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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22. MOfi.
Indians on Warpath Against Vandy
^Edited By PERCY H. WHITING.
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| NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS j
Georgia «uil Auburn, if appears, intend playing their Thanks
giving day games in Atlanta in the future, after this year. Ar
rangements are being made to secure Piedmont park.
Up to 1904 Georgia and Auburn met annually in Atlautu on
Thauksgiviug day, and the game was regarded the supreme athletic
event of the year.
But that was before Tech’s phenomenal rise in college sport.
In 1904 a three-year agreement was effected between Tech and
Georgia, by which Tech was to play its Thanksgiving day game in
Atlanta without competition, Georgia and Auburn going to Madon.
It may be that the return of Georgia and Auburn to Atlanta will
renew the bitter feeling that formerly existed between the red and
black and the old gold and white.
It is certain that both teams will suffer financially if the two
games are played here at the same time.
The three-year agreement expires this year.
•Vow is the time for Tech and Georgia to revise their old plans
of procedure and arrange them so that they will meet on Thanks
giving day in Atlanta.
This will not necessitate Georgia's giving up playing Auburn,
or Tech's brenking with Clemson. These games may be played ear
lier in the season.
Georgia and Auburn could alternate their games between At
lanta. or Macon, and Birmingham; Tech and Clemson could alter
nate between Atlanta and Columbia.
Georgia nnd Tech are natural rivals; their meeting should bo
the most important game of the year for each. It should be played
on Thanksgiving day.
And Auburn finds Alabamn her natural rival, just as Clemson
had rather lick South Carolina College tljan any other.
Coach Williams of Clemson
Has Had Successful Career
Indians Are Husky Tribe;
Betting Rather Freaky
By PERCY H. WHITING.
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 22.—Every
thing In Nashville In In readiness for
the big game between Vanderbilt nnd
the Carlisle Indians.
The weather In cool but fair. The
held Is soft, but hot dressed In mud, ns
might expected, from the recent
rains. The Indians arrived last night,
twenty-six strong. While they aro a
chunky and bow-legged, red-faced
bunch of braves, they do not look to
be much larger than Vanderbilt.
Every man of both teams Is In great
condition. The betting Is the weirdest
feuture of the occasion. About 4
1 Is the prevailing price, but numerous
freak bets, many of them at Iqng odds,
are being recorded.
Vanderbilt men expect to score and
tho Indians are worried over the out
come. The Atlanta delegation, over
fifty strong, urrived In Nashville early
this morning. Other Southern cities
are pouring their delegations Into the
city, and It Is estimated that a crowd
of 8,000 will see the game. This will
tax the seating capacity of Dudley
Held to the utmost and probably call
the standing-room-only sign into use.
Tech Will Leave Friday
For Macon to Play Mercer
It looks ns though Tech’s athletic
authorities bullded wisely Indeed when
, they planned Hnturduy’s game with
Mercer. Following Immediately upon
Mhe hard game with Vanderbilt last
Saturday, the weather this week has
been so warm as to make hard practice
• practically Impossible, so that Tech's
igupportets are feeling better than If
Jt(ie team were scheduled for a gruelling
icontest on Katurday.
• The game with Mercer, while In no
Wise underestimated by Tech, will be
• merely practice, us compared with the
one which faces them just one week
.from today, of course. Tech expects
to win from Mercer, but It Is hardly
thought that any special attempt will
be mad’* to run up a big score, ilols-
man will probably use a good many of
• his strong second 'varsity %' , iycrs, thus
■ avoiding any possibility o* injury to
bis best men. Reports from Macon In
dicate that Mercer is training hard,
;*nd a desperate effort will be made to
hold Tech to a lower score than that
i which Georgia outdo against the Ma
con boys. Practice has been contin
uous at Tech Held all this week, but
muddy grounds nnd warm weather
have combined to prevent any. very
strenuous work. Tho some reports
coine from Macon, but you can Just
put It down that the Itaptlsts will be
tight there with the^best they have in
their shop Hnturday, and will endeav
or to give the Yellow Jackets a warm
reception.
The game In many features resem
bles that of last Saturday, except that
Tech Is to play the star role this time,
while the Macon boys’ best efforts will
be to keep the score down ns much
ns possible and to score If they can.
Tech is expecting to play before a
good-slxed audience, as this Is the flrst
time the Inhabitants of the t’entrnl City
have had an opportunity to see the
Yellow Jackets at work. It has been a
good many years since one of Heis-
man’s football teams has played In
Macon, and a large crowd Is expected
to turn out to see the game. Tech
team will probably gw down Friday
afternoon to get a good night's rest
and be In simp* for the game Satur
day.
The last big game for Tech occurs
on Turkey Day. Tech and Clemson
battle for supremacy that day, nnd you
can lay a bet with big odds that It will
be a battle from the flrst call to . the
Anal blow of "time’s up.’*
In 1904 Helsman’s, flrst year at Tech,
he played his old team to a tie—0 to 0.
Last seasan was a victory for the Yel
low Jackets, This season's game prom
Ises to be one of the greatest of the
three.
The accompanying picture Is
Clemson’s coach, C. R. Williams, who
will do his best to defeat his old rival
in the game, Helsman, he having turn
ed the trick once.
Mr. Williams flrst became prominent
In football circles at St. Albans, Va., a
prep school In Virginia known for the
Hne athletic teams always turned out.
tr playing there tor several years
... went to the University of Virginia.
He played four years at end on this
team, one of the lightest men who ever
made the team. The South Carolina
College was fortunate to secure Mr.
Williams for the season of 1902. His
success with that team was a topic
discussed throughout football circles In
the South. With that team he was
able to defeat Clemson (coached by
Helsman, now at Tech), which hitherto
had defeated every opponen by a large
score. From this moment Mr. Wil
liams’ name as ly coach was made. He
returned to Carolina the next year and
the team had another successful sea
son. Last season Mr. Williams coached
Davidson, and, with a light team work
ed out a highly successful season, hold
ing North Carolina to 0-0 and defeat
ing the N. C. A. and M., also Auburn
This Is his flrst year at Clemson. So
far his team’s goal has not been
crossed, showing an admirable defense,
after playing teams of the V. P. 1. and
N. C. A. nnd M. calibre.
This season at Clemson he has had a
lot of hard luck in the way of sickness
and Injuries among his squad, but
things seem to be moving along nicely
now In the South Carolinian’s camp,
and they can be counted to give Tech
a corking good fight Thanksgiving day
In Atlantu.
Williams has never had his team
scored on over three touchdowns dur
ing his career as a coach.
He believes In good, old fashioned
football, and Is not so much in using
tricks as having a team able to break
them up.
Mr. Williams’ work stands out dis
tinctly as a Southern coach, he being
one of the few men from a Southern
college to attain the degree of success
C. R. WILLIAMS,
Coach of the Clemson Tigers.
that has befallen his efforts. He is a
member of the board of officials for
the middle Atlantic states, nnd has
been called on several times this season
to officiate at some of the games In the
East.
Mercer Hopes to Score
Against Tech Saturday
lc The Georgian.
Macon, Oa., Nov. 22.—The Mercer
football nquad la hurd at work this
weak preparing for the game with Tech
next Saturday.
Of couree, her chance, nre very allm
In regard to winning the game, but
nevertheleae thla doea not dlacouragd
her In the Icaat. She la going In the
game to give Tech a hard run for her
money, and the |>rnbab!lltlea are that
they will come near ecorlng against
Helaman'a aturdy bunch of warrlora.
Coach Tnrr la very much encouraged
nt the progreaa of the aquad ao far.
nnd It la more than probable that the
team will make n better ahowlng
ugninat Tech than la expected.
Knr n team'a flrat year upon the
gridiron Mercer haa done exceedingly
well, nnd there la no doubt but that
ahe will put out one of the beat teams
In the state next season.
Georg
ia and Tennessee
Hold Each Other to Naught
f*|Mvlnl t«» Tho Coortftmi.
Athens, (la., Nov. 22.— In one of tin*
prettiest games of football seen here
for some lime, the football team of
; Georgia and the champions of the Uni
versity of Tennessee »tniggled fiercely
up and down the Held without running
up a point against one another. Geor
gia had the better of the argument In
most of the game, hut they were unable
to score.
Georgia'* goal line was never lit
danger, however, while Georg!u crossed
Tennessee's line on two different occa
sions, which Referee Kluke did not al
low us touchdowns. The Interference
of the crowd In one case and the fact
that the ball was out of bounds in the
Utie
> the
ms assigned by the
eferee for his rulings. Georgia also
made a safety, hut In this case also tho
ruling was against her, as it was
• Inline.I that the men had called down.
Georgia put up the best ball they
have played this season. Every mem
ber of the team was there with the
goods. Tennessee’s men were also "all
to the randy.”
For Georgia. Harold Ketron at cen
ter starred; Thurman’s tackling was
sure un«l terrific, while llarmnn and
Hodgson did great work In returning
punts. Raoul’s line bucking proved a
sure ground-gainer for Georgia.
For Tennessee. Perry at fullback did
star work. Loucks' punting was a fea
ture of the game. I^each at right end
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Of Course—
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O HARVARD TEAM CHEERED O
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O Boston. Nov. 22.—More than O
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"Kid” Lnvlgne thinks he Is still good
enough for any of the present-day
Hghters in the 133-|HUind class.
U is a pretty safe bet that Yale will
not run away with tho game with Har
vard Haturdny. The scores to dato
would seem to show that the two teams
are more evenly matched this year
than has usually been tho caso hereto
fore.
did fine defensive work.
Tennessee certainly deserves fuH
credit for the good game she played
with a crippled team.
Except during about three minutes of
play Georgia kept the hall In her op|>o.
nent’a territory.
The line-up was:
Georgia. Tennessee.
Thurman .. .. left end .. .. Cochran
Ketron, G. C. ..left tackle .... Walters
Ketron left guard .. ..Gunther
Harmon center .Proctor (Capt.)
I.aperrlere .. ..right guard ..Ragsdale
Graves .. .. right end Leach
Forrls quarterback Loucks
Smith. K. .. right halfback..... Baker
Hodgson left halfback Beane
Raoul (Capt.) ..fullback Perry
Referee, l-Tunk Blake. Umpire, Harri
son Jones. Timer, E. H. Dorsey. Time
of halves. 20 minutes.
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O 32,000 TO WITNESS O
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O New Haven. Conn., Nov. 22.—It O
O it announced that the seating ca- O
O pacify of the Yule Held stands, O
O Just under 32,000 individual tick- O
O eta, have been entirely sold. Prac- O
O tlcally no tickets are being re- 0
O turned nnd very few* uncalled for O
O seats remain for redemption by O
O the management. Harvard took O
O 16.1*00 tickets and returned 4,000 O
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O to HI! Yale graduate applications. O
Q Among the spectator* will be O
O Secretary Taft, Congressman and O
O Mr*. Nicholas Ixmgworth. Theo- O
0 dore Roosevelt. Jr., and Henator O
O Spooner, of Wisconsin. O
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HALFBACK MALLORY.
Mallory has been one of the best
players on the Mercer team this
year and has fast developed into
a star man at udvanclng the ball.
GAME WAS A GOOD ONE.
To the Sporting Editor of The Geor
gian:
In the best game of foot bull * ever
seen on the Gordon Held the Chatta
nooga High School met defeat at the
hands of the Prep champions of Geor
gia In a score of 17 to 0. - The score
ouhl Indicate that It was a one-sided
mtest. but this was not the case. The
Chattanooga team Is the best which
was ever on the Gordon Held, with the
exception of Mooney, of Tennessee.
Often the Chattanooga hoys were
within striking distance of the gout
line, when the Gordon team, with the
grit for which they are noted oVer this
entire country, would rally and stop
the terrific bucks und end plunges of
their adversaries. The great feature
of the game was the 75-yard run of
Captain Williams and a touchdown—
the longest run ever made on this Held.
The hero of the game was Prout, of the
Gordon team, who covered fullback po
sition for the flrst time. Prout Is the
heaviest man on the Gordon team, und
It was predicted that he could not get
air enough into his lungs to last him
through the game. Bui he was there
and delivered 30 and 40-yard gains,
sometimes in succession. Once he tore
through Chattanooga’s center and Car
ried what looked like their entire
team up the Held, tearing like a steam
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kpecinl to The Georgian. ,
New Orlenns, La., Nov. 22.—The
baseball people-of the Crescent City
arc up In the air as a result of the In
troduction of Hn ordinance In the city
council, the provisions of which pro
hibit the location of baseball parks
within certain distances from certain
streets. The measure Is not yet a law,
however, und it Is proposed to Hght
against its passage.
The New Orleans Baseball Associa
tion has purchased a line piece of
ground within the prescribed limits
the purchase was made before the or
dinance was Introduced and evidently
caused the measure’s introduction—and
it is proposed to construct thereon one
of the ffnest baseball parks in the
country. Forty-seven thousand dol
lars was paid for the ground nnd the
Improvements that are proposed would
cause an additional outlay of 340,000.
It was some , time ago decided to
leave Athletic park, the present league
grounds, but It may he another season
before the removal tukes place. If
the low goes into effect the association
will have to hunt up nnother locality,
which would mean an out-of-the-way
place because the terms of the ordi
nance will prevent its location on any
where near tho principal street
liner,
TOURNAMENT
POSTPONED
Special tu Tin* Georgian.'
Greenville, fi. C., NAv. 22.—The Inter-
collegiate tonnlH tournament which wai
scheduled to come off here Wednesday
and today has been postponed till No
vember 27-28. The postponement
on account * of the prevailing
weather. .
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Harvard and Yale Agree
On Officials For Big Game
Boston. Nov. 22. —Harvard and Yale
have agreed on ir set of officials for
the annual football game nt New Ha
ven on Saturday and the threatened
rupture between the two universities
has been averted.
Coach Bill RehJ. **f Harvard, gave
out the following list of officials;
Umpires— E. K. Bell, of. Dartmouth,
and W. .II. Edwards, of .Princeton.
Referee—Captain Hackett, of West
Point.
Linesman—Guy Ayer Ault, Groton.
Reid said that more than 200 names
were submitted by Harvurd und Yale
for officials.' Things, got to such a pass
that Harvard practicality delivered un
ultimatum to Yale, which notified them
locomotive. The playing of Franklin,
one of the bright stars of last season's
Gordon team, was In Its old form, und
hls Interference was great. Gordon
played a game without an error, not :i
fumble on a pass or a punt.
The llne-up follows:
Chattanooga. Gordon.
Ralston R. E. Wilkinson-Murphy
McAllister, W R. T Franklin
Woodward\. .. . .R. G Hogg
Broxton .. . .C Law
Miller L. O Mercer
Swafford .. .. ..L. G. .Dunn-Johnson
n ht L. E. ..Bfnlou
r Q Smith
McCollum .. .. L. H. Wiliams (Capt.)
McAllister, S. (Capt.) F. B Prout
Simms R. II Hill
Summary: Time of halves, 20 min
utes each. Refetnee, Blount. Umpire,
Howard. Head linesman, Grace.
W. B. H.
RU8SELL FORD.
Ford Is one of the new twlrlera
landed by Manager Billy Smith for
the 1907 Crackers. Last year with
the champion Cedar Rapids team
he won 22 games and lost 7.
that unless they come to Harvard’s
terms by 1 o’clock Tuesday there would
be no football game.
Yste did not submit until the ones-
b: smith, expert,
TALKS FOOTBALL.
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Billy Smith, who Is rapidly getting
to be one of the South’s leading ex-
l*erts mi football, and who would g" *"
Nashville to see Vnnderbjlt play the
Indians If somebody would give him a
pass, says that ho has never seen hut
one football team which had any thing
oil tho (’nntniodore*. „
“Tho best football team 1 ever *«"•
remarked Billy, taking a moder.ue
sized "chew" of—nhem—gum. "was the
V. P. I. team, of Blacksburg. Va.. whic-i
played ill Knoxville a good many yean*
ago. It was the biggest, huskiest h’ 1
of brutes I ever saw, and maybe they,
didn't play.
"But Tennessee had a teum that >*-or,
and until well Into the second Im'i
neither side scored. Then Sammy
Strang Nlcklin, lust year with the N****’
York Nationals as utility man—Sammy
got the ball and went down the fiehl
for 4u yards and a touchdown.
"After that neither team could -> ' ir '*
and It was Tennessee’s game.
"TUe V. P. I. team was th« ‘
surprised hunch In the world, and -*
sure that they could beat Tenm-
that they agreed to /play next day
their ex)*enses and give Tenness* •*•*
the rest of the receipts.
"But Tennessee hud their*. and ’"■*
second gutne never took place.”
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tion had been thoroughly R
out by Walter Camp und Head «;«<• ;
Rockwell. These two men talked tu
matter over until long after mldntgn
and finally sent a telegram to Rem
saying they would agree to the offi
cials named as above.
Reid would make no comment on it.
It Is something I do not ciire t«* <h>*
cOsa,” said he. He wired the > <’ ’*
people that the names submitted "
satisfactory and no* consider*
Incident closed.
HUNTING SEASON
In op*n. B’jnay may. open all the
l-rt him clean and rcahape J» ut
frit hat.