov. Id—As a result of striking his head on the
floor when knocked out In- the ninth round of u light with Harry Lewis
here laBt night, Mike Ward, of Surpla, Canada, lies dead at St. Marye
Hospital.
Four doctors worked over him uod. Father Schmitt administered the
last rites of the Roman Catholic church early this morning.
““'F'rJf"; 1 ’ ,u nd *I rank O'Brien. Lewis' chief second, and Eddie
Ryan, of Detroit, the referee, are under arrest.
siJIifh.*?! knocked out by Lewis in the ninth round, n left uppercut
putting the Canadian down, his head striking the floor hard. He wa»
li.’lflr.' co “ ,er ' "heTO he revived for a few minutes nnd talked ra
tionally. Before he could be removed he lapsed Into a comatose condi-
tton anti never recovered consciousness.
The doctors pronounced It concuttdon of tho brain
Thib fight wqh a hard one from start to finish, with Lewis having a
« h hi Vhe ^,"y,', nl, „ h0 . U <5 h 'Y ard . cam . e * tr,,n K I" 'he fifth round and had
'V„.n U . t . LC «". St l!r tCd Wlth 11 ru ’ h "> ,he »'«*> «H»
best from then until the Anal blow was struck.
NEW BASEBALL DOPE BY WIRE : Boston, Nov. 16.—The middle-weight
J title Is Involved In the meeting of Jo,
, tVnloott nnd Billy Rhodes at Chelsea
Washington, D. C„ Nov. 16.—Man- | Americans, was benched hut once the' Tlianltaclvln* night. The men liuti
weighing In at 112 pound*
George Stone, premier hutsm a un of i
ager Cantlllon wants, McIntyre and j past season
Schaffer for Garland Stnhl nnd the deal
hangs lire. Next!
Course
HADS^fe.
‘CHE STANDARD OF PURITY.
American Girl Will Pilot
Lipton’s Next Challenger
New York, Nov. 16.—That the yacht
which Sir Thomas Llpton bring* to this
country for another try at the Amer
ican cup will be piloted by Mist Jane
Morgan, one of the most enthusiastic
heiress-yachtswoman, waa learned, and
persons close In Sir Thomas* confi
dence.
.Sir Tltohtas paid a visit to Philadel
phia yesterday to the homo of Miss
Morgan, daughter of Randall Morgan,
the Philadelphia traction magnate, and
It was said an Interview wo* held In
which be secured the promise of Miss
Morgan to pilot hta yacht should he
bring another one to this country.
Mis* Morgan, since 1861, has held a
license for navigating all oceans.
This Is the highest mark of navigat
ing skill and there are only two other
women In the world who hold, a similar
license.
Miss Morgan also tiotds a cerilflcate
as muster of her father’s yacht, the
Waterus, which once belonged to Em
peror Francis Joseph.
pilot boats In Philadelphia tenters.
It Is no easy matter to obtain n pi
lot's license for the waters In this vi
cinity, and a person applying for one
has to pass a most rigid examination.
At the time of examination Miss Mor
gan covered eight pages with the
answers to questions put to her by the
commissioner and they were correct.
Miss Morgan Is extremely popular
among the young society folk. She
lives with her parents In a beautiful
home In Willow Grove avenue. Chest
nut Hill, Philadelphia.
pWOt '. j!7? UI ? l *nreijt.Snw 0 lMr‘tn i ° round, Maher failed to show any 0
an additional license permitting her t»| 0 of h|l( o|d . tlme form> an,, he prov ' 0
O ed a mark for hie younger op- 0
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0 Philadelphia, Nov. 16.—Peter O
0 Malier, the perpetual Irish chant- O
O plon, made u reappearance at the 0
O Broadway Athletic Club last night O
O und took a hard beating from Ed- O
0 die Haney, a local lighter. O
O Except for a moment In the flrst 0
Buck Freeman was a happy man last
week at his Pennsylvania home. How
ard Wall sent him about 20 game
chickens and that tvas enough.
Perrlno. purchased by Washington
from Kansas City, has hern umpiring
In the Paclflc Coast League.
it Nebraska girl the other day.
Clark Griffith may give Laporle a
trial in the uutfleld next Heason. La-
porte Is not a quick enough thinker
or a sure enough llelder to hold down
tho third sack properly, but his hitting
makes him a valuable man.
It lo sold that Charley Irwin, the
agreed
at 3 ji. m.
Honey Mellody has agreed to meet
the winner and Jo* Thomas und Mlk«
(Twin) Rulllvan are welcome to visit
Chelsea nt any time thereafter. Wal
cott has announced that he will retire
If defeated.
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The Plttshurgs have a lifelong lease ! old Cincinnati and Brooklyn third I 0 /
0 NO GOLF TOURNAMENT
on the grounds at Hot Bpring*.
The St. Louis Americans was tine of
the smallest teams numerically last
season, but It landed In fifth place.
In two seasons Des Moines Ims dis
posed of nine players to major leagues.
No wonder the club has heen a money
maker.
PLAYED SATURDAY. 0
Imseman, who has been playing good | O
ball In the Paclflc Coast le ague during O The' usual Saturday nfterrfrn.n 0
thd last few years, ha* cleared $S0,00o, 0 golf tournament will not be played 0
In mining Investments. - - . _ - -
Pitcher Jack Powell, of the St. Louis such trip.
It Is to be hoped that Billy Murray,
the New Philadelphia manager, who
has been stricken with typhoid fever,
will be fully recovered by tho time the
team leaves for the South next March,
fe.vcr Convalescent could make no
0 ponent. Near tho end of the go 0
O Maher was very weak und Just O
Yr. cod earned Tllii 1° managed to held himself together. 0 Mecckel
Bargains In unreaesmea uia-. 0 , f illl(1 |( i >swi .„i anything 5 No. i
tnonds. Confidential loan* on val
uables.
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BOWLING AT A. A. C.
The annual bowling tournament of
the Atlanta Athletic Club was Btarted
Thursday night with a match between
the teams captained by Messrs. Coll,
Gay and T. T. Williams. The flrst
match was won by Coil's team over
Gay’s, and the second by Williams'
team over Coil's:
The matches uf the tournament will
be railed Tuesday und Thursday nights
until the schedule Is completed.
The members of the ten teams which
lake part In the tournament are: J
No. 1— L. D. Scott, captain; W. D.
Stovall, Bockover Toy, K. A. McDuu-
gal, F. C. Meyer.
No. 2—8. C. Williams, captain: M. E.
Laird, N. E. Parks, B. C, Taylor and
R. E. Uushton, Jr.
3 r -\V. A. Sharp, captain: L. C.
kel, T. C. Anderson, F. O. Hutton.
d. Gregg, captain: W.
Mushburti. W. W. Clarke, A. Jones, I*
D. Met Teskry. -
No. 5—Hlocum Bell, • nptutn: K L.
Mycr, C. II. Matthews, It. II. U'u-tr, It.
M. Freeman. Jr.
No. 6—Ewell Gay, captain; L. J.
Dickey, J. B. MANuIley. Clifford Key,
N. U. Broyles.
No. 7—K. E. Clapp, captain; C. R.
Tidwell, F. R. Berry, X. A. Thornton,
F. M. Farley, jr.
No. 8—T. T. Williams, captain;
A. Hoyt, A. F. .FRssInimons, W. W.
Goldsmith, Harvle Hatcher.
No. 9—F. J. Coll, captain: P. G.
Lombard, F. L. Fleming, T. D. Boun
ders, J. T. Kirkpatrick.
No. 10—Howard Geldert, captain;
Coko Davis, R. u. Lyon, F. L. Rey
nolds, C, M. Ramspeck.
NOTE8 OF SPORT.
One of the matters likely to receive at
tention from (he national baseball com
mission. at Its meeting tu Cincinnati, to
day, Is the question whether players under
contract „r reserve to uutloual ngreement
teams will Its allow,-d to'ptay v-llh black
listed teams nfler their contracts expire.
One view It that the men are still uw the
reserve Mst. although their contracts expire
at-lie- mnl uf the playing sen son, artjl that
0 tomorrow at East Lake. No ran- 0
O son waa given for dispensing with 0
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BIG GAME IN “ALABAM."
Special to The Gcorglau.
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 16.—A Urge
number of Auburn nnd Tuscaloosa eup-
porters will go to Birmingham to wit*
nee* tho football game Baturduy after
noon. The Interest In this annual cun-
teat la Intense In Montgomery, where
both colleges have numerous admirer?.
The betting .this year Is even, y< ‘ ' "
paper Auburn shows up much Letter
than the University. Information re
ceived from both colleges Is to the ci
ted that both sides are confident.
T.in«t
The bout between link Unwell sml Jj
McGernr, which wee to have taken p
In Baltimore tomorrow night, has
called off liy Bussell.
QUAIL HUNTERS.
Take your old soft and stiff felt *’*
to Bussey to be cleaned. 21 1-2 \> »
ball street.