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■ rHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, SATURDAY, NOYEMBER24, 1906. UP-TO-DATE NEWS OF SPORTING WORLD | NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS By PERCY H. WHITING. When the writer commented some days ago on the credit able manner in which Vanderbilt teams were recruited he made his statements in the belief that Frank Wynne had been quiet ly but firmly eliminated from the line-up of the Commodores for the remainder of the season. It seems that this belief was an error. Hence a little more along this line. Wynne happens to be a professional ball player and ns such is not eligible to play on a S. J. A. A. team. This fact should be easy to demonstrate. Wynne was “cleared” when Vice-Chancellor Wiggins, act ing on charges made by the writer itwan article on this page, brought the matter to Vanderbilt’s attention. Evidently Mr. Wiggins did not. carry his investigation far enough. Far be it from me to insinuate that the Vanderbilt manage ment believes that the man has played professional baseball. They are not guilty of deception, but of a failure to inves tigate with sufficient care. This is very unfortunate for the good of amateur sport in the South. Vanderbilt has so long stood as an example of what can be,done in athletics by methods which are above reproach that when they play a professional the sport is hard hit. Sewance, another college whose teams are usually made up of i amateur players and bona fide students, has gone pretty close to the bounds this year in playing Shipp. Here is another man who, although he also has beeu “clear ed,” hBs come in for a lot of unenviable notoriety. Maybe ho is O. K. under the strictest rulings of the S. I. A. A. The unfortunate part is that he has not cleared himself so as to finally quiet all criticism. The charges against him have cast a shadow of doubt over the purity of athletics in one college which is usually above sus picion. TECH ON TOUR TODAY! EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING A FOOTBALL FACE Hbw athletic conditions aro this year in the colleges nearer home the writer is not prepared to say. Jf you talk with the Tech men they make veiled insinuations against the Georgia team. Georgia men on the other hand freely express their doubts of the amateur standing of some members of fhe Atlanta squad. As far us the writer knows both were recruited in a manner which is above reproach and both are undoubtedly mado up of nmntcurs and bona fide students. * If anybody has any evidence to the contrary ugniitst these colleges or any other in the S. I. A. A. ho will find the writer in his office between 7.110 and 12.30 a. m. and in a receptive mood. There is neither pleasure nor profit in athletic muck-raking, but anything wc can do in the cause of purifying amuteur athlet ics will be (Jnne. SEWANEE MEN EXPECT TO BEAT VANDERBILT TEAI A TYPICAL FOOTBALL MUG AS 8EEN BY CARTOONI8T TAYLOR. SOMETHING OF MERCER'S FOOTBALL TEAM R. E. LEE AND STONE MT. WILL PLA Y IN ATLANTA to Tho Georgian. ThumnMon, G«., Nov. 24.—R. E. Leo fs making strut preparation! for the gains with Stone Mnuntuln to lie plny- «1 In Atlanta at Piedmont park un Thursday morning. (Jordon Institute nulled off her dato with Stone Mountain for reasons best known to herself. It. K. I*ce has accepted Stone Moun tain's chultrngn and thr game will bo Played for the prop championship of tbn state. R. K. Leo hits a record to bo proud of this seRson. Her goul lino has not been eros««d. Him lias defeated Bays' High School, of Atlanta, <0 to II. Locust drove went down to tile tune of 8 to V. Football Fatalities Fewer This Year Than Ever Before Tile Morcer team, against which the Tech aggregation bucks Saturday, Is far from being a strung football team. But It Is ona of thn pluckiest hunches which has done business In Ifni South this year, and tlm players ng Coach Tarr deserve no end of ered. II for the showing Mercer has made. Up to this fall football has been deud Issue In Alercer for some time. When It was decided to re-enter the strenuoslty, of the gridiron contests, Coach Tarr was secured to 'look out for the athletic end of thinks colle giate. Mr. Turr played football on llie West- era University of Maryland and took a course of physical work at Yale-Unl- vcrslty. . He Is an expert at baseball and football and has proved the.right man for the difficult place he has had to mi. When Mr. Tarr sturted tile work of whipping together a football team at Mercer he found the task a mountain- ous one. Not a mun In the college hod Played before mi . a'football team. Ih fact, not a man had playful even on » regularly organised ■ prep school team. Home of the men !|ud not even seen a football and nono of them really knew any football, theoretical or otherwise. It, was with material of this kind,that Couch Tarr has hud to work this year,' and he has turned out a root bull team which, while It does not rank with Tech, Is ut least good enough to make It Interesting for most of the smaller colleges of the section. Here are the names of the men who are likely to face Tech, their weights and the positions they will probably Play: Oglesbey, left end 13.'. pounds Moseley, left tackle 145 pounds Samuels, left guard 155 pounds Adamson, center 150 pounds Maroatbern, right suurd .... 155 pounds Scoggins, right tackle I7Q pounds Alliton, light *tml 145 pounds Conner, quarter bock 130 pounds At Hilary, left half 145 pounds Lofton, right half 140 pounds Shaw, fullback ItiO pounds The line-up for today for Mercer will probably be: Alelton and Olgesby, ends; Shaw and Scoggins, tackles; Sums and Congest, guards; Adamson, center; Sutton or Connor, quarter; Alallory and Dickey, halves, ami Westbury, fullback. lech Expects to Win; So Did the Indians FRANK GOTCH BESTSPARDELLO The most Important game In the South on Thanksgiving day is that between Vanderbilt and Sewanee. To ah Atlanta men who have seen * both teams play It seems a certain ty that Vanderbilt will win. The fact that Sewanee could only make three touchdowns > against Tech, two of which were very lucky, while Vanderbilt, on a muddy field, ran up 37 points, seems to Indi cate that the Commodores are go ing to have the best of It. However, the "other side” of any question Is always of interest, and the Sewanee side Is here given, as seen by The Georgian’s corre spondent. By C. H.”PENICK. Sewanee, Tenn., Nov. 34,—That the i Tigers expect to beat Vanderbilt ! sounds.quite preposterous, but to those who have been watching closely the work of both teams for the last month this Is by no means an Impossibility. Sewanee'* defense has not been broken down once this season; rfnd today she is about twice ns strong In tills department as ever before. Coach Quill hns been hammering every available pound of flesh In the university against the line during the last week, and even now says that he Is satisfied with Its' defensive strength. The Tiger backs, to those who have witnessed the last two games, compare favorably with those of Vanderbilt. The Commodores are probably stronger on the - offensive—the Tigers on the de fensive. "Skinny" Shipp, however, circling an end, with Barrett and Mnrkley running Interference, Is as formidable aa Craig, with Blake,' Afanler and a big reputa tion In front of him. Vanderbilt has Sewanee beaten In the quarterback department. The Ti gers have two, Lyne-and Elsele, both of whom arc fast, have good level heads, pass the ball well and are strong In the back field, but are, never theless, outclassed by Costen. who Is older, heavier and a little better In every particular, except In backfield tackling and handling punts. It is certainly fair to say that the Sewanee ends are stronger than those of Vanderbilt. Bob Blake is an old player and a good one, but no one would ever accuse him of brilliancy. He Is too heavy on his feet for un end, and Is slow. His younger brother, Vaughn, who holda down the other ex tremity of the Commodore line, is the weakest spot In the gold and black's fast and slow sizing up end .RL H On the other hand, the Tlaer Lewis and Williams, can bora 100 yards under 11 seconds. iirc , "' In getting <lo\?n on punts and hai*. their credit a defensive record that marvelous. Stone, at tackle, i, “ ly a match for Noel. Captain \Vhi„,„ at center, Is capable of taklna of his part of the Held, and the rei , „ the line Is about evenly matched a weight at least, with those them. . P01 During the earlier part of this , Coach Quill expects two Yale down to coach the forwards while I takea exclusive charge of the bark-l Selbies. Sewanee’s captain of tvn« all-Southern half, and Phillips"' well-known all-Southern guard expected back tills week to help ai^ where needed. Scarborough, last t ™ captain and quarterback, has t charge of Ihe scrubs. Couch Quill Is taking great pains i the training of tho squad. The ' method Is to gradually develop men, not allowing them to become i _ right up to the time of their hardest I game. I All the members of the eleven all present are In aplendld physical trial but when they go Into the game wltlj Vanderbilt they will have reached thel highest point of physical training. | Comparative scores count for noth-| Ing. but when Sewanee beats the Unl-| verslty of Alisslsslppl 34 to 0, with five| subs In the game, away from her ovn| grounds, after having traveled i,-*| miles and played Tuland within thel previous forty-eight hours, It goes ti| show that she certainly cannot be very! much outclassed by Vanderbilt, win I beat Mississippi 38 to U on her ownl grounds, with alt her 'varsity playing. I Taking Into consideration all these ft points, together with the fact that I every ounce of that Indefinable but I most potential element called "s«.l wanee Spirit" is being manifested a; I present and will be manifested to the I utmost on Thanksgiving day, there hi no reason In the world why the Tl-1 gers. at least, cannot hold the Com. I modores down to an even score, ami I while Sewanee always plays hard haul such Is the desire to beat Vandy this I year that every man wearing purple, that will trot out on Dudley field will I know what Is expected of him, and will | be prepared In the fullest degree or die. These are the reasons those who "whoop ’em up for Sewanee' feel they have a right to expect to »e the "Royal Purple" triumph on Thank*. | giving day, as she has often do fore In the years gone by. u Yes, I Would Be Glad to Fight Nelson 9 - - Joe Gems I New York, Nov. 24.—“Yes, I am going io fight Kid Herman at Tonupah, Ne vada. on January 1, and that will he my last fight." said Joe Gann, the champion lightweight boxer, .in Balti more, the other night. "There will bo only one possibility of my going into the ring again; that Is If Rattling Nel son really wants to light m»* ami «i!l make terms to suit me. I mean by this I not such terms as will give me wry [ advantage aa was given him ut U©W- field, but anything that is snuaru m\ equitable. Yes, I would h** more than glad to fight him again. After that It | Is good-bye to the ring for Joe Gams Chicago, III., Nov. 24.—With scatter ing Thanksgiving Day games In varl- . ou* parts of the country, tho football ! aeaaon of 1906 practically closed today. A r«View of the season allows that the sport this year bus claimed fewer than a doxen victims. These figures ore con* : sideraliiy below those of former years and go to prove pretty conclusively »that while tho new rules probably re sult in more minor injuries, the number of futallties is greatiy lessened. No fatality is recorded among the players , on the big university and college teams. The death* have been con fined almost entirely to the scholas tic ranks. The list of players to whom the game was fatal follows: John Cow’ell Kennedy, nineteen years old, of Troy, N. Y., captain of the Law- rencevtiie school eleven, of Trenton, NY J., died of a ruptured blood vessel after being thrown in a practice game on September 27. Cameron Paulin, twenty-two years old, a second-year student of the School of Practical Science of Toronto, died as a result of a kick on the head sustained in a game with Toronto Uni versity, October 4. W. Glynn Kills, twenty years old, u member of the second eleven of To ronto University, died of injuries sus tained in a game on October 12. Charles Suydam, nineteen years old, was fatally Injured in u game between the High School and Boarding School elevens of Morristown, N. J., October 13. Huydam was tripped, fell, heavily, and broke his neck. Lewla A. Grisler. n senior at Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware,, Ohio, fell dead on the field after run ning down a punt, October 16. Leonard llammerle, fifteen years old, a student of the South Hide High School of Plftsburg, dropped dead dur ing the progress of a game October 28. James Curtis, twenty-five years old, was killed in a scrimmage at a game ut Great Kails, Mont., between the Great Kalis team and the Fort Shaw Indian team, November 10. In addition to these, football this sea son has contributed to the deaths of several other persons, who were run over by cars while hastening to a game, dropped dead from excitement, or were killed In fights growing out of games. The baseball scribes are now making great trades among the “majors" and building up star teams for next season. The hpt-air circuit has opened. About the only place on the map where the professional football player holds forth Is In Ohio. Canton, Mas- sllon and a few other cities, but par ticularly the two named, pay big money i for star players. Tech meets Mercer in Macon today. Tills Is nhe first trip the Yellowjuck- ets have taken tills seuson and It Is expected that it will be a victory, it Is about like the Vanderbilt-Tech game. One is a powerful team which is booked to win, while t)ie‘ other Is weak and not even expected to score. This afternoon decides tho question. The Tech team left Friday evening and reached Macon later In the night. They were put through some heavy practice Thursday, as It was the only day tit for football practice. Hcisman put part of the team through a sharp slgnul practice Friday afternoon. From uH reports tho Baptist boys have put renewed efforts in practice and will put forward ull their iftrength to score uguinst the only team that hus scored against Vundy in the tJouth. Couch Tarr r bclng a Yale man., un doubtedly knows football when he sees If. It can be said that the Baptists will certainly -have a strong team next sea son, and it .must be remembered that this Is their first year in football and the game is new to them. Bell Says Rules Permit Linemen to Run With Ball Chicago, Nov.' 34.—Frank Gotcli, the American champion wren tier, defeated Leo Pardelio lust night at Brooke Ca sino In one of the toughen! inatchea that hn« ever been seen In title city. The end came suddenly' and painfully for Furdello, for, during a terrific scramble, Hi which Gdtch wak The ag gressor. tile Iowan’s'famous "too hold" came Into play and. u sudden sharp snap told those about the rlpgslde that Pardelio. was.hurt. Furdello with a groan sank on the mat, his left leg limp as a rag. An ex amination was made nnd It was found that a ligament In the knee had been snapped. .Pardelio was ,forced to yield the fall and after a .ten-minutes rest, tried to resume, but he was so weak that It took Gotch Just fourteen sec onds to pin him to the mat. Fhlladelphla, Pa., Nov. 32.—John C. Bell, who represents Pennsylvania on the football rules committee, declares that Coach Yost’s contention that the men In the line cannot run with the ball from their positions, under the rules, Is untenable. Air. Bell slated thut Yost's argument Is against all the traditions of football, nnd that the rule makers fully Intended that the Ilnemem could run with the bull the same os In previous years. ! SOME BASEBALL YARNS SPUN BY BERN1E M’CAY j • mer Vanderbilt etar, has charge of the SCRUBS WILL MEET GORDON The Tech scrubs will meet the Gor don Institute football team Saturday nfterrtoon at Tech fiats. It will no doubt be a warm one, for the Gordon team Is claimed to be the fastest prep ; team In the state, while the scrubs are ! ■ all so very fast. Coach Blake, a for- "Ever hear what a great pair of “ 'No, you,* said Otto In an agonised huntera Otto Jordan and Bert Noblett tonp - are?" asked Berale AlcCuy. "No." “Well, one day I prevailed on the pair of them to go out after rabbits. I fitted them out with guns, explained how to work them and sold them a supply of cartridges. "They went out to the end of one of the Atlanta ear lines and broke out Into the woods. They struck pretty close to the back yards district, however, and walked at least twice around the town before they saw anything more game- j "And there they stood doing the Al phonse and Gaston act, with their guns at 'ready,' and neither man let fly. "The rabbit stayed a while and final, ly loped off and went under a log. •' 'Now. we've got him.’ yells Otto. "•All right, let's wait behind this tree until he comes out,' returned Nob lett. "So the pair of them hid behind a big tree and waited a half hour or so. "Finally, Just about aa it got dark like than a stray dog. | they concluded that they would have to "Finally, in a little bit of woods 1 smoke the rabbit nut. So they went You hit him, I can't,' was Ml Nob- "\™J ?£! lett could groan. Gordon team, and has met with suc cess, his pupils showing It In their work. JThe local team has worked hard had Ihe experience Gordon has, the showing In previous games has been good. other side of the log. “The hole came right out on the far side and was nothing but a scooped out place under the log. anyway. And they hail spent on toward an tuiur waiting for that rabbit. "Otto hasn’t been hunting since." far from home. •• 'You shout,' yelled Otto. ‘"You hit him,’ screamed Birr NAT KAISER & CO. Bargains to unredeemed Dia- s'trayeii in the smoke. They did the pitisburg. monds. Confidential loans on val- ; act for about twenty minutes, without „ a hlM snny notable results. i . . "Then they walked around u n the 15 DCCatlir St. Kimball Hon*d. 0O00O00O000O0O00000O00O000 0 0 0 FOOTBALL TODAY. 1 O 0 In the 8outh. 0 0 Arkansas vs. Tulane University, O 0 at New Orleans. 0 0 Alercer vs. Georgia Tech, at Ala- O 0 con, Ua. O O Naval I'udels vs. Virginia Poly. 0 0 technic, at Annapolis. 0 O 0 0 In the East. O O Yule vs. Harvard, at New Hu- 0 0 vcn. 0 0 Pennsylvania vs. Villa Nova, at 0 0 Philadelphia. O O Dartmouth vs. Brown, at 0 0 Springfield, Muss. 0 O West Point vs. Syracuse, at O O West Point. 0 0 Lafayette vs. Lehigh, at Easton. 0 O Dickinson vs. Susquehanna, at 0 0 Carlisle. . 0 0 Amherst vs. Swarthmorc, ut 0 0 Hwarthmure. o 0 Hucknell vs. Baltimore Medics, 0 0 ut Ijewlsburg, Pa. O 0 Penn. State vs. West Virginia, O 0 at Stale College, Pa. 0 0 O O In the West. 0 O Carlisle Indians vs. University 0 0 of Cincinnati, at Cincinnati. 0 0 Indiana vs. Allnnesota, ut Min- 0 0 neapolls. 0 O Nebraska vs. Chicago, at C'hl- 0 0 cagn. o 0 Illinois vs. Purdue, nt luifay- 0 0 ette, Ind. 0 0 Beloit vs. Alarquctte, at Alii- 0 0 waukee. 0 0 Kansas vs. Agricultural Col- O 0 lege, at Manhattan, Kans. 0 0 Olivet vs. Michigan Agrlcultur- 0 0 ul. at Olivet, Mich. 0 O Ames vs. University of Iowa, O 0 at Iowa City. O 0 Ohio State vs. Wposter, at Co- 0 0 lutrbus, Ohio. 0 O Ohio Aledlcal University vs. O 0 Ohio University, at Athens, Ohio. 0 0 Denison vs. Kenyon, at Gran- 0 O vllle. Ohio. 0 O Western Reserve vs. Ohio Wes- 0 O leyan, at Cleveland. Ohio. 0 0 • Case School vs. Oberlln. at 0 O Oberlln. Ohio. 0 O Washburn vs. Ottawa, at Tope- O O ka, Kans. 0 0 De Puuw vs. Lake Forest, at 0 O Orcencastle, Ind. 0 0 0 0O000000000000000000OO0000 NOTES OF SPORT. •President Alurphy, of the Chicago Nationals, Is going to advertise the Cubs a* "world's champions" In large type, "record breakers" In small type. Can't beat Charles W. Grand Rapids fans are sorry to lose John Gunzel. "Sir” John'was the only manager to bring a pennant to the "Furniture City." Rumor has It that the semi-pro fessionals of Chicago are with Jimmy Callahan In his fight against the Na tional Commission. HUNTING SEASON !’"Pf?- B ““W>- «*>» open all the time. fMi ml™ C ™ n liml re " hop * Your old j WALTHOUR HAS SAILED FORN.Y. New York. Nov. 24.—Furl .»f the del* egiitlonti of bicycle racers who will take part In the big International s*tx*< }aV I race at MndlHon Square Garden I*- camber H to Iff nailed today on tb« ] French liner Lu Lorraine from fh bout'K for New York. U|*on their i rival here they will go into truinin? | quartern at the Vail burp board track j at New York. The foreigners on board j the Lorraine are Petit Breton, George brothera nnd Paul Gulgnard, «'f j France; Walter Butt, of Germany, and j Carlo Vanonl, of Italy. Bobby Walthou r . the world’s middle distance pace m • j lower. Is also with thin bunch of hu- ropeuu speed merchants. There is a movement on foot hi Can ada to hold u gf-eat national athletic meet In the magnificent new stadium m Toronto. The real name of “Fighting Wyj* Hyland is Willie Uren. He was dubbe •Fighting Dick” at the Olympic < of Han Francisco after winning "\e fifty-five amuteur fights. 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