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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1000.
Saturday's Games Semi-Finals ot Season
Top Row, Loft to Right-
rd, tub. half
Bottom 11 Ro-
Crawford, tub. half; Wynne, center
ow-Costen, quarter;
McGugin, coaeh; Cunningham, eub. and: Vaughan Blake, aub. end) Stone, guard 'and center; Bob Blake, end;,
r and guard; Lockhart, eub. half; Ed Noel, tackle; King, eub. guard.
rter; Hall, eub. quarter: Craig, halfback; Manier, fullback; Dan Blake, captain, halfback; Chorn, guard; Pritchard,
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GREATEST SPORTING VICTORY OF SOUTH;
VANDERBILT STEPS INTO A NEW CLASS
Defeat of the Indians
Marked New Era
For .Dixie.
GREATEST FIGHT
OF DUDLEY FIELD
Exports Say Vandy Out
played Carlisle, Fairly
and Squarely.
4," It would cause no especial sur
prise.
Hard to Realize.
It’s the hardest thing to reutlze
that has happened this year. We all
knew Vanderbilt was good, but Just
how good she wus has never been dem
onstrated before as It was Thursday.
The writer wants to go on record
ns a “bum” prophet—“bum” but cheer
ful. He was' wrong and he’s glad of
It. He thought down In the bottom of
his heart that Vanderbilt was going to
lose by a score of something like four
DAN M’GUGIN.
Ths disciple of Yost who did wh?
. Yost couldn't do— Dsfsatod one
Of,strongest teams in East.
By PERCY H. WHITING.
8|mh4*I to The Georgian.
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 23.—'There
( was weeping last night In the tents of
‘the <’hippowas, ami the chiefs of the
Bloux nation were sad. Hut In the lit
tle old town «f Nashville then* was
much noise and a large f and bibulous
■ rejoicing.
• For, the prldu.of the Five Civilised
iTribes, the doughty warriors of the
.'Carlisle nation, • had bit the mud of
'Dudley Held and lost the grandest
’football game of the Southern season
*to Vanderbilt’s • men by u score of 4
to 0.~
The victory was one of the mightiest
.ever won by a Southern team.-
i The Commodores hud tackled the
» prise team of the football season of
11906—the team which had humbled
j Minnesota and disgraced Pennsylva
nia; the team which lost to Harvard
‘ only on a fluke—the fastest, trickiest,
luckiest, pluckiest, most strenuous ag
gregation which has appeared on
American gridirons this year.
For a fact, if,somebody should come
up behind me as I write and say,
"Wake up there, Carlisle won, -4 to
opener,” In order to get in shape for
Cincinnati on Saturday and. Virginia
next Thursday. It was to get a, little
preliminary, workout. Well, they got
the workout all right, but It/was the
toughest proposition of its kind they
ever tackled.
It Is doubtful if tile Indians are
awake yet, either. When they rushed
Vanderbilt right off their feet In the
opening of the flrst half—when they
Just naturally beat the Commodores ut
their own special- kind of football—
they took It as a matter of course.
When Vanderbilt held them on Van
derbilt’s one-yard line It must have
been something of a Jar. Hut when It
comes to sizing up their subsequent
feelings, as the Vanderbilt team in turn
ran them off their feet, outplayed them
In every possltde department of tho
game, and finally beat them 4 to 0,
the limits of our vocabulary prove in
adequate. There fs no one word which
tells anything about It. e
Just to back up the dope, the writer
asked one question of a dozen football
CARLI8LE CAPTAIN.
M. Pleasant, left Half and punter
for tHa Carlisle Indians, who
showed up well for th# Indians
in ths Vandsrbilt game.
touchdowns to a Held goal, or maybe
two.
Well, lift called the turn on the field
goal, but his foot slipped »>n the rest
of It. • .
It was the fastest and best game of
football ever played on Dudley field.
If ever a contest in the South equaled
It In the ability of the contestants, the
speed of the game and the strenuoslty
wlh which it was played, then It has
slipped the minds of most at those who
saw the contest.
And If the spectators at that game
were surprised, how does anybody sup-4
pose tlu* Indians felt about It?
What a Surprise.
The Carlisle crew took this Vander
bilt game on Just as a little “pipe
mined men. “The Indians MUST NOT
score.’’ they said. And tile Indiuhs
didn’t.
On the third down Vanderbilt held
on the one-yard line. Ten seconds
later the ball had bounded out into the
middle of the field, propelled thither
by a boot from the toe ?f Hob Btakft.
After that Vanderbilt s goal line was
Hnfe for the remainder of the game.
Twice the Indians got within kicking
distance and tried drop kicks. But
both failed miserably.
Another time the Indians had third
down and a good bit of distance to
go to make the required ten yards.
\vhen they sprung what was to most
of the spectators strictly a “new one.”
Sprung • Nsw One.
The center instead of snapping the
hall buck, made a bluff at doing so but
Instead he booted the ball briskly along
the ground. As It started yn the bound
towurd the Commodores’ goal the In- j
diamf made a dash after It. I
But the Vanderbilt line held and!
Costen picked up the ball behind the;
line for a touch buck. . j
The Vanderbilt .team did not find
ground-gaining any easy pmponlMon. j |
It was hardly to be expec ted thnt they;
would rip great large fat holes through ’
the line that Pennsylvania. Minnesota,!
and Harvard found almost puncture- [
proof. Hut they did gain ground time
and again and in the first half ran the
•mil close enough to Carlisle’s line to*
-liable Bdb Hluke to try those kicks
from placement. And the last one*
.vent over.
The kick was beautifully executed.
Stone passed the hall well to' Costen.,
The Vanderbilt quarter pfbeed It ex
actly right on the little mount of dirt
and Hob Hluke sighted It Just once and
then let fly.
Blake's Great Kick.
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a large portion of the work. During
1 the laat ten .minutes he was “wobbling
As It went twisting through’the air I °n hisplrti.” He had been knocked this
'there was a silence that could not have wn Y und thnt until ho was “all out' and
l-n beaten if the Held hod Ween de-1 ‘ . PU Jl k .E B, "SF&LSXR
serjed
Of Course
K omm<BONm .#
- /pifjttTq jjzr
MADEt
ZHE STANDARD OF PURITY.
Exsdins, captain and right and for
ths Indians. It was by his work
at ths start of ths gams that
make it look likt a gamo for
Carlislo.
experts—men like John Kdgerton, Van
derbilt’s greatest halfback; Mllea
O’Conner, the pluckiest of her quar
ters; Frank Kyle, the best of her Held
generals; “Iek” Bryan, lnnls Brown,
lust year’s captain and others—and this
question wus, “Did the Indians have It
on Vanderbilt In any one point?”
Indians Wart Outplayed.
And the answer wus unanimous, “No,
nowhere, In nothing.” The Indians
were outplayed In everything-and-at
every stage of the game, except right
at first.
j When the contest opened up tho In
dians got the bait and curried .It right
down the Held. The ferocity with
which the redmen charged, the mar
velous manner In which they formed
their Interference and the vldousness
of their assaults combined to get the
j Commodores out of their stride.
A long end run brought the ball down
! Into Vanderbilt's own territory, and
j within live yard* of n touchdown.
The crowd.held lls breath
j dou n looked certain.
I Then the Vanderbilt line hardened
P— if Into u compact mass of deier-
Hut a coiiplo of seconds later, us .the
bull sailed carelessly between the goal
,Mists and over the'crons bar, there was
a noise which would make Niagara’s
1-oar sound like a penny whistle work
ing In opposition to a steam siren.
The unexpected had happened and
Vanderbilt hud scored on the Indians.
.lu**t as the play was completed time
was called for the end of tho first half.
In the second half the Indians came
back and played football with a desper
ation and determination which has •«el-
Join ls'en equalled on a Southern field.
They tackled. like demons, thoy charged
like runaway automobiles, und they
^lugged like pugilists—covertly but vl-
iously.
Penalty after penalty was tissensed
against them for rough work. .Toward
the end of the.aecond half, when the
boil wus punted, Dan Blake signalled
iliat he was going to try a fair catch.
Just us the ball went Into his hands
Kxedlne smashed' into him viciously,
j knocking him down and almost out.
This was'against all rules of football
and.decency and 15 yards was meas
ured out against the Indians.
Along In the second half It became
'apparent why thfe Indians carried 26
men. - The Instant one of them showed
any signs of weariness he whs yanked
out and a new man sent In to fill his
place. One new man followed another
until the tired Commodores were play
ing against practically a new team.
Toward the end Coach McOqgln began
putting In substitutes, too—not to get
In fresh men, but because the regu
lars were • hurt. • ’Chora was injured
and Wynne, who took his place, lasted
only one play, When his knee was
twisted and he was forced to leave
the game. Oscar.Noel took his place.
Plucky Quarter Costen.
. The pluckiest exhibition was that of
jCosten. When he-went Into tbe game
he was in miserable condition.'.He had
a knee which was bad 'during the Rose
game and ? worse * 1% the . Tech game.
During the week lift had been under u
surgeon's care ‘ and it ? was feared
Thursday morning that fie could not
play. He went in. though, to the end.
He It was who had to stand for much
of the roughness dealt out by the In
dians In thft second half and he who did
NAT KAISER & CO.
of the count of ten. Hut h« grlttlly
stuck It out to the end and he was
the man who blocked the forward pass
with which the Indians ended the game.
A detailed description of‘the heroic*
doings of the Vanderbilt men In the
game with the Indians would fill a
hook.
Bob Blake played a phenomenal game
at and,- ran the ball in fine style and
kicked the goal that gave Vanderbilt
a victory.
Dan Blake and Craig, the halves, did
notably good work. Both of them ad
vanced the ball well and both did some
fine stunts on the defensive.
. Little Vaughan Blake.
Vaughan Blake, the man whose end
has been regarded as the weak spot on
the Vanderbilt team, played like the
proverbial “hell-cat.” He was right
there when It came to smashing up
plays, and proved steady and reliable
as a clock.
Chorn at right guartl showed himself/
as he has again and again this year,
to he the best man in that position In
the South. He was there In every play,
frequently broke through on defensive
and tangled *up the Indians' plays and
alt(/g‘.ther proved himself a wonder.
The other guard, McLain, played a
steady, reliable game and so did Ed
Noel, the right tackle. Pritchard put
up a wonderful game. He went gul-
loplng down the Held under punts like
a festive fiend, held his Indian oppo
nent as though he had been an Infant
and**altogether showed himself to be
When he called out the first of his
braves Mnd sent In a substitute one of
the newspaper men rushed up to him
and asked, “Who Is ihnt man going
In?” Pierce did not even lurn around.
He Just said, “Oh, you shut up,” in a
sad, sweet tone and turned away. Later
requests for Information along the same
line dltf not even elicit a reply. The
big brave's manners disappeared, along
with the chances for a Carlisle victory.
Another very sorrowful bunch ufter
the game was a trio of Hawanee men—
Coach Quill, “Skinny" Shipp and Half
back Harris, of the Kcwanee team,
During the second half the two players,
who had Invited themselves on the side
lines, run up and down the field, en
couraging the Indian team, exulting
every time the Indians gained,and be
moaning their bitter fate every time
the Indians lost ground. Altogether, It
was a very sad display of misplaced
Inter-collegiate spirit.
An Atlanta Indian.
One rooter the Indians had came to
them as their right by kinship and that
was Cornelius King, steward of the
Atlanta Athletic Club und u three-
quarter blooded Cherokee Indian. King,
who Is quite a distinguished personage,
was once Indian secretary to the Dawes
commission during the Cleveland ad-
into the celebration'which l»»«I
planned In their honor, they p.-ukHu?
their kits and sneaked quietly aw»!
They had been licked by a better lean
anti they didn’t take It prettily
Aside from their foolish resentmwj,
there were no features to mar tl
hrntlon which followed the gann
town was delirious with delight hih
didn’t care who knew it. The student*
paraded the streets until late hours
raised sand generally. The i'*»II«-e
turned the town over to them and tl'
boys made merry as only college men
can after a big game.
After the gume Coach MciJugin
so overcome with Joy that he whs
rational in his language. Hut thh »
about what he #ald: r
"It was a grand victory, grand *
never saw anything better. All
boys did well. And T want you to
that Referee Thompson gave us entir#
satisfaction. I have heard some rru*
idem, but It was not justified."
Coach Yost, of the University «
Michigan, said:
“It was one of the best games
ball 1 have ever seen. The V a inter w*
team played Just such a gam-
111e Michigan team that they **
against the Indians. Now ; «-v>ple *»
see why It was said that-. Michigan " 3
more by luck than skill.' ,
ministration. Just at present he Is <*®ptaln Blake, who Is J! 1 ’*
the main mogul at the Atlanta Athletic ’ , . p * eoh “' * uve out lhe
Club and made the trip to Nashville In
the Athletic Club's car. His sympa
thies were with the Indians. Aside
from him, the before-mentioned Se-
wunee men and a few misguided un
fortunate* who had bet on Carlisle, the
crowd to a man was with Vanderbilt,
and the enthusiasm during the game
right there with the all-Bouthern ma- j was something worth traveling fur to
terlnl. j, see.
Stone played his position at center j Perhaps next to Coach Dan McQugtn,
In it .faultless manner. Ills work was his brother-in-law once removed tor
never spectacular, but he passed the \ whatever the relationship happens to
ba|MIUe a machine, was In all the plays be, they married the Fite sisters, of
Nashville), Fielding Harry Yost
In his territory and never gaye the
Comunches any chance to make any
dents in the line near its center.
Every Man a Haro.
If anybody who played under the gold
and black bdnner has been overlooked
in this “boosting match” It was through
an oversight, for every man proved
himself to be a hero and won for the
Nashville university a victory which
will be talked about at Vanderbilt fix
long as football Is played. .
As for the Indians—well, there were
so many of them in the game and they
all did so well that it Is haM to par
ticularise. They all played fine foot
ball—lust let it go at that.
And maybe they weren t the "sore
.to them that they.had had U smeared
a touch-jmonds. Confidential loans on val- tail over them.
nahlet I Great big old Bern!* Pierce, one
vs *’ a 0* the coaches, was in i
15 Secatnr St Kimball Hnnx*. < trrn ,.| m decent mfHety
tn no condition to
the happiest man on the grounds. Here
was the vindication of his belief that,
with Captain Curtis In the game, his
team would have beaten Pennsylvania.
For here was this bunch of Indians,
who had rubbed It all over Pennsyl
vania, fairly beaten by a team which
Michigan had beaten. Muybe few oth
ers would look at It Just this way, but
It tickled Yost, and be smiled one of
the moat far-reaching smiles that
Nushvtlle has ever seen, for Yost has
one of the few mouths just naturally
built for that kind of a smile.
It takes an elTort to stop writing
about that battle. It was the gamest,
prettiest, fastest exhibition of football
the writer has ever seen and the big
gest and pleasantest surprise.
Indians on a Grouch.
It Is regrettable to cross tbe write-up
with the chronicle of a grouch, but the
Indians sure had one after the game
was over. Instend of getting out aftd
the game;
“well, this Is my next tn l*«i •
I have played out my live > ■’■<>»
Thanksgiving day. It whs the '“p!"
gums I took part In during the "
years and the best game 1 ever raw
Vanderbilt team play."
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a BE IN COTTON STATES »
O Whether or not New. .Orleans i
O embraced In the 1907; circuit " ,
O the Cotton Staten League de|«-n<i-
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O he says that the Cotton Hr.V' “ J
O come Into the (Crescent 1 "J. 3
O will. If Charley rayk nay. ,!
O there Is no further, Mgomen
O At a recent trieeling •
C magnates of the Cotton
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O fer with Prank and repm
0 meeting In MobOe on Dc
O The Parker-Blakes, a t
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